2 "*i_ Corrwpoadeoce of thai latolilfoarar. Lewistowit, Judo sth, 1850 Capt. Geo. Sanderson— -Dear Sir.— l see that “ Mose” of the Gazette states, “ that the cogno men of Colunell&nii Mujpr somewhat “ seedy” of late.esp&cHtiy those of the corp* ed itorial.” Well I agree with him on that point, and would add, that if there it a man in the chair edi torial deserving.qf .the title of Colonel, though he had not been “ bloodyMMtb, P. M.,” it is he of the Gazette. The Editors of the 'Union Tribune , Examiner $ Herald , and the. Laneaste rian, respectively, have the “Colonel” attached ta their iiames,._ .Now, to show the public at large that they are not the only officers of the day, I have placed the appellation of Captain to the head of my letter, and though a grade lower than those of the other Editors, the title was, nevertheless, earn ..ed-by experience in military matters, and not by appointment, as were tSe others. And now that I have placed the Editor of the Intelligencer in a proper light before his readers, they will touch their beavers, and act as in such cases required. ( As I have now done with rather a labored begin * ning, an account, and a brief one, of the early set* tlement and. progress of this town and county, may not be uninteresting to your readers. Being a no vice in the art ofletter-writing,:atleast for newspa pers, you cannot expect from me what you would from an adept at the business; but as I am always willing to “ do my best,” I will commence Mifflin-County was formed, by an act of Septem ber 19, 1789, from the counties of Cumberland and Northumberland, and contains about 360 square ' miles. The population in 1790 was about 7,500, and in iB4O, after the separation of Juniata Coun ty*, 13,000. It is thought that by the time the next census is taken, it will reach 20,000. The quality of. the land is of the’best order, being mostly that of limestone. It is almost entirely surrounded by mountains, and the intervening valleys are rich and productive. The principal mountains are-Shade’s, Jack’s, (which is supposed to have taken its name \ from Captain Jack, a noted hunter in the early days of Cumberland County,) Stone, and. the Seven mountains, the latter a range rising one above the other—hence the name. The principal valleys are the Lewistown valley, which is diyided into several smaller ones, better known in this section as Dry, Fergusoh’s and Big valleys; Kishacoquillas and Licking Creek valleys. The county is watered by numerous streams, the chief of which are, the “Blue Juniata,” so noted in song. Kishacoquillas, called after a friendly In dian, Licking and Jack’s Cieeks. The iron ore.of which the famed Juniata iron is made, is found in great abundance in the county. It also has several caves, abounding in mineral cu riosities. The chief products of this county are wheat, corn, and iron ; a 1 products of a similar character from the counties north of'this, pass through some of the above mentioned valleys to this plare, and are then forwarded to different mar kets by the Pennsylvania Canal, which passes along the left bank of the Juniata, and the central Rail road. The famous Indian Chief, Logan, resided in this county for many years. He was the don of Shi kellisjus, a Cayuga Chief, and a devoted friend'of the white man. a reference to his memorable speech will convince the skeptical. Logan's spring, in this county, about six miles from this place, takes its name from this ceb-brated Chief. We now come to the county town, Lewistown. This is one of the most prosperous and flourishing towns between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. It is beautifully situated at the junction of the Juniata river and Kishacoquillas creek, on a high plain.— The town was laid out about the year 1790, the plot then being owned by Gen; James Potter, Judge Wm. Brown, and Maj. Montgomery. It contains the usual County buildings, besides nine Churches, two Printing Offices, one. Furnace, two Flouring Mills, and many beautiful private dwellings. In conclusion, Jet me say a word in regard to the life and death of an old and respected citizen, the Rev. Jacob. Gruber, of the M. E. Church. - He departed this life at the advanced age of 72 years, at his residence.in this borough, last week, He commenced his career as a minister in the spiing of 1800, and has continned steadfast from that time to this, in the vineyard of his Master, without an in termission of four consecutive weeks at any one time during that whole period. During his career, he preached from 1,800 to 2,000 sermons. He an ticipated his approaching dissolution, and when the hour arrived, found him ready to„take “that pil grimage from which no traveller returns.” In his death the town has lost a good citizen, and the church an able and active servant. “Truly a great man has fallen in Israel.” “ He has faithfully fought hie way through; He has finished the work that was giv’n him to do. J Apportionment Bill. As a useful Table for future reference, we insert the Apportionment -Bill again, with the addition of the number of taxables in each District. The un fairness of the bill can be seen at a glance: Senators. Taxables 2 22.730 , 3 54,514 Montgomery, 1 13 516 Chester and Delaware, 1 20,0:<6 Berks, 1 16^262 Bucks, . 1 13,151 Lancaster and Lebanon, 2 25.552 Dauphin and Northumberland, 1 12.333 Northampton and Lehigh, 1 1*,194 Carbon, Wayne and Pike, 1 12,102 Adams and Franklin, l 1 1.005 York, - 1 13.060 Cumberland and Perry, 1 12.009 Lycoming, Sullivan, Centre, Clinton, 1 13,449 Blair, Camnria and Huntingdon, 1 13,408 Luzerne, Columbia and Montour, I 17.619 Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming, 1 17,827 Tioga, Potter, M’Kean. Elk, Clear field and Jeffrrson, 1 Mercer, Venango and Warren;/ 1 Erie and Crawford, Buder, Beaver and Lawrence, Allegheny, Washington and Greene, Bedford £nd Somerset, Armstrong. Indiana and Clarion, Juniata, Mifflin & Union, Westmoreland and Fayette, Schuylkill, Philadelphia city, “ county, REPRESENTATIVES. Adams, 1 Allegheny, 5 Bedford and Cambria, *■ 2 Berks-, 4. Bucks, ' 3 Beaver, Butler and Lawrence, 3 Blair and Huntingdon, 2 Bradford, 2 Chester, 3 Cumberland, 2 Centre, 2 Clearfield, Elk and McKean, 1 Clarion, Armstrong and Jefferson, 3 Columbia and Montour, 1 Dauphin, 2 Delaware, 2 Erie, 2 Washington, 2 Greene, 2 Franklin, 2 Indiana, 2 Lycoming, Clinton and Potter, 2 Lancaster, 5 Lebanon, 2 Lehigh and Carbon, 2 Luzerne, 2 V onroe and P.ke, 2 Mercer, Venango and Warren, - 3 Crawford, 2 Mifflin, 2 Montgomery, 3 Northampton, . 2 Northumberland, - 1 Perry, ' j Philadelphia city, 4 Philadelphia county, . 21 Somerset, j Schuylkill, 2 Susquehanna, Sullivan & Wyoming! 2- Tioga, , r Wayne, I Westmoreland and Fayette, ' 4 Union and Juniata. i York, o Collectors Office, Columbia,) -.. June 1, 1860. C The following statement shows the *mni>nt ol tolla .received at this office for the month of May: Ralinrad - $l7, '39 63 X rUCkS > , 1«9 13 Fmes, . \ ' . , $37,133 96 Amount previously reported, $9B, 'IS 35 Total, Total increase, $11,651 P 8 Stewart Pjeakce, Collector Intelligencer & lournal. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Lancaster, June 11, 1850. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. CANAL COMMISSIONER: WILLIAM T; MORISON. AUDITOR GENERAL: EPHRAIM BANKS. SURVEYOR GENERAL: J. PORTER BRAWLEY. To our Democratic Friends! We have a proposition to make. It is this: As soou as one Hundred new paying subscribers can be obtained in Lancaster county we will enlarge the 'lntelligencer,” so as4o add four columns ol reading matter to each number. If one or tvt’o ac rive 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? County Committee. The following is a list of the County Committee appointed by the President and Vice President of Convention, held in Lancaster, April 10th, 1850: Chairman, Wm. B. Fordnet, Esq., City. James Patterson. L. Britain, John B Shelly. Rapho, Christopher Graham, Bart, Jlphraim Shober, Brecknock, John Ringwalr," Carnarvon, Isaac Bucher E. Cocalico, Charles City, Wm. White, Colerain, Paul Hamilton Columbia, Adam Kendig. Conestoga, Henry Haines. E. Donegal, John McSparren, Druinore, Isaac Holl, E. Earl. John Forney, W. Earl, Abraham RtsLecker Elizabethtown, Dr. Geo. B. Kerfoot, C.ty, John R. Miller, E. Lampeter, Eskridge Lane, City, Adam Trout, Lancaster twp., Isaac F. Lighrner, Leacock, * Mark Connel, jr., Upper Leacock, Henry Leman, Manheim,. Jacob Hamilton. Conoy, C. D Melivain, Sailsbury, Wm F. Baker, Paradise, James Laird, Mountjoy, Jacob Neff Strasbuig twp., Wm. Echternach, Strasburg Bor. Peter Phillis, Warwick, Dr. David Agnew, Sadsbury, George G. Brush, Manor, John W. Jackson, City. The*State Convention. j The proceedings of this body, in extenso, will be found on the first page of this week’s paper. They [ be perused with interest by our numerous : readers, and the action of the Convention cannot ; fail to be highly satisfactory-to the Democracy i throughout the State. It will be seen that the | resolutions offered by our townsman, Col. Reah : Fiiazer, and which were adopted with great una nimity, take a broad, comprehensive, national view of the great questions that agitate the, Union, and reaffirm the doctrines and platform of the National Democratic Conventions of 1844 and 1 848. They are eminently patriotic in spirit, and cannot fail in having a salutary effect upon the deliberations of Congress at this important crisis of affairs. They speak the sentiments of the great mass of the peo ple of Pennsylvania--and upon the platform laid down by the Convention, the Democracy can safely stand and bid defiance to factiomsts of every kind* whether hailing from the North or the South. Whilst we, in common with our Democratic friends of Lancaster County, would have been grat ified had the nomination for Canal .Commissioner fallen upon our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Mar tin, we are nevertheless pleased that a selection so judicious has been made as that of Mr. Morison- Speaking of this gentleman, together with the.oth er nominees of the Convention, the Pennsylvanian has the following appropriate remarks, all of which we can fully endorse from the knowledge we have of those gentlemen: 0 /’ oniso:r i Esq., the candidate for (-anal Commissioner, is a citizen of Montgomery county, and resides in the pleasant village of Jen kintown, near Philadelphia. He is a gentleman of irreproachable character—a useful and esteemed citizen—a thorough and intelligent Democrat. As a representative of the Democracy of that county in ihe last Legislature, he-gave unbounded satistac tion. Mr. Morison is a iarmer, and is unusually popular among allrwho know him. Old Montgom ery will roll up an old fashioned majority for her worthy son J. P. Brawley. Esq., who was next nominated for Surveyor General, was a member of the last Stare Senate, from the counties of Crawford and Venango, and is a native and citizen of tVie former, where he has a large circle of Iriends. Mr “Braw let was elected, when quite young, to the House of Representatives of the State, arid such was the satisfaction he rendered there, that he was soon transferred to the Senate. He possesses indomita ble energy, and has a strong, active mind. It was well remarked, during the last session of the Leg islature. that he was one of the most popular and influential members of either House—notwithstand ing his straightforward course politically. He will make a fine officer, and deserves a united and har monious support. nomination for the important post of Au ditor General is Ephraim Basks, Esq, of Mifflin county—a man who is perhaps as well qualified for the place as any one in the whole State. Mr. Banks has occupied several highly responsible jKisitions. and was a prominent Democratic mem ber of the last Reform Convention.. He is a per* fectly conscientious man, and is the very person for a place in which attention, experience, and a watch u regard lor the interests of the Commonwealth, are so essential. The whole valley of the Juniata will respond to his nomination by a sweeping vote in October. r ° . 13.934 14,099 16,564 17,658 28,547 14,476 11,210 16,703 11,634 19 229 12,867 Another Project. Senator Soule, of Louisiana, has offered several amendments to the Compromise bill. The princi pal amendment- requires, as a preliminary to the admission of California, that she shall assent to a restriction of her sovereignty to the country north of the line of 3G deg 30 min.; also establishes a territory south of 36 deg. 30 min.,, to be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people may decide. This, it will bfe observed at a glance, is practically nothing else than an exten sion of the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific and, in the event of the failure of all other plans' we would not be surprised if the difficulty were finally adjusted in this way. Certain it is, that if the Missouri Compromise line were adopted ihroughout, it would at once put an end to the trou blesome and dangerous excitement on the question of Slavery—which, if not permanently adjusted, will go on increasing in intensity, until before many years shall have elapsed, the fair fabric of our be loved Union willbe shivered to fragments. Summer Is Here. After a long and unusually cool spell of weath er, extending through the entire month of May and even into th£ first two or three days of June, sum mer has broken upon us in earnest, and the most fastidious has no reason to complain for want of heat for the last six or seven days. The sudden change in the weather has produced a correspond ng change of'costume, and*tailors and tailoresses. clothierß and mantna makers, hatters and milliners. iave had tfceir hands lull endeavoring to supply 'he wants of their numerous customers. Well,, •veil, every thing, in its proper season—and, altho tot very partial ouiself