jntelligenter & Journal. E. W. 14(ITTER, EpITOR. Lancaster, JUi lfp, 1849. 11:7 " W"—No. 3—against the election of Judges by the People has been tniavoidably crowded out. It will appear in our next. irr " A TEACHER," unavoidably crowded out Will appear in our next number. Garmaz Comex-v.—The Democrats of glorious little Greene have chosen Gen. MAX WELL MCAS LIN and JOSEPH GAHRAII delegates to the Pittsburg. State Convention, without instructions. 117 - It is understood that WILLIAM C. Rivas of Virginia, is', to be sent as Minister to France, to succeed *RICKAILD Rum, recalled—and ABBOTT LAWRENCE of Massachusetts, Minister to England, to succeed GEORGE BANCROFT, recalled. MiNzspTi.—There are so. many emigrants in this new territory that accommodations cannot be had at the hotels at St. Pints, at any price. Stran gers have provided themselves with tents. Board is $5 per week. The Washington Union. We welcome with pleasure the accession ()four able and eircellent friend. Hon. EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner of Patents, as a partner and co editor of the veteran Rircors in.the Washington Union. The services of the author of "Bundelcund," in the conduct of the leading Democratic journal of the United States, cannot fail tb be greeted with sincere rejoicing by every Democrat in the land, and must in the same degree serve as a "thorn ' in the flesh' . to the inconsistent TAYLOR administra tion now in power. We advise every Democrat, who can afford it, after he shall. have subscribed and paid for the local paper of his own party, to send his name also to the Washington Union. Under the present conductors, it will be a truly great paper. The Choleka _ This terrible malady has at length made its ap pearance in the neighboring cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia, and we have no reason to believe, that Lancaster will remain wholly exempt from it. It would be useless to deny, that the cholera is a most terrible, and fatal malady. In 1832 it proved itself in this country the literal " pestilence that walketh in darkness." It is, however, the concur rent testimony of all who have witnessed its rava ges, that upon each visitation it assumes a milder and more manageable aspect. The minds of indi viduals and families should not, therefore, yield to unnecessary alarm, as fear is a condition of mind highly favorable to its propagation. Let us not think of the disorder, except to adopt the necessary precaytion against it. The less panic, the less haz ard. Tranquility of mind is always a great pre yentative against disease—whilst any powerful emotion, whether of anger, fear, or unusual exhil eration, is ever a provocative, that cannot be too carefully avoided. CLEANLINESS is the next greatest safeguard against the Cholera. Too much attention, there fore, cannot be paid to the salubriousness of our dwellings. Care must be taken that many do not occupy, much less sleep in, the same apartment, that the premises be ventilated in the morning, and in the course of the day, by opening the windows and doors as often and keeping them open as long as possible. It is proper also to place in dwelling houses, large earthen vases, containing chlorued water. The puriraction of lhe air may be also produced by a clear bright fire kept in the fire place for a short time. The humid air of dwellings, un healthy •at all times, becomes very dangerous when the cholera prevails, no clothes therefore should be dried in sitting rooms, and especially not in the bed chambers. Not only must the bed rooms be aired, but the utmost salubrity must be preserved in hou ses 0.63 1 out-houses. Every one should take care that house slops are emptied as soon as produced, that they do not remain between the pavements of the courts and alleys, that they pass off rapidly by the conduits and gutters which carry them to the streets. It is necessary indeed to keep up this flowing by copious washings if the descents are not sufficiently rapid. TEMPERANCE in eating and drinking is of equal importance in warding off this malady. Sobriety cannot be too strongly recommended. Very many cases are known in which the cholera followed the excess of the table, and it is proved that the intern• perate are particularly exposed to this malady. Well cooked provisions, roasted and not too fat, fresh fish, eggs for those who have good digestion, and light and well baked bread, should form the chief nutri ment. Among vegetables, the least aqueous and light should be preferred. We do not think of ex eluding from these last potatoes of good quality. Crudities, such as salads, radishes, &c. are injurious. Salted provisions and salt fish should be avoided. and swine flesh used as little as possible. Heavy and rich pastry are altogether prohibited. In the season of fruits, it is necessary to be very cautious in their use, above all when they are not perfectly ripe, for then they may prove very dangerous.— Cooked fruits are less exceptionable, but they never should be eaten in great quantities ; and still less should they form the chief part of the meal. There is some food, healthy in general, but which, by a peculiar state of the stomach, is of difficult indi gestion with some. Every one, in this respect, should consult his stomach. Nothing is more per nicious than the abuse of strong liquors. It has been proved by a great number of cases that the cholera attacks the intemperate and even those who without making an habitual abuse of strong drinks, comniit occasionally a single excess of this kind. ,The use of ardent spirits taken alone, and before breakfast, a habit so common and hurtful at all times, becomes particularly fatal when cholera prevails. Many rpersons have the very bad practice of standing , with their naked feet upon the cold ground when they go to bed and more so when they rise, and even, walk upon it. This custom cannot be too much censured, as it becomes particularly dan gerous during the prevalence of the Cholera. The fear of chills, even in summer should pre vent people from sleeping with their sashes raised. There should be a moderate temperature within doors; for rooms that are kept too warm, render their occupants more 'susceptible to the cold to which they are exposed on going out. Fof the same reason it is proper to keep early hours,hnd not pass part of the night in promenad ing, going to meetings, to the coffee houses, ale houses, taverns, &c. above all when the nights are very cold and damp. To endeavor to lead an active life, shunning as much as! possible, excess of fatigue, is one of the best means to ensure tranquility. Occupations which'involve men in disputes are injurious. The same may be said of labors which occasion a de -privation of usual sleep at night. . They,who have the means of taking occasional tepid baths, will do - well to use them, but must re main in them no longer than may be necessary to clean their persons; care should be taken to wipe with warm linen, and to avoid immediate exposure to external air on leaving the bath. This precau tion is especially useful when the season is cold. Dry frictions are beneficial. They are easy to be administered by rubbing or having rubbed, in the. evening, or better morning and evenin ( g i._, the body, antis, thighs, and legs, for a quarter o an hour, with a soft brush or woolen cloth. Chills ' r are thought by those physicians who have observed ithe Cholda, to be among the causes most favorabld to the developement of the disease.