State Legislature.
As the Legislature-assembles to-day, we re-pub
lish the list of members elect The subjoined is
complete, with the exception of one vacancy from
Cumberland, occasioned by the decease of Hehry
Church, Esq., which cannot be supplied until the
Speaker of the House issues, a writ ordering an
election. A Bound and thorough-going Democrat
. will no doubt be returned. ’,• ' -
SENATE..
I. Philadelphia city— William A. Crabb, Benja
min Matthias* . " '
: 2. -Philadelphia county— Ptltg D. Savery, Thos.
S. Fernon, Thomas H. Forsyth.* •
3. Montgomery—Joshua Y. Jones.
4. Chester and Delaware — H. Jones Brooke,
5. Berks—Henry A. Muhlenberg.
. 6. Bucks— Benjamin Malone.
Lancaster and Lebanon— Joseph Konigmacher,
JDanUlStihe. , . , .
8. Northumberland and Dauphin— Robert M.
Frick.
■ 9. Northampton and Lehigh—Conrad Shimer.
101 Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne—No
Representative.
11. Adams and Franklin— Thomas Carton *
12. York —Henry Fulton.
13. Cumberland and Perry—Joseph' Baily*
14. Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan and Clinton—•
William F. Packer. ‘ •
15. Jllair, Cambria and Huntingdon— Robert A.
MMurtrie* ’
16. Luzerne, Montour and Columbia—Charles
R. Buckalew.* '
17. Bradlord, Susquehanna and Wyoming —Geo.
Sanderson.*
18. Tioga, Potter, M'Kean, Elk and Clearfield—
John W. Guernsey'Timothy Ives.
19. Mercer, Venango and Warren—John Hoge.*
20. Erie and Crawford — John H.< Walker . ,
21. Butler, Beaver and Lawrence— Archibald
Robertson. '
22. Allegheny — William B . Haslett, James Caro
ihert.*
23. Washington and Greene— George V. Law
rence, Maxwell M’Caslin;
24. Bedford and Somerset—lsaac Hugus.
•• .25. Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion— Christian
Meyers.*
20. Juniata, Mifflin and Union— Jonathan J.
Cunningham. . \
27. Westmoreland and Fayette—No Represent
ative. •,
28. Schuylkill—Charles Frailey. t; .
. 6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams— William AfS/tem/.
Allegheny —Thomas J. Bigfcam, Robert C. Walk
er, John M'Cluskey , J. Fife, Morgan Robertson.
Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson—John S.
Rhey, Reynolds Laughlih, Thomas M : Kee.
Bedford and Cambria—John Cessna, John Lin
ton. .
S. 1 Feather, Sdmuel Fegely,
John C. Evans, Jacob Reifsnyder.
Bucks—Edward Thomas, Jonathan Ely, Noah
Shull. :
Beaver, Butler and Lawrence —Thomas Dungan,
Daniel H. B. Brower, Samuel Hamilton.
Blair and Huntingdon— Seth R. William
B. Smith.
Bradford—Addison M’Kean, Henry Gibbs.
Chester— John S. Bowen, David J. Bent, James
M. Dorian.
Cumberland—Thomas C. Scouller.
Centre—William H. Blair.
Clearfield, Elk and M'Kean—W. J. Hemphill.
, Columbia-and Montour—John M'Reynolds.
: Crawford— T. Van Horne, Joseph Patten.
Dauphin— John C. Kunkel, John .Cooper.
Delaware —John M. Broomall.
Erie— James C. Reid, Alexander W. Blaine.
'■ Fayette and Westmoreland—James P. Downer,
Joseph E. Griffln, Joseph Guffey, I L. Bigelow.
Franklin— Joseph M'Lean, David McClay,
■ Greene—Lewis Roberts. .
: Indiana— William Evans.
Lebanon— John W. Killingcr.
Lycoming, Clinton and Potter—William Brindle,
William Dunn.
Lancaster— C. L. Hunsecker , B. A. Sheaffer, Rob
ert Baldicin, Jacob Nissley, James Cowden.
Luzerne—James W. Rhoads, S. S. Benedict.
Lehigh and Carbon—David Laury, William
Lilly, Jr.
Monroe and Pike—John M. Morris.
Venango and \Varren-—Morris .Leech,
John W. Shugart, Glenni W. Scofield.
Mifflin—John Ross.
Montgomery—William Henry, Curtis W. Gabe.
Oliver P. Fretz. ‘ \
1 Northampton— Alexander E Brown,- Joseph
Brown.
Northumberland—John B. Packer.
Perry—David Steward
Philadelphia city— George H. Hart, Chat. O'Neill,
Jacob L. dossier, Edward Armstrong.
Philadelphia county : —Washington J. Jackson,
Lewis C. Cassinay, William Goodwin, J. Smith
Skinner, Edward J. Penniman, A. W. 01 Urine, Sol
omon Demeres, William H. Sootier, Richard Simp
son, Andrew Hague, Henry Huplet.
Somerset— George Mowry. i
Schuylkill—Wm. J. Dobbins, Jno. S. Struthers.
Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming—Ezekiel
Mowry, Isaac.Reckhow.
Tioga— A. J. Monroe. '
• Washington—Jonathan D.. Leet, David Riddle.
Wayne—Calvert Freeman.
Union and Juniata— Eli Sli/er.
York—Jacob S. Haldenqan, Alexander C. M'Cur
dy, Edwin' C. Trone. • .
Democrats in Roman—Whigs in Italic—lnde
pendents in Shall' Caps—new members marked
thus (*)
RECAPITULATION.
Dem. maj. on joint ballot, 16
Tlie Tblrty-tmrd Congress.
It is somewhat early, says the North American,
to attempt estimating the manner in which the new
apportionment,'provided by the act of May 23, '5O.
will effect the several States as regards the distri
bution of Representative?. The act V ovides that
the whole number of members shdll be’233 ; and
, as the entire population of the country is rated at
1 above twenty-three, or twenty-three and a half
! millions, it is computed that the constituency will
be, in round numbers, 100,000. Taking this as
the basis, and calculating from mixed returns and
estimates of population, the apportionment among
the States would seem to he somewhat a 9 follows :
Old New
Wisconsin, ’ 3 3
lowa, 2.3
Pennsylvania, 24 24
New York, 1 , 34 28
f - Massachusetts, 12 10
Rhode Island, '2 .2
Virginia, 17 14
Indiana, l2
California, 2 2
Texas, • -2 2
Ohio, /") 21
North Carolina, 9 H
Vermont, 4 3
.Connecticut, 4 . 4
Maine, ' ' 7 G
‘ Kentucky,
Missouri, ® 7
Arkansas, * •
Delaware, 1 i ';
I South Carolina, j 7 ® j
'i Georgia, 8, 10 j
Florida, 1 1
Louisiana,. ; 4 ®
Michigan, 3 5
Illinois, 7 . 9
Alabama, ' 7 .
