JnteUigencer & Journal. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Lancaster* April 3, 1850. N To the Democratic Freemen, of the City and County of Lanc’r. You ate requested to assemble in the several Wards of the City and Boroughs and Townships of the county on Saturday, the 6th day of April next. then and-there to elect not less than three nor more than five Delegates to represent said District in, A General County Convention, to be held on Wednesday , the'lOth day of April fol lowing, at 11 o’clock A. M., at the public house of Christian - Shertz, in the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of electing six Delegates to represent • the Democracy of the County of Lancaster in the annual State Convention to to be held at Williams port, on the 29th day of May next, for the nomina tion of a candidate for Canal Commissioner. The question of nominating a county ticket next summer will also be submitted for the action,of the Convention, and it is desired that the delegates elected, be instructed to vote for or against the proposition. .It is recommended to the Democrats to elect at said primary meetings, Comihittees of Superinten dence, of five persons tor each District, to continue for one year—said Committees to be reported to the County Convention. By order of the Democratic County Committee. WM. MATHIOT, Chairman. Lancaster, March 5, 1850. The Democratic citizens of’the West Ward of the city of Lancaster, are requested to meet at the public house.of Henry-Trout, in West Orange street, on SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6th, at 7 o’- clock, for the purpose of electing five delegates. to represent said ward in the county convention on Wednesdaylihe 10th inst, to elect delegates to .the Williamsport State Convention, to nominate a can didate for Canal Commissioner. By order of q WEST WARD EX. COMMITTEE? The Democratic Citizens ot the East Ward of the City of Lancaster, are requested to meet at the Public House of Mrs. Messenkop, on SATURDAY EVENING, April 0, at 7 o’clock, for the purpose of electing five delegates to represent in the County Convention, on Wednesday the 10th inst., to elect’delegates to the Williamsport State Con vention, to nominate a candidate for Canal Com- missioner. Bt Ohder East Ward Ex. Committee. MOUNTJOY -TOWNSHIP.—The Democrats of Mouutjoy will meet at the public house of Henry Shaffher, on Saturday the 6th of April, at 6 o’clock, P. M., to elect five delegates to the county conven tion. to be held in. the city of Lancaster, on Wed nesday the 10th day of April next. By order of the Committee. LANCASTER TOWNSHIP.—The Democrats of Lancaster township, will meet at the public house of Adam Trout, west end of Witmer's bridge, on Saturday, the Gth of April, at *2 o'clock, P. M., to elect five delegates to the county convention, to be held in the city of Lancaster, on Wednesday the 10th inst. By order of the Committee. EAST DONEGAL TOWNSHIP.—The Demo crats of the lower part of said township, will meet at the Richland Academy, on .Saturday the Gth of April, at 7 o'clock, P. M., to elect two delegates to represent in part said township in the county con vention of the 10th inst. By order of Committee. Delegate Elections.— Our Democratic friends throughout the City and County, will bear in mind the Delegate elections on Saturday next. We hope there will be a general attendance at those primary meetings, and that “good men and true” will be chosen to represent the people in the Coun ty Convention—and then, with the action of that body all will, as all ought to be perfectly satisfied Previous to a nomination every Democrat has a right to ex-press his preference, and use all lair and honorable means to promote the success of his fa vorite—after The nomination, it is the duty of all to bow in submission to the will of the majority, and lend a helping hand to further the interests of the nominee. We throw out these suggestions, in asmuch as the names of several gentlemen in this County—all of whom are excellent citizens and deserving Democrats—have been presented to the .public for the office of Canal, Commissioner, and .-inasmuch as more or less feeling has been enlisted on the subject. We hope every thing will be done in peace and harmony at the Delegate elections* and we also trust that good feeling may character ize the deliberations of the bounty Convention. H7*Advertisements omitted this week, shall appear in our next issue. CD'The friends of the hnj— if there be any in this region—will find something in their line by a reference to our advertising columns. See adver tisement ol the “ American Racing Deposite Reg ister/' An Old Subscriber.— On Friday last, we had a visit from Mr. Christian' Wolf, formerly of this county, but for the last eight years a resident of Cumberland county, who paid us §2, his fiftieth year's subscription to the ‘ Intelligencer! " He com menced taking the paper with the first.number that was issued by Mr. Dickson— and he looks hearty and vigorous enough, to continue a subscriber for at least twenty years to come. vWhat other paper in the State can boast of a subscriW of fifty’ years standing, and a punctual paying onV-a*-4kar? E7* Messrs. Zahm and Jackson have fitted up their Jewelry Establishment, in North Queen Street, in magnificent style. It is really a pleasure to look into it at any time, but especially in the evenings when brilliantly illuminated with gas. The “Eagle Store/ —We call the attention of our readers in this City and its vicinity, to the splen did stock of Dry Goods, advertised in our paper this week, by Thomas J. Wentz & Co., at the corner of East King and Centre Square. This is one of the largest and most tastefully fitted up establish ments of the kind in the City—and we have a great many splendid ones—and its proprietors are in every respect liberal and enterprising merchants and most polite and courteous gentlemen. We have no doubt of their success in business. If energy and industry will command success, they are certain to secure it. Wash Mixture. —The improved Chemical Com pound f< r Washing, advertised in another column, gives entire satisfaction to fall who have tested it, and quite a number of families have given it a trial in this City. The labor saved in Washing is an item of considerable importance to every house keeper—and as this is a desideratum in a family, we can, from personal observation of its utility, heartily recommend it to the public. Jacob Herzogf.