JfouHiol. Lancaster. Slay 6,1851. GEO. S/ift PERSON, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR: ; • COL. WIIUAM BIGLER, py pj,T ARFIELD COTOTTi Subject to the decision qf the Democratic Convention School Sleeting. At a meeting of the citizens of Lan “f t ® r on Saturday evening, the 3d House, on motion, Hon. TBiDDEUs SreyEßs was called to the chair, and Esq.,ap „ • fo j fi „„ hrT On motion of William Mathiot, lisq., the chair a committee of three. to nominate twelve citizens to serve “School Direc tors to be voted for on Tuesday , May 6th. The Chairman appointed the following; committee, viz: .WUliam Mathiot, Thos. H. Burrowesand J. C. Van i Committee after retiring for a short time, ' reported the following gentlemen, to be supported jand voted for as School Directors for three years, on Tuesday neit, viz: * Rev. Robt. de Schweinitz, Chas. Gillespie, Joseph Ehrenfried, Robt. Moderwoll, ’ Geo. Sanderson, A. G. Helfenstein, Daniel Lagan, , Adam Wolf, Chas. M. Howell, Geo. B. Withers. On motion, the proceedings of the meeting bo published in the city papers, when on motion, tne meeting adjourned* • Compositors, sometimes make editors say queer things. In the second sentence of the article in our last, headed “A Slander Nailed,” we are made to say “the disingenuousness of* honest’ John Davis, of Massachusetts, and his Whig of Alabama,” in stead of the disingenuousness of‘honest’ John Davis, of Massachusetts, and his Whig followers, which was in the copy, and which we had written as plainly as any thing we ever did. And to make the matter still more provoking, it was.neglected to be corrected, although we had marked it in the proof. Typographical errors will. occasionally occur—but such ridiculous blunders as the above are absolutely inexcusable. THE LECTURE.—The lecture of Lieut. Robert C. Rogers, of the U. S. Navy, delivered at the Me chanics’ Institute, on Friday evening last, was lis tened to for two hours with delight by a veiy large and fashionable audience. He gave a graphic de scription of the burning of the Mexican Brig Creole, under the guns of the Fort at Vera Cruz, in which exploit he participated—also of his capture, im- ; prisonment and escape from captivity—his joining the American Army at Puebla—the • march and , exploits of the Army in the Valley of Mexico— the battles of Contreras, Churubusco and Molino del Rey—the surrender of the Capital, &c. &c., the whole forming one of the most interesting and in structive narratives it was ever our good fortune to listen to. The free and easy style of the lec.turer, the fact well known that he had “seen the elephant,” and the undoubted truthfulness of his descriptions, were all well calculated to arrest the attention of the audience, and to produce an impression which cannot soon be erased from the memory. “ The Pocket Companion.”— The publishers Dewitt & Davenport, New York, have kindly furn ished us with a copy of a most useful little work bearing the above title, by Oliver Byrne, Professor of Mathematics, &c. ! The work is embellished with three steel engravings of Steam Engines—the Stationary, Locomotive and Ship Engine,, in the very best style of engraving, all the parts of which are accurately pointed out and explained by num bers, so that any person of ordinary intelligence may learn to manage them. The book also contains an Almanac for all time, a description of a Universal Thermometer, a table of Logarithms, Planetary Tables, the thickness of Water Pipes, Wind and Wind Mills, Mechanical Powers, Gearing and Teeth Wheels, and a great many other useful things—a knowledge of which would be ol immens# advantage to the Mechanic, the Farmer, and working man of every grade. The book contains 144 pages, and will be sent by mail for $1 per copy. Philadelphia and Liverpool Line of PAck- ( j ets. —We direct attention to the advertisement of j George M’Henry & Co., in another column. These Packets are all first-class ships, and form a regular line between Philadelphia and Liverpool, leaving { Walnut Street Wharf on the 15th, and returning leave Liverpool on the Ist of each month. The utmost attention is paid to the comfort and conve niences of passengers, and everything is done by the officers and crew to mlike the voyage a pleas ant one. Those of our readers who may wish to visit Europe, cannot do better, than engage-their passage in this line. It is decidedly preferable to the common practice of going to New York and . sailing from that port. We should by all means give the preference to our own metropolis, especi ally when we can be accommodated quite as well, (perhaps better,) and at as cheap rates as can be done there. fP“Look at our friend Keffer's advertisement, He has Cakes, Confectionaries, Ice Creams; Water Ices, &c. &c. in the greatest profusion, and done up in the best style and with the richest flavors. His Saloons are fitted up in the handsomest [ manner, and he has spared neither pains nor expense to make his establishment attractive. Carriages. —We direct public attention tojhe advertisement of Alfred M. Herkness, Auctioneer,* of Philadelphia. He will offer for sale, on the 14th inst., a splendid assortment of Carriages and Bug gies. Those of our readersin want of such articles would do well to attend the acution, as great bar gains will no doubt be had. * oU*Our friend, William Gumph, has removed two doors east of the Farmers’ Bank, in East King street, where all who desire to be neatly, fitted with fashionable coats, pants or vests,“will do well to call. See his advertisement. Guardian/' for May fully sustains the character attained by its predecessors. It is a periodical admirably adapted to the wants of the young especially, and deserves a liberal patronage. Cadets of Temperance. The Cadets made quite a handsome display on Thursday last. There were delegations present from Columbia, Marietta, Harrisburg and York.— The Procession numbered about hundred strong, with music and banners. After parading through the principal streets, and partaking of a rich repast served up at the Mechanics’ Institute, by the Ladies ol this City, the Cadets were marched to the German ’’Reformed Church, where they were addressed in an appropriate and eloquent manner by the-Rev. Mr. Harbaugh. The whole affair passed off very pleasantly, and the juveniles from a‘distance appeared to be much delighted with the kind reception they met with. Incendiaries About! ; A villainous attempt was made a few days'ago to burn out the painting establishment of Samuel W. Taylor, in E. Orange street, by placing a quan tity of explosive material in the cellar. Fortunately the match did not ignite. Our citizens should keep a sharp look out, in ordpr that the villain or villains may be detected. ID* A violent Hail Storm passed over the north, ern section of this county on Sunday tfeek, which was somewhat destructive to vegetation. The hail stones were many of them an inch in diameter. Hi" The Pews oi the new Presbyterian Church, in this city, are to be rented or allotted at public auction, on to-morrow evening at 7£ o’clock. ! HT At the dedication of the new Lutlieran Church, in New Holland, on the 27th ult, the col. lections towards defraying the expenses of erecting the building, amounted'to about $1200! ■ ■ The j . liptmaSwlml’’ \ The lAncatterian publishes what it tolls' 1 aa oration of Jalnes Buchanan, Esq., delivered before the Washington Association in this city, on the 4th of July,' 1815,” —and the Etamuur, oi the same date, only printed befire the other, directs tie at\ tention of jts Readers to this same oration which is to appear in the Lanautaian. Perhaps the, proof shdets oi the latter were handed to Mr. Darlington for examination! Now, whether such a speech wSs made at all-ror, if mad^ whether this is a c srrect copy of it, we do not know, nor shall we ta te the trouble to ascertain $ but' this much we do mow, that, unless there was a collusion between ti e two papers in question, the "Whig organ of this c ounty could not have known in advance what was forth coming in its ally, the Zancastenan. The od- ad age has it, that “ birdsof a feather flock together.’