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Lancaster, June 24, 1851.
GEO■ SANDERSON, EDITOR.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
-FOR GOVERNOR
COC. WIIUAM BIGI.ER,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
GEU. SETH CLOVER,
Or CLARION COUNTV.
for judges of the supreme court.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Somerset.
JAMES 7 CAMPBELL, Philadelphia.,
ELLIS LEWIS, Lancaster.
JOHN B. GIBSON, Cumberland.
WALTER H. LOWJRIE, Allegheny.
Ratification County Meeting.
THE Democrats of Lancaster County, are re
quested to assemble at the Court House, in the city
of Lancaster, on _ _ TTTVrri
SATURDAY THE 28th OF JUNE, ,
at 1 o’clock, P. M-, for the purpose of ratifying the
nominations made by the Democratic Conventions
at Reading and Harrisburg.
meeting wilLbe addressed by the lion.
James Buchan am and other distinguished speakers.
Col William Bioi.ee is also expected to be pres
ent] NEWTON LIGHTNER,
Chairman County Committee.
Lancaster, June 10, 1851.
A Proposition.'
Any person forwarding the names of five good
new subscribers to the Intelligencer, shall have a copy
of the paper for one year, gratis ; or. if he be al
ready on our list, receive credit for one year’s sub
scription.
By the new postage law, it will be seen that from
and after the Ist of July, papers circulate through
the mails, free of postage, to subscribers within
the county in which they are published.
ICTAs the political campaign is now opening,
and as it is important to party success that the peo
ple should have correct intelligence, would it not
be well for our Democratic friends in the. various
districts of the county, ft assist us and benefit the
party by obtaining and forwarding additional sub
scribers to the “ Intelligencer. *’ After this week
the postage is taken off, which will be another
inducement for persons to subscribe. Will our
friends see to this matter 1 Almost every subscri.
her in the county could get ail additional name, if
he would try— and some of them could obtain hall
a dozen or more with very little trouble. Will the
effort be made ’ We shall see.
The County Meeting.
We hope to see a large turn out ol Democrats
at the County Meeting, on Saturday next, notwith
standing the busy season of the year. Every man of
them who can possibly spare the time should endea
vor to be present and participate in the demonstra.
tion. It is not intended to be a gathering ol Buchan
an men or Cass men—but a DEMOCRATIC
MEETING, convened exclusivelyjor the purposeof
ratifying the nominations made at Reading and Har
risburg. A difference of opinion will necessarily
exist in reference to men, before a nomination; hut
AFTEn it is made, every good Democrat should feel
bound to support the nominee, and do every thing
he can to promote the success of the ticket.
Will the Democrats of the “ Old .Guard ” turn
out in all their strength ? We hope they will—
and give “a long pull,i a strong pull, and a pull
altogether,” for the nominees of the party.
JET Recollect, the Meeting takes place on SAT;
IJRDAY AFTERNOON.NEXT.
fLT* Persons writing to the Editor on business
will please pay the postage on their letters—espe
cially as after the ist of. July, unless pre-payment
is made, the cost will be FIVE CENTS to the per
son receiving it; whereas, under the new law, a
single letter will only cost three cents, if pre-paid.
|p=* We are indebted' to William Mathiot,
Esq., for a copy of the “.Final Report of the Board
of Revenue Commissioners of Pennsylvania, for
the year 1851.” It is.a document evidently drawn
up with much care, and Us statements and recom-,
mendations will be interesting in the highest degree
to the tax payers of the Commonwealth.
JETThe New Postage Law, under which the
Intelligencer Journal will pass, free of postage,
through the mail, to all the post offices within the
county, goes into effect on Tuesday next, the Ist ol
July; and a number of our papers now sent outside
of the mail, and left in the vicinity of a post office,
will then be put in the mail,jf they can, by this
mode, reach their destination as speedily as by the
present arrangement. We would be pleased to
learn the wishes of our subscribers on all the routes
who do not receive their papers through the mail,
so that we may act accordingly.
The Democratic Review, for June, is em
bellished with a handsome portrait of Judge War.
D. Kelley, of Philadelphia, accompanied with a
biographical sketch. There are quite a number of
excellent articles in the all which go to
sustain the high character of the work.
