Mr. Buchanan and the Com*
promise. A
The Washington Correspondent of the Ledger
attaches uncommon importance to the opinions of
Mr. Buchaxah at the present juncture; and is ex
tremely anxious to know whether he is in favor of
the Compromise bill now before the United States 1
Senate. We are by no means authorized to speak
for Mr. Bucbasas on this or any other subject;
and we consult our sense of duty alone, in any
opinionswe proclaim on the great questions of the
day. But we know that there is not a statesman
in the Union who.is so little disposed to make per.
zonal views paramount to the public peace, or who
is more willing to sacrifice his own feelings to ob
. tain a satisfactory settlement of the question of
slavery. He showed this during his long stay at
Washington during the present session; and such
are no doubt his feelings at the present moment.
We have already taken our stand in favor of the
Compromise bill now before the Senate; and we j
have no doubt that Mr. will rejoice if:,it I
should pass both branches of Congress, and con- j
tribute to the adjustment of the present dangerous
difference between the two sections of the Union.
Whether he will think, with “ Observer, 11 that it
is necessary tor him to appear in the public prints,
in its favor, depends precisely upon the fact, wheth
er he looks upon the exigency to be as alarming 1
as that writer does; or whether' he has as high an .
opinion of his influence in the Union. Whatever he j
may do, however, we think the issue will hardly go j
farto alter beliefthat the Constitution has !
no firmer or more vigilant friend than Jab. Buch
anar. It is not the way to gather strength for ;
the Compromise, to make those who have been ac 1
tive and prominent in enlisting public sentiment
against the enemies of the Union, the Objects of j
unprovoked, gratuitous and unnecessary criticisms
Pennsylvanian.
An Agricultural Bureau.
The following bill, which Senator Sturgeos
has reported froia the. Committee on Agriculture,
of which he is Chairman, is expected to pass both
. Houses of Congress :
In the U S. Senate, April 18,1850, Mr. Sturgeon,
from the Committee on Agriculture, reported the
following bill, which was read, and passed to a
second reading.
A bill to establish an Agricultural Bureau in the
Department of the Interior.
Sec. 1. That there shall be established and at
tached to the Department of the Interior, an Agri
cultural Bureau, the head of which shall be called
Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be appoin
ted by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and shall receive the same
salary as the Commissioner of Patents.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of said Com
missioner to collect agricultural statistics ; to pro
cure and distribute valuable seeds, cuttings, buds
and tubers; to procure and put in operation a
chemical laboratory, at a cost not exceeding two
thousand dollars, and cause to be made all desirable
analysis of minerals and mineral waters, and such
as relate to the composition and improvement of
soils; the feeding of domestic animals; the prepa
ration and preservation of bread stuffs ; the manu
facture of sugar, and such other manufactures as
may be connected,with agriculture, and arise im
mediately out of agricultural products ; and to pre
pare and make, annually, a full report to Congress,
containing an account of such experiments as may
have been made and such useful information as he
may have obtained on all the subjects connected
with the duties of his office.
Sec. 3. That there shall be appointed in said
Bureau a chemist, whose salary shall be two thous
and dollars per annum ; and a chief clerk, whose
salary shall be one thousand six hundred dollars ;
a recording clerk, whose salary shall be one thous
and dollars; and one messenger, whose salary
be seven hundred aud.fifty dollars.
Sec. 4. That there is hereby appropriated, to pay
the Balary of the commissioner, chemist, chief clerk,
clerk, and messenger; to purchase the chemical
apparatus, aud defray the contingent expenses of
said Bureau, for the fiscal year endiug the thirtieth
of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, the sum of
sixteen thousand dollars.
fljrln connexion witn the above, we insert the
following article,copied from the Washington Union:
Democracy of Science,
Gentlemen :—I have the strongest assurance
that you not only understand, but appreciate the
difference between the diffusion and consolidation of
science, and of useful knowledge generally. You
know quite well that it is one to possess every
farmer with a knowledge of the character and ca
pabilities of his soil, and of the deposites of marl
or other fertilizers within his reach, and another
thing to deposite that knowledge in ponderous
volumes, to be plaeed upor. *he shelves of State and
college libraries, but littl read, and less understood
or applied to any practical purposes.
Two measures now in progress for the diffusion
of practical science will, lam sure, secure both'
your approval and your aid. Members of Congress
and various government functionaries are taking
measures to distribute into their respective districts
products of nature and art, especially specimens of
geology and mineralogy, designed to aid in deter
mining the character of similar productions coming
under their observation while instruments of sub
stantial knowledge are thus scattered to alt parts
of our Union ; 611 schools, and families are very
extensively becoming exploring agencies of mineral
and other natural resources to be put to the test by
specimens brought within their reach. Let this
combined operation be extended,'' and, in addition
to a few dozens or hundreds of public and paid
professors of Science, to develop the resources of
the country, several millions will be heartily en
gaged to extend and complete the same grand pur
pose; though each should confine his researches to
his immediate vicinity, the fruits of all would be
come public property, and each concerned come in
possession of knowledge developed by all the rest.
By such an army of explorers, every foot of
ground through the w’hole country might eventually
be placed under the most rigid examination, the
natural wealth of the country developed, and every
farmer in the nation furnished with knowledge
most intimately and directly applicable to his daily
pursuits.
Few are aware of the ardor or the success with
which even young children engage in exploring
and learning the natural productions around them,
or of the rapidity or extent with which knowledge
thus acquired is diffused, becoming public property.
A few such juvenile explorers in Boston, some
twenty years since, by distributing through their
State collections made by them, led to the geologic
survey of Massachusetts. That gave the first im
petus to similar surveys in all the States of the
Union, rising up hosts of scientific men, and devel
oping many millions of hidden wealth.
Such being the simple facts in the case, I am not
aware that 1 can make a better suggestion to your
numerous and wide spread readers, than for them
to encourage the young spirits under their control
to examining and collecting specimens of minerals
and other natural productions under their immediate
and daily observation. The names, properties, and
uses of specimens thus collected will not be far
behind the collections themselves. Some aid for
that object will doubtless be rendered by specimens,
in a way to be distributed in great numbers and
through various channels from our national me
tropolis. u
Caban Expedition.
