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ASSlVAt. OP AFUrCA. ‘ N ew Y ork , March 13. The steansgr Africa, Capt. Harrison, from Liverpool, Sunday morning, Feb. S7th, arrived at 3J this afternoon. She brings fifty-eight passengers, and §07,000 in specie. The Africa was detained in conse quence of a terrible storm at Liverpool, which prevented: her getting her mails (Sn board. A most singular feature of the news is that France, while preferring to act with Austria in the Montenegrin diffi culty, is evidently in terms of the clo sest relationship with. Turkey. Apprehensions were entertained o f an outbreak in Hungary. E kglakd .— ^On Thursday an impor tant debate took place' in Ihe House of Lords on the subjecfof war with Ava.; The Earl o f Edinburgh moved for the pi-oduction of a letter written in 1820, by the directors of the East India Com pany tO* the Governor General, giving instfuctidns as the line of operafiona to be foliowfd* in arty future war with Ava, especially'with reference to the procla mation for the annexation of Pegu. The Earls of Aberdeen and Derby both defended the policy it had hitherto pursued, and the latter read a memo randum Written by the late Duke of Wellington, going to prove that the war could not have been avoidedy and that injustice both to the Peguese and to England, government was bound not to stop short of the annexation o f that province. The ship Hemisphere, at Liverpool from New Orleans, brings\ the ctew, 18 in number, of the barque Charles, of London, from Caidill, for San Francis co, abandoned at sea. John Williams, native o f Boston, U, S., has been sentenced tq death at Ed inburgh, fer murder on the highway of an old man named Andrew Mather. W E S l M I K S f E B C r a s e a BURNT.' About 12 o’clock last night the West- minster Church on Devereux street was discovered to be on Are in the steeple, and before any assistance could be pro cured the steeple was wrapped in flames, which communicated at once to the whole interior, and the church was rap idly consumed. A high wind from the east accelerated the progress of the flames, and endangered the brick block on Genesee street, west of the church. It was thought, that the block would be burnt at one time, as a shower of cin ders, was constantly beating over it, and the church was only a few feet from the rear of the buildings. But by active exertions, it was saved. A large number of cushions and boo'l:s were saved from the Church, as for' some time the fire'was confined to the steeple and upper part o f the house. The' Church was originally the prop erty of the iTniversalist Society, and was ■ought “ * 'ears ■ ' the West- Since then. th(ey b a few y since by minster Society for §2500. **'; have repaired and re-modeled it at i expense of about $3000, and it was an exceedingly pleasant and convenient house. It was insured $3500. There can, we think, be little doubt that the fire was the work of an incen diary. There had been a meeting the evening previous, in the basement, but there was no exposure of the upperpart of the Church, where the flames origin ated .—Utica D a ily Gazette. S ingular S ecret S ooietv . —The po- .lice of Perrysville, Ashland County, have just ffiscovered and exposed a se cret society among the youth of that town, which is startling enough in its features v the penalty a little harder than usual. The society numbers a band of fifteen young men ’ and boys, formed for the purposes of robbing.— A captain was chosen and a regular constitution and by-laws, the violation of which Was death, were adopted.— FEANOE.-The greatMt afforta “ e ] 0 “® 9 ^ Jrom Us own bein» made in France to reduce the e s -, *1?. which he had collected for a timalea within the limits necessary to 'P 0 « widow, who had a son belonging produce a balance,- hut on which the ‘“ ‘h® ^.Learning that the money Imperor has set his heart. belonged to her. the hand Uoie $10 Some Anieriean houses have made .ftom another to replace it. The cash purchases in Pajis, o t fashion and lux-^ ury, for the New York exhibition. It is not believed, on the London Ex- opened by two of the band, and a ten dollar bill takenYfom it. The one who changed the bill to divide with his comrade, charged a premiunrfor making change. This being a violation of the by-laws, the rest of the band unknown to him, held a meeting and. determined I.