Whole No. 2390. 1 TERMS OF SIBSCRIPTIOX. OYE DOLLAR PER A .Witt, IX iUVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. ?LJ"AII NEW subscriptions must be paid in f advance. If the paper is continued, and net paid within the first month, $ 1,25 will he charg- Jed ; if not paid in three months, $1,50; if not paid in six months, $1,75; audit not paid in nine months, $*2,00. All papers addressed to persons out of the county will be discontinued at the expiration of ihe time paid for, unless special request is made the contrary or payment guaranteed by some irresponsible person here. ADVERTRIXU. fH Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con- Sslitutc a square. Three insertions sl, and 25 Scents for each subsequent insertion. covrivicu. fPIIE elections being over and the exciiement 1 1 attending them passed away, and it being Considered dangerous nowadays to keep on hand bank notes, the proprietor of the People's Store Would again invite attention to his magnificent depository for replenishing the outer man and Woman on the scientific principle of saving Jjhionev. which accommodating establishment is f|n East Market street, and can readily be distinguished from all others by its piles ol beautiful goods and wares and "that sign," which, like the Star spangled banner, is fanned ' "*>? every breeze. The Ladies, gentlemen, mer chants, traders, farmers, laborers, and all oth ers are therefore invited to a grand di-p!ay (ad jiissionfrer) of a most extensive, beautiful, and theap stock of Staple and Fancy Goods. The exhibition will remain open every morning, af ternoon and evening until further notice, and jail concerned are requested to call early and Procure good seats. The performance com mences early in the morning with an exquisite melo-drama entitled 3DK.Y GOODS. in part Broche Silks, 75 cents; Ging ham# from tij to 25 cents; White Goods, such Swiss, Victoria, Lawn, Bishop Lawn. India Jaiook Muslins, Brilliants, Swiss and Jaconet JKJgin's and Insertings, Flouncings, Collars and IgEleeves, Challeys, Bareges, Mohair Mitts, Silk at ml Kid Gloves, llosnry, and hundreds of olh ' r articles in daily use. Iff Scene second will open with a grand display •f Stella, Crape, Cashmere, Delaine, Thibet, mnu numberless other B H A 77 L S 3 BCrape Shaw Is from $6 up.j which lor beauty, •eatness. fineness, finish, cheapness, and all the ithcr etceteras, exceeds anything of the kind Ipef.ire displayed to the ladies. This scene is She admiration of all who have seen it, both Wrorn town and country, and alone is worth a f i>it from the extreme ends of the county. Scene third will be an unrivalled exhibition of CLOTHS AM) CASSIMERES, •ii colors, shades, and prices, of exquisite ma terial. and so beautiful w lieu made up, that a jnung ladv of our acquaintance had for several Nfcu s an idea of setting her cap for a handsome gentleman she had seen across the street, thus alressed up, w hen she discovered it was her old be.: u ! y Scene fourth w ill be a diplav of a choice se lect ion of ;i£_r J-J _i2. IS —Hd intended exclusively for family use, comprising •very article usually sold in that line, and of bmurse cheap, whether quality or price be con- Bdered. 9 An intermission of socae time will here be ■ I owed in order to give the audience an oppor tnnitv of e amiiiing an extensive stock of ; READY-WADE CLOTHING, • el! made out of good material, and cut out on fKicntihc principle-. 11 The fifth scene will present a ticti and varied 9pck of Queenswaro and. Glassware, frjt i side views of Boots and Shoes, Cutlery, fadies : Guilers, and sundry other matters pita da to the ev% and (lurse. jjgHrl he sixth scene it a rare spectacle of * BOWETS AID BOVXET TRIBIIHiS, wioch always produces a marked sensation am nig the ladies, and is frequently encored.— Jib's is really fine. dfflfl his is the general routine of the exhibition, bat the scenes are often varied by the iutroduc tion of other articles, use ul, ofaaaieatai and jjleasirig. B*l he perTormers in v s 3^ (idVBR.VOB'S m Concluded. The report of the Superintendent of Com mon Schools, wiil exhibit to you the number and condition of the schools—the number of teachers and scholars, and the general opera tions of the system during the pa-t year.— To the valuable statistical information of the report, and tlie useful suggestions for the improvement of the system, I invite your early and intelligent consideration. From a small and comparatively unim portant incident of the State Department, the care and management of the public schools of the Commonwealth with their seventeen hundred districts, ten thousand directors, twelve thousand teachers, and over five hundred thousand scholars, have become the most important and laborious branch of that Department. The increase and increas ing business of the system has been met by a i correspondent increase of zeal, labor and efficiency in the officers to whom the law has committed its general direction and super vision. They should be sustained bv wise and generous legislation. The magnitude and importance of the system, in its politi cal, social and mora! relations to the present i and the future of the people, require that this should he done. The guardianship of the mind ol the State should occupy a di-- tinct and prominent place among the noble institutions of t lie Commonwealth. it should receive the efficient aid and encourage ment of the government, aid be sustained by a virtuous and intelligent peopl -. 