- The iatter paper, in its abuse ofjMr. BucaAsin, is doing good service to the Whigs, and it is to be expected, as a matter 'of course, that their organ should lend its aid and join jiblets with the lorgan of Thomas H. Burrowes, in their mutual endeavor to tamish his fame and character; so that, in the event ot his nomination, (a circumstance at length admitted to be possible by the Lancaslerianj) the scurrilitylaj&i abuse of a pretended Democratic paper used by them hereafter, to enc anger his election. The coalition, however, most be hard put to for material wherewith to assail Mr. Buchanak, when they have .to bunt up the musty records of i.past age, and go back the long period of six and thirty years to find something, in the shape of an oration, which they cannot approve of. They might have gone a/year farther back, and found that this same youthful orator gallantly volunteered his services as a private soldier, and marched to* the defence of Baltimore, in 1814; or they might have taken a look at the Legislative Journals of that year, and discovered that Mr. B. advocated a thorough organ* j ization of the military force of the StaJe, in order to a more energetic prosecution of the fts.r then raging with Great Britain. They might have done all this—and then have instituted a critical exami nation of his brilliant Legislative, Congressional and Diplomatic career, (including his able management of the State Department,) extending over a period of thirty-five years from its commencement to its close, to see if they could lay their fingefs on a solitary speech, vote, state paper, or act of his, that was not in the strictest accordance with the Demjocratic creed. But this did not suit their purpose, j They carefully-pass over all his good acts, which are j legion, and, vulture-like, pounce down uponj a soli tary one which occurred more than the thiril of a century ago, and which, if true, only goes to show that he was opposed to the policy of President Madisou, who, he thought, did not conduct war with proper energy—and not that he was opposed to the war itself. This is the sum and substance of his oflence—committed, if-at all, when |a very young man, and might well be set down as one of those youthful indiscretions which are so very common in the history of. every man, and from which.not one ih ten thousand is exempt. I But the charge comes with a bad grace from the Federal Examiner and its new ally; and there Is no better evidence of the sound political integrity! and sterling Democracy of James Buchakait, thaii the fact that he has been made the target against wkom the shafts of Whig calumny zn<\.ShiUcioal!ec vitu peration have been hurled for more than (twenty years, and who, perhaps, has suffered more abuse from these and kindled sources of defamation than any Democratic statesman now living. The speech in question, admitting it to be genuine, if it amounts to anything, only proves, what has never been de‘ nied by himself or his friends, that, in early life, | Mr. Buchanan was considered a Federalist. I What j | kind of a Federalist he really was may be gleaned from the following extract of a speech delivered in j the Spnate of Pennsylvania, by our esteemed and friend, Judge in the (month of January, 1843—more than eight years ago. It is from a gentleman who h*ad an intimate jknowl. edge of Mr. 8., personal and political, andj whose character for veracity was such that he would have scorned to make an assertion on the floor ■of the Senate which was not abundantly sustained Iby the proof. In reply to the attack of Mr. Gibbons Judge Ciiampxets, amongst other things equally strong and complimentary, said: It is a singular and extraordinary fact connected with the "history and exalted reputation ]of Mr. Buchanan, and evinces tho sterling qualities of his mind, and.the consistency of his political prin ciples, that from the time of his entry into| public life, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in 1814, up to the present period, his enemies have been 1 unable to point to a single vote which conflicts with the great principles of the democratic party as avowed by Mr. Jefferson. In 1814, when a member of the legislature, he supported both democratic men and measures, and ably sustained the successful; efforts that w.ere made'to provide all the necessary; means of defence against the enemy. ! He exhibited the sincerity and patriotism of his views by marching as a private to the defence of i Baltimore. When in the Legislature in 1815, he adopted the principles of Mr. Jefferson, in avowing his hostility to a Bank of the United as an institution which could not exist without giving a latitude of construction to the powers delegated by the constitution which would conflict with ithe in tegrity and permanency of Republican government. The True Spirit! The Ebensburg Sentinel a sterling Derriocratic paper published in Cambria count)’, whose editor is friendly to the nomination of Gen. Cass, has the following excellent remarks in reply to the vile . attacks made upon the flon. James Buchanan through the polluted columns of the Philadelphia Statesman. Our friend Rhey might have embraced in his denunciation certain other papers [a littltT nearer home than the mongrel sheet alluded to. — The Sentinel says: | Since the campaign of 1848, we have been the admirer and constant supporter of Gen. CA!ss,.and we are of the belief that he is the strongest man for the next Presidency. But, in forming our opin ion, we were not in the least prejudiced jagainst that bright particular star of the Democracy of this State, James Buchanan, a pure patriot, and an enlighted statesman, a man who towers above the puny editor of the “Statesman,” and all„thoso concerned with it, as the monument on Bunker’s Hill above the meanest creature that crawlsjaround its base.' The contemptible course of that paper is an injury to the cause, Which it purports to ad vocate, and, if persisted in, will lead to consequen ces injurious to the Democracy of the State, and .will, with its fall, drag down to the lowest depths of degradation all those in any manner connected with it. Why cannot it pursue an honorable course towards those members of the party with whom it differs, as is the case with all the Democrat ic jour nals that favor the nomination of James Buchanan! He should recollect that, “ Slander meets no regard from noble minds; Only the base believe, what the base only'utter.” Tlie Guillotine at Work J , We learn from the Philadelphia papers, that quite a number of removals were made in the Custom House last week—mostly Democrats, and some few of those who are called Cooper Whigs. . It: was al leged at the time of the late investigation, that the condition upon which Mr. Lewis was permitted to retain his office, by President Fillmore, was that he should remove every Democrat in the [Custom Hfiusel We hardly credited the rumor then, but the events ol the last-week satisfy us fully that there was too much truth in it Mr. Fillmore hz,s a cap ital headsman in Tom Corwin, and now that the work of decapitation has again commencec, we ex pect every Democrat about the establishment, to" lose his head, and that, too, without benefit of clergy. The mandate has gone forth from the White House,and it must be obeyed to thej letter. Robbery and Arrest! A western merchant, named Bowen, was robbed Merchants’ Hotel, in Philadelphia, on th. 2Gth;ult., of $2,300. A young man named ChaSj H., Williams, was arrested at Easton, on Tuesday on suspicion, and immediately made a fuli confes. sion of the transaction to the officers. Ajjout $l6OO of the stolen money was found in his possession.