AMfiftlCAN T OLPMMj
' Jpnji/Bi BIiITTOS, Editors
'; : 'j.,bAKUSIJ!. PA.. NOV. 27, 1850. ', 1
-? Good Will Hose Compant.—By reference
IOOTir advertising columns, it will be seen that
. (he members of this Company intend holding
' another Foir, at Education Hall, commencing
December 24, and closing January 1. The
proceeds of the Fair will be appropriated lo
the liquidation of (ho debt against the Com
pany. We hope our citizens, and particularly
. (ho ladies, will contribute liberally lo the Fair,
and thus assist in a worthy object.
Bdddeh Death.— On Sunday morning last,
Jos. G. Thompson, Coroner of this county, was
called upon to hold an inquest outlie dead body
Cf neon CuNNiNonAU, a private soldier at the
' Carlisle Barracks, It appeared from the evidence
«' given to the jury, that Cunningham, In company
with some other soldiers, came to town on Sat*
onlay evening, purchased a quantity ot liquor.
Imbibed freely of it, and became beastly intox
icated. Qo was taken to the Garrison by those
who were in company with him, bnt being too
• tJrunk to go to bis quarters was put in tho Guard
. Douse. Ho was not long there, however, until
. It was found that ho was In a dying condition.
Uedlcal aid was soon brought to his assistance
and every effort made to save him that could
possibly bo made. Tho verdict ol the jury
was, << that Huou Cuhninqhan came to hisdeath
' by tho excessive use o( spirituous liquors.”
Willis, toe Murderer.— ln tho case of (he
Commonwealth vs. Matthew Willis, charged
with (ho murder of Jou.v Kissel, iu which Ihe
Jury, after being out three days and nights, un
able to agree, wore discharged on account of the
lorions indisposition of ono of their number,
tbo following proceedings were had on Saturday
last s The Court, haring (ho evidence before
thorn, and tho negro being willing to plead guil
ty to munlor in tho second degree, and (he
Commonwealth consenting, sentenced thu pH.
•oner to years and ten motilht solitary
confinement at labor in tho Eastern Penitentiary.
Tho highest penally of tho law is twelve years,
bat as it Is, wo believe, contrary to the act of
Assembly to turn out criminals trom tbe prison
In tho winter months, tho sentence, of course,
was obliged to conform thereto, and Willis es
capes some sixty days longer punishment. Tin’s
result appears to give general satisfaction, as it
Was feared that in the event of another trial, the
accused might escape entirely, from the iuaulTi-
Cioncy ol some of tho evidence, ami tho negro
Is evidently a most dangerous youth.
Superior Cigars. —We arc indebted to Mr.
Robert Carroll, of Marietta, Pa., for a box
of his nest Imported Cigars. We appreciate
the gift highly, for it is a difficult matter to
obtain a lip-top cigar in these diggens. Air.
O. has earned a reputation iu all parts of the
country as a successful manufacturer of cigars,
and those who deal with him once are sure to
become his permanent customers. These ci
gars can be had of our neighbor, Mr. C. Iv-I
norr, who keeps a largo supply constantly on I
hand.
&/■ Major John H. Eaton, formerly of Ten.
Deuce, died on Monday week, iu Washington
City. Mi\)or Eaton occupied a very prominent
position in (to political world a quarter of a
century ago. Ho represented his native State
la tbe U. S. Senate, and was President Jgck*
•on's first Secretary ol *War.
Tho Fillmore organa are dying out all
over the country. Know Nolhingism it ap
pears, don't pay. The American Organ, at
Washington, a virulent Know Nothing print
that was daily filled with all kinds of slander
against the men and policy of the Democratic
party has “pegged cut.” The American Dem
ocrat (?) at Baltimore, a print of the Plug-L’g
ly stripe, after sinking at least 505,000 for
its publishers, is no more. The Daily Dis
patch, a Fillmore organ, conducted with abili
ty, and printed at New York, is also dead.
Bo they go.
tCy“ Ex-Got. John Dialer, of California, left
Ntw York on Saturday last, for Son Francisco.
He takes with him the warmest wishes of many
personal and political friends in the Atlantic
States, whom his recent sojourn here has given
the opportunity lo become acquainted with
him.
Peace R riots Tuaououoirr rne Land I—lt
astonishing what an oflect the election has pn
doccd. Every great interest seems to have fc
an electric Influence. From (he day that th
food news was proclaimed that IhoCoiulitutio
»u maintained and protected by (lie pojmhi
voice, stocks bare advanced, conservative me
have breathed freer ami deeper, peace hassprea*
her white wings over all the land, the blood
telegraphic news from Kansas have ceuacd ; n
more murders manufactured to order, to frig!
the public eye and ear"; the (roubles In I hut ur
happy Territory are all more than half suttlvr!
and all men turn to James Buchanan, the cit
■eo of the great Middle States, as tho mnn.wh
Is to make the present and happy quiet state i
things perpetual.
Ax ExpExan k Cirr. —lt is estimated that (he
next year’s tax HU for the city of New Vork
will amount to ten millions o( dollars. One of
the charges against the administration of John
Quincy Adams was that the expenses of the
Government amounted to thirteen millions u
year.
LianiAM Litehatuu*. —Martin K. Tupper,
Well known in tho literary world, has given a
gold modal for tho encouragement of Liberian
liHratare, to bo awarded to tho author ut the
b«St essay on “Tho Future of Liberia.” At:
competitor* moat bo cltlaona of Liberia.
Pabdomcd.—Daniel S. Good, who, on (ho 10th
of January, 1868, was sentenced to four years’
Imprisonment In tho Lancaster county prison,
for an assault and battery with intent to kill,
vos, on Monday week, pardoned by Oororuor
Pollock.
Tni NiXT Congress.— According to the
bMt calcination that can bo made, Iho Senate
of »b« United Slates for 1857 will atom] as
follows:—Buchanan 87, Opposition 23, unccr
—total 62, with a Demooratio majority
of 14. Tho House of llrpreocntativca of the
«w (or thirty-fifth) Congress will be about as
follows:—Buchanan 132. Opposition 102;
(probable) Demooratio majority 28.