to such sweltering weather, •till we feel willing to “grin and bear’’ with jt for he good it brings to our neighbors. O, for a glass, >( ice cream to regulate the temperature of our nward man; * ,N. B A" thunder gust on Saturday afternoon, fol lowed by another on Sunday night, (since the above vas fh type,) has materially moderated the heat, and the weather has since been cool andpleaiant $135,609 31 The Census Law. This law has been published, and is very com prehensive. The information which it proposes to embrace includes population, profession, color, oc cupation, place of birth, number ot marriages, the persons who can read and write, deaf, dumb, blind,' slaves, (fugitives and manumitted,) fheacres of land, improved and unimproved, the cash value of each farm, the value of fanning implements and machinery, the live stock, the produce during the year ending-June 1, 1850, and the quantity ol each particular article'; the products of industry and the values; names of towns, counties and cities; the aggregate valuation of real and person al estate, the amount of taxes assessed, the number and character of the public schools, and the extent of public libraries; the number, class, and circula tion of the periodicals and newspapers; the num ber of criminals; the cost of labor, the average price of board to a laboring man per week, the average payment of a carpenter per day, the aver age wages of a day laborer, the average wages ot a farm hand, the number and value of the churches —and indeed every species of social statistics which . make those tables valuable as sources of public information and reference. The tables must be returned to the Secretary of the Interior on or before-the first day of November next, and each marshall or assistant must take an oath or affirmation before entering upon his duties. With regard to compensation, the eighth section of the act says: “ That whenever the population returned in any district shall exceed one million, the marshall there of shall be entitl&l to receive as a compensation for all his services, after the the rate of one dolhr for each thousand persons; but if the number re turned shall be a million in any district* the marshall thereof shall be allowed for his ser vices at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents for each thousand persons.” Each assistant is to be allowed at’the rate of two cents for each person enumerated, and ten cents a mile lor necessary travel. Also for each farm ful ly returned, ten cents ; for each establishment of productive industry, fully taken and returned, fif teen cents; for the social statistics, two per cent upon the amount allowed lor the enumeration of population; and lor each name of a deceased person returned, two cents. Sew Coins. A bill on this subject, says the Baltimore Ameri can, has been presented to the U. S. Senate, by Mr. Dickinson, and contains-provisions which will be greatly promotive of general convenience and com fort. It directs the coinage ol one cent pieces, to be composed ol one-tenth silver and nine-tenths cop per, and to weigh twenty five grains. It also di rects the coinage of three cent pieces, to be com posed of three fourths silver and one fourth copper, and to weigh twelve and three eighths grains; the devices to be conspicuously different from those of the other silver coins. A peculiarity is attached to this one piece, that it is to be procured at .the mint only in exchange for Spanish money , (fps, levies and quarters ,) at their cu - rent value, and not by weight; also for some few other denominations of foreign silver coin, current among us-. This provision (justly remarks the Philadelphia Bulletin) will certainly clear the country of the worn-out and irregular currencv, long since become a plague and a nuisance, and often a cause of contention amongst deal i In place of it we shall have a coin of suffici*-; r *■:’ and agreeable appearance, well fitted to tl:< ~ < ol many, things and to making change. 'le\ change is to be made in lots not less than thii iy do'- lars worth at a time. Samples have been struck the mint for the use of Congress. The cent piec e is of ihe diameter ol a dimef and is marked by a large round hole in the centre, the objec.s of \vhic‘i are to give a larger circumference to the piece, and to make it easily distinguished, even In the dark. The Whig County Convention Which met in this city, on Wednesday last, ap pointed John A. Heistand, Esq., Senatorial, and 0. J. Dickey, Esq., M. Pownell, J. H. Bassler, S. W. P. Boyd and A. R. Spangler, Representative delegates to the State Convention, with instructions to sup port the Hon. John Strohm for Canal Commission er. This is an empty honor—but as Mr. S. has held several profitable offices from the party, it is nothing more than fair that he shou’d consent to hear the mortification of a defeat, which the Whig candidate, whoever he may be, is destined to receive at the hands of the people of Pennsylvania. The Convention adopted a series of resolutions laudatory of Gen Tatloh, Gov. Johnston and Mr. Stevens, and took strong ground in favor of a Pro tective Tariff, the Veto Power, and Free Soilism.— But not a word did they say about Henry Clay, whom the Whigs of the * r Old Guard” were wont to idolize as something more than human. This fact is significant, and shows that the Tribune fac tion gained a triumph over that of the Examines and that, for the future, it is intended that the latter shall play second fiddle to the former. We shall see how Col. Darlington relishes a secondary posi. tion in Whig organism, and how he will take the slight given to the great embodiment of Whig principles, Henry Clay. The Lost One Found, Mr. 1 hoxas J ohnston, of Martic township, who has been missing since the 2d of April, until recent ly, and who, it was feared, had been foully dealt with, is now at Columbus, Ohio, and has made an assignment of his property to Messrs. McSparren & Housekeeper, of this county, for the benefit of his creditors. At the time he left his house, he in timates that he was partially deranged, and had intended drowning himself in the adjoining creek— but was providentially prevented in some way that he does not mention from carrying out his purpose. He travelled along for sometime on foot, then by railroad cars and stages and finally stopped at Co lumbus, where he has located himself and has sent for his^hmily. Mr. J. is in easy circumstances—his estate, as we arerf informed by one of his assignees, being worth several thousand dollars—and this makes the mystery connected with his temporary derange ment the more unaccountable. A Just Tribute. A letter from the Hon. Robert J. Walker, in relation to the Compromise bill now before the Senate, contains the following reference to the la mented Polk: And here let me truly say that there was no more devoted supporter of tnis Union than my de parted friend, James K. Polk: and his message:, demonstrate