Intelligencer & journal.
GEO: SANDERSON, EDITOR.
Lancaster, January 1,1850.
Hon. Dahlbl Stubgeox, of the U. S. Senate, has
our thanks for a copy of the “Patent Office Report’’
for the year 1348. .
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, Representative in Con
gress frorp this district, will accept our thanks
for an £arly copy of the President’s Message.
27* The Legislature of 'Pennsylvania meets at
Harrisburg, to day. The Governor’s Message will
appear in our next issue.
27“ The Legislature of Maryland met at Annapo
lis, on yesterday.
07“ We have given considerable space in our
columns to proceedings of Councils and Citizens on
the subject of New Markets. If any thing more
of the same sort is to be forthcoming, we would
suggest to those concerned the propriety of abbre
viating what they want published, as too much of
a good thing is not exactly the thing—after all.
HT'We invite attention to the advertisement for
the. sale of property of William Jones, deceased,
which takes place to morrow evening, at the public
house of Moses Winger, in North Queen street.
The' President’s message.
This long looked for Message—the first that has
emanated from President Taylor —will be found
atjength on our first page. Its style is chaste,
and, upon the whole, it is a well written State
paper having evidently been prepared by Colonel
Bliss, or somebody else, with considerable care-
Some of it 3 suggestions are sound— such as the
recommendations in favor of low postage, and for
forming retiring lists of Officers in the Army and
unsound, such as the views expressed
on the Tariff and Independent Treasury. But,
-. there are other points still in the Message which
are hard to be understood—for instance, the Generals,
views on the Slavery question (which is despatched
in a single sentence,) and on the Veto Power. The
document is rather a tame paper—a sort of “ milk
and water" affair, so far, at least, as the Slavery
question (the great question of the day).is concerned-
But there is one sentiment uttered, which we ap
prove of -with all our heart, and give Gen. Taylor
credit for uttering it so strongly, and that is, that
whatever dangers may threaten the Union, he will
stand hy it and maintain it in its integrity to the
full ex*--’-: of the power conferred upon him by the-
Constitution. This is a noble sentiment, and it will
. meet with a hearty response in the breasts of the
American people. Would that some of the pther
portions of the Message were as unobjectionable-
But, our readers will judge for themselves, and
we recommend a careful perusal ol the document
in question.
The Treasury Report.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
which accompanies the Message of the President,
amongst other things suggests a modification of the
Tariff and of the law creating the Independent
Treasury. In reference to the former act he rec
ommends an increased duty on foreign Iron. Wool
lens, Cotton goods, &c. &c., and, as far as possible,
an abandonment of the-ad valorem principle and
a return to specific duties. In some of his sugges
tions, Mr. Meredith is behind the age—and, al
though an eminent lawyer, he is evidently out of
his proper sphere at the head of the Treasury De
partment. Although well written, his Report does
not bear the impress of the giant intellect of his
distinguished predecessor, whose several reports
were master pieces of financial skill and research,
and whose farseeing eye could embrace at a glance
all the intricacies of the subject. Mr. Walker
kept pace with the progress of the age, and in his
management of the Treasury Department had an
eye single to effect the greatest good for the great
est number—Mr. Meredith, on the contrary, is a
Philadelphia Whig politician of the old school,
whose policy is to favor the few at the expense of
the many. -The people, however, are beginning to
understand their true interests. Under the policy
of Mr. Polks administration all ranks and condi
tions of the citizens—business of almost every kind,
trade and commerce, have flourished beyond former
precedent, and it is now too late for'any man or
any administration to restore the ancient order of
things. Any attempt of the kind, come from
what quarter it may. must in the end prove a*
decided failure. \
Gen. James Shields.
This distinguished officer of the Mexican War
at present a Senatorin Congress, on Tuesday last paid
a visit to this place, and remained until Thursday.
During his stay he was the guest of the Hon. J.is.
Buchanan, at Wheatland. Previous to leaving,
on Thursday, he was visited at Hubleys Hotel by
crowds of our citizens, of all parties, all appearing
anxious to pay their respects to a brave and meri
torious soldier, who so bravely assisted in carrying
aloit the ‘-stars and stripes” of our country from
Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico.
Gen. 5... it will be recollected, was shot through
the lungs, while gallantly leading his Brigade at
the taking of the heights of Cerro Gordo. The
wound, when he fell, was considered mortal but.
contrary to all expectation, he recovered, and par
ticipated in most of the. subsequent desperate battles
fought in the Valley of Mexico,, in one of which
he received a severe wound in the arm. At the
close of the War, and upon the reduction of the
Army, he retired to private life, from which the
Legislature of Illinois have recently elevated him
to the Senate of the United States.
Gen. S. is in the prime of life- -about the medium
height—and has a frame capable of enduring great
fatigue. His excellent,conversational powers, ad
ded to his Poland and courteous manners, are well
calculated to make a favorable impression upon all
•who form his acquaintance. He is an Irishman
by birth, and has. like many of his countrymen’
evinced a willingness to seal his devotion to the
land of his adoption by shedding his blood in de
fence of its honor and its rights.
The Message —Veiit Lire a Genuine Bull.
The first sentence in the third paragraph of Gen.
Taylors Message, is as follows:
“ VVe are at peace with all the world, and we
seek to maintain our cherished relations of amity
with the rest of mankind.”
“All the world,” and “the rest of mankind!"
Why, this is a legitimate bull oi the best kind,
and must have been approved by the cabinet, for
the purpose of catching votes. The general style
of the; document is extremely simple, brief, even
quiet,.’and Anglo-Saxon. It puts us in mind of
Parley’s ingenious method of bringing down
the history of the Roman Empire, by Tacitus or
Livy, to the capacity of young boys or girls at
school.—A”. E Herald.
Singular Coincidence.— ln 1839, in conse
quence of a delay in organizing the House of Rep
resentatives. growing out of the contested seat of
the Aew Jersey . and the difficulty in
electing a Speaker, the Presidents Message was
not delivered until the 24 ih of December. Presi
dent Tatlou’b Menage aho delivered on the
24th of December, just ten thereafter, thus
forming a singular coincidence. The like rnay not
occur again during the nineteenth century
Ehie Extension.—-The Erie Extent-.™,
has been doing a profitable business during the | a '„
year, the receipts for tolls amounting to upwards
of $78,000, being an increase of $B,OOO over those
of the previous year.
