Great Temperance Meeting, On Saturday week the Lancaster County Temper ance Society convened in the borongh of Marietta, according to previous announcement The Meet ing was largely attended, and the discussions warm and feeling. It was the most lively meeting of the kind that the Parent Society has had for a long period. The ladies cheered the. sittings of the so. ciety with their presence and their smiles. Du ring the day the following resolutions were ably discussed, one by one, and unanimously adopted f Resolved, That we find sufficient evidence, (if other proof were wanting,) of the deleterious ef fects of all alcoholic liquors, whether fermented or distilled, Whether taken in lafge quantities, in the fact, that it exists no where as a national com pound, that it is disliked by all persons until their taste becomes vitiated, that it furnishes no nour ishment and cannot be assimilated, that it always injures the stomach and otherwise de ranges the system, and when its use had been long continued, produces a long catalogue of the most fatal diseases. Resolved , That the practice now become so uni versal amoog vintners, brewers, and others en gaged in the liquor business of adulterating their liquors with some of the most active and virulent poisons, (in addition to that which they naturally contain) such as oil of vitriol, hen bane, nux vom ica, sugar of lead, poison hemlock, prussic acid, &c., thus absolutely poisoning those who drink, calls for the severest reprehension on the part of the moralist, and the most ripeedy action on the part of the legislator. * Resolved, That we have labored long and hard for the reformation of the drunkard, by means of the Press and the public speaker, entreaty and per suasion, by the formation of Temperance Societies, Total Abstinence Societies, and Divisions of the | Sons of Temperance ; still we find our utmost ef forts insufficient to remove the evil. Many of those that had reformed, have returned to their cups. — Intemperance still pollutes our land, giving rise to untold misery, wretchedness and crime j and the reluctant conclusion is at last extorted from us, that as long as the present license law exists, the glorious cause we advocate can never reach a suc cessful consummation. Resolved r That we hold with the.originators and signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the framers of the Constitution of our own State, that the right to life, to liberty, to property, to pur sue happiness, are inalieniable, and that govern ments are formed for the protection of such rights; and that since our license law endangers our lives . in permitting those to drink who conduct our cars and Bteamboats, saps the very foundation of our lib erty in taking away the self respect, and enervating the minds of our people, deprives us of our prop erty in demanding heavy taxes and charities, to pay for the .crime and support the pauperism of its victims, and interferes with our happiness in caus ing vice and wickedness of every dye ; we call up on our legislature as good citizens seeking redress for wrongs imposed, to protect us by blotting out this remnant of barbarism from our statute books and place rumselling upon the same platform as’ other- crimes of like enormity. Resolved , That, since our enemy, Rum, is strong and his mtrenchments, the license law, formidable we recommend to temperance men every where to form Societies, where none at present exist, and add to their usual duties, that of compelling the tavern keepers to sell according to law, and in this manner, keep the subject in agitation, so that we may obtain as speedy as possible, a law abolishing the sale of liquor entirely, and thus be able, Her cules like, to strangle the monstef in his own den. R( solved 3 That the late success of the friends of Temperance, by thtir remonstrances against the licensing of taverns, should encourage them to persevere in their efforts. Resolved , That in' ail our efforts to promote the cause of Temperance, whether in reforming the poor inebriate, in denouncing the traffic in ardent spirits, or m striving to- procure a law abolishing the ssle, we are actuated Dy no angry feelings to wards those who sell, we would gladly convince them of their error, and Bhow them that their bus iness compels them to be enemies of mankind : and only desire to protect our own rights, to do good to our fellows, and rescue the land from the evils of Intemperance. Resolved, That those newspapers of our county which reiuse to publish notices of our meetings, or an account of our proceedings, and those, who do so, by inserting above, that significant phrase, “bv request,” show by such conduct that they are not altogether free from the influence ofLßum, and for feit much of the respect and support%hich we as temperance men would otherwise feel inclined to bestow. Resolved , That we recommend to Temperance men in genera], and the Order of the Sons of Tern perance, that they unite in an effort to obtain such a number of subscribers, arid give such encourage ment to ihe Temperance Press in the city of Lan caster, that may enable the Editors to make such improvements as the importance of the ca\ise it ad vocates seems to demand. .. „ E. CONARD Prei’t. Joseph Gibbons, Rec. Sec. The Nashville Convention. The following resolutions were adopted unani mously by the Nashville Convention, on the 10th inst. We invite attention to them ■ , !■ Resolved, That the territories of the United btates belong to the people of the several States .as their common property; that the citizens of the several States have equal right to migrate, with their property, to those territories, and be protect ed m the enjoyment of their property, so long as the territories remain under the charge of the gov ernment! . Resolved, That Congress has no power to ex clude from territory of the United States, property lawfully belonging to the States of Union, and any act which may be passed by Congress to effect this result, is a plain violation of the constitution oi the United States. 3. Resolved, That it is the duty of Congress to provide.civil government for territories, as the spiri' of American institutions forbids the maintendnce of military governments in time of peace; and all laws heretofore existing in territories formerly be longing to foreign powers, which interfere with the full enjoyment of religious freedom, the free dom of the press, trial by jury, and all other rights of person or property, as secured, or recognized in the courts of the United States are necessarily void; and so soon as such territories become American territory, it is the duty of the federal ' government to make early provisions for the enact ment of those laws, which may be expedient and necessary to secure to the inhabitants and emi grants to such territories the full benefit of the con stitution in assertion of their rights. 