■Speaking of this expedition, about which there
is so much talk in the newspapers, the « Baltimore
.Argus has the following sensible remarks on the
subject of an interference by Gen. Tatlob to pre
vent the revolution from going forward :
We certainly would not lend our aid or wish
the government to lend its countenance, to foment
ing rebellion in any fr reign province. On the
contrary, we wonid desire the observance oi an
honorable neutrality towards all nations. But we
cannot believe that neutrality require such efforts
as tne administration is said to be putting forth to
prevent the freedom of Cuba. It is right and prop
er that all armaments known to be intended for
. hostile operations in foreign countries should be ar
rested, if found assembling in our harbors or wa
i .u 1 taat we are ' 'ailed upon to send a fleet
out to the coaste of Cuba to protect it from the de
scent of a hostile force; is a> little more than our
ideas oT neutrality can understand. We are not
il ar il^ at “ y tre , a ' y ’ offensive defensive, ex-
, US and »y which we'are bound to
fight her battles-or defend her provinces • but if the
adna,ms, ration ha, fleet for fhat pur
pose, or given orders to our coursers off that island
to such effect, it has done more than it was bound
to do, more than it has authority for doing and
more than the feelings of the country will g’sanc
tion. While we. would not aid or knowingly per
mil our cinzens to organize upon oar shores for Sny
act ° f h ?Mility towards. Spain, we would not in-
WMh 1116 ataeai 01Cuba in any effort which
may see proper to make to shake off the
which they have so long been man
“ey have an “alienable right.to be their
OUogmasters and to select their own government
anCyeyas.republicans, shonld be the last peopk
w v interfere rn any manner with that right.
intelligencer & Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
Lancaster* Bay 28, 1850.
To oar Democratic Friends!
We have a proposition to make. It is this: As
soon as one hundred new paying subscribers can
be obtained in Lancaster county we will enlarge
the “lirTZLLiGZvcxR,” so as to add four columns of
reading matter to each number. If one or two ac
tive men in each township and borough will make
the effort, we have no doubt treble that number
can be obtained in a few weeks. What say our
Democratic friends to the proposition? Who will
be the first to move in the matter?
[p* The valuable properties, in Lancaster county,
advertised in this week’s paper by Mr. Christian
B. Herb, are well worthy the attention of capital-
Virginia Lands,
, By reference to our advertising columns it will
be seen that a large body of land, in Prince Wil
liam county, is offered for sale. From its advanta
ges of location, &c., as well as the facilities afford
ed for markets, this is doubtless & desirable proper
ty, well worthy the attention of capitalists.
An excellent farm in Jefferson county is also of
fered for sale, which, located as it is in one of the
most fertile regions of Virginia, cannot fail to at
tract the attention of purchasers.
ICTWe are indebted to the kindness of G. Wash
isoton Baker, Esq., now at San Francisco, for five
copies of the “Daily Alta California,” being of the
issues of April 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. They were
received here on Sunday last, the_ 26th instant—be
ing about five weeks on the route.
Anthony E. Roberts, Esq.
We are pleased to learn that this gentleman,
resides at New Holland, in this county, has
been confirmed by the U. S. Senate, as Marshal for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. R. is a
most estimable citizen, whose appointment was cred
itable in the highest degree to Gen. Taylor. If
the administration had appointed all such men to
office, no fault could possibly be found with any o*
the present Whig incumbents.
The Crops.
Our country friends tell us that the grain and
grass crops never presented a more promising ap
pearance in Lancaster county, at this season of the
year, than they do at the present time. The cool
weather during the present month seems to have
been peculiarly favorable to these crops—particu
larly to the growing wheat and rye. The season,
however, so far, has been.unfavorable to the growth
of corn, and, as yet. it has made bpt little head
way. The crop of oats promises well.
“ Stand from Under.”
Under this caption the last Union $ Tribune in
dulges in what we conceive to be a most unjustifi
able attack upon the City authorities, because, for
sooth, the Mayor, as he was in duty bound to do
according to the oath of office Ke had taken,' and
at the urgent request of many of the citizens, has
enforced the law in reference to obstructions on the
pavements and public thorough-fares of the town.
The object ot that paper is so apparent, that no
person can be mistaken. It is not sympathy for
our “merchants” and “tradesmen” that has prompt
ed the attack, so much as an anxious solicitude to
make a little political capital for the Whig party
in this City. Had it been the act of a Whig May
or and Whig Constables, we should have heard no
complaint from that quarter—not a word;—on the
contrary, it wouliUhave been all right in the eyes
of the Editor. But as this is a Democratic City,
under Democratic rule, and is likely to remain so
for a long time to come, unless some dissatisfaction
can be created in the ranks of the party, the Union
makes a feeble and disreputable effort to sour the
minds of some of the Democrats who have been
affected by the enforcement of the law. That our
neighbor will fail in his effort to create a diversion
in favor of the Whig party, we have not a doubt.
The Democrats of Lancaster are too firmly rooted
and grounded in their faith, and are too ardently
devoted to the principles which they have so long
contended for and maintained, to be swerved from
the path of duty by such transparent devices; and
the crocodile tears of .this Whig Editor over their
imaginary wrongs will all have been shed in vain.
We, too, go in for giving the “ merchants” and
“tradesmen” every possible facility for showing off
their goods and wares to the best- advantage ; but
we are also in favor of having the comfort and con
venience of the citizens generally provided for.—
Especially do we like to see the pavements kept as
clear as possible of obstructions after night-fall. In
the day-time pedestrians can manage to get along
in a sort ol a way, even if they have to leave the
pavements occasionally and trudge through the
mud or dust of the streets; but in a dark night, es
pecially alter the stores are closed, it is rather a
risky and disagreeable business to venture out, in
asmuch as there is neither safety, comfort, nor
profit in stumbling over, or running against boxes,
and breaking one’s shins and tearing his clothes in
to the bargain.
These are our notions of the matter, and there
fore we cannot find fault with the action of the City
authorities. We repeat, that we are in. favor of
giving the business men every facility for showing
off to the best advantage during the day-time pro
vided they do not infringe upon the rights of other
citizens, and provided also that the law will permit
the Major to exercise his own discretion in the
matter; but at night and bn Sundays the pave
ments ought to be kept clear of boxes and all other
incumbrances. If there be a law on the subject
and we presume there is—then the Municipial au
thorities are bound to enforce it. If any of its pro,
visions are considered harsh and unnecessary, let
those who may be aggrieved seek to have them
repealed; but, for conscience-sake, let no one not
even the Editor of the Union, who is by no means
fastidious in such matters, —ask the City authori
ties to violate the oaths of office they have taken,
by neglecting or refusing to enforce the law so long
as it stands unrepealed upon the statute fiook.
Dreadful Accident.
We regret to be informed that a married lady,
a Mrs. Crosson or Crosby, was killed almost in
stantly on Wednesday evening last, while attempting
to cross the railroad in the neighborhood of Lemon
Place in a carriage with others, as the night line
up was approaching. The horse became unman
ageable, and the ladies were thrown out of the car
riage, the deceased unfortunately falling upon the
track, when the cars passed over her body crushing
her almost to a jelly. She survived the accident
hut three or four hours. The others were but
very slightly injured. No blame, we believe, at
taches to the engineer, as it was already dark, and
the locomotive close upon it before the carriage
was discovered, The husband of the lady was im
mediately sent for, and arrived jqst in time to see
her breathe her last. She retained her senses to the
last moment. She resided at Penningtonville.