— He was taken to Philadelphia and imprisoned to undergo his trial. j Mr . Bonfiam’S Speech. The last TTarrißfmrg/Rgyitong contains the speech* of this distinguished Representative from Cumben land.pn the bill to repeal the 6th section of thwart of 1847,relative tofugiti.ve slaves, &c.The speech makes nearly ten columns of that paper—and to say that it is an able- and conclusive argument throughout against the constitutionality of the act referred to,# to say ; what everybody would expect from its talented-and eloquent aothor. We give the concluding paragraph of this masterly production; , and our only regret is that the length of the speech prevents ns from publishing it entire. . Mr. Bovoix hays: ... But to return. If ; legislative action on the part of the states is inexpedient to aid the execution of* the powers of the general government, it is clearly the province of prudence and patriotism to throw no obstacles in its path. The rights of the southr era people may be'Secured under regulations im posed by the general government itself; yet with out legislative interference on the part of the states, i the citizens thereof may assist in the carrying into | effect the paramount law as a matter of constabu lary for no other purpose. No one seriously doubts the power oi citizens of one state to protect the citizens of other states in their rights of property, when it may be found within their territory.. Nor can there be any doubt that in the case of fugitives from justice, it is the duty of good citizens and the authorities of each state to assist in their arrest and restoration to the states from which they may have escaped. The 2d section of the 4th article of the constitution of the United States provides for the delivering up fugitives from justice by one state, and their removal, on the de mand of the executive authority of the states from which fled. In accordance with this consti tutional provision, the 2d section of the act of Congress of the 12tb £eb., 1793, was passed, being a portion of the same act which relates to fugitives from labor. Would the states therefore be justifia ble in passing enactments to prevent their local authorities Irom aiding and assisting in the execu tion of this paramount lawl Would they be jus tified in refusing theoise of their jails, and. pre venting .justices of the peace, sheriffs and other peace officers, under severe penalties, from carrying this paramount law into effect? Certainly not. — And yet, with as little show of reason can we in flict penalties on the same persons, and forbid the use of our jails in the case of the u delivering up ” of fugitives from labor. The cases are precisely parallel, as the restoration of the two classes of persons, fugitives from justice and from labor, is provided for in the same section and article of the constitution of the United States, and the method defined of exercising these respective powers in the same-act of congress. Good neighborship, and the comity between nations, should be sufficient of themselves, to influence us to aid and assist neigh boring states by these acts of nothing more than common courtesy. Yet we are to be cursed by a set of fanatics, who are daily sending in remon- i strances against the repeal of the obnoxious and unconstitutional law oi 3d March, 1847; men who would in effect not only disregard the common amenities of life, but w’ould trample under foot a vital provision of the constitution oi their country, and tear in pieces the solemn enactments of con gress passeil in conformity with that constitution. Yes, we have now a statute of Pennsylvania which • punishes our citizens w T ith fines and imprisonments, and legal disabilities of a high grade, fordoing that which in honor and good conscience, and by the supreme law of the land, they are bound to do; and yet there are those who remonstrate against its repeal—and members on this floor who will record their votes against the passage of the bill now pending for that purpose. And yet we com plain of the sensitiveness of our southern brethren on the subject of their peculiar institutions, and their many grievances. I tell you, Mr. Speaker, while the act of March 3d, 1847, disgraces the statutelookof Pennsylvania,and similar actsdisgrace the legislation of other northern states, the people of the south have a quarrel with us, and have good cause to complain of our Punic faith, and to up braid us as violators of the compacts of the con stitution, promoters of discord, aud as disturbers of the peace of the nation. Legislation of this kind is a direct and powerful blowaimed at the govern- ment itself, and the integrity of our blessed Union —and the same spirit which, enacted that law would scatter this nation in “disintegrated, discor dant, belligerent, fragments/’ Let us, theicl'ore, discard such miserable fanatical heresies from our midst, be true to the faith which was pledged by our foYe-iathers, at a time when the bonds of fraternal love were strong and bright, when the blood of patriots flowed in one common stream, and the hea/ts of millions were engrossed in one great struggle—when the voice of the east and the west, the north and the south mingled together as many waters, and was heard in holy union amid the conflicts of nations, above the clangor of war, and gave consolation and hope and strength to an infant people, with ,the nobler triumphs of peace. We may then say to our glorious Union, in the sublime language of the poet Tupper, who has but recently landed upon our shores, and whom we took by the hand but the other day in these halls: “ Giant aggregate of nations, Glorious whole of glorious parts, Unto endless generations Live united, hands and hearts! Be it storm or summer weather, * Peaceful calm or battle jar, Stand in beauteous strength together, Sister States, as now ye are. The Reading Convention. We have it intimated that an attempt will be ma'de at the Reading Convention, by /he admirers of a distinguished candidate for the Presidency, residing in another State, to pass a resolution in that body, declaring him the first choice of Pennsylvania, as the democratic-candidate in 1552. If sufch a foolish attempt is made, we hope it will at once be promptly and effectually put down. The delegates elected to the Reading Convention have been chosen to nominate candidates for Governor and Canal Commissioner, and when that duty is performed they have nothing more to do but to adjourn and go home. It would be exceedingly improper for men who have been elected for a different purpose, to sow dissen sion in the democratic ranks, by agitating a ques tion that is not to be settled until a year hence.