— This gentleman has again re-opened his store in North Queen Street, next door to McGranh’s Hotel, as will be seen by a reference to our advertising columns. His stock js jwell selected, and purchasers cannot go amiss in giving him a call. i\J~ We learn that the Rev. A. Harbaugh, of Lewisburg, Union county, has accepted a call from the congregation of the First German Reformed Church, of this city, and has already entered upon the duties of his charge. C7*The report of the Collector at cMumbia, shows an increase of receipts over the correponding month of last year, of s99B,4s—and a total increase since the Ist of December, of $4,466 27. CD*We were misinformed last week as to the purchase by Mr. Howell, of the Patent for? imita ting marble—something having transpired to pre vent the consummation of the bargain. The Agent, Mr. Davis, is now in Philadelphia. William Fi Johnston. —Several of our contemporaries—amo^st^ therest the Union and Tribune of this City—are in ecstasies of delight at the recent message of Governor Johnston, on the subject of Slavery, and prate loudly of his patriot ism and devotion-to the Constitution. Now, all this may do well enough to talk about where he is not known—in other States—but it wiiliiot answer the purpose intended in Pennsylvania, where the character and motives of this dignitary are thor oughly understood and appreciated. Willtam: F. Johnston’s whole political life—his every act, is based upon selfish motives. Self aggrandizement is the polar star of his existence—rthe one leading idea of his mind that absorbs every other and be would not hesitate to sacrifice the Whig party to morrow, if, by doing so, he could advance his own individual aspirations, and, at the same time, pro mote the interests of his family connexions. What, then, is Governor Johnston’s motive for sending in such a message, as he recently did, to the Legislature? Simply, because he intends to be a candidate for re-election, in the event of him not being able to secure a Cabinet appointment or For eign Mission from Gem Tatlob. Well knowing that his party is in a meagre minority in the State, and without some extraneous assistance, he has no possible chance of success before the people, and knowing also that there is some diversity of opin ion among Democrats on the subject of Slavery, he has adopted this artfully contrived plan to throw dissfension in their ranks, and in an indirect way endeavor to make a litkle political capital for him self. This, in a few words, is, without doubt, the whole secret of his recent move on the political chess-board, and cannot fail to be detected at a glance by every one who is at all conversant with the history of this political hucksterer and arch renegade from the Democratic party. Verily, the truth of the old adage, that “One renegade is worse than ten Turks,” is abundantly exemplified in the political life and character of the present Whig Governor of Pennsylvania. We make these remarks for the purpose of put ting the people on their guard against this new scheme of a reckless political gamester, whose sole object is to throw dust in their, eyes, and thereby advance his own political fortune. What does Mr. Johnston care about Slavery, except to use it as a hobby to ride into power and enrich himself from the public treasury ?We repeat—such is the un principled character of the man, that he would a gain change his principles to-morrow, if, by such an act, he could hope to retain his present office for another term, or better his.condition. He suc ceeded in 1848, by a.regular system of humbuggery and deception, and by hanging on to the skirts of Gen. Taylor, in reaching the Gubernatorial chair, which had been so ably and so worthily filled by the honest arid incorruptible Shunk; and all his ef forts now are directed to securing an additional three years'after his present term shall have expi red. But, we apprehend, this functionary places too low an estimate upon the intelligence of the people, as he will learn at.the proper time. They may be deceived once—but the demagogue who has betrayed their confidence need not expect to deceive them a second time. The doom of William F. Johnston is irrevocably sealed, and all the aboli tion messages, or other clap-trap devices that he can invent, will not save him from political death. As We Expected —On the debate on Mr. Bradbury's resolution, calling upon Gen. Taylor to show cause, if he have any, why he removed men from office and imputed to them some moral delin quencies, Senator Truman Smith, who conducted . the Taylor campaign, and was so active in circula ting letters To deceive the people and secure their votes, by representing that Taylor was a no-party man and would not proscribe any for opinion's sake, denied that the President had made any such pledg es. In reply to Mr. Bradbury, Mr. Smith says: “The Senator founds his argument upon some six or seven letters writteu by the President previ ous to his election, and some few extracts from his inaugural address. I utterly deny that the Presi dent ever made the pledges which these extracts in the hands of the Senator purport that he made. rh,e Senator seems to have taken his lead from the political newspapers. He evinces almost a total ignorance’of Taylor literature.” This is the old game; the letters were written: the people were duped by them; the pledges have been broken-, and now it is boldly asserted that Gen. Taylorfcever wrote the letters which were given to the public under the sanction of his name ! Who did write them? If Gen. Taylor didjiot write the letters, why did not Senator Smith deny their gen uineness and proclaim them to be forgeries? Why did he permit them to go, heralded by the Whig press, over the whole Union, speaking theiupposed views ot the Whig candidate for the Presidency? Senator Smith in his eulogy upon Gen. Taylor pro nounces him to be “a man of strict purity, whose word no human being ever before suspected/’ It is due to such a man to have these suspicions clear, ed up satisfactorily to the people.—Dem. Union. e direct attention to the advertisement of Mr. H. C. Fondersmith, relative to “ Fentons Patent Flint Enamel Jl r are. ’ This ariicle is a recent discovery, being patented in the month of November last, and already it is in general demand wherever it is known. Ifis composed of Flint, Feld Spar and Quartz—and is gotten up in all shades, beautifully polished,representing Egyptian or Italian Marble, Tortoise Shell, Agate, &c. &c. and is manufactured into almost innumerable articles of ornamental and domestic use, such as Vases, Candelabras, Door. Plates and Knobs, Jars, Pitchers, Candle Sticks, down to Spittoons. It is a fire proof article, and is the handsomest and cheap est ware that we know of. It has already taken the premiums at tlife Fairs of the State Society of New York: and, from its great superiority and cheapness over almost every other kind of ware. must\ come into very general use throughout the The ware is manufactured at Bennington, Vermont—and Mr. Fondf.rsmith, of this City has the exclusive rights for Lancaster and Lebanon counties. We advise all of our readers—and par-’ ticularly the Ladies, to call at the “Bee Hive” Gro cery and examine the ware for themselves. Mr. F. had kindly presented us with one of the Door Plates, which we think cannot be surpassed for neatness and elegance of finish by any Plate we have ever seen. ICTThe following letter was received through the Post Office, on Thursday last, by Mrs. Chris tiana Fornei, of this City. She has no know ledge of the authorship, but presumes, from the en closure, that it is from some person whose con science prompted him to make amends for a wrong perpetrated on her husband many years ago: “$5 This is money that is lawfully and justly due to Jacob Forney, or his lawful heirs, for value received a good many years since. I now judge before God, that this is as near correct as can be So to repay my fault, I will remember you all in my prayers—and with my grievous faults, I also ask your blessing and prayers for forgiveness, and .hope by the grace of God to amend my fault. This money goes to the widow, Christiana For ney, or her heirs, which amount is $5.” Good Prices.