4. Resolved , That to protect property existing in the several States of the Union, the people of the States have invested the federal goverame'nt with the powers of war and negotiations, and of sus taining armies, and navies, and prohibit to the Stare authorities the exercise of the same powers ■ they made no distinction in the protection of the ’ prop erty to be defended, nor was it allowed to the fed eral government to determine what should be held as property; whatever the States hold as property the government is bound to recognize and defend as such. Therefore, it is the sense of this conven tion that all the acts of the federal government which tend to denationalize property of any de scription recognized in. the constitution, in favor of the proprietors of other property, are acts directlv opposed to the South. } 5. Resolved, That it is the duty of the federal gov ernment to firmly to maintain, the equal rights of the citfeens of the several States in the territories of the United States, and to repo’ diate the power to make a discrimination between the proprietors of different specfes of property in 7 e J eglslat1 ™- The fulfilment of this duty by the federal government, would greatly tend to restore peace. The laws of the States relative to the protection to be afforded, are perfectly plain and any attempts to weaken or destroy the title of any citizen upon the American territory, are plain and palpable violations of the fundamental law un der which tne government exists. 6. Resolved, That the slaveholding States cannot and will not, submit to the enactment, by Congress’ of any law imposing onerous conditions or rt stramts on mdsyduals removing with their proper ty into the territories of the United to any law making discrimination of country and class between diflerent sections of the Umoi-beT ‘f I he opMon of this Convention that the tolerance of Congress has given to trie ru.' tionthe impression that federal authority m' ■'! be employed incidentally to subvert or we»‘ ' g institutions existing in a State which is <■ i"" ' beyond their jurisdiction and con* - onfe “ e<ll 7 cause of the discord which menac' 'f° a . m ' AID of the Union, and which has r- ,f the efficient action of the go- vdl n '& h destroyed 7. Resolved , That the r 'eminent itself. is reqnired by the f unt ). performance of this duty and th» - amental law of tod Union ; ef i ud 1 f 01 the several States composing the Union canno disturbed without disturbing the frame oi t ; ie American institutions. - This is violated in the case of. the citizens of the slave molding States, if power to enter the ter ritories, with their property is not lawfully acquired, to these States the .warfare against this .right is a wear- upon the Constitution. The defenders of this, right are defending the Constitution; and those whp deny or impugn its existence, are unfaithful » the Constitution; and if disunion follows, the destroyers of these rights are the disunionists.' 8. Resolved, That the performance of its duties upon this principle, we.declare, would enable Con gress to remove the embarrassments in which the country,is now involved. The vacant territories of the United States, no longer regarded a* places forsectional rapacity and ambition, would be grad ually-re-occupied by inhabitants drawing to them, by and feelings, institutions based on the princlpfesolthe Constitution; to them would be naturally applied governments formed on Ameri can ideas, and approved of by the constituents of that particular section. 9. Resolved, That the recognition of this princi ple would deprive the questions between the Texas and the United States, of their sectional character, and would leave them for adjustment, without dis turbance from sectional prejudice and passion, upon the considerations of magnanimity and justice. 10. Resobed, That a recognition of this princi , pl e would inftise the -principle of conciliation in 1 the discussion of an adjustment of this, question, and would afford a guarantee of an early and satis factory termination. 11. Resolved, That in the event of a dominant majority refusing to recognize the constitutional rights we assert, or continuing to deny the obliga tions of the federal government to maintain them, then it is the recommendation of this Convention that the territories should be treated as property, and divided between the sections of the Union, so that the rights of both sections be adequately secu red in their respective shares; that we are aware this course is open to great objections, but we are ready to acquiesce in the adoption of the line of 36 30 North latitude, extending to the Pacific ocean— n 'an extreme concession, npon considerations of what is due to the stability of one of our institutions. 12. Resolved* That it is the opinion of the Con vention, that controversy should be ended, either by the recognition of the Constitutional rights of the Southern people, or by an equitable partition' of the territories; that the spectacle of the confed eracy of States, involved in quarrels or other events of a war in which the American arms were crown ed with glory, is humiliating; that the incorpora tion of the Wilmot proviso, in .the offer of a settle ment a proposition which the States regard as disparaging and dishonorable—is degrading to the c o un try; the termination of this controversy by the disruption of the confederacy, would be a cli max to the shame which attaches to the difficulty, and which it is the paramount duty of Congress to avoid. 13. Resolved , That this Convention will not con sent that Congress shall adjourn withgut making an adjustment of this controversy; and in the con dition in which the Convention finds the question before Congress, it does not feel at liberty to dis cuss the methods. JnteUigenrer & Journal. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR, Lancaster, June 18, 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. 1 It is this- As soon as one hundred new paying subscribers can be obtained m Lancaster county we will enlarge the ' I.'rrr.r.t.rGENCKn,' so as to add four columns of reading matter to each number. If one or two ac tive men m 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? State Central Committee. The following named gentlemen compose the Democratic State Central Committee, as appointed by the Williamsport Convention: John Hickman, Chester County, Chairman Luther, Riley, Dauphin do. Asa Dimock, do. do. Andrew Miller, Philadelphia county. James Goodman, do. do Loyd Wharton, Bickley, do do. Charles Brady, . . do. do. John B. Sterigere, Montgomery do. Wrn. T. Rogers, Bucks <] o . John Kolp, Lancaster do. A. M. Sallade, Berks do. John A. Innas, Northampton do E. Maynard, Tioga ' do Henry C. Eyre, Union do. D. F. Williams, York do. George W. Brewer, Franklin do. A. P. Wilson, Huntingdon do. Henry W. Beeson, Fayette do. Seth Clover, Clarion do. John S. Rhey, Armstrong do. Thos. W. Grayson, Washington do. M. C. Trout, Mercer do Charles Frailev, Schuylkill do Sami. H. Tate, Bedford <f o . Sami. P. Collins, Luzerne do £ Hami| t°n, Alleghany do! Charles Brown, Philadelphia do William Deal, do. do W. L. Dewart, Northumberland do C. E. Wright; Bucks do. James Donegan, Berks do! Tt J. P. Stokes, Philadelphia city Daniel Barr, do. do. iD*The following County Committee, to act in conjunction with the State Central Committee, was appointed by the Williamsport Convention to serve for the ensuing year: Col. Reah Frazer, C. M. John ston, and Dr. John Huston. Fourth of July. A celebration of the approaching Anniversary ol Independence, irrespective of party, is to take - place in Col. Mayer’s woods nearßrownstown. An oration auitable to the occasion will be delivered by Geouqe W. McElhot, Esq., of this city. Din ner will be served about I o'clock. A Ball in the evening is to close the festivities of the day. The “ Perkins Institution.” We have received from the Publishers the “Eigh teenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Perk ins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind”—from which we learn that the whole num ber of those unfortunate inmates now at the Insti tution is 102, and