— If the friends of Gen. Cass are really sincere in their professions of attachment to him, they will let alone a movement which, even if successful, could result in nothing but injury to his cause. Let the question rest until 1852, and then let it be settled upon its own merits. —Easton Argus. ID* The Equestrian Statue, bronze, of Gen. Jack? son, which has been in progress for the last four years,*at Washington City, under the direction of Mr. Mills, is rapidly approaching completion, and Will be ready to be placed on its pedestal, in La fayette Square, opposite the Presidents House, on the 4th of July next. It will be one-third larger than life, and will weigh 35,000 lbs. The material consists of old brass cannon, condemned by the Government. Carlisle. —This “ancient and venerable Bor ough,” must be improving in morals very fast, if we are to judge from the following items which we glean from our exchanges: A furious and bloody riot took place at the Circus in Carlisle on Monday evening, which re sulted in some very severe injuries to one of the men connected with the Circus. He was so much bruised and maltreated, as to be unable to leave with the Company on the following morning, and is still detained in Carlisle, in a very precarious condition. —A large portion of the iron railing which sur rounds the Court House square in. Carlisle, was found to be torn down on Sunday Snorning last, “ the act ” says the Heraid, “ of some of the mid night miscreants who 7 almost nightly leave marks of outrage or depredation in some part of the town. We can conceive of no particular motive for this last act of violence, and presume it was promoted by the satanic spirit of mischief alone.” 017“ The Y. Herald , (a Taylor paper,) in com menting on the election of Mr. Fish to the United States Senate, says: * “ The Whi£ party, once a national and a constitu tional organization of the intelligence, the wealth and respectability of the free States, is gradually assuming the position of a mere Abolition faction, composed of various colors and stripes, from the pure black of Douglass to the mixed complexion of William H. Seward and his political associates.” Bennet knows the. Whig party like a book. A British Slanderer— The English Abolition emissary and scoundrel, George Thompson, M. P., said in one of his recent Canada speeches: TT t ’- I f°o not believe tbere is one minister in the United States who believes what he says. I know enough of ministers in that country to believe that they preach wilfully and designedly what they know to be false! The men. deliberately goto their closets, and, forpurely political and pro-slavery purposes, write sermonß foritbe Sabbath-day, which they all the while know to* be palpably and dam nabjy untrue!!” •me Bonndary Commlssloli. i readers will recollect the outcry that'was made against Col. Weixxb, in his capacity as Com missioner to run the boundary line ..between. Texas and Mexico, including-the. unfounded chaifgeaCof incompetency, profligacy, anid faithlessness: to the Government—but it appears, says the Dayton E mpire, that the Administration has made a most miser able failure in the appointment of his Whig succes sor, a certain Mr. Bautxxtt. —-The same paper tells us that R H.'Caffee, Esq. } of Lancaster, Ohio, who went out with the Com mission, has returned, and while in Cincinnati, 1 he communicated to the editors of the Enquirer a number of important and interesting facts, all going to prove the utter inefficiency and unfitness of Bartlett for the station he occupies. From the statement of Mr. Caflee, it appears that nothinghas yet been done to facilitate the object of the Com* mission—at least nothing hut what had far "better been left undone. The funds belonging to the Government have been shamefully squandered— its interests have been wholly disregarded, and the gentlemen composing the party, sick of the reck lessness and mismanagement of Bartlett, are anxious to leave him and return to their homes. The whole party engaged in the service com. prises about one hundred and eighty men, besides a military escort of eighty; more—about three, times the force under the Democratic Commissioner Col. Weller. “ Mr. Caffee,” says the Enquirer, “ although a thorough whig, has left the Commission, as did, several others, all, in truth, who could'get away, thoroughly disgusted and outraged with the imbe cility and shameful mismanagement of its headj who seems to have abandoned all’ idea of honorable deportment towards the government, or fair dealing with the men- in his control. The whole party, civilians and military, are gTeatly dissatisfied. The Commission is there with all its means squandered —all its provisions exhausted—its credit^gone—its good feeling and harmony, so essential to a' service of that character, entirely broken up, and the pro perty of the government, purchased for the service’ ■at heavy expense, wasted, abandoned and perishing on the plains. Supplies that have been sent for cannot reach th‘em before October, and until then no movement in their enterprise can go forward. There they must stay, leading the vagrant life of the frontier, and of course imposing the sapie delay upon the Mexican Commission, already incensed almost beyond endurance by the indifference and tardiness of our Government in prosecuting the requisitions of the treaty.” The following remarks of the Enquirer, (one of whose editors has been on the ground) will give the reader some notion of what our Government may reasonably calculate upon, from the misman agement of its Commissioner in the final settlement of the boundary, if he is permitted to go forward with the business: “ It is not all, that the American Commissioner has outrageously squandered the public funds and wasted the public property! He has „ squandered the public domain / He has thrown away American soil! —ours by the clearest marks of nature and our treaty, and ours by the united testimony of the people inhabiting it! This is a pretty grave matter, and let us look at it a little closer: “After several interviews at El Paso the two Commissioners decided that the starting point of the boundary between Mexico *and the United States should be 22 minutes north of the 32d de gree of north latitude, which is G 4 miles north of El Paso. This line will run due west ,to the branch of the Gila called Rio Membres, near the 108th deg. of longitude. If instead of starting at: 22 minutes north of the 22d degree, it had started on the 32 degree, as nature points out, and the people there claim to be right, the line would have reached a branch on the Gila, called the San Pedro, and touched the Gila at the 111th degree of longitude. Saving to our government one-of the finest portions of the valley of the Rio Grande, the only section of the country through which a, road can pass, and the town of JVlesica, settled within a year by some three hundred families, who incensed at the weak ness of the American Commissioner in unjustly transferring them and their totfn to Mexican own ership and dominion, were preparing to leave for some other portion of the country where their rights and nationality could not be sacrificed to the cunning and diplomacy of one exacting party, and the imbecility and indifference of another.” Spirit of Fanaticism. While certain of the presses in-the interest of fanaticism are rejoicing over Charles Sumner’s election, sensible men will read such a paragraph as this, from that sterling pape},' the Richmond Enquirer , with unaffected pain: - We regret.'to believe, on, the information of an intelligent man who has just returned from a tour through a great portion of south Carolina, that there is very great and universal excitement in the State, in favor of separate secession. Instead of public sentiment being “ very far below the fever heat of the politicians,” he informs us that the ex citement and determination of the people are much beyond the tone of the newspapers, which is rabid enough in all conscience. A few more acts, like the election of Sumner, would so impress the South with the unsoundness of Northern sentiment and the fixed purpose to in sult aud aggress the South, that the advocates of secession will not be confined to South Carolina.