— We have before us a copy of the daily Alto California, of January 29, a medi um sheet published at San Francisco, from which we extract the following terms: For on© year’s subscription, in advance, $25,00 For six months do. qO Single copies, Terms of Advertising. Jne square, 10 lines, (or less) first insertion, $4,00 “ each subsequent * << 000 Payments invariably in advance. * Judging from the above mentioned prices, and from theffact that a cash business is done through out, we should think that printing was a pretty good business in California. ivew Post Offices.— At Binkley’s Bridge, in Manheim township—Thompson Brubaker, Esq. P- M. Also, at Wheatland, Strasburg township Jacob Martin, EBq. P. M. Eongrrew.— The following remarks of the Baltimore^gia,oi^ef > Legislation,” express our own views so forcibly and eloquently, that we copy them with much pleasure, and direct the attention of our readers’to their truthfulness: : The general business before Congress moves on most lamentably slow. Nearly fonr months of the session are passed, and little, very little business of any character has been 'performed. Everything seems to-be paralysed by-the overshadowing influ ence of one single question. Updn the settlement of that, everything else of importance is made to defend. It becomes then the duty of every well wisher of the country to give his aid and influence to the.adjustment of this momentous subject. Let us have it settled, and the other business will be taken up and attended to. No disputed point can be without a conciliatory and compromisingvspirit. With such a spirit, dlfficul ties much greater than any which now threaten our. peace, can be speedily removed. a spirit of kindness and brotherhood be cultivated and acted upon by every member of our National Councils, and the demon of discord will at once be banished, all obstacles to a speedy and satisfactory arrange ment be removed, and the bright galaxy of our country's stars be increased in number and bril "Haney, and shine on gloriously,’in the political fir mament of sovereign nations. And why may not this be done at once? The people everywhere de sire it—everywhere demand it! True, a few in temperate zealots in one quarter—or a few miser able zealots in another, may rail against a settle meni—but they are as merely the small dust of the balance, and not worthy the attention or regard of any right-minded man. How many think you can be found in this broad land that approve of such doctrines as those advanced by Senator Seward? And is such a lean and miserable minority of senseless fanatics to control, or prevent proper leg- - islation for this great country ? Is the voice of a petty faction to be allowed to drown the deep and mighty tones of the Nation’s aspirations ? Is not the Nation, through all its borders, speaking out in defence of the Union, and demanding its preserva tion? Why then is not her voice obeyed? Why do her servants delay the desired work of settle ment? We confess, we do not understand the reasons of their negligence and inaction. The question must be settled; it can only be done by the of all extremes; every member of Congress knows this, and the intelligent masses of our countrymen know it too. Why then are those ultra notions any longer pressed before the Nation? Why are they not abandoned, and meeting upon the compromises of the Constitution—the whole matter settled, and the mind of the Nation relieved from the clouds and darkness which have been resting upon it? This ought to be done, and the sooner it is done the better*for the whole country, and the better for those who are instrumental in its accomplishment Woe be to him who, when the question is fairly brought before them, fails to give his support to such arrangements as shall be satisfactory to the Nation. The deep and burning brand of moral treason will be stamped upon his brow, and his memory linked‘with the traitors Arnold and Burr—will go down to coming ages with the country’s anathemas resting upon it. With an immense amount of unadjusted private claims before them, Congress is wasting the session in idleness and useless debate, and seems disposed to do nothing of either a general or private character. This conduct is discreditable to themselves and to the Nation, and should be promptly amended or meet with universal condemnation. An Agricultural College.— The estab lishment of an institution of this kind is likely to be successful in the State of New York, and, we should think, will be of immense advantage to her citizens. The Select Committee of the Legislature, appointed last year to consider the subject of estab lishing an Agricultural College and Experimental Farm in that State, have made a report accompa nied by a bill for the establishment of such an in stitution. The bill provides for a college, with n jarm attached, to be under the care of fifteen trus tees, one from each judicial district of theState;the trustees to meet in June next, and organize, locate the college, buy and stock the farm, erect the buil dings, fix on a course of studies, plan of labor, terms of admission, &c. The "bill authorises the State Comptroller to borrow $lOO,OOO for the purposes of the College. The cost of the first establishment of the College, including the purchase of a farm of GOO acres, is computed at $93,000, and the annual expenses of the institution, it. is estimated, would be about $13,000 —the farm to be cultivated by the labor of the scholars, who are to be employed four hours a day in practical agriculture, in all its va rious branches. Among the studies enumerated in the Report are the laying out of the farm and garden in various modes, adapted to circumstances; the setting out of plants and trees; grafting, building, pruning, trans planting and rearing of fruit trees; the different manners of fencing grounds; with the relative ad vantages and costs of each; the various qualities of forest trees, in reference to fencing and building purposes; the best mode of breeding and feeding stock: the comparative advantages of the various breeds; how to discover defects, and the way to remedy or eradicate them; the proper time to sell produce; and how to put it in market; the manner farm accounts; and, in short, a full course of instructions as to the management of a farm. The branches of education to be pursued at the school are natural philosophy, practical chem istry, particularly as applicable to. the analysis of soils and minures; geology and mineralogy, bot any and horticulture, mathematics, engineering and practical surveying, the principles of rural legisla tion, and the veterinary art. The annual expense for each scholar admitted, to be $lOO, which will include tuition, board, wash ing, fuel and lights. Mr. Webster’s Speech.