* j xT-f TA j *1. X AW IS wxiU utt?Bw u u x u iu e x iv u u jr r t his death. It was arranged thaL. . , , , out upon the ice (fiffFierce’s inaugural we have seen. which a hole was to be previously cut,) all were to go Out change, that- the difficulty between Austria and Turkey will result in war. The Budget will be placed before the Assembly in March. 150 political prisoners has been am- estied by decree. . • - AusTEiA.-=-¥ienna letters hre full in relation to the recent attempt On the life of the Emperor; He says he had no intention to kill the. Emperor, only to give him a mark; And further that he bad it in contemplation since 1850, and had been ivatching. for three weeks to find his victim unattended. The prisoner’s name is James Libenay.— \When led to prison, he cried, Kassuth ^ - German p apersataiethatajusiag was anticipated a t Pestb, and fears were env. tertained of an outbreak throughout ^ 05^ As public curiosity is just now Hungary. Twenty travellers had been arrested at' Pesth. - ^ The gaiTKon of the city was to re port constantly under armSj ready to act at a moment’s notice. ‘ Sentinels were also posted at the gates leading to the fortress of Benda. ■ Milan letters of Feb- 9, state that the Austrian authorities, believing that Mazzmi was in the city, had taken the most rigorous measures to prevent his escapfe. The inhabitants ale forbidden to ap pear on the bastUes after 7 o’clock, • In case of disturbance, the house holders are to dose their doors, and ev* ery one found in the streets will be trkted as concerned in the affray. T « e N ew Y ork C rystal P alace ., -:-Tfae American Eailroad Jbmual has the foHolving comments upon the mag nificent enterprise now going forward in New York. While thus estimating the objects of the movers, it thinks -that the exhibition will be the means o f ac complishing much good; but the ex pense to artists and naanttfaeturers will be greater than it would be if the desire to make money was not paramount: \The whole affair will have a New York eharacler; that is to say, every- :^^^=*f^^JMiffJ?li.bemadesubservient to money making;\^Tfil&43. te be expected. Its patrons and getters up are men dfetm' gulshed more for their devotions to the shrine of Mammon, than the Muses ; (Kfceilent men, and good representatives of New York merchants, but who are not* wont to engage in enterprises that have neft money in them. A pretty penny Has been secured already, by a judicious representation o f the immense expected profits of the exhibition the stock has been- carried some 60 per €Q?kt' above its par value j so that a per son who a few months ago subscribed $10,000, only a portion of which, we presume has yet been paid in, has al-, ready cleared $ 60001 This\ fact shows the object of the scheme, anff we pre- sumo that all other considerations wfli yield iNciviLjtV'S everely P unished .-^—A London Omnibus^driver was sentenced, a short time since to six weeks’ hard labor in the house o f cm^setion, for calling a lady a liar. She had offered him a faro o f three pence, stating that^ she had got in at Fleet street, to which the man replied *. \ Y-oU are a'liar,; you got in af the bank.” For* this oflfence she had him’summoned, and the magi§-* Irate sentenced Kfoii as just stated. peace, to skate, and that all . should appear struck at some curiosity in the water, and all look in when this one should stoop over the hole, one o f the corapa-; ny should strike him with a club and pitch him in. One young man whose heart was not so corrupt as the rest, relentedi and by giving information prevented the murder. Several of the company are now in AshlaaqLJail. ------- awake about the long-lost son of Louis XVI, the following paragraph, under the head of Trenton, February 11, 1800, in TheNew Jersey State Gazette^ may he of some interest: j “ It is stated in political circles as a fact, that about t^ ^ e a r s ago a French man who had left bW ^ 0ntry on account of bis principles, and resided at Phila delphia, affirmed that he was oh the committee' o f surgeons who examined the child, said to be the Dauphin,^ and to have died of scrofula in the temple ; XI*. 