E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR Lancaster, January 2, 1549. E7 - "TtEroasi" shall be attended to in our next Our columns had been pre-occupied. V" THOMAS H. BURROWES, Esq., will be a candidate for the Mayoralty of this city, subject to the action of the Democratic nominating meeting. in" JOHN L. KEFFER will be a candidate for Assessor, subject to the decision of the Democratic city convention E 7 We acknowledge our obligations to Hon. JOHYSTRORM, of the House of Representatives, for a copy of the Report of the Commissioner of • 1:13 - JOHN A. GAMBLE, Esq., of Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, is warmly urged by the Potts ;Julie Emporium for the nomination of Canal Com- EMEMZEM 117' On the 18th inst, on motion of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. ; Enwenn M. KAUFFMAN wa.s ad. mated to practice in the Courts of Lancaster Co. A Retrospect Of the Vear IS4 On the commencement of the ,V,e l'ear it is a well becoming custom to take a cairn and caution, retrospect of that which has just concluded its circle—and to collect and chronicle the 'flout stri king events that have happened within its compass. Such a review can seldom fail to be fraught with instruction and improvement, furnishing both mat. ter'and motives for reflection on the Past, enjoy ment of the Present, and useful provision fm the Future. Standing as it were nit snore elevated and commanding spot, with an unobstructed pros. pect, we have held up to view a mirror, in which we behold, on a miniature scale, the events of the .year that has elapsed. On the eveestles, pinions of Time the year 1845 has passed away—but it, events are not of so transient a nature. For weal or woe, they will exercise an enduring 111111.11,11CP upon after generations, and to many of them mem ory will cling with indissoluble adhesion. We shall note the most remarkable occurrences of the past year, as they suggest Menisci\ es to our recol• lection. If we direct our view to the Ohl World. what stupendous deeds does it discover! Kings and Nobles driven from the thrones, on which they had deemed themselves and their legitimate S reI'SSOI, secure forever! To-day the liberty-10, rig legi mt s of FRANCE uprise in their offended majesty. and drive a presumptuous King, beyond their 'borders. To-morrow Civil War makes bare her arm tout rears her crimson banner. The Fiend of Discord stalks abroad at noon day through the crowded city, and she breathes into an infuriated populace her own envenomed and sanguinary temper. In the streets of Paris, With such a joy as only kindred demons know, liither arms against sum. Cson agamstsire, and brother's hand is imbrued in brother's blood. hate and her furious colleagues rise in wild disorder. Out of it all springs a REP 1711L1 c, borrowing what e.ver of Freedom and Virtue it may claim from our Own unequalled and model institutions. Whether France shall prove capable of consummating the glorious work so auspiciously begun. remains to be solved. Heaven grant that success May crown the efforts of her Patriots, her Sages. her Ora and Statesmen! They have made a sublime begin ning—and the hearts of thousands, even in this dis- tant land, beat responsive to their own. Rut where is there a struggle for Freedom under the sun, in which the overflowing heart ot America 110 VS :111i sympathise' And GERMANY too has caught the inspiry ion of liberal ideas, Every where her people have risen in the last year with Titanic energy to throw off despotic rulers. Grainier events have never occupied the gaze of the world than have occurred throughout Europe during the year li-his. V iOll,l has been rocked with the movement of revolution ary ideas—Naples has breathed in the same health ful spirit—Sicily has made convulsive ctthr Is ;it disenthralment—Tuscany has achieved a republirrn Constitution—Fiedmont, another—and the hall is not yet done rolling. It is a giorioti.• sight. that of a people rising in their might to trample under Mot the wretched dogma of the dark ages, that • muss of mankind hare lava born with saddle; on //o,r backs, and a t a rsred Few, ready bunted and snrrcd, to tide them legitimately by ill,. grain ,f Nearly the last words of JEFITIISON express,.,) a confident hope, that the immortal Declaration which , came from his pen in 177.; would ultimatelc pro f , the signal for arousing men of all nations to burs; the chains of Tyranny and assurrie the blessings of Free Government. T/, year I S.P7 , 1,1/1 0/11,11 forever tat Else page tyf history a., ode of m,a,ral,/, fatality to Kiesgo . aft ! Turning to our own land, the past tear been equally prolific of important has passed through an excited slru,:fgle tt' Presidency. It was a sublinw , pectacle to millions of freemen repair , by n,inniltai,con s meat to the ballot boar;. the clmiec or their Chief Magistrate, and then quietly return to their accustomed avocations. The reir.,,pect would he infinitely- more cheering, had the Democratic party triumphed, but the ancient Roman maxim is a useful one: "Never dr,qmir ul i;IC r . I Z ACHART ' TAY LOR were an ultra Whig, - the Ili titre would be full of gloom, we admit. list let us hope that there is enough of the old leaven of - Jecirsostsm in him, to stand by the/principle, of the ConStitution and the true interests of the coun try. There are perilous times ahead, and well will it be for himself, and for us all, if the President elect can steer the Ship of State in safety through the breakers. Well will it be, if his administration can preserve the bonds of our glorious Onion. threatened as they are by sectional convulsions.. The age in which this Union perishes will be Ow opposite of that in which it was established, and as the one has earned undying lame, so will the other gain an immortality of infamy. Wu to the Wretch that dare employ his hand or voice for its destruc tion. May the fate of HAM A N overtake him! In the schedule of national blessings. vouchsafed to us during the year MIS, the restoration nt PEACE WITH MEXICO will hold a lasting prominence. Whilst we shall ever believe and - contend that-the war was finyrd upon us by Mexico —nay, was actually begun by her in marching her hireling soldiery upon American soil, to butcher and destroy our citizens—we nevertheless hailed with the liveliest emotions of gratitude and joy the restoration of Peace between the two republics-- PLACE, the bounteous patroness that improves and adorns society—PEACE the benignant foster -mother of Arts and Industry, Agriculture