Mississippi, 4 5
Tennessee, 11 11
New Hampshire, .4 3
New Jersey, S 4
Maryland, ", 6 6
Pure American Wine. —A Mr. Shumans is
preparing a box of \yine, of his manufacture, from
grapes grown in Ohio, for the great London Exhi
bition. The peculiarity of the Wine is that it is
not fermented in the usual way, nor adulterated
with' Bugar or brandy, but is the pure juice of the
Catawba grape, retaining the aroma and flavor of
the fruit in a remarkable degree. The - Cincinnati
Gazette states that N-. Longworth, T. H. Yeatman,
Corneau & Son, and others, are also preparing cases
for presentation. ; 1
UT'Up in . Franklin codnty, N. Y.j they have
snow in places nine feet deep. The railroads there
abouts have had to stop till-they could be.dug out.
: Snow in Ohio.— There has been an .unusnal
(heavy fall of snow this winter in Ohio, particularly
on the Western Reserve. .
JnteUigencer & lonrnal.
Lancaster, January 1851.
geo’s'a nd e rso ito r
jjyThe Carrier returns thanW tohis patrons
in this City for the kindly reception he. met with
on Nerw Year’s day* In return for which,he promises
to be more than usually attentive to his duties dur
ing the year upon which we have now entered.
The Legislature will .meet to-day, at Harrisburg_
Next week we shall publish the Governor s Mess
age. We have made arrangements bjr which to
keep our readers advised of all business of impor
tance that may he transacted during the session.
On Tuesday next a U. S. Senator will he chosen,
and on the same day, we believe, the nW Board of
Canal Commissioners - organize—Mr.,! Morrison
taking the place of Judge term
of office expires. Gen. Bickel will, rib doubt, be.
re-elected State'Treasurer.
May we not hope that the session will be ashort
and business one, creditable to the members and
advantageous to the State.
BIT 11 We are gratified<to find that the «article we
copied last week from the Union Times, relative to
U. S. Senator, has had the effect of causing the
Lancasterian to define, in a sort of a way, its posi
tion, and inducing it to give a kind of go-bye to
Gen. Cameron. Well, well, we are always thank
ful for small favors—and, as an honest confession
is said to be good for the soul, we are inclined to
the opinion that our neighbor will now “breathe
treer and deeper” since he- has repudiated the con
nexion which his course for a few months past, to
say nothing of the Times article, had given him in
the public mind. We are bound to believe him
sincere in his declaration, because he says so; but,
at the same time, we cannot Help contrasting his
calm and tender opposition now to that gentleman,
to what it was prior to the Williamsport Conven
tion, A change, to some extent at least, has “come
o’er the spirit of his dream. -1 Our ears are no
longer grated with those harsh and violent denun
ciations of Gen. Cameron, which .were wont to be
hurled at his devoted head. ,He is no longer held
up to public gaze as the “bold, bad man ; ’—the
tricky and unprincipled politician, he once was.
• No longer is he assailed with coarse and inflamma
tory Invective. That paper now contents itself with
insinuating, in soft and gentle tones, that he i$ not
its choice for Senator; but leaves the inference to
be drawn from its remarks that, if he should be
chosen, there will be no great harm done after all
at least the Legislature will* not'commit the
unpardonable sin by. electing him. Truly may it
be said, to use a; trite and homely expression, that
“times is'nt now as they use‘d to was.” Politics
soiH&times make strange bed-fellows —and there is
many a thing turns up now-a days, that was not
even “dreamed of in our philosophy" a year or
two ago.
We here take occasion to.say, however, that our
intention in copying the article from the Union
Times was not to wound the sensibilities of our
yerv amiable neighbor;—on the contrary, we,only
published it as an item of news which might be
interesting to the Democracy of Lancaster County.
We gave no opiniofi of our own on the subject, but
presumed that an allegation of the kind would not
be- made unless the Editor had some good and
sufficient grounds to base it upon—especially as it
is well known ttfat Gen. Cameron, whose mouth
piece the Tijites is, is too shrewd and sagacious a
politician not to know who are his friends and
who are his enemies.
We did not, nor do we now, make any charge
of the kind, either one way or the other—preferring
to leave the mooted question be settled by the two
papers themselves. If our neighbor can convince
his readers that he is really and without any
reservation opposed to Gen. Cameron's election to
the Senate, we shall be pleased; but, in the mean
time, we would respectfully suggest for his calm
consideration whether a somewhat stronger article,
than the one which appears in his last issue, is not
necessary to carry conviction to the minds of the
Democracy of the County, that the charge is false
arid unfounded.
|CT We regret to learn by the last Carlisle Vol
unteer, that Mr. Scouller, a member of the House
of Representatives from ‘lOld Mother Cumberland,”
will be prevented from attending at the opening of
the Legislature by serious indisposition. That
County is peculiarly unfortunate —-one of her mem
bers died a few days after his election, and the oth
er is now prostrated by sickness, which, of course,
for a time will leave her unrepresented in the lower
House.
We also learn that Judge Ives, .one of the Dem-'-
ocratic„Senators, is detained on the road to Harris
burg by indisposition. Should he not have recov
ered sufficiently : to be in his seat to-day, the Whigs
will elect'the Speaker and perhaps all the
of the Senate. I
Dem.; ! Whig. Ind.
16 16 1
58 38 4
74 54 4
58 1
Important Dkcisios—ln the Supreme Court
of the U. S., at Washington, on Tuesday, the. case
ol the United States vs. Jesse JToyt.late. collector
ot Customs at the port of New York. The decision
is in favor of the which the judg
ment ot the. Circuit Court against Mr. Hoyt., for a
sum over two hundred thousand dollars,stands. —
The opinion was delivered by Mr. Justice
and was unanimous. The counsel for the United
States was Mr. Attorney General Crittenden; and
for Mr. Hoyt, Mr. George Evans and Mr. K. J.
Walker. ’ 'i
IP* We neglected to mention in our last, tlfat
the Masonic Fraternity, of this City, celebrated the
27th uft., (St. John’s Day,) with a supper, at which
a large number of the brethren were present and
participated.
Improvement op New Yonic.—The aggregate
number of new buildings erected in New York dur
ing the past ten years has been 15,409. In 1846
there were 1,910; in 1847, 1,846; in 1848, 1,191;
in 1849, 1,695; and in 1850, 1,912.
ID* The Complete Census of Vermont shows a
popnlation of 314,451 inhabitants, being an increase
of only 22,523 in ten years. Two of the counties,
Windsor and Orange, have decreased in that period-
The Cherokee Nation. —The National Council
of the Cherokees recently appointed a delegation
to proceed,to Washington, which is now on its
way thither, fully empowered to adjust the remain
ing unfinished business between the United States
and the Cherokee people.