The Past—tlie Present—the
Future.
The year 1849 is'gone—-flown on rapid wings
into the dark, deep grave of the Past. With it,
too, all our wasted opportunities and our errors
have been buried, as it were in oblivjon, until that
great Pay, for which all other days were made,
when the_secrets of every heart, shall be unveiled
to the gaze of assembled worlds.
How many and terrible the changes that have
occurred during the year that has just gilded into
the great ocean of the Past! Deaths the fell de
stroyer, has been busy in our land, and crushed
thousands beneath' his iron heel. The scourge
marched onward with mighty strides, and numbers
fell, like stricken deer, before the Pestilence. The
aged and the young—the grave and the gay—the
strong man and the delicate maiden, were alike
subject to its influence. But : we, the inhabitants of
this goodly City and fertile County, have much to
be thankful for; —we have been spared, thanks to
our Heavenly Protector, whilst in many other
places no sound was heard save the wail of the
bereaved and the groans of the dying! The great,
the gifted, and loved ones have perished and passed
suddenly away, like the meteor's flash, and their
bodies have been consigned to the “House appointed ,
for all the living. ’ And have these fearful calam
ities, that fell so heavily upon some portions of our
country, taught us to seriously reflect upon the
shortness and uncertainty of life ? We fear not.
Many of our young friends are about entering
upon the New Year with bright anticipations of a
long and happy life. Hope, smiling, is luring them
on, whispering in their ears that coming years are
to bfe all sunshine—that no clouds of disappointment
shall dart athwart the horizon of their happiness.
We would not darken your prospects, ye youthful
and light hearted ones. Rather would we pray
that the Future may be to you a “fairy realm of
unending enjoyment.” But the tiny bird charms,
singing sweetly but deceitfully; existence is made
up of “ clouds and sunshine,” and he or she who
would struggle on manfully, energetically and suc
cessfully through the troubles and difficulties inci
dent to our common humanity, must possess a
strong sustaining hope, such as this cold, unfeeling
world can never give.
But we do not desire to moralize—by so doing
we might throw a damper upon the present enjoy
ments of our youthful readers—we shall, therefore,
close this article by wishing our friends many
long and prosperous years, with all the happiness
and means of enjoyment that any of us, poor mor
tals. can reasonably expect. With this wish we
welcome you to the year 1850, upon whose thresh
hold you are about entering—the 'light of whose
morning sun illumines the heavens.
IVew Year’s Day—tlie Poor
, On this Hay of general rejoicing, when all who
; have the means are enjoying themselves to their
i heart s content, it is not too much to ask of those
! who have been blessed, by a bountiful Providence,
I in “their basket and their store,'’ that out of their
j abundance they shall contribute something to those
* w ho are suffering the rigorous hardships of poverty,
j The following, from the pen of Mrs. Seimor'e,
which is copied front the Syracuse (N. Y.) Star , is
a lbrcibie appeal to those who are surrounded with
abundance to “forget not the poor:''
Those who are themselves blessed with the com
forts of life are apt to forget the necessities of others.
They forget, while at their own luxuriant tables
that there are those who are eating their last crust,
and know not how tney shall obtain another mor
sel ; ’they forget while seated in their comfortable
homes by warm fires, or as they enwrap themselves
in their cloaks and furs -to encounter the chill air,
that there are those who are shivering half clad
over the dying embers of their last coals, while the
piercing air is blowing through every crevice of
their miserable habitation.
There is superfluous wealth enough in our village
to relieve every child of want in our midst, and to
send-’comiort to every cheerless abode; and in what
better manner could the gifts of God, so abundantly
bestowed upon many of our citizens, be employed ?
In what better way could ihey express their grati
tude for their many blessings? “Freely ye have
received—freely give.'’
; 1 e who have been prosperous in your various
| callings the past year, as ye count over the gains,
I forget not the Poor—the starving, shivering, house
j less, homeless, friendless ones around you! Ye who
i are surrounded with comforts and luxuries—who
I are loading your tables with the various delicacies
, of the season to entertain a fashionable assembly
; who are planning gay parties and extensive balls
, to lend additional enchantment to the festivities of
; the season—forget not the Poor! Y r e to whom
God'has given, not wealth, but sufficient for your
own comfort and the relief of others—forget not
the Poor! Ye whose ministries should be those of
kindness and love, enlist heart and hand in this
work of benevolence, and diffuse joy through the
wretched abodes of Poverty and Want ill our midst;
and the happy faces and glad hearts of the recipi
ents ot your bounty, and the approving voice of
your own conscience, shall be yourabundant reward.
There is luxury in doing good which is its own
reward: there is a feeling at the heart when we
have relieved suffering, or done an ait of kindness,
which is double* the value of the good we have
bestowed, and adds to our other enjoyments. I
doubt not that those noble hearts who by their
generosity, made so many little orphan hearts glad
on our recent festival, felt their own happiness on
that day'enhanced by the thought that, they had
added to the joy and comfort of others. Would
that their noble example might be followed by all!
Let an active and acting benevolence pervade all
hearts, and let its effects be witnessed in the evident
amelioration of the condition of the poor among us.
Let those now give who never gavejtefore,
And they who always gave, now give the more.
Tlie Fnion Forever!
The press of all parties denounce the cry of
disunion, raised in Washington by a few- indis
creet representatives of the people. The N. York
St"i, discussing the subject, exclaims:
“No, no! this can never be. Patriotism, honor,
and common sense forbid it. We cannot think
that the most hot-headed fanatic of the North or
the South, seriously: looks to such a result. The
cry of disunion at Washington is an experiment.