and Com- Merce, Science and Literature, Friendship and Be nevolence, Morality and Religion—PkarE, that nurtures the virtues of the heart, and sheds the dews of a vigorous juvenescence on all the charities and sympathies of our nature. The clang of the ar mour of iblars having ceased, the lute of Pan and the harp of Apollo resume their notes. We MOM n the loss of many valuable lives, but it is undeniably true, that the war has placed America in the front rank of nations. On an hundred hills was der eagle-banner planted by the hand of Courage. As -the sword was drawn in honor, so was it not sheathed in dishonor. - The splendid California empire, with its mountains and rivers of gold, are a sufficient "indemnity for the pub;' whilst the he roic deeds that grace the historic page are a sure "security for the FittUre... Athong the distinguished meu who during the 'past year have descended to the tomb, the name !ot JOHN QUINCY ADAMS deserves a chiel prominence. Although not an unexpected event, his decease created a profound sgusation throughout the entire land. So intimately were Isis name and character interwoven with the early history of the republic, that his departure seemed like a severance of the chain that bound the Present to the Past. In Congress, in the Cabinet ; at foreign courts, and - in the Executive Chair of the Republic, he ranked among the first statesmen of the country, and his death was in consistency with his life. Like a second CHATHAM', he "fell in the Senate house." His dying exclamation : " This is the last of earth—ltiin content"—were characteristic and impressive. Turning to our own .state, we mourn in the past year the, demise of the lamented FRANCIS R. SHUNK. His is a name that is held in cherished remembrance. The hand of Gratitude essays to rear a monument to his memory. But the record of his virtues, public and private, are a prouder eulogy than marble cii , brcnze. As a Citizen, Hus band, Father, Friend, he possessed all that was amiable and pleasing andas a Magistrate the palm of pre-eminence was his. His death was a public bereavement. Could our breath embalm for im mortality his example, the name of SHIJNK would survive in all after time, and his 'unadorned history be written on imperiShable pages. Light be the sod. and unfailing the verdure, that rests on bis manly bosom. Since we last commemorated the New Year, he has been gathered to his fathers, but his example still lives, animating the friends of Free -.1 Born to the practise of those immutable principles.l which alone are capable of perpetuating our beau tithl system of Free Government. His memory is enshrined in our heart of hearts, and his fame shall! he as all evergreen in a cultivated soil. The year Ib4b trill be memorable in Pennsyl ania, also, as chronicling the election of a WHIG ta)VERNOR. For the first time, within the mem ory of inan, have the Democracy of this State been defeated in an equal and open struggle for the Gov ernorship. This is a dark spot upon our political escutcheon. Pennsylvania has behaved badly in the important conflict of 1848, and it is needless to deny it. By her defection was the Union lost, and r ins and BUTLEIL defeated. Let all hands to work, and bring back the wanderer to a sense of shame! and duty. The year 1848 will be but a sorry age in the political history of Pennsylvania We wish it could be -expunged. These are a fi•ty of the most prominent events that are called to wind by a retrospect of the past year. U. course, each reader, in his own experi gill summon to the memory many incidents which we cannot particularize here. Each cg mily is a miniature world in itself, and to sonic extent each individual heart. Flow natty changes have been wrought in these in one brief year! llow many and.sorrowful the moving accidents by field and flood. Into how many dwellings has Death entered. the insatiate mid mysterious husbandman :llortality, felling the - innocent anti beautiful.the athletic and the strong, and gathering them into his ecer-yat•:ming garner! Therr are vacant chairs aiontid the sulderied hearth, and added monuments in the cemetery! How many matches have ended in !nippy Inarriag,,,, and how many had better never been liegun ! Ilow many imaginings have been dissolved—h ow !natty bright visions unrealized— how many purposes frustrated and hopes crossed! And now, we stand again at that fairy. vestibule, which opens upon another twelve-month, rich with the same hope and bright to the same expectation —tt hich in ifs turn, like a swell of the ocean, tos sing with its fellows, heaves onward to the land of; Death and xilence! This isthe fate of man! And 'wing thus. well is the lot of him. whose pilgrim age is mot selfdarkened ! City Election The annual election fir Mayor of this city takes place on Tuesday, February filth—antl - as the day is not very distant. the subject begins to' awaken pub lic interest. The present gentlemanly and efficient l Mayor. INIICHAI:L. CA nemsTr.n, Esq., has served in' this capacity since IS-Ft. having been successively Mrs. Moor Dicksox, the Post-Mistiess of this City. acknowledges through the letter- 'fix the re re-elected by majorities which have proved LA! i Ii is i ceipt of an anonymous letter, enclosing fifteen dal highly lie is esteemed by his fellow-citizens., not our custom to bestow indiscriminate praise; lira ' in g'id' The writer says : -It was unlawfully upon public officers. merely for the sake of praising 1 taken from you about ten years ago. for which I them—but it is due to the present Mayor to state, I ask your forgiveness :mil also that of i ly hod, in - that. wlc.ther his official connection with the citi- ! whose presence I shortly expect to appmr. The zees of Lancaster shall continue, or cease, he may the receipt be assured of their present and future good wishes. the writer's request. lie has discharged his responsible and often un pleasant duties as became an upright and conscien- I For the information of our distant I . :Muds—for lions .Magistrate. and has in this respect. set an ex- r ample well worthy of commendation. here the fail is one of undisputed notoriety—we It is the usage of the Democratic party in this state, that this vicinity has been visitad With a ! storm of the gold old sort. Know 11.1 S (;,Ileacity. about Alio middle of January, to meet in the 1 slic ' w to the depth of' about IS inches, and slrigliing, has Court-I him , . ,:ind there, by ballot, nominate a ticket for Mayor, Assessor. Councilmen, &c. Doubtless ; never bees