™ The Charles ton Mercury, which represents the extreme South Carolina opinions, speaks of Mr. Webster’s late sen atorial effort in the following manly style of gener ous applause: Mr. Webster's speech on Thursday on the com promise resolutions of Mr Clay was emphatically a great speech; noble in language, generous and conciliating in tone, and in the matter having one general, broad and powerful tendency towards the peaceable and honorable adjustment of the existing controversev. Nothing has occured during this session to give us so lively regret as our inability to publish the ample and admirable report of this speech which appears in the Intelligencer and Un ion of Friday. The latter paper has paid a well deserved tribute to this great effort of thd Massachu setts Senator, in language equally truthful and fe licitous.. We cordially respond to that testimony of approval, and take the occasion to say, that whether or not we merit the character ot ultraism so liberally allowed to us, we have never had any of that ultraism which could prompt us to view such a discussion of a great public question as Mr. Webster has here presented to the country, with any other feelings than admiration and delight. Not that we wholly agree with him—not that there are not many points of disagreement, but no where has he urged his opinions offensively, and when he reaches the true ground of the present con troversy, he marks his way so clearly, and treads so loyally on the plain track of the constitution and pledges of the Government that the difficulty is not to agree but to disagree with him. With such a spirit as Mr. Websterhasshown.it-.no longer seems impossible to bring this sectional contest to a close, and we feel now, for the first time since Congress met, a hope that it may be so adjusted. The . trial of Profesor Webstfr, at Boston, for the alleged murder of Dr. Parkman, was still progress ing at our latest advices. We have not attempted to give any ol the evidence, which is entirely too voluminous for a weekly paper—there being, in all, not less than one hundred witnesses. We shall however, upon the close of the trial, endeavor to give such a synopsis of it as will embrace that por tion of the testimony. which bears most closely upon the main points at issue in the case. P. S. Since the above was written, we observe by the Boston papers that the testimony on both sides has been brought to a close, and that, on Friday, the Counsel commenced addressing the Jury. The evidence of the prosecution has been materially weakened by that of the defence, and we doubt very much whether Mr. Webster will be convicted. It is in contemplation, we understand, to erect three Churches, in this City, during the ensuing summer—a Presbyterian, English Associate Refor. med, and Catholic. This is to be taken as a favor able indication of the religious feeling in the com munity, and is evidence that in this respect, as in many o is ahead ofnts neighbors. Pacific Railroad.— This gigantic projec t is commanding the tKe eier tions of the great West, in a measure corresponding to ils magnitude and the interests involved. Great as is the undertaking, it is'not beyond the energies and ability of our people, if a, satisfactory route shall be obtained. We are not prepared, without adopt Mr. Whitney’s plan, or his designated route- Although there are some plausible grounds for the adoption of the scheme proposed, yet it is not with out objections. The grant ol land asked by Mr. Whitney would make him the greatest land-holder in the universe. In comparison with the extent of the domain which this bill would give Mr. Whit ney, the patroons of New York would be but a di minutive flower bed. And yet, what is all this vast tract of uninhabited land worth to the government or the peopled Would it not be much more speed ily settled and made available by this plan than by any other? These questions must all be carefully examined before we can be prepared to speak un derstandingly and positively upon the subject But there is one thing all must admit, and that is, the vast unknown, and unconjectured benefits which would flow to our country, from the completion o* such a great National highway to the shores of the Pacific. The mind is bewildered in the attempt to trace the results of such a mighty change-in the trade and travel of the world. Such a connecting link as this would make our country the great centre of the commercial universe. The rail road car would take the place of the old packet, and the circuit of the watery world would be abandoned, with all its dangers and delays, for a few weeks’ trip over the mountains and valleys of our free and glorious country. What a brilliant prospect for the future is pre sented to our view! Who shall set bounds to the power and granduer of our destiny, if we but wisely cement the bonds of our Union and expel from our councils .he spirit of evil which has reared its hate ful form amongst us. The page of this world’s his. tory is blackened by the record of many a damning deed but in all that dark catalogue there is no.act so foul and loathsome as the disruption of this peace ful Union. Other nations have been crushed by their follies or crimes, or by the reckless hand of oppres sion—but no other nation ever enjoyed the privileges or blessings which we possess.—no other people were ever clothed with such fearful responsibility, Let us not be found unworthy of those blessings, or too weak and frail for the responsibilities which re3t upon us. We hope to see the political firma. ment relieved of the sombre storm clouds which have been resting upon it, and the chosen represen tatives of the peoples will uniting, like brethren, in the furtherance of those great works calculated to bind together our widely extended empire, and hand down to future ages the blessings and privileges with which we have been so peculiarly favored. Baltimore Argus. Webster’s Trial All our exchanges, East, West, North and South, says the Baltimore Argus, come to us laden,with the details of this case. We have little taste for such sad pictures ot the frailty and depravity of human nature. We are forced to see enough of this character in our own circle of observation, and have little inclina tion to travel abroad for such evidences of shame and crime. Strange, it appears to us, is that mor | bid appetite which craves such heart-sickening diet. | But the inherent foible of humanity— unsanctified curiosity, seems to master all other feelings with ! the mass; and editors and publishers find it to their interest to pamper and indulge the feeling. We must also blacken our columns with the dark col orings of this deed oj blood. We do so, not in ac cordance with our/own taste or feelings, but in obedience to the call of the public. We would much rather occupy our space with the recital of some kind and generous deed which would show that humanity, under the controlling power of Christianity, still bore some faint resemblance to its great and benevolent Author. We would