—. Care should therefore be taken to dress warmly; and to miard the abdomen s and keep the feet from the action of cold: For this purpose it will be well to wear a woolen girdle, woolen or flannel under vests next the skin, and to use woolen stocks to be changed or washed when they become moist or dirtj. • The feet should be often washed in Warm water. Over shoes should be worn when necessity obliges one to remain where.ft is damp or cold; in a word, people should so warm themselves that the feet should be protected from cold and moisture. In the year 1832 the Central Commission of Health of the Department of the Seine, in France, issued a series of popular directions on the principal means to be employed so guard against the Cholera Morbus. From them we have gleaned the fore going particulars, the whole being too lengthy for publication. Once more we say to the citizens of Lancaster: KEEP COOL! PUACTICE CLEANLINESS! DE TEMPERATE, IN 'ALL THINGS, BUT ABOVE ALL IN EATING AND DRINKING! AVOID FEAR! AVOID EXPOSURE! TRUST IN GOD, TUE AUTHOR OF ALL Goon, withold whose Divine aid all human remedies are of no avail! Hon. John H. Brodhead of Pike. The Democracy of Monroe and Pike counties, at their recent meetings, elected delegates to the Pittsburg Convention, instructed to supportthe Hon. JOHN H. BRODUEAD of the latter county for the nomination of Canal Commissioner. Judge Brod head was formerly a representative in the State Legislature, and afterwards one of the Associate Judges of Pike county. We have known bin, long and well, and can truly say, that we have ever ,found him a true and consistent Democrat, who never neglected a public duty or betrayed a public trust. He would make a capital member of the Canal Board, and he resides in a region, which well deserves the honor. Gen. Diller rewarded! Gen. ADAM DILLER, well known to the citiiens of this county as their former High Sheriff, and former Adjutant General of the State, has been ap pointed Naval Storekeeper at Philadelphia, in place of ROBERT KENNEDY, reMOVed. The Pennsylvanian says of the latter gentleman, that he was a soldier of the war of 1812, appointed to the post by Mr. MentsoNat the close of the war. He has held it through all administrations, since first assuming its duties, has been a punctual and honest officer—and has now been dismissed, at the age of 75, for no other cause than having voted for Gen. LEWIS CASs, a fellow•soldier in the same glorious contest. Speech by Senator Benton Senator BENTON made a speech at Jefferson City, recently, upon the subject of slavery, the first part of which, only, is published, and occupies several columns of the paper in which it appeared. Mr. Benton goes into a lengthy expcsition of Mr. Calhoun's inconsistehcy upon the question of slavery. Mr. B. is very explicit. He says that it is absurd to deny that Congress has the power to legislate as it pleases upon the subject of slavery in territories; it has never used the power, and with the sanction of all the authorities, State and Territorial, from the formation of the Government to the present, Congress has had the power to pro hibit or admit slavery, and no one else. It is not in Territories, or their government and its deputies, or the creatures of Congress. No citizen of any State can carry any, property derived from a law of that State, an inch beyond the boundary line which creates it. Slave pro perty, for this reason, cannot be removed to Cali fornia or New Mexico. Nor can any legal estab lishment of slavery be looked for in either Territory. The only effect of carrying slaves there would be set them free. The people of both Territories were unanimous against it. The Missouri resolutions were copied from those offered by Mr. Calhoun in the Senate of 1847, and to know their design, you must knoll• his was aimed at the harmony and stability of the Union, and that the members from Slave-holding States would not hold the lead, myself especially. These are the views, in brief, of the Senator, as far as published.- A School Board Dismissed At the recent term of the Lehigh county court, application was made by a portion of the citizens of Lowhill township, for the dismissal of the Board of School Directors, on the ground of their refusal to comply with the provisions of the law requiring them to proCeed and establish Common Schools in that township. The Directors acted upon the ab surd plea, that the Constitution provided merely for teaching the 'poor" gratis, and that as the Com mon School Law furnished instruction to all alike, it was in contravention of the Constitution, and hence these would-be Solons took it into [heir heads to disobey it! . Judge JONES delivered the opinion of the court, in which he eloquently vindicates, not only the constitutionality, but also the incalculable value and importance of a general system of educa tion, and deprecates in terms of deserved censure the plea that would sink the poor" into moral and social degradation. The court 'unhesitatingly va cated the places of the refractory directors, and appointed a new board in their stead, known to be in favor of upholding the laws. We record this decision with much pleasure. Whig State Convention. The Whig State Central Committee have issued a call for holding a State Convention, at Harris burg, on tlre,l6th of August next, to nominate a candidate for Canal Commissioner : We learn that HENRY M. FULLER: Esq., one of the representatives in the last State Legislature from Luzerne county, will most likely be the Federal nominee for Canal Commissioner. Whig Consistency In 1847 the whig 'legislature of Massachusetts declared that "the Mexican war is a crime, and all who have partaken in its well-fought fields have aided in its perpetration." In 1849 the whig leg islature of Massachusetts invites Gen. Taylor, the chief 'criminal," to visit the state and receive pub lic honors!! U. S. Senate and the Appointments. The Albany Express (Whig,) thus indicates that there are Whigs who will go before the Senate, and ask for the rejection of certain of the nominations of General Taylor. The allusion is to the Albany Postmaster: The uproarious joy of the friends of a recently appointed Postmaster, not a hundred miles from this city, is not a little diminished by the reflection that a certain Henry Clay, of Kentucky, will have a seat in the U. S. Senate, when that nomination comes to be acted upon. The end is not yet. ID" It is reported at Washing -ton upon unques tionable authority, that RETEIL G. Wesurziorox, sixth Auditor, has received notice of his dismissal, to take effect on the Ist of June. His successor is not named, but rumor gives the place to John C. Clark, Esq., of New York. EL7The New York Express publishes a letter from F. C. WHITEHEAD of that city, dated at the city of Mexico, April 15, which says : There are three men here, on their way home from California, with three hundred thousand dollars worth of gold with them, which they have made in ONE year, and which they showed us. The news they bring is better than ever, and our spirits are first rate, and our courage begins to increase. NonnicrowN.