3ntellignuer & Journal.
GEO: SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster, December 18;1849.
Democratic State Central Commtttac
The members of the Democratic State committee
are requested to meet at J3trannan's Hotel in Har
risburg, on Tuesday, 29th January, 1850, at 3
o'clOck, P. M. for the purpose of fixing the time
and place for the meeting of the next Democlatic
State Conventeon.
J. GLANCY JONES, Chrirman
G. G. WaFrrcarr, Secretary
1:1' Absence from hoine during the greater por
tion of last week, must be our, apology for any de
ficiencies in this week's paper. We are again at
our post, however, and shall spare no pains to make
the paper interesting to our numerous readers.
DMr. MArrn - cw A. Bann, a converted Jew
froth Poland, will deliver a lecture this (Tuesday)
evening, in the session room of the Lutheran Church,
on the present condition of his people, the Jews.
Service to commence at 7 o'clock.
111 The proceedings of the Annual Meeting of
the Lancaster County Bible Society, held in the
Methodiit Episcopal Church, in this City, on the
25th ult. will be found on our first page, to which
' we invite attention.
THE FRATERNAL HOMESTEAD AMCIATION.-
We direct attention to the advertisement of this
Association, in another column. Its - leading object
seems to be, through monthly contributions of the
members, to purchase ground and erect comfortable
dwellings for all who are united with the Associa
tion. The plan, we .understand, has been adopted
in other places, and thaeneficial effects have already
been felt. Those who are desirous of ascertaining
all about the nature of the Association, will do well
to_call upon the officers who will give them every
information.
Butchanan---The Abolition of
Slavery in the District of Co-
lumbla
it the present time when Congress and the
country are distracted - do the subject of slavery,
and when the question of its abolition in the Dis
trict of-Columbia is thrown as a fire-brand into the
councils of the Nation, threatening the very exist
ence of the Union itself, we think it proper to re
publish some portions of a speech delivered by the
Hon. JAAEB Bocaewsit, as early as January, 1836,
on this very question of the abolition of. Slavery in
the District. The remarks made by Mr. 8., nearly
`fourteen years ago, were true 'and appropriate
:then—they are so now—and if his warning
voice were heeded by the representatives of the
people, this whole question, which threatens to
shake the Confederacy, from centre to circumfer
ence, would be speedily settled, and the stability
and integrity of the Union perpetuated through all
time to come.
In connexion with the remarks of }lr. 8., we
publish a.short abstract of the proceedings of the
Senate at the time, with the ayes and noes upon
the motion to reject the prayer of the petitioners.
The whole will be found in another column of this
paper, and we think the time opportune for again
spreading those proceedings before the people.—
Let the remarks of Mr. B. be read by every person
into whose hands this paper may fall. They are
the " words of truth.and soberness," and we hope
their re-publication at this time may assist in set
tling the question abovereferred to in such a way
as shall give peace and security, and be satisfactory
to every section of the Union.
The Contest for SpeaKei
It is now two weeks since the members of the
Thirty-first Congress assembled at Washington,
and, as late as Saturday evening, they had not suc
ceeded in electing a Speaker fcr the House of Rep
resentatives. They have met daily—the Senate to
await the action of the House, and the latter body
to elect a presiding officer. Forty-seven ballots
have already been had, and how many more are
yet to come, before a choice is made, it is impossi
ble to predict. Every thing seems to be in inex
tricable confusion, since the correspondence between
Mr. Baowx, of Indiana, and Mr. Wrwroz leaked
out, and there is no anticipating now what a day
may bring forth. After Mr. COBB declined, the
Democrats tried to concentrate their vote upon Mr.
POTTER, of Ohio—failing in this, they then fixed
upon Mr. Bnowx. On the fortieth ballot Mr. B.
had 112 votes, lacking two of an election;--but,
just at this juncture, when 'another ballot would,
doubtless, have placed him in the Speaker's Chair,
it became known that he had made certain
pledges to the Free-soilers, whereupon the Southern
members took fire and refused to support him any
longer. This gave rise to excited feelings and
angry discussions--mutual criminations and re
criminations took place, and continued to a greater
or less extent during the last week. After leaving
Mr. BROWN, the Democratic members generally
began to concentrate their vote upon Mr. LYNN
BOYD, of Kentucky, who, -on the last ballot on
Saturday had run up to S 6 votes. Since the with
drawal of Mr. Wrwrirnor, which occurred 'after
the thirty-ninth ballot, the Whig vote has 'been
scattered upon Messrs. STANLEY, STEVEN'', and
others—no one of them, however, has had more
than 66 votes.
What the upshot of this whole matter in to be,
time only can determine.
Piundering , the Treasury.
The indecent haste with which the Cabal, sur
rounding Gen. Taylor, says the .tlrgus of Baltimore,
despatched James Watson Webb on his mission to
Austria, when they knoW the Senate cannot, in jus
t r ice to itself, sanction such a selection, is nothing
more nor less than a direct and palpable robbery
of the public treasury. They were determined to
give him a voyage across the Atlantic, and a par
tial European tour at the expense of the American
people, no matter how loud the public clamor
against so high-handed a proceeding. And why
cannot the Senate sanction his selection, some may
ask? For the beat possible reason - in the world.
Because he was under a written pledge not to ask
or accept office at the hands of Gen. Taylor—be
cause he had represented the General to the people
as one aspiring to the Presidency, only for the pur
pose of putting a stop to the rewarding of political
friends and the punishing of political foes—and be
cause he is not a man of the charades and calibre suited
to a Foreign Minister. To appoint him in the face
of the pledge thus mentioned, and to hasten his
departure at the very moment whea the Senate
was about to - aet on his nomination, and with a lull
knowledge that that body could not sanction his
appointment, is an abuse of power scarcely paral
leled in the nation's entire history. It is a case of
public pluuder, as well as of startling corruption,
and it cannot fail to be rethembered to the lasting
detriment of those who authorized and sanctioned it.
of the Timer.
The Parkujan Tragedy.
The Jury of inquest,which recently sat at Boston,
havi, atter a protracted and laborious investigation,
found a verdict against Professor Webster, charging
him ditectly with the murder of Dr. Parkman.