that its monetary affairs are in a flourishing condition. We learn also that the Pu pils are taught various branches of manufactures m addition to the usual branches of education taught in a common school, and that trom twenty to thirty-five blind adults are employed every year in the manufacture ol goods, whose wages amount to over $2OOO. The Institution, in all its departments, is in a prosperous condition, and is highly creditable to the State of Massachusetts and to those who have the supervision of it. The Report is a highly interest ing one, but we We not room for farther details. Another Chance for Sportsmen! See advertisement in another column relative to the 11 Great Yorkshire Race,” which come off at York, (England,) on the 23d day of August next. The stakes are very heavy, and the prizes will be distributed to the holders on the 20th of September Telegraph to Europe. Quite -a number of writers are discussing with earnestness the practicability of laying wires upon die bed 0 t the ocean, and establishing a telegr&ph 1C co mmunication at once; and, we believe, the mos't of them approve of the project. A cor respondent of the New York Journal of Com merce, who is represented to be an able, experien* cfed and scientific civil engineer, proposes to lay down a wire rope of twenty strands, number 14 wire, isolated from each other, so that twenty dis tinct machines could be operated, and twenty mes sage# tent at the same time. He says it will take eight miles in length of this rope to. break by its own weight in the water; and that therefore it could not break upon being letdown into the deep est part of the ocean. The wire rope is to be coated with gutta percha, and to be reeled off from steamers employed for the purpose. It would cost, he Bays, $875,000 for 3500 miles, the 1 whole distance from New York to England; via Boston and Newfoundland, with allowances,' The cost of two steamers pne trip, including the erection of station houses atthe landings, telegraphic machines, Stc n &C., ready for operation, he estimates at $425,- 000, which will swell the total to $1,300,000. I Lr Senator Foot* has consented to deliver the oration before the Washington Monument Society at Washington, on the 4th proximo. It will doubt - Uia be an able and eloquent »ddr?M. A Word In Season. The next Legislature of Pennsylvania will have the important duty to perform of electing a U. S. Smator to succeed Mr. Sturgeon—and upon the character and integrity of the members of both branches ]-*turned by the people, will depend whe ther our good old State is to be honored or disgra ced in the Senate of the United States. The Whigs will resort to any means and exert all their ener gies to carry a majority in the Legislature; but, failing in that, they will, as is their usdhl policy, cast their votes for some pretended Democrat, of ea sy virtue, who will reciprocate their kindness by yielding a willing support to their favorite meas ures before that body. In view ol this, the people should be more than usually careful in the selec- tion of candidates to represent them in the next Legislature. Let no one be nominated or support ed by Democrats who is not known to be pure and of undoubted political integrity, and who will not be proof against all the arts and seductive influen ces brought to bear upon them by the designing men who will hover about the Capitol. And, to make “assurance doubly sure,” a pledge in writing, should be exacted from every candidate, solemnly binding himself to support the regular caucus nom inations of the party. Should this course, or a sim ilar one, be pursued in all the Democratic counties then, will a true-hearted Democrat be elected to re present Pennsylvania in the U. S. Senate. But should a contrary policy prevail, we may expect some ambi-dextrous politician—some dishonest as pirant to take the place of the firm, consistent, reliable Daniel Sturgeon, who in sunshine and storm, in prosperity and adversity, has ever been lound “faithful among the faithless, 1 ’ and whose integrity never once has been called in question. The disgraceful proceedings of certain individu als at the Williamsport Convention, should be suffi cient to open the eyes of the people to the trickery and downright rascality that -will be attempted to influence the next Legislature. Let the true heart ed Democracy of Pennsylvania see to it in time, that none of their representatives, who may be sent to legislate for them next winter, can be approach ed in the same way. Let them select no one who is not known to be proof against bribery and cor ruption, and all the seductive appliances which may be put in requisition at Harrisburg. Seeing, as we think, the danger in the prospect ive, we have considered it a duty to warn the peo ple in time of what we believe will be attempted. We hope our brethren of the Democratic press throughout the State vgill all sound the alarm.— “Forewarned is forearmed,” and let them remind the people that “eternal vigilance is the price paid for liberty.” We have discharged our duty. Whig Harmony! There is evidently trouble brewing in the Whig warn of this region. Whilst the resolutions of the Whig County Convention and the general course of the Unions, Tribune gives the “cold shoulder” to Henry Clay, the Examiner $ herald takes the op. posite course and still considers the great “ Harry of the West" as the beau ideal of Whig perfection. For proof of this we refer our readers to the publi cation, in that paper of Wednesday last, of the res olutions, so strongly approbatory of Mr. Clay’s course, recently passed at a meeting of the Whig Young-Men’s General Committee of New York and also to a highly laudatory article of Mr. Clay and his Compromise Bill, taken from the Philadel phia Inquirer. In addition to this, the omi-ion on the part of the Examiner to say a solitar word approbatory of the resolutions of the Couiv c.„,. vention above referred to, is significant of t„ i acl that the proceedings of that body, in treating Mr. Clay with such marked disrespect, are any thing but satisfactory in that quarter. We shall watch the progress of this (as yet smothered) feud between our Whig Iriends with some interest. It will come to a head, by and bye—then, look out for an ex plosion in the Whig-wam 1 “Throw Physic to the Dogs I” It must be gratifying to the Whigs of Lancaster county, to know that their late County Convention fully endorsed the conduct of Gen. Taylor and his Cabinet, in every respect—including, of course, the Galphin Swindle and all the other peculations of the administration,'which amount, in the aggregate to over a MILLION OF DOLLARS! It is true, toe Convention did not say so in that many words— but in sanctioning all toe measures of the Admin istration, of course those particular acts were inclu ded. Whether this is the sentiment of the honest farmers and mechanics of the County remainß to be seen—and whether the young “sprigs of the law,” who had the resolutions prepared before hand, and who influenced toe action of the Convention, truly reflected ,the opiniojis of toe Whigs of the country, will be ascertained hereafter. We doubt exceed ingly, however, whether this City dictation will go down well in the Townships, and whether they can swallow the dose— Galphinism and all—without nauseating their stomachs and causing wry faces But, then again, we know that Whig stomachs gen erally are very capacious, and that it takes a great deal of the strongest kind of medicine to'produce any retchings—and it may be that even Galphin ism itself, with all its hideousness and flagrant en ormity, will not prove an emetic for them. We shall see. In toe mean time we give the following list of ingredients composing the dose which they must gulp down, if they endorse all the proceed ings of their County Convention: THE ALLEN CLAIM' THE BARRON CLAIM " THE EWING CLAIM"i THE BENSON CLAIM!!!! THE ALABAMA CLAIM I " " THE VIRGINIA CLAIM!!!!!! THE WINNEBAGO CLAIM"""' THE DE LA FRANCIA CLAIM! 