intelligencer 4 Journal. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Lancaster, February 19,1850. ID* Rev. Henry Sllcer, late Chaplain to the U. S. Senate,.will preach the Methodist Episcopal Church, in this City, on to-morrow (Wednesday) evening—service at 7 o’clock. On our First Page Will be found a neat biographical sketch of Mrs. Sabah Polk, the esteemed lady of the lamented a ex-President—also, an excellent speech of Mr. Meek, of Centre county, delivered in the House of Representatives in opposition to the passage of the ; supplement to the Reading Railroad Bill—and a brief, but-comprehensive address in favor of the establishment of Normal Schools, by Rev. James A. of Carlisle, a delegate to the late State ’Educational Convention. We bespeak for each of them an attentive perusal. iLr It will be perceived from our advertising columns, that Mr. Woodville. intends giving one of his-highly interesting entertainments at the Me chanics’ Institute, on Thursday evening. Mr. W. is one of the most happy and forcible delineators of the peculiarities of character now before the pub lic 5 his songs, whims, oddities and humorous drol leries constitute one of the richest treats of the sea son, and as many of our good citizens will recollect his visit to this place some six years since, we have but to announce the fact of his appearance to in* sure him a full house.-* Those who have never had thß pleasure of hearing him, we commend by all to embrace the coming occasion, for we feel assured his entertainment, in point of taste and true humor, will render more than satisfaction to all. fD”Mr. Muhlenbehg, of the Seriate, will accept our thanks, for a pamphlet of his very able speech on the supplement to the, act incorporating the-Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. K7*Col. Kaufman, one of the talented Represen tatives in Congress from Texas, has our thanks for a pamphlet copy of the admirable speech of Gen. Houston on the Slavery question, made in the U. S. Sepate on F/iday week. e Gen; H.j though a Southern man with Southern feelings, took strong ground in favor of. the Union. The two concluding sentences of his eloquent per oration is as follows “I wish, if this Union must be-dissolved, that its ruins may be the monument of my grave, and the graves of my family. I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survived the ruin of this glo rious Union-" Tbe “IVortli Pennsylvanian.” We have received a prospectus for the publica tkurof a weekly Democratic journal, about to be commenced in Towanda, Bradford County, by our talented and energetic young friend, Wien Forney. Esq., late editor of the Saturday Gleaner , an excel lent literary paper published in Philadelphia. We can cheerfully recommend Air. F. to the Democracy of Bradford county, as a gentleman every way worthy their encouragement and support. A thor ough-going, radical Democrat, of the real Jackson and Polk stamp, with rare business talents, and a gifted and ready writer, he cannot fail to gain the confidence and esteem of all who form his acquain b tance. We wish him abundant success in his un dertaking— he is eminently deserving. We shall be pleased to forward the names of sub scribers to the “North Pennsylvanian'' from this region. The paper is to he published in quarto form of eight pages, once a'week, at the rate of $2 per annum, or $1,50 when paid in advance. Canadian Affairs.— The; letter of Earl Grey to Lord Elgin, containing instructions as to the course he is to pursue towards those concerned in the annexation movements in Canada, is likely to work more to the advantage than the overthrow of the annexationists—so thinks the Albany Jrgus. The first impression which it appears to have made in the Provinces, seems to justify this opinion, as it is met with ridicule it not defiance by the people. "We learn, says the Jrgus, from most reliable sources, that the removal from office of all those engaged in the movements referred to, by the Gov ernor General, Lord Elgin, has done more to aid tjieir cause than almost any thing else, and that the edict of Earl Grey, the Colonial Secretary of the British Government, will only add fuel to the flame. Jhe United States certainly has not quite outgrown its clothes yet, and has considerable spare room for sfettlers, and is likely to have for some years to come; but jf our Canadian neighbor has determined to come into our family circle, and will promise to behave herself when she gets there, we must incline to the opinion that when she has fully determined to “change her condition in life,” no power the other side of the great waters will prevent it. That time has not yet come—but it is certainly ap proaching. 0I7"Col. William Bigler, of Clearfield, spent two or three hours in our City last week, on his way to Philadelphia. He is in fine health and spirits, having entirely recovered lrom his recent indis position. . ID* The original manuscript copy ol General Washington s Farewell Address to the People ol the United States, was sold at public auction, at the Philadelphia Exchange, on Monday evening last, for the sum of $2300. It was purchased for Jas. Lenox, Esq., of New York. d?-The State Election in New Hampshire will take place on he 12th of March. C7*The vote ip the U. S. Senate, on receiving Mr. Hale s petition for a peaceable dissolution of the Union, was nearly unanimous against it—only 3 voting in the affirmative, to 51 in the negative. The trio who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. HALE, SEWARD and CHASE. Pass their names round! ET Senator Gwtn and Messrs.' Wiuoht and Gilbert, the two Representatives elect from Cali fornia, are now in Washing'on, prepared to take their seats as soon as Congress shall admit the' newly organized State into the Union. The other Senator, Col. Fremont, -has not yet arrived—being detained at Panama by the illness of his lady. , The Hague-. Street Explosion. We learn from ihe New York papers, that the whole number of dead bodies recovered from the ruins of the building destroyed by the recent explo sion, amounts to £3, and the wounded , 0 40 ,_ What a heart-rending scene it must have been. California Gold. —We learn from the Penn syhanian, that from the 9th to the lSih inst, there was received at the U. & Mint, in Philadelphia, upwards ol ONE MILLION SIX HUN’bRED THOUSAND DOLLARS! Handsome Revenue. —lt is stated that the rents Col. Fhemont’s property at San Francisco, amount to $40,000 per annum. * IH7~The trial of Professor Webster for the al leged murder of Dr. Parkman, in Boston, is fixed for the 19th of March. When arraigned beiore the Court, and the usual question of * l guilty, or not guilty ? put to him, he replied in a clear and em / phatic voice—«l am not guilty.” Arrested.