1( the revenue and treasures of the Situte—her pub lic improvements—her lands and their title-, require and deserve the marked and distinc tive care of the government, how much more should her mental and inttliectual treasures, richer than gold —the social and moral im provement of her people, more valuable than canals and railways—the titles of her vouth to the boundless fields of knowledge, higher than any of eartli or aught growing out of its ownership, claim an honorable position, and receive a tare and aid commensurate with their greater value and usefulness. The County Superintendence, wherever it I lias been committed to faithful and efficient men, lias fullv vindicated tiie wisdom and policy of that measure, it is -dowlv, but surely removing the prejudices and gaining the confidence of the people. Whatever defects time and experience may develop, in this or any other branch of the system, should be promptly corrected. Rut until the necis-ity for change is established, the system, in i:s unity and integrity, should Le maintained; and if change !, changed only to render more cert tin the accomplishment of noble purposes and objects. A sufficient number of competent and welt trained teacher.- is the great want of the i system. In its structure and organization it is es perfect, if not no re so, than any of the systems of our sister States. Rut the teach er is wanted to give it proper vitality and efficiency—to develop its tiue force and val ue—to secure the great object of its creation, the thorough education of ilie youth of the Commonwealth. How can this want La supplied? How are teacher- to be trained and provided to meet this e lucatioiuil de in and ? .Must our yst- subject of gr -ater in terest can occupy ronr attenth n as 1 'gisla tors —iio one appeals tu .re earn.--My to duty and patriotism. In a former communication t the Legisla ture the establishment of State Normal schools, f>r the edueatioii of teachers", was urge 1 ;ts indispensably necessary to the per fection of the system. With full confidence in their utility and necessity, 1 again recom mend them. These institutions, with their pioper professor-, and appliances, supported by the .'■date would meet the wants and ele vate the character of our common schoyls. Teachers* Institute#, as auxiliary to Nor mal Schools when in operation, and supply ing their place till established, should be itide l by the State. One such institute in each eounty meeting annually, under the fostering care of the government, would be productive of most beneficial results. Whilst it would improve teachers and prepare them for their important and responsible duties, it would elevate and dignify a profession too long neglected and under-valued by those most deeply interested in their honorable labors. These measures, as also an addition , to the annual State appropriation for com i nion schools, in an amount only by the necessities of the Treasury, would give j energy to the system—increase it# efficiency —and thus premote the true interests of the people and the Commonwealth. Our educational, charitable and reforma tory institutions have strong claim- upon the bounty of the people, and i cordially com mend them to your care and liberality. The State lunatic Asylum at llarrisburg, , and the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for j the Insane, and other kindred purposes at Pittsburg, ape noble charities, and deserve the aid and encouragement of the State.— The annual reports of these institutions wiil be laid before yog and will exhibit, in detail their operations during the past year. The House of Jtefuge in Philadelphia, and the Western House of ILefuge near Pittsburg, , are institutions of great excellence, and their results clearly establish the wisdom of tl.e policy that founded and sustains them ought not to be neglected ; nor should the aid of -he Commonwealth be with held from them. , The " Blind" and the " Deaf and Dumb Asylums" at Philadelphia ; and " the Penn sylvania Training School for idiotic and feeble minded children," are institutions that appeal, in silence and sorrow, to the best and purest feelings of the heart, and i THURSDAY. JANUARY 15. 