—The Watchman states that the Cotton Mills in that place have all suspended oper ations for the present, the operatives being on a "strike.," owing to a contemplated reduetionof their wages. This reduction is condemned by the editor, as happening without any justifiable reason. The Mills are closed in consequence. CostrEssics.--Conrad - Vintner, under sentence of death inßaltimore, for the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, has made a frank, voluntary, and unreser ved confession of his guilt. Ctittoo Factories. 1 1 The success oft: the Conestoga Cotton Mills in this cityi and the determination of our enterprising capitalists to erect a third, has imparted a like stimulus to our neighboring towns and cities, which promises to be productive of the most cheering results. That our citizens may know what is doing on this subject elsewhere, we glean from our exchange journals• the following pro ceedings: READING.-9 meeting of citizens was held on Saturday evening, May tlfith, to take into ronside• ration the practicability of organizing n company to construct a Cotton Mill or Mills, wader the pro• visions of the general manufacturing law passed by the last Legislature. Dr. Isaac llsitii.rxti sided, assisted by numerous Vice Presidents and Secretaries. William Darling, Benjamin Tyson, Jacob HoHinan, H. H. Muldenberg, and J. Glancy Jones were appointed a committee, to adopt dile best means for promoting the general objects of the meeting, to report at an early day. Addresses were delivered by J. Hottinan and William Dal mg, and on motion of Dr. D. Luther the lidlowing reso. lution was adopted: Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting Reading, possesses. to a rare extent, facilities and advantages for the successfid establishment of manufactures--that the :business is eminently cal culated to ensure its continued growth and pros. perity, and we therefore commend the unterprize to the aid and support of out• citizens. IikRRISHUIIO.—The Democratic Union of Wed nesday last contains the following: A subscription book has been opened for the stock to a Cotton FaCtory in our borough. A por tion of our citizens have subscribed liberally, and we trust every man having an interest in the pros perity of the town, will exert himself to ensure the success of this laudable enterprize, for if it lails it may be a long, time before another effort of the kind will be made. We trust it will not We:said ails, that we have not the enterprize to erect a single mill, when our neighbors of Lancaster al ready have two mills in operation, and the stock subscribed for a third." ;The Keystone of Tuesday has the following para graph: "We understand that Gen. JAMES, of Rhode Island, an experienced cotton manufacturer, who it is reported, has a large interest in some of the Lancaster cotton mills, at a public meeting held at the court house a few days since, to adopt meas ures for the erection of a factory in this place, said it made no difference what might be done with* tariff: that with the modern improvements' in machinery, the new school machinery as it is called, the description of goods proposed to be made, could be manufactured low enough to enter the markets of the world, in successful competition with the manufactures of any ot3t country." Iron Worlsm, Sc KURTZ, it is supposed established the first iron works in 1726, within the present bounds of Lan caster county. The Gann Rs were distinguished lot their industry add enterprise ; they commenced operations in 1728. , HEN or WI LLIAM ST.Etort. managed " Elizabeth Works" for many years when they were owned by BENZ ET & Co. of Philadelphia. Ot,ns were also known as industrious, punctual, and prudent iron -masters; but RoninT COLEMAN, Esq. becanie the most successful proprietor; to untiring industry and judicious management, he united the utmost probity and regularity in his dealings, and to him this county is especially indebted for the celebrity it has acquired from the number and magnitude of its iron-works and the 'excellence of its manufacture. Henry William Steigel was the founder of Man hiem ; he erected glass works at a considerable expense, but being of a speculative character he became involved, and his works passed into other hands. A curious house erected by him is still 'to be seen near Sheafferstown, where it is pointed out to the notice of the passing stranger, as " Steigcls Folly. Lancaster Miscellany. The Right to Steal. At the anniversary meeting of the Anti-Slave! y Society held in New York last week, one of the speakers maintained the right to steal. Just hear what this red-hot free soil abolitionist said: He did not pay any tradesman for anything he got ;.they were all robbers. He did not pay the landlords any rent. He had been living for seven months, in Leonard street, and he had paid no rent, and would pay none; no power in New York could get him out. (Loud cheers.) He held that he had no more right to pay for rent than he had to pay for a pair of boots. If you can steal safely, you haye a right to steal;' was a true motto. A man haS a right to help himself to a loaf of bread, or a pair of unmentionables, if he wants them, for we all have a right to live in this world, and the posses sion of the holder of the property is a robbery; his goods are stolen goods, and you ought not to buy them, but to take them as you want them.' The Stars and Stripes in Canada. In a Canadian paper, published at St. Johns, are contained the proceedings of the Councilmen of that city, at a meeting held on the 121st ultimo, froin which we extract the following: His His Worship the Mayor stated that his attention, that day, had been directed by persons to a piece of striped stuff hanging out in front of a store in Water street, and as there appeared to be consider able excitement, he called in the store about the matter. He wished to know of the. Board what course should be adopted in case any difficulties should arise. His Honor the Recorder stated that they had no power to interfere with the rights of citizens—that they were at liberty to hang out anything they pleased in front of their doors. It was like persons wearing or displaying the parti-colored ribbons— they had to stand the consequences cf their own aces, whatever might ensue. This flag of " striped stuff" was neither more or less than the American flag. It is not the first time that the appearance of this emblem has pro duced a sensation among the subjects of loyalty, and will probably not be the last. MOUE REMOVALS.-Mr. NORR Ts, the Surveyor of the port of Philadelphia, has removed Col. DAVID M.4TIPLE, the Chief Clerk, and Major J. R. HIBBS, the Messenger, of that office, and appointed P. G. EGE and ALE SANDE It M . COY in their stead. Bet ter officers than the proscribed gentlemen are not to be found, and hence no reason can be assigned for their removal, except their politics. We doubt whether Mr. Norma, of his own accord, would have been guilty of this proceeding. He must have acted in obedience to instructions from "Head Quarters." Stolen Horses Recovered We have already stated that within a few weeks horses have been stolen from Messrs. Amos . House, of West Hempfield, Thomas Pennington, of Salis bury, John Miller, of East Hempfield, and Simmons Coates, of Sadsbury. We have now the pleasure of stating that by means of information furnished by, officer Hughes, of this city, the stolen horses have all been recovered; having been found in Philadelphia. One of the thieves was arrested.