11111" THE MAMMOTH GALPHIN CLAIM!!!!!!!!! And numerous other Claims amounting to over ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS!!!!!!!!! Still they Come! Is there no end to the Galphins’—and will there be noend to them ? Every day, almost, brings with it a new troop, as deformed and hideous as any that have yet appeared. The Washington Union says: We have been told that the Cabinet have been paying interest on the old Virginia commutation claims which has been refused by all former ad ministrations. We understand that large sums have b«n paid out of the treasury on .these claims for interest, founded on pretended judgments recovered in the courts of Virginia. We understand that cer tain agents, having toe management of these claims, have made large sums of money in the business of hunting up and presenting them to toe Taylor ad ministration for payment. We understand that toe amount already paid out on this class of claims— interest alone—will reach one or two hundred thousand dollars, perhaps much more!” And all these in addition to the Galphin claim— the Francia claim—the Benson claim—the Com modore Barron claim—the Ewing claim—the Alabama claim—the Allen claim—toe Winnebago swindle—and various others— amounting in the aggregate to over One Million of Dollars! paid by Cabinet officers, without warrant or authority of law. Truly, the people are paying dearly for the mis take they made in elevating Gen. Taylor to the Presidency. If this system of Galphanizing, or bleeding the treasury, is permitted to continue for rivo or three years longer, we should not wonder if high tariff duties became necessary in order to save the government from bankruptcy. Will the Editors of the Whig organs in this county let ns have their opinion of these bare faced peculations ? We are sincerely anxious to know what they think of them—and we have no doubt their readers are equally solicitous on the subject Do, gentlemen, make public your ideas of Taylor Galphinism—and let the good people of Lancaster county know whether you sanction or disapprove of these wholesale robberies of the public treasury. j Mr. Clay and the Gal piling. Mr. Cut and the Administration now hold an tagonistical positions to each other. The great Kentucky Statesman, who for five and twenty years has held the Whig heart of the Nation as if by magic, is now, for the first time, balked in his ef forts to heal the wounds of his country—and that, too, by a batch of men who are but pigmies in in tellect and statesmanship when compared with himself. Whilst he, like a true patriot, is bending all his energies and employing all his eloquence to affect an adjustment of the difficulties that now be set the Nation, they are sneakingly and cowardly at work to defeat his efforts and to prolong the agita tion of the Slavery question. He has taken his po sition boldly and manfully—they are endeavoring to evade the question, by a craven spirit of procras tination which seeks by non-action to postpone a decision of the momentus subject But this is not the worst feature of the case on the part of the Galphin Cabinet They are not content with trying to de feat the plan of adjustment or compromise advoca ted by Mr. Cut, but they are meanly endeavoring, through the instrumentality of hired letter writers and pensioned presses, to write down that great statesman and blacken his fame with posterity. This is the basest kind of ingratitude on their part> and must, of necessity, recoil upon themselves, with tremendous effect. To Hnuni Cut’s forbearance are these ingrates mainly indebted for the positions they occupy before the country; for had he exert ed his mighty influence against Gen. Tatcob, (and who could have blamed him had he done so, after the manner he was treated by the “Slaughter House 1 ’ Convention of 1848!) that gentleman nev er could have been elevated to the Presidential Chair. This the Galphins well know; and yet, so lost are they to a proper senseof their obligations to Mr. Cur, that they would now destroy him, if they could, and blacken the reputation which he has acquired after fifty years hard toil in the service of the pnblic. But they cannot do it. These men are but intellectual pigmies in the grasp of his giant intellect, and they will find to their cost that all their efforts will fall harmless at his feet.— Nor is he the man to quail before his enemies. Hehrt Cut knows no fear—and whilst, no doubt,' he would vastly prefer an encounter with “ foemen worthy of his steel,’’ yet he will never ..turn his back to mortal man. Least of all will he cower, to those ingrates who have been fed by his bounty and who, after having been warmed into political ‘ife by his guardianship of the Whig party, now turn round, like the adder in the fable, and attempt to sting to death their kindeA and greatest bene factor. We have no friendship for Mr. Clat, politically. His desertion of the Democratic party in 1820, and the bitterness with which he has since assailed it 3 principles and policy, have arrayed against him the whole body of the Democracy from one ex' tremity of the Union to the other. He has his faults—but, he is, nevertheless, emphatically a great man, in almost every sense of the word, and no one can look upon his manly form without at the same time admiring his many splendid quali ties. His character is the common property of the whole American people, and however much a ma jority of them may dislike some of the principles and measures he has heretofore advocated, they are willing to award him a niche ip, the temple of fame which has been attained by but few statesmen of the nineteenth century. His eminent services to the Whig party should have endeared him to every member of it—for it is owing to the talents and energies of Hehbt Clat, and to him alone, that the Whig party has an organized existence at the present day. Had it not been for him—for the almost super-human efforts he put forth against the Democratic party, alter his apostacy from it—the Whig party would now be a weak, miserable, helpless faction—without energy, without organi zation, without power, without numerical strength to accomplish any thing. Mr. Cuai has made it what it is, and for this, he is now, in his old days, when upon the verge of the grave, visited with the blackest ingratitude that ever fell to the lot of man. But the day of retribution is coming, and the great Kentuckian will yet triumph over an administra tion that is detested and despised, on account of its weakness and inefficiency, by three-fourths of the American people. Nothing yet Done! Congress is now in the seventh month of its session, and still the great question of Slavery which embraces toe other question of admitting California and toe Territories—is apparently as far ( rom a settlement as ever. What is to be the up shot of this business, it is impossible to conjecture. Much ill feeling is again excited at Washington. On Thursday last, Messrs. Clay and Bfnton, not withstanding their age and character, had an angry altercation on the floor of the