1857. a#k your sympathy and aid. They abouM receive a gen-ruus share of the benefactions of the State. Agriculture, in its varied departments, is the great interest of the Commonwealth. It i- the basis alike of financial and commer cial success, and of State and national pros perity. An interest so important should be fostered by the State, and honored by all classes of society. To its promotion and success ail should cheerfully contribute. In a former comnmni ation I recommended tlie establishment of an Agricultural bureau. In connection with some one of the State De partments. to give efficiency to the collection and dilfii-iin of useful knowledge on this subject, and to encourage scientific and prac tical agriculture. Science, with wondrous energy, has aided the husbandman in hon orable vocation, and proffers still more help. The State should n rve his arm and cheer him onward in this, the first and noblest pur suit of man. This subject, in connection with an appiopriation to the " Punnet's High School of Pennsylvania"—an institution des tined to be an honor to the Commonwealth —is recommended to your favorable con sideration. The " Polytechnic College of Pennsylva nia," established by the enterprise and liberality of some of the patriotic citizens of Philadelphia, a- a school of the applied science?, deserves honorable mention, and should receive the confidence and patronage of the public. In the teachings of this insti tution, literature, science and art,-in happy union, meet to prepare our young men for the practical business of life, for mining, mechanical and civil engineering, and for promoting intelligently and efficiently the great interests of manufacturing and agri cultural industry. The 1 iws on the statute book regulating manufacturing and improvement companies, require revision. They are unnecessarily stringent in many of their provisions, and thus defeat the object of their enactment. — They drive capital from the btate, instead of encouraging individual and associated enterprise and energy in the dev-dopement ' of our immense natural resources, they bind and crush both by severe restrictions, unwi-e limitations and personal liabilities. The subject deserves careful attention and liberal legis.ation. 1 have so frequently PX pressed my views in relation to local, special aud " omnibus*' legi-lation, that their reiteration now be comes unnecessary. Legislation, so far as pra -tic-able, should be general an l uniform. Local and special legislation, when the ob ject desired can be secured by general law-, or by tlie action of the courts, should be tvoided. "Umnibps legislation" cannot, un der any circumstances, be justified or ap proved. Too much legislation is an evil that prevails extensively iu legislative hail-. It avoidance would not be injurious to public or private interest-. The practice of delaying the passage strongly condemned; it can* not receive my sanction. The militia law of the State i- imperfect in m inv of its provision l , ami should he revised. The powers and duties of the Com mander in-Chief should be more clearly de fined : as also of the officers connected with tie niilitarv organization of the Common wealth. Tliis is necessary to prevent i\ con flict of jurisdiction with other departments of tlie government, and to give greater eilicioiP: vto our military system. Volunteer • tupanics should be encouraged ; our entire liiiihaiy system should he remodeled, and made t.) occupy that honorable position which from its importance and necessity it deserves. Near the cl > c e of the last session of the Legislature, 1 transmitted to that body an ordinance passed by the select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia, approved by the Mayor on tlie 7th ufi April, I bod, and officially communicated to me, proposing to convey to the C •mmonwealth ot Pennsylva nia a lot of ground in that c-ity-, f<-r the pur -e of erecting thereon a State arsenal.— Want (if time alone prevented action on the proposition then submitted. The ground thus offered to the State is valuable, and its location most eligible for the purpose intended The conditions of the proposed grant are , favorable to the State, and highly creditable to the municipal authorities of Philadelphia evincing a liberality and public spirit worthy ! of all commendation The necessity of a State arsenal in that city is so apparent that the mbjeit needs no elaboration in this corn muni- anon. After the sale of the State arsenal in Philadelphia, the public arms were deposi ted in an old building, or out house, unsafe and unfit as a depository for public proper ty. The sum of $30,000 00, realized from . that sale, is now in the Treasury; and by the fifty fifth section of an act passed the lyth day of April, A. D. ibs3, entitled an • "An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of government," £c., tlie Governor was au thorized to apply tlie same to the purcha.-e of a lot of ground aud to the erection of an j ar-eual. This sum was found insufficient for these purposes, and consequently tlie object inteded by the appropriation has not been iccomtdished. By the cession of this lot, the Suite wiil lie relieved from the expendi ture of any money for the purchase of suita ble grounds ; and the entire sum of $30,000 00 may be applied to the erection of the ne cessary buildings ; to which sum can be add ed, if deemed advisable, tine amount that may be realized from the sale of the arsenals at Meudville and llarrisburg, is recommend ed in my last innual message. These sums ! would be amply sufficient to accomplish this object. I would, therefore, again recommend the immediate passage of a bill accepting the conveyance of the said lot of ground from j the city of Philadelphia, for the purposes | ind upan the terms ind con litioos contained in rhp orilinmce; and that the sum of sii Odd 00 be appropriated fur tlie erection of ;t .'Hate arsenal thereon. On the oth day of October, H"JS, f