The evidence is said to be very strong against him,
and.no doubt seems to be entertained of his guilt
The North ..thaerisan of Saturday is very
severe upon Mr. TOOMBS, of Georgia, and the other
SoOthern Whigs who refused to vote for Mr. Win
throp. The North American is known to be the
month piece of Secretary CrarroN—therefore, its
denunoination of those high-toned Southerners is to
be taken as the sentiments of the Cabinet, and is
indicatiie of any thing else than harmony in the
Whig counsel'.
The Whigs and the Working
Claspea.
The low and irresponsibleyortiori of the country ,
who ought not rote at all, do yi fact, decide our elec•
tions, and these are largely on the democratic side-
Every vile instinct of an intemperate, vile, embrw
ted nature, is naturally opposed to'a party embracing
a larger proportion of wealth, talent, and character of
the country.—Nzw Conarsu.
The above, says the New York Republic, is a
specimen of Whig sympathy for the poor and la
boring classes. Property and wealth alone, in the
estimation of these New England nabobs, should
give a man a claittito respectability, and entitle
him to suffrage. The rich should legislate for
themselves—take care of themselves, and leave the
poor to 'get along the best way they can. .Do we
not see the truth of this in the specimens which the
people have had of Whig legislation ? Do not
all their measures tend to benefit the wealthy—
affording little or no protection to the poor man's
rights, or redress for his grievances? The senth .
meat contained in the above paragraph, is not that
entertained by the Courier alone ; it is the same
which is cherished by very many of the leaders of
the Whig party--a party that claims to embrace
all "thy wealth, talent and character of the country.''
Let the honest and hard-working classes of our
fellow eitizens.of all parties ponder over this insult
upon their integrity and intelligence. The poor
man is "irresponsible," and ought not to vote at all
because he is poor—and that poverty associates
him, according to these high-toned Federal notions,
with "every instinct of an intemperate, vile and etn
bmted nature . 1 " Has it come to this, that in a gov
ernment like ours, which recognises no distinction
of classes, where the avenues to preferment are
open to all who are morally and intellectually
qualified, that the poor man is thus to be stigmatized
and excluded-from the enjoyment of those privileges
which are guaranteed to him by the constitution of
our - common country! Are the men whose labor
and industry contribute to the wealth and power
of the nation, to be told by those who have been
enriched by the fruits of their toil, that they are
unfit to vote, and should have no voice in the elec
tions of the people? Why is it, we ask, that such
hostility is manifested by these gentry towards the
working classes, whom they affect to despise, but
whose honesty and intelligence in reality they tear?
The disgraceful paragraph we have quoted furnishes
the answer—"they decide our elections, and these are
largely on the Democratic side:" Here, then, the
mystery is solved—the truth (perhaps inadvertently)
is spoken. They—these "irresponsible" laborers—
these poor men vote the Democratic ticket, and
thus generally decide our elections in favor Of the
Democratic party. Right for once! the masses—
and they are formed bOhese "irresponsible" work
ing men, do generally vote the Democratic ticket.
they have ever done so and will continue to give it
their honest and candid support, because Democratic
principles do not recognize the odious and anti-
republican distinctions between man and man of
the Whig leaders. They vote the Democratic ticket ;
because Democratic administrations, and Demo.
cratic - legislatures, recognize their claims and pro.
tect their interests; because Democrats do not
shrink at any time from associating with the labor
ing man—and because in their assemblies his in
fluence is as great, and his voice more potential,
than he who bases his only claim to consideration
dpon his wealth and the false position that may
give him in society. The working man, even when
pursuing his daily avocation; the laborer in the
field, and the blacksmith at his forge, reflect upon
these truths. he thinks and feels that the sympathies
of the Democratic party have ever been with the
"sons of toil;' while the prejudices and hostility of
the Aristocracy have been uniformly directed against
them. He looks over our broad and beautiful Con
federacy, and feels that its greatness and prosperity
have been promoted and extended under successive
Democratic administrations, and that it has never
languished save when the Whig party have been in
power; and the more he ponders on these truths,
the stronger heroines his attachment to Democratic
principles and his devotion to the Democratic cause.
The Public Works
' We have been urging, almost constantly. upon
the canal commissioners, the importance of prompt
monthly payment of all the expenses upon the
public works, and of having every thing connected
with the year's operations finally closed and settled
with the termination of the fiscal year—the 30th
November, or immediately thereafter. This line
of conduct is indispensible to the honest and econo
mical management of the improvemer.ts, and ought
to be rightly enforced.
On making inquiry, the other day, of'a member
of the beard, as to what prospect there was of
having all the debts of the year paid and settled
with the close of the present month, he informed
us that the state treasurer had, in several instances,
refused or withheld payments to the superintendents
and supervisors, of the moneys necessary to enable
them to comply with the instructions of the board.
We then inquired whether the appropriations were
exhausted: he said not. In the absence of expla-
nation, this seems to be most extraordinary conduct
on the part of the treasurer. We have had occa
sion to notice the conduct of this officer on more
than one occasion, when we believed it merited.
It afforded us no pleasure to do so: nor would we
refer to it on the present occasion, if we did not
deem it a duty. There is certainly, at this time,
money enough in the treasury to meet all the de
mands upon it, and if the appropriations are not
exhausted, what good reason can there be for re
fusing payment of the canal commissioner's drafts
to their officers to pay the current monthly expen
ses upon their lines' , We should like to have this
matter fairly and honestly explained.
We regret that ahy cause should exist to prevent
a complete settlement of the concerns of the year.
It is high time that the people should know how
their accounts stand in regard to the improvements,
and the officer or officers who fail to perform their
duty and their whole duty in regard to this matter,
will assnma a high responsibility. The idea of
'having an unknown amount of debts left unpaid,
each year, to be provided for the next year, ought
not to be tolerated for a single moment. It has
been the source, heretofore, of immense fraud, and
the cause of increasing expenditures to an incalcu
lable amount. It is full time it was ended.—Keystone•
Louisiana Election.
We copy the foll Owing from the True Delta, a
neat, spirited, and ably conducted paper of the
penny
_size, recently established in New Orleans,
the following paragraph, giving the official results
of the late election in Louisiana:
LOUISIANA ELECTION.—The Official Better as.—
Claiborne parish has at length been heard from,
and the official returns from every parish in the
State have now been received. The result is ascer
tained to be the election of Gen. Walker, as Gover
nor, by a majority of 999; Gen. Plauche, as Lieut.
Governor, by a majority of 425; and Mr. Bordelon,
as Auditor , by a majority of 247. Gen. Walker's
majority in Claiborne is 209.