— This fatal blindness, if continued, must shake the. Union, which will surely move on harmoniously and safely, if the North will only keep quiet and cease its mad and silly agitation. Every day-con firms the belief that the battle of the Union must be fought at the North—uponjher head be the aw ful consequences of disunion, if such a catastrophe is forced upon the country. The 11th Congressional District. It will be recollected by our readers that in the above district, the Whig candidate, Henrt M. Ful ler, Esq., was declared elected by a majority of 59 votes. Col. Hendrick B. Wright, the Democratic candidate, believing that he was defrauded‘out of his election, will contest his right to a seat, and for. some time past has been engaged taking testimony in the case before the Court at Danville, under the provisions of a late'act of Congress. Already forty-, five distinct cases of illegal votes have been proven, and, it is believed when the whole testimony is elicited, that not less one hundred will be made ap parent. The illegal voters were composed of un naturalized foreigners, non-residents and minors, and mostly polled at Danville, in Mountor county—al though several votes were cast in Columbia county. Mr. Valentine Best and his Whig allies may find, in the long run, that“ honesty is the best policy.” Tlie .Contested election. In the Court of Common' Pleas of Philadelphia, on Saturday, Judge King delivered the opinion of a majority of the Court, setting aside the election of Mr. Kneass, and declariag Wm. B. Reed elected to the office of District Attorney. Judge Campbell dissented frqm the other two Judges, and ga!ve a very elaborate opinion in favor of Mr. Kneasi. An Editor in Lack! Our neighbor, Jacob Mters, Esq., of the Amer ican Republican, has received from the Governor the appointment of Notary Public. Mr. M. is a clever, man, barring his politics, and will make an obliging and competent officer. ID* President Fillmobb has issued a Procla mation, warning persons not to engage in any hos tile demonstrations against Cuba, and pointing out the penalties, which he is resolved to enforce, for such violation of the laws.' - IP* Charles M. Ottingeh, a Clerk in the Phil adelphia Post Office, has been bound over for his oppearance at Court, in the sum of $4,000, to ans wer a charge of robbing the mail. ICTThomas E. Franklin, Esq, of this City, has been appointed Attorney General of the State, in place of Cornelius Darragh, Esq., resigned. - This, is a good appointment. Mr. F. ranks among the first members of the Bar, in Lancaster, and is withal a highly moral and respectable citizen. ID* Chester County has instructed her delegates to Reading for Col. William Bigler, and those to Harrisburg for Judge Thomas S. Bell. Ttte Boqth-Western Frontier. The accounts of Indian outrages along the'South* frontier chow a * condition ot things in that quarter which calls loudly for the efficient interposition of the Government. The fierce tribes along the confines of Texas-and New -Mexico are impelled toactß of violence and plunder by two considerations or motives.; ha'the first place, the increase of. emigrating parties from the United States, .together with traders and trappers, has had the effect to drive pff or to destroy a great deal of game, npon which the lndians depended to a con* siderable extent for -subsistence. Travellers' to California and to Santa Fe, during the spring and summer months, are constantly traversing the prairies, chasing and shooting the buffaloes; their horses ‘ and mules consume also a great deal of the grass upon which ;thie buffalo is accustomed to subsist In the early part, of the first session of the last Congress the sum of two hundred thousand dollars was voted by the Senate as a compensation to the Indians lor the injury.done to their grounds by the frequent passage of large bodies of whites through their country. The appropriation, however, did not pass the House. It was a measure of justice, and might have had the effect ot conciliating and keeping quiet the very tribes that "are now engaged in committing depredations. . In connection with theseintrusions and encroach* ments of the whites in-the Indian territories, and the consequent diminution 1 of game, the weakness of the?forces of the United States in that quarter no doubt operates as a sound reason to account lor the- Tecent and still continuing outrages of the savaged. The responsibility in this matter rests upon Congress. That body refused to raise the additional force of mounted men called fot\ and •still further to weaken the efficiency of the service» the estimates of the Quartermaster's Department was so reduced" that the Secretary of War . finds himself compelled to disband a portion of the arm)', small as it is, for want of the means of subsistence and maintenance. A wretched system of economy it is which thus impairs the very sin ews of defence whilst prolusion, in less essential matters goes unquestioned!— Balt. American, Bold Federal Doctrine. Mr. Meredith, the late Whig Secretary of the Treasury, in an address before the Court, in a con tested election case in Philadelphia, recently, as we learn by the Pennsylvaniao, “ avowed that voting by ballot at our general elections is not secret vo ting, and that it iswithinthe power of the Legis lature, without violating.the Constitution, to enact that the ticket of every voter must be endorsed with the name of the voter, as in England, under the municipal corporation act.” This doctrine would have suited the view of Alexander Hamilton and other old federalists; but we hardly thought that in; this day of progress and enlightenment, there could .be found a man in the limits of the country who would dare, to advocate such bold anti-republican doctrine. It is striking at the dearest privilege of freemen—the secret bal lot— and shoufil such doctrine obtain, the freedom of the ballot would’be but a mockery, and bribery and corruption would be the order-of the day.—. The doctrine is detestable, and worthy only ol the leaders of the federal party, who secretly admire the sentiments maintained by-the old federalists, who thought the people “ignorant and turbulent and incapable hf self-government.”— Mount Vernon {Ohio) Banner J ) Rhode Island, as one of the first fruits of the re cent Democratic victory, will give to her people the secret ballot—so long opposed by the whigs, while in Massachusetts, the same great reform is sought to be put into the hands of the many to be wielded against their oppressors; and there also, is opposed by the whigs. Mr. Meredith talks in the same way; and he-is well understood by Dem crats, for he does not speak in parables.