approv ed an l signed a bill entitle 1 " An at t > re peal the charter of* the Erie and North k'ist railroad company, and to provide fur the disposal of the same." In pursuance of it# provisions, Hon. Joseph L'asey Was appointed to take posser-iini and have the charge and custody of the mad. Before possession it i< taken, application was made by the compa ny, to one of the judges of the Supreme , Court of I'a., fur an injunction to restrain the .agent of tiie State from taking p lssessiun; and subsequently a cautionary order was made by the Supreme Court, in banc, to stay proceedings under the act. The questions then pending before that court were deter mined in favor of the Commonwealth—the constitutionality of the act sustained, and the application fur an injunction refused. I'os session of the road was then taken by tin agent of the State, as directed by law. On the 22J day of April, 1850, an act, entitled " An Act supplementary to tlie act incorporating the Erie and North East rail road, company" was passed. By this act the Erie and North East railroad, asoiigin ally located and constructed, was legalized and confirmed ; and certain changes iu the roa l were directed to be made, and otoer acts to be done by the company. It was also provided " that the Governor shall retain possession et the Erie and NN.rtli East rail road. und >r the act of the sixth of October. .85u, until the provisions of tbi- act shall have b*en accepted by a vote of tlie stock holders of the Erie and North East raiiro&d company, at a meeting called for that pur pose." On the l-sth day of May, 1856, at a meeting of the stockholders, called for that purpose, the provisions of the act were ac cepted by their vote. This acceptance, duly certified, was received and filed in this De partment on the 15th day of July last. Ros session of the road ha-> been restored, and it is now under the care and management of the company. A final account for money reee ved from the road, whilst in possession of tlie S ate. will be settled with the company at the earliest practicable period. It is but proper to state that since the ac ceptance ol the act of the 2'JJ of April, 1856. a writ of error, in the cases adjudicated by the Soptrenie Court of Pennsylvania, has been is-ued at the suit of the company bv the Supreme Court of the United State-, and is now pending in that court. The commissioner first appointed having resigned, A. lv. McClure, esq., was appointed in his place. The duties of both officers were ably and faithfully performed. Copies of their correspondence and reports, herewith submitted to the House of Representatives, f>r the use of tlie Legislature, will furnish information in detail on tlie subject now un der consideration. It is sincerely desired that good faith and honesty of purpose inav characterize th" conduct of this company in the di-eharge of the duties assumed by their acceptance of the act of 221 of April last, and that this much vexed question will not again disturb the harmony or retard the prosperity of the city of Erie, or any other portion of this Commonwealth. The resolution proposing amendments to the C institution of the Coiiiin mwealth, I ave been published as directed lv that instru ment. It will be your duty to take such ac tion in reference to these amendments as will, iu your judgement, le most consistent with the wishes of the people. An ap propriation will be required to pay the ex pense- of their publication, and to this your earliest attention is requested. The important duty .f districting the .State for the election of Senators and Rep resentatives. will devolve upon you. Thi duty should be performed faithfully, and with strict reference to the interests and rights of the whqle people. Returns of tax able#. required to be made by the different counties, have not all been forwarded to this Department, a# by law directed. Circulars have been issued to the officers charged with these duties, urging their speedy perfoiuunce, and the returns will, as soon as received, he transmitted to you. The elective franchise is tiie highest and most responsible privilege enjoyed 1 v the American citizen, involving ir, its exercise the sovereignty of the people, and constitut ing as it daupers, and a more careful, rigid and personal examina tion, by our courts, of all persons coming before them as applicants for admission to the rights of citizenship, would, to some ex tent, correct existing abuses, and relic*e the bull it-box from the pressure of corrupting and dangerous influences. To the policy and act* of the National 'internment, affecting, as thev do, the rights and interests ol the Commonwealth, tlie peo ple of the Stale cannot he indifferent.— Pennsylvania, occupying a high and conserv ative position >• the -Utcviiood of States— devoted to (he Constitution and Union, in their integrity and harmony, has heen. and will ever he, as ready to recognize the rights of her sister States as to defend her own.