— .E.Tamincr. rAzinsidA.—The Mobile Register of the 16th says, "Seldom have the prospects of the democracy in Alabama been more auspicious than at the pres• ent time. Everywhere, throughout the state, our friends are organizing in harmony and vigor for the approaching elections." 137 ORLANDO BROWN of Kentucky has been appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in place of Col. Wrizrelit MED/LL of Ohio, removed. Col. Medill was confessedly one of the most capable officers connected with the U. S. Government, and his removal can only be based upon his political opinions. Aic IMPORTANT FiCT.—Of the twelve hundred and odd Sons of Temperance in New Orleans, only three have been attacked by the cholera, veinch hail been iceurgin' g that city. Compliment to the tufted States. We cannot forbear quoting the following great compliment paid to the.United'States by Mr. Cob den, in a late speech 'on his scheme of financial reform. He said: • • . . "America has three times, within the 'last ten years, been in collision with two of the greatest Powers in the world—twice with England, once with France. We had . the Maine boundary and Oregon territory to settle with the United Btates, And Aineries had her quarrel' with France, arising out of tt Mr compensation of £1,000,000, which the French government. refused to pay.— What was the issue of those controversies? When the claim was refused by France, Gen. Jackson, at the head of the American Goverinent, published his deelaration. Ih u it if the money was not paid kirthwith, he would seize French ships and pay himself, At Omt lime-1 have it from Americans themselves—the French had three times the force of ships of tsar that Atm riot had; Admiral Mackan was in the Gulf of Florida with a fleet large enough to ravage the whole enlist of . America and Bom bard her Miens; but did France rush into war with A when t She paid the money. Why? Because she knew well if she provoked an unjust war with the United Staten, her mine of war were nothing ' , militated with the three that would swarm out of every Aninrienn port when brought into collision with another country. France knew that 'America had the largeq mercantile marine, and though at first 'the battle might bolo the stronger in an armed fleet, in thn end it would be to that country which M i d the greatest imam( of public spirit and the greatest amount 01 iniocatifile ships arid sailors. "What was the case with England? In 1845 there was a talk of war with America on account , ' of Oregon. Ilear in mind that America never spent more than £1,200,000 on her navy. /We ere spending this year ..1:7,f tofl,ooo or L 8,00,0,000; but will anybody tell me that America fared' worse in that dispute because her resources M ships of war were inferior to ours? No, but we increased our navy, and we hail a squadron of'evolution, as it was called. America never mounted a gun at New York to prevent the bombardment of the city; but did she fare the worse'? We sent a peer of the realm (Lord Ashburton) to Washington; it was on American soil that/the quarrel was adjust. ed, and rumor does say th / at America made a very good bargain. [Cheep,'.] It is the spirit of her people, the prosperity of/ her ',neOple, the growing strength of her people, the union of her people, the determination of her people, thailommand respect. [Cheers.] Now, what 1 want -you as a nation to do is to believe that other cod:dries will just take the same meas ure of us bat ,we took of America. They wont come an attackus merely because we reduce our arman/nts to £10,000,000. On the contrary, otheyeountries, I believe, will follow our.example." /The Cholera In Philadelphia. From the Pennsylvanian of May 31. HEALTH OFFICE, May 30th, 1849. 7 o'clock, P. M. Three cases of Asiatic Cholera have been repor ted to-clay; two on board a canal boat at Rich mond, and one an Irish emigrant in Southwark, non-residents, all of which proved fatal. By order of the Board of Health. SAMUEL P. MARKS, Clerk. The first of these cases was reported by Doctor CoymE—an Irish emigrant, who had just arrived at New York. Upon his arrival here, he took lodgings at a house in Fourth street, a few doors above Ship ien—early yesterday morning, was at tacked, and in a short space of time, died. He has been buried by the Board of Health. The second case is that of a laborer on board of a canal boat, plying between Port Richmond and Trenton, named JAMES JOHNSTON', aged thirty-five years. The boat arrived at the wharf at Rich mond, on Tuesday evening, at which time JOHNSON was complaining of being unwell, as well as on Saturday last. He was attacked in the morning, as Dr. JAISITER, of Port Richmond, reports, with Asiatic Cholera, and before one o'clock, died. The third case was also reported by Dr. JANIVER, the Captain of the same boat, named JOSEPH B. KIRKPATRICK, aged forty-eight years, was as well as usual yesterday morning. He was about his duties, when suddenly, he was attacked, and died at four in the afternoon. He is a native of Trenton, where. his family reside. His - wile was on board the boat at the time, remained with her husband until his death, was at his bedside when the Com mittee of the Board of Health waited upon her, and had quarters provided for her temporarily Important to the Military. The subjoined letter was written by Auditor General Purviance in reply to certain inquiries made in reference to the proper construction of the late Militia Law. If the decision of General Purliiance be correct, all the members of volunteer companies organized under the old law will be entitled to vote for Brigade Inspector and Brigadier General. HARRISBURG, May 15th, 1849. Dear Sir,—l have examined the late act revising the Militia System, in reference to the question pre sented in your letter of the 10th instant, received this morning. It is not necessary or required, by the new law, that the old volunteer companies should be re-organ ized, in order to get a vote at the election to be held on the first Monday in June next, for Brigade and other officers. The 13th sect. of the late act limits and restricts the right of voting to "all the uniform companies that shall be organized on or before the first Monday of June, one thousand eight hundred anti forty nine." This general provision embraces, as well the volunteer companies which were or ganized prior to the late enactment, as those which may be organized under the new law. The old volunteer companies, then , are to be regarded as withiri,the provisions of the late act, and as a part of the legally organized military force of the State —in all respects on the same footing—subject to the law in like manner as the companies which may be organized after the passage of the law. Any other construction would defeat the obvious purpose of the law, as in the short period interven ing from the passage of the late act to the time fixed for holding the election, perhaps,there would not be organized under the new law a single coin pany in four fifths of the Brigades in the State.