The majority given to Gem Taylor in the, Presi
dential election in November last, was 2,893.
Taking the majority of Mr. Welker; the demdiratic
candidate for Governor, as a test, the - democratic
net gain since the November election is 3,892.
Glory enough for the gallant Louisianians. The
defeat of Gen. Taylor in the State of his own resi
dence is more signal and decisive than any which
he has sustained during the present year. The
parish in which he resides gave an increased maj.
against him. He gets worse treatment from his
own neighbors than he did from the Mexicans,
The , 'Pictorial Brother Jonathan," for Christman
and New Yew's, has been kindly sent us from J.
Gish & Bro's Cheap Book Store. It is a fine number,
containing a picture of General Taylor and his
Cabinet, with many more engravings. The reading
matter is unusually good.
Report of,the _Post, Master Gong.
This paper is of too great length, and its detail,
too dry for our .colnrnna We therefore content
ourselves with 'giving the leading features, as
briefly as possible, to convey a clear conception of
the views advariced. The Report says: ,
The number of post offices in the United States,
at the close of the year ending June 30th, 1840,
was 16,747; there have been 921 established and
333 discontinued within the year—making an in
crease of 558.
The number of postmasters appointed within
the year ending June 30, 1849, was 6,333. Of
that number, 2,782 were appointed in consequence
of resignations; 183 of deaths; 284 of changes of
sites of offices; 2,loThliemovals; 11 of commis
sions expired and not renewed; 23 becoming Pres
idential appointments, by income exceeding $1,000;
and 921 of new offices.
Length of post routes now in operation 42,544,
069 miles—cost of transportation $2,428,515—pay
of messengers $61,513.
Gross revenue for the year ending Tune 30—
$4,905,176 28-100. Expenditures for the year—
54,479,128 15-000. Excess of the revenue for the
year-426,127 15-000. The expenditures of° the
current year are estimated at $4,750,18313, being
an increase of $227,000.
The Report alludes to the vast amount of matter
passed free over the country, by the present frank
ing privilege, and says:
The amount of this matter cannot be ascertained
with entire accuracy, as much is forwarded of
which no account is kept. By a report from the
Clerk's office of the House of Representatives, it
appears that during the two sessions of the 30th
Congress, ending in March last, the extra number
of public documents for distribution was 380,350,
and their weight was 487,762 pounds. Printed
speeches folded for members to frank, 0,582,500
which are estimated at one ounce each-411,531
pounds. The one half of this shows the annual
amount of this matter from the House of Repre
sentatives the two past years. This does not in
clude the written correspondence of the members,
or the mail matter by them received. No report
direct from the Senate has been received; but by a
report from the Post Office in this city, it appears
that during the year ending June 30, 1849,
The number of free written mail
matter sent was 484,210
The number of free written mail
. matter received was 819,293
Making 1,303,503
Printed Senate Speeches, 387,530
Printed Senate Documents, 180,715 588,345
House Documents, 3,448,250
The letter postage and pamphlet postage to
which this matter would have been subjected, it
not franked, is computed by that report at $792,
709.
In treating of the reduction upon letter postage so
often proposed, and the establishment of a uniform
rate, the Report gives the following facts:
From a careful examination now made of the
data in the Department, it is estimated that the
whole number ot charged letters sent through the
mails the past year was 62,000,000, and of this
number about 15,000,000 were subject to the ten
cent postage on account of distance. If; then, the
the reduction were to bring no more letters into
the mail, the diminution of revenue therefrom the
first year would be $775,000.
It is already shown that the surplus on the first
day ot July last was $691,682 70, and that on the
first day ot July next will be $858,710 57, which
will undoubtedly increase in future years by natural
accumulation, and by increase of the number of
letters arising from this reduction will, in the first
year, occasion no change in the Treasury, and it is
extremely uncertain whether its operation can ever
produce that effect. A brief trial of this experiment
will show its effect, and if it should not produce
any important draught of the Treasury, then further
reduction of postage should be made, and a corres
ponding provision from the Treasury adopted until
after this has been tested by experiment.
The Report exhibits the following comparison
I as to the labor required now and in former years:
In 1837, the number of Post Offices was 11,767
—now 17,164—f0ur hundred and seventeen having
I been established since June last. Number of dead
, letters in 1837, 900,000—now, 2,100.000. Num
ber of quarterly returns in 1837, 48.000—now, 73,
000. Number of mail contractors in 1837, 1,782
—now, 4.190. Length of routes in 1837, 141,242
I—now, 167,603. Annual mail transportation in
1537, 32,597,006—n0w, 42,544,069.
The number of communications received at the
Department annually cannot be less than 370,000.
To perform this service, the present force is
made inadequate, and it has been found absolutely
necessary to employ temporary clerk service, corn
pensation for which should be made, and which
necessity, it is hoped, will be prevented, by some
permanent provision for supply, that the public
service may not suffer.
Report of the Secretary of the
Interior.
A Washington correspondent of the New York
Tribune says:
"The Report of the Secretary of the Interior,
with the Commissioner's Report, will exhibit an
immense fund of useful information for the public,
and will contain recommendations that will com
mand general approbation. The latter State
paper, I learn, shows that the whole area of public
lands ever held by the government of the United
States from its organization to that acquired under
the treaty of 1848 with Mexico, is equal to fifteen
hundred and eighty-four million acres. That of this
vast domain, but one hundred and forty-six millions
of acres have thus far been disposed of, leaving yet
unsold, and as the property of the United States—
fourteen hundred and thirty eight millions of acres of
land. He recommends, in view of this subject, that
an additional donation for school purposes, besides
the sixteenth section, be made by Congress to each
township—a recommendation that will find a hearty
response in the bosom of every friend of education
throughout our wide spread land. Another recom
mendation which I learn is urged by the Commis
sioner in his report is, that suitable rewards should
be held out by the General Government for improve
ment in the important branches of agriculture, as
well as of the arts and sciences. This it is pro
posed to do, by an appropriation for the purpose of
a small portion of the proceeds of the public lands,
and it is to be hoped that the suggestion will meet
the early and favorable action of Congress. The
revenue derived from the sales of the public lands
has most materially diminished, notwithstanding
the number of acres sold is much greater during
the past than the year peceding it. This arises
from the large number of bounty land warrants
located, which have been received in lieu of just so
much money. The whole number of warrants
located does not vary a fraction either way from
forty thousand, leaving yet in market and unlocated,
twenty-eight thousand five hundred warrants of the
aggregate number issued up to the first of Nov."