Senate; and in the House, Messrs. Toombs and Wintbbof, two mem bers from whom better was expected, became so much excited as to almost come to blows, or some thing worse. ID* We are indebted to the Messrs. Sfanoler & Bao., for a very excellent piece of music, by Miss Emma F. Mteiis, a highly talented young lady of Columbia, and dedicated to our friend Geo. Wolfe, Esq. of the same place. The music is prefaced with an admirable lithographed portrait of Mr. W., and the whole affair is gotten up in toe very best artistical style. Call at Spangler’s, and judge for yourselves. Dry Weather. The Erie Observer complains of toe drought in that section, and says there has fallen no rain there of any consequence for the last seven weeks ! We also learn from our exchanges that in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin, the drought has been very severe. In this region (Lancaster Co.. Pa.) we have had more than our share of rain the pres ent season—and could have spared our western friends a score at least of very fine showers! The last eight or ten days, however, indicate a'dry spell of weather. Successful Experiment in Aerostation.- Mr. Bell, a physician of London, has achieved a new discovery in the science of terostation-toat’ f n- C S n ?° mg ’ dlrectln e. or steering a baioon which he accomplished a few weeks since to the surprise of the Londoners. He maneuvered his tWn, h t r ° U nV- he Ka mS ° f air with a d «terity that puts all his contemporaries in the shade The baioon is represented to be of an eliptic shape or m veFetahir etn g “ f ° rm the S P anish melon or vegetable marrow, manufactured of toe finest silk with netting of cordage, and with a spring infl V t- C ° DStrU f ted ? n an entire new principle. The inflation, conducted with the greatest pricey took Gasworks Th 0 ” 8 *" gaBometcr of the Phmnix Gas Works The ascent was made at about six o clock, and the descent took place at Essex with a result favorable to toe intrepid aeronaut, but Ca Jfl" g fce loss of life of one who had bravely and kindly hastened to the rescue of a fellow crea ture in his penlous descent from the regions above. We’ll bet a dozen of Scotch herring, that our townsman, Mr. Wise, can accomplish the feat if such a thing has been done by a Londoner. He can do what any other body can do in the science of aerostation—that’s certain. . JET Quite a new business has been started at Hamsburg, Pa. The Union says that Messrs. Till & Main, boat builders of that borough, have laid the keel and set up the ribs of a schooner, on toe bank of the Sußquehanna below the railroad bridge to be floated to tide water when completed. Equivocal. The flock of a worthy minister have presented him with a policy of insurance on -DL lfe f ° r * soo °— :l s °ug little sum, which, as Phehm O'Leary would say, he can only enjoy when he is dead! These posthnmos benefits are some what equivocal, as a reward of merit. It is like presenting a pipe of wine to a gentleman, to be drunk at his funeral. BD-Mrs. Sallie W. Lawrence, of Louisville, has been divorced from her husband, T. B. Lawrence of Boston. ’ toemesdous fire: in cojl- IV"- vaißu. ]LoB * or Ufe—s3o,ooo worth or " Property Destroyed: A tremendous conflagration occurred in the Bor ough of Columbia, on Sunday night last For the following particulars we are indebted to the mss of Col. A. M. Srurotsn, who was an eye witness to the scene: On Sunday night, about 12 o'clock, an Express train from Columbia reached our city, bringing in telhgence that a destructive fire, that threatened the safety of the town, was then raging in that place, and requesting the assistance of our firemen. The alarm was immediately given, and in a short time the Sun Engine and Hose mounted a truck car, and accompanied by about 150 firemen and citizens, proceeded with the train to Columbia, and reached the fire in time to render some assistance. The particulars are as follows: The fire broke out at about half past 10 o’clock, in a cooper shop belonging to Christian Meyers, situated near the river bank, between Walnut and Locust Sts Sur rounded as it was with buildings and material of the most combustible character, so rapid was the progress of the fire, that before the firemen could bring their apparatus to bear upon it, several of the old frame buildings were wrapped in flames. The intense heat and rapid progress of the fire soon gave it a most threatening aspect, and the destruc tion of the town seemed inevitable. However bv almost super human exertions, the flames were confined to the square between Walnut and Locust streets, and Front street and the River. The Co lumbia Bridge was on fire three several times, and but for the unusual calmness of the night, would certainly have been destroyed. The breeze which was but light blew for a while directly towards the town, and during its continuance in that direction all hope of preventing its almost total destruction w-as abandoned. Fortunately, however, the wind changed and the fire was driven towards the river where coming in contact with the immense piles’ of Lumber, it soon raged with renewed violence.— After several hours of severe labor, the progress of the fire was checked, not however, until a larae amount of valuable lumber was consumed. ° The principal sufferers are: Robert Hamilton, whose losses are heavy, and no insurance either up on dwelling or lumber ; C. Meyers, &E. Howard partly insured, loss heavy; N. Evans, insured.—’ Messrs. Pownall & Dickinson lose heavily, no in surance. Quite a number of our Lancaster Lum ber Merchants are sufferers. The principal, are Reinhold &Co Shenk & Long, D. Hartman, and J. liable. No insurance on any part. Nine houses tenanted by twenty-three indigent families, many of whom barely escaped with their lives, were destroyed. We could not learn the value ottnem. loss is estimated at $30,000 of which not the fifteenth part was insured. The office of the “Columbia Spy” was also de stroyed, though a large portion ofthe type & mate rial were saved, and insurance sufficient to cover the balance of the loss We regret to state that a young man, named Augustus Myers, was so injured by the falling of a chimney that he died in two hours. D. Shoemaker and another person were also injured, but not seri ously. The greatest praise is due the firemen & citizens lor tneir noble exertions in arresting the flames. The fire was no doubt the work of incendiaries, as two men were seen running from the Cooper bhopjust as the alarm was given, and though ef forts were made to arrest them, they succeeded in making their escape. Bunker Hill Celebration. The Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred on yesterday, the 17th of June| was to be celebrated at Boston. From the prepar ations made, it was doubtless a grand affair. The orator selected for the occasion was Edwabd Ev eiutt, one of the most popular and eloquent speakers of the age. The Boston Post , in aft article on the subject, and speaking of Mr. E., says: “He will stand, too, near where the British landed sev enty-five years ago when they marched to scale the redoubt which Prescott’s valor, and that of his im mortal band, have immortalized.” The celebration was gotten iip, as it should be, irrespective of parties. A general invitation was extended to all the citizens of every age, sex and condition. Col. William Bigler. This distinguished Democrat paid a flying visit to Lewistown last week, on his way home to Clear field. Speaking of the marked attention extended to him by the citizens of that Boyough, the True Democrat concludes by saying: ■ The signs of the times unerringly point to him as the man to carry our flag to victory in the Gu bernatorial canvass of 1851. In honoring such a man the people honor themselves. Licsrwrssr laox Woeks.