— 'With the best wishes for your health, &c., I am, very respectfully, yours, JOHN N. PURVIANCE Major JOHN BREWSTER, Butler, Pa. American Benevolent Societies The receipts the past year of some of the leading benevolent Societies, as stated at the New York an niversaries, are as follows: American Bible Society $251,870 American and Foreign Bible So., baptist 39,840 American Tract Society 258,440 American Home Missionary Society 145,925 American Baptist Home Missionary So. 29,105 American Board of Fr'gn Miss's (fOr 9 m's) 217,000 American Baptist Foreign Miss'ry So. about 100,000 Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions 110,081 Methodist Episcopal 11 lesions 84,045 American Seaman's Friend Society 18,584 African Colonization 48,350 American Protestant Society 18,411 American and Foreign Evangelical Society 24,298 Total of the above FAILURE OF BISHOP DoANE.—Some of the papers are commenting at length, and with great indigna tion, upon the defalcation of Bishop Doane. The Troy Whig, in particular, condenses the following details of indebtedness for the purpose of censure : To G. P. Mitchell, the well-known ice cream manufacturer, of Burlington, he is indebted for con fectionary and ice-cream, to the amount of $1,500; to Wm. Stone and Francis Roth, bakers, $2,100 to the former $7OO, to the latter $1,400. To Messrs. Parsons, of Mount Holly, and Fennimore Hance, butchers, of Burlington, his obligations amount to about $5,000. SWALLOWING A GOLD DOLLAlL—Persons must be careful with these little fellows. The editor of the Baltimore Sun saw a young lady a few days since in a terrible fright, because one of them, which she had put in her mouth for safe keeping, had unluckily slipped down her throat. GOIRG AT IT IA EAHNEST.—The citizens of St. Louis have resolved, in town meeting, to suspend business for one day, and to devote the same to the cleansing and purifying of their respective yards, buildings and premise; to guard more effectually against the spread of the cholera. INCREASE AND MIILTIPLEf—The New Orleans Palria of the 20th ult., states that a respectable lady living in Esplanade' street in that city, gave birth the 16th instant, to her twentyfourth child. What makes this increase . the more surprising is that the twenty-four children are all living, and the mother is not yet fifty years of age. In pursuance of a call, a meeting of the citizens of.the city and county of Lancaster, was held in the Coint House on Saturday, May 26th, com mencing at 10 o'clock, A:M.; for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent the said city and county in a State ,School Convention, to be held on the 4th of July - next, and at such place as should -hereafter be agreed on, and also to wane. act any other business connected with the same. "t On motion, Mr. GEO. M. STEINMAN was appointed chairman; Messrs. Jecos Rsurr and A. I. KAUFFMAN', were chosen Vice Presidents, and Messrs. M. D. Holbrook and K. Coates, Secreta- On motion, the following persons were appoint ed to draft resolutions and to prepare business for its consideration: Tho. H. Burrowes, Esq., City; Mr. Simon S. Reist, Manheim ; Rev..N. Dodge, Rapho , Mr. John Wise, City; Mr. J. P. Wicker sham, Marietta. On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet a 3 o'clock, P. M/ The meeting niet according to adjournment. The , Committee appointed for the purpose, sub mittea the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, The Common School System of education — has now been in operation in Pennsyl vania during a period of fifteen years; and from a doubtful experiment has grown into a settled, gen eral, and most important portion of our public pol icy : AND avtizitsAs, Though it has already pro duced much good among us, yet we feel that it is capable of and still requires great improvement to fit it perfectly for its glorious and indispensable of fice of bestowing free and equal opportunities of instruction upon, every member of a self-governing community: AAD WHEREAS, We believe that this necessary degree of improvement will be essentially promo ted by meetings of the friends of free education, ' from the different States of the Union, fi r the pur ' pose of learnin.; the results of each other's expe rience; by interchange of opinion and concert of action among the advocates of Common Schools in this State, with a view to the improvement of our own legislation on the subject; and by fre quent and regular assemblages of the same advo cates in each county, for the promotion of efficien cy and harmony of action in the local manage ment of the Schools: Therefore, Resolved, That we do most cordially approve of and desire to be represented in the National Common School Convention proposed to be held in Philadelphia, on the 22d of next August. Resolved,` That We will apoint delegates to represent this county in the State Common School Convention, called to assemble on the 4th of July next, at Harrisburg, or such place as the other counties may agree on ; which delegates shall have the power to appoint delegates from their own number to represent Lancaster county in the Na tional Convention, should no State Convention assemble. Resolved, That we earnestly recommend the holding of an annual meeting, in the city of Lan caster, of directors, teachers, and other friends of the Common School System in the county, for the promotion of the good cause; and that a Cr un ty Committee be now appointed, for one year, whose duty it shall be to call a meeting at such time as they may deem most expedient. Resolved, That in our opinion little re , l and permanent improvement will be effected in the system, as a cheap, popular, efficient, and use ful mode of instruction, until the schools shall be kept open at least nine months in the year in all the districts of the State. Resolved, That so long as the schools are kept open only five months in the year, which is about the present average over the State, very many persons well qualified and ready for the business of instruction, will be thereby deterred from under taking it; pupils will make little progress, or for get in the long interim all they had leaaned in the schools; parents and taxapayers will become dis satisfied with the systefia as one unproductive of the object for which it was established; and the friends of Common Schools will be disappointed and disheartened in their best efforts. Resolved, That we sincerely believe it to be the truest economy, as well as the wisest policy, to extend the duration of teaching in the schools to at least the time above named; because, a very small addition to the tax now paid, would cause each dollar of the whole amount to produce three fold the benefit it now does, and raise the system from being little more than a mere means of taxa tion, to its true dignity and office in the cultiva tion of mind and the formation of character. Resolved, That if every School Director and tax payer were to take this view of the System and were to exert himself to render the Common School nearest to him sufficient for his own chil dren, and not content himself with the mere for mal and cold discharge of his official duties, or the payment of his tax as a debt to the public, the Common School System would soon flourish like a green bay tree, and cover the land with its priceless blessings. Resolved, That if it be proper for the State to have separate departments in the government, to collect and disburse the public money—to manage canals and railroads—to dispose of the public do main—and to punish crime, it is much more proper and necessary to have a separate department to