Ip* The “Junior Bachelors’ Ball,” on New
Year’s eve, was a splendid affair. The young La
dies and gentlemen in attendance enjoyed them
selves very much, and every thing passed off to
the entire satisfaction of all who were present.
Appointment.—Robert Moderwell, Esq. of this
city, has been appointed by the Masonic Grand
Lodge, -District Deputy Grand for the
counties of Lancaster and Dauphin.
Dr. George B. Kerfoot, of this city, has also re
ceived an appointment. /
Godet’s Ladt’b Book. —The February number
is decidedly one of the very best issues ever made
’by Godey. 'Hie engravings are indeed elegant.—
The leading dne is “The Great Plate of Christ en
tering Jernsalem.” Altogether this model number
contains 46 Engravings, 39 Contributions from the
pens of some of the most distinguished writers in
c Prose and Poetry, and 72 pages—and all for 25 cts.
or at the rate, of $3 per annum. *
.Columbia Depot.— This building, the property
of the State, was sold on Tuesday afternoon last, for
the sum of *sB,ooo, to Col. John Babb, of that
State Legislature.
StateCental Committee Again.
An informal meeting of the;Committee was held
at the Merchants’Hotel, Philadelphia, oh Monday
evening the 30th ult., at which the following pro
ceedings were had:
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
At a meeting of the State Central Committee,
held pursuant to notice at the Merchants’ Hotel, in
the city of Philadelphia, on.'the evening of 30th
December, .following members of the
Committee being present:
Hon. Cbarlesßrown, Philadelphia County.
Wm. L. Dewart. Esq., Northumberland.
Andrew M. Sallade, Esq., Berks.
David F. Williams, Esq.; York.
John Kolp, Esq., Lancaster.
C. E. Wright, Esq., Bucks.
Charles Brady, Esq., •
■ William Deal, Esq., • l , , , .
Daniel Barr, Esq., > Philadelphia.
Dr. T. J. P. Stokes v J
On motion, C. E. Wright, Esq., of Bucks county,
was called to the Chair.
Letters from members of the Committee from
the counties of Washington, Bradford, Allegheny,
Schuylkill, Luzerne, ij’ayette, and Philadelphia, re
questing that there vote might be recorded, were
read by the Secretary, from which it appeared that
eighteen members of the State Central Committee
participated, in person or by letter, iii the proceed
ings.
On motion, Resolved, TJiat the time and place for
holding the Convention for the nomination of can
didates for the Supreme Bench be reconsidered.
On motion, Resolved, That the Convention for
the nomination of candidates for the Supreme Bench
of Pennsylvania, be held at Reading, on Friday, 6th
day of June, 1851.
C. E. WRIGHT, Chairman pro tem.
T. J. P. Stokes, Secretary.
In answer to which the following Address to the
Democracy of the State, has been published by
John Hickman, Esq., Chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee:
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF PENNA.
Fellow' Citizens: Certain [members of the
State Central Committee having met at the Mer
chants' Hotel, in the City of Philadelphia,: on the
evening of the 30th of December, 1850, and, by
their resolve, attempted to change the place and
time for holding the Judicial Convention, from the
Borough of Harrisburg, on the second Wednesday
.of June next, to the city of on the -sixth
day of June next, I deem it my duty to express to
you my conviction, that this meeting was infor
mally called together, and that (its action is wholly
void. . !
Of the motive for this open -departure from es
tablished usage, disorganizing in its tendency, haz
ardous in its consequences, and calculated to lead
to imputations against the prudence and forecast of
those participating In the movement, it is not my
place now r to speak; I prefer rather, that those who
were active in the call, should satisfy you that they
were governed, in their course, by devotion to your
interests, and not by a meek subserviency to am
bitious men.
Whilst the regular meeting ot the Committee on
the 20th of November last, came together in pur
suance of a call explicit as to its object, thecall for
the itregular meeting of the 30th of December,
concealed its purpose. If the question of a separate
convention and the time and place of its meeting
be of any importance to the Democratic party, why
was the object ol their regular meeting withheld?
What benefit can possibly accrue by!merely chan
ging time and place, that is commensurate writh
the risk incurred in attempting to effect that change,
is an inquiry of far more importance.
To concede to this irregular meeting the power
to annul the legitimate action of the Central Com
mittee, would be'to declare that'seven of its *nem
; bers.in any part of the State, coming voluntarily
together, should bind the party by their determina
tions. Such a doctrine would be subversive of the
objects for which the Committee was raised, and
lead to confusion and defeat.
Viewring the proceedings of the irregular meeting
of the 30th of December, in the light I have indi
cated, and holding the regular meeting.of the 20th
of November.to have definitively settled both the
time and place of the meeting'of the convention-to
put in nomination candidates for the supreme Court
of the State, I hereby announce that the delegates
elected to that convention will assemble in the Bor
ough of Harrisburgh, on the second Wednesday of
June next. - JOHN. HICKMAN, .
Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Comrriittee.
West Chester. Pa., Jan. 1. iSOI.
/Erial Navigation,
In the U. S. Senate on Monday week, Mr. Doug
lass presented a memorial from our townsman, Mr
John Wise, the aeronaut. Mr. D. said—
The memorialist states that he has devoted six
teen years of his life studiously to the science of
aronautics; that during that period he has' made
about one hundred a*rial voyages successfully and
with safety. He states also that he has written a
work upon this science, in which he has given a his
tory of it and an account of the developments of its
principles, which has been received with great fa
vor by the scientific world. He also states that he j
has demonstrated to his own satisfaction, and is pre- j
pared to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the .
! world, his power to make this science useful and ;
[ practicable for the transmission of mails and the ■
j transportaton of passengers, and especially in the |
[ art ol war as well as in peace. He also states that j
he is prepared now to construct a balloon 100 feet !
in diameter; which shall have the power ol eleva- !
ting 16 tons; that he fs prepared to elevate thatbal- 1
loon over the Capitol, or President's House, or Navy [
Yard, or any other point-which may be designated, j
] above the reach of gun-shot, and then to discharge 1
1 imitation missiles of a destructive quality, which
j would show his. capacity to destroy any fleet, !
fort, or army which may be beneath it. He also I.