rather teach our readers to admire and imitate the good, than to condemn and hate the evil. -*■ Horrble Fight. --On the evening of the 7th ul.t, a fatal affray occured at Monterey, a small town in Terras, near the upper part of Caddo Parish, (La.) between Reuben R. Harrison and John Lester on the one side, and John Collins on the other, so says the Shroveport Gazette, which adds— The difficulty originated in tho following manner: Harrison had just returned from a trip to Alabama with his family, and getting off the boat at Monterey, (near which he lived,) some game chick ens that he had brought with him got loose, and Lester, who was in his employ, while ordering a negro to catch them, brought on a dispute with Collins. Collins, who was a blacksmith, went to his shop, and after preparing his gun, called to Les ter to come down if he wanted satisfaction. Har rison and Lester went to the shop, and as the lat ter stepped in Collins knocked him down with his tongs, when he was shot with a revolver by Har rison. He then turned upon the latter, and struck him on the head, and again tamed and struck Lester, when Harrison shot him a second time. After re ceiving \fie last wound, Collins threw the tongs at Harrison, which struck him just below the eye, and went down in his mouth. He then took a sledge hammer, and, we are told, beat out his brains Lester died instantly—Collins lived till next morn ing. They were all men of families. We were acquainted with neither of the parties personally, but know’ Mr. Harrison from reputation, who though wild, was much esteemed.” 7 The Lust Wonder.— The Mining Regis ter, Pottsville, informs us that there is a project on the tapis, to transport coal from that place to Phil adelphia, by water enclosed in cast iron tubes of three feet diameter ! The fall, being 600 ft. in 90 miles is considered sufficient, and the coal being less one third heavier than water, it is thought that two-thirds water and one-third coal, will be the right propor tion. It is demonstrated that 18,000 tons can be passed daily through a single tube of three feet di - ameter, at a cost of twenty-five cents per ton. this is really something new in this progressive age. Attempted Assassination of Kos suth.—A letter to the New York Herald , dated Constantinople, Feb. 6, 1850, contains the follow ing paragraph, which we extract: The Austrian government, finding itself incapa ble of getting M. Kossuth into its clutches, has tried to get him assassinated. Two Croatian officers, in the Austrian army, recently came here on that mission, and engaged a band of their-worthy iellow- Croatians to put it into execution. They found an honest, but credulous Hungarian refugee here, to whom they gave funds and papers,‘with which’M. Kossuth, Count Bathyany, and others, 1 could effect their escape from Shumla. On their way, these modem bravos were to have assassinated them Luckily, the Hungarian patriot confided the pros pect of M. Kossuth’s escape to others equally inter ested m its success, but who were better able to judge of the view’s of those who had furnished him with the means. Unfortunately, the poor fellow reUirned the money and papers given him to the officers, and swore that he would shoot them for their rascality. The consequence w’as, as had been expected, he has never been heard of since, and it is feared that they have put him out of the way Ihe Ottoman government has put M. Kossuth on his guard against assassination, but it is still feared that he may yet fall a victim to tire diabolical pol icy of the most infamous government now existing in the world. ® Well The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, thue defines Gen. Tat iob’s position on the Slavery Question. The wri ter has been singularly fortunate, in doing that which none of the General's paid friends have hith erto been able to do. He says: ‘Every body believes there is to be a compro ®lse > "“t ”ot a living soul can tell what it is to be. Mr. Clay’s compromise won’t do: it was condemn ed on the spot. The plan of old Zack won’t do; it is the do-nothing plan. Something must be done, Taylor has done the best, he could, and that un vT if A e do “ “Y 'king, he is a ‘used North and South. If he takes either end of the see-saw, he goes down; therefore, that is to say, he prefers to sit still in the middle, and let the concern work itself.” j Rich-Very.—lt is rumored that Jms tso*i>b* oftthe N. aspiresto" the post of minister to Austria, in place of Col.. Wise, rejected by the Senate. In reference to these ambitious aspirations "of ‘Bxsmrrr, Major ,Noah, the talented and .facetious editor of the N. Y; Sunday the following remarks which we decidedly rich: •>; The Washington letter writers: state that “Ben nett is-looking towards the Austrian mission” squinting at it, they- ought to say. The President, we presume, will postpone sending his nomination to the Senate until he has performed a small tour of duty he knows where, which he will have to do if convicted of that atrocious libel upon us, in the jewel case, for which he now stands indicted. We should not be surprised, however, if the old woman had been seized with a fit of . ambitious aspiration, and compelled the “auld mon” to make direct ap plication for the office. He is broad Scotch and she is broad Irish, and their appearance and lan guage would keep the Austrian court in perfect good humor for a whole winter. We think we see Bennett, with that magnificent squint, his pepper and-salt hair, his attenuated form cased in a court suit, embroidered with gold, with knee-breeches and silk stockings, and the old woman in a blaze of jewels, every one a constellation—the homage paid to her editorial influence by ail the dancing cantatrices, piano fortists, and violinists in the republic. Then the speech which Bennett, accord ing to usage, must make to the Emperor on pre senting his credentials! It would run thus: “ I k ae the honor, yer majestie, to present raa credentials as charge de affaires from the Uneeted Staats to the coort of yer majestie, and too assure yer majestie o’ the respect which the President o’ the Uneeted Staats hae for yer majestie an’ yer hool coort, an’ General Haynos in particular. As to the Hoongarians, yer majestie, we hae given a corner o’ land to the loons, an ; they’ll trouble ye nae muir. Ye maun ken, yer majestie, that I am nae ceetizen o’ the Uneeted Staats, but am frae the Hielands o’ Scotland 5 but there’s nae mickle talent * n America, and we man hae a raon that can main tain his position at coort with dignitie; so I an’ ma gude wife there hae accepted this mission to* yer majestie.” But the cream of the presentation will be the address of Mrs. 8., to the Empress, in the true Mi lesian style and manner. 11 The blessing of St. Patrick be iver on yer ma jesty ! Be the powers, it warms the cockles of my hart to look upon yer beauti'ul face, my da'rlin’.