A few desperate men, proud, and selfishly ambitious,
are determined to see how far they can presume
upon the integrity ot the American people. When
they find the country responding in earnest, and
crying from centre to circumference, shame! shame!
and Union forever! they will repent and recall their
treason." <
The Morris State Bank. —The three indict
ments growing out of the failure of the State Bank
at Morris, N. J., one being against six of the direc
tors for conspiracy, one against the president for
perjury, and one against the cashier for the same
offence, were called up in th 6 court of Oyer and
Terminet, at Morristown, and on application of
counsel, removed to the Supteme Court. .
Col. Du Solle, formerly editor of the Spirit of
the Times, has removed to New York, as we learn
from the Tribune, and is to be connected with the
daily press of that city.
27“ R. M. Bauh, Esq., Reporter of the Supreme
Court of this State, we regret to learn, died suddenly
in Reading, on Wednesday evening. Mr. Batin was
appointed to the office of Reporter of the Supreme
Court by Gov. Shunk, and his term would have ex
pired in January nevt. He had been in declining
health for many months.
27* Judge Lewis recently discharged Robert.
Wilson, who has been confined in the York county
iail two years and a halt on an imperfect indict
ment. Nti
Lr.r.p Snow. —ln the eastern townships of Can
adn, the snow was two feet on the 15th instant.
den. Casa and Austria.
The motion of Gen. Gass, on Monday week, to
suspend diplomatic relations with Austria, made in
his place in the U. S. Senate, as a motion of instruc
tion to the “ Committee of Foreign Affairs,” was
not decided upon without a fall aatl free interchange
of opinion among-the Democratic members of that
body. It is a movement that will be heartily ap
proved by the people of-all parties in this country,
and we thank die veteran Cass for his prompt and
fearless'suggestion of it' General Tatlob makes
no allusion to Austria, in his message, save that
we are on terms of friendship with her. He vaunts
the miserable policy which led him indirectly to
encourage that bandit of the nations, by opposing
the movements of freernen elsewhere. We hope
that the Democracy of the Senate will present a
united front in support of the proposal contempla
ting the separation of this republic from all diplo
matic relations with Austria; and we shall rejoice
to see the patriotic Whigs aiding to carry out the
same high and courageous project. It cannot be
said that we have no power to cut loose from so
pestilential a connection. The whole civilized
world will applaud us for so bold and crushing a
rebuke of a government that dares to assume to be
Christian and civilized while revelling in deeds of
inhumanity, from the horrible deliberation and cru
elty of which a Camanche Indian would recoil with
disgust If we failed, during the late struggle in
Hungary, to mark, by some official token,'our
sense of Austrian barbarism, non- is the fitting time
to redeem that omission—now the opportune move
ment to let the. nations of the eartfi see and feel
what estimates we have placed upon atrocities so
revolting and appaling. The heart of this Republic
will respond to the movement of the gallant veteran
from Michigan, and public opinion will hail its
consummation with imposing unanimity. Penn.
Ry-The elevation of the Hon. Howell Cobh,
of Georgia, to the Speaker's Chair of the House of
Representatives, at Washington, is a triumph of the
friends of union over the combined efforts of north
ern and southern fanaticism, and we hail his election
as a good omen in these “troublous times,” when
efforts are continually being made by the ultra abo
litionists of the north and the ultra pro-slavery advo
cates of the south to foment-sectional jealousies and
excitements,” and thus to endanger the stability of
our glorious confederacy. Mr. Cobb is an able man
and a sincere patriot, and his past history justifies
the belief that all his efforts and iufluence will be
directed to a settlement of the exciting questions
which now agitate Congress, and that nothing will
be omitted on his part to give character and shape
to legislation which shall look to a peaceable and
satisfactory adjustment of the' difficulties. In the
last Congress Mr. Cobb was looked upon as the
leader of the Democracy in the House, and now that
he has been elevated to the Speaker's Chair, we do
not doubt but that he will establish for himself a
reputation equal to that attained by any of his dis
tinguished predecessors. Mr. C. is yet a young
man—not over thirty-five years of age—and we pre.
diet for him, if his life and health are spared, a long
career of honor to himself and usefulness to the
country. To show the estimation in which he is
held by his political opponents, hear what is said
of him by the editor of the New York Tribune , an
out and out Whig:—
“ And let me s “y here that Mr. Howell Cobb is
also a man of decided tact and energy. Personally
I barely know him, but in Parliamentary tactics he
has no superior, and as a presiding officer in Com
mittee ol the Whole, he ever evinced courtesy will:
energy, decision With impartiality. His politics,
generally and sectional, are of the stamp I cannot
see the beauty of: but I know no man holding like
opinions respecting Slavery Extension, the Tariff
Ac. whom I would sooner see chosen. He is op
posed to stealing, whether in the form of extra al
lowance, double-and-twisted Mileage or any other:
and will give his support, whether in the Chair or
on the fioor, to measures of National Economy, now
sorely needed.”
Congressional Summary,
YVashingtox, Dec. 24, 1849.
UNITED STATES SENATE,
A message was received from the House, inform
ing the Senate of its organization—and a commit
tee, in conjunction with a simlar committee from
the House, was appointed to wait on the President
and inform him that they were ready to receive
his communication.
Mr. Cass offered a resolution, declaring it expe
dient to suspend diplomatic intercourse with Russia.
Mr. Foote gave notice that he would ask leate
to introduce a bill to provide for an organization
of,the territorial government of California, Deseret,
and New Mexico; and to enable the people of
California and the District of Jacinto, in Texas,
(with the consent of that State,) respectively, to
form a Constitution and State Government.
At a quarter before two o'clock, the President's
message was received, by the hands of Col. Buss,
hts private Secretary, and was read by the clerk.
The usual number of copies, with the accompany
ing documents, were ordered to be printed. Ad j.
till Thursday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Journal ot Saturday being read, the members
were duly qualified by the Speaker, and took their
seats. The seats were selected by drawing lots.
Mr. Boyd proposed that the rules of the last
House be adopted, with the exception of the 11th
rule, which requires all the officers to be elected by
a majority. The subject was postponed until
Thursday.