proposes, when he shall have done that, and-1
shall have satisfied both Houses of Congress, and j
every body who will attend, his experiment, that ;
j it is entirely practicable and within his control to.;
! take that balloon'to the city of St Louis, and j
! make -: a voyage from thence to the city of N. York, j
j At New York he proposes to take in six other pas- |
i sengers who have already volunteered, and a life j
! boat, and proceed to England, where he will report I
[to the British'Government. He expresses entire |
[ confidence in bis ability to do this with .perfect j
safety: and furfhermore, that he can make-a quicker [
voyage around the world with his balloon than in
any other way; that'his experiments have shown
that at a certain elevation there is a current of air j
from West to F.ast, in which he can sail with per
fect safety, and wjth more expedition and velocity
than by any other mode of conveyance. He desires
| the opportunity of testing -this, and of satisfying
: the world of the truth of his theory. He says that
he can make these experiments Irom St. Louis to
j'New York and from New York to Europe for the
sum of twenty thousand dollars. He thinks that
| this will enable him to fully demonstrate the prac
! ticability ol this science, and its applicability to
[ the purposes to whjch he proposes to devote it.—
’ j He alludes to the fact that we are making very
j large appropriations for objects of much less util
! | ity ; and, inasmuch ag he he has devoted his lile to
• this business, has made so many successful voya
i ges, has written a book demonstrating the practi
• cability. of this science, and only needs this small
’ .pittance to carry his scientific discoveries into
practical effect, he says we ought to give him that
L amount to allow him to make the trial, and enable
him to.be the first man that ever sailed around the
world in a balloon.
The memorial was referred to the Committee on
Naval Affairs.
Severe Weather* in> Vermont. —The Lowell
Courier of Friday week says; We learn from a
traveller who came from Burlington, and reached
Groton Junction last evening, that the train of cars
in which he left Burlington Monday morning, did
not reach Rutland, 67 miles, until 12 o’clock Wed
nesday night. They were three days and a half on
the road. The engine on Monday night froze up,
having exhausted its wood and water near the
Middlebury Station. While unscrewing the hose
between the tender and engine, to prevent its burst
ing from frost, the driver, was noticed to lean back,
as if to rest, which rest was the lethargy of death,
for it was ascertained that lie- was freezing. He
was with great exertion carried to the nearest
house, put into cold water and thawed out. During
the night the ladies stayed in the cars without a
fire, wrapped up in mats and such apparelling as
could be lound. The storm on the west side of the
Green Mountains is represented as being tremen
dous, as well in the effects of the wind as the per
fect avalanche of snow which fell, and the chilling
frost that followed.
Pennstl vania.-— The Daily News has complete
returns from 29 counties of this State, including
the City and County of Philadelphia, which gives
a population of 1,217,729 —or an increase in ten
years of about 45 pef cent. The total population
of the State will probably reach 2,350,0,00 —or
more, if the same ratio of increase holds! good
. 'w
iu the remaining counties.
| The Philadelphia Fire.
We clip from the News of Tuesday, the following
account of the destruction of the Ledger Building,
by the fire of the previous day: V
Destructive Fire. —Yesterday morning about
half past seven o’clock, a fire broke, out in the baseV
ment; of the Ledger Building, Sonthwest corner of
Third and Chesnut streets, which/in a little “while,
spread over the whole premises, and notwithstand
ing the almost superhuman efforts of the firemen,
destroyed the greater portion of the structure and
its contents: The entire building was in the occu
pancy ot Messrs. Swaira, Abell & Simmons, except
a portion of the first floor, tenanted by Messrs.
Winch & Taylor, book and periodical agents. For
twenty-five or' thirty minutes after the first dis
covery of the fire, it seemed to be confined alto
gether to the basement, and dense volumes of smoke
issued therefrom. The first flame observable from
the,outside, in the fourth story, used as a
Job printing office. Here there was a great quan
tity of type and material, and a large amount of
dry paper, which burned rapidly, and spread the
fire to the upper stories, The firemen were 'early
upon] the ground, and water was thrown upon the
burning edifice in large quantities, but several hours
elapsed before their labors were in the least success
ful, except in saving the buildings adjoining. The
Bulletin building, and the composing room of the
News-adjoining, were at one time in imminent
danger, and wfi had a number of men on hand to
remove the type and material, at a moment's notice,
should it be deemed necessary so to do. The large
structure on the West of the Ledger building, oc
; on the first floor by T. B. Peterson & Co.,
was also in danger, and was slightly damaged about
the roof. The fire did not begin to subside, until
all the woodwork and other combustible material
in the upper stories .had been burnt out. Then the
flames gradually went down, and in a half hour
from’ that jieriod the fire was entirely under control.
The Ledger building was six stories in heighth,
and was built about eight or ten years ago. It was
substantially put up, and was capped with a heavy
granjte cornice, a portion of which fell during the
burning. Its original cost was about $16,000. —
The jheating apparatus and other fixtures made the
whole cost something like $20,000. The presses
cost ,$50,000; and the entire value of the building
and fixtures, presses, machinery, and materials was
estirtiated at $lOO,OOO. There was an insurance
on tlie building of $lO,OOO, und $lB,OOO on the
stock. The building was occupied as follows—
The!cellar,by the steam engine, and two of Hoe’s
four!cylinder presses. . The second story by the
composing room—the third by the “Job Printing
Offide.” : ■
The fourth story was occupied as the book* and
job press rooms, containing six steam power ma-'
chine presses;‘two of Adams’ best book machines
and four jobbing cylinder presses. The fifth story
contained the paper storing, drying, and pressing
room. In this story was also a large hydraulic
press, and a double cylinder Napier press. The
sixth story was used as a storage room.
The actual amount of damage cannot be ascer
tained. The presses in the basement are not thought
to be injured fto any great extent, but all those in
the upper the building are entirely ruined.
Only two books of the Dollar Newspaper establish
ment, were preserved. These were'saved by one
of the clerks at the risk of his life. The edition
of die Ledger had been worked off when the fire
broke out, except three or four token. At that
.' time there were eight or ten employees about the
building, but, the united effort of all was not suffi
cient to check the flames.
The firemen are entitled to great credit for the
manner in 'which they labored from first to last.
Notwithstanding the water froze upon them as it
fell; the thermometer being down to twenty-five
degrees, they did not flag in their zeal to overcome
flame. Most of our companies were
updri the ground,, and continued in service for five
or six hours.
As to the origin of- the fire there are various re
ports,,and surmises. The general belief is that the
wood work about the furnance caught by reason of
thej intensity of the heat, and of the fan or blower
at the time.
. The loss of the Ledger Proprietors, will probably
be jfilteen or twenty thousand dollars above their
insurance. W. B. Zeiber & Co. and Messrs. Wood
and Peterson; periodical agents, were losers by
water, to the extent of several .hundred dollars.
We are pained to record injuries to several of the
fireimen. A member of the Hibernia Engine Com
pany, named George McGinnis, was severely hurt
byithe falling of some bricks upon his head; another
said to be, James Sawyer, printer, was hurt by a
piece of timber striking him. A member of one
of'the companies was frozen almost to death, and
is lying in a precarious condition.