— As to Miss Jagello, that I talked Hungry to in N. \ork, don t belave in it. I’m on your side now, and promise ye my protection in the Herald, and that’s enough. My husband there has the letther of recommendation, but I'm the minister, yer maj esty, and you'll be afther finding that the gray mare is the betther horse, as the saying is. So when yer majesty wants me to play the “ Strawberry Waltz,” won’t I be alther doing it for ye, my darlin’?” Joking apart, we cannot afford to part with Ben nett. He is our property. We are the Damon and Pythias of the New York press, and if he goes to Austria as minister, we claim the appointment ol secretary; lor if he writes his despatches as loosely as he does his editorials—if he mixes up his lies and his truths, his humbugs and his facts, in such great disproportion in his correspondence as he does in his paper—they never can be laid before Congress with any hope of ascertaining how our relations jtand with that country. A Stormy Session.-- Tuesday last was a stormy day in both branches of Congress. In the Senate an altercation took place between Senators Benton and Foote, on the question ol the admis sion ol California, in which hard words were ut tered by both gentlemen, but which ended, as is usually the case in Congressional altercations, in nothing but wind. In the House the difficulty was of a graver and more exciting character. Mr. Preston Kino, a Free Soiler from New York, charged the Speaker Mr. Cobb, with mutilating and altering the journal, with the view ol smother ing the California question in Committee of the Whole. The charge was a most preposterous one, and gave rise to an angry discussion between Mr. K. and some six or eight other gentlemen, not one of whom believed in the truthfulness of the allega- tion. The Speaker himsell seemed to court an in quiry into the matter, and the debate was at length brought to a close by raising a committee of inves tigation. Mr. Cobb will doubtless pass unscath.ed through the ordeal. During the discussion Mr. Winthrop, at the request of Mr. C., occupied the Chair and appointed the Committee. P. S. We since learn that the Committee made a unanimous report, entirely exhonerating Mr. C. from any blame. On the contrary, the report states that he did nothing more than his duty as Presiding Officer of the House. Cattle from the West.— The N. York Express says:—“But few people in New York, we apprehend, have any just conception of the magni tude and importance of the cattle trade of the West; nor is it known, we dare say, beyond the precincts of the drove yards and the markets, that of all the beef we consume in this part of the country, full two-thirds, or more than two-thirds of it, come to us from the. banks of the Ohio and its tributary streams. The average weekly demand from the city of New York for beef cattle is, throughout the year, fairly estimated at 'twelve hundred head. At $6 per cwt., the lowest price for which purchases can be made, just now, this will give us an aggregate valuation of near $4OO, 000. Kentucky sends us annually a vast number of cattle, as well as Tennessee and some parts of Western Virginia, but by far the greatest propor tion comes from the ' Buckeye State.’ ” Tlie Wheat Crop.- -The Hagerstown Torch Light says:—“ We are sorry to learn that, in some portions of our county, the wheat crop is very unpromising. We hear of some persons who are about to plough up their wheat fields. The fly and worm have done considerable damage; and the closing of winter, alternating in warm and cold spells of weather, has been very severe upon the ypung grain.” The Cambridge Democrat of the *2oth ultimo, says that the wheat crop in that vicinity looks well for the season. Daniel Webster. —lt appears that this gentleman's great speech in the Senate, does not please many of the Whigs and Abolitionists in Bos ton. We learn from the Post of Tuesday, that the meeting in Faneuil Hall, on the previous evening, called to denounce the speech, was largely attended by people ol both colors. It was called to order by Francis Jackson, Esq., who announced the fol lowing officers: Samuel E. Sewall, President; Mes. srs. Jackson, Bowditch and French, Vice Presidents; and Messrs. White and May, Secretaries. The"iob- ject of the meeting being stated by the President, a letter from the Hon. Charles F. Adams-was read Rev. Theodore Parker then addressed the assembly for upwards of an hour and a half, in a speech gen erally denunciatory of Mr. Webster and the views expressed by him. Io the course of his observa tions, he styled the Massachusetts Senator the Ben edict Arnold of the Age. At the conclusion he of fered a series of resolutions, in which the speech" was denounced as “not fit to be made.” Wendell Phillips, Esq, followed after him in the same track with, perhaps, a little more enthusiasm and rheto rical finish. . He spoke of Webster as “a traitor to the constitution and an apostate to humanity,” with a great many more harsh names. The meet, ing adjourned at a late hour. Wheeling P. M. —We learn from the Washington Union, of Friday, that on the previ ous day the nomination of James E. Wharton alias Jonathan Whitcomb, was withdrawn by the Presi dent, and Jacob S. Shriver nominated in his place, as Postmaster at Wheeling, and immediately con firmed by the Senate. il7"Spangler has removed his Book Establish ment into the large room adjoining his former one, and fitted it up in splendid style. In this age of improvement, he is hot the man to lag behind any of His neighbors—but is actuated by the “go-ahead” principle, which induces him to try to lead , rather than to follow after. ICTThe Delegates from Alleghany county to the Wilhamsport Convention, to nominate a Demo cratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, are in structed for Nimrod Stricklard, of Chester cp. POSTSCRIPT! Proftswor John WkWebgter foi Guilty! We received in Etta BTew York Globe, of Sun day, containing that on the previ-. ous night, .the Jury, in the trial 0 f Prof. Webster of Dr. Parkman, at Boston, nila verdict of GUILTY. The verdict was received by the crowd in attendance with some marks of disapprobation—many present believing him inno _cent of.the crime for which he will have to suffer Death of Hon. John C. Calhoun. Washington, March 31. The Hon. John C. Calhoun expired this morning, at ten minutes paßt seven o'clock, at his residence on Capitol Hill. ' None of his lamily, save one son, were present His death, though not unexpected, has cast a gloom .over the city. The funeral will take place on Tuesday. His remains will be temporarily deposited in the Con gressional Cemetery, previous to their removal to South Carolina. The funeral will take place under the directions of the Senate, and the highest honor will be paid to his memory. Washington Correspondence. Our Washington letter came to hand too late to publish entire—having reached here on Sunday. We make room for the following extract from it: Washington, March 29, ISSO. “ New prospects are still springingup for adjust ing existing difficulties between the No-th and South j almost either of which, thus far, would be acceptable to the Democracy ol the North—being upon the non-intervention principle. But, being so, a large portion of the South are*still ultra and non-concessive, while Northern Whigs, to a very great extent, will