— Seven individuals have been arres ted and imprisoned in the County Jail, on suspicion of having committed a burglary and assault upon Mr. Patterson, of Colerain township, a few weeks' ago. ID*About 1500 Valentines passed through our P. O. on Thursday last California. The interest excited by the discovery of the rich gold mines of California, says the Baltimore Amer ican, seems to increase by every arrival from that El Dorado of the far west The millions ot dollars already sent from California in gold and gold dost, demonstrate that whatever exaggeration there may have been, or may still be, respecting the extent ot the precious deposit in that country,.the basis ol a reality has been found sufficient to warrant the belief of immense resources still awaiting exploration. The commerce of the world is already affected sensibly by the developments of mineral wealth in Caiitornia. The harbor of San Francisco is thronged with the shipping of all nations, and it has become the central point of a trade which, to judge from its beginnings, may one day become among the most extensive and the most lucrative ever enjoyed by the greatest cities. The glories of Tyre and of Carthage; the more modern splendors of Venice and Genoa; the massive opulence which has made London the imperial seat of commerce in our own days —these must hereafter all stand in a subordi nated comparison with the future mistress of the Pacific seated by her mountains of gold. To give permanence to the prosperity of Califor nia upon the scale of its present promise, it is requi site that some more substantial depository of her golden treasures should be discovered than has been found yet} in the sands of the Sacramento. It is believed that this discovery has been made, and that in fact \he placers where gold dust and detached particles of gold of various sizes, are dug lrom the alluvium, have received these deposites from the washings of the mountains in whose bosom, in whose very structure and substance, the mother veins of gold exist in combinations with rock and earth. Should this prove to be true, the business of mining will then become regular and permanent. Capital will be required to establish fixtures and machinery; and labor, no longer desultory and in dividual, will have to be directed by science, and be steadily continued as at a settled occupation. It must also follow that villages, towns and cities will grow up in the neighborhood of the richer mines, and the cultivation of the ground, to procure subsistence for a resident population, may be re garded as another result to be expected. It is a strange phenomenon—this sudden upris ing of a State on the Pacific. If the age were less fruitful of marvels, we might pause in astonishment at this apparition forwhich History gives no pre cedent. A full—panoplied Minerva, the State of California has come into a mature existence s at once, and like her mythological prototype she has sprung from the head of her sire. But the succession of prodigies at this day is so rapid, that one has no time to experience surprise. Our epoch has taken lor its motto nil admirari —to wonder at nothing. Democratic Union Meeting. A great Democratic Union .Meeting, of all those who sustained the Democratic platlorm in the last Presidential campaign, and .who are now opposed to the fanatical efforts of the Free Soil and Aboli tion agitators, to sever the Union, is to be held in Philadelphia, at the CHINESE MUSEUM, on the evening of the 22d inst The call is published in the Pennsylvanian , and is signed by several thousands of the staunch and incorruptible Democracy of the City and The meeting promises to be a tremendous outpouring of the people, and its pro ceedings will, doubtless, have a happy effect in re buking the fell spirit of disorganization and disunion which is now so rile in some sections of our beloved country. i sury.— The Judiciary Committee of the State Senate; have reported a bill relative to the legal rates ol interest. Under its provisions, a per son may pay and receive such rates ol interest, for the loan of money on notes, drafts, &e., growing out of any business transaction, to any length of time not exceeding twelve months, as the parties may agree upon in writing; but on all judgments the rate is limited to six per cent. The act is not to apply to bank discounts or to loans on real estate. We doubt the policy or fairness ol a law ol this kind. Either the present legal rate of interest is wrong or it is right. If the first, then the'new act ought to embrace in its provisions all classes—as well judgment and bank debtors as any other. If the old law is right, then would it be an act of in justice to place any unfortunate or needy individ al at the mercy of the greedy Shylocks who infest every community." As it is, with all the legal en actments an,d guards against usury, the needy in many instances are shaved almost to the bone—then, how will it be when the greedy and avaricious dispositions of these money dealers are not held in check by the law, but each one is permitted to take advantage of his neighbor's necesities, and exact any amount from the poor unfortunate who, from the force of circumstances, is placed in his power ? Slanders on Mr. Hannegan. A short time since we stated, that not believe the base charges of the Whig press and letter writers, against the Hon. E. A. Hannegan, Our late Minister to Berlin, and remarl?ed that we hoped that we would have the privilege of saying they were'not true. We noiy have that privilege, which we embrace by publishing the following article from the New York Globe: — Mr. Hannegan. —We perceive that our late Minister to Berlin. Hon. Edward A. Hannegan, has returned in the Europa; and a personal friend of ours, who knew him intimately abroad, authorizes us to say that the letter defamatory of Mr. Hanne gan, published in the Whig papers of Boston, and copied elsewhere, makes nothing but statements utterly without foundation. Mr. Hannegan never tasted a drop of ardent spirits during his whole res idence in Europe, and his conduct was one of me most amiable and exemplary character under all circumstances. The stories, therefore, of the letter writer in question are most cruel as well as unjust; and were no doubt the manufacture of some per sonal ill feeling and malignity. We trust that the journa.s which gave unintentional circulation to these malicious charges against Mr. Hannegan, will copy this correction. We wonder what the New York Evening Post, •Atlas , Tribune , and other papers, who not only pub lished the falsehoods of the British letter writer, but added to the mass of corruption tales of their own manufacture, to the injury ofMr. Hannegan, sim ply because he differed with them in politics, think now ? These libellers may yet sorely repent their work. —Baltimore Argus. ■- A Nut for the Whigs and Free Soilers to Crack. The Richmond Whig complains bitterly of the Democratic politicians of the Old' Dominion, for taking the wind out of the sails of the Whig slave holders. by pretending a rampant zeal for the ex tension of slavery. The whigs, says that ’leading organ of their party, at a moderate calculation, own two-thirds of the Negroes in the State, and the whig party is largely in the majority east of the moun tains, where the black population is principally found. “The demagogues,” says the same paper, scoffirigly, “who traduce the whigs by calling them the abettors of the Abolitionists, do not, themselves, in nine cases out of ten, own a negros toe-nail.” And yet the whigs of Virginia are in close alli ance with the whigs of the North, the latter boast ing so loudly of their opposition to slavery and its extension to the territory acquired from Mexico! If this isnpt “aiding and abetting” the Abolitionists, then are we at a loss to know the true meaning of the terms.’ Oh, consistency! thou art indeed a jewel that cannot be too highly prized. (Crßailroads and Telegraphs have” brought dis tant cities and markets near our doors ; and it is wisdom on the part of our business men to improve these facilities. Merchants would find it for their interest to trade at Simmons’ Oak Hall in [Boston, which is probably the largest clothing establishment in our country; Taxable* In tbe County Towns of Pennsylvania, 1849. Adams—Gettysburg, Allegheny—Pittsburg, (proper,) - Armstrong—Kittaoing, Beaver—Beaver, Bedford—Bedford, Berks—Reading, Blair—Hollidaysbnrg, Bradford—To wanda, ’Bucks—Doylestown, Butler—Butler, Cambria—Ebensburg, no return. Carbon—Mauch Chunk, Centre—Bellefonte, Chester—West Chester, Clarion—Clarion, C 1 earfie] d—Clearfield, Clinton—Lock Haven, Columbia—Bloomsburg, no return. Crawford—Meadville, Cumberland—Carlisle, Dauphin—Harrisburg, Delaware—Chester, no return. Elk—no return. Erie—Erie, Fayette—Uniontown, Forest—no return. Franklin—Chambersburg, Greene—Waynesburg, no return. Huntingdon—Huntingdon, no return. Indiana—lndiana, Jefferson—Brookeville, Juniata—Mifflintown, no return. Lancaster—Lancaster, Lawrence—Newcastle, no return. Lebanon—Lebanon, Lehigh—Allentown, Luzerne—Wilkesbarre, Lycoming—Williamsport, McKean—Smithport, no return. Mercer—Mercer, Monroe—Stroudsburg, no return. Mifflin—Lewistown, Montgomery—Norristown, Northampton—Easton, Northumberland—Sunbury, Pike—Milford, no return. Perry—Bloomfield, Philadelphia, (proper,) Potter—Coudersport, Schuylkill—Pottsville, Somerset—Somerset, Susquehanna—Montrose, Sullivan—Laporte, no return. Tioga—Wellsborough, Union—New Berlin, Venango—Franklin, Warren—Warren, Washington—Washington, Wayne—Honesdale, Wyoming—Tunkhannock, Westmoreland—Greensburg, s York—York, The boroughs having taxables over 1,000, are Harrisburg, Mauch Chunk, York, Easton, Erie and Pottsville. Mb. Clay's Speech. —The Washington Union shrewdly remarks that there is a certain class of people who take a pride in idolizing him. These people will, of course, cry up his last speech to the skies. “For example, the correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot writes, in a style of man-worship that is truly ridiculous: “It is conceded on all hands, by Locofocos and Whigs alike, with a few exceptions by ultras, whom nothing could satisfy, that Mr. Clay’s speech is unanswerable.” “Unanswerable!" Why, his own argument against the Missouri Compromise was founded on a palpable assertion of a fact which does not exist. No one contends for holding the territory south of 3Gdeg. 30min. eternally and irre versibly subject to the introduction of slaves. When it shall hereafter enter as a State, it must adopt such a constitution as a majority of its voters shall determine.” —N Y. Globe. A Photest. —Twenty-four members of the House of Representatives, at Harrisburg, have filed a Pro test against the passage of the supplement to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad bill, on the ground of its unconstitutionality and unfairness. Their names are:—John Cessna, D. H. B. Brower, B. G, David, Wm. Brindle, Wm. H. Souder, W. J. Jackson, W. J. Morrison, Wm. Henry, M. Myers, John B. Meek, R. Simson, E. Mowry Jr., T. C. Scouller, D. Steward, E. C. Trone, J. Hastings, Sam uel Marx, A. Beaumont, J. R. McClintock, H. Wil liams, J. Black, Samuel Robinson, J. E. Griffin, J. F. McCulloch. : A Head Off Good Beginning. Gen. James Watson Webb, (of U. S. Bank no toriety.) the lately appointed Charge de Affaires to Austria, has received his quietus in the Senate.— The nomination was rejected on Tuesday last, by a vote of 3-X to 7! The seven Senators who vo ted for his confirmation, are Messrs. Seward, Spru* ance, Wales, Mangum, Berrian, Dawson and Bell. Mr. Clay, it is understood, not only voted in the negative, but spoke against the nomination as one “not fit to be made.” This summary rejection, it is said, has caused a considerable fluttering in some other quarters, and several more of the newly appointed Taylor office holders are expected to go by the board. [by JIEQ.UEST.] Proceedings of the Lancaster Co. Temperance Society. At a meeting of the Lancaster County Tempe rauce Society, held in the Presbyterian Church in the village of Mountjoy, on Saturday the 2nd inst., the following resolutions were adopted. Resolved , That the bonds, by which man is linked to his fellow man—the social law, by which all members of a community are obliged to share its weal or woe—the noble impulse of our nature, which prompts us to relieve the distressed, administer com fort to the miserable, bind up the broken heart, and elevate the character of man—and a desire to fulfil that divine command of the Scripture, “love your enemies as yourselves,” were the motives that actu ated those who commenced the great temperance re form, and they are still the influences that impel us onward to perfect it. Resolved, That, (since every effect must have a cause,) the bloated countenances, the clouded intel lects. blasted hopes, crushed affections, ruined do mestic hippiness, beastly drunkenness, premature death, misery, wretchedness, and crime, that we see and know exist around us, and which maybe sum med up under the general head of the evils of in temperance, have a cause, and that cause is the pres ent liquor traffic. Resolved, That we hold all men to be equal, and to have a right to do that which makes them happy, while not infringing upon the rights of others; but when a man. or any set of men. pertinaciously per severe in a business that is spreading untold evils and wickedness through the land, we, as a portion of those who suffer, claim the right, and will exer cise the privilege, of doing, what we can to put a stop to such nefarious conduct. Resolved, That in our opinion the present license law is contrary to the principles upon which all constitutions should be based, and defeats the true end for which government's are established; for, if the business itself is right, the law allows a few to do that from which the many are excluded; and, if the business is wrong, no legislature can have right ful authority to license it. Resolved ,• That those who sign tavern licenses, certifying that the person applying is a man of “good repute for honesty and temperance,” when it is notorious that many of them are neither hon est or terpperate, are guilty of gross immorality most pernicious in its influence, and are responsible before God and man for much of the evil that re sults from intemperance. Resolved , That while we sympathize with the ef fort now making in various parts of our State', for the purpose of procuring a modification of our pres ent license laws, so as to make it more difficult to obtain a license, and, when obtained, more