03*The Reading Gazette expresses the opinion
that the Democracy of Berks county are decidedly
in favor of Col. Whliaji Bigleh, of Clearfield
as the next candidate for Governor. The delegates
from that county voted for Mr. Longstreth, in 1848.
ET The “ Trentonian,” formerly a Taylor Whig
paper, has renounced its former faith, denounced
Gen. Taylor as a political humbug, and a violator
Of all his pledges. The paper now flies the Demo
cratic flag at its mast-head.
RT-Govemor Johsstox, of Pa., and Gov. Cxsxx,
of Illinois, both in N. York, on Thursday.
Tlie Galphin Claim.
The following is an extract from rhe very able
and conclusive Report of three members of the Com
mittee, raised in . the House of Representatives to
investigate the claim of nearly two hundred thou
sand dollars interest; paid by Secretary-Meredith to
Secretary Crawford under the direction of the At
torney General, and with the sanction of Gen. Tay
lor himself, as appears from the testimony, elicited
during the investigation. After an elaborate ar
gument against the validity of the claim itself, of
which they give a foil history, they then proceed to
quote a number of decisions, as well as the opin
ions of Attorney Generals Wirt, Butler, Rush, Le
gare and Crittenden, to show that it never has been
the practice, nor is it the law, to allow interest on
claims against the Government, except in certain
specified cases. The Committee say that this claim
was not within either of these exceptions—and
it had been, interest could only be allowed at most
from 1837, when the first application was made to
Congress for payment of the original claim, in
stead of for the long period of seventy-three years,
which has been allowed by the present Secretary
of the Treasury. After the most conclusive argu
ment against the legality of allowing any interest
at all, the report goes to say that—
Mr. Crawford was appointed agent and counsel
for this claim as far back as the year eighteen hqn
dred and thirty-three. As such, he asked payment
from the Legislature of Georgia; from the Indians,
at the treaty of New Echota; and lastly, from the
government of the United States. Up to the year
1835, with the exception of the application to the
British Government, the claimants had besieged
the government of Georgia- alone. No one con
cerned seemed to have thought that the United
States were under any obligation, either legal or
moral, to pay the debt; but, at the treaty of New
Echota, the United States Commissioners agreed
that the federal government should guaranty its
payment, “ without expense” to the Indians. The
claim was, however, rejected by the Senate, as is
shown in the history of the case ; but that event
marked the first development of the thought that
the United States might be'induced to pay it. More
than half a century had rolled away from the time
that the war of independence had been brought to a
close; but the claim had been kept alive by the in
dustry of Galphin’s representatives. It had been
urged and argued, again and again, before the Leg
islature of Georgia; but no intimation had dropped
from any quarter, that the government of the Uni
ted States ought to be answerable for the debt.
The proceedings at New Echota, however, opened
a new quarter from which payment might be ob
tained ; but in the first instance the effort failed.—
The Senate of the United States rejected the pro
vision, and the untiring claimants renewed their ap
plication to the Georgia Legislature, though again
without success. Not yet discouraged, in 1844,
they again applied to Congress, and finally in 1848,
Congress passed the act requiring the Secretary to
examine and adjust the claim. Mr. Crawford still
retained his relations to it, and by agreement vir
tually owned one-half of the entire amount. Un
der the terms of the act, the late Secretary of the
Treasury felt it his duty to pay the principal; but
his term of office being about to close, he was un
able to devote the time necessary to that examina
tion which alone could enable him to decide the
question of interest; and though his impressions
were against the allowance, he left the matter open
to the decision of hi9,»successor.
• ...w wvyiii.v.. wi HIO.OU\.WCOOUI.
The principal was paid, and Mr. Crawford receiv
ed his share. Such was the position of the matter,
when Mr. Crawford entered the Cabinet as Sec
retary of War. Deeming his relations to be fairly
understood, he availed himself of ao early moment
to advise the President of che facts. He informed
him that he was connected with a claim then pen
ding before one of the departments for decision,
and demanded his opinion upon the propriety of
that position! for a member of the cabinet. The
President replied that he did not know that he had
forfeited any of his rights by becoming a member
of his administration. This he felt to be a sanc
tion, and Mr. Crawford at once employed counsel
to prosecute the claim. He, however, as=i ted in
revising, and in the preparation of the rents ;
and on several occasions spoke to the Seci’ rv oi
the Treasury, urging him to make an earl) ,>*( - -
tion of the case. He also spoke to the A- -i.c. -
General to the same purpose ; but he declar. ilm
he never apprized cither of these gentlemen ■>! his
interest in the matter, nor did he authorize any oth- .
er person to give them the information.
The general power of attorney in the case, exe
cuted by Milledge Galphin, executor, to Mr. Craw
ford, as well as similar power to receive and re
ceipt for the money, were among* the papers on
file, as well as several letters, showing that Mr.
Crawford was acting in the affair. All these papers
were before the Secretary of the Treasury, the At
torney General, and the First Comptroller; but the
two former deny that they had any knowledge of
Mr. Crawford’s interest. The Secretary of the
Treasury admits that, at some time, he heard that
Mr. Crawford has been connected with the claim ;
but the remark left no impression on his mind, and
the Attorney General says that he examined no pa
pers not necessary for him Uuinderstand its merits.
The opinion of the Attorney General was given,
and the Secretary of the Treasury ordered that in
asmuch as the Attorney General’s opinion decided
the principle that in point of law, interest should be
allowed, it should be done. The matter was referred
to the First Auditor for a settlement of the account.
This passed to the office of the First Comptroller,
who appended his approval, with the pithy remark
that “the signing of this certificate is an administra
tive act.” The money was paid, and after abating
the sum paid for expenses incident to the prosecution
of the case, Mr. Crawford received in conformity with
his agreement with the heirs, one half of the amount
as his own proper share. The interest amounted to
one hundred and ninety-one thousand three hundred
fifty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. From
this three thousand dollars were paid as fees to
counsel. Mr. Crawford’s receipt were twenty-one
thousand and four hundred and one dollars and
ninety-eight cents from the principal, and ninety
four thousand one hundred'and twenty-six dollars
and forty-four cents from the interest allowed in
all, one hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred
and seventy-eight dollars and forty-two cents.
Such are the facts connected with Mr. Crawford’s
conduct in relation to the affair, and we submit
them, without comment, to the judgment of the
House.
The matter involved was not a debt due from
the United States. The payment of the principal
was a matter of grace on the part of Congress, and
the extent to which it carried its bounty was fixed
by the act of ’4B. The duty of the Attorney Gene
ral in such cases is limited to the construction of
the law. What may be liberal or illiberal was not
within his province to determine. He is not the
almoner of the public bounty, nor has he a right to
superadd to his duty of determining the obligations
of the law, the kinder office of dispensing the lib
erality of the government. The administration is
the legal custodian of the public treasure. As the
guardian of it, the people have aright to look to it
for its protection ; but, if the members of the Cab
inet are to become feed counsel against the Treasu
ry, it requires but little knowledge of human na
ture to anticipate what must be the inevitable re
sult. The instinctive notion of every man, and the
common judgment of the public, will condemn a
position of the kind ; but it becomes doubly dan
gerous when it is deliberately sanctioned by the
President of the United States.