'AnoTHER -Slave Cask. —About three months
since, says .the Philadelphia Sun, a writ was issued
by Comrryssioner Edward D. Ingraham, for the ar
rest of a fugitive slave, who, it was alleged, was
then'residing at Parkesburg, Chester county. The
Marshal did hot succeed in arresting the man, and
until' Friday last, the writ remained inoperative.
On, Friday night last, a party, consisting of Deputy
Marshal Halzell, Constable Agent, and four or five
other men, proceeded to Coatesville, Chester coun
ty, to execute the writ. They arrived at the house
where the fugitive was supposed to be secreted, and
knocked at the door. A colored woman opened the
windows to know their business, when she was in*
formed that they had broken the traces of their
wagon and wished a light to mend them! She came
down stairs and admitted the {tarty in waiting.—
After they had effected an entrance and were pro
ceeding up stairs they were met by two colored
men and two cohired women. The women and
one of the men were armed with axes, and the other
- man had a gun. The Marshal told them that they
! werp in search of a fugitive slave; but they refused
I to let him or any-of his men enter the room. The
j gun; was taken from the man, and the party endeav
i ored to disarm the man with the axe. A pistol was
j fired at him, the ball of which must have entered
| his breast, but he still maintained his resistance ; —
j The fight continued until the Southern gentleman,
j who was with the?party, advised the'Marshal to
I withdraw 7 , remarking that he would not have one
I of them killed for all the negroes in Pennsylvania,
i The party then retired. Several shots were fired,
| and mbre than one colored person is supposed to
have been shot. One was- seen to fall upon a bed
as the officers were leaving. None of the Marshal's
party were injured.
Mercantile Honor. —A friend of ours—a most
estimable and excellent dtizeii-r-one who has faith
fully served the public in various unremunerative
capacities, and whose private life abounds in exam
ples of welldoing—called to see us yesterday, and
as we happened to be absent at the time, left upon
our table a note, from which, though intended only
lot our own perusal, we venture to make the fol
lowing extract:
“ You may remember that many years agSTwas
unfortunate in business* and’was obliged to ask the
indulgence of my creditors, from whom I obtained
a full release. Since then I have been favored to
such an extent in my affairs, that to-day I am pay
ing off all my old debts, amounting to over $60,000.
I need not say that thisris the happiest day of my
life; and that the .consciousness of being able to
discharge this duty has brought with it a peace of
mind more valuable than either silver or gold')’
,Here is an instance which we desire to commend
to imitation. The gentleman alluded to was under
no legal obligation to make the payments which he
did, and his former creditors had long ceased to lo6k
upon him as their debtor. But he felt—and felt
truly-—that no lapse of time could extinguish his
rrjpral accountability; and in the spirit of a just
man and an honest merchant, he took the firet op
portunity of reimbursing those to whom he had
without regard to merely technical
considerations.. Such an example is certainly wor
thy of all praise; and we accord it in this particu
lar case with all the more cheerfulness, as we are
sure the act was prompted by a high sense of in
tegrity—an earnest and - anxious disposition to do
right, for the sake of right, uninfluenced by any
other motives. —North American of Thursday. ,
{ The steamship “Citt or Glasgow,” the first
vessel of the kind that ever crossed the Atlantic
from Liverpool to Philadelphia, arrived at the latter
City on Thursday last Her arrival was celebrated
suitable demonstrations of rejoicing. This ves
sel is to sail regularly between the two cities, and
its first trip forms a flew era in the history of Phil
adelphia. A complimentary dinner is to be given
to Capt. Mathews.
\ Brisbin, Esq., has been elected to Con
gress in the Luzerne Congressional district, to fill
the vacancy occasioned [by the death of Hon. Chea
ter Butler. This is a Democratic gain.
Public Opinion.
The Clarksville Jeffersonian, a leading and influen
tial Democratic paper of Tennessee, has raised
the name of the Hon. Jas. Buchanan to its mast-head
tis Its favorite candidate for the next Presidency..
The same paper contains a lengthy sketdi of his
public services front 1814 to the present time.
We subjoin the article first alluded to:
We have.read with great satisfaction the admir
able letter of James Buchanan, addressed to the
great Union meeting recently held at Philadelphia,
and shall Jay it before our readers in our next
number.. It is a noble, manly vindication of the
rights of the South, and a cleaT and lucid exposition
of his principles. Njo reads this letter
can in future doubt hjs positioa on the subject of
slavery. It is refreshing to see such sentiments
coming from such a quarter in these times of du
plicity and double-dealing in aspirants for office,
when Presidents can be elected for opposite reasons
in the different sections of the Union —as a slave
holder in the South, favoring Southern rights, and
as a free soiler in the'North ready to trample them
under his feet; professing principles suited to every
section, of whatever Ihue their politics may be.—
In such a time, an open, manly, perspicuous state
j ment of principles, leaving no room lor Equivoca
tion or doubt, cannot but be grateful to the feelings
of every patriot, and mantle the cheek 1 of every
time-serving, equivocating, no-party politician with
a blush. As Mr. Webster said, “we breathe freer”
since reading the letter; and feel assured that we
have honest and patriotic statesmen enough to
guide and control the destiny of this great country
through the storm ith'at has been raging for the last
twelve months.
We think that James Buchanan is the man to
place at the helm in the present crisis oi our affairs,
and have therefore placed his name at the head of
our paper as our candidate for the Presidency, sub
ject to: the nomination at Baltimore ; in 1852.
Since coming to this determination, we have
prepared from our scanty means, a brief statement
of his career and principles; which we now present
to our readers, and upon which we shall enlarge
hereafter as circumstances will permit. In the
mean time we commend him to our friends as the
man in all respects worthy 0 of the support.of the
country. -
From the Eddyville (Kr.) Telegraph.
The Semi-Weekly Hopkinsville Press of the 17th,
has at its mast head the name of Hon. James Buch
anan of. Pennsylvania, for President; and the editor
says that some such ticket must be presented or
Democracy will again suffer defeat.
From the Columbia County Democrat
' fp~The Spirit of the Times, is decidedly wrong
in the matter of United States Senator. In select
ing our candidate;in the caucus, the qustion should
be “is he honest, js he capable,” and not is he the
friend or enemy of Mr. Buchanan. What has Mr.
Buchanan done that a friend should be proscribed
on that account. ■
From Iba Democutic Herald, (Butler Pa.)
Hon. Jambs Buchanan; —We have not yet laid
before our readers the letter of this distinguished
statesman, addressed to the great Union meeting at
Philadelphia, on the subject of the Fugitive Slave
Bill and the other measures of adjustment; but
intend to do so soon. We are holding it in reserve
as a climax to the'whole argument. In the mean
time we will say, what our readers may well sup
pose, coming from! him, that it takes a masterly
view of the whole! subject. It is indeed conceived
in a broad and lofty spirit of nationality, and set
"forth iirthat clear and luminous style, which char
acterizes everything that emanates from the pen
of “Pennsylvania’s favorite son.” As soon as the
elements of popular opinion, now completely stirred
up subside a little, [ we will order out the corps de
reserve and put the! question to rest.