difficult to do injury to society, by dealing out the accurse-l poison, we gladly look forward to the day, not far distant we.hope, when an entire prohibitory law will be passed, making it a penal offence to sell in toxicating drink as a beverage, and our legislators thus wash out the stain that now defiles the fair escutcheon oT our State, And Pennsylvania cast off her load of guilt, and prove herself in morals as in position, the Keystone of this great confederation. Resolved, That we recommend to the local so cieties where they exist, and to temperance men generally, in other parts of the County, to unite to gether for the purpose of obtaining facts in regard to the violation of the License Law by liquor sel lers, with the ultimate object of presenting them before the Court, at its next session in Lancaster. ENOS CONRAD, Pres’t. Attest: Joseph Gibbons, Rec. Sec’y. l ID" Commodore Turner, a naval officer of con siderable distinction, died at Philadelphia on the 4th inst. Eloquent Remarks. A few days since, it. Haze, of New Hampshire, presented a petition to the U. S, Senate, purporting to be from certain citizens of Delaware and Penn sylvania, asking for a peaceful dissolution of the Union; upon which question Gen. Cass spoke as follows: Mr. President, no man whb attends the discus sions in the Senate can fail to perceive the predis position which prevails here te push principles to their extremes. If we do not find a massive wall where they must stop, we follow them indefinitely with as much metaphysical zeal as any of the dis ciples of the ancient schools of logic. The provis ion respecting the right of petition is contained in one of the amended articles of the constitution, which provides that Congress shall pass no law to preventthe people from assembling peaceably and petitioning for redress of grievances. Ido not deny that the right thus secured is an important one, but I do not rate it by any means as high as the hon- 1 orable senator from Ohio [Mr. Chase] appears to do. Thanks to the wisdom of our forefathers, and to the spirit of our institutions, the people of this country have a much more efficient remedy than the right of petition for any abuse by the govern ment, whether apprehended or existing—the right of action; the right to send you home, and me home, and all of us home, and to put other and better men in our places, that their wishes may be accomplished. The government is theirs, and the ballot box is a far better security for its faithful administration than this humble right of petition. In England, whence the measure is derived, it is the best means the people have for a redress of grievances; and a poor one it is, too, there, as the experience of every day demonstrates. With-a hereditary Executive, a hereditary House o l Lords, and a House of Commons originally elected lor the life of the sovereign, the right to petition is about all that is left to the people. Why, sir, if we were utterly to refuse to receive petitions in this country, it would produce no other effect than to rouse pub’ li£ indignation and hurl us from our places. No legislature in this broad land will ever place any improper limitation upon the exercise of this right. But, sir, the rare limitations w r hich control it neces sarily arise out of the nature of things. You would not receive a petition couched in insolent, or obscene, or blasphemous language. Would you receive one asking Congress to declare that there was no God. and to pass a law prohibiting the peo ple of the United States from assembling for the purpose of religious worship? Would you refer such a petition, as the senator from New York [Mr. Seward] proposes to refer this, with grave in structions to report the proofs of the existence of a God, and to add their feeble evidence to the testi mony upon that subject, which is found equally in the Book of Nature and the Book of Revelation, and which is with us and around us, from the cradle to the grave? Then, sir, if there are .limitations to the duty of receiving, if not to the right of pre senting petitions, what are they? They should be decent in their language, and the action they ask for should be within the sphere of our constitutional power. This principle the senator from Massachu setts, [Mr. Davis,] in my opinion, laid down the other day with equal truth and force. If I under stood his vote, how’ever, it happened to him, as to most of us too often in life, that his doctrine was better than his practice. I think, on a test vote on that occasion, he was among those in favor of the introduction of a petition asking what w r e could not grant. The constitutional object of the right of petition is declared to be the redress of grievan ces. Instead of a valuable right, an application to Congress to do w’hat it cannot do, reduces it to a farce, and is calculated to bring the right itself into contempt. If we have no power to grant the prayer of the petition, why should such a petition be received? and our time thus profitlessly spent might be devoted to useful and national purposes. I am not speaking, sir, of a doubtful question—of petitions for measures of doubtful validity, and about which reasonable men may differ and do differ. These should be respectfully received and considered. But I speak of applications lor the exercise of powers which we have clearly and un deniably no right to assume—like this for the dis solution of the Union, or for the annihilation of a State of this confederacy. It has been said, sir—and it has been said in ,reproach —that if we ought not to receive petitions “asking us to do an unconstitutional act, we ought not to receive petitions or remonstrances against, such an act. 1609 283 596 14S 109 168 457 802 503 364 020 995 1399 252 136 22,730 64 1231 179 104 1 do not so understand our own duties or the rights of the people. There is a great difference between a proposition to do what we have no right to do, and a remonstrance against doing it, when there is reason to apprehend it may be done. The one asks us to violate our oaths and the constitu tion, the other to recollect the obligations of both.. This petition asks us to dissolve the Union. I shall vote for rejecting it; and if there were any other mode by which our indignation at such a wicked and foolish proposition could be more pow erfully expressed, I should adopt it with pleasure. I had occasion some time since, and under much less imposing circumstances than the present, to say we ought to have one unpronounceable word, as the Jews had of old, and that word,“dissolution.? I repeat the sentiment—and w T ith a stronger con viction, if possible, than ever of its truth and im portance. We talk as flippantly of breaking up this Union as we,.talk about dividing a township. The great difficulty of our position is, sir, that we do not know' how well we are off. The sun never shone on so prosperous *a country as this; and yet we reject almost contemptuously the blessings of God, and seem utterly insensible tp_the favors he has showered upon us. Look over the pages of ancient history, sir, look round the world as it is; and where