better' this usage etr ill be adhered to. The air We inhale Another "Obsolete lillea.” is not more necessary to the The editor of the Besion . .duns, the leading Whig preservation of animal ; lint. than are organization and discipline to the as : cem paper in Massachusetts, writes from Washington iletic t of a party. Whilst norninatidns are ; ss ioliii , „ pending. Ile esteem it every Denmerat's right, lilt ' "Pier are menhere, ' who wish duty. to proclaim his preferences from the house-tops. to re-enact e the t n a u rttl •of .of There: yP a a r i t .e y . . ma 11 ) ob it at , ii hen then aajarai / have spetkeu. then let that jectionable features ill it which ought 4 - 1 be ,. and solve be scrupulously respected, and the regular will be avoided in any oil( which may la. reported. pommations zealonsl . y awl unitedly sustained. In' It has been made a great bugbear in the south and this way only can we hope to be successful. . west, and as a whole, is unpopular. "Fhere is no t hie or the city juurnals—the Fanner—has grave. ; denying !!!!'... ly advocated, that the Board of Councils should be To this extinct we invite the :mention of the comimsed e.eclusively of properly-hailers! which by : editor of the Examiner, who seems to ! berish a interpretatio n ineaneth the "rich and well burnt' . peculiar allection, just now, for that noted mss-hap. We had supposid that BENJAMIN . FRANK LIN - S t he Tariff of I s-1 , . A brother Whig, who is On the well-I:mm 11 anecdote had long since exploded tins spot and speaks iinderstandingly, declares 'hat -there absurd doctrine. "T. day, - said the veteran Phil- i are no men here. of any part y. who wish to ',raw t the osopher, - I out n a jack-ass worth au htindred dol- tariff of I 8-Id. - What. not JAMES Pown a. IVIIO " IArS. Which entitles me to vote—to morrow, alas, I pledged himself that the new tariff wmild yield no "my jack-ass dies. and lam debarred the privilege! revenue! Not .I.waf:s BLANCH A nit, who predicted "—now in whom does the right of suffrage rest— ! that it would inevitably lead to the refit diation of “ - iti the man or the jackass ? ('leanly in the latter!" ! our State Debt ? Not ANDREW' S•rmy Itur. who This is ancient sarcasm, we admit—but none the I made it as clear as a problem in Euclid that it • would produce an army of beggars exten ling from Maine to Texas! Nut the Cotton .Lore's of New i i England, who declared that they must al- be over , whelmned in a common ruin ? None so poor as to do the defunct statute reverence! .tlas, poor Yorick! worse for its age. It overturns a monstrous prin ciple by au illustiation alike pertinent anti striking. The Monthlies " SARTAIN'S UNION :MAGAZINE.' -- AITIOIIg all the monthlies, this is the one most after our own heart. i Tho February number is already on our table, and accords with the high character of the work. It Riot at a Funeral. contains Nil pages of tine letter press, two superb I The Honesdale Democrat gives a long account m mezzotinbengravings, a be: colored tulip, and 0 riot at that place, about a week age. A Protes "The Fe rs "q ppeeir and 1 taut young man married a wife whose parents various other illustrations. "Alfa the &!plot ?treadling - are among t h e f i nest were Catholics. Th, \vire dying, a dispute arose as to whether she should be buried in Protestant or engravings we have ever seen, and are in themselves C worth the price of a year's subscription. The Catholic ground. The husband insisted that she entirely of original number before us is composo should lie buried where lie could rest by her side composed l articles from the pens of the f , ..1 lowing distinguished at his (heath. The parents expressed their fixed authors: Miss C. M. Sedgwiek, Miss Sarah . H.l determination to have her interred in Catholic ground. Each party sought legal advice, which Browne. Rev. George W. Bethune, George S. Btu - -; leigh, Mrs. Maria Child, W. 'S. Graham, Professor resulted in the decision that the husband had the Alden, Charles.]. Peterson, Professor James Rhoads, i' right to direct where his wife should be buried. Mrs. Kirkland, and other writers of deserved celeb- 1 Matters were then compromised so that the Catho rity. The publishers have in store 'for ensuing I lie service was allowed to be performed ,over the numbers a capital tale by William Howitt, called body at the house, and she was to be buried in the "Heron in Ireland," , and a, story of fashionable Protestant ground. But on the day of the funeral, Lite in Nest York, by,..N. P. Willis, called "The Up . just as the body was placed iu the hearse, the lbwa Crisis.'• This truly splendid magazine can father came forward and loudly claimed that the be had at the book -store of Gisii & BROTHER in body should go to Catholic _.J . ,Tround. Thereupon, a fearful riot ensued, in which a large number of people participated, and the coffin was t s Ossed about carelessly. The Sheriff finally quelled the out , break, and the interment took place in Protestant ground. "THE LA DIES WREATII...—The January number of this excellent periodical is embellished by a cap ital likeness of Mrs. Jucirr H. CAMPBELL, the gifted daughter of Hon. ELLIS LEWIS of this city, who has long since acquired a deserved prominence among the Female Poets of America. The en graving is as excellent in point of finish as the re semblance to the gifted original is correct and stri king. In the same number we have also a fine. poetical production by Mrs. CAMPBELL, and another by Judge LEWIS, being a translation from the French of LAMARTIN E. We have discovered suffi cient merit in the latter to transfer it to our columns. It 'will be found on our outside page. We shall give the other a place in our next. 11.7, A correspondent of the Union Times names Col. H. C. LEER as a suitable candidate for Canal Commissioner. Doings In Congress HORACE GREELEY in Congress is creating quite as much of a sensation, as Horace Greeley of the editorial tripod. He is hammering about himself, right and left, and is as full of projects as an egg is of meat. 