The President's Message was then presented by
Col. Buss and read, when, on motion 15,000 copies
were ordered to be printed in the English language
and 5,000 in the German. The House then adj.
over until Thursday.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
A message was received from the President, rec
ommending that provision be made for the expenses
of the collection of the revenue in the second half
of the present fiscal year. _
Mr. Foote stated that, for certain reasons, he
should defer introducing a bill to organize the ter
ritories, as proposed by him on the 24th instant;
but offered a resolution that territorial governments
for New Mexico and Deseret ought to be provided.
The resolution lies over.
Mr. Docoeass presented a memorial from the
authorities of Deseret, asking for a territorial gov
ernment, or for admission as a State.
A number of petitions were presented, and bills
on local subjects were introduced. Some time was
spent in Executive Session, and the Senate then
adjourned over till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Boyd modified his resolution, of the 24th
tnst., so as to adopt the rules temporarily until the
15th of January, and a resolution was adopted re
ferring the subject of the rules to a select commit
tee of nine.
A resolution empowering the Speaker to appoint
the standing committees was agreed to.
Sundry resolutions were offered, and notice
given of certain bills that would be presented at an
early day.
Mr. Thomtson, of Pa., introduced a resolution
providing that the election for Clerk shall take
place on Thursday next, and moved the previous
question on its adoption. Pending which the
House adjourned over till Monday.
Prisoners Escaped. —Two of the prisoners a
white and black man, escapod from the County
Prison on Sunday week, by breaking through the
wall adjoining the private yard, and from thence
through the stable into the street. The Sheriff
offers a reward of $2O for their arrest.
07* Hon. A. J. Donelson, late Minister to Ger
many, was in Washington last week.
From the North American of Friday.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA,
AT HALIFAX.
Fourteen Days Later.—lmportant Commercial In
telligence. i - --
The steamship Cambria, Captain Shannon, ar
rived at Halifax at an early hour yesterday morm
ing. The Cambria sailed from Liverpool on the
15th inst., and consequently brings fourteen days'
later advices. It is not likely, unless an express is
run from Boston, that her mails wiiTreach this city
before Monday afternoon. The annexed telegraphic
despatch, giving a comprehensive abstract of her
news, was received at this office about hal/past
nine o dock last evening. Several hours previous
we received a brief despatch, giving an outline ol
the commercial news, which we immediately placed
on our bulletin board.
The news, in a commercial point of view, is
highly important Cotton had advanced one fourth
of a cent on most American descriptions! Bread
stuffs were firmer, with an advance in Indian Corn
of Is to Is. 3d. A slight improvement had taken
place in American securities. The amount of bul
lion in the Bank of England had been increased to,
sixteen millions two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds.
The general political news is not of an impor
tant character. The extradition question, between
Russia and Turkey, it would seem, is far from
being definitely settled. The Russian autocrat ap
pears to have a practical idea of Mr. Calhoun's
doctrine of “masterly inactivity.”
Russia and Turret. —Our advices from Con
stantinople come down to the 25th Nov. As yet
the extradition question has not been settled, nor,
according to the best authorities, was it likely to
be settled. 3
The Emperor had up to that time persisted in
his demand for having the enemies of Russia, as he
calls the Hungarians and Poles, banished from the
Ottoman empire.
These demands the Porte resists, and so the mat
ter stands.
During the early part of the week, it was thought
here that’ the whole affair had been arranged, but
it turns out to be untrue.
In the opinion of the Times’ correspondent, the
Emperor is only desirous of postponing a rupture
till spriug, when his operations would be more fa
vored by the season.
Meantime Turkey is making every preparation
to meet him, should he advance.
The English fleet has left the Dardanelles.
Russia is increasing her fleet.
Liberty has been given to export bullion from
the Russian empire.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2.— The Minister of Fi
nance has been empowered to issue exchequer bills
to the amount of 5,000,000 of silver roubles.
AusTitrA and Hungary.— The state of siege
will be removed from Vienna on the lst.of January.
The Emperor has returned to Scronbeck from
Prague.
The Defalcation at Washington—
TUe Wrong Story and the Right.
We received the following by telegraph from
Washington, last evening:
It no\v appears that the defalcation of Prosper
M. Wetmore, late United States’ Navy Agent, at
New York, is not as great as was at first supposed
He was charged with being a defaulter in the sum
of $550,000. In making .an investigation of the
matter to-day, vouchers were found in the fourth
Auditor’s office for 5300.000. The balance is yet
unaccounted for. The proper officers have caused
suit to be entered immediately against the sureties
of Mr. Wetmore. The astounding disclosure of the
defalcation has caused considerable excitement.
The hew York Journal of Commerce, ol last even
ing, has the remark and attached card. “On inqui
ry of Mr. Hall's partner, this mQrning (Mr. Hall
not being in at the time,) we found that he knew
nothing about the matter. The rest is told in the
following card from the gentleman alluded to;”
A rumor from YYashington is announced by tele
graphic despatch, in the morning papers, affecting
the integrity of a late Agent of the Government in
this city.
As the rumor undoubtedly applies to myself, I
beg leave to say to the public and my friends, that
I have furnished legal vouchers to the proper officer
of the Government, for all my expenditures, the
examination of which has not yet been completed-
My accounts, therefore, are still open lor adjust,
ment. The differences arising between the Depart
ment and myself are precisely like those which
have occured and still exist between the Depart
merit and others of its agents.
The amount in dispute is a limited one, and con
sists of charges for disbursements during the late
war, entirely out of the usual province of the Navy
Agency. Whatever balance may be found due the
Government, on the final audit of my accounts, will
be promptly paid.
The sheer malice of this gossip is now apparent.
The defalcation will not prove to be as bad as-the
English of the President’s Message. Penn'n.
IVEWS FROM CAI.IFOItYU!
Democratic Triumph!
The Empire City arrived at New York on
Christmas day. The dates from San Francisco
are to the 10th of Nov. The Fanama steamer
brought down from San Francisco to Panama 277
passengers, and Five Hundred Thousand Dol
lars in Gold Dust !
The election in San Francisco resulted in the
success of the whole Democratic ticket by a maj.
of from G to 800. “The total number ot votes cast
in that district is 3.300.
P. H. Burnett, the Democratic candidate is.
without doubt, elected Governor—so, also, Mr.
McDougall, the candidate for Lieut. Governor.