will you find more freedom, more happiness, less oppression,less misery, than in this country? And yet we seem from time to time ready to reject all these elements of public and private prosperity, and to destroy this government, the world's best hope and our own. Instead of this eternal system of complaining, we should bow our knees in grati tude to Him who gave us these blessings, and who, I sometimes fear, will strike us with judicial blind ness, as He did His chosen people af old. That we have difficulties at times to encounter is but the common lot of humanity, individual as well as national; but when these come, let them be adjusted in a proper spirit of compromise, and the future may bring us all that the fondest aspira tion can desire. This petition asks us to take measures to dissolve this Union peaceably. It professes to come from the followers of William Penn, the great apostle of peace; from a portion of the most respectable Society of Friends, whose high moral qualities no man appreciates better than I do. But what kind of a proposition is .this? To dissolve this Union peaceably! I say it with all proper deference to the petitioners, but I say it emphatically, that he who expects such a result is either already in an insane hospital or ought to be placed there. He who be lieves that such a government as this, with its traditions, its institutions, its promises ol the past, its performance of the present, and its hopes of the future, living in the heart’s core of almost every American, can be broken up without’bloodshed, has read human nature and human history to little purpose. No, sir; the Gordian knot that binds us together will never be severed but by the sword. To talk, then, of dissolution, is to talk of war. Both are inseparably connected, and the evil day that brings the one will bring the other. And what kind of a war will it be? Such a war, sir, as this the world has never seen. The nearer we have been as friends, the more deadly will be our feelings as enemies. It will have all the elements of a civil war—of an intestine war. Wherever the border may be, it will be marked by blood and conflagra tion from one end of it to the other. Far be it from me to weigh the injuries that each portion might inflict upon the other, and then strike the balance of evil with mathematical precision. It is enough for me to know that ruinous would be the hopes of both. And where is all this to end? If jealousies and fancied rival interests, or real grievances, are to divide us into two confederacies, where is that division to stop? Similar causes will exist; they are inseparable from human nature; and we shall finally be reduced to Sjate sovereign tigs, and may read our fate in the fate of the Greek Republics, so vividly portrayed by the ancient his torians. Why, sir, it is but a year or two since, on the occasion of a war with Mexico, that a distinguished senator from South Carolina, [Mr. Calhoun,] still unhappily detained from his place by sickness, de picted in glowing colors the danger of victorious generals returning from loreign conquest. I be lieved then, as I believe yet, that he greatly over rated the danger, and that there was a preservative force in this country which would laugh to scorn .the efforts of military power. And it was but a day or two since, that the other distinguished sen ator from South Carolina, [Mr. Butler,] now in his seat, pronounced a splendid eulogy upon General Scott for themoderation he exhibited when he en tered the capital of Mexico. The senator, if I re collect right, thought he deserved some distingui shed mark of his country’s approbation for remain ing faithful to her interests and his own duties, and not placing himself at the head of a Mexican king dom. Few men, sir, have a warmer personal re gard for General Scott than I have, and - perhaps still fewer place a higher estimate upon his services than I do. He has won a high station among the great captains of the age, and he has also won imper ishable honor for himself and for bis country. The campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico is among the proudest feats on military record. But, sir, with all this, I have no thanks to render him for the moderation which the senator from South Carolina alludes. Ido not believe that the thought of each treachery ever entered his mind; nor do I believe that, it he had made the attempt, there was one American in the army who would have deserted the standard of his country to follow the standard of a disloyal. soldier. The stars ahd the stripes would have still been the pillar of fise by day and cloud by night, to conduct our gallant countrymen to that home, whose associations neither time nor distance could weaken or sever. All honor, then, to Gen. Scott, and to the army, for what they did and suffered; but there let ns stop. I trust it will be long before we find a Rubicon in our country. • But, sir, what will gentlemep say who anticipate such danger from military power to the danger to be apprehended to great sections of our country, when these are arrayed against each other in an armor and an attitude it is easy to forsee but im possible to prevent ? The border would bristle with bayonets. Every commanding height would be crowned by its fortress. Standing armies would become a part of the permanent organisation of each. And the probability is, judging from the lessons of history, that we shall be brought together again by some powerful leader, and find ourselves in a consolidated instead of a confederated country, under the iron rule of a military despot. God save me from witnessing that day! Washington Correspondence. Washington, Feb. 14, 1850. The principal topic of interest at the seat of gov ernment, for the past week, has continued the same —Caifornia and Slavery. This momentous ques tion, however, has now assumed a shape more tan gible and sensible, than it has ever before done.— Hitherto, it has been one of mere abstraction—it is now one of tangibility and texture. As I have written you all along, Mr. Clay’s compromise proposition is now more than “obsolete idea.” More especially now, since the President has transmitted to Congress the Constitution of California, which will throw all questions of com promise to the winds. There is nothing now to compromise; for California has sent her Constitution here, and asks for admission into the Union. It is republican in its form, and of itself, is the Model Constitution, perhaps, of the whole 31. Her Rep resentatives are also here, ready to assume the functions of their stations. Now, what hinders a settlement of the question at once"? Here it is the following provision in her Constitution, which, though it is doubted by some whether she had the right to adopt, can scarcely be denied by most dem ocrats: “Sec. 18. Slavery or involuntary servitude, ex cept for the punishment of crimes, shall never be tolerated in this State.” Is it fairly to be doubted that California had not the right to say whether she would have the exist ence of slavery or any other institution within her boundaries'? Is it not a fact that she