4-u^ _ _ : corpse (contrary to positive instruc tions,) he perceived no resemblance, and was convinced that some artifice had been used to preserve the life of the young Prince. The circumstance is related hy gentlemen of credit,' who received it two years ago, from the sur^ geon*\srho was present at the dissection, and therefore highly confirmative of the rumor that Louis 4EVII was real ly saved from the prisons of the Na tional Convention by an ^artifice of Sieyesj'and is stilt in existence on the Continent.”—'TrenfoE State Gazette, M utiny on board the P acket S hip E nterprise -—T he M ate and B oat swain STABRED.'—Yesterday morning, at about 7* o’clock, a mutiny occurred on board of the packet ship Enterprise, lying a t anchor in the East Hi ver, oppo site Wall street.' Twp -of the seamen, viz t James Murphy, boatswain, James Lewis, second mate, were dangerously stabbed, and are not expected to live. They are at the hospital, under the care of surgeon Cooper. Four of the ring leaders in the mutinous affray, named Wm. Clinton, Henry Proctor, George Martin, and Henry Morse, were placed under arrest and lodged in the Tombs to await further action. The vessel was bound to Australia, and owing to- some dispute arising between the sailors, and other parties, a general melee took place, and will probably result in tlfe death of the boatswain, who, up to (he latest accounts, was apparently be^^ond all hopes of recovery. The ^eond mate is much better, and during: the nf'. ternoon he preferred a charg!^ before -Justice Bogart, of \ Assault with in tent to kifi.” against W ilim ,WHnton, who, he says, inflicted dangerous wounds with a sheath Mffe» Upon him self and Murphy, the boatswain. The latter was unable t#sj)eak, aud there fore could not W t e any eomplafet.— jV. F. Tim es./ A G ot ’^ iiAWu —^A company of ten L<»»$’r*d«y last, took from, one of to this town and sold for the suhi of vv#<rmeu. i ii«? ueaily six hundred dollars. These -Jfl 000 000 \ It i» estimated that the * ponds are oftentimes the source o f coti- ' trawle o f Japan with this country, if she sideraMe revenues to thejnhahitant?^ opens her ports, will be worth niore ’ who reside in their vitmity.---Arjgarfo7i ^han 1200,000,000 annually tnus, ^ {Mate.) Gazefle. ■ S O e m o c r a t . ROBERT EARL, E ditor . W e d n e s d a y , M a t-clt 16 , 1S53. WASHINGIOH. The National Capital is the scene of much excitement and great interest.— Thousands of applicants for office are constantly going and coming. There is a great contest in reference to the Oollectorship at New Y o rkM essrs, Shell, Sisco, Tiffien, Sedgwicbj and others, are the candidates. Thegener- al report is that the following nomina tions of Ministers abroad will be sent to the Senate for conffimation, v iz:— Hon. James Buchanan, of Penn., Min ister to England ; Hon. John A. Dix, of New York^ Minister to France; Hon. Pierre Soule, o f Louisiana, Minister to Spain; Hofi. H. A. Wise, of Virginia, Minister to Central America. Gen. Peaselee. o f New Hampshire, has been appointed Collector of Boston; and Hon. B. F. Hallett, of Boston, IJ. S. District Attorney, for Massachusetts,— both excellent appointments. There are many rumors afloat in ref erence to appointments in different parts of the Union, A few days will divulge the truth and convert rumors into realities, as it is said that the Pres ident intends to dismiss the Senate this week. The appointment of ser vants to assist him in carrying out the measures of his administration, is one of the most difficult tasks a President has to perform, and we have the great est confidence, that President Pierce will perform it, in a manner that will be beneficial to the country and satis factory to his party. DI/“ The New New Hampshire Dem ocrats have swept the state. Governor Martin’s majority will be very large— an increase of th^e or four thousand over that o f last year. The indications are that the three Democratic members are chosen. This was just what was expected of the Granite Democrats.— It is the best comment on President (T7“ T he result of theTCcent Charter eleetions, in this State, has given rise to the following d e m o c r a t ic p y r a m id . TROT. ROME. UTICA. AUBURN. _ _ -B U P F A ta. SYRACUSE. ROCHESTER., • WHIG PYRAMID. SWIG * ^ o T h e . F amily C ircle and P ae £ or A nnual . —A new volume of this month ly commences witliJhe March number. It has reached its fifteenth volupje, and now stands at the head o f the ijr- midable list of Dollar Magazines.