WHIG STATE CONVENTION.—This “.-gath
ering of the clans,” into which Wbiggery -is divi.
ded, will take place, TO-DAY, in this City. The
Silver Greys and Woolly, Heads will both be here
in their strength, and a small amount of fun is
anticipated. We shall endeavor to keep an eye on
their movements, and let Our readers know some 1
thing of the doings of the, 1 . Convention in our next
issue.
jp- We direct public attention to the advertise
ment of Mr. Samuel Pelton, in another column,
relative to his inventions of Horse Power and
Threshing Machines. These are very important
matters to farmers—and we have no 'doubt of the
usefulness and efficiency of the inventions. Mr. P.
is a gentleman of much experience as a machinist,
. and the public may be assured that every thing he
1 promises will be performed. We advise our far
, mer friends to give him a call and judge for them
selves.
Ip" Those of our readers in this region who
are in want of a cheap and fashionable suit of
clothes suitable for the season, would do well
to call at Young & O’Rourke’s Clothing De-
in North Queen street, who keep every
thing in their line, and who cannot be surpassed
in cheapness or quality by any other establishment
in this city. For particulars, see poetical adver
tisement in another column.
IP" Our farmers throughout this County are in
the midst of their hay harvest, and. a magnificent
crop it, is. The weather during the last week was
unusually fine, and a vast quantity of hay has al
ready been safely housed. The grain harvest will
commence about the last of this week, or the be
ginning of the next, and, from present appearances,
a very heavy crop will be taken up. . * -
Tue National Whig. —This is' the title of a
campaign paper just started in this City, by John
S. Jones. ' As its nameTmports, it advocates Whig
principles, anil goes it with a perfect rush for
Scott and Johnston.
: jp- The official majority in favor of the new.
Constitution of Maryland, is 10,418.
OuipFlcket--ItiS^€ , cesB. f;
Tie Democratic ticket, take lt ajUßtougb,
ol the' very best that could have; been selected in
the State., - The jgentlemen placed, innomination
fcr Governor, Canal -Cbmmissioner and Supreme
Judges, are acknowledged oil fall bands to be.*mi
nently qualified lor their respective stations, and it
is not too much to say that .they i all, deseryei.to be
elected by A triumphant'’inajorijyf -The-Demo"
cratic press of the Statei'with scarcely an excep
tion, are united ’in their praises of the ticket —the
people approve of the candidates—and the masses,
we doubt not, wUI ratifjr the nominations with one
of their old fashioned majorities at, the ballot
boxes. - ' • .
The following remarks from the Philadelphia
Argus, on the subject of the Democratic ticket, and
fidelity to the party, we fully endorse in every par
ticular': ... .
DraocniTic FinsciTT—The entire State Tick
et both for Governor, Canal Commissioner and
Judges of the Supreme Court, is now before the
people and the selections are such as. must com
mand the respect and support of the whole body
of the Democratic party in the commonwealth. —
The candidates are men of intelligence and high
moral standing in the community, the unan
imity with which they have been chosen snows
that they are undoubtedly the choice of the vast
majority in thp State. The Judges of the Supreme
Court are located in different sections of the State,
and, therefore, truly represent the: diversified feelings
of the majority who have chosen, by this means,
not only the best qualified, but] the most popular
candidates. for this important station. Some pf
them are old men who have spent a long life upon
the bench, and who have a fame as wide as the
history of jurisprudence —and others young in
years, but with judgments sobered and matured by
the toils and studies incident to the responsible po
sition they have assumed. Upon the judicial seats
will be the fire and vigor of youth, and the cool
and steady judgment of mature and educated age,
thus happily blending in such a. combination as to
produce the most beneficial results.