has the power of excluding this or any other institution from her borders? It is argued by some, : that California ought not to be admitted with the above provision, because she excludes the South from a participation in her wealth. It is not so. If slavery is excluded, as they of that State have decided, do not all who go there, do so upon equal footing? But it would not be so if her Constitution were different. But this is not the matter at issue. Mr. Foote, in his speech to-day, made use of the following language: He declared that'California was not a State, and never had any authority to form a State constitu tion. It was thus attempted to smuggle California into the Union. He complimented the patriotism and talent displayed in the deb.ates and proceedings of the California Convention. He opposed the views of those who would rudely hazard the Union by bringing into the Union California, without any adjurnment of other questions. He stated the truth —and the truth would prevail—here was a plan to betray the interests of the South. He commen ted upon the views ol Mr. Benton with great sever ity, and went on to remark that it was owing to the fact that his son in-law was the Senator elect. * ♦ * * * * * He could not be suspected of any prejudice against California or its Representatives. But his duty to his State—to the horior of the South—induced him to oppose her admission in "this way. If Cal ifornia was admitted, as an independent proposition, 1 it would dissolve the Union. Now all such talk as this is purely gratuitous, though coming from a good democrat. Mr. Foote was once as favorably disposed to the admission of California as a State as any man in the Union, un til she adopted her Constitution, then the tune with him and others changed. This question has ceased to be a party question, merely. Northern and Southern Whigs and Dem ocrats will vote for the admission, and the loud talk about dissolving the Union if California is now admitted, is pure flummery. There are some in the. South, whigs and democrats, who upon this subject of slavery, are as fanatical as Wilmot, Giddings & Co. are upon the other extreme; either of which, when this exciting subject is discussed, are very poor authority for conservatives. And •the only difference between these extreme fanatics is, one would dissolve the Union to perpetuate Sla very, and the other would do so to annihilate 'it.— Either of which is dangerous enough. Now, it is not proposed to allow these hot-heads their own j way in this thing, at all. The safety of the Union rests in the hands of the cool lovers of the Repub-! lie; and this being the fact, California will most j likely very soon be admitted into our National family, and the Union will be dissolved just about \ as much as it was when a certain Whig party of , the North declared it would be,a few years ago if j Texas was annexed. The first of the week, the House acceded to the Senate resolution making an extra appropriation for the Treasury Department, so far as to grant $l, 250,000. If this does not satisfy Mr. Meredith, why I suppose he will “call again'.” The California Message, No. 2, about which there has been so much expectation, and which, it was said, was to be so carefully and concisely written, came before the House on Wednesday. To the surprise of all, it contained only three lines, and a signature. It was accompanied by the California Constitution, transmitted to the President by Gov. Riley. It is now in the hands of the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. The House, as in this Committee, are yet upon the subject of the Annual Message, but probably that will be turned off very soon for something more important,—the admission of California.— My impression is, lrom all that I can discover, that there exists the strongest desire in the House to get a vote upon this matter—when, as soon that time comes, we shall see it pass by a quick vote, no doubt. The House has refused to allow a Clerk to the Supreme Court of the United States to record the decisions of its Judges. Quite right. J. Watson Webb's rejection by the Senate, seems to displease no one in particular. But seven Senators voted for him ; Mr. Clat being one of his opposers. This will partially satiate a feeling which Mr. Clay must have had towards him since previous to the Philadelphia Whig Convention— and perhaps, too, proves a similarity of view’s, as to w’hat Mr. Webb himself said of Gen. Taylor's appointments—that he was not possessed of ability to make a decent one—l thought there might have been some truth in what he had said, when I read his appointment. I wish to call your attention to the manner in which the printing for Congress is now being per formed. It is the most creditable work ever done for Congress, and it is a shame that the contractors receive so poor a remuneration. It is done at the Union office. Our city the present week, has been the head quarters of music and amusement. The Germania Society, the Elenas, and the Panoroma of the burn, ing of Moscow are here; and what, with balls and soirees, we have had rather a gay week. ■ Gen. Lopez, who was recently sentenced to death in. Spain, escaped to this country, and is now here. He has been Governor of Valencia and Madrid. ID* The Pennsylvania Canals are to be opened on the 7th March, by order of the commissioners. CITY AFFAIRS. Proceedings of Connells. Feb. 12. Select and Common Councils met.— W. P. Brooks was elected a member of Common Council, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion ofD. B. Bartholomew. The following officers were elected for the ensu ing year: Treasurer —J. Zimmerman. Solicitor — A. Slaymaker. •Assessor — M. Bundle. '* Collector of City Tax — J. M. Westheffer. Collector of Water Tax — Philip Leonard. SuperiruTnt of Water Works—J. A. Messenkop. Street Commissioner— Jacob Stormfeltz. fopdrtors —James C. Carpenter, Geo. Albright and J. Dorwart. Messenger —George "Albright. The following standing committees were ap pointed, viz: _ Finance Committee- Messrs. Amwake, Weidier. Hamilton and Samson. T • Committee—Messrs. Zecher, Harmony, Lightner, Steinman, Erisman and Beates. Street Committee— Messrs. Zecher, Metzgar, Roh rer and Yiesley. Go“d wlsor MeSSrs ' Gill -P ie ' H—ny. Committee on Fire Engines arid Hose Companies— Messrs. Lightner, Gorrecht, Metzgar, Steigerwalt Morton and Gantz. , ’ Committee on Buchanan Belief Fund— Messrs Lightner, Gorrecht, Samson and Brooks. - P° lic * Committee — Messrs. Amwake, Hamilton, Gillespie, Wilson, Torr and Gorner. In C. C. on motion of Mr. Steinman, the Water Committee, together with the President of Councils, and one additional member from each body, were directed to inquire into the condition of thg Water Works, and report such improvements as may be necessary to ensure a lull supply of pure water, to gether with a plan and an estimate of the probable cost'. Mr. Samson appointed oil part of C. C. S. C. concurred, and appointed Mr. Hamilton. On motion, adjourned. JAMES BLACK, Clerk S. C JAMES L. REYNOLDS, Clerk C. C. *ew Cemetery.