'Not content with dashing pell-mell upon Secretary.M.iaarsu, and undertaking the Sysiphus job of uTibolstering 'the protective system, he has found leisure to peep behind the Congressional curtain, and discover some of its mysteries. Horace affirms in his Tribune, that the members of Cmigress are in the habit of charging their mileage by very circuitou s routes, instead of the nearest mail-route, and that to such an extent bath this system been car ried as tohave amounted to a total over-charge of $6:2 , 105 in a single session! It is not alleged that this amount of money has been fraudulently abstracted, but simply that the law regulating the mileage is susceptible of a very loose construction, and hence deserves to be amended. This is doubtless the true state of the case. The law fixes the mileage of members of Congress at "eight dollars for every twenty miles travelled in coining to and returning from Congress by the usually traveled route." Now, instead of charging by the nearest post-route, they compute their mileage by round-about ways, in many instances nearly doubling the distance and the charge. 'Until the law be made more definite in its terms, this loose construction trill continue, of course—fin- it is scarcely to be expected that men sitting in judgment on their own case will deride unfavorably to themselves.. Mr. GREELEY has also attempted another salu tary and much needed reform. In his editorial correspondence, and otherwise, he is directing the public mind to the extraordinary waste of time by Congress, in the postponement, from day to day, of the most important public bli,itiess. V, 'e know of no more crying, evil under our institiMol s than the one complained of. Ifowever urgent the public exigencies, and precious the time, it often appears utterly impossible to inspire that body with any degree of energy or promptitude. To meet each morning, listen to a prayer by the Chaplain, read the Journal of yesterday, quarrel over a privileged IllUtloll. perhaps announce the death of a member which happened six months ago, and then adjourn until to-morrow, this constitutes the sum and sub stance of each day's proceeding's, durihg the first month of the scission. :Meanwhile many private and public bills should be passed, and that they are not is often a source of serious embarrassment to individuals. To the ex traordina ry development andindulgence of the earohes loquendi may this wretched waste of time be fairly ascribed. It is a lamentable fact that there are inure Orators in Congress than the interests of the nation can well accommodate. Two or three powerful Speakers on each side take a 'comprehensive view of a subject and exhaust it, but this 'nowise daunts a crowd of other speakers from so inundating the hall with a deluge of decla mation that if it were composed of artint/ milk and water there would be palpable teed of life preservers. Ni , t one listener of an hundred com mits the egregious mistake of supposing, that all, ur any part, of this performance is designed for the enlightenment of the body to which it i, ostensibly addressed—but the world knows that it is directed to the more important sympathies of "Buncombe.- It llonAcc GnEELEY can suggest and apply a remedy fur this evil. he will have accomplished much substantial good for the nation. If he can devise a method by which debate shall be limited within reasonable bounds, and members be made to comprehend the difference bet ween real and apparent industry, he will deserve to have a medal awarded to hint, composed of pure Cablurnia gold• But until he can effect a retrenchment in congres sional oratory, the public time and treasure will continue to be wasted. A Case of Conscleitee? Snow Storms Prophecies A writer in Blackwood refers to some prophecies, of which he was cognizant many years since. One of the most remarkable was in German ; running thus I would not bet. king in 1848. I would not be a soldier in ISI9. I would not bee grave digger in 1850. I would Sc any thing non will in 1851." iI~Gov DODGE of lowa, recently elected to the U. S. Senate, is the son of Gen. DonoE of Wis consin who holds a seat in the same body. This is the first instance under our Government that father and son have at the same time o:•cupied seats in Congress. Standing as we do upon the threshold of a Ntw YEA.II, it becomes an interesting-inquiry, how much of the time which;Providence allots to man below is spent in works that may be characterized as at all useful, and how much.of it, on the other hand, is devoted to matters of the utmost unimportance? Assuming, that sixty years is the aggregate term of human existence, how much of this time is totally and irretrievably thrown away? At a reasonable computation, nearly one third of every man's life is spent in sleep, actual ! sleep? Add the time required to adjust his pillow in the evening, and elongate his limbs, vulgarly termed "stretching; in the morning, and you have twenty years of the sixty spent in doing nothing, absolutely nothing! Another year or two in the aggregate is devoted to the task of dressing, washing, shaving, bathing, etc. and perhaps full another to impatient searches through the apartments for lost keys, hats, boots, shoes, and other articles of domestic necessity, which Mr. "Nobody", has unceremoniously removed from their accustomed locality! , • Three hundred and sixty-five days, at least, are ; spent in the exchange of •civilities'' with your friends and neighbors ; 'mutual inquiries concerning: i the state of each others health; philosophical speculations on the present and future condition of ! the weather ; detail of the latest town news, - and l a variety of other duties, equally important ;And useful to society! How much time is A xt wasted in the observance of that very peculiar custom. handed down from the days of the Patriarch Adam, and which has grown so prevalent among all nations, called. in common parlance, eating! 'Fe day your cook is in love, and imparts to the broth a reduhdancy of the saline material, and to morrow the roast, which in anticipation made your mouth water, is burnt to a crisp, and it falls to your lot to deliver a *lecture . to the High-Priestess of the "Kitchen Cabinet!" This requires time. Add to this, the time wasted in "familiar chit chat" after meals—the hour or two so essential to digestion—and full another year is numbered among the by-gone." - Another year is spent in extra-sleep over dull dis quisitions on useless subjects in town-halls—and full several more in attendibg to what you conceive to be the interests of the Democratic or Federal party, to one or the other of which you certainly belong. Here then we have already at least thirty years, or the one half of a man's whole existence, spent M doing not much more than—sleepin g and eat ing! That man deserves a monument of whom it can with truth be said: he spent the remaining thirty years of his existence in a manner to be of real service to mankind. Let us reflect upon these things! Well cloth it become us now ! Benj. Matthias, 14. Robt. M. Frick,• Wm. A. Crabb,* ' 15. Robe. C. Sterrett, 'grin. F. Small, 16. JIIO J. Cuningham,• Thos. H. Forsylte, 17. Philip Smyser, Pelen b B. Savery,• . 