With such a ticket, we look upon success as
certain and fixed, if the party ire but true to the
rules and the usages that have led ns on to victory
in the past. The Wt and -excitement that will
always accompany a struggle for nomination, has
passed away, and now we may safely appeal to the
reason and judgment of the members of the Dem
ocratic party, to rally round the candidates that
have been chosen, anti carry ; them through the
campaign with triumph. We ‘may have had per
sonal preferences, and that is all fair and proper—
but the voice of the majority Has now chosen, and
if we wish to remain within the pale of the Dem
ocratic family, we are obliged to submit and go to
work in concert. The individual man is now
merged in the representation of the great and un
dying principles of the party, and he who halts,
because of private griefs, or sefs his own judgment
up as a bar to his duty,as a Democrat, is unworthy
of the name he .bears, und but adds to the opposi
tion. A fair, open and manly expression of opinion
in the selection of candidates, is the safeguard of
•the party—bnt when that is suffered to run into
persecution and thus warp the cloud
the jesaon, it incapacitates the man from.a just and
proper discharge of his duties, and thwarts the
very object for which it was designed.
'As. to the reasonableness of party fidelity, there
can be no difference of opinion among those who.
look upon Democracy as something, more than a
mere name. We are anxious! for the supremacy
of a certain class'of political principles, and for
that purpose organization is necessary, and then
arises the'necessity for a rigid and faithful adhe.
rence to the rules and regulations that are to make
that combination of practical benefit. This has
always been one of the cardinal maxims of the
republican faith, and the most efficient supporter of
the permanency of Democratic rule both in the
State and nation, and it will not do to sacrifice it
now, either on the altar of private malice or dis
appointed aspirations. Men’s opinions are to be
cared for and respected,-but not when they conflict
with the great interests of the party, and he is but
a sorry Democrat who will not forget his own likes
and dislikes in the huzzas that follow the success
of the principles he'cherishes. We all owe a duty
to the party for what it had done for us in the days
that are gone, and we cannot better testify 'our
gratitude thaiTby a solemn devotion to the still
further extension of those, glorious principles in
the foture. Let us, then, forget all but the interests
of the great cause m which we are all, so deeply
interested, and go for ticket as it is, without
regard to the croaking and the traitor, whose
schemes have been discovered and the mischief
prevented.
The Nominations.
William Bigler, the Democratic nominee for
Governor of the good old Keystone Stale, is a man
of the people—honest and capable, of irreproacha
ble public and private character. He set out in
life as a mechanic, and in politics as a Democrat.
He first toiled as an humble Democratic printer,
and ar.iong the earliest acts of his political life was
the support of Mr. Irvin, the Jackson and anti*
Bank candidate for State Senator about 1832 or
Mr. Irvin was elected over Gen. Packer, of Lycom
ing; but after his election fell from his previous
higli position as a Democrat, and with Penrose and
Dickey, became a victim to the bank mania, and
an apostate from his political faith. Such a cry
of indignation then went up from his constituents,,
that he was compelled to resign his office. Col t
Bigler was himself nominated for the Senate, in
the Clearfield district, before he was by age eligible
to the office. He declined the nomination for that
reason, and at the next term was elected Senator
by a handsome majority. In 1841, when he was
again a candidate for State Senator, he received
every vote but ore [!] in Clearfield county, altho’
there was at the time a Whig candidate in the field.
This simple fact shows in what estimation the
man was held by those among whom he had long
lived, and who best knew him.
In the Senate he was regarded the strongest man
on the Democratic side, and was chosen Speaker
by his His position on all questions relating
to the currency was sound and Democratic, and
though in 1841 there was a time of embarrassment
and panic, he was proof against it all and stood
firm and imshaken t amid the clamor of the money
changers* He opposed the issue of the small bills
'of 1841, and defended the Democratic doctrine on
that occasion by a most manly stand.
This man then, fellow Democrats, is a candidate
worthy of our confidence and support. He has
been true and trustworthy in public positions—
upright-and pure in private life—and having con*
ducted his private business successfully and econom
ically, and served his neighbors with honor and
ability, he is'just the man to guide, the helm of
state, and to conduct safely the affairs of our
monwealth.
Setu Clover, the candidate of .the party for
Cana! Commissioner is a gentleman of intelligence,
with a thorough knowledge of the different depart"
ments ol our state improvements, and has had full
experience in conducting business on the public
works. He'is a good business man, and will-re
ceive a gratifying election in October.—[Star of
the North.
Col. Bigler at Home.