— We learn'that the Ves try of the Lutheran Church of this City, has pur chased a splendid piece of ground, containing six teen acres, fronting on S. Queen Street, and extend ing east to the Conestoga, for a Cemetery. It is a beautiful spot, known as “Woodward's Hili,” and is admirably adapted for the use intended. If is not designed exclusively for the Lutheran Church, but members of all other denominations are at lib. erty to purchase lots for the purpose of burial.— Already about four hundred have been sold. James B. Lake, Esq., is appointed Treasurer, to whom application can be made by those who are desirous of purchasing lots. Great Fire in Sew Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 16 —A. M. A tremendous fire occurred in this city this mor ning, at about one o clock, commencing in Camp street, and already nineteen buildings are in ashes, the most of which are large stores. The office of the Picayune, and Robb’s extenseve banking house, are also destroyed. The fire is not yet extinguished, although the utmost exertions are being made by our citizens and the fire department. The loss is not far from $500,000, the principal portion pf which is covered by insurance. A Black Rainbow. —The Boston learns that a black rainbow was discovered on Tuesday evening about 8 o'clock, by the good peo. pie of New Bedford. Its direction was from the north-west to the south east, and it lasted about twenty minutes. It was very perfect, and of great size. ; Fat Cattle— The Albany Evening Journal speaks of a valuable drove of cattle recently brought to that market. Among them was one ox, nearly the size of a common elephant, weighing 3600 lbs; a five year old heiier, weighing 2300 pounds, which took a premium at Syracuse last fall; also three pairol cattle, averaging 4500 pounds per pair, in cluding a pair of line backs, weighing 4500. EfThere were 45 deaths in St. Louis during the week ending the 4th instant, of which three were from cholera. THE MARKETS. HOUSEKEEPER'S MARKET. Lancaster, Feb. 16, 1850. Butter— ls plenty and commands a good price. Table butter sold at 17 to 20 cents per lb. Infe riororought 14 to 15 cents. Hbos—Plenty, and sold at 12ia14 cts\ per doz. Potatoes— Good potatoes at Balo cents per half peck. By the bushel they are sold at 62ja75 cents. Chickens —Plenty at 20a31 cents per pair. Apples—Sold at 12iaI8i cts. per half peck. Dried Apples —Sold at 3a4 cents per quart. Butter—Sold at 37ia50 cts. per crock. Cabbage —From 3to 6 cts. per head. * Lard. —Extra sold at Ba9cets. per lb. Celery. Red Beets, Beans, &c. plenty, and at all prices. LANCASTER GRAIN MARKET— (wholesale.) Feb. 16. Flour —Fresh ground $4,50 per barrel. Wheat— White $1 per bush. Red 90a95 cents. Corn—Old, 50 cents. New, 37ia45 cents. Rye—6o cents per bushel. Oats—Sold at $1,06, in bags of 3 bushels. Corn— From 56 to 62cts. per bus. in the ear. Oats—2B cents per bushel. Clover Seed— $3,75a4.00 per bushel. Whiskey—22 cents per gallon. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16, 1850. FLOUR.—The flour market remains very quiet Holders ask 54,87 for standard shipping brands, but few sales have been reported. For city con sumption, the sales are at $5,00 to $5,37* cents. Rye Flour is dull at $2,94. The last sale of Corn Meal was at $2,62$ per barrel. GRAlN.—There is but a limited amount of Wheat offering and prices are steady. Sales of red at $1,06a1,07, and white at $1,14. Rye is in de mand. A sale of 1200 bushels on Saturday at 62J cents per bushel. Corn is inactive. We quote old yellow at 64, and new at 55a56 cents. Oats—Sales of Pennsylvania at 35a36 cents per bushel. WHISKEY—Is in limited demand. Sales ot both bbls. and hhds. at 24a25 cents. CATTLE MARKET.—The offering of Beef Cattle for the week was about 750 head. Beeves are selling from $5,50 to 7,50 per 100 lbs. Hogs. —There were 400 head in the market, and sold from $5,00 to 5,50 per 100 lbs. Cows—loo sold as follows—s2B to 40 for fresh, $l5 to 25 for springers, and $8 to 15 for dry. Sheep and Lambs. —The former from $2 to 4, and the latter from $1 to 3. BALTIMORE, Feb. 16, 1850. FLOUR.—Sales made yesterday at $4,75. GRAlN;—Prime red wheat Io9alloc—white 105 a 108 c—family flour white 110all8 cents. Corn, 51 a 55 for new white, and 52a53 for yellow. Old corn 56 for white and 62 for yellow. Oats 32a35 cents. WHISKEY.—SaIes of bbls. at 26 cents, and of hhds. at 25 cents Jenkiri’g Restaurateur. THIS purely Vegetable Medicine cures as no other has been known to do. It cures Cholera, with its Diarrhcea, Casting Stomach, Chill and Sick ness thoroughly. Cramp Chqlic in a few moments. Erysipelas Fever or Black Tongue, promptly. Also, Vertigo, Chronic Rheumatism, Cramp, Burns, Sick Toothache, Chillblain, and Sprains, in one application. It cures Stiffness of Joints, Pain, Numbness, Palsy, Goitre, Pleurisy, Asthma, Tetter 5 , St. Vitus’ Dance, Whooping Cough—any disease that can be cured by the circulation and purifica tion of the blood,; —in this it excels. Where used in families it abides. Hundreds are being-cured by it- accompany the Medicine. . Sold by GISH & BRO., Lancaster city; iM’Car teh, Strasburg; Brook, Colerain; Ma.vahan, G. T. Cooper, Enterprise; Abey, Intercourse. August 28. 1849 lyeow-31 FOR THE HAlR.— Stork’s Chemical Hair Invigorator. This mild, yet powerful and inialhble renovator, insinuates its balsamic proper ties into the pores of the head, nourishes the hair m its embryo state, cleanses it from scurf and dand ruff, accelerates its growth, sustains it in its matu rity, and continues its possession of healthy vigor, silky softness, and luxurious redundancy, to the latest period of human life. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active; so that in numer ous instances where other remedies have been tried in vain, STORR’S CHEMICAL HAIR INVIGO RATOR has superseded ornaments of art by rein stating, in full plentitude, the permanent gifts and graces of nature. For children it is especially rec ommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair. The esteem in which it is held, together with numerous testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proof ofoits merits. Price 25 cents, large bottles. Prepared only by George F. Storrs, No. 18 Ches ter street, Phila. Principal Depot, No. 1, Ledger Buildings. J. Gish & Brother, Booksellers, near the National House, agents for Lancaster. June 19 ’49 eowly-21 Chambers’ Celebrated Tbonuo nlan Botanic Medicines. A GENERAL assortment of these truly valuable and innocent Medicines, are kept for sale at Adams $ Co.’s Express Office, in North Queen St., nearly opposite the Museum, Lancaster, Pa. Also, at the same place, may be had “ Chambers’ Thomsonian Practice,” by which every man and woman may learn in an hour’s time to administer any required medicine, with ease and a beneficial effect. The Books $2. The Medicines are neatly put up in packs and bottles, labelled with directions for using. Prices vary according to the article, from 5 to 121 cents an ounce; packages from Tto 4 ounces in weight, Sc. GILBERT HILLS, Agents October 16,>49 eow6m-38 MARRIAGES' On the evening of the 14th inst., by Rev. J. H. Hurley, Mr. Joseph Pusey to Miss Juliann