Mr. Buchanan just now occupies a proud and
truly enviable position before the American people.
He has served for many years in the councils and
cabinet of the nation, with eminent
At the head of the Department of State, during the
eventful administration of President Polk, be dis
played an administrative ability, which raised him
at once to the first rank among statesmen, not only
in this country but in Europe. : In all the high
places he has ever filled, he has always occupied
broad, liberal and national ground. Asa man,
Mr. Buchanan has few equals and no superiors, and
as a statesman he stands among his cotemporaries,
like Saul among; the children of Israel, “a head and
shoulders above .them all.” ;
From lb« Carliil. Volunteer.
Mn. Buchanan’* Great Letter. —To the ex
clusion of much other matter, we this week publish
Mr. Buchanan's patriotic and truly American letter
to the great Union meeting which recently assem
bled in Philadelphia. That our readers will peruse
this letter with feelings of lively interest,-we have
every reason to believe. It is certainly a noble
production, and does honor to the head and heart
of its illustrious author. In the language of that
able Democratic paper, the Pittsburg Post, “ Mr.
Buchanan has taken a statesman-like view of the
Slavery question, and has chosen the Constitution
of his country for his guide.... With factionists and
fanatics, it matters not where they have been found,
or under what name they may have sailed, Mr. B.
has never had fellowship. Despising treason, he.
can have no love for traitors.”
From the Milwiukie Wisconsin.
Hon. .Fames Buchanan, who .has a reputation
co-extensive with our Republic, as an American
Senator, and very able Secretary of State during
President Polk's administration, in his letter to the
recent Union Meeting at Philadelphia, opens with
a most admirable picture of the blessings of our
Union. . The mutual necessity of the North and the
South, theiEast and the West, to live together in
one Union , is most beautifully presented. Mr. Bu
chanan always writeg well. In these remarks he
evinces'the enthusiasm of true eloquence, and the
feelings of deep patriotism.
Heatt Damages^ —The city of Lowell has re
cently been cast inv a suit for damages. Lyman
Raymond, a blacksmith of Manchester, N. H. going
to Lowell on business, in crossing one of the streets,
caught’his foot in the iron grating *of a culvert,
which was out of place and protruded two inches
or more aboye the side walk, fell, and fractured his
knee pirn. The injury/totally disabled the plaintiff
from pursuing his trade, and in a suit against the
city, the jury awarded him the handsome sum of
s9,99s:damages, with-interest. The accident oc
curred an November, 1846. The jury appear to
Have afited upon this very just and proper view of
the case, viz-, that when a party is wholly disabled
by theFgross fault af another, he is entitled to a sum
ofmoney large enough to put at interested yield
to annuity sufficient for a moderate support.
It waji proved that this defect in the street was
made tknown to the city officers, and were more
than once; notified'that it was dangerous, but ne
glected’ to' repair it‘.
• - ?: .
HeJ&IY CIAT isD THE MILLEHS OF St. LOUIS.—
The Sg Louis Intelligencer, of the 16th ult., says:
We been requested by five, of the most ex
tensiv&and best flouring mills of this city, to ten
der to tne Hon. Henry Clay henceforth any quantity
of floift- necessary for the use of his household at
Ashland. We are furthermore requested to state
that the flour thus presented.will be guaranteed
equal in quality to any-manufactured in the United
Statesman! especially inferior to no brand made in
St. Lodil. As an earnest of what.they propose to
do in ?hi premises, we learn that each of the five
will iriimediately ship to Ashland a barrel of his best.
If H ( lrj Clat should have any compunctions of
conscience about accepting the gift, the'.St. Louis
Millers can send the flour round in this quarter*
where! it will be thankfully received and “no ques
tions asked. s ’— Ed. Intel.
The Home Journal.
The first number of Morris & Willis’ admirable
Family Newsfapeb, the Home Journal, for the
cultivation of the* Memorable, the Progressive and
the. Beautiful,, with new features, new type, and
new attractions, was issued on the Ist inst. It is
decidedly one of the very best literary papers now
published in this country. Those who desire to
begin their subscriptions with the Januabt num
beb, can do sp by enclosing $2 for the year’s sub
scription, to Morris j& Willis, No. 107 Fulton
Street, New York. ,
Revenue Commissioners.— The State \ Treasu
rer has fixed upon Wednesday, the 26th day of
February next, for the meeting of the Board oy
Revenue Commissioners, at Harrisburg. The
President Judge of each district in the State, ap
points the Commisioner.’
Arkansas— I The population of this thriving
young State, as ascertained by the census just com
pleted, is 198/796 —being an increase in ten years
of 101,222, or about 104 par cent.,
£7“ Governor Lowe, of Maryland, was inaugu
rated on yesterday. So wu also Govsrnor Ross,
of Delaware. Both Democrats.
Our Harrisburg Correspondence.
Harrisburg, January 6,1851
The many important matters- which claim the
attention of onr State Legislature during the coming
session, will render, its proceedings highly interest
ing. One of the first and most prominent duties,'
will be the election.of a'United States Senator, to
succeed Mr. Sturgeon. As there are a number of
candidates- for this high station, it was supposed,
that difficulties 'and dissensions would inevitably
result. These apprehensions, however, seemed to
agitate only our disinterested friends, the Whigs,
with whom it bad become an important object to
promote the difficulties they pretended to anticipate.
It will therefore be a source of consolation to them
to know that the crisis is past, and that peace and
harmony reign triumphant in the Democratic ranks.
Nearly all the members of both Houses are now
here, and a noble spirit of compromise and conces
sion is every where manifest. Personal preferences
for particular candidates, have not, it is true, been
all yielded; but of one thing you may rest assured
—none other than a tried and true Democrat will be
elected. Be he Black or Woodward, Foster or
Sturgeon, Plumer or M.cCandlesb, it will be a
source of proud Satisfaction to the Democracy of
Pennsylvania to know, that the man who next re
presents them in the Senate of the United States,
will be one who has never leagued with traitors,
and of whom it may be said :
“ I>ve scanned tho actions of his daily life
With all the industrious malice of a foe ;
And nothing meets my eye but deeds of honor.”
A sterner rebuke than that which is held in reserve ’
for the man who has dared insinuate that the love I
of our Democratic Legislators fqr Middletown Bank
Notes, is stronger than their attachment to the
noble principles of the party, was never adminis
tered. The election of either of the distinguished
men I have named, will be a magnificent triumph j
not only of party principln*_fcut a lofly conquest
over shameless corruption andfilnTgue. If my
anticipations are verified, and J have the best rea
sons for believing they will be, let ptisans of joy
make the glad welkin ring, until every hill and val
ley of our good old Commonwealth, shall echoe
with the tidings that honest principles have trium
phed over unblushing venality.