The Spirit of the Times
This spirited daily has recently changed hiuids ,
and is now owned and edited by Messrs. A. H. SiMrre,
formerly of the Chambersburg Sentinel, and C. W.
Csuaroix, of Philadelphia. The new editors are
talented gentlemen, with considerable experience
in newspaper writing, and will no doubt be able to
make the Times a strong and fearless advocate of
Democratic principles. We wish them abundant
access in their undertaking.
THE OHIO Savers.—We learn from the Ohio
Stareinian that the Whig Senators defeated an organ-
ization on the 11th inst. The Statesman adds :
" The die is cast, and we feell it a duty to say
that we have good cause for announcing that there
is no prospect of an organization, and hence the
New Constitution is lost, notwithstanding the
people gaVe 56,000 majority in its favor. What'
is to be done The people must answer that
question at the polls
irr Counterfeit sl.o's on the State Bank of Ohio
Newark branch, A. J. Smith, Cashier, are said to
be in circulation. The signatures and filling up
are represented as being poorly executed. The
notes are coarsly engraved, but not specially defect.
ive; vignette, six Indians and four whites—and at
the left end is the head of Gen. Harrison.
ALABA.MA Stswrons.—The Legislature "of Ala.
bama have elected Col. WILLIAM R. KING and
JERZIIIitt Crestsars, Esq., T.T. S. Senators. They
are both Democrats, but the latter was elected over
the regularly nominated caucus candidate.
113 - Dr. Joaw J. Mrsaa, of Carlisle, has been ap
pointed Surgeon of the Marine Lliospital, at Pitts
burg.
Failure to Pay Appropriations on
the. Public Works.
We have learned with astonishment, that'the
hands' in the employ of the state in the yarksburg
shop, on the Columbia railroad, turned out last
Thursday, and refused to work on at:taunt of not
having re Ceived their pay for some months:
During the last session of the Legislature, it will
be recollected, says the Keystone, that Col. Painter,
after a considerable , contest, succeeded in -getting
the legislature to make, what was then supposed to
be, sufficient appropriations 'to pay off all the old
debts'of former years, and .to sustain a monthly
system of cash payments ku. all labor and materials"
during the fiscal year just closed. The propriety
of this course was so obvious, that the legislature,
in the end, made the appropriations with great
unanimity; but notwithstanding this, the paymenti,
as designed by the legislature, have not been prompt
ly made,
On the 30th of November last, the close of the
fiscal year, there was in the treasury a very large
amount of unpaid appropriations for the expenses
of the canals and railroads for the past year, while
the creditors of the state, and persons employed in
various capacities, remain unpaid, to the amount
of more than two hundred thousand dollars. There
remained in the treasury on the 30th of November
last, to swell the aggregate balance in the treasury
on that day, of the appropriations made for the
Columbia railroad and Portage road, the sum of
$178,599, which is due to the creditors of the com
monwealth, and which should have been drawn
and disbursed long since—to wit: $102,895 belong
ing to the creditors of the Columbia road, and
$75,704 to those of the Portage road. In conse
quence of this gross and culpable negligence, which
must rest on some of the, commonwealth's agents,
the credit of the state, in the purchase of materials,
has been seriously injured, and her laborers and
creditori compelled, in order to secure the neces
saries of life, to submit to the payment of extrava
gant prices and extortionate shaving. This is dis.
graceful in the highest degree to the character of
the State, as well as prejudicial to her best interests.
The treasury, ever since the payment of the
interest on the Ist of August, has at all times, had
an abundance of funds on hand to meet all demands
on it, promptly. Why has it not been done? Has
the treasurer wilfully withheld the money which he
ought to have paid out to the superintendents and
supervisors, to swell his balance at the end of the
year? Or have they been neglecting their duty,
while the laboring hands and creditors have re
.mained unpaid and been compelled to make serious
sacrifices to obtain the necessaries of life? This
seems to us to be a matter worthy of serious enquiry,
and ought to engage the attention of the legislature
as soon as it meets.
This we do know, that we have, during the past
summer and fall, frequently seen supervisors and
superintendents who have stated that they had
come for money and could not get it. Their com
plaints have been general and numerous. We haV.a
heard Colonel English of the Columbia road, com
plain very often and recently, on this subject. It is
due to the public that the saddle should be put on
the right horse. If the state treasurer has impro
perly withheld the appropriations from their officers,
it is the duty of the canal commissioners to ascer
tain the facts and to give them, in authentic and
reliable form, to the public; and if their own officers
have been negligent of their duty, they should be
promptly dismissed —Pennsy/ranian.
5,320,098
An Intended Elopement and a
Fatal Termination.
The north-western border of this county has been
the scene of one of the most melancholy tragedies,
that it has been our lot to record in many a day.
An old and substantial farmer of this county,
named David Jones, a married man, sometime
since experienced a passion for the young wife of
a neighbor named Cantwell, and notwithstanding
the urgent solicitations and tears of his neighors,
friends and relations, he resolved to leave his fam
ily and elope with her.
Accordingly, on Sunday evening, the 11th inst.,
he told his wife of his intention, stating that he was
going to meet the woman at a certain place, about
a mile from his residence, whence they intended to
elope. His wife endeavored to dissuade him from
going, saying that she feared it was only a plot
formed to get him out from home with his money,
and rob hinr, but he persisted, and about ten o'clock
mounted his horse and started.
On the following morning he was missing, although
Mrs. Cantwell still remained at home, and some were
of the opinion that he had gone off alone; but, tra
ces of blood found near the place of assignation,
aroused a suspicion in the minds of his neighbors
that he had been foully dealt with, and a search
was made for him. This proved unsuccessful,
however, for several days.
On Sunday morning, the 18th, a more general
search was instituted, and on the afternoon of that
day the body of the unfortunate man was found,
partially covered up in a small pond on the prairie,
about three quarters of a mile west of the proposed
place of assignation. He had been shot through
the heart with a rifle ball, which had entered near
tile left nipple, and taken a downward course, break
ing one of the ribs in its passage.
An inquest was held by the coroner of White
county, (the body- having been found a short dis
tance west of the Tippecanoe county line,) when
the jury returned a verdict that he came to his death
by the hand of some person or persons to them un
known.
Jones' horse and saddle bags have not yet been
found; neither has his money, of which it is sup.
posed he had a large amount with him at the time
of his leaving home.