Moot IhtOLirio Viol—An .English paper
•aya: Our Gracious Queen Is far advanced in
aicotidition which promises, God aiding, lo sug-1
miebt tho royal family of England, son;ewhere I
the month of February. This means, in
(lain Fngliab, that tha Quren is going to have J
dltalMebahy, ' ■ V
mm.
Strange as it appears, there arc, neverthe
less, ditmditds irf business'; both piiblitTondpri
vate, to jfhich* this disagreeable epithet is al
together applicable. Wo say disagreeable, be
cause it is an ugly, name, and signifies an in
di lie rent ami lazy person—one who docs nol
care a fig - whether tile cart is hitched before
the horse, or the horse before the cart. They
sleep as soundly on the brink of a precipice, as
in the well-furnished upper chamber. When
their property is stolen, they muster up as
modi courage os enables them to ‘•lockup”
what the thief left; and in short, nothing save
the loudest thunders of artillery, can properly
awaken their sensibilities, if it can be said that
they have any. Their maxltnis: let us'‘kill
the fatted calf,” ‘‘cat, drink, and be merry,for
to-morrow (we) die.” But, what to us se«jms
tho most remarkable, is the fact of their occu
pying a space in society, without actually de
moralizing its condition—for the mere mention
of a lazy persqn, carries with it an odium too
disgusting to be forgotten in a day. However,
what covers tho defect of the Drone, at home
and abroad, is the liberality, or rather contin
ual mutuality of their ftllow-cillzcns. To the
care and kindness of their fellow men, they are
mainly indebted for almost all they enjoy.—
Like tho fulling tree that lodges in the heavy
and supporting branches of another near it,
they lodge themselves upon the forbearance of
the liberal minded and good humored, and thus
they get along, without being distinguished
from tho worthy and industrious of monkind
—a most astonishing species of wholesale im-
position.
The a flairs of State may be corrupted, and
I tossed to the centre, by the prowling, syco
phantic demagogue, so that the people may
grow desperate in their anger and rcrenge
and the drone will turn up the white of his
eyes, (without moving hand or foot.) and say,
“all is wkll.” The tenets of the everlasting
gospel may bo assailed by the Infidel, with ti
ger-likc ferocity; and without even a pretence
to morality, or the least concern for the wel
fare of mankind, and the success of the gospel,
he will proclaim, with an idea which, if it
were possible, would shame even a jackass,
that the opposition of the infidel will nil die
away: and still they occupy the room of use
ful. intellectual beings.
But to those pests of society there arc a plu
rality of objections. They arc jealous ami av
aricious. And is it not surprising, that beings
100 indolent to open their eyes ami ears to the
business of life, can muster np a spirit of ava
rice a wish to obtain all the earnings and ad
vantages that accrue to the industrious? They
will not sow, yet they struggle hard to gather
the sheaves of him that sowelh. We sec this
meanly singular spirit, throughout the whole
ramifications of society—even in the parly pol
itics of the day. Wherea counter spirit,should,
if possible, always prevail, there it is the most
I prominent! But in this it is particularly ob
jected to by those who can appreciate the j>ure
I pnnciples of our Government.
The hateful effect of this dronehm. may be
seen daily ami almost every where, like the
gaunt wolf, ever to be feared, and ever to be
despised
St'ftpßNftio* of tub Lancaster Bank. Tbc
Lancaster Bank, heretofore considered ono of
the best banking institutions in tho State, sus
pended paymoQt «» tho 18lh Inst. Tb* »«to»
bad been since then refused by thePh'lfcdoJpbla
Bunks. Its difficulties, ire learn, hard arisen
from the fact that its President, JU>. J. O. Bach
man, who resigned his situation on Friday week,
has been engaged in rather exlonaivo specula
tions, and is said to have ruado very Irco use of
tho funds of tho Institution for his own accom.
modntion. Immediately before, or after, resign
ing his position as Presidont, Mr. B. mado on
assignment, and the circulation ot tho report
that Iho Dank was a hoary loset by his lailnro,
created an intense excitement among tho note
holders in Lancaster and the adjoining counties
and n run was Iho consequence. It is said that
tho officers of the Bank continued to pay all the
demands made upon it during Saturday ami
Monday, and that for this purpose tho Bank was
kept open on both days beyond tho usual hour.
Thu clrculalion of the Bank has been very large
—greater perhaps than that of any Bunk in (h<
State outside ot Philadelphia. On Tuesday
morning, (he IKih, the Bank remained closed
and the following nollco was posted upon the
doors :
" Notick • V run having been mode upon
the Lancaster Bank, and its notes having Ikm-ii
refused by the Philadelphia Banks, the otllrers
deem it impossible to meet the liabilities nf the
Bank, as they are presented, and are, therefore
compelled to close the Bank. The note-hold!
ers am advised not to sacrifice the same, as the
assets of the Bunk are supposed to bo Buflleienl
to meet the circulation ami deposits. A state
ment, however, will be made to the public as
soon as the officers elect can make an examine
Hon of the condition of the Bank.
H. Itatuvob, Cashier. ’’
This suspension took every ono by suq»rlae,
ns all seemed confident the Bank would be able
to sustain the run (hat was made upon it. The
following is a list of the new Directors chosen
on Monday of lust week ;
n A .. Ht, r rS I n,i ' l *; M Connell. Ben) Kshelmnn.
L John Hats. I. E. Hiester. Come.
Imsf JacobM.la.ng, JacobEehelmnn
John Shadier, Richard McGruun, Sr.. Henry
Mnsseiiuan, James Rogers.
Postmaster of Lancaster.— The Prcniil.nl
of llic Unilcd Slates has appointed Hiram B.
Sivarr, Esq,, Postmaster of the city of Ijm
caalcr, in place of Henry M. Bcigarl, Esq., de
ceased, Mr. Swarr is a capable and deserving
gentleman, and Ids appointment is received
Willi much satisfaction by tbo Democrats and
citizens generally of that city.