18. Wm. R. Sadler, Geo.Richnrds, 19. Alex. King, .H ro . h. J n on .p e o s u ß , r i, o e o r ke,• 20 .01. 1 1. F. Johnston, On Wednesday night,'of last week, Mr. , IltilltA3l WEIDLER, employed as.a watchman at the bridge.. 6. Joliet' Rich, 22. M. MeCasion,* 7. Jos. KoMgmacher,• 23. Geo. V. Lawrence• across the Little Conestogo Creek, about two mile. Daniel Stine,• 24. John Levis, west of this City, was killed by a train of cars. He 8. Win Over.field, Geo. Darsie, . was not discovered until Thursday morning, when 9. Jacob D. Boas, 25. David_ Sankey, lie was found,`dead, about thirty feet from the track lO. Francis B. Streeter, 26. .1. Porter Braudey, with his right leg broken twice between the thigh I ° l . . I G v orelo H n. F i. .. Mason, 27. J T ohn B. Johnson, 28.. otiey Ives, and knee, both elbows dislocated, and a severe cut 13. VaTe; ab a te r Best, 's across the chin and lower part of the face. The ; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. manlier in which the accident occurred, or whetlier ADAMS—James Cooper. the deceased was instantly killed, is not knoWn. ALLEGHENY—Lewis C. J. Noble, Christian The cabin stands hard by the track of the road Snively, M. Swartzwelder, Henry Large. and the deceased, probably aroused by the eight BEAVER,-John a ß A 'l v s z Tß , " J c o ' h n SlpWilliam Smith. —Jacob o a b r McCartney. o'clock train, suddenly opened thecloor and stepped BEDFORD—Jarnes J. Kirk, Josiah Miller. out when he was struck by some portion of the BERK'S—San/UP/ Feg,el y, John C. Myers, Wil ier, Daniel Zerbey. train—had it been the engine, the engineer must Plan Shaffl have seen bins, as Mr..W.had a lantern in his hand. B UMS—Josep h Higgins. a s W ng, Peter D. Bloom. o which was dashed to atoms. The deceased was . Ed B ward Niekleson. = about 50 years old, very respectably connected, and BRADFORD—Arai/nit Wattles, Charles Stork much esteemed by all who knew him.—{Farnier. well. . BUTLER—Robert Hampson. CRAWFORD—James Porter, David M. Bole. CHESTER—Henry S. Evans, Thomas K. Bull, d NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 0 3. Davi J. Bent. Stewart Pearce. a Seventy-nine new cases of Cholera have occurred Cot.trußlA— cee Rul at the charity hospital since the 2uth inst., and new berton. CUMBERLAND—Geor ' P eY' Abraham Lam . - ones hourly brought in. Three merchants have ' CAMBRIA—John Fenton. CENTRE AND CLEARFIELD—Joh n B. Meek - , died of it in the city. The community has been greatly excited in consequence of the Board of George Walter. Health having emphatically proclaimed that the DAUPHIN—Thos. Duncan, John B Rutherford•DELAWAßE—James J. Levvic disease is epidemic in its character. The weather ERlE—Gideon J. Ball, Theodore Ryman. is much cooler. : FAYETTE—Wiry. Y. Roberts, Wm. Reflect. FRANKLIN—Wm. Baker, Samuel Seibert. a . REENE—John B. Gordon. Opposition to California. I . 6 TlNGDoN—Augusw l. W. Cornyn. HARRISBURG, Dec. 0 7. INDIANA—WID. Evans: ie. LANCASTER—Jeremiah B. Stubbs, David G. The boys of Harrisburg discovered a gold and ' LUZERNE—Henry M. Fuller, Thos. Gillespie. silver mine in the canal, at the end of Market Eshleinan, J. W. Fisher, J. B. Hower, D. W. street, yesterday, which create; quite an excite- Witmer. meet for a time. The precious metals Were picked LEBANON—Adam Grittenger. I L EHIC.H AND CARBON—Samnel Marx, Robert Klotz. K up there ready coined, from ,a sovereign to a half dime, to the amount of about one hundred dollars. LYCO3IING, CLINTON, POTTER AND SULLIVAN— Wm. F. Parker,f. Smyth. when the mine seemed to be exhausted. How this money came there is not certainly known, but it is . 1 1E F R , C , E i R , —D H . ,,, .71 h r. fr C i o c zt2 , 2ey, Jos. Emery. supposed to be part of that stolen from Capt. El. Kr mERY—r. hot last summer, which the pick-pocket threw ,5.21, David ONTGOM Evans. Tf ni. Henry, Win. T. Moris• overboard to prevent detection—Dent. E ., 11 . 011. NORTHUMBERLAND—Geor g e A. Frick. NORTHAMPTON AND MONROE—C. A. Lacher bark, Benj. Bareback, B. S. Schoonover. Peony—John Sonder. Fatal Rail Road Accident Cholera in New Orleans From the Bedford Gazette Hon. James Buchanan, PHILADELPHIA ClTY — George T. Thorn, Craig Has bought a splendid farm near Lancaster, on Rdl id dlee' Thomas C. Steele, h John H. Diehl, R. Rundle which he intends to remove after the 4th of March. PHILADELPHIA Comm - -George P. Henszey, In retiring from the distinguished trust he has filled j Thomas J: Herring, Charles Hortz, Nicholas With such signal ability, he carries xvitli him the Thorne i Georg i e z B b e b llas, Adam Martin, Henry.y. warm regards of the entire Democracy of the Pratt,SC 1 17YLKII-L—John A. Otto, John W. Rose- Union. As a Statesman. Mr. Buchanan has no berry. superior, and but few equals. We wish him many SOMERSET—J. J. Stuzman. years of health and undisturbed repose. If any IeSUSQ,IZ T aggart. AND WYOMING— Robert R. Lit living man needs lest, he does. For the last twenty T. Da T i Elli, years he has' labored in the glorious cause of De - i WASHINGTON—Jacob t, Cori, John McKee. mocracy with unceasing diligence, and his defence i WARREN, ELK, MCKEAN — AIonzo J. Wilcox. of our principles will proVe'a pearl of great price I IIi v r E W I E O A R N E ' i D ,A. P N I D IiE 7 .0 .T h 0::: F / TT'. ,, George. °id o n F. IVIc- Cid/at/to generations yet 'unborn. it, Harrison P. Laird. ---- UNION AND JUNIATA—JOIIII McLaughlin, Sam. Ile! Weirick. CHARLESTON, December 2tl. c‘t V i E , N. t A tt NG T O , h CLAVON tt ,.JEFFERSON—JOitH S. Mc- The steamer Fanny, at New Orleans from Cor- YORK — George P. Cage. David P. Williams, pus Christi, brings a rumor that Col. Hays and his Thomas Grove. men had been attacked by Gen. Urrea, on the Rio .RECAPITULATION. Grande, and cut to pieces. It is said Gen. Urea Democrats. - c ENATE, 21 12 o mistook them for a band of robbers. The runior Housr, 50 50. was generally discredited at New Orleans. The Fashion has sailed from New Orleans for Chag,res. She took out two hundred passengers. Painful Ituinoi In a letter written in 1838, ZAMARTINE thus ( beautifully explains his motives for entering politi- ( For the intelligencer.) l al • 1177 Can any of your readers inform the public cal .When the Divine Judge shall Summon us to appear tile: why Walnut street has not been opened to the New before our conscience at the end of our