Mr. Clay vs. Gen. Taylor.
During the discussion of the Compromise Bill,
in the Senate, on Tuesday last, Mr. Cut thus ex
pressed himself of Gen. Taylob and the plan of
settlement he proposed:
He also again conti asted the President’s plan of
settlement with that which the Committee had pre
sented, and called upon the friends of the former
in preference to the latter to stand up face to face
in its defence. He challenged the contrast. All
agreed that it was necessary to restore peace and
harmony to the country by seme measure. What,
then, were the measures proposed for that purpose 7
Here were five gaping wounds—all and each bleed
ing and threatening destruction 7 What was the
plan of the President 7 To heal all these wounds ?
No—but to close up one of them only, and leave
all the rest to produce certain death—instead of
proposing a plan compromising the whole subject.
He had proposed one which was at most a feeble
palliative. He (Clay) had seen with surprise and
regret the resistance made by the chief magistrate
to the scheme of the Committee. The President
had come here with his plan recommending the
admission of California. The Senator agreed to
that so far as it went, but thought it neressary to
go further, and so proposed. The President ought,
then, in the spirit of compromise which should
prevail in both ends of the avenue, when the com
mittee proposed additional enactments to heal up
all these wounds, have bailed the measure with joy,
and given it.his sanction and support, instead of
opposing it in any manner whatever.
ILrThe Democratic Convention of Maryland, at
their meeting last week, placed in nomination for
the office of Governor, Enoch Lewis Lowe, Esq.,
of Frederick. The vote .stood: Lowe, 57; Mason,
22; Gittings, 19; Buchanan, 5.
The New Yore Weekly Globe. —This ex
cellent Democratic paper appears in an-entirely new
dress, and is now one of the very neatest, as it is
among the ablest republican journals in the Union.
It is published by Geo. R. Hazewell, at $2 per an
num, payable in advance.
Fabmers’ Contention.— The Agricultural Soci
ety of Philadelphia, with a view to founding a State
Agricultural Society, has issued a circulrr recom
mending a Farmer’s Convention, to -be held at Har
risburg on the third Tuesday of January' next.—
This proposal will, we doubt not) be responded to
from every quarter of the State.
What Greeley thinks of it!
The enormous haul made by Secretary Crawford
from the public treasury, with the sanction of the
President, Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney
General, is too much of a dose tor even Mr. Gree
ley, of the N. Y. Tribune, unscrupulous Whig par
tisan as he is, to swallow. We specially invite
our neighbors of the Examiner $ Herald, and Union
$ Tribune , to the following remarks of that gentle
man in his paper of Tuesday last. We do so the
more readily, because we happen to know that
Horace Greeley is looked upon as Sir Oracle by 1
Messrs. Darlington and FJamersly, as well as for
the purpose of calling their attention to this Galphin,
or Gulping business, a circumstance which they
appear to have, as yet, entirely overlooked. Mr.
G. publishes the entire Report, an extract from
which we give in another column, and, in calling
attention to it, says ;
“Our correspondent J. S. P. says of this claim:
‘Congress passed an act by which it was recognized 1
—clearly implying that it was recognized as just
and valid. We beg leave to dissent. Congress
simply directed the Treasury Department to inves
tigate the claim and pay whatever should be found
justly due from the United States to the heirs or
representatives thereon, if anything should be found
thus due. We voted for several such bills, and in
no case supposed we were affirming the justice of
the claim, but simply directing its settlement and
payment if just. To assume that such a vote
affirms the justice of the claim is unwarrantable,
and only to be hazarded
We don’t agree that even the principal ought to
have been paid by the Government.
But suppose it had : How does that prove that
interest ought to have been allowed on it ? When
was payment of this claim first demanded of the
United States and due proof of its validity offered?
We insist that, according to every principle of jus
tice and equity, no interest could be due from our
Government prior to a demand of payment from
that Government. Otherwise, a man who should
now for the first time assert and maintain that his
ancestor had loaned a thousand pounds to Norman
William to fit out his expedition whereby England
was conquered, could bankrupt not only the British
Government but the British Nation. Any Govern
ment might be broken by a claim that was old
enough, if this principle of paying -interest on a
constructive debt whereof the principal was never
demanded is to be sanctioned.
As to the excessive honesty of this payment of
interest, in view of the whole case, we beg our cor
respondent not to mention it again. The public
visage is already distorted in a grin that stretches
from ear to ear—further exertion would be danger
ous. Be merciful, and allow some chance for a
resumption of composure if not gravity.
The last Union If Tribune has a disingenuous
attempt to saddle the unusual length of the last
session of the Legislature upon the Democratic
members of that body. This is: quite in character
with the more reckless of the Whig press. They
will never tell the whole truth, where any thing is
expected to be gained for their party by pursuing
an opposite course. Why notinform their readers
that the Speaker of the Senate, who is a sort of
hybrid politician—half whig and half Democrat—
held the balance of power in the Senate, and that
in the Apportionment bill, and almost every other
measure of importance, he baffled legislation for
weeks, and eventually voted with the Whigs ? They
should also let their readers know that the first
Apportionment bill passed both branches, and was
vetoed by their anti-veto Governor—and that had
he not done so, the Legislature, in all probability,
would have adjourned some five or six weeks earlier
than they did. A course of this kind would be
considered honest, if not politic—and, as “honesty
is the best policy,” we opine that in the long run
these Whig editors would benefit their own party
more, than in attempting, by falsification and du
plicity, to divert public attention from the real truth
of the case. But they don’t do this. They are
guilty themselves of the very sin they charge upon
the Democrats, and raise the cry of “stop thief,” in
order to save themselves from the punishment they
deserve. But it won’t do, gentlemen. You cannot
make the Democrats a “scape-goat” to bear your
sins—nor can you persuade the people that whig
legislation is preferable to Democratic rule. Our
neighbor, we confess, has a happy knack of making
“ 'he bad appear the better cause”—but his present
undertaking is one which, with all his ingenuity, to
say nothing of his recklessness in making asser
tions, he will utterly fail in accomplishing.
Instead of attempting to throw dust in the eyes
of its readers in reference to the'proceedings of the
State Legislature, it would be better if the Union
£ Tribune would give them a little light on the
Galphin business , which is at this time attracting a
large share of public attention all overjthe Union.