We had the pleasure of conversing, a few days
since, says the Lewisburg Democrat, frith an old
acquaintance from Clearfield county, whom we had
always known as a “true-blue” Whig, “dyedinthe
wool.” In the course of conversation, we enquired
whether Col. Bigleb was popular at home, —
“Popular!” said he, as though he was surprised at
the question. “Popular'! yes; I should rather think
he was. He has been a father to the poor of our
county. I have known him pay off mortgage alter
mortgage, on lumber lyjng in the river waiting for
a freshet, and in numerous other instances have I
seen him prove himself to be the poor man’s best
friend. The people of our lounty, Whigs and
Democrats, will ALteupport Col. Bigleb, although
I, for one, would not vote for any other Democj
living.”
Such evidence of the real worth of our candidal
from such a source, will outweigh all the falseho >
that may emanate from the combined efforts ol L
Federal press from “June to Eternity.”
|p"The recent rain floods in the region o( tb
Upper Mississippi River have raised the water* t<
a point six feet higher I than was ever before knows
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land have teen
submerged, destroying jtbe results of years of la >or*
ious industry. Thousands of persons have,been to*
tally ruined. ! , . '. 1
The Judges*
.-j The Norristown JS«gt*f#r, one of the
rbcratic papers State, has the jwi - -
niirable notice^^?-«n^te»^ th^?j, I ,^l ' f
Beocb bySSe ,,
> TWHori. Jxexilj ah S ; i ßL*c*, of Sqpoertcfr is
mie of ornamenU oPctte legal profes
sion thatjpbr ia;conij|ara
*tively man, but!He“has already established
a name and reputation as a literary man and a
jurist of which any man may be justly proud. A
high and competent authority has pronounced Eiln
K one of the ablest men of his years in Pennsylva
| nia.” The distinction .be has gained in bisi present,
| Judicial District will be increased and brightened
j in the moreenlarged sphere of duty to which the
! people are about to call him. Judge Black was
the favorite of a large portion of the democracy of
i Pennsylvania for a seat in the United States Senate. i
He yyill-receive an equally strong ■“demonstration ;
of their regard.now tnat he has been placed in
nomination as one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court. As a man and a citizen in private life', his
character is of the highest order. . .
The Hon. ; James Campbell is a gentleman who
eminently deserves the earnest cordiality with
which hisiriends.urged his nomination. .As one of
the Judges of an important Court of the city and
county of he has discharged his duty
with ability and satisfaction, and as a member of
the highest judicial tribunal of the State there is
every reason to believe he will do honor to the sta
tion. His reputation as a private citizen is spot
less and unimpeachable, and his political reputation
as a firm, unfaltering and consistent democrat, is
beyond the shadow of cavil or question. . r ;
The Hon. Ellis Lewis, of Lancaster, is a jurist
who has occupied a conspicuous place in the pub
lic eye, and’ gained an exalted reputation among
his professional brethren. He was originally a I
printer, and won his way to distinction as a jurist |
by the force of inherent energy, industry and in
domitable perseverance? The Lancaster bar is |
confessedly a strong one. Over this bar he has j
presided for many years with their entire approba- 1
tion. His ability is unquestioned, and his courtesy 1
of manner has attached" to him all the eminent
men who have practised in his court.
Of Chief Justice John G. Gibson, it is not ne
cessary that a word should be said in commenda
tion. He has filled the exalted station the head of
the Supreme Bench. for a number of years. His
legal abilities are known to and acknowledged by
all, and his eminence as a jurist is accorded by the
most powerful and enlightened minds in the coun
try.
The Hon. Walter H. Lowrik, of Allegheny
coonty, ranks among the most eminent lawyers of
western Pennsylvania. He was appointed by the
lamented Shunk, Judge of the District Court of the
county of Allegheny, in which he resides, and his
course, since his elevation to the bench,, has alike
reflected honor on himself and the appointing pow
er. Gov. Shunk was a good judge of character,
and his selection of Judge Lowrie was a marked
eyidence of his foresight -and sagacity. The pri
vate reputation and judicial character of the gen
tleman are in a perfect keeping with each other—.
both exemplify his excellence, and prove him to be
in every respect worthy of the confidence and re
gard of his fellow citizens.