that he would hava warmly supporter this bill. He recommended the adjustment of thi question by the admission of a State—by the Mis souri line—or by the Clayton Compromise ; anf what is thi? bill in substance but the first and last of these measures combined? There is no person intimately acquainted with the views of the latr President on this subject, no member of his cabinet, who could fail to testify that such a compromist as this would have received his cordial support. We all know his repeated efforts for a final settle ment of this question before he left the chair of State; and may you not appeal to his many* friends in the two houses of Congress to save his administration from the obloquy to which it would certainly, how ever unjustly, be subjected, if this territory, acquired by his administration, should, in the absence of a final settlement, be made the means of subverting the Union?” “Chapman has ceased to Crow l” The last number of the Indiana State Sentinel, published at Indianopolis, contains the valedictory of the Messrs. Chapman, who have retired from that able organ of the Democracy after a connex ion of nine years. The establishment has been purchased by -Mr. A. H. Brown, and the paper will be edited by his father, the Hon. Wm. J. BnowN, formerly Ihird Assistant;! 1 . M. General under Mr Polk, and at present a member of Congress from the State of Indiana. * Blr. Clay and the Whigs. Henry Clay has made l one of his brilliant speech es, and in his most gallant style has thrown down the gauntlet to the administration. We allude to his reply to the brilliant Sank We do not ; per ceive that he made any njriy point-4that he ;; put forth any new he said any thing new against the administration. He but restated his position, but with just; emphasis and power.— He ielt touched no doubt, at the little considera. tion his compromise scheme had received at the hands of the whigs. The same party, as a party, that a few years ago received his words as law, now receive them as the idle wind. No doubt this galls the great Kentuckian. .Besides, he knows the purpose, the occasion of the non action scheme, so loudly be praised by every faithful retainer of the cabinet, and by every obsequious press, and that it is no more nor less than a dodge of a great ques tion which the cabinet is bound by every pledge to the country tomeet. This, in itself is-enough to excite the scorn and to elicit the rebuke of one so bold, so frank, so open breasted as Henry Clay.— His enemies, at least, have ever known where to find him. In past years there has been no back ground, no concealment, no deception gbout him . he has stood forth, on bank, or tariff, or sub-tress' ury, or whatever else comes up, as the very embo diment of conservatism. For this his party ralli ed about him with a devotion and affection rarely seen, and hence he scorns the -imbecile and fatal statesmanship that meets a difficulty by shunning it. He knows they do shun it. He made the feathers fly and no mistake. He held the mirror up high, and the country can see in it the mean look of a cabinet who basely shrink from the performance of high public duties. What do faithful whigs think of it ? This is well .answered by a letter writer in the Boston Atlas. He writes with the sense of pain all about him. He describes Mr. Clay as having been “ ex cited and irritated;” as 11 scornful, impatient, over bearing, dictatorialas having 11 towered and de claimed as usual;” as "having lowered the digni ty of the Senate, and his own dignity.'* Such are some only of his outpourings. Hear him : “ We involuntarily asked, where is the great ex pounder now? Now is the hour, and now we want the man who can hurl thunderbolts upon this dog matic, insolent, intolerant, insufferable supercilious nessoftone, this dictatorial lordliness of manner, this intolerable tyranny of demeanor, this arrogant bullying, braggart spirit of Compr<mise: , ’ Verily the galled jade of whiggery—of two-faced "'higgery—-now winces! But this is not all, nor the half. Mr. Clay called on the champions of Gen. Taylor to appear. If the administration had a friend in the Senate, he said, let him meet me face to face! And not one was ready to meet him —no, not one! This was the unkindest cut of all Hear the writer again:— We indignantly .repel the offensive assumption that the President’s policy cannot and will not be sustained in open argument on the floor of the Sen ate, even against the impetuous rhetoric and pre tentious dogmatism of'Mr. Clay. We hope to see no such humiliating spectacle as the manifestation i in the Senate ol the United States of a cowardly | fear of the great Kentuckian. If any scour away at his approach to hide and shield themselves, like chickens at the approach of a hawk, we trust they may be punched irom all their holes. Are Sena tors but rabbits in a warren, to be frightened bv a degs bark? We do not believe it has yet come lo this. And we are ashamed of Mr. Clay, that he intimates such a presumption on his part. Who is the man to be silenced by this prospective an athematising. If the true spirit exists in that body, Mr. Clay will be made to repent of his temerity. Instead of his passionate objurgations and furious railings, frightening senators out of their power of speech, it would seem to us that they should give tongues to the dumb. Such a provocative as Air. Clay has offered, i? enough to make instinct with lifg and garrulous with speech, a senator as dead as Lot s wife, who has stood a pillar of salt on the banks of the Dead Sea for thirty five hundred years.*’ There! The writer must have been relieved some after this delivery. But where was honest John Davis—where honest Truman Smith—where senator Seward—where the defenders of the hero of Buena Vista ? were they like rabbits in a war* ren? What's the matter.with them? We are on the eve of rich events. This, be it remembered, i&a complete family quarrel. This non action policy is now cracked up as ihe policy of the party. President Taylor's plan is now the whig plan; it is openly avowed that its success is vital to the existance of the party. How misera j ble a policy it is let the candid, intelligent, the pa- I triotic answer. Let Henry C|ay s speech answer, jlt is not merely impracticable—it is impossible.— It cannot be carried out. The boundary line be tween New Mexico and Texas must be settled of there will be civil war there. Who can doubt this. All this is brought to bear with withering force upon the Cabinet by Henry Clay. The faithful feel the weight of his blows, and, as they sink un der them, cry out in their distress, when is the great expounder to help us. Let not the whigs lay the flattering unction to their souls that the ex pounder will help them do nothing. Mr. Webster —if we understand him—is in favor, as every body is, of the admission of California, but he is also in favor of fulfilling our obligations to Utah and New Mexico by giving them territorial governments.