It would be well enough to let them know that the
present Secretary of War, by trumping up an old
claim which had been over and over again rejected
as unfounded and unjust, has managed to pocket,
from Uncle Sam’s coffers, the neat little sum of
ID-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUS
AND, FIVE HUNDRED & SEVENTY-EIGHT
DOLLARS, AND FORTY-TWO CENTS,_cq as
his share alone of the spoils! We hope our neigh’
bor will advise his readers of this little circumstance
in the history of the Taylor administration.
“All tlie Decency.”
From time immemorial, says the Baltimore Ar
gus, the whig or federal party have claimed all the
decency and every thing else worth having in the
civilized world. If anything repulsive to good taste
presents itself to the vision of some fastidious whig
ling, or in opposition to the laws of propriety, it is
at once called democratic or “ locofocoish.” We
have been led to make these remarks from reading,
a few days since, the Washington correspondence
oi the model paper of the whig party, the New
York Tribune, whose editor is ever the first to cry
out against democracy, alias “ locofocoism,” and its
“ continued violation of all the rules of decency.”
The correspondence to which we have reference is
that of a lady!—Mrs Swisshelm. She attacks Mr.
Webster in a manner that would make any other
woman, having the least modesty, blush to the eyes.
We give an extract from this choice epistle. The
chaste Mrs. Swisshelm says:
“I do not think it is prejudice makes me think
Mr. Webster’s face disagreeable: but to me it has
an expression of coarseness, as though his animal
propensities were rather stronger than his intellec
tual powers. His face speaks the sensualist by na
ture—a natural, innate vulgarity, that would re
quire a large amount of strict training to elevate
into voluptuousness, such as is condemned by our
people when described by Sue or Bulwer. I know
this opinion ot Mr. Webster will be resented by his
western friends. I have never seen any such ex
pressed of him; but nearly every body knows that
he sometimes drinks to excess, and his friends here
say that he requires to be excited by wine to make
him approachable—civil. When quite sober he is
as gruff as a grizly bear. His mistresses are gen
erally, if not always, colored women—some of them
big, black wenches, as ugly and vulgar as himself."
What will our whig friends, who claim for their
party all the decency, say to this ?
Foreigm News.
The Steamship Europa arrived at Halifax on the
20th inst., and the Philadelphia papers of the 22nd
have the news by Telegraph.
The Europa brings seven days’ later intelligence
from England and all parts of the Continent. Her
commercial advices are highly important. The
late advance in cotton was not only firmly main
tained and accompanied with heavy sales, but the
accounts from the manufacturing districts were of
such a favorable character, that it is not unreason
able to look for even higher prices. The market
for breadstuff as well as for nearly 'every descrip
tion of American produce, show adecided improve
ment. The London money market is without any
marked change. Consols have slightly improved
—closing at 96£ for account. The demand for
American securities continues at firm rates.
The political news is not of an important char
acter. It is quiet in France, and no apprehension
of an immediate outbreak is entertained.
ITT Good Business.— The Oak Hail establish
ment in Boston sells annually half a million doll
ar s worth of clothing. This is probably more than
is sold by any other establishment in the country.
This argues well for the low-price system, which
is the motto of that establishment
FROM THE “FAR WEST.”
Lwte* to the Editor, dated
Council Bluffs, lowa,).
May 2, 1850. J
Mr. Editor Thinjring that perhaps some of
your readen mfiy be interested in a brief descrip
tion of this part of lowa, and the California emi
gration which is pouring through these narrow
ravines and over the plains to the Pacific coast, I
as a native of your county, shall feel happy in
giving them all the information I can. Well, on
the 23rd of April, 1849,. I took passage in the cars
from your beautiful city for Pittsburgh, and from
thence by way of Cincinnati for lowa. I landed
at Bloomington, (now Muscatine,) after a pleas
ant journey of thirteen days—from thence to lowa
city on the mail roote, over beautiful rolling prairie
with timber on the streams, distance 30 miles.—
This town is pleasantly situated on the lowa river,
at the head of steamboat navigation, and con
tains a handsome marble State House, five Churches,
an Academy, Court House, ten Stores, &c., with
1200 inhabitants. Only small boats can come up
to the city, and even they not at all seasons. I
remained in the town till this Spring, when after
hearing such flattering accounts of the Pacific coast,
and there being a company of such fine, intelligent,
jovial fellows starting from here, I was induced to
join them in their tour over the plains. So our
company,consisting ofsome 40 wagons, started from
lowa city, April 10th. Up to that day there had
already over 1200 teams crossed the lowa at this
point, and they were not half done coming. Well,
from this point we passed over the much talked of
Atlantic and Pacific railroad route, by way of
Fort Des Moines. It is principally beautiful prai
rie, with here and there a pleasant stream, and
well timbered. Perhaps some of your readers
have never seen a prairie; if not I will endeavor
togiveyou a description of one. You must imagine
yourself to be standing on a vast open meadow,
sometimes stretching for 20 miles all around you,,
with not a shrub to be seen near you, but generally
a grove to be seen in the horizon. In summer it is a
splendid view-to stand in the midst of such apraire,'
and behold the long, green grass waving like the
ocean.
We. arrived here on the 23rd, 250 miles from
lowa City. It will be remembered that this is the
point the Mormons struck for in 1846, after being
banished from Nauvoo, and from* this point the
greater number started for Salt Lake valley, (which
was then thought by many in the east to be a very
dangerous undertaking,) and part of them remained
here among the Indians. And at this time there
are about 6000 Mormons in this county ; but they
are starting for the valley as fast as they can raise
the means—and new supplies from the Eastern
States and Europe coming here, stop a year or two
and then go on, sacrificing their land claims to get
away. Any industrious young farmer who will
come here this spring with four or five hundred
dollars, can clear $lOOO and have a first-rate
farm besides in a year. This Missouri bottom land
is the richest land I ever. saw. Corn is selling now
for $2,00 per bushel; Flour $6,00 per cwt. This
is destined to become a place of importance, as it
is the first and last place emigrants arrive atand leave
in their trips across the plains. It is estimated that
there will be 70,000 persons start on the trip tins
Spring from here and St. Joseph’s; they are going
principally with horses and mules, averaging about
3i horses to a wagon j ox teams about five oxen to
a wagon, or about a horse and a half or two oxen
to each man. So you can make an estimate of
the immense amount of property that will cross the
plains this summer. I cannot now make a correct
estimate of the number; they are encamped for ten
miles back from the river on every little stream,
waiting for the grass and resting their teams. There
is no sickness here at present, and it must be very
healthy here among the bluffs and ravines. The
low land is not so healthy. We shall go ou the
north side of the Platte, by way of Fort Larimie,
South Pass and Salt Lake. This emigration is nearly
all from lowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and
Michigan. Our company intends starting on the
4th, so I must stop writing and commence arrang
ing our wagons. If we stop at Salt Lake Valley I
shall write again.
Yours, &c.,
The New Tariff Panic.
The Cincinnati Enquirer , in speaking of the at
tempt now being made by the Galphin Whigs to
get up a Tariff panic, says : “In this movement
manufacturing establishments are to act their part.