foster and sustain the Common School System, which forms the habits, instructs the mind, and prevents crime by restraining vice. Resolved, Therefore, that. we are in favor of the , establishment of a Department of Education is the government, with all the means and adjunct requisite for infusing life, energy and harmony into the Common School System: The following persons were then chosen dele gates to the ensuing State Convention: Thomas H. Burrowes, Esq., City ; John Mar tin, Conestoga; Jacob G. Shuman, Manor; Jas. P. Andrews, Little Britain; Jos. Konigmacher, Ephrata; Rev. N. Dodge, S. S. Patterson, Rapho, Jacob Reist, Benjamin Herr, Esq., Manheim ; An drew Y. Kauffman, Manor ; James McPhail, Esq., Benjamin Lantz, Strasburg; Joseph T. Anderson, Esq., Marietta; Thaddeus Stevens, John C. Van Camp, John Wise, Rev. J. C. Baker, John A. Hiestand, Dr. P. Cassidy, Rev. B. Keenan, Geo. M. Steinman, City ; J. P. Wickersham, Marietta, John P. Bachman, Dr. John Martin, Bart; Dr Adam Bear, Joel Lightner, Jr., Leacock ; Geo. W . Buckley, Salisbury; David G. Swartz, East Lam- per ; Abraham Brenneman, Elizabethtown ; Mark , Connel, ,sr., West Earl; Samuel Eberly, Peter Martin, Esqs., Elizabeth; Cyrus H. Jacobs, Caer narvon; Prof. John Beck, Litiz ; Solomon Diller, East 'Earl; Joseph Kyle, Drumore ; Wm. Gal breath, Colerain ; Dr. Joseph Lefever, Paradise; , Joseph C. Dickinson, Lindley Coates, Sadsbury ; Henry Miller, Esq., Lampeter •' Rev. T. M. Boggs, Abraham Shelly, Mountjoy ; John Strohm, Mar- ; tic, Dr. J. B. Stubbs, Fulton; Jacob Foreman, Conoy ; John Wilson, East Cocalico ; Ephraim Shober, Brecknock ; Rev. M. Owens, Columbia ; Daniel S. Baer, East Hempfield ; Prof. S. S. Hal deman, West Hempfield. On motion, it was voted that the Chairman ap- I point a county committee, after the adjournment, , consisting of seven persons, and that the names ' of the same be published with the proceedings of the meeting. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. The following are the County Committee ap pointed by the President in accordance with the resolution to that effect : 81 345,955 County Committee. GEO. M. KLINE, Esq., A. H. HOOD, Esq., City Mr. PETER McCONOMY, Rev. N. DODGE, Rapho. WM. L. RAKESTRAW, Bart. JOHN MARTIN, Conestogo. JOS. KONIGMACHER, Ephrata. (Signed by the officers.) Cholera in Baltimore and Norfolk. BALTIMORE, May 31. Mr. John Orndorf, an extensive flour merchant, died from an attack of the Cholera last night. A negro at Donavan's Slave depot, suddenly expired with the Cholera. ' The Board of Health of Norfolk, report 12 cases of Cholera for the week ending on Tuesday—six white and six colored persons ; four died, three white and one colored. ED - Mrs. FANNY KEMBLE BUTLER made recently a donation of $250 to the "Home," a benevolent institution under the patronage of the N. Y. Prison Association. This handsome donation was accom panied by the hope that the blessings of the insti tution might equal the zeal and self-devotion of those engaged in managing it. ' The last resource to raise the wind is that of a shrewd and unscrupulous Yankee, who bought a bushel of shoe pegs, and on discovering they were made out of rotten wood, sharpened the other end, and mild them for con I School Meeting*. 3 a'cLocK, P. M Jewish Treatment of Cholera. The following is the mode of treatment adopted by the Jews of Wiesniz in case of cholera ; out of 240 individuals in that town attacked by the chol er; every one of them was saved by this mode except two 1, 1 ,10 refused to submit - to the plan pro. prised, The plan is Communicated in a letter pub lished in the ;Lancet, and is this : " The several.' points of the remedy are as fol lows :' Take a' pint of strong spirits of wine, and half a pint of good white vinegar ; add to them one ounce of powdered camphor, one ounce of flour of mustard, a quarter of an ounce of ground pepper, a teaspoonful of . bruised garlic; and lastly half an ounce of powdered cantharides ; mix well in a bor. tle, and expose for twelve hours to the sun, or in a warm place, frequently shaking it. As soon as a person is attacked, let him instantly be put to bed under warm coverlets, and let his hands and feet be rubbed powerfully and uninterruptedly with the liniment made warm. During this operation he must take a glass of strong drink composed of two parts of camomile flowers and one part of balm mint. Persevere in this course, and at the end of 15 minutes at the utmost, (the patient - shead and body being kept well covered beneath the bed clothes,) he will break out into a profuse perspiration, and must be kept in this state between two and three hours, but on no account be allowed to fall asleep. After this remove the extra covering from the bed, and he will fall into a slumber, which will last six or eight hours, and be accompanied by a gentle perspiration;when he awakes he will fi nd himself weak, but th disorder will have entirely left him, and he will require nothing more than rest and moderate diet to restore him to perfect health.— Especial care must be taken, after the operation of rubbing ; that the patient does not so much as lift a finger aove the bedclothes, for the slightest chill whilst the peripiration is upon him, would be in stant death. When there is cramp in the stomach, apply dry bags of bran and ashes very hot to the pit of the stomach, and then apply a bladder of hot water to. the regions of the navel. The great point is to produce a strong perspiration, and restore the circulation of the blood to the surface of the body, from which part the blood is drawn at the com mencement of the attack, and thrown with fright ful violence on its inward parts.- Governor Johnston's Pledges. From the Pennsylvanian We believe our present State Executive openly claims, that, but for his exertions, Gen. Ter ton would never have got the vote of 'Pennsylvania, and therefore would never have been elected. The boast is so like the man, we are not disposed to doubt that it is often made. Other people may presume to question the extravagant pretension, and to think Gen. Taylor's military iltowess had a little to do, not only with the result in November, but, also, that it saved JOHNSTON' in October. Be this as it may, it may be uselul, just at present, while the Governor is directing Mr. LEWIS to remove every Democrat now in office in this city, to see how he asked the votes of the people of Penn sylvania for Gen. Taylor. He issued " twelve rea sons why Gen. Taylor should be elected," in Octo ber last, among which the following occurs: " He will proscribe no man for a conscientious difference of opinion ; being a lover of freedom of thought himself, he can afford to tolerate it in others!" These words contain a solemn and unequivocal pledge, made before the country by the man who has patented his claim to the honor of-having given the vote of Pennsylvania for Gen. Taylor. We speak not now of the wilful violation of this and other pledges, by the powers that be at Washington: but we ask, if it is not a most humiliating exhibi tion to see the author of this solemn promise leav ing his official duties at Harrisburg to take an active and malignant and persecuting part in furthering that very policy against which he raised his voice before the November election. 