On Monday morning, writs were issued, and sev
eral arrests were made, among whom were Alfred
P. Cantwell and his wife, and a young man named
Spencer Dayton, and they were brought before Squire
Russell, of White co., on a charge of murder.
We learn from a person, who witnessed a part
of the trial, that the evidence, so far as he heard it,
tended very strongly to fasten the guilt of the
murder upon Cantwell.
Mr. Jones was a man of some 40 or 50 years of
age, possessing a most amiable wife, and a family
of grown children. Mrs. Cantwell is a young
woman, probably about 25 years of age, and, as we
are informed, of rather prepossessing appearance.—
Lafayette (Ind.) Courier, 23d ult
Railroad Iron.
The Danville Democrat complains because rail
road iron is imported into this country under the
tariff of '46. And yet only a few years ago the
whigs made an effort to have railroad iron come
in free of duty, and every Whig U. S. Senator, ex
cept Mr. Miller of N...Tersey, voted in favor of that
proposition. The Democrats sustained the tariff
on railroad iron ; and even from Danville petitioned
to have the tariff retained on it. A petition to that
effect was handed to Mr. Cook and other whigs of
Danville, and they refused to sign, excusing them
selves that the petitions were "a locofoco trick."
The whigs went even further than to ask repeat
edly for "Free trade" in the railroad iron business.
They made efforts to have the duties already paid
upon imported railroad iron remitted to the com
panies who had paid them. This proposition was
sustained by the Whigs in Congress, and opposed
by such democrats as Cass,Buchanan,& Dickenson.
Verily these Whigs Are hard to please. Like the
loafer who vowed to thrash his wife whether she
was in bed or sitting up to wait for him, they are
determined to find fault. First they are for Free
trade in railroad iron, and then they complain pite
ously because that article is imported into the coun
try at all. Shame on such contemptible hypociscy.
But a word'about the imported railroad iron.
The only kind imported is cinder iron, an inferior
quality, dangerous and unfit for use. It is unsalea
ble at home and for that reason brought here so
cheap as $37 per ton. Good Brtish railroad iron
cannot be manufactured and delivered in this coun
try for leas than $57 'or $5B per ton. An equally
good quality can be made in this country for $4B
a ton, with a fair profit to the manufacturer. The
companies in this country who have imported cheap
British cinder iron, find that in many cases it is totally
unfit for use. They now see that they have the
worst of the.bargain, And for the future, there is no
probability that this cinder iron will again be im
ported. In a fair Competition the Yankees can al
ways undersell the British protectionists,—[Star of
the !forth.
- In the Sennte'ef the United States.
.Aloarnsir, January 11,
Mr.i3ucitaxitv, presented the.Memnrial of thi
Cain Quarterly meeting of the. ReligiCnis Society
of Friends, muesting Congress to abnlish Slevcry
the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia,
and moved that the memorial should be read' and
that thdprayer of the memorialists be rejected.
After a long and able discussion on the question,
it was decided on Friday, March 11,1836, that the
,prayer of the memorial should be rejected by a
vote of 34 in the affirmative and 6 in the negative.
The following ate the ayes and noes on the question:
YEAS—Messrs. Benton, Black, Brown, Buchan
an, Clay, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Ewing, of Illinois,
Ewing, of Ohio, Godsborough, Grundy, Hubbard,
Hill, King, of Alabama, King, of Georgia, Leigh,
Linn, McKean, Moore, Nicholas, Niles, Porter,
Preston, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Shepley, Tall
madge, Tipton, Tomlinson, Walker, Wall, White
Wright-34.
NAYS—Messrs. Davis, Hendricks, Knight, Pren
tiss, Swift, Webster-6.
In support of his motion to reject the prayer of
the memorialists, Mr. Bocrusri—xr made the follow
ing, among other remarks, which we copy from
the National Intelligencer
The memorial which I have in my possesion is
entitled to the utmost respect, from the character
of the memorialists. As I entirely dissent from the
opinions they express, that we ought• to abolish
slavery in the District of Columbia, I feel it to be
due to then', to myself, and to the Senate, respect
fully, but firmly, to state the reasons why I cannot
advocate their views or acquiesce in their conclu
sions.
If any one principle of constitutional law Can, at
this day, be considered as settled, it is, that Congress
have no right, no power, over the question of sla
very within those States where it exists. The
property of the master in his slave existed in full
force before the Federal Constitution was adopted.
It was a subject which then belonged, as it still
belongs, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the several
States. These States, by the adoption of the Con
stitution, never yielded to the General Government
any right to interfere with the question. It remains
where it was previous to the establishment of our
confederacy.
The Constitution has, in the clearest terms, rec
ognized the right of property in slaves. It rzoldbits
any State into which a slave may have fled from
passing any law to discharge him from slavery,
and declares that he shall be delivered up by the
authorities of such State to his master. Nay, more,
it makes the existence of slavery the foundation of
political power, by
,giving to those States within
which it exists representatives in Congress not
only in proportion
. to the whole number of free
persons, but also in proportion to three-fifths of the
number of slaves.
An occasion very fortunately arose in the first
Congress to settle this question forever. The Society
for the abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania brought
it before that Congress by a memorial, which
was presented on the 11th day of February, 1790.
After the subject had been discussed for several
days, and after solemn deliberation, the House of
Representatives, in Committee of the Whole, on
the 23d day of March, 1790, resolved "That Con
gress have no authority to interfere - in the emanci
pation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within
any of the States; it remaining with the several
States alone to proVide any regulations therein,
which humanity and true policy may require:'
I have thought it would be proper to present
this decision, which was made almost half a cen
tury ago, distinctly to the view of the American
people. The language of the resolution is clear,
precise, and definite. It leaves the question where
the Constitution left it, and where, so far as I am
concerned, it ever shall remain. The Constitution
of the United States never would have been called
into existence,—instead of the innumerable bless
ings which have flowed from our happy Union, we
should have had anarchy, jealousy, and civil war
among the sister Republics of which our Confeder
acy is composed, had not the free States abandoned
all control over this question. For one, whatever
may be my opinions upon the abstract question of
slavery. (and I am free to confess they are those of
the people of Pennsylvania,) I shall never attempt
to violate this fundamental compact. The Union
will be dissolved, and . ,incalculable evils will rise
from its ashes, the moment any such attempt is
seriously made by the free States in Congress.