Wages are to be cut down—mills are to be stop
ped—furnaces are to be allowed to go out —and
all to be laid to the operations of the present tar
iff. Some of the eastern cotton mills and Mary
land and Pennsylvania iron works have already
made a commencement, and are endeavoring to
start the This is to be followed by meet*
ing* and the .circulation of petitions, according to
cues from head-quarters where panics and crises are
manufactured “to order.” So the country, we sup
pose, will have to run the gauntlet, that Senator
Cooper and other protectionists in Congress, can
have some excuse for remounting an old nag
which, by pretty almost universal consent, had been
turned out on the common, as altogether useless
for further services.”
Five Persons Poisoned.
The Toronto (Canada) Christian Guardian men
tions the following melancholy case of poisoning
in one family, and says that many in different sec
tions of the country have suffered from the same
error. The narative is told by a minister of the
Wesleyan Church: *
I was called on yesterday to attend the funeral
services of five in one family who were poisoned to
death by eating wild parsnips. ' The father had
dug them on Friday, and the Family had kept them
till Sabbath, boiled them with meat, &c., and used
in soup. Joseph Allen, his wife, one young man
18 years old, a boy 12, and a girl 5 years old, were
all poisoned to death by eating of the dinner.—
When they began to apprehend their danger they
immediately took portions of emetic, having the
medicine in the house. A daughter 13 years old
was just returning from Sabbath School, and as
she entered the door her mother told her to go to
Mr. Ivy’s and; say they were all poisoned, &c.—
When Mr. and Mrs. Ivy came, Mr. Allen was dy
ing ; suffice it to say, there were four of them dead
in less than 4 hours; a medical gentleman was
called in less than an hour, and every effort made,
but to no purpose. The little girl survived till
Monday evening and died. s The whole five were
interred on Tuesday, near the village of Jarvis,
township of Walpole. Mr. Allen and wife were
members of the Primitive Methodist Society. Mr.
Allen had been an accredited local preacher up to the
time of his death; was well known in the town
ship of Etobicoke, where he lived for several years
before moving up to Walpole
Affairs ijt France. —The election of Eugene
Sue to the French Legislative Assembly, while it
indicates the triumph of the Socialist party in
Paris, gives notice of another symptom equally un
favorable to the Government. We refer to the large
vote given by the soldiery for the Socialist candi
date. This is the more remarkable from the fact
that the troops in Paris were selected in view of
their supposed conservative tendencies.
The signs of trouble and of approaching com
motions are clearly visible in France. A removal
of the seat of Government from Paris has been
suggested, but it seems to have met with no favor
in the Assembly. There are intimations, too, in
some of the journals in the interest of Louis Na
poleon, that the existing constitution of the Re
public should be regarded already as a failure, and
that in substituting a new one in the place of it.
no special difference should be paid to the provis
ions which it contains prescribing the mode in
which it may be changed.
We are persuaded that the political condition of
France is at this time exceedingly critical, and
there is reason to believe from apparent and palpa
ble indications that important events are at hand in
that most interesting country. France has been
long struggling for a definite existence—for some
permanent system of government in harmony with
her interests, her expanding developments, her so
cial. industrial and political wants. That she will
finally succeed we cannot doubt—but in all proba
bility a long and painful process will be necessary
to a full consummation of the work she has to do*
—£«/<, American, '
Congressional News.
Washington, May 22, 1850.
Speech of Mr.' Souk in the Senate— Position of Mr.
Downs—Uncertainty as to the Compromise Quo
fion—Question upon the Admission of the Delegate
from New Mexico—Protracted Session and endless
Speeches yet to be Endured , £c., £c.
Mr. Soule gave us another specimen of his French
eloquence to-day, in a little speech in reply to a
vindication of Vermont, against the charge of fos
tering a species of Peon slavery, by Mr. Upham.
There was a quiet humor about if, so irresistible,
that even Webster himseU could not resist a move
ment of his visible muscles. You may readily, im
agine how such a feeble man (intellectually and
oratorically speaking) as Mr. Upham, fared in, the
hands of the eloquent Louisianian Air. Soule is
certainly an extraordinary man. His speech yes
terday is the theme of universal admiration, on
the part of the opponents as well as the advocates
of the views )ie set forth therein.
Mr. Downs has put an end to all speculation, as
to the course he will pursue with respect to the
slavery question. His speech, to-day, was an une!
quivocal assent to the report of the Committee of
Thirteen, as a compromise. On this subject, there
is a good deal of speculation as to the course like
ly to be pursued by the Senators from Virginia.—
It is thought that Mr. Hunter is more likely to
come into the measure than Air. Mason. This
may seem singular, until it is understood that Mr.
Mason, although coming from the Western section
of the State, holds his seat more by the assent of
the Eastern section than his own. In the present
state of jealousy between the two sections, no man
can be sent from Western Virginia, as Senator, who
is not considered perfectly reliable to Eastern Vir
ginia. One thing that gave Mr. Alason strength
among the Lowlanders, in the Legislature, was the
fact of his having been born in their section. From
this latter fact, it is reasonable to infer an additional
reason for a disposition, on his part, to take ultra
ground. While his early prejudices run that way,
his vote for a measure of compromise would be
much more liable to misrepresentation than that
ot Mr. Hunter. The presses in Mr. Alason's dis
trict are divided upon the question of compromise ;
and this fact, again, will tend to render his course
the more uncertain.
Upon the chances of the compromise report it
self, I am sorry to say that I am not prepared to
give an opinion, All seems still uncertainty.—
There is a great disposition to wrangle still mani
fested, and every additional speech only tends to
throw the matter into greater confusion. If they
continue to talk, confusion will assuredly become
worse confounded, and the result may realize the
saying of all talk and no cider.
You will observe that the House has had the
question of the admissibility of Mr. Smith, the
delegate from New Mexico, before it, in Committee
of the Whole. It did not make much progress.—
The speech of Mr. Strong was decided in its oppo
sition to admission. Seeing how this question was
connected with that of the boundary between New
Mexico and Texas, it was thought best to postpone
the matter until such period as would be likely to
find the whole territorial subject disposed of, if it
is to be at all. It was accordingly postponed to
the first Tuesday in July.
The disposition of the New Mexican question
clearly points to a protracted session. It is now
pretty certain that Congress will not adjourn until
the first of September, if indeed so soon as that.
So, if any get too hot during the dog-days, they
will have a chance to get cool again. The early
frosts of Autumn will soon reduce the superabund
ance of their caloric. Afr. Carter, in his waggish
way, assured the House, to-day, that there had only
been a “ beginning of the speechifying on the slave
ry question.” Some were inclined to treat his as
sertion as merely a jest. But it had a go'od deal of
truth in it, I can .tell you. It is calculated that
there is at least one hundred more speeches to be made
on this subject—and these not including the “ innu
merable number” of popgun-speeches, that will un
doubtedly be be made, under the five minutes’ rule,
on all sorts of pro forma amendments!