, Tbo second Session of tbo Thirty-fourth
Congress will commence next Monday and
close on tlic M of March.
XT-In Philadelphia, Passmore Williamson
Edmund Schlcmm, and Moses llagar have been
held lo hail to onswer the charge of libel on tbo
Hon. Wm 11. Heed, Mr. W. 11. Konkin, ami
others.
ITT* It fa said that large numbers of tho for
cign born rrsidenla of Baltimore contemplate
selling their properly and leaving that city, on
account of tbo outrages of Know-Nothingism.
and the murders almost daily perpetrated by
the Plug-Uglies and oilier kindred spirits.
XT Brigham Young aays "Mormonlam” Is
true, and all holl cannot overthrow It. flu Q | flo
oaya Ihoro la two much “ whining” among (ho
I women, and therefore, two weeks from Ibis
(Sopl. Slj) ho Is going lo 101 l all his women to
ttgo” and If they don't go, they boro got to stop
Iholt "nhla.'ny,” fir k. nil! not lore arraie:*
or it.
Thp lecturers.
The New York Triftunc and the Times, have
published a long list of tho mtoica of. lecturers
for the winter season, and nctfrly every one of
them arc strongly tinctured with abolitionism.
But it suddenly turns out that Col. Benton is
going to take the field os a lecturer;- and his
subject is “The Union.” This brings down
on him the only half-smothered wrath of these
same papers—the Tribune and Times. They
thought that lecturers of their own political
stripe were to have the field all to themselves,
and it greatly disconcerts them to find that
other and far more distinguished men are dis
posed to become lecturers. One lecture-from
Col. Benton, with his ripe experience, learning
an independence of character, will produce more
effect than a hundred from Theodore Parker,
H. Ward Beecher, or any others of that fanatic
stamp. lienee the ill-tempered remarks against
Col. Benton. Probably, 100, his opposition to
Col. Fremont has something to do with the
matter. But the vipers bite a file when they
assail “Old Bullion." He will speak right out
just what ho thinks, regardless of all abolition
ists can say or do.
Lying Despatches.
The following despatch, sent from Baltimore
by the agents of the associated press, appear
ed in the New York papers of Friday, as well
as in other quarters where news is obtained
from the same source :
“Lpic on Wednesday night a party of row
dies alsncktd an American ball, and two Amer
icans were shot—one seriously, t
It is such a rare thing that any one can be
found reckless, or bold enough to attack mod
ern Americans any where, or under anv cir
cumstances, that the moment this paragragh
struck our eye we set it down ns a misrepre
sentation mtenlcd to reflect
upon the Democratic parly, by conveying (he
idea tliat the attack was made by Democrats.
Since this lying telegraphic despatch was re
ceived wo have gotten the Baltimore papers
containing an account of the affair, and find
but one man made an attack upon a party of
persons nl the door of the building in which the
ball nns being held, and that tho man who
made the attack was n noted member of the
American parly.
“ Peackabi.k Emigrants.”— Somo of 1
Kansas correspondents lor tho newspapers were
terribly indignant over the arrest of 2f>o “peace
able emigrants” into that territory by Governor
Geary, who subsequently were released on pro
mises of behaving themselves peaceably. The
baggage wagon of these peaceable emigrants,
when overhauled showed the following imple
ments of iml ustry :
“ Three boxes of navy pistols, all new, vit :
(1 six and 5 live shooters; 111 Colt’s, navy size ;
4 boxes ball cartridges! 1 bag of caps; fi small
lots of rifle cartridges; 1 box—lo Sharpe’s
rifles; 1 40 breech loading muskets; Ho percus
sion muskets; 115 hayoina; GI common siihres;
2 officers’ sabres; 1J kegs of gunpowder; 61
dragoon saddles; 1 drum.”
Tkrridi.r Disaster at Ska.—By the recent
irrivul of the Hamburg barque Khzc, the Ly
mnai.se, is reported as having been lost. Six-
teen persons saved, and one hundred and thir
ty missing. A New York correspondent Bays.
“The loss of the steamer Lyonnaisc has cre
ated a deeper feeling In this community than
has been visible since tho loss of the 111-fated
Arctic, the circumstances connected with the
destruction of which so painfully resemble Iho
history of tho Lyonfiftise disostcK - Conjecture
and speculation, so far, are at fault respecting
the clipper which came in collision with the
steamer, hut Iho prevailing belief, based upon
the statement of (he second mate, respecting
the portions of her figure luad which fell on
the steamer’s deck, is that she was some Can
ton vessel, homeward bound. There arc sev
eral of these vessels now duo. at this port.
The question is started, in view of the ro-cur
rencc of these dreadful disasters, whether Rome
new device cannot be discovered '.o indicate,
with some decree of precision, the position of
vessels at sea in a fog. Bells and fog whistles
arc helps, but they do not come up to the re
quirements of the increasing commerce of the
ocean. The ordinary steam vessel may use
the steam whistle to advantage, but what is
the sail vessel lo do, having no steam ?"
Another. —lt has Imch ascertained that the
Steamer Superior has been wrecked. Shcatiuck
on a rock in Lake Superior, during the storm
of the 20th ult., and went lo piece*. Thirty
five lives were lost, and sixrcen were saved.
\X7~ A Loudon paper gives a very gratifying
account of (ho progress Christianity has made In
New Zealand. A chief of that cannibal coun
try wsr questioned by ono of tho missionaries
as to how fur (ho study of tho Scriptures has
broken him of hia unnatural passion fur human
flesh. Tim chief answered proudly—•« You
missionary men have dono mo much good. J
nertr cat my riirmiV* on Sunday* notu.”
A Cohtlt Brilmje. —Tho suspension bridge
iboul to be erected over (ho Mississippi at St.