— If ever a party deserve the distress they suffer under the mighty castigation the cabinet are re ceiving at the hands of Henry Clay, it is the whig party. The conviction is growing every day stronger that Zachary Taylor cannot administer this government properly, if at all, until he has something in the shape of statesmanship to back him. —Boston Post. Mysterious. The Carlisle Democrat of Thursday has the fol lowing in reference to Jerome K. Boyer, Esq., its editor: The absence of the editor, we trust, will be a sufficient excuse for all the imperlectifins of this weeks paper; although from some distress ng ru mors, it is hard to tell when he will again take charge of the editorial department. Gen. Boyer left Carlisle on Saturday morning last, to attend, as he said, the Williamsport Convention ; but a paragraph m the New York Sun of Tuesday, ren ders it painfully doubtful to his friends as to his whereabouts. The Sun states that General Boyer sailed from New York on Monday, for the purpose of joining the Cuban expedition. We cannot believe this report, as Mr. Boyer has lately been very piously exercised in his mind. The Tu mor has caused tremendous excitement in our town, but the public are requested to suspend their opin mn untd the fact is more certainly known. Mr. Boyer is a very estimable gentleman, and n will be a source ol grief to many to learn that fie has been deluded into joining the miserably man aged expedition to Cuba. The above notice we clip from the Lehigh Reg ister. Absence from home week before last, pre vented us from noticing it in our last issue. We are well aware of Gen. Boyer's military propensi ties he having been conspicuous in the celebrated •Buckshot War;’ but still we did not expect to find that his zeal for glory had gotten the better of his judgment, by leading him to join so foolish an enterprise as the Cuban expedition. We are the more astonished, too, as we learn that of late he “ has been piously exercised in his mind.” But strange things do happen sometimes, and our wish is that, after the “ fiery edge” wears off a little, the General may be safely restored to his friends again, who, it appears, are very much grieved at his ab sence. ' N. B. Since the above was in type, we are grat ified to learn that Mr. Boyer has returned to Car lisle—he having been no farther than the Williams port Convention. Some other ge Jleman of the same name, who sailed from New York, was taken for our esteemed contemporary of the “ American Democrat”—hence the mistake. p-A tremendous fire occuned at Pittsburg on Friday night last, as we learn hy a slip from the Post- It commenced in Ryan's building, which ex tends from Fifth Street to Virgin Alley, (mainly occupied for manufacturing purposes,) and befor. t could be arrested had destroyed property to the .mount of about *50,000. Mr. Ryan's loss, alone, over and above insurance, is set down, at #25,000. More Federal Ruin. We have noticed, recently an attempt of the Fed eral Press to get up the stale cry of “ Ruin." The palpable design of these abortive efforts is to lead the public muid away from the proper issue be tween the two parties. They endeavor to cast od lum-upon the Democracy, on account of incidents attached to the Tariff of 46—for the purpose ol counterbalancing the censure to which they are justly'liable for the gross frauds upon the Treasury, committed since the accidental reign of Gen. Tay lor. We present -the lollowing choice specimen ol Tariff humbug, as an exemplification of the truth of our assertion: Mo&e Cottox Mills Embaiirasaed.— We re gret to learn from Paterson this morning, that the extensive Cotton Mills of that place are in a great ly depressed condition—the result of the great de mand for the raw material in Europe, and its con sequent rise in value without a corresponding rise m the. valiie ofThe goods manufactured from it.— This illustrates perhaps better than can be done otherwise, ouSgreat need of a protective policy.— Newark DailyvAdv. We should like to know what the Editor means by “more.” at the head of his awful notice. What other Cotton Mills are in a depressed condition? What contemptible stuff! Does not the whole country know that our Cotton lords are undersel ling the English manufacturer in his own Liver pool market ? Does not the whole country know ihat previous to the passage of the Tariff of ‘46 these same cotton manufacturers told Congress through a delegation that they needed no “protec tion ?” But more! We have the incontrovertible fact, that the amount of domestic Cotton exported from Boston for the last three months, is $386,279. whereas the amount during the same months last year, was $220,116; the excess being $165,183. This certainly does not appear to be a cause for the depression of our Cotton Mills. Let us go a little further, and we will find that the Faterson mills are the exception , not the'rule. The Cincinnati Price Current makes an enumera* lion of the various Cotton Manufacturing establish ments in the Western Valley, with their capacity, from which it appears that there are now in cper ation eighty-nine thousand spindles, and the addi tions to be made to factories in Cincinnati and vi cinity. will swell thejnumber to near one hundred thousand ! —Treriion True American. California News—More Gold. The steamer Cherokee, which arrived at New York on Wednesday last, from Chagres, brought $1,352,361, in gold dust. The same vessel brought the California mails to the Ist of May. The news is of a somewhat interesting character.- We glean the following: At San Francisco, trade has assumed a more lively turn, and as the large amount of gold, which has been winteied in the mines comes down, it gives an impetus to all kinds of business. The owners of cattle along the country, are be ginning to supply milk and butter, which reduces the price of the imported article. Another great excitement has taken place at Pa nama. The owners of the Panama steamer Echo having been robbed by a colored boy, he was ar rested. The natives rushed to the rescue, and put the party to flight. The next day. upon the occas ion ol the re-arrest ol the boy, a fight took place, in which Mr. Sempler, of New York, was killed. It is reported that five or six of the natives were shot. All the Americans became highly excited, and turned out, and it was only by the utmost exer tions of the Governor and American Consul that a general fight was prevented. The body of Mr. John Everett, of Cayuga, N. Y„ was found horribly mutilated. The Legislature ot California adjourned, after passing 143 acts and 17 joint resolutions. The Jilta Californian ol the Ist of May, says: “The steamer Panama sails about 4 o'clock with 150 pasengers and $140,000 in gold dust. This shipment makes up an amount not less than $335. 