— these sentiments she has never abandoned —these principles she h is i ever violated,. — Pledged to tlve maintenance of the rights of the north, as well ae those of the smith— sin cerely desirous to promote the peace, harmo ny ami Welfare of our wlfote Country—and disclaiming all intention or desire to inter fere with the Constitutional rights of "die States, or their domestic institutions—the people of this Commonwealth viewed with alarm and apprehension the repeal of the .Missouri Compromise—a compromise ren dered sacred in public tstcem by its associa tion and connection with the great cause of national harmony and union—regarding it as a palpable violation of th plighted faith and honor of the nation, and as an unwar rantable attempt to extend the institution of domestic slavery to territories then free.— This reckless and indefensible attempt of our National Congress, has not only aroused sectional jealousies and renewed the agita tton of vexed and distracting questions, hut, as a consequence, it has filled Kansas with fraud, violence and strife—has stained its soil with blood, and by a system of tcrrit >- rial legislation, justly styled "infamous." has made freedom of speech and of the press, a felony, and periled the great principles of liberty and equal right-. If the doctrine of ! " popular sovereignty" is in good faith to he applied to that territory—if the people thereof are to he left " perfectly jree to form their domestic institutions in their own way, sub ject only to the Constitution of the United States," then the obstruction of the great National highways to the northern emigrant —the employment of the National forces, and the subversion of law and justice alike by the officials in Kansas and Washington, to force slavery upon an unwilling people, : cannot he too severely condemned. Freedom is the great centre-truth of j American Republicanism—-the great law of American Nationality; slavery is the excep tion. ft is local an i sectional; and its ex tension beyond the jurisdiction creating it, : or to the free territories of the Union, was never designed or contemplated by the p itriot founders of the Republic. In accordance with these sentiments, Pennsylvania, true to the principles of the act of which abolished s! .very within her territorial limits —true to the great doctrines of the Ordi nance of 1787, which dedicated to freedom the north-western territory of the Union— true to National faith and National honor, a-ks and expect.-, as due to her own citizens ; who have, in good faith, settled in the terri- j tory of Kansas, and a< due to the industry i and energy of a free people, that Kansas i should be free. In this connection, and as consequent upon the repeql of the Missouri Compromise reference to u proposition made by some of the leading southern journals, anionore re cently sactioned by high official authority in a sister .State, to re-open the African slave trade, will not be deemed improper. That -uch a traffi declared to he piracy, arid exe crated by the civilized world—so crowded with horror in every stage of its pursuit—so revolting to every sentiment of humanity— every impulse of pure and noble feeling, should be advocated or approved, in this I nineteenth century, with apparent sincerity, j and urg>-1 as a measure of political economy ami ot justice and equality to the southern States of the Union, are facts that find their only explanation and apology in a wild en thusiasm, cr a still wilder fanaticism that overwhelms alike the reason and the consci ence. The wisdom and humanity of a proposition so startling and monstrous, must seek their parallel and illustration in the dungeons of thi Inquisition, or in the hold j Of the slave ship amid the horrors of the ; "middle passage." Equally repulsive to the intelligent and virtuous sentiment of the i south as well as the north, it should receive j the indignant rebuke of every lover of his ; country —of every friend of justice and hu- j manity. The history of the world and of crime does not reveal a traffic more inhuman | —an attrocity more horrible. Against a 1 proposition so abhorent, and against the i principles i f involves, as the representatives ! of a free people, and in their name you should enter their unanimous and emphatic ! protest. The Union of the States, which constitutes us one people, should be dear to you—to every j American citizen. In the heat and excite- | raent of political contorts—in the whirl of j sectional and conflicting interests—amid the i surging of human passions, harsh and dis cordant voices may be heard, threatening its integrity and denouncing its doom ; hut in the calm " sober second thought" of a patri otic and virtuous people, will be found its security and defence. Founded in wisdom, and cherished by the intense affection of pure and devoted patriotism, it will stand safe and undisturbed, amid the insane rage of political demagogism, and the fitful howl ing of frantic fanaticism ; and when it falls —if fall it must —it will be when liberty and truth, patriotism aud virtue, have perished. Pennsylvania tolerates no sentiments of di.