brief jour- Holland turnpike, agreeably to the act of assembly, ney here e xcuse for modesty, our weakness, will passed a year ago. The population of that part of not be an excuse for our inaction. It will be of no the city has very much increased, and the question avail to reply, we were nothing, we could do noth is whether it shall be opened for the accominoda. ing, we were but a grain of sand. He will say to tion of the many, or keptclosed for the convenience you, I placed before you, in your' day, two scales of the few! - , ha tuniEn. iof a beam, by which the destiny of a human race was weighed ; in the one was good, and in the other evil. You were but a grain of sand, no doubt, but who told you that a grain of sand would not have caused the balance to incline on my side? You have. intelligence to see, a conscience to decide, and , you should have placed this grain of sand in oneor the other; you did neither. Let the wind drift it away ; it has not been of ally use to you or your brethren. irr We do not wonder that members of congress laughed at HOLMES, of S. C., for proposing to the members of the house from his state to leave their seats because a vote was passed against slave traffic in the District of Columbia, after Holmes himself voted for the Wilmot Proviso speaker, and has uni ted, heart and hand, with the Wilmot proviso party in the free states in electing Gen. Taylor to the presidency. [Boston Post. Ili Rev. Dr. KIUX, of Boston, is the hero of the folideving anecdote : Early in life a lady of fortune, whose attention was awakened towards him by his conspicuous talents, wrote him a note offering her heart, fortune and hand. The Rev. Dr. hoWever, with more terseness than gallantry, replied to her, that she had better give her heart to the Lord, her fortune to the church, and her hand to him who should ask for it. A VETERAN NEwse.t.lmm.—The Reading idler, the faithful organ of the Democracy of old Berks, has commenced its 53d year. - During this long service, it has never changed its name, its principles, nor its terms, and has never missed a single publi cation day. This is an example of fidelity, which few newspapers can boast. Lost Yeats. 13Er Gen. Taylor, in a letter to L. W. HALL, of Syracuse, New York, speaks thus of the late Silas Wright : The high respect in which I have always held the character and public services of this eminent patriot and statesman, renders your volume a high ly valuable one tome, and I anticipate much grat ification in reading this connected history of his conspicuous career in the politics of our country." " ANOTII£.6 ORGAN." -Mr. Bullitt, one of the Editors of the New Orleans Picayune, is coming to Washington with Gen. Taylor, to establish a paper which is to be organ of the new administration. ErrT4 thieves are getting funny. A gentle man in Cincinatti had all his champagne stolen the other day by one of them, who left this note: " Dear Mr. S.—l tried your wine. /t wasn't hard to taker The State Legislature. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania convenes at Harrisburg la-day. The Senate is composed of 12 Democrats, 20 Whigs, and one vacancy, oc casioned by the election of WILLIAM F. Jona- STON as Governor., In the House of Representa tives, parties are equally. divided, 50 Democrats and 50 Whigs. If all are present, the House organization can only be effected by compromise It was rumored that SAMUEL FEGELT, Esq., of Berks, would be detained at home by dangerous illness, but:the Reading papers contain the agreeable intelligence, that he has nearly recovered, and will be in his seat. For the responsible post of Speaker of the House. we'have heard only a single name mentioned on the Democratic side. Gen. WILLIAM F: PACKER of Lycoming served so efficiently and well at the last session, that he will, we presume, have no com-, petitor in his own party. Many Democratic jour nals have taken decided ground for his re-election and none against him. The opposition are divided between numerous candidates, but will doubtless 1. Lands, *21,454 91 2. Auction commissions, 22,500 00 concentrate their forces in caucus. 3. Auction duties, , 56,153 50 In the list of members we discover the namesof 4. Tax on bank dividends, 118,048 55 , Democrats, eminent for abilities and legislative ex- • 7 6 5 . .. e 'l T r li a , . x x .e o rn o n n r u c e c a e l n a s nesd,33,3o6 61 personal orporation stocks e5tate,1,350,129 49 ' 140,359 99 perience. In the Senate we have the gallant SMALL of Philadelphia, who is as powerful in deb e. as 8. Retailers' licenses, • 1 }he has proved himself brave in battle. There is also , 9. Pedlers' licenses, 13 2.1 165 30 8485 2;566 00 BRA WLF.Y of Crawford, M . CASLIN of Green, ICES 10. Brokers' licenses, : 11. Theatre, circus and menagerie of Potter, who have acquired much. parliamentary ; skill by long service in the other branch. Nor is licenses, 557 60 305 54 12. Pamphlet laWs, the editorial corps unrepresented. Col. BEST of the ' 13. Militia fines, 17,161 73 Danville Intelligence.• is there to see that it sustains 14. Tax on writs, wills, deeds, dre., 30,682 95 no detriment. 15. 'fax on certain offices, 19,394 26 In the House of Representatives, we have also 1 16. Collateral inheritance tax, 55,359 01 quite an array of able Democrats. We have already 18. Canalsales 1,550 555 03 tolls, of old mate i alluded to Gen. PACKER, who, should he fail of elec- rials, &c. fines, sa , • tion as Speaker, will be in a condition to meet the 19. Tax on enrollment of laws, best man the opposition can present in the field of 20. Tax on loans, Loahs, - discussion. We have also that able and staunch 2 .Dividends on I Democrat, INIr. SeIIOONOVEn, of the Monroe Democrat 23. Accrued interest,turnpike stock, —Col. m YEAS of the Becks Counly Press—the elo, 24. Refunded cash, i • quest LITTLE of Wyorning,—and these will receive 25. Escheats, 'an important accession in our classical friend, j 2267. Miscellaneous, . Feesot . thepiffilic offices, i .M . CALMONT of Clarion, whose speeches in the -Itli - i of March Convention of last year were so generally , 22 • admired. We predict for the latter gentleman a Balance in the Treasury on the' *3 831,776 brilliant public career. He is an accomplished and Ist December 1847, skilful debater, fully able to cope with CoopEß, or any other of the Whig leaders. i We publish below a correct list of the members of both branches. The Democrats are in italics, and ! .2. i the new members are designated by an (•) asterisk. 