000 forwarded to the Atlantic States since the Ist day of March. In other words, over three and a half millions of dollars have been shipped in three steamers from this port.” At PJacerville the whole town is almost dug over. -They think they have found an old creek which used to run at the depth of from six to twelve feet. Excellent diggings are had. For a town site, Placerville does not do so well as if it had been made the county seat. This is es tablished at Coloma, and the place is prozressine rapidly. Some large operations have lately been made on the gold run creek. We saw a gentleman, yester day, who returns home on the next steamer, and has just sold out a claim to 150 teet along the run, -lor #lO,OOO. He says this is not as high a figure ,as ome other like claims have been disposed ot Jan eighth of one which brought #4OOO. San Francisco, May I.—Her Majesty’s steam ship Driver, will sail at an early hour this morning for Valparaiso, with #200.000 in gold dust. Considerable of a contest was going on for se curing the seat of government. San Jose was strongly urged by its citizeus. We understand from a gentleman who arrived ; in this city yest.erday, in the steamer Senator, from Sacramento city, that the citizens of that place would assemble, it was thought, to give an expres sion to the popular feeling on the subject of the nd mission of California into the Union.,, The spirit of the prevailing sentiment in that section may be learned by consulting the resolutions adopted at the recent meeting in this city. The whole country is clamorous for immediate admission REVIEW OF THE MARKET. San Francisco, May 6.—Trade ha 3 assumed a more lively aspect. The demand upon our mar kets by the surrounding country traders, and the gold dust just beginning to be received, are impor tant auxiliaries to its improvement. The transac tions, except in flour, have not been large, unless at foiced sales. Flour—Chili, per 200 lbs. $10al0,50; Oregon, per bbl , $9 50a 10; Richmond, $9a9,50. Lumber— American rough, per M. $23a28; planed on one side, $32a32,50; mill-dressed flooring, s3sas4o. Bricks, per thousand, $25 a 30. Pork, per bbl„ $25a28 for Mess. Lard sells at 37a40 cents per lb. Hams, smoked, 20a25c per lb. Potatoes, per 100 lbs., sl2a 15. The Next State Senate. ihe following districts elect Senators the ensu ing fall under the new Apportionment Bill: Philadelphia County, 1 Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming, 1 Luzerne, Columbia and Montour, 1 Cumberland and Perry, 1 Venango, Mercer and Warren, 1 Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion, 1 Philadelphia City, 1 Adams and Franklin, 1 Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon, i Alleghany, I Butler, Beaver and Lawrence. 1 The number of Senators holding over is 22—of whom 11 are Democrats and 11 Whigs. Of the districts electing in October next, we shall carry six provided Philadelphia county goes right. If we are correct in our estimate, then the next Senate will stand seventeen Democrats to sixteen Whigs. The National Monument. The Board of Managers of the National Wash ington Monument Society, have unanimously adopt ed a resolution requesting the people of the United States, either individually or by associations, to tak e up collections throughout the Uniorf, on the ap proaching anniversary of American Independence, in aid of the great Washington Monument now being erected at the Metropolis. We think the idea a good one, and doubt not ihat it will be properly responded to by the patri. otic every where. The Southern Convention Is now in session at Nashville—it having met iccording to appointment on yesterday week. But -line States appear to be represented. Hon. W. L. 'Barest, of Mississippi, is the President We ■ahall know by and by what they have done. Great Hail and Snow Storm- —A letterdated Saratoga, (N. Y.,) June 3d, remarks:—“ There •vas a tremendous hail storm in this vicinry (but mostly between Ballston and Mechanicsville) to lay. As the hail fell in the forest, it seemed as ii i hundred locomotives were thundering' over a-flat bar railroad, fhe/hail and snow lay an inch deep by the side of the fences at 4 o’clock. Cemeteries. There ir nothing in the, present age that more strikingly-exhibits a progress-fin refinement and good taste, than the attention that is being paid to beautifying arid adorning the final resting places of the dead. The tinie was, and that but a few years ago, when grave-yards, from their neglected and desolate looking/- condition, were repulsive in. the extreme, and a sombre melancholy pervaded throughout—weeds and briers hiding from view . the humble tpmhstones, the graves themselves be ing trampled upon with sacrilegious feet, and in many-instances the monuments erected over de parted worth mutilated in the most shameless man ner. But the barbarism that would neglect or des ecrate the sanctuaries-of the dead has, in many in stances, given place to a better state ol things—one 'more in consonance with religion and humanity.— And in this respect, our good old City of Lancaster is not behind any of her neighbors. We have now three beautiful cemeteries in the suburbs of the town, which, when completed, will beanornamem to the place, and highly creditable to the public spirit of our citizens. The following article, which we find in the Norristown Register, is so much to he point, that we willingly give it a place in our columns: It is a little remarkable, when we consider the great bulk of customs which have been banded down tousiromtheancients;thktoneof theirstrong e»t peculiarities had been disregarded in so great .i deg.ee until within a very few years past—we mean their veneration for deceased friends. We had, it is true, our places of sepulture, but could an in habitant of ancient Hebes have been shown the sit uation of our places ot repose lor those whom we honored when living, no great credit would have been given to us for our expressions of sorrow and regret. Things have however, taken a favorable and appropriate change at last, and instead of lay ing our loved and lost ones in grave yards located in the heart'of densely populated cities or flourish mg towns, cemeteries have been established apart irom the moving multitude, where the stricken one may mourn in solitude when the heart prompts him to “go to the grave and weep there.” In the early pages of the sacred history, we find that the patriarchs and their descendents resorted with their, dead to places appointed “without the city, and many passages in the inspired writings might be pointed out as clearly indicating this ne cessity. In China, Hindostan and many other parts of Asia, the repositories of the dead are situated in parts remote Irom the busy haunts of life, and trees and flowers of a peculiar character are appropriated almost solely to adorn the burial places. The Egyptian Necropolis, or city of .the dead, was situ ated in the mountains on the western side of The bes, and was regarded as a place of peculiar vener ation, containing the remains of all that