.ouis, it is said, will bo tho most cosily in the
turld. It will cost about two millions of dul
ura, will bo 84 loot above high water, and over
■ "d'o In length. Tho bottom of (ho (owors
‘ill bo 00 feet below low water.
llastt Rciiiau. —Another warning against
the 100 common practice of hasty burials, oc
curred tu Fremont, Sandusky co., 0., last
week. Danial Steams, Esq., who had been til
with fever for souks lime, to oil appearances
died on Friday afternoon: all tho arrangements
were trade, and the friends and Hie'clergyman
were assembled to pay the last tribute i f re
spect to tho supposed deceased, when tho body
appeared warm to tho touch. Restoratives
were administered, and hi a few minutes the
man who had como so near being buried alive
was sitting up. He is now in ft fair way of
recovery.
D /" Tlic neat Legislature of Dclawaro.whicii
will bo composed of a majority of democrats,
will elect two U. S. Senators—ono In plocv of
Bayard, deni., whoso term expires on the
Ith of March next, and the other to supply the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Clayton.
Sam’l Swartwout, lato collector of the
port of New York, is dead.
ITT* John Mitchell is lecturing at Nashville,
on ••Peace, or No Peace, In Europe.-’’
The Hon. John Tyler, Ex-President of
jo United Slates, ond family, arc slopping at
10 St. Nicholas Hotel. N. Y.
[T/* Prof. N. M. Hentx, husband nf the lato
Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentx. died at the residence
of his son. in Mariana, Florida, on the 4lh.—
Ho was a Frenchman, a teacher and a man, of
attainments.
Row Stands the Vote ?
Tho election la. past, and wo' can now hare
time to makQ Bomo figures to show the dlfler
onco Jn Pennsylvania between fighting for prln.
ciplo, with a statesman for a leader, ami fight
ibg for spoils and monty, with a cattle dealer
for a standard-bearer. Tho official vote in this
State sums np as.follows i
Bncbuiiatl '
Fillmore Fusion
Fillmore Straight
Total Fillmore
Total vote against Fremont
Fremont
Majority against Fremont
These figures prove that Mr. Fremont and his
Black Republican parly arc certainly in a min
ority in Pennsylvania of near ono hundred and
seventy thousand. Thousands, too, who voted
the Fremont ticket wore really Fillmore men,
hut their only hope of defcnlingidr. Buchanan,
they thought, lay In the election of the Fremont
electors. From bitter experience, wo learn the
lessons of wisdom. Let us hope that our Know-
Nothing ftiondswho first swore to mippoit Mil
lard Fillmore, for that was their oath, and then
sacrificed him to run after a “cow-boy,” may
profit by the lesson afforded them in their alli-
ance with Abolitionism. If they had adhered
to their candidate, there might have been at
least “ the ghost of a chance” for them. They
did not do it, and (lie result is known to them.
HOX. MU BUD STRICUJ.VD.
The Pennsylpnmnn pays the following just
tribute to this indefatigable Democrat and hon
est man. Wc hare, on more Limn one occasion.
expressed the wish that the Canal Board might
be at all times composed of just such men as
Judge Strickland, and we therefore sincerely
hope he may bo the next nominee of the Demo
cratic party for this very responsible position.
The Pennsylvanian, in speaking on this sub
ject, says:
Wo learn that Judge Nimrod Strickland, of
Chester county, will l>e a candidate before the
4ih of March-Contention, for Canal Commiss
ioner. Judge S. is widely known throughout
the State: was a prominent candidate before
the last Convention, and nceivrd a flattening
vole—he was,-in reality, the chef competitor
of,Mr. Scott, and without expressing a prefer,
cnee for any one of tho candtdaecs that rimy be
before the convention, wc feel sure all who
have any knowledge of Judge Strickland's
character, will agree with us. that he would
moke a strong candidate, and ihatne possesses
eminent abilities fur the place
no.v. j. uliacy Jim
} This gentleman—(he distinguished member
of Congress from old Berks—is urged in vari
ous papers fora position m Mr. Buchanan’s
Cabinent. If the President elect concludes
that Pennsylvania shall be represented in the
cabinet, wc know of no one more worthy the
honor than Mr. Jones. On this subject we
copy an article from the Baltimore Amnifni,
as follows: i
The Ni^httAdministhation -We perceive
that the neir»ap«ra arc already speculating in
reference to tire composition of Mr. Buchanan’s
Cabinet. As vet. however, such speculations
arc in the main futile, and confined to those
journals which bitterly opposed the Democrat
ic nominees, or, at the Ik’s!, remained in doubt
ful neutrality. Wc have no idea that this mat
ter has been the subject of a single exchange
of thought between the President elect and any
human being. When it shall be proper cither
to make or receive suggestions upon this deli
cate point, wc make po question that tho sense
of tho differentssccliojU»of the country, from
whence Cabing appointments will be made,
vkill be vfyh;grcftt deference. Wc
may venture, nevertheless, to remark, that it
has been custotnary.and it would seem almost
indispensable,, for;the Presidieut to consult,
somewhat, his individual preference in the se
lection of at least ono tried personal and politi
cal friend, as a cabinent officer. If this usual
coim* should be pursued by Mr. Buchanan,
then »t would seem that there could be little
difficulty m naming the distinguished gentle
man ii|*on whom his choice would folU The
personal and political relations long subsisting
between tho new President and lion. J. Ulancy
Jones, of Pennsylvania, combined with the
transccndcntlv imponanl services rendered by
the latter In Inc late elections, appear to point
him out aa the choice of the Democracy of the
whole country, as well as the man, perhaps,
above all others, whom tho President would re
gard it his duly, no less than his personal in
clination, to honor.
We have watched closely Hie Presidential
contest in Pennsylvania—the great battle
gronntl of the campaign—audit Ts but sheer
justice to Mr. Jones to award him the hi*h
merit or exertion, unsurpassed even in that
Slate, wherc-cTCTy-Minn imbued wuhpnra Dem
ocratic principles, has so nobly performed his
whole duty to his party and to his country.
Aw ArrJLLisa Statkmebt.—A ragged school
association, In a public appeal, state that there
are In London M,OCO,OPOwho never attend pub
lie worship, 150,000 habitual drunkards, 160,-
000 open profligates, 80,000 professed beggars,
10,IK)0 gamblers, 80,000 receivers of stolen
goods. Moro than 10,000 young men under lb
years of age, aro annually committed for theft
in Great Britain. a.