3. A Gem Passage. Finances of Pennsylvania. Below will be found the annual statement of the Receipts and Expenditures at the State Treas ury for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1848 as prepared for the Report of the Auditor General' Considering the very heavy expenditures thrown into this year's account from the canal breach of last season, this is a better exhibit than we had .‘ any reason to hope for. Our public improvements have held their own better during the present season than the improvements of New York Jr any other State; showing that they are growing in the estimation of the commercial public. All that is wanting is economy and care in the ad ministration of the government to relieve the Old Keystone from all her embarrassments. SUMMARY STATEMENT Of the Receipts and Expenditures at the Slate Treasury, from the Ist day of December, 1847, to the 30th day of November, 1848, bath days inclusive. E 7 CPENDITURES. Public improvements, Expenses of government, Militia expenses, Pensions and gratuities, Charitable institutions, Common schools, Loans, Interest on loabs, Guaranty of interest, Domestic creditors, Cancelled relief notes, Damages on the public works, Special commissioners, Revenue commissioners, State library, Public buildings and grounds. Eastern reservoir of the Penn sylvania canal, 18. Out-let lock at Wells' Palls, 'l9. Weigh lock at Beach Haven, 20. Penitentiaries, 21. House of Refuge, 22. Conveying fugitives, 23. Nicholson lands, 24. Escheats, 25. Philadelphia riots, 26. State Magazine, 27. Abatement of State tax, 28. Miscellaneous, Balance in the Treasury on the 53,935,376 68 30th November, 1848, A Ball In Earlville. EAIILVILLE, Dec. 50, 184 S. Mr. Editor: --'There are few things, in this life, that to a mind capable of appreciating it, affOrd more pleasure, than to witness kindred cpiritc in the enjoyment of useful mirth, restrained, as it always should be, by moderation and reason. This evening, whilst engaged in study, a rap at the door announced PATRICK, the efficient porter of the " Earlville hotel,' who handed me a card to this effect : Admit the Bearer to the Select Ball." A few cross questions put to Patrick, and quaintly an swered, sufficed to give me all needful information. With a trifling adjustment of the toilet, we hio tened to the scene of action, and soon discovered ourselves in the midst of rosy cheeks, smilingcoun- tenances, fairy forms, inspiring music, dancing, and, last but not least, abundant refreshments, provided by that prince of country-hosts, Mr. Samuel Hull. Not wishing to participate in the exercises of the evening, we found a comfortable resting -spot by the side of 'Mr. Irwin, one of the most skilful vio-1 linists in this county—whose genius if properly I 11.7" Mrs. Henry Davis, at Valley Furnace, cultivated. would soon rank him among the most t Scheylkill county, cut her throat with a razor on accomplished performers. Let me refer briefly to derangement he :45th in n st. She has been in a state of mentalt for some time. She cannot recover. 1 a few of the presiding divinities of this occasion. i For superior beauty, elegant dress, and fascinat-i /LT' RUFUS CHOATE was recently invited by fet ing manners, Miss FL---G—, of Chester county .ter to attend a Taylor celebration at Concord, N. ; bore the palm. For graceful performance in the If. He politely and promptly replied, but in such dance Miss C—l, of our neighborhood was not a villainous handwriting that the Conrord Statesman says "the astrologers and soothsayers had to be surpassed. lii neatness of figure, and artless and unstudied evolution, the youthful and unassuming : called in to decypher the reply.' Miss E- 11 —excelled, whose vivacity never' Irr A writer in the Lewistown True Democrat fails to impart to her companions a flow of genuine urges the claim of Col. Jonie CRESWELL, of Hunt good feeling. It may seem invidious, however, to ! ingdon, for the nomination of Canal Commissioner, select only a few foe comment, when all shone so at the next Democratic State Convention. I conspicuously. , Goon.—The New Orleans Delta is entitled to the The gentlemen present on this occasion we shall credit il not attvmpt to enumerate. Suffice it to say, they "Th ol the following cap e result of the late President n i t: ial lection sh were worthy of their fair companions. Decorum a tie between Gen. Taylor and Gen. e Cass--in ows the and a nice sense of propriety characterized their vote of the States—each having carried 15. There every action. is also a tie between Gerritt Smith and Van Buren neither of them having received an electoral vote.', To conclude, Mr. Editor, let me assure the Lan caster public, that at the Earlville Hotel thingsare I1=7" At a Taylor celebration in Virginia, the fol done in the right way. With two ball-rooms, one I lowing good one was drank in bumpers :j 135 and the other 40 feet long, with a musician al- " At least nine Tailors to make one man We always used to ways at at hand, and all the accompanyinggood cheer, But take nine Taytoru like old Zack, it would be a matter of astonishment it during the Winter season, when the sleigh -bells ring so merri- And wouldn't he make a buster!" ly. the elite of Lancaster city would not select this spot as every way desirable. Let him that doubts come, and test the matter. He will depart satisfied that some things can be done as well, if not better, at one place than at another. THE FIRST SNOW STORM BY EPES SARGENT. As for the first wild flower, In the early time of Spring— As for the Summer shower, When earth is languishing— As for the rainbow's blending— As for Ifs day star's glow— I have watched for the descending Of the Winter's virgin Snow ! It comes! on pinions airy The gentle flakes alight, Like the torn plumes of a fairy, Or the fruit tree blossoms white, With undulating motion They float and kiss the ground, And melt into the ocean Without a breathing sound. Why watch I thus the falling Of the first December snow Because its mystic calling Is the voice of long ago! Because it ever blendeth With the memories of the boy— Each flake as it descendeth, Enshrouds a perished joy ! POSTAGE TO THE PACIFIC,--The Postmaster General advertises the following rates of postage for the Pacific—half ounce letters, cents to Havana, 20 cents to Charges, 30 cents to- Panama. and 40 cents to any ports north. No inland postage is charged on them. Newspapers and pamphlets pay 3 cents, sea postage and inland postage. lIIIEM 1,121 58 1,965 00 113,431 23 140,000 00 1,950 00 2,808 17 14,538 05 905 99 1,644 21 1,526 09 680,890 85 $4,012,607 07 X 996,592 70 230,550 78 36,724 32 22,705 21 27,000 00 176,590 62 148,378 15 2,005,740 70 32,500 06 13,246 42 1:39,000 00 26,453 16 303 61 2,253 02 2,044 15 3,054 43 2,978 71 1,600 00 6,958 37 7,247 00 4,000 00 763 97 190 20 771 42 39 00 1,000 1,0 41,522 11 5,168 60 - - UNFORTUNATE BARRISTER.