-— „ , . . . . Each number contains one splendid K o r r i a S S n thB*’\”™ of engraving besides a fine coi- an engraving in. the present number, is very beautiful, and is rarely equalled by Graham and Godey. The colored flow ers are much adintfed, and go to make up a work of mueffinterest. Published by James G. Reed, 140'^ultoiCStreet, New York. , ' II?* A singular crime has just come to light in the little principality of Lip- pe Schaumburg. A country gentleman of large property in that principality died, leaving one daughter and tivo sons. The daughter, w^o was heiress to the greatest part df the property, soon after disappeared, no one knew whither, and corfequently the two brothers became sole heirs of the es tate. Now, after the lapse o f some 35 or 20 years, accident has brought to light the fset that the daughter still lives, and lias been kept imprisoned by her t W inhuman brothers during all this Thg matter has al ly\ the courts, and the re^jr n ^ s t e r ^ rtheir deserts. ff?* The New Haven Palladium says :AVe are'able to record 'another case of the complete cure of erysip elas % the simple application of raw cranberries pounded fine. The patient was a young lady, one side of whose face had become so much swollen and inflamed that the eye haff closed,'and the pain was excessive. A poultice of cranbewies w a s applied, andnffcer sey- eral chani^s the pain ceased , the rnffa- m a t l o a aubsided, and in the csourse.qf a cwiple o f d a y t every vestige o f tiie dist eaee had disappeared. The case occur red in the family o f one o f the editors ot the Palladimn^ and we can therefore vouch for its truth.” IE?\ RW^ A ntoinette B rown , (says the Tiabuhe) has two invitations to settle as Pastor of Religious Societies BLACK RIVER j tAIIr SOAR-; There was a meeting of the friends of this road, living Hong the linf North o( Boonville, at Lowville, on the 8th inst., for the purpose of settling and fix ing the Southern, or Eastern, termina tion. Col. Seth Miller of Gonstable- yille, was chosen President, and 'Wil liam King, of Martinsburg, and Abia- ther Joy, o f Clayton, Vice* Presidents. S. Sylvester, and H. D. Faulkner, Jr., were elected Secretaries.* , A. H. Barnes, Esq., stated the object of the meeting and. offered the follow ing preamble and resolutions, which were adopted un^imously t Whereas, many conflicting interests relating to the Southern terminus o f the contemplate^ Rail Road from the town Of Clayton on the river St. Lawrence, to the central line of Rail, Road, have distracted our counsels and prevented active and energetic • co-operation in this enterprise of such vital importance to Northern interests—^Now therefore, that unity o f action may be obtained for the completion of the work, be it Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by each town that is here represented, between Boonville and Clayton, inclusive, through which the contemplated Rail Road may p^s to hear the evidence in favor of Several proposed|routes and terminatipns and decide which shall be the Southern ter minus o f said contemplated rom. The committee thus appointed met in the evening, privately, and then made to the meeting the following report. That the committee could.niot decide the question o f a southera Srminus of the road for want o f furtwr informa tion, and that they had Hjourned to meet again at Carthage of the 22d in stant, at 12 o’clock M., d which time the committee of the wh|Ie are to re ceive the report of the fillowing^ sub committee, appointed to ^ ther evidence from the different sdutMrn termini for that occasion: / A. H. Barnes, Martiffiburgh; A. Joy, Clayton; H. Dewey, / Clean ; W. L. Easton, Lowville; E./Merriam, Ley den ; N. Ingersoll, I^Ray; S. Sylves ter, Copenhagen; A M . Goodale,West Turin, \ ' Y \ The sub-committ^, thus appointed; wiil be in this plaqi, as we understand, to-day or to-momw, to gain informa tion in reference h the Herkimer Ter mination. We. lave great^ coafidence from what we bsjre been informed that our citizens, if tley do their'duty, can stifi seeui’e the Krmination of the road at'ISis place andMohawk. Let a fair representatioij.of oUr claims and advan tages be m ^ e to tj^^Commiftee^ jJ7“ Tl^re is^T 'Ia^-at Frosvjlie, Francerml who has:, not been out of mourning opceMuring tfie last 70 years, ^ h e haS successively Ic^per father, inpther, two husynds, uncles, eight aunts, four brothers; five sisters, six brothers-in-Iav^ three sisters-in-law, tpree sons, fout daugh ters, and thirty-two grandchildren.