So far as the political complexion of the State
Senate is concerned, all doubt and conjecture are
now put to rest. The redoubtable Senator’Mvrßi
.is here, and has unequivocally declared himself a
Whig, in the broadest acceptation of the term.
Whether he desires the Speakership has not yet
transpired, but from sundry significant movements
in that direction., it is clearly manifest that the
tender of the honor would bo only a confirmation,
of his hopes and wishes. Whether Senator Myers
is willing to take his seat and ask of thoso with
whom he has associated himslf, only what as,a single
member he can honestly claim ; or whether as the
price ol his apoatacy to the Democratic party, he 1
will demand sacrifices on the part of the Wh’ga
which would be granted to no other Senator, is now
a question of absorbing interest. Another, and
scarcely less interesting query is, will the Whig
members of the Senate tamely submit to his wishes
in regard to the officers? I learn that
he has a favorite candidate for almost every office
connected with the Senate, and that he will press
their claims with all his energies, making his suc
cess or defeat the criterion by which to regulate
his future conduct. Some Senators there may be,
who forgetful of the high dignity which attaches to
their station, will yield implicit obedience to his
wishes however imperious; but I greatly mistake
the character of Ethers, if they do not clearly and
Unconditionally deprive him of the opportunity of
becoming the despot of the Senate. They will
prefer dividing their patronage with the Democrats
to yielding it to a man who claims these favors as
the price of his influence in behalf of Whig mea_
sures. On this point, several have openly expressed
themselves, and, it remains to be seen whether
Judge Myers is to be intimidated by their threats,
or whether in defiance of them lie will persist in
claiming his fees.
It is now pretty generally conceded that John
Cessna of Bedford County, wilj be the next Speaker
of the House. This, however, is not yet certain.
His most prominent opponent, John S. Rhey, is an
able ai\d influential man, who commands the respect
and confidence of all who know him, anddf Mr.
Cessna becomes the choice of the caucus on Mon
day night, that decision will be the result, not of
any want of confidence in Mr. Rhey, but of those
individual preferences which are not unfrequently
manifested in political bodies, where men of equal
ability, influence and worth are the opposing can
didates.
It is rumored here, that it is the intention of the
Whigs of the Senate to refuse to go into an election
for United States Senator. This is the same game
they tried fn 1837, and in which they so signally
failed. The same results would follow such a step
now. An attempt of that kind would so completely
bias Whiggery throughout the State, that scarce a
vestige of it would be left to tell the tale of its total
overthrow. They have scarcely temerity enough-
to attempt it. 1
In my next Ihope to presentyou with intelligence
of a more interesting character. Yours, S.
. DIT The last Half Century contributed fnor’e to
the progress of science and civilization than any
similar period of time since the Christian era.
Within the last fifty years the steam-engine, the
power-loom, the spinning-jenny, the cotton-gin, the
use of pit coal in the production of iron and the
manufacture of gas, the magnetic telegraph which
has just begun to develope its usefulness, and many
other inventions and discoveries, bearing directly
upon every human interest, have been either origi
nated or for the. first time brought into actual 6er.
vice. However important the polical events of the
half century have been, and however nations have
advanced towards political perfection, the progress
which science has made in that period, has un
doubtedly contributed the most toward augmenting
the comforts-of civilization and improving the con
dition of humanity.
Another .Partition op Mexico in Prospect.
—Late despatches from California induce us to be
lieve thatit is, and has been meditated, for a long i
time past by leading men ot that new state, to or
ganize an expedition of Americans, and proceed to
that portion of Mexico known as Lower California*
with the view of assisting the people of that terri
tory in declaring their independence of the central
government, and afterwards seeking incorporation
with this republic' This intelligence is derived
from such sources as place its reliance almost be
yond doubt. In fact, we are informed that some
choice spirits from New York and other cities, on
the Atlantic side of the continent, have recently
sailed from here in one of the California steamships,
for the purpose of taking part in this proceeding,
and of conducting it to success.— N. Y. Herald.
The Washington Monument.— The receipts
for the month of December towards the construc
tion of the Washington National Monument, amount
to $2,700. During the month, blocks of marble and
other material have been received, to represent the
States of Ohio and Georgia; Salem, Mass; Grand
Masonic Lodge of Ohio; I. O. 0. F. of Pennsylva
nia; and I. 0. 0. F, of Troy, N. Y. The. monu
ment is now 80 _ feet in height, and is closed in.—
The cutting and dressing of the marble will be con
tinued during the winter. The working of setting
the stone will be resumed about the Ist ot April.
Dj“ Another fire, the work of an incendiary.
curred at York, on Monday night of last week
Two harps, belonging to Mrs. Lauman and
Garretson, were entirely destroyed, with all their
contents. The Borough authorities have offered a
reward of $lOOO for the detection and conviction
of the offender, and the Mutual Insurance Company
; have also offered $5OO for the discovery of any per|
son who may hereafter set Are to any property
which that Company has insured.
jp- The Legislature of Massachusetts met on
the l»t init. The Democrat, have the Speaker and
Clerk of the Hou«. and the Free Soilera have the
organization of the Senate.
The State - Works.
The statement of the new tariff of
tolls on articles of merchandize transported on the
State road between Philadelphia and
adopted by the Canal Board. The list embraces
most of the articles on which,reductions have been
made.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE ON MAXIMUM GOODS.
Resolved , That upon all articles transported on
the improvements of the Commonwealth, upon
•which amaxiflium rate of toll is paid,(except coal,)
there shall be charged in addition to the said max
imum, foa>.mills per one thousand pounds per mile
on the Allegheny Portage Railroad, which addition
al tolls shall be paid at the office issuing the railroad
clearance.
Resolved, That coal shipped at maximum rates
shall be subject to only one half of the regular car
and wheel toll on the Allegheny Portage, and
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroads, and an ad
ditional toll of one and a half mills per one thous
and pounds on said railroads.
Resolved, That on all coal shipped at less than
maximum rates, a drawback shall* be allowed of
three fourths of one mill per ton of two thousand
pounds per mile. Provided that this draw-back
shalTnot be allowed on the Delaware Division unless
the Lehigh Navigation Company make a corres
ponding reduction from their rates of toll for ISSO.
TOLLS ON EMIGRANT PASSENGERS.
The toll on each emigrant passenger conveyed in
freight lines over the canals and railroads ol the
commonwealth shall be as follows :
From Philadelphia to Pittsburg, $1,50
From Columbia tn Pittsburg, 1,25
The whole toll to be paid at Philadelphia and
Columbia.
No toll shall be charged on the car conveying
emigrant passengers over the railroads.