be satisfied with little or nothing short of an absolute Wilmot Proviso in the case. “ Thus things stand—in the Senate, Mr. Clay’s measure, Mr. Bell’s measure, and Judge Walk er’s proposition are all under debate, and to-day Mr. Benton brings in his bill for the admission ol California, according to notice: Among those now before the Senate, that of Judge Walkeb’s is the one best calculated to meet the views of the De mocracy both in and out of Congress, being based upon the true Cass platform. In the House the simple bill of Governoa Doty’s haß bean the only scheme proposed, though others have been daily expected to appear for aome time past. “There is a proposition now somewhat talked of and largely favored by some, though mostly by men of the strongest Southern feeling, which is, to create a sort of medley bill—a kind of non-de script—a bill embracing the admission of Caliiornia the Fugitive-Slave Bill, and a Territorial Govern’ ment for Utah, the Mormon country. <f Now, perhaps as a dernier resort—as the last effort at compromise—such a scheme must be tol erated] but it may well be questioned, when we turn to the history ol legislation and see the ill effects of conglomerating subjects of ad verse charac ters iu the same bill, whether the precedent is not becoming dangerous, and whether, also, this ques tion cannot be better and more beneficially settled by resting each subject upon its own individual merits, eaah in bills identical with their objects. “ Why, if California is to be admitted, which is now undoubted by all—why should the passage of a bill for such admission be retarded by the dead weight of any measure the justness, or even the passage of which is doubtful ? Such a medley can hardly be considered a compromise. And if three measures of different natures may be embodied in one bill, why all the acts of Congress for an entire session might also be. “As to the Fugitive Slave Bill, there is but a slight diversity of opinion among the honest and thinking portion of the country. There are very few who do not know that Sec. 2 of Article 4, of the Constitution has not, in good faith always been carried out by the North. That it should be the South has a rightto demand ; that it should be, the North is bound injustice and good faith, to see to. Congress is willing to abide by its duty, and there fore to pass this bill.” lue Sea Serpent. — The sea monster recently seen on the coast of the Carolinas, has at length» according to report been captured. It is of the whale species—has the head of a whale, with a snakish body, and several protuberances on the back.-of hogshead size. There were two grown whales and two calves, which from their position were supposed to be one “serpent.” The grown whales were about 40 feet in length. ILrWe have received from the publisher, a new book jjpst issued from the press, entitled “New Youk by Gas Light,” in which are depicted, in glowing colors, some of the foul scenes that are en acted in the Empire City. It is a graphic picture of the gambling, dissipation and debauchery so prevalent there. ET William M. Mateer, Esq. has re tired from the Carlisle Democrat. The paper is to he hereafter conducted by J. K. BoTEn, Esq., alone. ID* A valuable table for reference will be found on the fourth page, lor which we are indebted to the politeness oi the Editor of the Examiner"and Herald. It is a complete list of all the Township Officers elected in March—as also of all the Post Offices in Lancaster County, with the arrival and departure of the mails, &c., &c. tD* The testimony read to the Senate in the Forest Divorce Case, is published in the Spirit of the Times, of Friday last. Unless all the witnesses have committed gross perjury, (a thing scarcely possible,) then is Mr. Forrest a deeply injured man. The testimony appears to be conclusive as to his wife s infidelity, and he ought to succeed in obtain ing a divorce. The case, we believe, is to be tried before the Court in Philadelphia—the Legislature refusing to pass finally upon the application. inTThe bill giving to the people the right to elect the Auditor Gerteral, Surveyor General, and Deputy Surveyors, has passed both branches of the Legislature, and is now in the hands of the Governor. Sew Booh.9.— We are indebted to the pub lisher, Henih C. Baird, south-east corner Market and Fifth streets, Philadelphia, for a valuable pub lication entitled “The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical; embracing its applica tion to the Arts, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Geology, Medicine and Pharmacy.” The work is edited by James C. Booth, A. M. M. A. P. S., Melter and Refiner in the U. S. Mint, and Professor of Chem istry in the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia—as sisted by Campbell .Morfit, Author of “Applied Chemistry’ and “Chemical Manipulations.” The work is very elaborate—being a large and handsomely bound volume of some 600 pages of closely printed matter, interspersed with explana tory plates, &c. It is a book that should be in every man’s library, as it contains a vast amount of. information on the above mentioned subjects, which is highly interesting and useful to the man of science, the Mechanic, the Artist, Agricultural ist, Miner and Housekeeper. With the above we also received a neatly bound volume of 200 pages, entitled a “ Syllabus of a complete course of Lectures on Chemistry, includ ing its application to the Arts, Agriculture and Mining,” by Professor Solly, ol London. This is also a valuable book, and contains a great deal of useful information in a condensed form, and is an admirable synopsis of the science of Chemistry. These valuable books are for sale at Spaxgler's Book Store. The ‘ North. British Review'" has just been received from the Publishers, by Mr. Gisn. “ -Eva St. Clair • and other Collected Tales," by G. P. R. James, Esq. This new work has been placed on our table by Mr. Gish, and from a hasty glance at its contents, we doubt not it is a book worthy the fame of its author. Price 25 cents. “ Petersons Magazine," for April, is an excellent number, with choice reading and handsomely embellished. Lutheran Church has been lit up with gas, during the last two evenings. The fixtures are very fine, giving to the lights a brilliant and beau* tiful effect. We understand that the congregation are delighted with the change.