Both the Representatives elect to Congress are
Democrats—and the same party will have a deci
ded majority in the Legislature, thus securing the
election of two Democratic Senators, who will
probably be Col. Fremont tfhd Mr. Gwinn.
The State of California.
The Alta California , published at San Francisco,
says: “Taking the vote in this district as a crite
rion, there can be no doubt of the adoption ot the
Constitution by the people of California. The
State of California is therefore a real, tangible
and great Commonwealth, from this day forward.
To her thirty sisters on the east of the Rocky
Mountains, she sends her message of love and
fellowship, praying that the golden chain that binds
her to them, may never be broken by the rude
snocks of time; and that the glittering glory which
surrounds her, may not be tarnished by a cold or
indifferent admission into the great confederacy."
The same paper states, that the setting in of
winter has caused an increased demand for all
kinds and qualities of provisions. A great rise in
juices has consequently been the result. Pork and
Flour have sold at very high rates, and will go
much higher, unless supplies soon arrive. They
are now ranging at from $OO to $65 per bbl. for
pork, and $4O to $45 for flour. Journeymen car
penters get $l2 dollars per day at San Francisco,
and day laborers from 7 to $B.
The miners generally are fortunate. The Pacific
News of the 15th of November says : “We saw a
man yesterday, from the Middle Fork, who has
been at work but six weeks, and in that time has
turned out, with his own hands, $6,500 worth of
gold. He had one lump weighing twenty-seven
and a half ounces.
Dec. 27, 1840.
The Boundary Line between the United
States and Mexico.— The “initial point" of boun
dary between the United States and the Mexican
Republic was fixed and acknowledged on Wednesday)
the 10th of October. There were present some
forty persons, including two American ladies and
officers, (from the garrison of San Diego.) It /alls
about seventeen miles to the southward of the town
of San Diego. ‘ The Joint Commission, composed
of the two Commissidhers and two Surveyors, had
signed an inscription, which was written and’her
metically sealed in a glass bottle. This was
buried below a post placed in the centre of a
circle thirty feet in diameter, marked out for a
monument to be erected hereafter.
D7-There arrived from Europe during tb'. veer
1849, 37,604 emigrants. " ”
“Graham's Magazine" for January, has been
furnished us by our enterprising townsmen, J. Gish
& Bao. The contents are, of the engravings, “The
Belle of the Season,” “ European Oriole” “ The
Light of Life," “Advent of the Year,” the Fashion
plate, and a portrait of Gen. Richard Montgomery,
with an account of his Life., Of the reading mat*
ter are “ The Young Artist,” “Alice Lisle,” “ Mary
Norrice,” “A Monticello Day,” and many other
articles, with pieces of beautiful poetry.
Prosper M. Wetmore
Select and Common Councils met in Conven
tion to consider the several sites proposed for the
new Market Houses.
Dj. Carpenter, from the committee, presented a
report stating the facts, &c. connected with the se
veral sites recommended to Councils and suggest
ed to the committee.
A resolution providing for the purchase of the
Reichenbach property, was lost by a vote of 10 in
the affirmative and 13 in the negative.
A resolution for the purchase of Mr. Shroeder’s'
property on East King and Duke streets, and of a
piece of ground belonging to Dr. Humes, fronting
on Orange street 32 feet, and extending southward
along Duke street to a fourteen feet alley was lost
by a vote of 8 in the affirmative and 15 in the ne
gative.
A resolution providing for the purchase of the
property fronting on South Prince and West Vine
streets, was lost by a vote of 6 in the affirmative
apd 17 in the negative. Councils adjourned.
In S. C. Mr. Hamilton presented three remon
strances against the purchase of the Reichenbach
property as a site for the new market house. Mr.
Gorrecht presented one remonstrance against the
same. Mr. Harmany presented a plan for the
erection of market houses on the Reichenbach pro
perty and on a piece of ground running from Mar
ket alley west to North Prince streets. Also a list
of subscriptions amounting to $2,050 for the pur
chase of the Reichenbach property and the afore
said strip of ground. The remonstrances and the
subscription list were read.
An Ordinance dispensing with the ringing of
the market bell, passed in C. C., was lost in S. C.
On motion the committee on new market* were
directed to make a further report on the purchase
of the Reichenbach property, and on the offer of
citizens to convey to the city a piece of ground
running west from market alley to North Prince
street, about 63 feet in width.
In C. C. The remonstrances against the pur
chase of the Reichenbach propertj' were read. A
paper containing an argument against the purchase
of the Reichenbach property, not signed, and not
attached to any remonstrance, but received from S.
C. along with one of the remonstrances, was on
motion, laid on the table..
On motion, the Mayo r was directed on receiving
a deed for a certain pi ece of ground, 63 feet in
width, and running west from Market alley to
Prince street, to ente r into an agreement for the
purchase of the Reichenbach property.
In S. C. The resolution directing the Mayor to
purchase the Reichenbach property was laid on
the table.
In C. tU. The resolution directing the Com*
mittee ■on new markets to make further report was
concurred in. Councils adjourned to meet on
Thursday next, at 6$ o’clock, P. M.
December 27, 1849.
The Councils met. The following Report was
read, adopted, and the committee discharged.
LOCAE< ITEMS.
Lancaster Museum.
Many beautiful things pass the unobservant eye*
and credit due talent is often transferred to
foreign, and very often undeserved, merit Charxxs
S. Getz, .who when amongst us displayed artistic
talents of the highest order, and now in the city of
Baltimore, cultivating that taste which willeventu
ally elevate him to the greatest eminence in his pro
fession, has, through the liberality of Mr. Smith, the
proprietor of the Museum, produced a series of Mag.
nificent Dioramas which are noiv on. exhibition, and
which certainly reflect great credit on him as the
artist, and the enterprising manager of the above
place. s
Mysterious Affair. —On Friday afternoon last,
a woman named FinAr ROC k, residing on the Read
ing Turnpike, a short distance north of this City,
was found lying on the floor of her dwelling, dread
fully cut and bruised about the bead, and literally
covered with blood. When discovered she was in a
great measure, speechless, and unable to give any
account of the transaction. She still remains in a
very critical condition, and her recovery is consid
ered extremely doubtful. Various reports are in
circulation as to who was the perpetrator of the
diabolical outrage—but, as yet, we believe the
affair is still involved in mystery.