Stoner, HI of this city. , On the sth inst., by Rev. J. McCarter, Mr. John .numphreyville to Elizabeth Eberly. In Harrisburg, on the sth inst., by Rev. T. M. Boggs, Mr. Jacob M. Erisman to Miss Marie E. Hiestand, both of Marietta, Lancaster county. DEATHS. In this city, Catharine, widow of Jacob Keller, aged S 4 years and 3 months. In Manheim twp., Mary Ann Stouffer, aged 5 In the same twp., Aaron K. Stouffer, in his 3d year. In Manor twp., of scarlet fever, Joseph, son of And. 1. Kauffman, aged 2 yrs. 4mo. and 21 days. Wove! and Interesting: Entertain- ment. .IMERIC.IN PECULIARITIES END EX CENTRIC CHdRjISTERS. Together with a GRAND CONCERT qf Vocal and Instrumental Music. MR. WOODVILLE, the popular Lecturer and much admired Vocalist, Violinist, Guitarist and JEolian performer, respectfully announces to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Lancaster, that he will give a variety of pleasing and interesting en tertainments, at the Mechanics* Institute, on THURSDAY EVENING, -21st inst. For programme refer to bills of. the day. Feb. 19. " Stocks for Sale. 1 HO Shares United States Bank Stock. J- yjyj 50 do Girard do do 40 “ Conestoga Steams Mills do •30 “ Lancaster Bank t do 10 “ Farmers’ do do 15 “ Litiz Turnpike do 6 “ Manor do do The above stock will be sold on the most reason able terms at the office of JNO. F. SHRODER & Co., Agents., N. W. Corner of East King and Duke sts Jno. F. Shroder. Geo. K. Reed. Feb. 19. 4_ 3t W Wanted to Rent ITHlNOneSquareof the Court House, East, West, er North, a HOUSE, the lower floor and cellar to be use as a-Wine Store, for which a good rent will be paid , od a lease of two or more years. Apply to John C. Van Camp, here—-or ad dress the„subscriber. PETER WAGER, Feb. 19-lt] No. 2, South 7th at., Philad’a. OR. J. McCAJLLA, DENTIST, Graduate of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery , (Formerly of No. 100, South sth St., Phil’a,) WOULD respectfully announce to the public, that having permanently located in Lancrster for the practice of his profession, he is to be found directly over Messrs. Sprecher & Rohrer’s Hard ware Store, East" King street, fourth door from the Court House. |Feb. 19, ’5O-4-ly John M 4 Amweg, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFERS his professional services to the public. Office in Brenneman’s Building, Centre >quare Lancaster, in the rear of W. G. Baker’s Drug store! and two doors north of E. Sheaffer’s Saddlery. .Lancaster, Feb. 19, 1850. 4-jy * FLOWER SEEDS.—A choice variety of Flower Seeds, just received and for sale, at CHARLES A. HEINfTSH’S Drug and Chemical Store, East King street. Lancaster, Feb. 19. 4.3^ New Music. TUST received at the Cheap Book Store of JUDD MURRAY, the following music just published: bix Amusemens Elegans, by Charles Voss. No. 1. La Palonaise. No. 2. La Polka. No. 3. La Mazurka. No. 4. La Fontaise. No. o. Le Pondean. No. 6. Les Variations. Praise the Bright Flag of Columbia. Gallop Brilliant. Think_Ere you Speak. Woman’s Love. Tho’ Thou Art Gone A Dream that Love can Ne’er Forget. Primrose Polka. Hopeless Love. With a great variety of the latest and most fash ionable music published, to which we invite the at tention of ail lovers of music. Lancaster, February 19, 1850. 4 Music! Music!! Music!! WE have just received from the Publishers the following CHOICE NEW MUSIC : Juney at the Gate , (Ethiopian.) Old Aunt Dinah , a companion. to Uncle Ned. i^t¥a^SoT^. e B rown >” a highly popular song. Ttp Top Polka —a. splendid piece. Markoe Quickstep. Together with a general assortment of good music, all of which we are prepared to furnish on the most accommodating terms. Orders solicited. SPANGLER & BRO. Feb. 19. 4 Pen Cutters. A FRESH SUPPLY of th'ese splendid articles received. We .would advise those de sirous of purchasing to give ua a call, in order that they may be able to judge of the quality of our Pen Makers. We advise this because an inferior article, closely resembling the genuine, has been palmed upon purchasers, The articles we offer are of the first quality, which we will warrant. SPANGLER & BROTHER, North Queen street.. Feb. 19-4] THE “ALLEGHANIANS” created a great ex citement, but not equal to that at the BEE HIVE STORE—caused by those extraordinary cheap HIGH COLORED DE LAINS, PINK, BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE IN SOLID COLORS, selling for 12$ cents—one half value. CHAS. E. WENTZ & BRO., Feb. 19-4-tf] Bee Hive. Gold Pens! Gold Pens! A SPLENDID assortment of Bagley’s genuine Gold Pens, just received and for sale cheap, at Feb. 19-4] SPANGLER & BROTHER’S. The Message Bird. SUBSCRIPTIONS to this elegant Periodical re ceived only by SPANGLER & BRO. Price 1,25 per annum. [Feb. 19-4 Notice. THETax Collectors for the County of Lancaster, for the year 1849, are hereby informed that if their duplicates are not liquidated and settled off, on or before the 15th of March next, process will issue against them, for arrearages, without any further notice, —and all defaulting collectors, who shall be in arrear on the next day of appeal will not be reappointed. JOHN WITMER, HENRY MUSSELMAN. DAVID STYER, Commissioners. Feb. 19-5-td] Estate of Eve Henly. In the Court of Common Pleas for the co. of Lan. WHEREAS Andrew Henly, Executor of Chris tian Henly, deceasec, who was, one of the committee of Eve Henly, did on the'4th day of February, ISSO, file in the office of the Prothonotary o{ said Court his account of the said estate. 'Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested in the said estate, that the said Court have appoin ted the 18th day of March, 1850, for the .confirma tion thereof, uuless exceptions be filed. Attest, HENRY STOEK, Proth’y. Proth’ys Office, Lan. Feb. 19, 1850. 4-4 t 1 Estate of John Price, dec’d, LETTERS of Administration de bonis non with the will annexed, upon the estate of John Price, of Marietta, Lancaster county,deceased, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to the said estate are hereby requested to make im mediate payment; and those having claims against the same to present them, duly authenticated, for settlement, to JOHN M. WALLER, Administrator de bonis non with will annexed, residing at Marietta. [Feb. 19-4-6t* IN THE MATTER of the intended application of Daniel Conrad, to the Honorable Judges of the Court ol Quarter Sessions at the April Term, ISSO, for license to continue keeping a public house in Conestoga township—it being an old WE the undersigned citizens of the township of Conestoga, where the said Inn or Tavern is proposed to be kept, do certify that-the said Inn or Tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travellers, and that we are well acquainted with the said Daniel Conrad, and that he is of good repute for honesty and tempe rance, and is well provided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers and travellers. David Landis, John Lener, Christian Kindig Christian Sterneman, John Hess, Abraham Hess Jonas Harnish, Benjamin Hess, John H. Harman* Benjamin Conrad, Rudolph Herr, Jacob Heverstick > Tobiaa Stehmao. [Feb. 18-4-3t* ’
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