— The great Iron Works of the Messrs. Scranton are now making forty tons of Railroad Iron per day, while no other concern in the Union is known to be making a sol itary rail. This iron is of such excellence, that the makers sell it easily at seven dollars per ton ad vance on the priced merchantable English rails. E7*We clip the above from the N. Y. Tribune. We think the editor is mistaken in his allegation that there is but that one establishment in the Un ion making Railroad Iron at the present time. If our information is correct, the Safe Harbor Iron Works, in this County, are also engaged in the manufacture of Railroad Iron, at the present time, and are making at the rate of 150 tons per week, and a very superior article at that. But is it not surprising how statements like the above find their way into Whig papees, especially at the present time when the restoration of the Ta riff of 1842 is about to be demanded! !D"The alleged discovery of Mr. H. M. Paine, of Worcester, Massachusetts—by which a brilliant inflammable gas is produced from water, at a mere nominal cost—is strongly doubted by some. The Boston Journal, speaking of it, says: This discovery is so remarkable in its character, and embraces such important results, that we must be pardoned for doubting the entire correctness of the statements, until we have received stronger de monstrative proofs than have yet been laid before the public. It is true that the light has been exhi bited, and is highly satisfactory, but the mode of producing it has hitherto been studiously concealed; nor is it known, excepting from the statements of the discoverer, that there is no other agent in its production than water. Nor is there any thing in the previous history of Mr. Paine which should, lead us, in these days of humbug and morbid thirst for notoriety, to give full credence to his account of the astounding nature of this discovery, unsup ported by testimony from persons well qualified to test its merits, and who have been allowed an op portunity of so doing. The New York Express says: Our Gas Company here have but little faith in the improvement, and have offered $1,000,000, for'evi dence of its success, which they say cannot be given. Cleveland Savings Bank.— The Cleveland correspondent,of the New York Herald thus de scribes the mode in which the recent robbery of that institution was effected: The robbers came to Cleveland about two weeks before the robbery; they watched the Pres dient of the bank for several days, for the purpose of stealing the keys; they finally observed him enter his room, which is on the lower floor in front and looking through the window, saw him deposits 7 the bank key in the bureau drawer, and soon after .he appeared in the street; and while he stood talk ing with some men that were at work near his house, one,of the rogues slipped into the house and stole the bank key from the bureau drawer, and w;ith it unlocked the vault, removed the $12,000 amd returned the key back to the drawer. But had the President taken the caution to disarrange the key, the robbery would, in all probability have been prevented This cunning idea of returning the key, had the effect the rogues contemplated by fixing suspicion on the-offifcers of the bank ■ and thus feeling secure, in consequence of such susdi cion, the rogues began boldly spending the money. The first information that led to their arrest came from a house of ill fame, a short distance from the city, where the rogues spent a good portion of k heir J™ e after 1116 robb<!1 7 - The money was buried in two parcels— part on the bank of the lake, and part in an embankment on the railroad, and never, probably, would have been found had not the rogues pointed out the spot.” Tbi Coal Thau*. —The shipments of coal last week from the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions a l°ne, reached nearly 62,000 tons. The Lehigh trade is rapidly increasing—the shipments last week, exceeding., bv upwards of 4,000 tons, those from the Schuylkill mines by railroad. The total fixuprEents/or the season from these mines amount to 805,285 tons* California Sews. We received, by the New York mail of -Wednei day last, the following letter from our friend, G. W. Bake, Esq., now in California. The graphic description he gives of the route over which he passed, will be read with interest by his numerou. friends m this county. It will also be gratifying to them to know that he is in excellent health, and suc ceeding very well since he reached the Et Dorado of the West: Sas Francisco, April 30, 1850. Geo. Sahdirsos, Esq,— Dear Sir: The Intel ligencere lorwarded by your kindness have been receded up to March lath/ From the editorials Se »or^ V f r^T nt in ,heir columns > ,he y are the source of the deepest interest to me. Few can eave their native home, or as the Germans more touchingly express it. their “father land,” withom regret h, nd alth , ough l am indebted to Lan caster county for naught but that of a birth-dace and expect never to be her debtor for aught elre ft’ Will be a happy day when my foot is a|a n u^ n her soil. For a home, old “y"?!! and Lancaster County a long while after. I arrived at Chagres, January 26. The town is one of no interest, being composed of some tiro or tiiree hundred miserable hots, and wholly inhabited by negroes. An old fort, standing a dreary and and voiceless sentinel at the entrance of the bay might arrest the attention of an antiquarian, and andlhe feWS ° mb . re re ? ecti , ons upon fallen greatness and the vanity of national as well as human am bition. Having no penchant that way, we will not disturb the pompous ruins, but proceed to pre pare for a trip up the Chagres river. The numer ous shops of the place can furnish every thing requisite for the journey, such as bread, wine, brandy eatS V-, The latter should brought with the traveller Claret wine will be found extremely “ sefu ’ as 'I* 11 “ palatablej it quenches thirst and de stroys the flaccid qualities ot the river water. Brandy or rum should always accompany the voyager Boats of all sizes from a large launch to a small hog trough, line the shores. The scenes here pre sented upon the arrival of a steamer are striking and novel. A thousand natives ol all sizes, ages sexes and colors, from Japan black to parchment yellow, in any degree of nakedness, raggedness, taudriness, and dirtiness swarm upon the shores and m the boats, rowing, poleing and shoveing hither and thither m most consummate anxiety, perplexity and confusion, and all trying to drive a bargain If you betray the least fickleness they will rate their price accordingly. A boat above the medium size should be selected for not more than three • the price will vary from $25 to.sloo, according to the demand, and anxiety of the passengers to get off. Over the after part of the boat there should be a covering to afford protection from the sun and dews. Your luggage stored forward, and yourself under the awning, you may bid adieu'toChag res. f bis river has been most grossly misrepresented Men devoid of taste for the beautiful in nature dead to her poetry, and untouched by her harmony magnificence and luxuriance, have called her many loul names. For miles her waters flow as placidly as the meadow stream where the