was once " an d even the ruthless warrior in his most savage moments of exultation and rioting, would curb his- excitement and temper the fury of his passions as he remembered the sanctity of the Ne cropolis. Among the Mahomedans these places of our “fi nal sleep” come nearer to the idea of the ancients than they do in any other nation. The tombs ol the Musselmans are separate from their cities, and are shaded by the mournful cypress, whose sombre character reveals to the traveler that he has enter ed upon the territories of the dead. The relatives and friends of the deceased are constantly seen bus ily attending the graves of those who once consti tuted the richest treasure of their earthly jo\s No rank weed is suffered to grow in the turf that lorms their resting place, but flowers of a cheerful character are planted, which in the metaphorical signification of the East indicate the resurrection or revivfl of the dead. The conviction of a “ lile to come” as the belief of many of the ancients, is clearly shown by some of their early writers as quoted by Dr. Clarke, who speaking of the hiero glyphs of Egypt, says that the formation of the cross found sculptured on their tombs was the sym bol employed to express the beautiful idea of im mortality or a life beyond the grave. Many of the church-yards in Switzerland are partially indebted to the ancients lor the introduc tion of flowers, &c.; but the boast of the European continent is the celebrated Pere la Chaise , near Paris. The grounds, containing above seventy acres, are beautifully laid out, and the situation is peculiarly appropriate for the purposes of sepulture. In the avenues leading to this interesting spot may be found the mortuary artisans who-furnish every requisite for funeral observances. Here too are made those elegant little chaplets, &c., ol the “ficures ■mmortellesf with which the survivors dress the graves of their departed relatives 2nd irinds. Some ot the inscriptions and epitaphs are most touching ly expressed, and a stranger on his first visit to Pere la Chahe , cannot but be sensibly affeected by the scene—a scene which a traveller described as being so beautiful as almost to “ make one in love with death.” Within thesefgrounds are gathered all that re mains of what was once beautiful and brave—the peer, whose birth alone proclaimed his prerogative -and the philosopher, whose greater distinction, arising from his knowledge and attainments in sci ence, shall be ack-.owledged when peers are iorgot- The bride, the mother and the child—the soldier, the ecclesiastic and the lover, all asleep within the beautiful enclosure, teaching the great lesson to mankind, that virtue alone outlives the tomb. In our own country the fine taste in the matter of places of sepulture which has in recent years sprung up. is eoing on strengthening and develop ing itself. The Congressional Burying Ground at Washington. Mount Auburn, near Boston, Green wood, near New Fork, and Laurel Hill, near Phil adelphia, are all beautiful evidences of the existence and growth of a new feeling. And throughout the land too, a similarsentiment is extending. Almost every town ot importance is choosing some (avor ite and beautiful site where the ashes of the dead may rest in uninterrupted repose, and where the sur vivors of the departed ones may testify their love and exert their taste in beautifying and adorning the sleeping place of those who, when living, they cherished in their heart of hearts We hope to see the movement progressive, for good taste and feel ing all combine to commend such projects to *the lavor ot the American people. fC7*Our Whig cotemporaries, of this City, are still as silent as the grave with regard to the Gal phin business! Their lips appear to be hermeti cally sealed upon that subject, and their readers are kept in the most profound ignorance of the pecula tions of the Cabinet at Washington. The Union Tribune can interest its Whig friends with a learned dissertations on store boxes, &c. &c., but not a word can be drawn from it with regard to the hundreds of thousands of dollars illegally taken from the public coffers by Messjrs. Crawford, Ewing & Co. Tis passing strange, indeed! Burglars. —We learn from the Columbia 'Spy, that during the last week no less than four different establishments in that Borough were broken open at night. The store of Messrs. Spangler & Kauf man and the ware-house of Martin Smith were the only places, however, where any thing of conse quence was taken. Judging from the frequency of these depredations, the Spy is of the opinion that there is a regular band of burglars in that neighbor hood. CD* Spurious Notes, of the denomination of ss's, slo*s and s2o*B, assuming to be-issued by the Bank of Delaware county, are in circulation. The vignette represents Mercury offering a bag of coin to a female, who holds a key in her hand, and at her side is a winged lion on an iron ehest. On the left end is a female holding a pair of scales, and on the right two females. The fraud is easily detect ed, as the plate of the Bank has not been changed tor thirteen years, and differs widely from the coun terfeit.— Upland Union. The Erie Bane. —This institution seems to be in bad odor again. The Collector of Canal Tolls, at Pittsburg, has received directions .from the ttite Treasurer not to take the paper of the Erie Bank at his office. Bane Robbert.— The Dbrchester & Milton Bank, Massachusetts, was broken open and robbed, on the night of the Ist inst., of $35,000 in notes md specie. St. Louis and Pacific Railroad- - The engi neer, with his instruments and as*i*t an t B > have ar rived at St. Louis, and were to commence the sur vey of the route on the 23d ult. Oak Hall, Boston. The fame, of this great es tablishment has gone into every section of the country. Its branches are being.established in ev ery part of the Union' The low price system and extensive advertising have built up this famous es tablishment. The monthlies. a^ ad of a » contempora- J*? J - UlyN0 ’ haa bMn on our '“Mo nfth.lHod T! qualled b y »"y other publication that has come under our notice. It is emheilisbed with a magnificent portrait of Jssht L.hp, and six other beautiful engravings-and con ?“ r f Prentice, Mrs, Embury, Mrs. Butler gifed J ‘ Peter3 ° n ’ and a do »tn others equally For sale at Gish’s— price 25 cents. “ TAe Ladies WWA.”_This excellent little work has been placed upon our table by Judd & Murray. The May No. commences the sth vol ume, and is handsomely embellished with three splendid engravings. Each number contains 36 octavo pages, and the work is furnished at *1 per annum. Martin & Miller, New York, are the Pub lishers. For sale at Judd & Murray’s Bookstore. , °Tl BI ? J ckwood j Edinburgh Magazine.’—This standard old monthly for the present month, has just come to hand. That popular story, -My Pe ninsular Medal is continued and grows more in teresting “ Christopher Under Canvass" is also there, with all his original purity and freshness.