— Spite of these continued a|9ictipns, she is in the enjoyment of all her faculties. She has but one relation left—a grand-; daughter, aged 72. ' old lady lives'' that she must lay something hy for a rainy day; s|ie may get old, - 1C? Among those w^o died on the Tennessee, on h e f pAsstge from Pana ma tq/San Franmsco, we arW^ained to sep^theiname of AnniaaRichardson,of the town of Schfiylef; Herkimer coun* ty, aged 21. He died on tfij^Sth, passage is reported at 19. A TRIBUTE. ' A t a meeting of the Students of Pair- field Academy, convened March 10th, 1853, on the occasion of the resigna tion of John P. Griffin, A. M., Associ ate, Principal of said Institution, the following preample and resolutions were unanimously adopted; 'Whereas, We learn that the connec tion hitherto existing between this in stitution and our much respected in structor, Mr. J. P. Griffin, is about to be dissolved, and desirous of expressing our respect for his virtues and our re grets for his departure from our midst, therefore. Resolved, That we deeply lament the loss of a teacher whom we all esteem, one, who, from his high order of talents, and distinguished virtues is eminently qualified as an instructor o f youth, and is at once a useful citizen and a valua ble friend. ; Resolved, That we tender to him our sincere thanks for his laudable and untiring efforts for our welfare, his over constant watchfulness over our progress, and for the highly valuable instructions we have so long enjoyed both from his precept and example. Resolved, That our best wislies at-' tend him, that w© invoke for him a prosperous and happy future, and hope that the new associations* he is about to form, will equal bis brightest antici pations ; and that we rejoice in the as surance that he is still to be an in structor o f youth, and, that what is to be our loss will be others’ gain. Resolved, That a copy of these res olutions be presented to Mr. Griffin, by the Secretary, as an humble tribute of respect, and also be sent for publication to the editors o f the county papers. JAMES B. BARNES, Pres’t. J as .R . M arvin , Sec’y. E dmund P. 'VV eed , ) H enry M. H urd , j G eo . B isbee , A Committee. A rdelia M. S anders , 1 H enrietta M. T uttle , J *Mr. Griffin goes to Bloomfield, N. J. U tica and S chenectady R. R.—;As a train o f cars from Ulica was passing Swart’s, five miles from Schenectady, it run over a cow, which threw the front wheels of the baggage car and the hind wheels of the first passenger car off the trackjin this position the train passed over two bridges, doing no damage to the passengers or cars. HIT\ The Kingston Journal thus speaks of the proposed ship canal “ This is a most magnificent project, an<J if carried into effect, must be of great importance to the canal interests of this State, avoiding the necessitv -qf t o T t o Overslaugh ; and it would ho of Incal culable benefit to Albany, rendering at' once a great inland port unequalled by any other in the. Union, a n d ||w ldgive it a growth aud prosperl^||'hardly dreamed of by'the^drowsy denizens^'.of that ancient city, but which is clearly discerned by the shrewd and enterpris ing gentlemen who have the project in charge. We hope to see the canal built, and Can see no objection to grant ing tfie ||k e d for charter.” T h e S carcity of \ S eam e n .— ^From every port in the country complaints are made of the difficulty of sending vessels to sea, owing to the great irear- city of seamen. In “Boston, ,the.sailors with greateeonoHiy; giving as a reason* \are demanding twenty dollars a month 1 =.^ enmfithinff hv for a in advance for a voyage„to..New Qr- .U T .UA Or-. learns, wMch fo readily ^dyanced 'by shippers; arid’ll is .ikpected that, un less 'some of the l a ^ fleet of vessels now Ut sea make their |ppearancp very .soon, sailors wilt readily- obtain thirty dollars ^a' month, and probably more.