One might snjjppgo (lint the pious roformcn
of that country, have enough to attend to, with,
out coming over hero to meddle nidi our nig
gers, and incite them to rebellion.
A Cheat llojikt Crop.—Mr. M. Quimhy, oi
St. Johnsvllin, Montgomery county, N. V., ims
sold this year upward* of 20,000 pounds of hon
oy. Hlmaulf atod aonmiako tho production of
honey a business, and Undoubtedly a very pro.
ftlablo one. Tho honey laduposited by (hobeci
In small, cheapb<ucs,wlth glass sides and ends,
and sold in tho same-by weight, Including tin
weight of the boxes. ‘
Lands in Kansas.— -Tho St. Louis, Mo., In
tclligenccr says i “ It Is almost incredible, (he
amount ot gold that has been poured ln(o Kan
sas from all parts of tho country, In view ofihe
sale of the Delaware Jbnds. Wo are sure that
not loss than $ 100,000 have been sent to Leaven
worth hy tho St. Louis brokers alone.”
07* A man named Bill Blsko was arrested
atoly In Angcllno, Texas, for tho murder of a
vholo family, named iloorc, and was Jmmedl
deiy taken ond executed- l»y amob. Previous
o meeting Ids doom Ini made fulhconfeaslon of
ho heinous crime, and said ho was instigated to
(s commission by others.
A man who had studied something, but
learned nothing, was boasting ono tiny to a plain
countryman ol the sciences which ho did not
possess, and when tho latter made a somewhat
Incredulous face, assured him that ho had stu
died at two Universities, Tho peasant answer
ed drily, «• I once had a calf, also, that sucked
two cows, but for all that, never made anything
but on ox.”
Prussia males aro not to
iarry under twcnty-Avo, nor females under
ronty-four years oi ago*
07“ The PUsburgGatctto, a loading Hopub.
lican Journal, takes grounds against any prema
ture committals in relation to tka next I’raalihm*
campaign.
Appointments by the Canal Boiad,
lUnmsDcmo, Nov. 19.—Tho board of Ca
nal Commissioners commenced making their
appointments to-day. The following arc all
that have yot been announced : - 1
Supcrin/cmLmf of the Columbia Railroad.—
J B. Baker.
Supen-iJ'ors.— Division—Wra.
Ovcrfield, Jr. Eastern Dvision-'-W. Foster.
Lower Juniata Division—D. Elsenbiac. Low
er Western Division—John Gnllaher. West
Branch Division—Thomas W. Lloyd. North
Branch Division—George W. Search.
Collectors.— Easton, 1). 11. Neitnnn; New
Dope. Charles Palmer ; Bristol. Pugh Dungan ;
Philadelphia, J. T. Smith; Paoli.R. Lavcrty ;
Parkcsburg. W, McVcagh; Columbia. J. L.
Lighlner ; Portsmouth, J. Livermore : Harris
burg, John 11. Brodhcad : Newport, John Ilart
7,clt; Lewistown, A. G. Harvey ; Huntington,
Thomas Jackson ; Hollidnysburg, Joseph Mc-
Clelland : Johnstown, D. Fullwood: Blairs
villc, 0. S. Jamieson ; Freeport, 0. C. Snow
den ; Pittsburg, Wm. M. Stewart: Williams-
Sort, J. Piatt; Northumberland, J. Swim-ford :
each Haven, John S- Foilmcr ; Athens, Will
iam Ilucston : Freeport Aqueduct,’ Henry Ncs
bit; Juniata Aqueduct, S. Bigler; Bridge at
Duncan's Island, C. 11, Ziegler; Outlet at
Portsmouth, Wm. Colo.
288,090
65.888
20.888
82,226
315,916
117,400
168,007
IFcig/mmsfers.—Easton, Wm. AblcjO. B.
Ohustead, assistant; Philadelphia. U. Simpson.
11. Leech, assistant; Columbia, J. Moyer. J.
Watts, assistant; Postsmoolh, 11. Righlmy
er: Ilolltduyslmrg lock, Christian Snyder ;
Ilollidayshurg Scales. George Potts; Johns,
town Scales, J. Burkholder : Pittsburg, Joseph
Gaward ; Beach Haven, T. Mcßridu, K. S. Ba
con assistant. •
Cargo Inspectors. —Philadelphia, P. W.
Conroy ; Columbia, Charles Carson.
State Agents, 'Columbia It It. —J. L. Pack
er, Wm. S. Wyler, J. Clark, M D. Holbrook,
C. Stuck, J. S. Royal, C. Oei&sart, Wm. Alim
son, Lot Watson, Addison Ilatnes.
Keeper of Outlet Lock, Columbia. —J. S-
Roatb-
Completion op the Nohtii Branch Canal
—The North Branch Canal, which was com
menced 20 years ago. is at length completed
through to the New York improvements. A
letter from Towandn, of Nov. 15th, announces
the arrival of o l*oat from Wyoming, with - r i()
tons of coni. This boat, which proceeded on
to Elmira, was the first to pass through the
canal. The upper North Branch Canal ex
tends from Pitiston, the termination of the,
inner work, D.O miles, to the Junction Canal
which is 17 miles in length, and connectsnl
Elmira with the Chemung Canal in New York
Stale. The Junction Canal wn.s completed
more than a year since, and the Chemung Ca
nal, our readers me aware, connects thro’ the
Seneca Lake and the Cayuga and Seneca Canal
with the New York and Erie. Thus, by the
present completion of our North Branch, we
have the greatest canal communications on
earth, uniting the waters of the Chesapeake
Bay, the (Jreal Lakes and the Hudson River;
and the system of Pennsyhania improvements,
ojeettd nearly a general ion ogo. in connection
ilh the New York plan, as emanating from
ic mmd of Do Will Clinton, is at lust loyiuhi
ic present race its long expected benefits.