What, then, are the cir'humstances under which
these memorials are now presented? A number of
fanatics, led on by foreign incendiaries, have been
scattering "arrows, firebran6, and death" through.
out the Southern States. The natural tendency of
their publications is to produce,dissatisfaction and
revolt among the slaves, and to\ incite their wild
passions to vengeance. All history, as well as the
'present condition of the slaves, pioves that there
'can be no danger of the final result of a servile
war. But, in the mean time, what dreadful scenes
may be enacted, before such an insurrection, which
would spare neither age nor sex, could be kuppretsed!
What agony of mind must be suffered, esAcially by
the gentler sex, in consequence of these publi s eations!
Many a mother clasps her infant to her \bosom
when she retires to rest, under dreadful apprehen
sions that she may be aroused from her slurnbers
by the savage yells of the slaves by whom she is
surrounded. These are the works of the Abolithm
ists. That their motives may be honest I do not
doubt, but their zeal is without knowledge. The
history of the human race presents numerous exam
ples of ignorant enthusiasts, the purity of whose
intentions cannot be doubted, who have spread de
vastation and bloodshed over the face of the earth.
These fanatics, instead of benefiting the slaves
who are the objects of their regard, have inflicted
serious injuries upon them. Sell preservation is
the first law of nature. The masters, for the sake
of their wives and children, for the sake of all that
is near and dear to them on earth, must tighten the
reins of authority over their slaves. They must
thus counteract the efforts of the Abolitionists. The
slaves are denied many indulgences which their
masters would otherwise cheerfully grant. They
must be kept in such a state of bondage as effectu
ally to prevent their rising. These are the injurious
effects produced by die Abolitionists upon the slave
himself Whilst, on the one band, they render his
condition miserable, by presenting to his mind
vague notions of freedom never to be realized, on
the other, they make it doubly miserable, by com
pelling the master to be severe, in order to prevent
any attempts at insurrection. They thus render it
impossible for the master to treat his slave accord.
ing to the dictates of his heart and his feelings.
. .
Besides, do not the Abolitionists perceive that the
spirit which is thus roused must protract to an in
definite period the emancipation of the slave? The
necessary effect of their efforts is to render desperate
those to whom the power of emancipation exclu
sively belcings. I believe, most conscientiously, in
whatever light this subject can be viewed, that the
best interests of the slave require that the question
should be left, where the Constitution has left it, to
the slaveholding States themselves, without foreign
interference.
This being a true statement of the case, as applied
to the States where slavery exists, what is now
:asked by these memorialists? That in this Dis
trict of ten miles square—a District carved out of
two slaveholding States, and surrounded by them
on all sides—slavery'shall be abolished. What
would be the effects of granting their request? You
would thus erect a citadel in the very heart of these
States, upon a territory which they have ceded to
you for a far different purpose, from which aboli
tionists and incendiaries could securely attack the
peace and safety of their citizens. You establish a
spot within the slaveholding States which would
be a city of refuge for runaway slaves. You create
by law a central point from which trains of gun
powder may be securely laid, extending into the
surrounding States, which may, at any moment,
produce a fearful and destructive explosion. By
passing such a law, you introduce the enemy into
the very bosom of these two States, and afford him
every opportunity to produce a servile insurrection..
Is there any reasonable man who can for one mo
ment suppose that Virginia and Maryland would
have ceded the District of Columbia to the United
States, if they had entertained the slightest idea that
Congress would ever use it for any such purpose?
They ceded it for your use, for your convenience,
and not for their own destruction. When slavery
ceases to exist, under the laws of Virginia and
Maryland, then, and not till then, ought it to be
abolished in the District of Columbia.
Sir, said Mr. 8., this question of domestic slavery
is the weak point in our institutions. Tariffs may
be raised almost to prohibition,. and then they may
be reduced so as to yield no adequate protection to
the manufacturer: our Union is sufficiently strong
to endure the shock. Fierce political storms may
arise—the moral elements of the country may be
convulsed by the struggles of ambitious men for
the highest honors of the Government—the sun
shine dbeinot more certainly succeed the storm,
than that all will again be peace. Touch this
question of slavery seriously—let it once be made
manifest to the people of the South that they can
not live with us, except in a state of continual ap
prehension and alarm for their wives and their
children, for all that is near and dear to them upon
the earth,—and the Union is from that moment
dissolved. It does not then become a question of
expediency, but of self preservation. It is a ques
tion brought home to the fireside, to the domestic
circle, of every Whititman in the Southern States.
This day; this ditr,k a* 'gloomy day for the Repab
lie, will, I most deveatly trust and believe, never
arrive, Although; iii'''Pemsylvania, we are all
opposed to slavery in the abstract, yet we '4l
never violate the constitutional compact which we
have made with our sister States. Their rights
will held sacred by us. Under the constitution
it is their own question; and there let it remain.
Estimates of the Trealsary Depart-
ment.
The estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury,
published in this paper, are precisely of the char
acter which we supposed and predicted they would
be. When the deficit of fifteen or twenty millions
was formally announced through the organs of the
cabinet in this city a-few days since, we then ex
pressed our belief that it did not in act exist; but
if it did exist, we expressed oux belief thatit had
been produced by the extravagance and profligate
management of the administration itself, With a
view to furnish a pretext for increasing the tariff
for the benefit of the monopolists, or adding to the
public debt, for the convenience of the speculators
of the stock exchange. The statement of the Sec-,
retary fully bears out the opinions vhich we then
expressed. Let us examine his figures and see if
•
we are not correct.
In the first place, he estimates the deficiency of
appropriations for the present fiscal year, wh ich ends
on the 30th of June 1850, at $6,1136,310
Whole amount of appropriations asked
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851, 44,99 7,992
Thus it appears that the whole amount of ap
propriations called for by the Secretary to be made
by Congress at its present session, is $51;233,492.