Such are the candidates who have been nomi
nated for the support of the democratic party of
Pennsylvania by the Democratic state convention
held at Harrisburg on the 11th inst. The delegates
periormed their duty faithfully, and are entitled to
the approbation ol their constituents. The nomi
nation of candidates made by the Reading and
Harrisburg conventions w.iil be responded to
throughout the state, with feelings of ardent satis
faction, and when the day of election arrives, the
democracy of Pennsylvania will endorse their ap
proval ot the nominations made by an overwhelm
ing majority.
A Good Sign.
All the unsuccessful candidates for Canal Com
missioner are out warmly in favor of the nomi
nees ol the Reading and Harrisburg Conventions.
Mr. Campbell has written and published a letter,
sustaining the nomination of Mr. Cloveu. Mr.
Bratton, through his paper, the Carlisle Volunteer ,
is out in a strong article in support of his success
ful competitor; and -we are also pleased to see that
the Genius of Liberty, an influential Democratic
paper in Fayette county, the home of Mr. Ska
right, the other prominent candidate for Canal
Commissioner, and edited by his son—is out very
warmly in support oi the nominations?
This 4s as it should be. From all quarters of
the State we have the most cheering indications of
a cordial and hearty union of the entire party upon
Bigler and Clover, and also upon the nominees
of the Harrisburg Convention. We might fill our
paper with articles taken from the Democratic
press of the State, cordially sustaining all the nom
nations, and zealously urging their party friends to
action. The tone of public sentiment from one end
of the Commonwealth to the other, is unusually
healthy and spirit-cheering—a* sure indication of
success in the approaching struggle. The notes of
preparation are every where heard, and the watch
word has gone from the Delaware to Lake Erie
that ITT' Pennnsylvania MUST BE REDEEMED-
Now our flag is flung to the wild wind free,
Let it float o’er our father land—
j And the guard of its spotless fame shall be
Columbia’s chosen band*
Mr. Editor:— The friends of Mr. Buchanan
claim that 'they had a large majority ol delegates
in the Reading Convention and controlled its pro-’
ceedings. Now, can you inform me, whether they
intend to claim the election of the Democratic State
Ticket this fall asa Buchanan triumph or not? P.
|O»We answer emphatically,* NO. Whilst it
was unmistakeably evident that the friends of Mr.
Buchanan had £n overwhelming majority in both
State Conventions, and whilst it is also well known
that nearly all of the Democratic candidates now
before the people are warm personal and political
‘friends of that gentleman, yet they are the nominees
ol the whole party, fairly placed upon the ticket,
and as such expect to receive' the support of the
entire party. After the election we shall claim
their success as a Democratic triumph—nothing
more, and certainly nothing less.
Whether the fact that the nominees-generally are
personally and politically iriendly to Mr. Buchanan,
(and we are not aware that there is any thing
criminal in being so,) is to be a pretext on the part
of certain gentlemen for opposing their election,,
we are not able, at this stage of the game, to tell.
To say the least of it, the thing has a suspicious
squinting that way, and we shall not be surprised
if such shall turn out to be the case. We should
much prefer they would show their band at once,
as a secret enemy is always more to be dreaded
than an open foe.
E7*The Harrisburg Keystone is a candid and
truthful paper—very. “ L—d how this world is
given to lying.”
To be serious. Does the Keystone intend to sup.
port the Democratic ticket? If it does, it has a
strange way of showing its friendship for the can
didates ! The Keystone asserts that there is but one
of the Democratic candidates who is friendly to
Mr. Buchanan. Now this is simply not true. But,
suppose for argument sake, it is so—(and the gen
tleman alluded to is doubtless Judge Black, who
has always been the warm personal and political
friend of our distinguished fellow-citizen)— and
what does.it prove? Why that Mr. Buchanan is
immensely strong in the State, his especial friend
and favorite Judge Black having received ninety,
nine votes in the State Convention, he being by far
the strongest candidate before that body for the
Judicial nomination. The assertion of the Keystone ,
therefore, even if true, which it is not, proves too
much, and the falsehood will “return to plague the
inventor.” The Keystone should be more cautious
for the future.