TiikPaitkic Kajuioad.—ln the last Cali
fornia papers is n letter from Mr. Buchanan in
reference to the proposed Pacific Railroad, in
which he slates that, concurring with the res
olution adopted at Cincinnati on the subject,
he is decidedly in favor of the Pacific Railroad:
and he conceives that Congress possesses the
same power to make appropriations for the
construction of this road, strictly for the pur
pose of national defence, that they have to
W'cot fortifications at the mouth of the liarbor
of San Francisco. The Pacific Railroad Is on
ly a qiiosiion of hme.it will come as fast as
the necessities ol the country re pure.
K7* Smith, the “celebratedrazor strop man,”
has again token to the street in New York,
and hia sonorous voice again mingles with the
various city cries. It is said that this ener
getic vender of “strops,” after having made a
snug little foltunc in his business, was induced
to make an investment, byawhich he lost his
all and more too. But having “more of the
same sort left.” by which he made hia money,
he starts anew in good voice and strong hope.
CopUTER I R ITERS Cojivictkd. — F. M. Lenia.
Charles Moore, David Hampton, and John Con
ner, were tried and convicted in tho Montgom
ery county Court, last week, for passing coun
terfeit money. Lewis was sentenced to 4 years’
Imprisonment, Moore ond Hampton each 8 years,
and Conner 1 year. Three of (ho convicts were
residents of Norristown, and had heretofore
borne a good character.
07" Two curious cases of intermarriage have
occurred In Newton county, (}a, Mr. Stephen
Danll, oged 6fi, married a daughter of N. Hog.
ora, who was 16, and N. Rogers, aged 62, mar
ried a daughter ofStephen Daniel, aged 14 years.
A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch says;
Will you bo so kind ns to let us know (he rela
tionship of their offspring.
ITT* A trustworthy uilncss. Lieut. Gunni
son. says that when he was in Utah, the three
members of the Presidency had no less than H 2
wites between them, and that one of the three
was called an old bachelor, because he had
only a baker's dozen.”
O’ Wayne county having given but 100
majority for Buchanan, there is some talk of
excluding her hereafter from tho Tenth U-
Tlic Governor of Delaware has appointed
Joseph P. Comegys to fill tho voenney in tho
U. S. Sonalc, occasioned by the death of Mr.
Clnyton.
IH7“ Iho Hoard of School llircclors in the
oily of St. Unis have passed tho following res
olnlion : "That henceforth no teacher shall
he allowed lo inflict blows on tho head in any
manner; that tho use of a ration, or like in
strument. upon tho hand, is prohibited; and
that bruising or maiming tho hand or any oth
er part of the body, will not be tolerated ; and
this Hoard wish it distinctly understood that,
in accordance with powers reserved in their
rules, they will consider departure from such
restrictions good cause for immediate discharge
from the service of this Hoard.”
Rnucs I'ltOM Nisnvuu—The Congregation,
alist mentions that the hark Daniel Webster
which arrived ot (his port last week, from U-v!
root, is reported to have as part ol her corgo,
61 cases of morhlo. These nro probably the
Ass, rion slabs which arc designed for two or
three of tho Now England Colleges, and which
hove been wailing at lleyroot, nearly twelve
month for a Boston vessel. Much curiosity
will ho felt to see these relies of antiquity, and
it Is to ho hoped that they have sustained no
injury iu their long Journey, and will reach
Uicir destination in safely.
The Presidential Election.
Pennsylvania Official.
November 4, 1850.
COUNTIES. r.
<, b « W H
r, c « « «
'• o 2 2 2
g g lls
W [n ft, CQ
Adorns,
Armstrong,
Allegheny,
Beaver,
Berks,
Blair,
Bradford,
Butler,
2687 1120 1225 24
2080 2968 118 76
9002 18671 592 690
1905 2058 103 183
11272 1i.87 0282 004
2000 445 1758 097
2814 6088 80 71
2048 8401 07
2458 800
05) I 4082
298/ 804
Bedford,
Bucks,
Cambria,
2895 800
2700 788
Centre,
Clarion,
Clearfield,
1485 018
8891 5800
Clinton,
Crawford,
1866 092
2880 1239
8427 1472
6333 5308
8094 1015
2005 1590
Carbon,
Columbia,
Cumberland,
Chester,
Dauphin,
Delaware,
575 275
2584 6150
8554 2089
970 142
8109 2446
2747 1821
2104 920
1702 8012
Etk,
Erie,
Fayette,
Fulton,
Franklin,
Greene,
Huntingdon,
Indiana,
1463 1068
1865 480
1220 8065
2511 2414
8824 934
8781 6608
4426 8237
6791 4850
526 812
2699 • 8680
Jelfurson,
Jnnlutn,
Lawrence,
Lebanon,
Lycoming,
Lancaster,
Lehigh,
Luzerne,
M ’Konn,
Mercer,
7181 2845
1491 210
2275 56)
Montgomery,
Mifflin,
Monroc,
1 Montour, 1271 666 188 1)
1 Northampton, 5269 1168 614 1191
NorlhnmlHTland, 8959 566 241
Philadelphia, 88222 7892 12218 11880
Perry, 218,"5 521 750 Go 7
Pike, 872 270 10 5
Potter, GH7 1204 4 2
7935 2188 2815 367
1763 1458 1404 ]
12-.5 443 1915 49
2548 8861 8 43
538 8(19 43 5
Sell in Ik i 11,
Somerset,
Snyder.
Snsq uclianna,
Sullivan,
Tioga, 1880 4511 7 20
Union, 1092 1 129 171 15
Vennngn, 2157 2041 05 7
Warren, 1281 2091 2 47
Washington, 1288 4287 187 128
Wayne, 2259 2172 70 87
Westmoreland, 5172 4091 280 00
Wyoming, 1171 1138 17 67
York, 0876 611 8800 1001
Total,
280680 147280 65852 26387
Mn. Buchanan in England.—lf we may judge
by the bitter feeling exhibited by the English
press, In anticipation of Mr. Buchanan’s elec
tion, wo may bo prepared for something terrible
in (lie same journals as soon as tidings of our
triumph reach the shores of England. A feu
days will bring us the statu of feeling among our
airns-oliunllo neighbors, occasioned by (he tit
mnpliant election to the Presidency „/ uur I,it,
English Minister.