weeping willow grows. Her banks are covered with trees, vines, and flowers, rich in color, magnificent in size, and endless m variety. And like a wanton maid, con scious of her charms, she displays all her attrac tions m graceful roundings, now as though she rushed to take a towering hill in her embrace, and then off to kiss a flowery plain. Everything around is so new and strange, so rich and beautiful, that it is with an effort that you are convinced of being in substantial existence. During the rainy season it is quite different; the stream is then full, rapid,and dangerous, requiring many days to complete the passage. Thirty hours to two days should find you at Gorgona, a town of the same character as Cha gres Haying a good night’s rest and one or two comfortable meals, (and the traveller is- by this time prepared to rate comfort according to circum stances,) you must make arrangements tor the transportation of yourself and ’luggage. This is done by mules and men. Riding mules are hired from 8 to sl6—pack mules at $8 per hundred pounds. Men carry trunks, &c„ on their backs for whatever they can get. I would observe here that trunks and packages should not exceed much one hundred pounds, and should be well secured and covered \vith canvass or gum. Get a good and strong riding mule by all means, and if you do not wish to be disappointed about your baggage see it started and then keep with it if you think proper, i-adjes rule some astride and some on side saddles. The former is possibly the safest, but certainly not the most pleasant. A good rider need have no fear upon a side saddle. To give any adequate idea of the road from Gor gona to Panama is an impossibility. Just imagine the up-hilliest and dowu-hilliest, the ruggedest and stoneiest, the holeiest and narrowest, the ditch test and ruttiest, the roughest and windiest, the rootiest and stumpiest, the breatneckiest and darnd est road that ever tracked a wilderness, and you w)li have an idea of this. With all this, however, I saw no real danger. The animals are as nimble and sure footed as any of the Raubs on the tight rope. The journey may be made in six hours, and should be commenced in the morning, especially so when ladies travel. Refreshments can be had at the numerous ranches that now line the road. Wine and brandy should be carried conveniently as much of the wa»er is brackish from vegetable matter. I look upon the whole trip across the Isthmus as one of romantic interest and novelty, full of incident pleasure and amusement. As for the fatigue and other discomforts, any one who is not prepared for them should have remained at home; California is no place for him. The church towers of Panama seen at a distance are cheering signs of the speedy termination of that part of the journey so much dreaded by the traveller. He has passed the Rubicon, and has not been torn to pieces by the huge bug-bears of the letter writers, nor has he been precipitated from some awful pre cipjce into the yawning gulph below, nor has he even been gratified by seeing a tithe of the horrors that he was led to believe were inseparable from the journey. All danger over, with a good meal and sleep in prospective, the cactus fences, the orange trees and tall cocoanuts, the lazy natives and naked babies, all excite new interest in the dusty rider’ as he enters the suburbs of this dilapidated town.— Panama is scarce 200 years old, yet it has the ap pearance of being very ancient, from its rusty and ruinous condition. From the ' completion of the walls it began to decay, and there was no enter- prise to arrest it, and no individual or national in dustry to keep it in repair. Churches, once magni ficent in size, structure and ornament, stand with their four naked walls upstretched to heaven, as though appealing from this profane neglect. Ruin and decay had set their seals upon everything until American enterprise wrought a change, and now the visitor of a year ago would scarce, recognize the place. There are but few Spanish families res ident here, the majority of the population being negroes, and a more thriftless and worthless popu lation cannot be found in any country. Imbecile and degraded, without physical courage, or moral character; gaming, cock-fighting and bull-worrying, constitute the most prominent national character istics. Their courts are organized and conducted upon bribery and corruption. Their religion, noth ing but outward pomp and circumstance, adminis tered by priests who regard the church in the same light as they do the cockpit, from both of which they draw their revenues, officiating in the one in the morning and betting at the other in the after noon of thesame Sabbath. It is difficult to predict the effect of American character in changing the order of things in Panama. Difficulties have already occurred, conflicts have already happened between the two classes of citizens, and the manner of their settlement augurs much against the durability of the present government. Mail steamers leave Panama on the first of every month. The voyage up the coast is tedious, and mostly uninteresting. Acapulco is the first fort made on the trip. This town is quite pretty, clean and lively. Fruit of all kinds in abundance ; na tives polite, cleanly and, apparently, industrious. Ihe next is Mazatian, (the steamer stops at other points to discharge the mail,) a beahtiful Mexican tow ?;, L “ < ! nti 8 de e ree of luxury, refinement and wealth here that is quite refreshing after a stay at Mo ? tere >'' we “W from the boat, is most delightfully situated on the slope on the coast amidst green fields and flowery valleys. From there ban Francisco is made in a few hours.. I will not now attempt to give any description of my feelings as we passed through the Golden Gate but “rEtte 11 te “ y ° U my impreSBions of San ID* The first train of Cars reached Huntingdon on the 6th inst. a JnnH Advertising —When one has other. W J h ‘ ch . C “ be aBb r d ed cheaper than d.e ,h ff ° rd “ 18 an ohicct for him to adver l.reevh • m ? re eite ** B *vely he advertises, the b “? lneBs be W ‘H do. As an illustration, we would refer to Geo. W. SiMmons, Esq., of Bos ton, who, by extensive advertising, hasbuiit np the largest clothing establishment in the country, and has caused Oak Hall to be known throughout the civilized world. ID“We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr. Cbas. E. Emes, who, it will be seen, has re moved his Hat & Cap Store to the south-west cor ner of Market & Sixth streets, Philadelphia. Commodore Stockton has resigned his com. mission in the Navy {Lr Mr. Clay’s indisposition was very slight— Ht was at his post the next day. CITYTTEMg. A Biatrrmm Moscmiht—A Monument is the ,T m ° ry °f'be late Cams- TUB Bachmam, Esq., of this city. The material is the purest Italian marble, and it will be finished m the highest style. The work is being done at the yard ot Caas M. Howiit. It is to be twenty leet high, and when completed will constitute bne of the most splendtd specimens of workmanship to t „'™ nd > [l 'be country; evincing at once the good taste of the artist, and the liberality of those bv whose dyection it is to be executed.— Union. * D:y ’ Saveral files occurred a few day's ago—at having been made to fire the stables of I ? m . es ?• John Metzgar and Alder- Swet?