'Such is the man now at the helm of this State ! Monroe County. Cvtmpavdence of the Penoeylvanien. ST ROUDSB URG, May 29, 1849 In accordance with the usual custom of the De mocracy of Monroe county, a meeting was held last evening , the 28th inst., it being the first day of court week, to.appoint the delegates to the Pitts burgh Convention, and appoint the usual commit tees preparatory to the Fall elections. Elihu Porter, Esq., was called to the chair, and a number of gen tlemen appointed Vice Presidents and Secretaries. An able series of resolutions were reported by M. M. Dimmick, Esq., which were unanimously adop ted. During the absence of the committee on res olutions, the meeting was addressed by T. B. S. Schoonover, Esq. The appointment of John M. Heller, of Pike county, as Senatorial delegate, was concurred in, and Abraham Bouy, Esq., chosen re presentative delegate, with instructions first to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Col. John H. Brodhead, of Pike county, for Canal Cominissioner, and secondly, to vote for Maj. Frs. F. Bowman, of Luzerne county. The meeting was a large one. The Democracy of Monroe are in excellent spirits; the utmost union and harmony prevails; while a general determination exists, in the mir,d of every Democrat, to imitate, in the coming elections, the glorious example of old Vir ginia. A strong resolution, complimentary to our late worthy Secretary of State, Hon. James Buch anan, was adopted by the meeting, naming him in connection with the next Presidency. More anon. Fatal Case of Somnambulism. REUING ' May 29, 1849. We are deeply pained to record the death of Mr. Charles Shamberger, a boarder at the house of Charles Wissong, in 7th street, Reading, who was found dead on the pavement on Sunday morning last, having fallen from the roof while it is supposed he was in a somnambulic state. He slept in the upper story of the house, in company with another person, and during the night, without disturbing his sleeping companion, rose from the bed, passed out at the dormer window to the roof, and from thence slipped to the ground, the marks of his feet being distinctly visible on the shingles. He was instantly killed by the fall, as a dislocation of the neck was discovered by the Coroner, which proves conclu sively that to no other cause can his death be at tributed. The unfortunate man was a German, had been in this country only a year or two, and was daily at the passenger depot, awaiting the ar rival of his family, a wife and three children, who are on their way to this city. He was a carpenter by trade, industrious in his habits, and to his family his sudden death will be a sad bereavment and an irreparable loss. An inquest was held by Dr. Wit man, the Coroner.—Reading Press. Warning to Parents. PnizenEzenfe, June 1. The' practice of setting sway in different parts of the house, arsenic and other poisonous substances during the day-time, for the extermination of roaches and rats, especially where there are children, we think is an e•ril one. Yet go into almost any house where the family is infested with this sort of ver min, and you will either see it, or through your olfactory organ, you will discover that poison of some kind 'is in the house. This fact is, in many instances, the sole cause of the loss of lives among small children, as was the case yesterday morning. A very interesting little boy, about sixteen months old, named Richard Charles Poulteriner,—his pa rents residing in Fourth street above Thompson, Kensington, came to his death through the poison intended to exterminate the roaches. The cup con taining the arsenic had been set inside of a closet, in Mr. Poulteriner's house, and while the mother was absent a few moments up stairs, the little child crept to the cupboard or closet, and ate a conside rable quantity of it on Wednesday afternoon. Short ly after, he was seized with violent spells of vom iting, which continued until yesterday morning, when he died. The family physician was sum moned but all his efforts to save the little sufferer proved unavailing.—Pennsylvanian. THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA.—George Buck hart, living in Harlan county, Ky., is one of the most extraordinary men of the age, and perhaps is, the oldest man now known to be living. He is . one hundred and fourteen years old; was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and has lived for seve ral years in a hollow sycamore tree, of such large dimensions as to contain his family, consisting of a wife and five or six children,. bed and bedding, cooking utensils, &c.'' The exploring agent of the American Bible Society, in his travels in Kentucky, recently found him, and also saw several respecta ble gentlemen who had spent one or more nights with him in this singular home. He professes to hold the Lutheran faith, being of a German family, and received the Bible with peculiar manifestations of gratitude. What a life for one man to spend! What a long train of events has marked this cen tury, through which he has drawn the thread of existence!—Bible Society Record, for May. Rhubard, or pie plant, which is at thisseason of the year generally used for pies, should be for the present excluded from the table. It is consid ered by physicians to be a fruitful source of diar rluza, and at the present time, when, symptoms of cholera are prevalent, should be strictly avoided. THE SCHUYLKILL COLL linsion.—The Pottsville Emporium says all is life and bustle again about the coal region, and the miners have generally roi . sumed work. Washington Goisip. The Washington correspondent of the New York Mirror says There is Ito be a duplicate marriage here, or rather in GOrgetown, next month, which may in terest you. Charles Lanman; librarian of the War Department, and formerly a "gentleman of the Press, ' andißen Perley Poore, of Boston, author of the Perley Letters in the Boston Alas, are to be Married on ,the same day, to two sisters of George town, Misses Dodge. Two brothers of the young ladies are M be married at the same hour. to two ladies of the same place, and the octave party are then to set off on a honey moon excursion to the North. Among the appointments here, I am happy to learn that Mr Robert Chilton, of New York, a younger brother of the chemist, has been appointed librarian of the Patent Office. It is pretty generally supposed that Abbot Law rence will go to England, and his old correspondent on financial themes Mr. Rives, of Va., to France; hut beyond these gentlemen, even rumor has not' designated any foieign ambassador, save Mr: Bar ringer, of N. C., who is one day sent to Chili, and on another to Spain: The President continues in excellent health; he takes a daily walk in the grounds of the White House, his "custom of an afternoon," and .looks better than he has before or since he - came from Baton Rouge. He wants very much to go North but fears that the pressure of business will not per mit it. He-has been in New York but once in his life, and that was for a short time some years since. Cholera in the West• The Nashville Banner of the 24th ultimo, says that the cholera has again made its appearance in that city. Nine cases had occurred, and six deaths. On the 24th ultimo, there were six new cases and two deaths by cholera at the Lunatic Asylum, Lexington, Ky. The cholera has again made its appearance in Memphis and Baton Rouge. In the former place the