ARTICLES
Toll per mile per 1,000 lbs. m
Oil, Cake, ground and ungrouud....... j 3
Seeds —clover, timothy, and all oth-j
er kinds—also, dried apples and ( r
peaches. : 4
Tobacco/not manufactured 1 ’3
Deer, bufl'aloe and moose skins..... 1 - 4
Feathers i. 6
Furs and peltries ! 8
Hides, dry [ 4
Leather, dressed and undressed. ..J 6
Wool and sheeps’ pelts., 6
Alum ’. 1 4
Bale rope and bngg’ng - |
Hemp, hempen yarn and hogs hair.'
Drugs, medicines,•groceries, foreign
liquors, ropes, cordage, rice and
confectionary
Browui sugar,jn hogs'ds goingwest,; 6]
Dry goods and new furniture .! fi!
Earthenware, domestic i 4|
Hats, caps, boots, shoes, bonnets,
trunks
Hardware, cutlery and oil cloth j 5
dueensware and chinaware 5
Paints, dyestuffs, manufactured to
bacco and turpentine 5|
Tinware : 1 6
Whiskey.
Anvils and Spanish whiting.; 3
Coal—bituminous and Anthracite-. -
Railroad Iron - i 3
Steel S. 5i
Butter, cheese, lard, lard oil ' 3
Tallow and eggs 3
Bacon, pork and beef in bulk,dry A.
salted or otherwise ; sperm, ada- ;
mantinecandles and soap ...j 3
Beef and pork, salted and in pickle,! 3
Fish, salted and fresh • I 4
Flour 1
Com Meal '
Marble, in blocks
do sawed j
do manufactured '
Ashes—pot, pearl, barytes, soda ash.!
crude, brimstone, nitrate and sul-j
. phate of soda ■
Oil of all kinds, except castor and!
lard oil !
Straw paper, wrapping paper, bind-|
ers’ boards and slates ; 3
Paper—writing and printing ; 7
Tar, pitch and rosin.; ; 2
Beeswax nnd ginseng......'.. j 6
Saltpetre, crude and otherwise 3
Public Schools
The following exhibits the arrangement for visit
ing the Public Schools of the City, during the pres
ent month :
VISITING MEMBERS.
Judge Hayes.
E. C. Darlington.
SCHOOLS.
Male High School ,
Mr. Gilbert,
Mr. Nourse, .Geo. Sanderson
Miss Thompson, Daniel Lagan.
Miss Diller, • J. W. Jackson.
MisaMiller'&Miss Reed, R. Moderwell.
Reporting Member Judge Hayes.
Miss S. Smith," Rev Sweinitz.
Mrs. Magee, ' P. G. Eberman,
Miss Hoffmeir, Geo. Ford,
Miss C. Ebernjan, Peter Gerber.
Mrs. Reinstein, C. Gillespie.
Miss Voight, M. D. Holbrook.
Reporting Member; Rev. Sweinitz.
Mr. Price, A. H. Hood.
Miss Mayer, John Wise,
Miss White, C. Kieffer. f
Miss Samson, Mr. Stoek.
Mrs. Sullivan, J. C. Van Camp.
Miss O’Donne!, James Black,
! Reporting Member, A. H. Hood.
I Female High School, A. G. Helfenstein
Miss A. E. Eberman, John Bear,
I Miss A. Smith, Rev. J. McCarter.
I Miss Boyd, «Ji. Rotharmel,
1 Miss Russell, Jacob Weavor.
1 Mrs. Moore, Joseph Ehrinfried.
! Mrs. Gotta, H. B. Swarr.
i Reporting Member, A. G. Helfenstein.
Visiting Committee'for Night School:
A. H. Hood, Geo. M. Kline and John Wise.
Rev. Mr.SwriNiTZ and Mr. Daniel Lagan were
elected School Directors, by the Board, on Thurs
day evening last, to fill the vacancies occasioned by
the resignation of Messrs. Mctzgar and Bartholomew.
New YearVDat at Washington. —TheiNa
tional Intelligencer says—
The New Year opened yesterday with’ one of the
brightest of days, which imparted a heartier glad
ness to the joyous feelings of the season. As usual,
the President's Mansion was thronged with multi
tudes of official and other persons, and of both sex
es, pressing to offer the compliments of the season
to the Chief Magistrate, and to exchange them with
each other—the showy costumes of the Diplomatic
Corps and of our military and Naval Officers, as
well as the smiling faces and bright dresses of the
Ladies, adding to the brilliancy and interest of tile,
scene. From the President’s Mansion hundreds if
visiters proceeded to pay their respects to the Sec
retary of State and the other heads of Departments,
the President of the Senate, Speaker of the -House
of Representatives, and various citizens who receive:,
their friends on New Year’s day, among them the
Mayor of the city; by all of whom their numerous :
visiters were hospitably entertained.
Perfect good order, creditable to the city, prevailed '
throughout the day—no instance of inebriety or any
impropriety being observed.
Alleghany Coal L^nd. —The Cumberland
'Md.) Unionist.says: | 1
The Coal lands of Alleghany county, since , the
completion of the Canal, have acquired 4 rapid up
ward teudency. - Farms, that could have been pur
chased a few years since it a mere nominal sum,
now .sell readily for $50,000 and $lOO,OOO. Truly
the black diamonds of Alleghany are far more val
uable than the golden placers ot California.
The unprecedented success-of Oak Haller the
clothing business, is owing to the fact that Sir.
Simmons sells cheap. His annual sales amount to
half a million of dollars, which is a sufficient sign
that his establishment i 6 popular with the public.
ET Persons, visiting Philadelphia, and desiring
a good and beautiful daguerreotype icture, would
do well to call at Mr. A. Williams’ gallery, 392
Market street, where they cannot fail to be suited.
See advertisement in another column.
E7* The Hon. Richard Rush has published a
card, in which he declines being a candidate before
the Pennsylvania Legislature for the office of Uni
ted States Senator.
Those who visit Philadelphia, for The purpose of
purchasing, xvatches. spoons, knives, or silver ware
and jewelry of any kind, will do well to call at Wm.
Bulev *. Market st. a few doors above the Red
Lion Hotel
Ik MAN* Convention.— The Indiana Conven
tion has passed a section prohibiting the Legislature
from granting divorces, and also prohibiting lot.
teriea. or- the sale of lottery tickets, in the State.
ET The State of Delaware contains a: population
of 90, 407— an increase in ten years of 12,300.
Buhgalrt.— On the evening of the 24th ult,
the dwelling of Neal Donnelly, in East King at.,
was entered, by forcing the back windows, and rob
bed of between $4OO and $5OO. and a valuable
gold watch. Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly were absent
at the time, it being early in the evening, and re
turned just as the rogue or rogues were escaping
the premises.— Expms.
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