-- union—she know- not the word. Disunion ' " 'tis an after-tlmught—a monstrous wish— unborn till virtue dies." The Union and 1 the Constitution—the safe-guard and boud ' of American Nationality—will be revered ! and defended by every American Freeman who cherishes the principles and honors the memory of the illustrious founders of the Republic. Recognizing our responsibility to ilim who controls the destinies of nations and oi men; and invoking his blessing ou your delibera tions, may order aud harmony characterize your Sessions, and with single reference to i the public good, may your legislative action, in its character and results, promote the hap- 1 " \ New Series—Vol. 11, No. 10. T'-ricss and welfare of the people, and the hxynor and prosperity of the (J-mm-nwealth. •MMES POLLOCK. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. ) llarrisburg, J;io. 7, 1807. f [Ftprn ;hr Baltimore Patriot.] POLITIC A L FLU NKE Y ISM. Th* flunkeys are beginning to discover that Mr. Buchanan is a marvellous proper man. ISuccess has a magical influence upon some minds. Faults are lessened, virtues magnified, errors overlooked, and what was yesterday a subject of indignant animadversion, to-day finds its ready apol ogists in the altered fortunes of tlie assail ed. It j? tlie way of the world. We ex alt the victor unduly; we hurl barbed spears at the vanquished. At the mature age of sixty-five, Mr. Buchanan suddenly finds himself famous. A few thousand votes less in Pennsylvania, and lie would have been nothing more than a poor despised Cincinnati platform. As it is. he is the observed of all observers. Political Mac- Sycophants are crooking "the pregnant hinges of the knee"' before him. They a fleet to discover, even in the most com mon-place remarks that fall from his lips, a profundity of wisdom which they were incapable of fathoming until their mental perceptions were quickened by the hopes of a good fat oflfiee. It is an excellent thing to have crossed the pons asinorum in safety, but the path beyond is a difficult one to travpf, as Mr. Buchanan will find before lie reaches the end of his journey. A Baclteh r clergyman is a reniarkablv Liveable individual iu liie eyes of maiden parishioners matrimonially inclined; but wedlock d'-jiels the allusion in those vvhosa hopes have been disappointed, and the olice charming young minister degenerates forthwith into a very common-place per sonage, shorn of halt his good qualities, and by no means so talented as people imagined. A President tlec!, with a hundred thou sand offices in his gift, is a gentleman crowned with every good qualilv; but a President Ue facto , with the offices distrib uted, suddenly loses his 3ltraciiveuess in the eyes of neglected aspirants, who begin, for the first time, to discover that the knoi ot the Presidential white neck-cloth will twist round ominously under his left ear— that there is something peculiarly sinister in ihe cast of his eye, of which they were previously unconscious, and that the po litical idol whose praises they have chanted and whose battles they have fought, is so very iii put together, as to be easily shiv ered into fragments under the blows of inimical Iconoclast. But the diary of an admiring office-seeker, in the first flush of ambitious expectation, presents a very dif ferent picture from what is subsequently drawn by the same person when he finds liis claims upon the government are not likely to he recognized. Let us open a leaf or two, and reproduce what we find written there. EX KOITE. *-iSiariei from Bungiowu—credentials ail in due form—strongest possible recom mendations from B„ G., and I). Very confident of a good place—puzzled what to ask for though. Strike for a collector ship, Lot will take a first class consulate rather than miss. WHEATLAND, MONDAY. Presented by Forney. Extraordinary improvement in Mr. Buchanan since we met last—thought hint cold and seifish, facile and unreliable—find him courteous, benevolent, bland and of sterling integrity. Mutually pleased with each other—shall ask lor a collectorship. WHEATLAND, TUESDAY. Am more and more struck with the ma jestic simplicity of the President elect. Talked about the Ostend Manifesto—all a mistake—Administration deceived hint never expected it would see light—more over, was mesmerized by Souie, and signed it under the influence of his will. Mem: Interesting fact to Pschycholugists— must write the daily papers all about it. WHEATLAND, WEDNESDAY, Great crowd here. Couldn't edge in a word for a long time, so I stood off ami watched the couuleitance of the President elect—much struck with its remarkable beauty. Even the trifling ocular defect, singularly enough, is no blemish, but adds marvellously to the expression. Neck cloth a spotless white—the type of inno cence. Bather like it than not, especially on him. Conversation shifts from politics to religion—His Excellency much anima ted—speaks warmly of the Presbyterians. Mem: Mr. B. a Presbyterian—rr.tst write that to the newspapers. Conversation continued. Anecdote of Mr. B.'s .visit to Bedford Springs; mat a Methodist Protestant clergyman there; liked him exceedingly; thinks the Metho dist Protestant creed undeniably excellent. Mem: Mr. B. a Presbyterian Methodist Protestant. Conversation continued. Refers to his visit to Philadelphia: invited to occupy a seat in the Episcopal Convention; went; didn't like Washington Hunt's remarks; thinks, on the whole, Episeopaliatusm ad mirable; knows nothing of its marriage - * . *T> ' - T ■ ia. jk \ r V