[D~ In addition to the great fire at San Francisco,
on the night ol the 3d of May, an account of
which will be found in another column, there was
; also, a few days previously, a great fire at the City
e, 6f Stockton, which destroyed property to the
is amount of about $1,000,000! Verily, fortunes
ie are more easily lost than made in California. This
is the third devastating fire that has occurred at San
Francisco within the last two years—the last being
the most destructive of the three,
to : :
The Cosdkn Murderers.— William Shelton,
one of the persons implicated in the murder of the
Cosden family, has been cocvicted of murder in the
first . degree. The trials of Murphy and Taylor,
have been removed to Elkton—and Roberts is to
bs tried at Cheitertown,
. Improvement In the Fh^Mice*..
.'VSome of the we notice, are claiu*
ing for Governor. Jorastox the credit
proved and improving cojiditiotf pf the
ces; and in confirmation« thirtiset up*
are publishing an exhibit of thelj*c e iptB at-the.
State Treasury, from Canal and
apportion of the
t&n of 1850-51—by which it appears that the
crease of the latter period over the former, is; $96,-
625,68. j
The entire receipts at the Treasury from this
source for the whole of last year was $1,713,848,16.
We may therefore safely infer. that the receipts for
the whole of the current year will amount to $2,-
000,090. But this gratifying increase in the reve
nue derived from the public works can no moip.be
accredited to Governor Johnson than it carr be to
to the “Man in the Moon,” inasmuch as.he has
nothing whatever to do with the management of
the railroads and canals of thff Commonwealth. —
If praise is due to any of the State officials, it
should be awarded to the excellent Board of Canal
Commissioners who'have the'sole management ol
the public improvements, and to whose policy
(asjde from the natural increase ]of business,) we
must look for their, continued anil increasing pro
ductiveness. i : ;
The Public Ledger, in commenting upon the ri
diculous claim set up for Governor Johnston, says
‘ u This is all very'Batisfactory,'but thd Governor
has about as much connection with it as the man in
the moon. He neither causes it; nor can he pre
vent it, if he should try. The whole country is
prosperous, and is so from a combination of causes
having nothing whatever to do with-the Governor’s
acts. -The receipt of some fifty millions oC'gold
dust within the last two ■yeprs from California
could not well fail to stimulate] thrift and enter
prise as well in Pennsylvania as jin other States.—
Our report of customs shows an immensely increas
ed business, which certainly does not aU flow from
our own State, and, of course,* is. not fairly ascriba
ble to our Governor. The whole Union partici
pates in the prosperity. 'Our imports have increas
ed largely within the present year, but our exports
show a much larger increase. There is not a City
or State iq the Union that is not prospering.—
Every carrying company in the ] country is doing
an increased business, and we scarcely take up a
report that does not show as great a per cetitage of
increase of net revenues as the Treasury ofjjenn
sylvania for the time that it has been under the
control of the present executive. As well might
the Governors oi Virginia, of New York or New,
Hampshire claim credit for ttaej prosperity] of thc\j
respective works in the hands private icompa- ;
nies in those States, as for the friends of Governor
Johnston to claim credit for him for the increased
revenues from , our public works, which are in the
hands of Canal Commissioner?, ejected by the
the people and entirely independent of the Gover
nor. The tide of prosperity, we are happy to know
does not rest in Pennsylvania on the financial skill
of any one man, but is substantially baaed on the
labor and wealth of more than two millions oi peo
ple. Our State, is gradually from em
barrassments which were almost as general as pros
perity is now universal, and if jthe wise and pru
dent course marked out by thej late Gov. Shunk
shall be pursued, and improvident debts avoided,
we may hope, in a short .time, io see the credit of
Pennsylvania on as elevated ground (as its wealth
and position really entitle it to be) as that of New
York or Massachusetts.” j
The Dedication atjcolumbla.
The dedication of the new Odd Fellows’ Hall, at
Columbia, took place on Thursday last, the pro
ceedings of which are given at length in the “Spy •
of Saturday. From it we learn that there were
delegations from this City, York, Wrightsville,
Sale Harbor, Baltimore, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia, Downingtown, arid other places, to
gether with a large number of] persons not mem
bers of the Order—making altogether a greater
number of persons than were; ever witnessed at'
one time in that Borough. When the ceremony
of the dedication was gone throuhh with, a Pro
cession was formed under the (lirection of Reuben
Mullison, Esq,, Chief Marshal, assisted by a
number of Aids. After marching through several
of the principal streets and making quite a bril
liant display, the Procession was halted at the Hall,
when an elqouent and appropriate address was de
livered by Horn R. Knxass, Esq., of Philadelphia.