—Pennsyl vanian. Senator Sumner. The following is" an extract from the speech of this man, the : newly elected Senator-from Massa chusetts, d6livered ht a Free Soil mass meeting in Boston, last October: “ Into Massachusetts he [the slave owner] shall not come. * • *, * • The contempt, the indignation, the abhorrence of the community, shall be our weapons of offence. Wherever he moves he shall find no house to receive him—no table spread to nourish him—no welcome to cheer him—the dismal lot of the Roman exile shall be his. He shall be a wanderer without roof, fire, or water. Men shall point at him in the streets, and on .the highways. The cities, towns and villages shall refuse to receive the monster; they shall vomit him forth, never again to disturb the repose of our community.” Sad Occurrence at Danville. ‘ On Sunday the 28th ult., about 3 o’clock in the afternoon,* yvhile the congregation were assembled at the Methodist Episcopal, Ghurch, in'" Danville, and during the exercises of prayer, immediately preceding the reception of the communion, the church was struck by lightning, the fluid passing down the steeple’through the roof and down a lamp rod to near the centre of the church, in the midst ol the assembly. One lady, Mrs. Penzyl, wsta instantly killed, and some fourteen or fifteen others, seated in different parts of the church, were more or less injured. The steeple was shattered to pieces. Several pews were torn loose, and other damage done to the building. Murder in Butler County. —On Monday eve ning the 21st ult., two brothers named Duff were coming from Westmoreland county, where they lormerly resided, with some cattle, intending to take up their residence in Butler county. One of them reached the farm house of Mr. Kelley with the cattle, where-he remained until near day light, and • stated that his brother William was back at the .mill. In the mormin'g he stated that a man was lying dead in the road a short distance ahead of them. It was then ascertained that it was the body of William Duff, his brother. From the wounds and other marks of violence, it was rendered cer tain that he had been murdered by some person or persons. Duff, the brother of the deceased, was im mediately arrested and taken before a Justice of , the Peace, who committed him to the prison of •Butler county to await his trial. We glean these particulars from the Lawrence co. Journal. Bounty Land Claims.-— The Washington .Repub lic says certain statements are going the rounds in the Philadelphia Ledger and other journals, which, we are authorized to say from an official source, do not correctly represent the actio* of the Pension Office on the bounty land claims under the act of September, 1850. It is true, that the applications already received exceed one hundred thousand in number, and are increasing at the rate of five* hun dred a day ; but so far from the claims themselves being permitted to slumber, they are subjected from their first reception to a rapid progress of classifi cation and arrangement, which, though to superfi cial observers it may appear tedious and unnecess ary, is essential to guard against error and confusion and actually conduces to despatch. There are now nearly three hundred warrants%suiog daily, and means are in constant exercise' to swell the num ber to four hundred and upwards. Nearly fifteen thousand warrants have been issued to various parts of the country since the plates were first re ceived from the engravers. 07* The Iron interest, says the PottsviUe Register is gradually improving throughout the country, with a healthy market, though as yet there has been but little advance in price. Iron producing estab lishments which have been suspended for months past by the depression of the market, are again being set in motion. This act will give increased vigor and tone to the coal trade. ; nyJBNirT Lind’s concert in Pittsburg, on Friday evening the 25th ult., yielded $9,000. She had intended giving another concert, but some mischie vous toys threw a few pebbles into the window of her dressing room, and at her carriage, and she left in a miff the next morning for Baltimore, where she sang on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. , She is now in Philadelphia. Enthusiastic Meeting 1 , of ‘ f Bigler dubtfo.2!” "The third regular meeting of Bigler Club No. ST, was held in the Town All, oa Saturday evening last. . The President in the chair, on motion of Mr. Johh Murfhet, Dr. N. B. Wolfe, was ap pointed Secretary for the evening. The routine of the'Clnb bnriness was then gone through with, in connexion with the reading of the patriotic, talent ed and truly Pennsylvania letter of Robert Tiler, Esq.; when the Secretary announced on behalf of the committee of arrangements the cheerful com pliance of Col; John W. Foamy to' address the Club, and, who was then present. Mr. Forney was then invited to. the stand and was received by his old personal and political friends with the most a earning aad enthusiastic cheering. After ac knowledging m a very feeling and truly eloquent manner, his obligations for the reception he met ■with by those who had been his companions in ma ny political contests, and reverting to many demo cratic reminiscences associated with the (( 01d Town Hall,” in which it gave him pleasure once more to meet the friends of his former days, he spoke at length, for the space of an hour and a half, discussing the'most important political sub jects of the day—incidentally alluding to local mat ters, and - personal cupidity and personal ingrati tude. His remarks elicited frequent interruptions of applause from the t( Town Hall full of people, particularly when he adverted to the high and holy mission of the great Democratic Party of the coun try—the sublime truths and the concomitant ex tension of the principles of human liberty—the ‘preservation of those great fundamental principles which lay at the base of the Constitution and the organization of the democratic party; .and which secure protection alike to all American citizens, whether North or South ofMason & Dixon’s line— his denunciations of white and black negro fanat icism—his exposition of English cupidity, policy and abolition missions to distract; the harmony of our great family of States—his allusion to the high character and • important public services of that lt bright particular star,” of which there is no fel low in our political firmament, the Hon. Jakes Buchanan, the magnitude and brilliancy of whose intellect, has thrown Taya of light upon the earth’s surface, wherever liberty finds a resting place and her benign principles! inspire the hearts ol men—his tribute to the merit and high order of talpnt, political integrity and stateman-like sagacity °p £°V William Bigler ; and many other topics of which it would be impossible to give even a synopsis, mnch more, an accurate detail of argu ment and deductions. The discourse was listened to !with the most re spectful attention, and at its conclusion was enthu siastically applauded. The following resolution was unanimously adopt ed by the Club. Resolved , That the thanks of (t Bigler Club No. 2,” be and are hereby tendered to Col. John W. Forney, for his fearless,eloquent and manly expo sition of the principles of the Democratic Party upon this occasion. • On motion of Mr. John Slack, when this meet ing adjourn, it meet again on the 17th of May, at such time and place as the Committee of Arrange ments shall designate. f On motion of P. Morris, adjourned. J. J. GAULT, Pras’t, N. B. Wolfe, Sec’ry.’p. t. Columbia, May 3d, 1851. Another Den of Rodders.