— Lan. Union. The most splendid clothing establishment to be found in New England, or the country, is Geo. W. Simmons’s Oak Hall, Boston. His stock is large and prices low. His admirable system of doing business has rendered him popular with the business public. Lancaster Slarkets. . Lancaster, March 30. The notso firm—s 4,37 is offered for superfine* and $4',50 for extra. •"* GnXxs-Hqprn is in good request at 50a56c Rye is worth 066 ; Oats 26c. Whisky—*2lc.per gallon. Butter sells readily from N lB to 20c. Eggs sold iat 10c. Chickens are scarcest 31 a 37c—dressed 37 a 40c per pair. • Potatoes arc 70 a SOc for Mercer. Phlladelphta' Markets. Philadelphia, March 30. FLOUR— The Flour Market is still inactive; common brands, fresh ground for export are held at S 4 81 per bbl. Rye Flour is worth about $2 87. CORN MEAL is dull at s2} for both PeunsyivS ma and Brandywine. WHEAT— Prime Pennsylvania reds are selling, freely at 104 a 105 c, and white at 110 a 112 c. • PcMßjlvania is' held at 63 a 64c, and Southern at 62c. ’ CORN Old yellow is worth 54c | new 58c, white 5S a 60c. OATS—Southern are worth 32 a 33, Pennsvlva nia 35 a 36c. WHISKEY—SaIes in bsrrels at 24c and in hhds 23c. CLOVERSEED sells in small lots at $4l a s4* yer bushel. CATTLE—The offerings reached 1800 head of Beeves; 400 were driven to Philidelphia Prices ranged from $2,25 to 3,50 on the hoof. 900 were taken by city butchers. Baltimore Markets. Baltimore, March 30. FLOUR—Sales of Howard Street and City Mills at $4,62. Rye Flour sells at 3,12, Prime Red Wheat at 100 a 103 c. Corn 4S a 40 for white ; and 52 for yellow Oats, 30 a 33. Whiskey dull at 28c in hhla. CATTLE MARKET.— Beeves —The offering reached 500 head, of which 1050, including 450 for New York, were taken at $6 a 7 75 per 100 lbs. Cows and. Calves— About 200 offered, and all sold at $8 a 16 for Dry Cows ; $lO a 20 for Spring ers, and $lB a 32 for Milk Cows. Swine— 6so at market, and chiefly sold at $4 75 a 6 25 per 100 lbs. Sheep and Lames —There were 2000 brought in, and sales made at $2 a 5 for Sheep and Lambs at $1 50 a 4 50 each, as in equality. MARIUAGJES, On the 21st ult. by Rev. J.,J. Strine, Mr. David hahm, ol Penn twp., to Miss Harriet Griner, of Kapho township. On the 20th ult by Rev. J. H. Hurley, Rylan d. McAllister, to Ann Gochnour,.all of Murtic twp In this City on Thursday the 28th ult by M Carpenter, Mayor, Mr. Reuben Reynolds, ol Cecil County Md., to Miss Maria Paxton, of Chester co. Pa. In this City on Monday the 25ih ult.. by Rev. H. Harbaugh, Mr. Joseph VV. Norbury, of l’hila., tr IVliss Catherine A. Harmony, ol Union By the Rev. E. H. Hoffheins, on the J 7th u i t Mr Henry Horst, of Conoy twp,, to Miss EF lSa b et h Hamilton, daughter of the late John Har n j] ton of Columbia, Pa. ’ By the same on 21st ult. Mr. Abnfr mm Schowf, to .Miss Fanny Loosing, both of Coney township, At Ephrata, on the 19th ult., b.y R ev Daniel" Hertz, Mr. Isaac Rank, oi New F.phrat i to Elisabeth Ludwig, ol West Coculij, ail of Uifoto On the 21st ult, by Rev. J. C. Baker, Mr. Daniel Lint, to Miss Hester Ann Wenger, both of this City On the 25th ult by the same, Mr. Lewi Bressler, to Miss Frances Eby, bo,h of Upper Leacock. On lire 20th ult, by Rev. Gerhart, Mr. William Reamstown, to Miss Magdalena Fuerst, of Mr. Hope, Rapho twp. On 19th ult, by the same, Mr. Daniel Greiner to Miss Anna Diehm, both of -Penn township. DEATHS, At Gallaghervdle, Chester county, on Sunday evening, March 24th, at the residence of her Grand-Mother Maggie', youngest daughter of Mark Connell, Jr, of this co„ aged 18 months. Words are inadequate to express the sorrow I feel as these lines are penned. A flower has closed its fair petals on earth—another seraph has taken its station amid the heavenly choir, and is now voicing up its sweet anthem around the throne °f , r- ,T he fountain ® of grief that laved the cheeks of ihe affectionate parents and friends, are dried up in the sweet thought, that when the soul of their lovely Maggie winged its flight, the por tals of Heaven opened to receive a welcome visi tant. To the grief-stricken parents, and to her, for whose kindness of heart and feelings of affec tion the writer of this can vouch—whose tears sym pathised with the forlorn, I would offer the cup of consolation. r q Thou art gone, sainted one ! and the shell which encloses Thy sweet form, too pure for a cold world like this, We have covered with blossoms, and garlands of roses, a Y* r B* n ’B array for her bridal of bliss ! Oh . sad were the thoughts with thy image now blending, Thou joy of our heart and the light of our eyes— If faith did not see thee with angels ascending, mmor^a l in love to thy home in the skies. Oh! hushed be my heart! every sad thought re moving, In patience bow down ’neath the still quiv’rine rod; is O ! list to the voice of that angel reproving,. And think of thy rest with thy Saviour and God, * lhat rest which remaineth when earth’s sad do- minion, With life shall depart as the last ray of even, And from the cold grave, on faith’s upward pinion. We’ll join thee, dear Margaret, for ever in Heaven. * jj. p. jj. In Carlisle, on Thursday morning last, after a lingering illness, Benjamin D. Wunderlich, Esq Postmaster of that Borough, aged 33 years. rn this -City, on the 16th ult., Mr. John Getz, (Plumber,) aged 32 years, 6 months and 24 days. At Washington, D. C., on the 251 h ult., at the residence of her Drother, Dr. Charles D. Maxwell, C. S. N., Margaretta 8., wife of Henry Y. Slayma- On the 22d ult., Mrs. Barbara Mouk, wife of Mr. John Mouk, West Hempfield twp., this co., aged 65 years, 7 months and 14 days. On the 25th ult., Mrs. tarah Adams, in the 69th year of her age. On the_l9th inst., in this city Barbara Ann My ejly, aged 61 years, 6 months and 4 days. Fire! Fire! Fire! Notwithstanding the late fi re consumed almost every thing contained in JOHNSTON’S DAGUERREAN ROOM, Including apparatus, stock, fixtures, chemicals, &c he is not yet ready to “surrender;” but takes great pleasure in informing his friends and the public generally, that he has purchased in Philadelphia an entjrely new and much IMPROVED DAGUAR RLAN APPARATUS, far superior to any ever before used m this city, with which he is now' pre pared to take, at his old stand, splendid daguerreotype portraits , of all sizes, and at all times, (without regard to weather) in a style of elegance unsurpassed by. any establishment in the larger cities, and at the very lowest rates at which GOOD PICTURES can be put up. Groups, containing any number of persons, neatly arranged, and taken on one plate. Accurate copies will betaken from other Daguer reotypes, Oil Paintings, Engravings, or Statuary. Pictures put up in splendid Rose wood Frames, Papier Mache Book cases, Lockets, Breast Pins, Rings, &c., on the most reasonable terms. • Entire satisfaction guarantied in every instance, and pictures WARRANTED NOT\ TO ’FADE. Johnston’s Daguerrean Establishment has been so long and so favorably known, that it is scarcely necessary to state that it is in Kramph’s Building, t corner of North Queen and Orange sts., and is the ONLY PLACE in Lancaster where perfect picture? can be procured. give him a call and examine specimens. a P ril 2 10-3 m GEO. W. McELROY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his office next door to the Intel ligencer Office, Market Square, in tbe rootr.' with finAH B. Swaeji, Esq Lancaster, April 2, 1850 To Farmers and Men of OILS, CANDLES, AND' GUANO. r PHE subscriber oners, at the lowest rates, in any 1 quantity to suit purchasers, genuine PERU VIAN GUANO, and every variety of Sperm, Whale,. Lard, and Tanner’s Oils. Manufacturers, Tanners, Farmers, Dealers and Consumers, are invited to call. GEO. W. RIDGWAY, No. 37, North Wharves, the first Oil Store, below Race street, Philadelphia, April 2, 1850.
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