Il the above calculation be well-founded, you see
that the “sere and yellow leaf” will have fallen be
fore the hammer of the Speaker for the last time;
and it might be added, if it were not too much of a
'■ fall of another sort, that the pumpkins of the field
will have yielded up their store of fatness, long be
fore the pumpkins in the Congress of this great na
tion shall have been all delivered of their leanness.
But Ido not want to give you the blues; and,
therefore, L draw the curtain on the gloomy pros
pect before us.— Correspondence Baltimore Argus.
Tli© war in Cuba.
LANDING OF GENERAL LOPEZ!
The steamship Ohio, direct from Havana to New
\ ork, brings intelligence that Gen. Lopez landed at
Cardenas, a seaport situated Matanzas and
about one hundred miles from Havana, on the 17th
inst. After short skirmish he captured the town,
and the garrison of 600 men capitulated.. The in
vading force w'as about 1500 strong.
A small body of the invading troops, 105 in all
—mostly French and Germans—were,, captured at
Normail s Island, and brought to Havana. , Great
consternation prevails in the latter city—martial
law has been proclaimed, and the militia enrolled
en masse to assist the invaders.
P. RITZ
It was rumored that the force under Gen. Lopez
had increased to 2000 men, and that he was alrea
dy half way on his march to Matanzis. There is
a garrison of about 1500 men in that city.
The Ohio was detained more than 15 hours after
she was ready for sea, waiting for a permit from
the Government to transfer her passengers. AH
Americans are looked upon with a jealous eye by
the Cuban Authorities.
P. S. By the mail of yesterday we learn that
Gen. Lopez is now at Savannah, Geo., he having
left Cardenas in a hurry with a portion of his men,
under a hot pursuit by a Spanish steamer. Upon
landing at Savannah he -was arrested by order of
Gen. Taylor, but discharged again immediately for
want of evidence to justify his retention.
Fire. —The old “Bird in Hand” Tavern at En
terprise, in this county, was destroyed by fire, on
Wednesday night last. The fire was discovered by
a person who had been indulging in a social glass,
and by whom the alarm was given. The building
was occupied by five families, who barely succeed
ed in making their escape. The property was
owned by Henry Groff Esq. We did not learn
whether there was any insurance.
ID" A meeting was held last evening at Cooper’s,
for the purpose of adopting measures to organize a
military company in this City. We hope the ef
fort may be successful, and' that the ranks of the
“Fencibles” may be filled up without delay.
Fire.- The Museum Building, in this City, caught
fire on Wednesday morning last, in the room on
the second story in which the “ Wild Woman'* had
been exhibiting, from coals on the hearth. Fortun
ately it was discovered in time, and through the
exertions of the Firemen and citizens was arrested,
though not until the floor was burned through, and
some articles in Mr. Gable's and Mr. Pinkerton's
stores, underneath, were destroyed.
ID* We advise our city and country readers, to
call at Cuas. M. Erben & Brother’s elegant store
if they want to look at a splendid assortment of
new goods. See advertisement.
Gormley holds out great inducements to gentle
men who want to suit themselves in summer cloth
ing. See advertisement.
The Public Schools. —The following exhibits
the arrangements for visiting the public schools,
during the present month :
VISITING MEMBERS. SCHOOLS.
Rev. Mr. McCarter, High School,
H. Rotharmel, Mr. Gilbert,
J. Weaver, Mr. Nourse,
Joseph Ehrenfried, Miss Thompson,
H. B. Swarr, Esq. Miss Diller,
Hon/A. L. Hayes, Miss Miller.
Reporting Member, Rev. Male Department ,
Mr. McCarter. East.
E. C. Darlington, Miss S. Smith, '
Geo. Sanderson, Mrs. Magee,
P. Metzgar, Miss Hoffmeier,
J. W, Jackson, Miss C. Ebennan,
R. Moderwell, Mrs. C. Reinstine,
J. Zimmerman', Lewis Hood,
Reporting Member, E. C. Female Department
Darlington. East.
P. G. Eberman, J. Price,
Geo. Ford,'Esq. Miss Mayer,
Peter Gerber, Miss White,
C. Gillespie,• Miss Samson,
M. D. Holbrook, Mrs. Sullivan,
A. H. Hood, Esq. Miss O’Donnell,
Reporting Member, P. G. Male Department
Eberman. West,.
John Wise, •- Female High School,
C. Keiffer, Miss A. E. Eberman,
Henry Stoek, Esq. Miss A. Smith,
J. C. Van Camp, Esq. Miss Boyd,
P. McConomy, Miss Russell,
A. G. Helfenstein, Mrs. More,
John Bear, Mrs. Gotta,
Reporting Member, John Fmal* Department
Wise. WhU
City Items.
Rules and Regulations of tbe Son
Engine and Hose Company.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Sun .Engine
£ Bote the following Rules find Regulations
were adopted for the preservation of good order:
Any member or members aiding in a
trial of speed on returning from a fire, or false
alwra, shall be fined 25 cents for the first offence,
and be expelled for the second.
2 il slee in, or loitering in or about
tne Hose house 25 cts.
. 3 \ number running the house horn
fin“ 2 a 5 cu WIDS U,ObC a f “ lse 0De ' 6hall **
fire ß oA=lt A fter th ? re ‘ um of the from a
ctad anH .‘L arm ’ ,h , shall have the doors
dosed, and the crowd dispersed, for the neglect of
which each one shall be fined 75 cts. 8
Rdie 5 Members or others neglecting to com
bl y finc?or LS iDg ? nl " & shall
,med or «*P*lled at the option ol the company
By order of
THE DIRECTORS.
ID- The Rev. Hrsnx B. Bascoar, of Kentucky
has been elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, south. m
©t)£ Jflarkets.
Lancaster Markets,
Lancaster, May 25.
The Flour market is firm—s4,7s is orered tor
superfine, and $5,00 for extra.
Geain—Corn is in good request at 60a56c—Rye
is worth 56c ; Oats 33c. 1
Whiskey— 22c per gallon.
Buttes, sells readily from 17 to 20c
Eoos sold at 9 a 10c.
Chickens are scarce at 31 a 37c—dressed 37 a
40c per pair.
Potatoes are 62 a 70c for Mercer.
Philadelphia Markets,
Philadelphia May 26
Condition of the Markets.
The stock market is steady, and government so
curities tending upwards.
rm P rices in favor of sellers—sales
of 1,000 barrels at $5 18 a $5 25 for common
brands. Corn meal and rye flour $2 81 as 2 87.