— The New Albany (la.) Ledger, gives an account of a den of robbers, on an island in Beaver Lake, Jasper county, in that State, discovered by Mr. Weiss, who went after four stolen horses. In order to save his life, he swore not to divulge what he saw; but he exposed the whole when he got home. The Ledger says: . “He was taken to a large cave on this island, provided with supper, and then shown false keys, bank note presses, metal for making bogus money, &c. Mr. Weiss says there were over one hundred men in the gang—many ol- whom he knew—they had been residents of this and adjoining counties, and that they had occupied high stations among the citizens. He states that there were about twenty-five women in the gang—the wives of some ol the rascals. They had one hundred and thirty horses on the Island.” Bloody Conflict. —The Galveston (Texas) Civilian, of the ISth ult., says that Capt. McCul. lough’s company of Mounted Ranger* overtook on the 10th, a gang of runaway negroes near the river Nueces, on their way to Mexico. The negroes were challenged by the Rangers to surrender, but refused, and' in return opened a fire upon the Ran. gers, killing .two, and wounding a third badly. A general engagement then ensued, in which all the negroes were killed. Their number is not men tioned. Senior Captain in the Navy?— By the recent death of Commodore Barron, the seniority of rank in the navy of the United State?, as we learn from the Republic, devolves on Commodore Chas. Stewart, who is a native of Pennsylvania, and appointed from that State, though at present a citizen of the State-of New Jersey. Commodore Stewart entered the service as a lieutenant on the same day as the late Commodore Barron—to wit, on the 9th oi March, 1798, and his present commission bears the date of April 22,1806. Commodores Morris, War rington, and Downes are next iq the series 'of those sterling old naval heroes, whose prowess and previous to our second war with Britain, no less than their mental qualifications, manifested in various emergencies before and since, have challen ged the admiration of the world, and given them an enduring niche in the temple of fame. The’Pennsylvania Railroad. —The Pittsburgh Journal says the work on the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad is progressing steadily, and even between Pittsburgh and Turtle Creek, it is going forward finely. At the crossing'of the Pittsburg and Greensburg Turnpike, in East Liberty, a rather expensive viaduct has .been an impediment to progress. The Railroad Company, however, have decided to erect a permanent and spacious stone structure at *this point, with a roadway of forty-two feet. =The contracts are closed, stone engaged, and the work is to begin forthwith. Three months will witness the completion of this viaducts and by that time, the road will be ready for the superstructure from Pittsburgh out, as far as the design is to bring the road in use tbis year. ' Col. J. R. Snowden. —The Pittsburg Morning Pont says:—lt will be seen by a card in this day’s paper* that Col. James Ross Snowden has taken up bis abode in Pittsburgh, with the view of resuming the practice of the law. Col. Snowden is already known by reputation to the most of our citizens.— He represented Venango county in our State Legis lature for a number of years, and distinguished him self in that body by his able advocacy ofDemocratic measures. He was afterwards appointed Treasurer of the Mint, at Philadelphia, by President Polk, and held that office until about a year ago, discharging its duties with the most ecrupulousßdelity. He is a gentleman of fine talents, and an able, and eloquent advocate. We welcome him to our crity, and hope that'his residence here will prove both pleasant and profitable. 07" At the Annual Election for the Lancaster Savings’lnstitution, held on Saturday May 3,ac: cording to the provisions of the Charter of said In stitution, the following Gentlemen were sleeted Trus tees for the ensuing year :- ' Emanuel Schaefer, Christian Keiffer, Reah Fra zer, Newton Lightner, John S. Gable, Geo. Ford, j. B. Stubbs. , Interpretation op the Cheap Postaoe Law. -—The Post Master General has decided that under the new postage, law which takes effect- on the Ist of July, weekly papers only are entitled to circulate in the mail free of postage, in the county where pub. iished, and that in estimating the various distances mentioned in the act, the office of publication is the county line. The phraseology of the act on these points is not very clear. Its meaning is however, explained by the Department ai above. 07* A horrible murder was committed in Phila delphia county, on Friday night last. A German named Bartel, his wife and infant child, were found by some of the neighbors on Saturday morning, all dead and their bodies horribly mangled by some fiend or fiends who are yet running at large. * The sup posed murderer is a young Italian, who had been in the employ of Mr. Bartel, and with whom he had bad an altercation. 07*The steamboat Webster, when about a hund red miles below Vicksburg on the Mississippi, on Friday last, took fire and burned to the water’s edge —and, horrible to relate, about forty persons perished in the flames or by drowning. Official Outrage. We were snrprised tQ find the following language in the late Presidential proclamation relative to the supposed Cuban Expedition: “It ia-believed thatfthis expedition is instigated and?set on foot by foreigners who dare to make our shores the scenes,of. their guilty and hostile prepa rations against a friendly power, and seek by false hood and to seduce our own citi* zeni, especially the young and inconsiderate, into their wicked Bcheraes, an ungrateful return for the benefits conferred upon them by this people in permitting them to make our country an asylum from oppression , and in flagrant abuse of the hospi tality thus extended to them. We should like to know,by what authority, the highest official dignitary of the natian, assumes the right to make invidious distinctions between yor eigners and natives? The President has no right to denounce in un measured-terms any clast of our"citizens. He has no right to know officially, any distinction. More than all, he has no right, as the' head of a great Republic, to chiug® those who flee to our land as an “asylum from oppression,” with “ingratitude and the abuse of hospitality?’ They come not here merely by “ permission but by right. . When here, ; they exercise no privileges, but participate in the natural rights of all freemen. This asylum was founded by refugees from the tyranny of the old world, and cemented by the blood of freedom’s v martyrs from every nation. The title-deed of the European emigrant was signed by the swords of such heroes as Lafayette and Kosciusko, Dekalb and Montgomery—and shall he be told that he is a mere tenant at will? Away with such selfish ar rogance-shame on such unwarranted reproach.— This glorious Republic was established for the ben efit of the worid f not f or the exclusive use of a nation. The true American says, “ ho! all ye that thirst, come and drink of the waters of Freedom— all ye that arelheavy laden, come and rest from oppression.”— Trenton Dady^Amaican. Horrible Murder.