Important to Iron Masters.—' 'The manufac
ture of Iron, in all its various Branches , including a
description of Wood Cutting, Coal Digging, and the
Burning of Charcoal and Coke; The Digging and
Boasting of Iron Ore; The Building and Manage
meat of Blast Furnaces, working by Charcoal, Coke,
or Anthracite: The Defining of Iron, and the conver
sion of the Crude into Wrought Iron, by Charcoal
Forges, and Puddling Furnaces. ALSO, a descrip-'
turn of Forge Hammers, Bolling Mills, Blast Ma
chines, Hot Blast, tyc. ifc. To which is added an Es
say on the Manufacture of Steel— By Frederick
Overman, Mining Engineer.—Published by Henrjr
C. Baird, successor to F-. L. Carey, Phila., and laid
on our table by Messrs. Spanoeer & Brother.
Here is a work abounding in important informa
tion—a Book which should be in the hands of ev
ery owner of a Foundry, Furnace, Forge, or Mine
in Pennsylvania, and which we cannot but think
destined to have an immense circulation. So far
as a brief glance at its contents enables us to judge
of its merits, we cannot but commend it to. the at
tention of our readers, whether engaged in manu
facturing or otherwise. Its pages teem with im
portant information on a most interesting subject,
gleaned from the experience of one who has devo
ted a life-time to it. What is still more important,
is that it is eminently calculated to interest the ge
neral reader as much as the manufacturer, pour
traying as it does, in the most satisfactory manner,
the whole of the process of making Iron, from the
digging of the Ore to the conversion of it into fine
wrought Iron and Steel.
The Book contains one hundred and fifty line en
gravings, executed in the highest style, and illustra
ting most satisfactorily the vast machinery requi
red to perfect the manufacture of this great staple
of the Keystone State.
Messrs. Spangler & BnoTHEßhave it for sale at
their Bookstore, in North Queen Street.
Lancaster Museum. —Amongst the attractions
at the present time in our thriving City is the Mu
seum, owned by our worthy townsman, Mr. Noah
Smith, who has spared neither labor nor expense
to make a visit to it both interesting and agreeable-
In addition to his previous stock of curiosities, he
has recently added a series of excellcent Dioramas,
the production of Mr. Char*s S. Getz, formerly
■of this place, and whose artistical talents and skill
in his profession are not to be excelled. We advise
our readers to visit the Museum and judge for them
selves.
ID*The Free Masons gave, a grand Supper at
their Hall, in this City, on Thursday evening. A
large number of the fraternity were present, and
the whole affair passed off very pleasantly.
Proceedings of Councils.
Lancaster, Dec. 19, 18 49.
Saturday, Dec. 22, 1849.
Select and Common Councils met.
To the Honorable the Select and Common
■ VvOBNCILS-r- < .
The undersigned committee, instructed to col
lect further information relative to the Reichenbach
property, as well as the property on the rear, ex
tending west toFnnce street; Respectfully report,
that under the resolution now before Councils, the
Reichenbach property is not to be purchased until
the city;is put in possession of the property in the
rear, of width 64 feet and running west to Priace
street. From ,what your committee can learn,,it
will be impossible. to raise the necessary fund's-, to
purchase said rear by private subscription.
Your committee believing their position asCoun
cilmen precluded the idea of their soliciting private
subscription from the citizens, neglected that part
of their instructions, they have, however, the as
snrance of persons interested that the sum neces
sary to be raised cannot be accomplished. Under
these circumstances, it would be useless for Coun
cils to adopt the resolution now before them, for by
its adoption nothing would be accomplished. There
are also obstacles in regard to the purchase of-tbe
Reichenbach property, that your committee were
not acquainted with when a majority recommenced
the purchase of the same. They have since learned
that possession could not be given until April Ist
1851, and also, that in the event of ; Councila resolv
ing to purchase said property, the tenants were to
have the refusal and upon their not taking the pro
perty at the same price ; Councils then could have
it. Under these circumstances the majority of
your committee withdraw their recommendation for
the purchasd of said property, leaving to Councils to
determine if further action in. regard to markets be
For; tbe Intelligencer.
necessary.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Geo. M. Steinman,
Christian Zecher,
John Hamilton,
F. W. Beates,
Committee.
A petition for the erection of a two story market
house on the present market space, was read. A
resolution directing the market commitiee to light
the market house was adopted. A resolution ap
pointing a committee to draft bills, rejative to the
opening of certain streets in the city, and to present
the same to to the Legislature, was adopted.
In S. C.—A committee of citizens were introduced,
and on leave given presented remonstances against
the purchase of the Reichenbach property, and
calling on Councils to cause two market houses
to be erected.'
The President of S. C. stated that the remon
atance presented to Select Council, would be re
ceived and read ; but that any further consideration
would be unnecessary, as the subject to which they
refer had already been definitely acted upon, by
the adoption of a committee report recommending
the withdrawal of any proposition to purchase the
Reichenbach property.
In C. C. —The said remonstrances were presen
ted by the Clerk of S. C.j and wefe read. A reso
lution passed in S. C. postponing indefinitely the
subject of additional markets, and appointing a
committee to present to the citizens the views of
Councils in dertermining their action, was in C. C.
laid over.
On motion, Councils adjourned.
JAMES BLACK, Clerk S. C.
JAMES L. REYNOLDS, Clerk C. C
.- NEW MARKETS!!
Agreeably to notice, the citizens of Lancaster
naet en masse, on Saturday evening, December
22d, at the public bouse of Emanuel Vankanan.
Doctor ELY PARRY was called to the chair.
VICE PRESIDENTS,
Col. Wm. S. Amweg, Dr. J. H. Kurtz,
Emanuel Shober, Arthur Armstrong,
Hugh Maxwell, John Fonders^ith,
David Royer, John Carr,
William Leonard, Thomas Dean,
Charles Houflur, Capt. John Donnelly,
William Haines, John Somers,
Henry F. Benedict, Moses Wenger,
Baltzer Lipp, Jacob Weitzel,
John Wise, Henry Rohrer.