Eagle records six deaths in three days, and in the latter Mr. Dufrocq, the Mayor, was one of its victims. The Louisville Board of Health, under date of 25th ult., says that place was free from cholera. The Quincy (El.) Herald, of the 18th says that no new cases of e . holera had occurred aniong the citizens of that place for a week. Two cases of cholera had occurred at Hannibal (Mo.) down to the 17th. The Maysville Herald of Wednesday says the cholera had entirely disappeared from that city. A lefter from Independence (Mo.) dated May 13th, says: "The cholera here is sweeping every thing before it. Gloom reigns on every side— Business is at a complete stand. All the Califor nians have pretty much left in affright. The cholera rages so extensively among some of the immigrating parties, that they do not even stop to bury their dead. Corpses are found, wrapped in their winding sheets, lying along the road,in heaps of five and six together. The scene on every side is painful and horrible in the extreme." At Lexkton. (Ky.,) on the 20th ultimo, there were 11 cases and 7 deaths. On the plantation of James Miller, Waterproof, (La.,) 39 negroes died out of 40 on the plantation. Terrible Accounts From New Orleans The Waters Rlsing--The City Half Inundated! New Orleans is in a fearful state of apprehension. The breaches in the huge bank — of earth or levee thatkeeps the "great father of waters," as they call the MissisSippi, from pouring a deluge upon New Orleans, are not diminishing in extent, and threaten yet to overwhelm the whole city. The Delta of the 23d ultimo, says: The water in the rear of the city is still advan cing towards the river. During the twenty-four hours ending about nine o'clock last evening, there was a rise of three to four inches, and from the time it commenced on Sunday morning, to 3 o'clock yesterday, a water gauge showed a rise of nine and a half inches. This depth of water . rapidly spreads over a surface so nearly level as the ground upon which New Orleans is built, and the inunda tion, in the district north of the new canal, has pen etrated far beyond the centre of the city. All the streets, from Canal to Common street, are completely covered, as low as Circus street, and some of them are nearly so, as far as Philippa st. Common and Canal streets are almost navigable to Carondelet street, and below Canal, as far as St. Louis street, the inundation extends very nearly to Bourbon street. Beyond that, the ground being high, the flood is bounded by a line from the inter section of St. Louis and Dauphin streets, to the old Basin, is entirely free of water. The Picayune of the same date, says : • The lower part of the first and third Municipali ties, which have as yet escaped the disastrous en croachments of the waters, are now seriously threat ened with inundation. The water in the Bayou St. John is now but three inches lower than during the great inundation of 1831, when the flood passed over Dauphin street, and the levees along the canal of the Draining Company and Galvez Canal du not look as though they could much longer resist the pressure which is against them. • • Every effort is being made to strengthen them, but in the opinion of the surveyors having charge of the work, it is an almost hopeless task. We are, however, very much encouraged by the fact that, in consequence of a favorable change of the. wind, the lakes fell several inches yesterday, and the good effect of this must be felt in town, as the crevasee water will pass off over the ridge and through the canals with much more rapidity. A telegraphic despatch dated on Wednesday at New Orleans, says, still more alarmingly: In spite of all the efforts to, stop the great creva see the water is still rising, and labor is perfectly lost in attempting to subdue it. Half of the city is now inundated ; the inhabitants are flying from their homes and business. Execution of Elder Enos G. Dudley at Haverhill, N. H. Cormspoodence of the Batton Herald. HAVERHILL, N. H., May 23, 1849. A large number of people , Crom the surrounding country came here early this morning, all anxious to witness the execution of Elder Enos G. Dudley, convicted at a recent term of the Court of Com mon Pleas of Grafton county. N. H., of the murder of his wife. The town throughout the day has been the theatre of intense excitement. The evidence upon which Dudley was convicted was entirely circumstantial; and, in the opinion of many, inconclusive. Strong expectations have been entertained, since the period of his conviction, that he would be reprieved by Governor Williams; and that hope was indulged in by the friends of the wretched prisoner up to the last moment. They were, however, doomed to a terrible disap pointment. The Executive, however much his per sonal predilections might have been disposed towards clemency, believed it his duty tp let the law take its course, although the sacrifice of the life of the victim was its termination. As the hour assigned for execution approached, trA anxiety manifested by-the prisonefs friends was' painfully intense. They had clung to hope—even hoping against hope; for the spectacle of the•exe cution of a fellow being among them, was a thing so unusual that it could scarcely be realized, espe cially when that fellow being was one with 'whom they had enjoyed many years of intimacy. The fatal hour at length arrived. At half past cue o'clock to day, the prisoner was informed that but a few more moments were allowed him to live. He then appeared to resign himself to inexorable fate, and made final preparations for his departure from this world. The consolations of religion were afforded him, and in a few moments after the above hour, he, with a firm tread, approached the gallows erected in the jail yard. He was accompanied by the chaplain and Sheriff Powers, and not a waver in his step, or tremor in his frame, was noticed by them, even at that awful hour•. Ascending the scaffold, (which was a high struc ture, affording a full view of the ceremonies to the immense concourse outside,) Dudley desired .to address a few words to those within hearing. Per mission was of course granted; and in a few earnest and truly affecting remarks, the doomed man as serted his entire innocence of the crime for which he was about to suffer death. He called God to witness the truth of what he said. ,Upon the conclusion of his address, the fatal cap was drawn over his eyes, and the rope attached to his neck. Sheriff Powers then asked bim, "Are you..pre. pared?" Dudley replied—' I am ready." At that instant the rope was severed by the She riff; arl, after' . a few spasmodic struggles, the un happy man, guilty or innocent, was launched into eternity. It was a saddening, sickening exhibition; and those who witnessed it left the scene with troubled hearts. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT WIFE IN HIM HIIbBAND'S Armt.—A Mrs. McAdams was,a few weeks ago, convicted of the crime of murder before the Circuit Court of Madison county, Miss. Her husband was allowed to visit her in prison frequently, and at last dressed her in] a suit of his own clothes, by means of which she, effected a passage from the prison. She was traced as far as Vicksburg, where she took passage in a steamboat, and, from the last accounts, had not been arrested,
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