‘ C The C allay . b<!t ' vee " N: King and Duke htteets. The Connells have directed the Mayor to offer a reward of $3OO for the apprehension and coZ'hh ° f the i nC c- endmry or incendiaries. A colored bhy, named Gilmore, residing with Mr Reynolds, next door to Mr. Lane, was°arTe ted'mi' dischargad want of evidence , r lD ‘. The CosesToox Steam Mills are stopped for a time—No. Ito ibake necessary repairs, P (m t is said,) and No: 2 for want of hands-most of the operatives preferring to leave, rather than sdb a 'eduction ol their wages, as contemplated by the Managers The following Card will explain the “ why and wherefore-. ’ F thas fti Vlan !5 erS ° f ‘ h , e MUI ? havi "g ascertained mat the goods manufactured at present from the nW P r t Ced < i otton COSt them more than could be obtained., n the market for them, they, on mature an/ C N 7o solved to stop No.'i and No. they were willing to run if it could be 3 ° SS - The "’ere so regulated , , thay e .' eveU ' voul<l barfely do this. I made this . ‘ n P* rs °o to all employed in No. 2' Mill under the hopes (ha, with the' explanation then made, it would be satislactorv Tho i. in g since learned that «: islaction, have concluded to stop the Mill eve nmg, until such time as the state of the market will warrant their running it. _ DAVID LONGNT.CKER, Aot Lancaster, June 8, 1850. . i!!, , m cctiso.— Pursuant t 0 public notice a meeting was held at the publiq house ol Fred’k cooper on Thursday evening last. Col Wm S Amweg was called to the Chair, and Juo. B Mark ey appcinted Secretary. On motion it was agraed that the Company adopt the Constitution and By Laws o the old company, “ Lancaster Fencibles." Committee on drill and meeting room reported that they could procure a suitable room ol J S Gable and were instructed to" make the necessary arranee’ ments as son as possible. Committee on uniform nH° n i n n; n f''• b “ e ToUnd jacket ’ Ij Sbt blue pants, and cloth fatigue cap; were continued. On motion Emanuel loung was chosen as drill officer Mes’ srs.-H. E Slaymaker and John S. Detweiler were appointed to copy the constitution and by-laws that me members can sign the same.— Saturday Express ID* OnMonday week, the Lancaster Gas Com- OiriL 6 eCtl V d th ,f follo 'y in S: named gentlemen its Directors for the ensutng'year, viz: Hon. Ellis Lewis President; John N. Lane, Dr. F. A Muhlen- Cu g ’ ?;-? ager ’ D ' b'Ongneeker, W. Gleim ahd Dr John Miller. ID" We direct attention to the C;ird of Mrs yciHAunos who proposes to open a school for the instruction of young ladies in the higher branches vfi»M U ° n ' MrS ' ‘j a lady who comes amongst us highly recommended as to character- and attain ments, and we have no doubt of her ability to ren der entire satisfaction .to all .who patronize her. On Sunday evening last, an alarm of fire took cv Ca ~ l . on f mated in a shed belonging to Judge chaifier tn the rear of Centre Square, and is tho't to have been the work of an incendiary. The fire was extinguished before any damage was done. Chrome—or Chromic lion. The Miners’ Journal of the Sth.inst. says— We are gratified to learn that the diggers of .Chrome, m Delaware county, are as busy as the gold diggers in California. One firm has upwards of one hundred hands employed, and are daily ship ping the mineral to Baltimore. The proprietors ol farms up on which it is found receive three dol! lars per ton for washed Chrome; and in the rocks state it is worth five dollars per ton, The mineral ‘V f ? 1 ““t I I . n abundance , at various points east of the Mine Ridge, in Lancaster, Chester and Del to W &mmore eS,and “ W " early *“■ shi PP ad Chrome is not found in the metalic state; its oxyde is a green orchy substance which is general ly intermixed with silicious minerals. Chromic iron, (which is the kind above alluded to,) is sought after to obtain from it the chromic acid; for the preparation of the beautiful chrome-yellow, used in painting and dying. It is found in the Shetland Islands, in Syria, in'some parts of France, and else where; but it is more plentiful in the region above mentioned than any other place we have ever heard 01. Dur ‘ns 'be thunder gust on Saturday week, the barn of Henty N. Landis, about 3 miles east of this City, was struck by lightning, and burned to the ground. <&1)£ Jtlarketo. Lancaster Markets, Lancaster, June 15. The Flour market is firm—s4,B7* is offered for superfine, and $5,121 for extra. Wheat, White $1 15—Red 81 10. I Oatif 33c~ C ° rn g °° d re 9 ue,t At 66c—Rye 1 60, Whiskey— 2sc per gallon. Butteh sells readily from 11 to 12cJ per lb. Chickens-—25 a3ll per pair. Egos sold at 12| per dozen. Potatoes are 62 a 70c for Mercer. Philadelphia Markets, Philadelphia, June 15. r - Condition of the Markets. S3 F nn Ur wL B H?,'? <mt )So#lS 31J— Rye Flour I? 9a hlte Wheat 91 28 per bushel, and Red V 65 cts — Yel,ow Corn 66 cts.— Oats 43 cts.— Whiskey 27 cts. h» C f' T T^ E ™ ET- —At market 1600 head of beef cattle, 200 cows and calves, and 960 hogs m VeB rrf 7 8 B'6o 8 ' 60 P cr 100 lbs—Cows k n, son S ° d ,AA? I6 & 40 —Hogs brought from $5 00 91 00 to P 3 r oo he6P 82 °° ' 9 4 00-t*"* B Baltimore Markets. Baltimore, June 15. - , pl ‘ J " r $ 5 25 “6 31 j—City Mills $6 50—Wheat, White $1 28, Red sllB—Corn 64 cts Oats 43 cts.—Whiskey 27 cts. CATTLE M ARKET.—Beef Cattle 1150 head at market, of which 450 were sold at from $3 00 to 4 2 „. P, er , 1b0 , 1 . b8 - on tbe boof > aid the balance driven to Philadelphia— Hogs $5 per 100 lbs—the mark et inactive. MARRIAGES. In this city, on the 6th inst., by M. Carpenter, Mayor, Augustus B. Leedam, of Delaware, to Hannah M. Hoopes, of Chester county, Pa. On the 26th alt., by the Rev. Mr. Harbach, Mar tin Dorwart to Wilhelmina Dellet, ol this city. In New Holiand, on the 13th inst., by the Rev. r)iln° h e n’ I ? r ; Ge °’ W - Smith > to Miss Susan R. iiiller, all of the above place. At Lampeter Square, on Thursday the 13th inst., by Christian Hess, Esq., Mr. Peter Garra, Jr„ of Paradise twp., to Miss Margaret Templeton, of West Lampeter. On the 23d ult., by the Rev. J. H. Menges, Mr. John Bare to M iss Anna Kuhns, both of Millers viJle, Lancaster county. On the 6th inst., by Rev. R. Compton, Mr. El* Cummings, of Marietta, to Miss Mary Smith, o' Columbia. DEATHS. At the residence of bis mother, near Columbia, on the 6th inst., Frank Heiss, aged about 40 years. At Millerstown, on the 3d inst., Catharine Gray bill, aged 100 years. Mrs- G- was married on the day the Battle of Brandywine was bought. On the 30th ult., in Cumberland county, Charles Gerber, sen., formerly of Ephrata twp.. Lancaster county, aged 63 years, 10 months and 25 days. At the residence of Joseph T. Wilson,'in Colum bia, on,the 3d inst., Benjamin Spangler, in the3oth\. ye&r of his age. * In West Hempfield twp., on the 29th ult, Ann, daughter of David K. Stauffer, aged 21 years, 8 months and 8 days. ■ * on . tbe ,f th lnBt -, near Beartown, after a short bat painful illness, which she bore with perfect calm ness, Rachel Detrich, daughter of*!aria Rhoads, and late wife of Edward Detrich, aged 20 years', 3 months and 20 days. On the 29th ult.. in Fulton twp., in the 64th year of her age, Mrs. HarrietMaxweli, widow of Robert Maxwell, Esq., dec’d, and daughter of the late Gen. John Steele, formerly Collector of the Port of Philadelphia. Of the deceased, it maybe truly ’ said, that she has left none, in the large circle of relatives and friends, whose loss 'would be more severely felt or sincerely regretted. Her exem plary piety, gentle manners and useful life, cave dignity to the domestic , ircle, and formed a bright - example fyr mutation. She lived greatly esteemed and r»epe«ted,_aad diad eisseraly lame Med. W*
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