Mr. Buchanan, while In England, did not nor- i
ry hlniseK in trying to cultivole the good opin
ion of aristocracy. Toadism was the price
demanded, which ho refused to pay. He did
not consume his tlmo in attending banquets,
making fulsome speeches In adulation of her
Majesty; neither did lie flatter tho snpcmmiated
fossils who bask In tho sunshine of the Queen,
lie stood aloof from all (Ins, being content to
attend to liis duties, curing little whether his
performances elicited from English critics either
praise or censure. That his plain, republican
simplicity did not suit Jol.n Bull, is evident from
what wo have already seen,and that Ills election
to the Presidency of the United States will not
raise him in English estimation, may bo calcu
lated upon with entire certainty. The Ameri
can Democracy, however, are ■ itlstied, and (hui
1. snlllclimt bolli for our Prc-sld.-i.Cn g|„ r)
onr nation’s liiippin''a<,.
A * l ’ SiMiij I).,** u, „„ |iE(,i t 8
A aiiign|,tr circiiniHt.uta! recehlly occurred In
MHlrr county, Illinois. An .Id mnn named
" "K"-'* l <‘ind, haring .undo arrange,
monts w.th certain persons not to bury him, but
to have Ids entrails taken out and put in a box
ami placed beside liia collin, üblch ho ban had
over ton yeurs. Ho was then filled with suit and
sowed up uith n grjpo vino or something o( that
s<irt. Ho was thun carriod to Ilia repository ol
his collin—a cavity in a perpendicular bluff
about 60 or CO feet from thu bottom. About
200 persona were present.
O.v* op Timlliisn.Ta ok Poutical Piikacii
ixo.—U has been stated, on the authority of
the Baptist Almanic, that lost year the Bap
tists in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont,
suffered a total decrease ot 726 members, while
the not increase in ail the New England Stairs
was only KB. This is evidently the result of
the introduction of politics into tho-pulpit. -
Never before in the history of thc’Amcricon
Baptist church was such a story told.' Not
alone in the Baptist church, but in every other
whose ministers forgot their sacred calling and
entered the arena of politics, wo have the same
result.
Shovels.— There arc onunlly manufactured
in tho United States 2.100,000 shovels, or about
000 dozen per day. They are made entirely in
this country ; about onc-third tho numbir in
Massachusetts, the real in Philadelphia, Pitts
burg and other cities. As the shovel is ono of
tho civilizers of the world, tho annual demand
of that useful article shows how much the peo
ple of the United Stales arc contributing, by
their labor, towards improving the social con
dition of mankind.
Orr rmi the Fa a West—A few days since,
almnl 30 colored persons arrived at Washing
ton city from Virginia. They wero emancipa
ted by elms. B. Howard. Esq., of Orange co.,
Va., each provided with 8126 in money, and
disced under the ease of a gentleman, who ac
companied them, to secure for them permanent
and comfortable homes in the for West.
O - Since the adoption of lira Constitution,
the people of the Sooth have voluntarily eraon
cipated about 250,000 slaves, worth at least
one hundred and twenty-tiro inilio.,B of dot
lara.
DC?" John 0. Fremont is in a minority in the
Slate of New York of over forty-four thousand
volcs—44,ooo.
O- Tho loss of life from enaito bites in
Sclmle, India, lias become so serious (bat Got
eminent has taken measures for Hie destruction
of these reptiles, '
< The Eicltement PnssGd.
The following .extract of an article from lh 9
Pottsvillo Gazelle, contains ourown Benin
ments :
•• For ourselves, we feel heartily glad that iho
clcctipn, decided in accordance with our deep,
cst wishes, is over at last, and that the state of
excitement and frenzy, into which.the different
parties had worked themselves, has passed
owny, allowing cnlm ; reflection onco more to
sway the trfmd. All 'that is left us to d 0
is to gathwjjjn the official returns, mark out
the course of political action timt the Demo*
crntic party must follow, If it would retain ibt
preponderance in the nation, and then turn to
those varied topics which the importance of
the last election compelled us to neglect,
A newspaper, to bo interesting to all classes'
must contain a variety, so as to suit all tasta I'
what may bo interesting to one is not to anoth
er, and so vice versa. So that to please all tU
peculiar tastes of the great mass of readw*
must bo consulted and satisfied. U jj
possible, noy very probablo, that some mw
lake oflcnco at tins very article, and (hid fault
with it, while a few Olliers perhaps may now
like It. Sonic may foolishly hnn K in. that the/
see a great mountain of offence and fault in it
which, upon closer view, will turn out to bernf
bigger than a molehill; and others again, will
appreciate exactly the way in which the writtf
••laughs in his sleeves” os he writes. “Every
man to his taste” say we. 3
Fusion.
1784 152
410 816
801 107
1400 552
944 0
511 08
048 84
4 41
800 150
214 6
1605 14
020 828
2382 107
219 791
Again there is a lurgo class of readers who'
wc know will be glad that the papers are no'
longer lilted with political matter; we itican
the ladies. Except perhaps those who Imre rf
hankering after political life themselves, ih*-
strong minded ones. While it is but proper
the general principle of free institutions- tlio’
policy of government, ond the broad dislinc*
lions of parlies should be understood by them,
yet for the minutitn of policies,|they have bui 1
Mule taste ami less euro. To them the fact of"
Uic election being over will be a cheering sign
that the newspapers will once more contain tlitf
usual variety of rending matter, from runaway
love matches to robberies and murders. *
45 7
37 252
1128 40
501 5
1217 10
272 14
908 737
231 32
688 31
697 151
- 11 8‘
896 41
1790 7l
8615 077
91 31
305 663
7 49
15 193
Laokußbbu.—The Scalpel, a medical semk
monthly, noted Tor cutting long and deep into
all the absurdities of humanity, concludes air
492 1773
989 61
57 12
article on the unhealthy devclopeiuent of tastes
found in swillng down lager beer; in the Btib
j joimni manner. This is.opc of the animal pro
pensities similar to smoking, chewing, or drin
king alchoholic beverages. They all exhibit
mi unbalanced condition in mind and'.body.