— Many oi sMps.that left^prt lately parried with Ihepi but.^a' very number, of r< urone; The whole number who died on Ihs^i^j^atTla^y' left here the'best was a canal boatman, w^hq bad neve|;heeii to, sea in his life, *the^ balanqe\bexng cbA-f posed'of men' ofmearly every -Calling.-^, In-the coasting Eurppeai| trades tfi| ihconyenierica is principally felt.-— In' the CaUfornia and .Australia b i # ness there is, pomparatively, np diffi®\ t j iU\securing hands.as. the pay is good and the prospectiye advan|pes more sentieii^.^ . In the gorommeM: service, fh&same trouble is, Uperiericeds'un ' severjtof - theym e k ^ e s tiri fpr tb Japan expedition are7 prevented froi going to^Seafor crews.,,- W'hen- ever there is a p ^ H y T s e a m e n th'e na val service is to. feel it, as Jack naturall^^H||^L3^bp' advanced «pay apd greater Medoig^liowed. ifi the mercantile marine tp^that prevailing in ;the n a v y . i ^ V i H K ^ .................. F ire at the S ing S ing PmsoN.-rPn Saturday night last, the^sabinef shop of OrH. Woodruff, fipntraetor, fire, and the hpilding and contents. tirely d e s W s d . ’ The loss un the part*' of the SHteWUl about $10,000.-— Mr^ Woodruff’s is ^ o u t |204>00, with about $10,000 insurance. j * A Vji^NDFALL.—^An pld man named Suttoi^konvict in tSe'^Auburn State Prison, received a few days^sirice, a letter announcing that by-the death of ,a^ relative, he becanie heir 1:6 property to. T rees Roche,^ Union mentions t h c “ aiiing in that^|[^ for Oregon of some packages 'of iruit trees, scipns on wmch the postage juras $32. This is a new illustration o f if h | workings cheap p o sta^ system. N ot A fraid oi ; . the C onsequences . —^The Livingston (C. W.) kax* ing dated its issue for March fit, Feb ruary 29th, the Rome Ss»ffj(<^ueried of the I^etos it were Leap, Emperors.^ But in tb*e pres Yearin'^riada, Jtud i f so ttmeatened the King o f Kings, whose gufdj an Irruption of Yankee girls into Cana- eamMtiv da, whereupon the Canada paper re- sponds as follows it isn’t” Leap Year.Mt. Sm- iihet. The devil” must have put that unfortunate 20 in the \head” ^ the D a ily fiews. ' A s to your threat o f an invasion of Canada by Yankee girls, be cause ofnur mi8-pri#j v e have to m y now, what in less friendly and happy djuhr we had ocei#ion to say to the f2hers of those Yankee girls-—\ l e i them com , i f they dare / ” They may in this S t e t e ^ n o of thorn at T r o y .- j i S o o a « v K 4 r o f It is probable that she will accept one but we arc not afraid efthc consequen- .of them. fees; oft all admirk- » n%raryPow- ^B^The policy advanj^ by the resident in regard to the ^ u isitiori of the4 territpry is liberal and' just.— He will tolerate no interference from foreign p p w ^ , nor infringe the rights .of contiguous natignsf' In a word, the spirit, tone, langfiage and . principles of thp A d d r ^ aro worthy all admira tion. Towards the coten^ ers o f the'Earth,'%he Prea Mmaelf proudly .and firmly,^ SQvere%n whom h.e addresses is r&-_^ garded as the political equal o f Kings ’ ” ' '* ssence of lance he so earnettly seeks, the President bends wjtkflipMMat^hummty, appealing to \the kind Jswidence that smiled on the blessings , be able thus heartily t o ^ m g f m h e first official document M w Executive.— Gf his nomination at ^Itimor©, to the* hour o f his inaugur-a- tion at Washington,, President Pierce has not uttered a. word, nor written aj line, at which any good sitizen could } take exception.; We honestly hope that we may be able to repeat this high\' commendation four years hpnee,— Y F. Mirror, ^ ^ LATER FROM HAVANA. C harleston , March 11. The steamship Isabel, Capt. Rollins, from Havana and Key West, 8th inst., has arrived at this port. The following is an extract from a letter from T. M. Rodney, United States Vice Consul at Matanzas, dated 6th in stant : We changed the residence, of our es teemed Vice President, on Tuesday last, from the Cutnbri to the sugar es tate of Col. Jno. Chartraud, leaving the Oumbri at half-past twelve, and dining at the delightful Ariadne at about four. The Vice President was considerably fatigued with the journey, but slept