Jacob Ehler,
SECRETARIES,
J. Franklin Reigart, Jacob Franciscus
Hugh Maxwell, Esq., stated thq object of the
meeting. The Committee appointed by the
last meeting then made the following report
and resolution:
Agreeably to a, resolution passed by the citi
zens of Lancaster, on Saturday, the 10th inst.,
the undersigned Committee attended to their
duties,and having consulted with many citizens,
and viewed carefully the several sites and lo
cations contemplated as suitable for the erection
of new Markets, beg leave to report,
1. That the 16 feet wide alley extending
north between North Queen and Prince streets,
(with the consent of the owners of the lots, or
an Act of the Legislature), might be opened on
each side 40 feet from where it intersects the
rail road, all the way extending to the Harris
burg turnpike, making a street 96 feet wide,
which would be a most admirable street,extend
ing three squares, and when required could be
further extended to Bard’s lane,without interfer
ing with any dwelling houses. A Market
House could then be erected about 300 feet in
length, in the square above Walnut street, and
ever afterwards our City could have the benefit
of the finest Market Street to enlarge and ex
tend new Market Houses in the future. The
owners of the lets would not be disposed to
charge anything lor the ground, because their
lots, being each 247 feet deep, taking only 40
feet on each side of the alley, would well repay
them by profitable fronts on Market Street, at
the same time the value of their lots and build
ings now fronting on North Queen and Prince
streets would be enhanced.
2. To open Walnut street'across North Queen
street, extending on each side of North Queen
street east and west 250 feet to the alley ; Wala
nut street is full 60 feet wide, by opening it 40
feet on the north side, would make the street
100 feet in width, and 500 in length. Two
Markets can be erected here east and west from
iYortb Queen street, thus on both sides of the
main street, 225 feet in length, 30 feet in width,
with iron columns and double stalls, each at a
cost of §2,000 only, with a street on each side
22 feet in width. The advantages are—plenty
of room, ground offered free, no expense to the
City but the $2,000 cost of erecting each Mar
ket, a high and dry location, always preserving
and securing a cleanly Market, central for all
citizens north of the Court House, and the great
advantages of the rail road to send off produce
and the overplus provisions, and receive in re
turn sweet potatoes, melons, oysters, fishes, and
all the luxuries of the Baltimore and Philadel
phia markets, to give perfect variety to our
own Market, and thus create a trading mart
which will not only benefit our City, but be a
.sure inducement, profit and* attraction for our
country friends. The wagons to be ranged
along North Queen and Duke streets out of the
way of the rail road, offering superior advan
tages, and can be immediately erected, without
requiring an act of the Legislature to widen the
street. Opposite to this for a southern location,
are Church, Vine and Conestoga streets, the
centre of the South and South East Ward.
3. Church street, now 30 feet in width, could
be opened 60 feet on the north side from the
corner of Vine and Lime to East King, and
thus give room for another wide street to erect
one or more Market Houses 200 or 300 feet in
length, without any expense to our city for the
ground, only the cost of buildings about $5,000.
Thus would we have capacious streets and
commodious Markets north and south. Market
days four times a week—Monday and Thurs
day at one, Wednesday and Saturday at the
other—and only three squares from the Court
House to each Market.
4. Vine street likewise offers a southern lo
cation opposite the Catholic Church, from the
dwelling of Judge Hays back to the alley, upon
which three markets can be erected 200 feet in
length, at a cost of about $3,500 and ss,oo(kfor
the ground, together $8,500.
5. The citizens adjoining South Queen and
Conestoga streets, offer Conestoga street free
90 fijet wide, to be opened on the south side
from South Queen and Prince, and contain two
Markets 200 feet in length, at a cost of $2,000
each. Wagons to be arranged along South
Queen and Prince toward the Court House.
6. We cannot now procure the corner of
Prince and West King street for a market loca
tion at present, although a good location, as the
old jail will continue to be occupied for a year
or two hence.
7 & 8. The locations of Duke and Lime
streets from East King to Orange (excepting
the cost of ground—Lime, street about $5,000
and Duke street reduced to about $10,000)
offers every advantage, a gradual descent, and
proper grade from Orange to East King street,
forever keeping the markets in a cleanly condi
tion, an important object which our citizens and
councils should-' always, have ffl view,let the
location be East, West, North or Soillh, the
cleanliest location for the health and comfort o*
the City must be prominent in visv> 7 and room
and Benjamin Hoffman
} These streets can beopen
ed-30 feet and more on the west side-;-markets
250 ftet m length, with 20 feet wide street on
each side; wagons to range along Orange and
T?*' streets, and down around the
Court House square, and extend along North
Queen street, and likewise a central location;
no dirty, filthy alleys to interrupt or traverse :
II the streets open to lively trade and business;
nd these two streets can be immediately Widen
ed without an act of the legislature.
The city, of Lancaster was first located in
■ 1730, and now 1849, there are still the marks
and indications of its first state, with which,
(after the lapse of 119 years,) if we compare
the then temporary market place, we still dis
cover.the .old feudal system, and what the city
was in its first original. Who are the Tax
payers ? The lot owners and renters who re
side three squares from the Court House have
been taxed annually from $8 to $l5 ground
rent per lot, whilst the few property holders at
the present market location pay but 7 shilling,
and 6 pence. Who are best entitled to the
benefits of the markets 1 Are.the gates of the
city barred ? Has the city grown old and cold ?
rqxccptmg one ancient corner, is the whole city!
to be over run with grass and shrubs? We
trust not. The only way to come to a true I
estimate upon the odds betwixt the old feudal'
system and a general reformation is to try both.
Let every man come up to the work, distribute
the,business of the city, each perform his duty, -
and all determine to establish our whole city’s
interests, and not ’til then will its fairest gifts
be perpetuated.'