All habits contrary to the pure laws ofnalur*',
arc the offspring of a perverted intellectual and
moral developement. Men might learn wisdom
from the animal kingdom, which avoids oil
food and drink which ts hurtful—and not dc
grade his im culivc genioua by producing that
which does not add to tlic hi allh, longevity and
punty of life. By habit, we create an appetite
for that whiclf nature, while nnpcrvcrlcd by
the force of example and taste rejects asbbnox
ions and foreign to the wants of the system.
But to our extract.
It is little wonder ifn nation addicted to tho
use of a drink with such properties—and Its
eliects are well known —should become devoid
of spirituality and full into a state uf material*
ism. sudi as history has as yet furnished us
with no parallel.
Its eliects upon the external form, and upon
the action of man. tsulrendy beginning to awa
ken attention. Trie depressed and broad
bends ; the flat though wide ahouMvft and
breast : Ihe st/night back, ami cow-like trend
«fiis \icliius is already known to keen obser*
> ers.
A great change takes place in the eye, when
Up r beer is habitually drank. It hn« invaria
bly a turbid and sleepy look, wh K- ItTiiiusclv*
me so much relaxed as to make it. as il wuo
hang m a defenceless n'ato.
The effect a of lager brer, in other respects,
are marked. Ihe diameter of the head between
the airs appears enlarged, ahd With li tAe back
port of the jaws, giving to the countenance a
, three cornmd look. so characteristic nf the
Low Dutch fnee: the neck Ixcnrais thick, of.
ten hanging over the shirt clar in wrinkles, in
the regi n where plirenleiiyisl tucate tho organ
of umnliveness : ihehKm liecomes rid, with a
blown up, spongy mu fare, from which large
<jmm i les of fatly iimiier of an offensive Odor
arc produced, giving the whole sur fnce ft grea
sy mid disagreeable aspect. Tho habitual im
biber* of this U-verege are gencrallv obliged to
hold their agars to their mouths, which being
usaj elnclly ns fumuls for their favorite drink,
seem incapable of much muscular- tenacity.
n men ndiheted to sexual excess, the neck a>>-
piars to drmin.sl, m size, while (he h ad swells
«mi like that of a young sparrow in proportion
to his limbs, and their bkm.aMiengh ruaininjr
Us greasy aspect, loses its color ajul in mow
translucent.
tango, prodLa mLch JdoZ' ~ lut »•«
want of tenor ; it ha. gr “
them to call a lmr.lt, dSS “ “T S
rel voice. 5 Volcc a *>cer (mu •
This fact is well known
« ho instinctively avoid it. o ptra-singcrs,
In the ini. Uigent circles in Gorms«._4il -e
feels of the hoi. Irnvo already
lion and has been Ui.%card.ii in a new beer,
We atlud re T'"*
" e allude to the or whcot-Ucr nor
fnpcolor. kno “'' “ UL,|li " ' rl, ' U ' bwr > fr ° m il *
The tlTc-ct of lager hrer on tho urinary 1 or.
So flout^ I ha n | l r,'" l ° r " ,c "ntaL".
eriies of itio . n L 1,1,0 • or ibe morcoiio prop-
X;, t '* my "" f “vo™hla When
lakcit in largo nuanuiios, p | ms decide.. ■»>
.atiopcrsonadhiiciic liropcrtics, tvhile ju c»i
-!MSSs. on f l "” r lmrt of •»» s■>»*
which in ~ l0S!l of that- power la-
Ki.lL ' rTT° ? c 1 ,c ’ " IOKI eaallid and ‘enabling
J ry l mtw™"“{ "" d il ; ullrel "«l ollspring. , Kv<?
has £rLrr".Ti“ (,l,s ‘ TV " lin » iiidncliorv
sinrilitta in l eiercistd, can attest this*
area Wav, hJ'ri‘'“ ° n '' l ’ ril 'S of melt nUl.cra-
I.™ , hi , w cr “ tat " ri! • nd lnte
lolWhnShT ~mrry lnl - i« lift
1 hose whose souls appear to he t' c tail cod'
ofthewappetuo sa, t),„t lager-hcer pr”j,i".'
Tl.a? ,1 P|,t l"'' n-liahly tnfiir»«.l'
laslc 10U|; ‘ U lUaJ ' J ° il * i A |a " a **'“
Some philosophers who reason .by anaVgJV
sny ihni beer odds to the longevity of n man.
because jt reduces the activity of Jif o An d tlie
oxidation of the ilasues. According to nialho*
malic.s. whnl is lost in power and intensity,
we gam in lime ; and wh&t wo. gain in lime,
wo long in power. Jiut it is questionable
whether such nn existence in desjrobli, <«i>
should it be possible to produce by drugs the-'
I ellrat claimed hv loger beer.
\Vohavc no doubt that consequences’
cpuld bo traced through,a}Hlic social relation*
of man, and that upon t|io human
organisation, materially and spiritually* will
f cl ,. , and recorded. There Cin
be little doqbt that its nso in excels;, as wo
nowsce U; can exercise no favorable Influence
on ourijappincss as individuals, or our; destiny
a a Patton.
' tC?" M. 0. Godard lias bccu making balloon
ascensions froin Philadelphia for aovcr*) weoki
past, very aucccflifully.
Ounions.*— Tlio eaccobkfuV Presidential canclN
Jato bag always received tlia voto of P’cDiwyl*
▼Onla. ‘ r 1 1 .: !v ,1.,, ,t. -!*
Defective’Vision.— iTho Paris ; Medical G*--
*ottu states/ that of (ho 8,200,202 yoUng-m°n
examined In France for military aotvlco during
nineteen years, 18,007 were exempted V«
of defective' sight. , ’