— lhere are various other interesting articles, alto gether maintaining the high character of Black wood gnd placing him among- the best p-riodicals of the day. Mr. Gish is the agent tor all the for ejgn Magazines, which may always be found upon his counter.’ ' r Peterson's Magazine, for Jf u !y, is on our desk Amongst the embellishments is a beautiful steel engraving of Lady Washington when a Bride Ibe reading matter is excellent. This periodcal is specially designed tor the Ladies, always giving late and correct engravings of the fashions, and these plates are accompanied with full descriptions of what is going to be worn in New York and Philadelphia. Among the contributors are Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Sigourney end Mrs. Kirkland. Sartaix's Magazine. .for July is indeed a rich number, containing no less than 24 original Con tributions and 32 beautiful embellishment*— amongst the latter of which is a splendid mezzo tint engraving ol William Penx, in armor, alter <he original picture painted from life in 1666. when Penn was but 22 years ol age, together with’fifteen o'her illustrations describing portraits and scenes of his familv. ’1 he contributions are from the pens of E. D. In graham, Miss Martineah, Lucy Linvvood, Bayard Taylor, Mrs. Kirkland, ; and other equally distin guished writers. “ Illustrated Domestic Bible.”— We have received from the Publisher, a specimen, number of this n«vv work, got up under the auspices of Rev. Ingram Cobbin, A. M. It is-of a smaller size than the gieat Pictorial Bible of the. Harper's, and is in tended to give to those who like a work of this de scription a ehance to gratify their taste at a less cost, lhe illustrations of this number are spirited and appropriate, and the notes such as can be re ceived by all sects. CITY ITEmS. Accident. —Yesterday an acctdent happened at the Railroad as the Eastern Cars were coming in , at noon, to a young man named Tangert, who was driving a team, coming down Duke street at the time. The horses took fright and run into Chesnut street, where they came in contact with one of the new buildings being erected by Mr. D. H. Miller. The young man received a severe cut in the leg below the knee, and one of the horses was somewhat injured, by falling into the cellar. Mr. Tangerl s wound was promptly dressed by Drs, S* Humes and J. A. Ehler, and he is since doing well* ICT* A meeting is to be held at Cooper’s Hotel, in this City, on Tuesday the 18th inst, for the pur pose of adopting measures to organize a County Agricultural Society. EZ7*Zakm & Jackson have a splendid assortment of Jewelry, Combs, &c,, in their tastefully fitted up establishment, next door to Michael's Hotel lor particulars, see advertisement. m*Sprecher's Hardware establishment, in N. Queen street, in the store recently occupied by Mr. A. W. Russell, presents attractions which cannot fail to draw lots of customers. See advertisement. Franklin and Marshall College. Agreeably to notice, the citizens of Lancaster as sembled at the Court House, on Wednesday even ing, June sth, 1850. The Meeting was organized by appointing the Hon. A. L. Hayes, President, A. N. Brenneman, Hon. Jacob Grosh and C. M. How ell, Vice Presidents, and J. Franklin Reigart and Geo. W. Hamersly, Secretaries. The President then stated the object of the Meet ing; after which Dr. John L. Atlee introduced to the Meeting Prolessor Schaf, of Marshall College* who addressed the citizens in both the German and English Languages, eloquently advocating the sys tem of General Education, and satisfactorily presen ted to the Meeting, the plans anJ prospects of Franklin and Marshall College. „ On motion, the Hon. Ellis Lewis and Rev. Dr. Bowman, addressed the Meeting, On motion ot Dr. Atlee, it was Resolved, that a Committee of two persons, from each ward, be ap pointed to solicit subscriptions to the College, (the sum required being $25,000.) and that the books be immediately opened in the Meeting, for the pur pose oJ receiving subscriptions. COMMITTEE. N. E. Ward—James Reynolds, Dr. A. Ehler. S. E Ward—Charles M. Howell, Albert G. Hel fenstein. N.W. Ward—Bartram Shaffer, C. Boughter. S. W. Ward—Coi. Wm. S. Amweg, William Reichenbach. The Books being opened, one gentleman gener ously headed the List with the sura of $lOOO, and several o’hers with the liberal sum of $5OO-,. Adjourned. G. W. Hamehslt, J. F. Reioakt, C -f~ Mr. Clay was taken suddenly ill, on Sunday last, while at Church, in Washington. lIAURIAt.IS. On Thursday morning last, by the Rev. Dr. Ba ker, William Mathiot, Esq., Attorney at Law, to Miss. Catharine, daughter of C. Hager, Esq. all of this City. On the 28th ult., by Rev. Wm. Beates, Mr. Wm. E. Heinitsh, of Lancaster City, to Miss Margaretta A. Keller, of Manheim twp., Lancaster co. On the 2nd inst., by Elder A Swartz, Mr. Henry Rodeman, to Miss Elizabeth Elvim*, all of this city. On the 3d inst., by Rev. J. C. Baker, Mr. William Boyd, to Miss Susan Bronsberger, both of Rupho.' On the 30th ult., by Rev. F,. A; Harbach, Mr. Jeremiah Throne, of .York, Pa., to Miss Elizabeth Miller, of this city. At Summer Hill, on the 30th ult.. by Rev. J. P. Timlow. Mr. Robert Martin ot Philadelphia, to Miss Isabella Anderson of Pequa. A t Paradise, on the same Hay, by the same, Mr. Elias Miller to Miss Mary A. Laney. 0(i the 28th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Strine, Mr. Jas. McClure to Miss E. Zook, of East Donegal. On the 30th ult. by the Rev. John McNair, Mr. George Quigley, of Paradise, to Miss Mary Mack ey, of Salisbury township. DEATHS. In the borough of York, on the 30th ult., after a severe illness, Mrs. Ann relict of the late Samuel Slaymaker, formerly of this city, in the 76th year ot her age. * On the 24th ult., Mr. Abraham Schiffer. of Penn township, this county, aged 68 years, 10 months and 26 days. On the sth ult., at Safe Harbor, Mr. John Shue, tn the 38th year of his age, On the 2Srh u/f., at the residence of her son, in Warwick township, Barbara, wife of Charles Rudy, aged 88 years, 2 months and 4 days. In Earl twp., Mr. Samuel Weaver, aged 80 years, .and 20 days. % On the 25th ult., at the residence of Sami. Johns of Upper Leacock, Mr. David Johns, aged 71 years 7 months and 5 da\'s. * On the Ist inst., Mr. Jacob .Edgely. of this citv aged about 30 years. The following report was, adopted, at the last stated meeting of Lancaster Temple of Honor, No. 48. =. I Lahcasteb, June sth, 1850. To the W. C. T. Officers and members of the Lancaster Temple of Honor, No. 48. Your Committee, to whom was referred the draft ing of resolutions, &c., on the death of our late brother Jacob Edgely, .who departed this life, in Lancaster, June Ist 1850, respectlully submit the following-: Wheheas, it has pleased an all-wise Providence in his Infinite Wisdom, to remove from us by deeth, Secretaries
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