—Some poor, limb of the law Was lately lynched in Illinois, on. a charge of fomenting law suits. For this desperate effort to obtain a living, he was favored with a coat of tar and feathers. /a -- The Democrats of Pittsburg have nominated CALVIN ADAMS, as their candidate for Maymi. NEWSPAPERS IN BosToN.—There are eighly-one newspapers published in this city. Fourteeii are issued daily, nine semi weekly, and fifty;eight weekly. 577,290 39 $4,512,667 07 A PEDAGOGUE IN A Fix..—A scho'olmaster in California, writing to a Connecticut editor saA that on the discovery of the gold mines all his schblars deserted him and resorted to the mines, so thajt his school was entirely broken up, and he had to r to gold digging himself or do nothing. THE CALIFORNIA FEVEI—This desperat: dis ease lias spread, it appears, into Canada, an. the papers of the provincial cities inform us that many persons there are preparing to emigrate. Every r body seems to think Jonathan's Sacramento gold a free public posseision—somethini that any bhdy may take - who chooses. A GIFT Pon Ma, MonsE.—A gold brooch, ded with diamonds—a present from the Sulta Turkey to Mr. Morse, in honor of the electric graph, was entered, a day or two ago, at the Bo: Custom-house. The duties amounted to $120. 4 , (John Curry, one of the pioneers of Sch4l - comity, a gentleman of excellent worth, vho has been engaged in exploring the coal formation of Rhode Island, died suddenly at Providence, R! I. Lew ex Missacaussa-rs.—A man in Boston who killed his wife by kicking her down stairs, has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment; another who broke into a shop, has been sentenced for nine years. The standard of value of life. in Massachu setts must be deplorably low., P. H. C UJ A Physician has been sent one year to the ! penitentiary, in Pulaski County, 111., for manslaugh ter, a man having died whom he vaccinated with pox matter. DICKENS . NEW STonx.—" The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain," is the title of Dickens' new Christmas sZory. • Ea" Six Hundred Kegs of Gunpowder exploded at_ Savannah, Carroll County, 111., on - the 4th inst., but did no personal injury. fIJ Gen Sterling Price is announced as a can didate for the seat in the U. S. Senate'at present filled by Mr. Atchison. and with a fair chance of [Er - Soft Crabs were sold in Norfolk on Tuesday last, of the usual summer size—a thing never be fore known in that city. DEATH OF As ASTRONOMEB.—Francis de Yico, the learned Jesuit astronomer, died suddenly in England, where he went on business for the George town College. itr The General Assembly of South Carolina have determined, after a heated debate of a week's duration, "that it is inexpedient to re-charter the Bank of the State." ID— The Boston Post says that two young Penn sylvanians, now in Boston, have invented a locomo tive by which a vehicle is propelled - at the rate of 290 or 300 miles per hour. Ice and snow are no impediment to its operation. The Post says it is precluded from revealing the 'method, but half en dorses it, saying the inventors are not visionaries, but the authors of at least one very useful invention ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. • 113 Bishop POTTER, of Pennsylvand has issued a form of prayerto be used in the Pr4estant-Epis copal churches while the cholera is in4ending. ID - If California is admitted into the 'Union, why varit the inhabitants vote? Because they are all .07 - A Mr. Coyle, Roman Catholic clergyman, who is lecturing in England, on lineriand Amer icans, says, that "to give a man-a black name, in the United States, it is only necessary di put him up for - office. - Not altogether untrue, that. A ROYAL CON GRESS. - -There will be an unusual number of Kings in the next Congress.l John A. Kind of New Yotk, James G. King of New Jersey, Preston King of N. York, T. Butler Kin4 l of Geor gia, and W. R. King of Alabama. A BRIEF. SA RECORD.-70s Saltudit the tOth, the Northlk Beacon announced the tArriag,e of James y.,Hodges. printer, employed in d i e office of that .pottnal; and the next number of Ithe same paper announced his death, on the dayiafter his wedding. from an affection of the heart. CHANGE OF SALETATIOS S. — ,ACVOIdI/$ to the Boston Transcript, instead of 'good morning r . — How do you dor' &c., people now say „ When are you otf "What route do you take , ,1 NEW Con,urr.—lt is proposed to ere t a new countrout of the eastern part of Crawford and the southern part of Erie and the western par of War ren, in this State. IrrA Statue of Washington is to ador4he Leg isheiye halls of Louisiana, $5,00Q hating been ap propriated to that purpose. The . connwisu was given to Hiram Power, but he declares th e!surn to be insufficient. NOILTH CAROL/ NA. -Mr. Calvin Edney, Whig has been elected in Valley county, to fillvacua-, cy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Iletning, Dem. This gives the Whigs a - majority oWwo on joint ballot. • • TiE PORK. TRADE.—Pork has been stiously . injured by the warm weather. Onegentleman in Maryland has , had tire thousand weight lipoiled, and in Virginia, in some cases, there is ah, entire destruction. UT' The Cholera is dying out in New Yolk. In New Orleans, however, it is spreading, andi iN not confined to the passengers 01 the ships which brought it. BACK Aoivr.- , --The Washington Nationl had , ligenrer states that a. gentleman whom the dazzling prospect early induced to start for the guld diisgings , by the Chagres route, has just returned, after get ting as far as Panama, finding there two th l ousand . persons entitled to precedence in the vessels from thence; and it is computed there are sic thousand there now eager to get a chance to San Francisco. ID" A :Medical Deputation from Philadelphia, went to New York a day or two since Witlila view to obtain inlormation relative to the choleral They have visited the Hospital at Staten Island. 11_7r A Project has been started in New York for bringing the Saratoga Waters to that city in glass pipes. The estimated cost of the work isisltklif per mile, or slSo,oou in the aggregate. sud - I of lon
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