— A man by the name of ' Moses Bramhall, was committed to the jail of this county,.on Wednesday last, charged with the mur der of his wife. The prisoner was a resident of Asylum township and the following particulars of the affair are substansially as given by himself substantiated by the testimony of his neighbors, as far as they had cognizance of the fact. Bramhall, has threatened the life of his wife, who on several occasions, has taken refuge at the neigh bors. He had warned her that if she left his house again she never would return alive. On Tuesday evening,' from his treatment she fled from his house, when he, taktog a shorter course overtook her in the road, and it is supposed from the marks, having first stunned her by a blow with a club across the temple, choked her with his hands, until the horrid deed was accomplished. He says that having left her, and short distance, on looking back he thought she showed signs of life, when he returned an'd choked her again until she was quite dead; * He gave himself up, confessing, the commission of the crime to the neighbors, andjapparently'being unaware of the enormity of the deed he had com mitted. It is groper to state, that he was intoxica ted at the time, and that he is ■ represented as a peacable and affectionate man to his family • when not under the dominion of the Monster Alcohol. Bradford Reporter. A Fast Funeral —A Race to the Grave.— On Saturday last two funeral, processions, of unu sual length, on their way to the Catholic Cemetry in Cambridge,,neared each other alittleabove Por ter’s Hotel. A rivalry immediately set up between the drivers of the hearses, to see whick should reach the gate of the Cemetry first! By a great applica tion of the whip a sample of last driving develo ped itself—but the race was of short duration.— The coffin in one of the hearses was thrown out on the ground, and before the cortege following could draw up, it was run over by three or four hacks, and seriously mutilated. This accident suddenly put an end to the mad career of the Jehus. The body was restored to its, proper place, and the two funerals proceeded in order. Fast driving to the grave often occurs in Cambridge. —Boston Mail. i£7~ The Savannah Georgian, which stands at the head of the Democratic journals of Georgia, and in fact is one of the most influential papers in the whole South, speaks of the Hon James Buchanan as a statesman whom the editor Would prefer to any other Northern man for the Presidency. We have kept careful note of the expressions of public sen timent in various parts of the country, in reference* to the Presidency, and it has become apparent to us that Mr. Buchanan is the only Northern states man who need expect anything from the South.— We were told the other day, by a very intelligent gentleman from Tennessee, formerl/ - a resident of this county, that in his region Mr. Buchanan was almost the only man talked of for the Presidency. —Chambersburg Valley Spirit. * The Kent- County (MdA Tiiaoedy. —The Elk ton Democrat states, that the black woman who was shot at the time of the Cosden murder, has nearly recovered. A portion of the wrist bone' which was shattered by the ball fired at her, will have to be taken out, for which purpose, licr .mas ter, E. Crouch, Esq., will take her to-Baltimore this week. We learn from the Elkton Whig, that Geo. Shelton, said to be implicated by Drummond, in the murder, is in Elkton jail, having voluntarily given himself up. He says he knows nothing of the matter, and can satisfactorily prove where he was on the night of .the murder. A Monster Gx.—We see it stated that Col. N. C. Baldwin, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been fattening an ox for eight years, until at length he has attain ed the enormous weight of 4,000 pounds. A mile per day is the fastest rate the monster can walk.— He is to be transported East by water, and will be sent to Loudon for exhibition during the World’s Fair. / The Electro-Maonetic Locomotive. —The periments of Prof. Page, at Washington, with ms electro-magnetic locomotive, have been completely successful and fully demonstrate the practicability of the application of electro-magnetism to the propul sion of railway trains. The Locomotive proceeded out from Washington as far as *Bladensburg, mak ing the distance 5 miles, in 35 minutes. When the power of the battery was fully up* on j\early a level plane, theVateof 19, miles an hour was attained, being 7 miles faster than the greatest speed yet attained. Mail Robber Abrested. —William F. Williams was arrested at St Louis on the tSth inst:, on a charge of robbing the mail at Lacon, 111., in Janu ary or February last, of which office he was Post master. When arrested, he was disguised with a heavy pair of false whiskers. In'his possession three hundred dollars were found, identified as a part of the money taken from the mail. 07* John C. Lefevre, of Paradise township, lost a valuable cow 1 and hog, on : Sunday week, by a stroke of lightning. i 07* Rev. John M. Duncan, for many years Pas tor of the First Independent' Presbyterian Church, of Baltimore and one of the most gifted pulpit orators in that City, died there on Wednesday last, after a lingering illness. Millinery. SPRING AND SUMMER BONNETS. MRS. KURTZ invites the attention of the La dies of this city and county, to the large and varied assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER BONNETS jgj 9 which she has just received from Philadel phia. They consist of the latest and most beauti ful patterns, and can be had at prices as reasonable as any other Millinery establishment in Lancaster. The attention of the Ladies is also invited to her splendid assortment of RIBBONS of every style and color; and also to her Bonnet Caps, Artifi cials, &c. , v Millinery Rooms—North Queen Street, nearly opposite Wentz’s Bee Hive Store. A share of public patronage is respectfully solicited. • , ’ [May 6-2m-l5 Presbyterian Cliurch. NOTICE is herehy given to the public*: —Ist. That the Pews in the' Presbyterian Church, neatly cushioned and prepared, will be offered for sale and rent, (at the chorch,) on next Wednesday and Thursday evenings. 2d. That this beautiful Church Edifice will be dedicated to Godson next Sabbath, the 11th ofMay. Dedication Sermon in the morning, at 10 o’clock, by Rev. R. W. Dickin son, D. D. Sermon in the afternoon, at 3 o’clock, on the Constitution ef the Church,, hy Rev. E. Erskine. Sermon in the evening, at 7* o’clock, on the Advantages of a well regulated Sanctuary to the People, and the Duty of tho People in regard to it, by Rev. C. M. Johnston, of Carlisle. 3d. That a r Scrmon, prepared for the occasion, will be delivered on next Friday evening, in the large Lecture Room of the Presbyterian Church; and also a Sermon on Saturday evening, at the same place, to tho Young Men of this city, in particular. May 6. . . . it. To My Creditors. TAKE notice that I have applied Judges of the Court of Commoir'-Rleas of Lancaster County for the benefit of the sevcrhl Acts of Assem bly for the relief of insolvent debtors, and that the said Judges have appointed Monday the 1 Sih day qf June, 1851, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at the Court House, in the city of Lancaster, for the hearing of mo and my creditors, when and where they may attend if they think proper. BENJAMIN M. BAIR, may 6-l£3t] Lower Leacock Township.
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