A Report was made to Councils by a Joint
Committees of their bodies, representing the
advantages of enlarging the present Market
riace at an expense or §18,600 for the ground
nno 2 ’ ooo , for additional houses—altogether
4’ > hi), and after all this magnificently enor
mous expenditure of moneys, .what would it be?
corner location, with filthy alleys as an egress
or ingress to pay our tax-ridden community,re
now overburdened with a city debt of $176,000.
us present location is not the centre of out
present population, and though the whole
ground should be offered to the city free, still
it is only a contracted corner location to whioh
all our citizens must continue to walk six or
eight squares to markets. ' Are the Councils,
the Feopie’s Representatives, the .aids Of; a fa
vored few who would summon 12,000 inhabi
tants to submit to such a corner inconvenience,
c.™ r ™' lgance ’ antl increase debt, to the nine of
9‘J0,000 ?
Again, it is suggested that the present loca
tion will be offered to the city, ground free ,
with the proposition to erect another Market
ack of the present one, extending down to
, : ‘hc®. street > as some few contemplate. Would
the Market House not be surrounded on all
s “~ e ' B horse stables and manure heaps? Are
the People swiae to be forced to entertain such
a project ? A Market to produce Cholera and
1 ellew Feyer at once ? No ! Fellow Citizens,
ax-payers ! to you we most respectfully re
commend wide streets, in which commodious
Markets may be erected so that all our citizens
may prosper and profit thereby.
JAMES DONNELLY, *
JOHN CARR,
MOSES WINGER ,
JACOB MYERS,
J. FRANKLIN REIGART,
J. H. KURTZ.
The Report was unanimously adopted
Messrs. Jacob Myers, EmTShober, Robert
Moderwell, J. F. Reigart, John Wise, Dr. Eli
Parry, Hugh Maxwell, and Col. Wm. S. Am
weg addressed the meeting.
Mr. Robert Moderwell suggested the pro
priety of appointing a Committee of 12—3 from
each Ward, whose duty it shall be to endeavor
to effect a compromise with the Councils or
their committees, and the citizens residing in
the neighborhood of the present Market Place
who appear to be antagonistic to the proceed’
ings of those.citizens now in favor of two New
Markets; —he desired to see Union and Har
mony on this most important improvement of
the city—he thought if this committee could
make such arrangements as to satisfy-our friends
of the Court House Square, by which theyicould
- be persuaded to see the advantages of locating
—the New Court House on the present market
space, bf which that portion of the city Would
be forever beautified, they might be induced to
cheerfully unite with us, and assist in advancing
the business and prosperity of the whole city,
and that Councils would then gratify the citi
zens by adopting their wishes and immediately
secure the location and erection of two New
Markets.
Mr. John Wise then seconded the suggestions*
and moved that such a committee be appointed
with full power to take cognizance of the pro
ceedings and actions of Councils, and also, to
call a meeting of the citizens at the Court House,
when in their opinion it may be deemed neces
sary, and make report of the result of' their
duties to said c»ty meeting.
Whereupon the following named gentlemen
were accordingly appointed :
N. E. Ward—Dr. Samuel Humes, John Wise
and Alexander Danner.
N. W. Ward—J. F. Reigart, Moses Winger,
and Henry A. Hambright.
S. W. Ward—Coi. Wm.S. Amweg, Samuel
Cormany and Capt. Hitzelberger.
S. E. Ward—Henry F. Benedict, Jas. Craw
ford and Conrad Plitt.
n 9°_^ notlon °f Mr. John Wise seconded by
Col. Wm. S. Amweg, That these proceedings
be published in all the newspapers of the city
and county of Lancaster. Unanimously agreed
The meeting then adjourned.
J. FRANKLIN REIGART.
JACOB FRANSISCUS,
BENJAMIN HOFFMAN,
New Markets—Proceedings of Counoies
and the Citlzens. —Saturday evening Dec.
22d, Councils assembled, and the ResoJntion
was read and adopted in Common Councils,
to purchase the Reichenbach property to erect
markets upon for the consideration of $18,600.
Messrs. John Weidler, Peter G. Gorner, and
George Yeisley, 3 voted in the negative.
The citizens of Lancaster, the same even
ing Dec. 22d 1849, at a mass meeting, assem
bled at the public house ef Emanuel Vankan
an, appointed the following Commute : N. E.
Ward, Dr. Samuel Humes, John Wise, and
Dr. J. H. Kurtz: N. W. Ward, J. F. Reigart,
Moses Wenger, and Capt. Henry A. Ham
bright: S:W. Ward, Col. Wm. S. Amweg,
Samuel Cormany and Capt. Geo. Hitzelber
ger: S. E. Ward, Henry F. Benedict, James
Crawford and Conrad Plitt.
This Committee of 12,
Resolved. That this committee at the earli
est opportunity in their respective Wards, en
deavor to procure the signatures of as many
remonstrating against the purchase 15
ol the Reichenbach property, or the location
of a new market on the present market space,
and thus further, the project of two New
Markets, adopted and adjourned.
Thursday evening Dec. 27th, committee
met and repaired in a body to the cham
ber of Select Council, where they were po
litely introduced, and with f£e consent of Se
lect Council, Dr. Samuel Humes, chairman of
the committee thus addressed the council,
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Select
Council of the city of Lancaster.
I have the Honor of being the Chairman of
a committee, appointed at a very large Mass
meeting of the taxable inhabitants of Lancas
ter, held at the house of Emanuel Vankahan
on the 22d inst.
The immediate object of this meeting was
the discussion of the important question, rel
ative to the puichase of the Reichenbach, or
other property adjacent, for the purpose of
erecting a Market House for the better ac
commodation of the public. After due de
liberation, the meeting passed the resolutions,
which I have the honor to present—accom
panied by the demonstrancea of upwards of
1000 citizens, in addition to the 200 already
presented—oppose to such projects, .
Believing that your Hon. bodies, will not
precipitately enter into the purchase of this
property, when you reflect on the important
fact, that yonr Hon. bodies were not elected
with any view to this subject.:
We sincerely hope that this subject will be
left for a future council elected,; jwjtlf a view
to that exprejs purpose.
(The proceebing. of Council, will be found in
another Cdiamn.) • . v .. ■
Secretariej.