It should be borne in mind that Congress, at its last
session, made all the appropriations that were
deemed necessary by both the late Secretary of the
Treasury and Congress for the expenses of the
present fiscal year, with the exception of the sala
ries and contingent expenses of the new Depart.
ment of the Interior, all of which could not exceed
$lOO,OOO at the farthest. In addition to the usual
and ordinary expenses of the government, an ap
propriation was made of the sum of $7,260,000,
to pay the instalments of the indemnity falling due,
under the Mexican treaty, for the fiscal year of
1849 and 1850. Ample provision was made by
the last Congress, not only for the• civil and diplo
matic expenses of the government, but for the
army, navy, Indian department, and for every other
branch of the public service. Amplle provision was
also made for the payment of the interest on the
public debt, for the contingent expo uses of the de
partments and bureaux, and for the payment of all
just claims. Yet the .Secretary of the' Treasury
has come forward and demanded of Congress to
add over six millions more to the expenses of the
present year. And, for the next year lie ha's de
manded over forty-four millions—inaking an aggre
gate amount of more than SIPTI-131.U. NIL LIONS or
notnsas, to be saddled upon the people in the shape of
additional taxes and debt, in the rery first yca r of the
existence of the present administration. For, lot ismuch
as the current revenues of the year will, not proba
bly exceed $35;000,000, there will, of course, exist
a deficit in the treasury of at least sixteen millions
of dollars, - which is to be supplied by additional
taxation, or by an increase of the national debt.
Now arises thR inquiry, How has this deficit been
created? The Secretary's report does itot give the
information on this point which the public have a
right to expect, and which it will demand through
the agency of Congress. As ample provision was
made, or believed to have been made, by the last
Congress, for the expenses of the goxernment for
the present year, it is incumbent upon the adininistra ,
tion who have expended all the means in their possession,
and demanded six millions more, to show to Congress
how the necessity of this additional demand has been
created. They must do this, in order to satisfy
Congress that a sufficient reason for the additional
appropriations asked for exists. And they must
give the details. General statements will not ans
wer. The Secretary must show how the money
already appropriated has been expended, and what
he wants to du with the additional sum for which
he 'nes asked. Of course, this involves a rigid and
er:rutinizing inquiry into the entire action of every
department of the government since the pr' sent
miniStration came into power, which we have no
doubt the present Congress will make, befoil'e they
grant the administration another mill for the ex
pense of the present fiscal year.
The Secretary will have to explain how it hap
pens that so many of the departments and,bureaux
have expended all the contingent funds provided
for them at the last session, and now want more ;
how it happens that extra clerks have been em
ployed in violation of law; how it happens that
sore than thirteen hundred thousand dollars are
kuired for the collection of the revenue, in addi
tiosti to the provision already made for that purpose;
howlt happens that extra inspectors and other
, ofßceis z .have been employed at the custom-houses
to collekt the revenue, in violation of law, as:id
without 'necessity; how it happens that so many
agents have been employed to traverse Pae country
without apparent reason, except to give them some
emolument frvi the public treasury; how it hap
pens that so many claims, rejected under former
administrationrhave been allowed under this.
And in relatio \ nto his eatitnates for 1851, he
must explain how ‘ happen]; that he calls for
nearly thirteen millions of dollars for the civil and
,
diplomatic expenses n c uriny, the next fiscal year,
when the appropriations \ for the same description
of expenditures duringt f e present year, do not
come up to six millions dollars What does
the administration design to \ do with these additional
seven millions? And how d4s it happen, that the
civil and diplomatic expenses\of the government
hare been more than doubled in theXrst year of a fed
eral administration'? These matters need explana
tion, and they will have to be expl'Ained before the
people will consent to have their' takes and debts
thus enormously increased.—Washing)tvi. Union.
LOCAL ITEMS.
133' There is quite an excitement just imw, in
this City, on the subject of new Market Houses
and a great many projects are talked of—bit as
yet nothing has been agreed upon. The agitation
of the question, however, will be productive of
good, and we have no doubt that, in the end, Somel'
thing will be done to meet the growing wants of
our City.
New Markets
At a meeting of the citizens of Lancaster on
Friday evening, the 15th of December, at the pub
lic house of Moses Wenger, ROBERT MODERWELL,
Fsq., was called to the chair, Capt. Jexzei Doti-
NELLY and HUGH Mucwzra.,°Vice Presidents—
Col. Wx. S. Amwso and E. H. RAUCH, Secreta
ries.
J. FRANKLIN REINART, Esq., stated the object of
the meeting, being for the purpose. of adopting
measures of securing the erection of two new Mar
ket Houses, and produced a plan of the whole city,
showing the great disadvantages under which the
great majority of our citizens labor in consequence
of the present location, &:. Messrs. Jacob Myers,
Hugh Maxwell, Col. Wm. S. Amweg and E. H.
Rauch, were severally, called on and requested to
address the meeting, and they each eloquently
urged prompt action in favor of New Mvskets.
FRANKLIN RazuAn?, Esq., then 61P4red the fol
lowing:
Resolved, That a committee of tg.x citizens, three
fl'om the West Ward, and three from the East, be
appointed to select the most 'advantageous sights
for the location of New Me - tket Houses, and after
consulting and making t l ; , e',nselves acquainted with
the wishes of the citizerat fonerally, they shall make
report of the same, arta al so of the most speedy man
ner to secure the erection of -two new Markets, to
the next meeting to he held at the public house of
Emanuel Van Raw-an, on Saturday evening next
December 22. Unanimously agreed to.
Whereupon the President appointed , the follow
ing named gentlemen to act as said committee ;
Messrs. J. Franklin Reigart,
Moses Wenger, and
Jacob Myers, West Ward, and Messrs. John Carr.
J. H. Kurtz and CRS, James Donnelly, East Ward,
Adjourned. Attest—s. Anaweg, E. H. Rauch,
iSecretaro 6 .
.
proceedings of Councils.
LhircAsna, Dec. 15, 1849
Select and Common Councils met. The Presi
dents of Council, in pursuance of a resolution,
signed six cirtificates of city loan, of $lOO 00 each,
numberen from*. 649 to 6,54, both inclusive. in
Convention. The report of the committeeaappoint
ed
to consider the propriety of enlarging the pre
sent Market House, was read.
A petition, recommending the purchase of
ground on the north side of Vine street, from Duke
to Water streets, for the erection of market house!,
was read.
A petition praying Councils to cause the mar
ket buildings to be erected on the jail property,
fronting on East King and Prince streets, was read.
Mr. Lightner stated that he was requested to
direct the attention of Councils to two sights for
the Market Houses, one in Lime , street, between
East King and Orange streets—Lime street to be
widened by toe purchase of Dr. Atlees and Dr. Bren
emans lots—the other in Duke street,. between
East King and Orange streets—Duke street to be
widened by the purchase of Mr. Shroeder and Dr.
Humes' lots. He has been assured that the cost to
the city in procuring Drs. Atlees and Brenemans
lots would - be $7,000, and Mr. Shroder's and Dr.