that night better. He told me that since he bad been on the island he felt de lighted with the change, and is more hopeful and of better heart than since he reached Matanzas, and at present unquestionably better than when he came here. Do not be surprised if the Colonel sends him home a tolerably well Private letters dated Havana, March 7th, say that up to the present it is not known what will be the fate of the political prisoners, as the i government is either undecided, or desiirous to keep its intentions a profound secret up to the last. Much anxiety is fplt by the Cubans, and the worst is feared. At Matanzas the crop of sugar was good. All the molasses for March had been purchased by eastern men. Havana was quiet when the Isabel left. TWO WOMEN mUBDEBED IN PEILADEL- PHIA. A most horrible murder was discov ered, this (Friday) morning, in a house in Federal above Seventh-st. Two women, named Hannah Shaw and E l len Lynch were found lying weltering in their blood in the front parlor ; the latter in her night clothes. Her two children (twins two weeks old,) were found in bed, up stairs, crying. Part of the house was occupied by John Carroll and wife. Both liad been out all night, to a ball and the murder was not discovered till Mrs. Carroll returned home at 7 o’clock. Mrs. Lynch's hus band is a marine, who was paid off here on Tuesday, and went away to New York Wednesdays morning, leaving seven Or eight $20 gold pieces with his wife. Her trunk was broken, open, and the money gone. The lock was picked with a dirk knife, as a piece of one was found broken off, and covered with blood, beside the trunk. A man nam ed Spring has Been arrested on suspi cion. Blood was found on his clothes. The deceased were sisters, Shaw Jiad ..teu twice, and was aoout 40 years old. Ellen'Lynch was about 26. The affair has created great excitement. Mr. Carroll was arrested on suspicion, but the examination \has cleared him. He» is a colporteurj or book agent. \ Second Dispatch .—An examinati of the bodies of the murdered wornW has taken place. Forty-one stabs were found upon Mrs. Lynch—five enterinj the heart: and seventeen wounds oi Mrs. Shaw. An attempt was marie ti but the fire went out after burning hole in the kitchen floor. A number of arrests on suspicion have been made; among them a Sing Sing convict named Arthur Spring. No money or knife was found upfe'him. T he C oal .A rea , of G reat B ritain . It is indeed remarkable that sot small a country should furnish so mighty a sup ply o f fuel. , England has 12,000 square miles o f coui area—nearly one tenth of the entire Area of the Island ; but still this bears^ut a small ratio to the total quantity in all countries. According to the -estimates of Professor Austed and ;Mr. TayloV,,the ascertained area o f all *the coal strata in the world is not less |bhan 150*000 ^.square miles. And yet |h e aiinual amount o f coal worked and brought to light in the British islands is nearly double that o f ail other countries takeh together—so. enormous are their colliery operatid^i^ 'Rhe number of coal fields in these islands comprising districts detatched frQru..all others is a- thirty; the numberrif-distinct W'Ork- a|ie sea,ms in these coal fields varies from one t o eighty-four, the thickest seam in- m f Orie field varies from three to forty: feet; and the aggregate thick ness o f all theSAams in each field varies from three to 200 feet. From these va rious coal fields there are now extract ed not less thah 35,000,000 tons a year, the value o f which, including transit-to the place of consumption, is ^ u t $90,- 000,o6ot'^^the $90,000,00^, it is sup- poserij® i^|bout one half,Is the val- l^nl mouth, aim the other the tranril/to the con sumer, The fixed capital ^ p loyed in .ftie British coal trade incl^ng mining niiiMnerj and |ra«sp m* ^ is roughly estimated at $50 legislative STTM3SIANY. United States Trust Company passed. It was opposed as unconstitutional, but the vote on It showed that the Senate considered it out of the general law __ The hour for executive session being reached, the Lieutenant Governor Glared the Senate so to be in session, when on motion of Mr. Cooley, Senate immediately resumed legislative business—the vote being 14 to 12; anfi the remainder of the morning was passed in a discusion of the bill provi ding for a revision of the law relating to mortgage debts. H ouse . —The regular order of busi ness was thrust aside, on motion of Mr. Loomis to take up bis bills regard ing the financial and canal policy of the State —the amendment o f Mr. Champlin being under consideration, Messrs. For syth, Hastings, Wood and Borroughs spoke against the special taxation of banks and railroads-^Mr. Chaplin de fended his amendment. Wednesday, March 9. SENATE.