Wheat is in good request, and prices improving
—sales of white 1 21 a $1 22 ; red 1 16 a $1 17.
torn is firm, with sales of white at 60 cents, and
yellow 62 a 63 cents. Oats 40 a 42 cents. Rve 61
cents. J
Provisions remain steady, and prices unchanged,
with only moderate sales. Lard 6 ) a, 7* cents in
bbla. and kegs. J ■
Groceries are in a moderate request. Sugars
somewhat firmer. Molasses unchanged. Coffee
s The cotton market is. firm, with small sales at
previous prices—supply moderate.
JVhiskey 24 a 24* cents per gallon.
BATTLE MARKET, May 25. At market 1,200
head of beef cattle, 200 cows and calves, and 600
nogs.
R nn* Ce J;T~? eeves> —The bulk ol the sales were at
6 00 a $7 60 per 100 lbs.
Cows and Calves sold at 16 a $3B
Hogs sold at 5 00 a $5 50 per 100 lbs.
Sheep and lambs.—The former sold at 2tos4 •
latter 1 to $2, according to quality. 7
Baltimore Markets.
Baltimore, May 26.
BEEF CATTLE—There was a limited supply
of Beef Cattle offered at the Scales this week, and
prices further advanced. The number offered for
sale was 254 head, of which 250 were sold to cify
butchers, at prices ranging lrom $3 50 to $5 00 per
100 lbs. on the hoof, equal to $7 00 a $9 75 net,
aD un V ri llg uf' 25 6 ross — a considerable advance.
o qU , ot s Live H °S* at So 00 a $660
pe £r rvTri S ‘ Stock rair ancl demand dull.
.— There has been an advance in the
pr !j B °«? OUr * oil Saturday SOO bbls. Howard St.
sold at ss„and on Monday 1000 bbls.* at S 5 12*:—
The steamer’s news received on Tuesday further
advanced prices, and 400 bbls; were taken at $5 26.
On Wednesday there were sales of 500 bbls. at $5
25. Yesterday the market was exceedingly active,
and about $2,800 bbls. were sold at $5 25. Sales
at tke ma rket firm.";
(ritAlfc.—Some smr.ll parcels of Alaryland red
wheat have been offered this week. -On Monday it
sold at 1 15 a 116 c, but under the steamer’s news
it has smee been bringing 118 a 1 20. Penn, red
which sold on Monday at 1 15 a 1 16, is now sel
*inS at I 20c, and white has advanced from 120 to
1 25c. There is a good demand, and prices still
tending up. r
Supply of Corn good, and prices advanced. On
Monday, white brought 53 a 65c, and yellow 57c,
“S 1 u n , ow in request at 57 a 58c, for white, and
j n° C / 0r y e,low * Salea of ft-J d. Oats at 38 a 40c
and Pa. do. at 42c.
SPIRITS.-Whiskey has been dull this week,
W . U oV m oo 8a 68 of bbls ‘ at 24 a 24 * c > and hhds.
at Z 6 a 2d*c, the market closing somewhat firmer.
marriages.
On the 16th inst., by the Rev. J. J. Strine, Abra
ham Miller, to Fanny Heidlebaugh. both of Cones
stoga.
_ On the a Ist inst., by the same, John Myers, of
Rapho, to Maria Spicer, of the borough of Wash
ington.
On the 19th inst., by the Rev. J. E. Graeff, V. D-
M., Jonas Sharp, of Ephrata, to Susanna Conrad,
of West Lancaster co.
On the 14th inst, by J. W. Fisher, Esq., V. Her
bert, Jr to Ellen, daughter of James McMahan,
Esq., all of the borough ot Columbia.
DEATHS.
On Monday, May 20th 1850, after a short but
painful illness, Clara Josephine, daughter of Will
lam and Jane Nauman, aged 5 years, 9 months and
20 days.
Mourn not for her, whose soul
Released from mortal woe and mortal care,
Is wafted upwards to its final goal;
Behold her there!
A wreath of fadeless flowers
Divinely twined around her angel brow,
Her harp tuned to the strain inHeavn’s high bow-
Of endless victory now! [era
In McConnellsburg, on Wednesday evening the
22d inst., Maggie Sample, daughter of Dr. S.E. and
M. Elizabeth Duffield, and grand daughter of Dr.
N. W. Sample, aged 2 years and 20 days.
On Wednesday, 13th inst., near Penningtonville,
Chester county, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Reuben Pass
more, aged 56 years, 6 months and 4 days.
Watches, Jewelry, & Silver Ware.
/CONSTANTLYreceiving the above goodsO*—
V_/ m every variety and style; also, a su -fr\**k
perior article of Double Plated Table andWt%7
Teaspoons, Forks, Ladles, Castors,
Wholesale and Retail, at 216 MARKET STREET,
south side, above Sixth, near Decatur street, Phil
adelphia. WILLIAM BAILY.
May 28, 1850. 18-ly
Flecken Seif.
MARHOFFE’S FLECKEN SEIF,' (Freckle
Soap) for the eradication of Freckles, Tan,
Morphew, Blotches, Pimples, be., &c. For sale by
GEO. A. MILLER,
West King Street.
may 28-18]
Husband's Magnesia.
A FURTHER SUPPLY of this article, proverbial
for its freedom from taste, smell, grit or rbugh
nesa of any sort, has been received by
GEO. A. MILLER,
West King Street.
may 28-18]
Valuable Lunds in Prince William
County, Virginia, for Sale.
THE subscribers are authorized to sell a tract of
land, lying in Prince William County, Virginia,
containing over
TWO THOUSAND ACRES.
It is bounded in part by the Potomac and Chopa
wamsie creek, upon which it presents a water front
of about one and three quarter miles, and the upper
part of the tract is but a short distance from Quan
tico creek. About six hundred acres are
CLEARED LAND,
well adapted to agriculture, and the residue is in
wood, of which it is estimated there are from 06
fo 70,000 cords, moatly of oak and pine, to which
the facilities of water carriage add great value.
The buildings consist of seven or eight
LOG HOUSES,
such as are common to that part of the country. The
land is abundantly watered with fine springs, and
it is supposed to be especially adapted to the rais
ing of early fruits and vegetables; and as two steam
boats pass the place daily, and sailing vessels con
stantly, these productions may be profitably and
speedily sent to market.
There are strong indications of an abundance of
hematile IRON ORE, samples of which have been
analysed and found to yield 48-per cent, of metal:
Indications of other metals have been found In the
neighborhood, and may be present also here.
On that part of the tract bounding on the river
there exists a most
VALUABLE FISHERY,
equal to any in that neighborhood, and during the
winter the river and creeks abound with canvass
back ducks, and other wild fowl, for. which the
Potomac is so justly celebrated.
This tract of land presents a rare opportunity’for
a combination of several families who desire* to
provide homes at a small cost, and at the same
time the opportunity ol becoming surely prosperous.
Peisons desirous to purchase will address us at
Baltimore. DOBBIN & TALBOTT*
may 28 18-8 m