Humes' lots $13,000.
The following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of Councils that
better and more commodious buildings should be
erected for the city market.
Resolved, That it is the opiniou of Councils that
only one now market house should be erected, pro
vided a . ;en!ral site, sufficiently spacious, can be
obtained.
$51,233,402
.Resolved, That the further consideration of the
Resolution reported by the Committee recommend
ing the purchase of Mrs. Reichenhach's property
be postponed until the next meeting; and that a
committee of two from each body, one member to
be taken from each ward, be appointed, to ascertain
all the advantages and disadvantages with respect
to cost, convenience, and extent, connected with
each plan or site that has been submitted to Com
cils, or may be suggeited to them; , and report the
same, together with
. such facts as they may deem
essential to enable Councils to make a suitable se
lection on next Wednesday evening. Dr. Carpen
ter and Mr. Alt:make were appointed on part of
the Select Courrcil, and Messrs. Bartholomew and
Weidler on part of the Common Council.
Councils adjourned to meet on Wednesday next
at ti o'clock P. M.
JAMES BLACK CLK. S. C
JAMES L. REYNOLDS CLK. C. C
Ea- Mrs. Kr.mara's reading of Shakspeare, at
the Mechanics' Institute,,on Wednescay evening
last, is highly spoken of by a.ll who had the pleas
ure of listening to her. The hall was crowded to
overflowing.
IP" Lancaster Bank stock was sold in this City',
on Saturday week, by public Auction, at $65,75
per share—being $15,75 over and above the par
value. This speaks well foil , the Institution, and
shows the confidence reposed in its managemant by
the community.
117 - We direct the attention of the Ladies to a
new system for cutting dresses, advertised in an•
other column.
fU" We understand that Dr. ABRAHAM. BITICIR
of Washington borough, has been appointed to the
chair of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and
Children, in the Philadelphia College of Medicine.
—Spy.
PERIODICAL NOTICES.
Shelley's Poetical Works.—We are indebted to the
kindness. of J. Gesa R: BROTHER for a copy of this
most excellent work. It is is an elegantly hound
volume of nearly 400 pages--and is embellished
with a portrait of the gilled poet, as also an engra
ving representing his tomb. The work is edited
by Mrs. Shelly, the widow of the illnstrious bard,
and, on account of its superior merits, should have
a place on every parlor table in the county of Lan
caster. We shall not attempt to enumerate the
contents, for want of rohm—as they are "too num
erous to mention";—but will conclude our notice
by advising all our readers, especially our lady
friends, to call at GISH'S and examine the book for
themselves, 'We are very Sure .they will all be
pleased with it—and not only so, but they will there
have an opportunity of seeing all the best and most
popular annuals and magazines of the day, together
with hundreds of other books, at the lowest prices
—every thing in short to suit the taste and charm
the eye of the most fastidious.
" WOMAN'S LOVE," and A DREAM THAT
LOVE COT NEVER FORGET," two pieces of beauti
ful•mueic, breathing sentiment and•harmony, have
been sent us by Smtwaara & Bao. They have
every description of music and the sweetest, for
piano and guitar.
TUB. Snow FLAKE, a magnificant manual, has
also been kindly placed upon our table by Sratra
tna & Bao. It is ornamented with splendid engra.
Tinge, and contains very interesting tales. As the
Holydays are fast approaching, we would advise one
and all to call and examine Spangler & Brother's
extensive stock of books, as they have them to Suit
all tastes.
" GODtfB Lint's Boox" for 1850 has been re•
ceired and surpasses that of 1840. We cannot, in
words, express our gratification at the appearance
of this work, filled with beautiful engravings
and entetsining and instructive tales. Among the
former of which, are "Introduction of .Christianity
in Britain, A. D. 177." and "Juvenile Fancy Dresa
Party," wk,ich particularly attracted our attention.
These are not all its beauties, but we have not space
to enumerate them. For sale at J. Gres & Bao'e
Cheap Book. Store.
_IIT The -.lmerican Law Journal for December is
on our table, through the kindness of Mr.ilamersly;
the Publisher. It is principally„ , hut not exclusively,
made up of abstracts of recent decisions by the
Supreme Court of Pennsplvania, which will doubt
less be highly interesting to the legal profession.
In Philadelphia, on the 11th inst., by the Rev.
Joseph Cal Ale, Mr. Emanuel Metzgar of this city,
to Miss Ma rtha Matilda, daughter of 'A. Cochran,
Esq., of the former place.
On the 9tlf inst., by the Rev. N. A. Keyes, Mr.
Christian Kr( Mier, to Miss Elizabeth Conley, both
of Mastic.
In this city, on the 9th inst., after a few' days
illn'ess, George H. Whitaker, Esq., in the 64th year
of Ms age_
In {WA city on the 14th inst., Mrs. Margaret, wife
of Mr.\John DreppenS, aged 64 years, 6 months, and
6 days.
On t},e 3d ult., in .Pittsburg, John M. Stambaugh,
f this city.
Yet\again we hope to meet thee,
When the storm of life hat fled,
And in Heaven above to greet thee,
Where no farewell tear is shed.
In Philadelphia, on the 6th inst.,•Mary, the only
nlaild of Wm. A. Stokes, Esq., aged nine months.
In this city, oa the 4th inet., Mary Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Eliiabeth Garrteht; aged 7
years, 10 month, and 12 days.
In this city inst., George Briggs, infant son of B.
S. Briggs, aged 4 months and 25 days.
In this city, on the 7th inst., John Albert, only
child of John Wetzel, aged 8 months and 7 days.
Conestoga steam Mills.
TEE semi-annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of'the Conestoga Steam Mills, will be held at
the public house of Peter Reed, in the city of Lan
caster, on Monday the 7th day - of January next, at
o'clock, P. M. ' E. C. REIGART;
dec 18 '49-47.3t] ; Chairman.
Local & Travelling Agents Wanted
TO INTRODUCE AND,TEACH A NEW SYS
TEM OF DRESS CUTTING.
TT is so simple that a girl 12 yeas old can leara
Lit in 'a few hours and so perfect that it Will' suit
all forms and change with the fashion. Every lady
should have it as a matter of convenience or econ
omy. For further information call soon on Mrs.
G. M. COGGINS at the city Exchange
Agents supplied on liberal terms.
lecaster, Dec. 18, 1649.
MARRIAGES.
DEATHS.