—ln the Senate, the plan of Mr. Vanderbilt for the enlargement of the Canals by .their own revenues, was presented. A minority report was promised. 10,000 copies of Mr. Van derbilt's report were ordered printed— the Senate dispensing with its usual order of reference to’the Printing Com mittee. The amount estimated to com plete the Erie Enlargement and the Genesee Valley, Black River, Cayuga and Seneca Canals,is $10,600,000 ; and, by the revenues of the Canals them selves the whole debt can be repaid in 1872. H ouse . —The session was devoted to agreeing with the report of the com mittee of the whole on the bill provi ding for the support of government, the payment of the public debt, and the im provement of the canal. The amend ments, proposing a special tax on banks and railroads were rejected, and the bill ordered to a third reading, as orig inally reported. Thursday, March 10. S enate . —The follouring bill passed ; To amend the charter of the Montgom ery county insurance company; Mr. Bristol offered a joint resolution pro posing an amendment to the constitu tion, with a view to the more speedy enlargement, completion and improve ment of the State canals. H ouse . —The day was devoted to the consideration of the bill levying a tax to support government, to improve the canals and to pay existing debts. The result was that the bill was recommit ted, with instructions to reduce the State tax from 1 mill and 2-lOths of a mill, to 7 IQths of a mill, and to toll all the railroads in the State, as provided in the bill reported to the Senate by Mr. Pierce. The bill equalizing taxation'was then ta ken up. An amendment was adopted as sessing owners of manorial lands to the extent of their interest in the lands and in rents unpaid. Friday, March II. S enate . —A large number of local and private bills, reported upon by the committee of eight arid passed to the select committees, were reported com plete and ordered to a third reading.- burn down the house, after the murder,! The remainder of the session was passed but the fire went out after burning al in a debate upon a bill fo repeal the upon a bill fo repeal the law authorizing the publication oft>^ Colonial History of the I question. ^ . H ouse .— The tax and toll bill | \reported from the committee on wa 5 ’& i knd means under instructions from the I house, and passed^ayes 81, noes 28. Kir. D. B. Taylor introduced a series ^ of resolutions endorsing the doetfines apd positions of the Inaugural Address, which lie over under the rule. Saturday, Marcli 12.' S enate . —The Hudson Ship canal bill, was put forward among otheTs.—- Mr.^Pierce submitted a minority report against Judge Vanderbilt’s amendment to the Constitution in regard to the ea- nalsA Several local and private bills passed. H o W .—Bills were reported to char ter thi Genesee suspension bridge com- pany-ko enlarge the Idiot Asylum—to amendpie charter of the N. Y. Acade my of ItjeBicine. A select committee was m^ed by Mr. Shaw, to report on n the propriety of a sale of the public j works. |A large number o f bills was re- | ported ^mplete, and ordered to a third* reading.! The tax equalization bill was discussedi No question. I Monday, March 14, SEN-ATE^Notices were given of biils to amend tfe insurance law, and rela tive to the literest of money. H ouse .-M I s were reported for the in- corporation|f fire insurance companies; for the inc(riporation of life, fire, and health insur&ee companies; to require canal superintendents to publish month ly a statement of their expenditures.—< The tax bill/was debated to the houri of recess. ’ \ I T hu D ead L etter O je ^ ice .— T h, letter office at Washingtn- V ice P besiden \ O a t h .— OAc r l e oath of office- the Vice \ ■Mr bu' er' si' at