Amongst the distinguished persons present was the
venerable A. Wiluie, Esq., the founder of the Or
der of Odd Fellowship in the United States.
The whole affair passed off very pleasantly du
ring the day, and in the evening a Concert and
Levee came off at the Hall ; which was largely
attended.
The following resolutions have been adopted by
the Committee of Arrangements to procure a mon
ument to be erected over the remains of the late
Francis R. Shunk :
Resolved , That the citizens: of Pennsylvania and
other States, ire hereby cordially invited to parti
cipate in the ceremonies attending the erection of
the Monument, to be erected over the remains of
the late Gov. Francis R. Shunk, July;4, A. P.,
1851. I
From the Lancutemn.
Resolved, That the Volunteer and Soldiery of
Pennsylvania are invited to attend the said cere
monies, lully equipped, without any other or special
invitations. [Extract from, the minutes.]
Trappe, June 11, 1851. D. FRY, Sec’ry.
As an illustration of the feeling that obtains
to some extent in the Whig party against Governor
Johnston, for his refusal to sign the bill repealing
the odious section of the kidnapping law of 1847,
as well as his general adhesion to abolitionism, the
following anecdote was related by Col. Samuel
W. Black, ol Pittsburg, during his great speech
made at the Ratification Meeting, in Reading, on
•the evening of the sth inst.; He said, “ I will tell
you an anecdote of a Whig iron master whom 1
met a few days'ago. I' said, ‘I suppose you
will do all you can for Johnston.’ t: His reply
was, (the speaker imitating a stammerer to per
fection,) I’ll be d—d—d—d if I am so sure of that.’
(Great laughter.) I said, ‘but then Johnston will
go for the tariff.’ His reply again was; ‘What is
the use of a. tariff if I have no country ?’ (Cheers.)
Yes, gentleihen, this Union question is a question
of life to the country. meet it
boldly. The men men who are opposed* to us are
afraid to look it in the face, ? ’ . ! <
Lafatette College. —This Institution is now
in a very prosperous condition, as represehted in a
Circular kindly furnished us by the President of the
Board of Trustees, Hon. James M.; Porter, of
Easton. A thorough classical education can now
be obtained, at an unusually cheap rate, and the
location, buildings, and every thing else jconspire to
to make it a very desirable Collegiate [lnstitution
for the education of young men and boys. The
Faculty, as at present constituted, is.cdmposed of
the following named gentlemen, all of \jvhom have
a high reputation for learning: • j
Rev. D. V. M’LEAN, D. D. President, and
Professor of Moral Science, Logic, and Evidences
of Chemistry.
JAMES H. COFFIN, A.j M. Vice President,
and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philos
ophy. - : ' . I i
Ret. GEORGE BURRO WES, A. M.* Professor
of the Latin and Greek Languages and Literature.
WASHINGTON M’cArTNEY, ; Esq., A. M.,
Professor of Mental Philosophy and Rhetoric.
Hon. JAMES M. PORTER, L. L. D., Professor
of Jurisprudence and Political Economy.
There has also been a Professorship of German
and French instituted, and every facility will b e
afforded the student for acquiring I a'thorough
knowledge of all the languages and; branches of
education taught in our most favored institutions.
Rj* The following is the vote of ;the Lancaster
delegation in the late Judicial Convention:
Mr. Sample voted for Lewis, Campbell, Lowrie,
Black and Rogers. : j . _ .j
Mr. Sanderson voted for Lewis, Campbell, Aid
der, Black and Maynard. .;
Mr. Dougherty voted for Lewis,Campbell, Low
rie, Wlson and Tbompsop, . ; ,
Mr. Reynolds voted for Lewis, Campbell, Kid
der, Black and Rogers. , , . ,
Mr. Leader voted for Lewis, Campbell, Black,
Lowrie andi Wilson. I'.: , „ ' ,
« Mr. Laird voted for Lewis, Campbell, Maynard,
Wilson and Thompson. !
Skunk Monument.
The Pennsylvania Democracy.
' Under this captjon, the. Boston Post haa th* fol
lowing well-limed and powerful article, to which
.we invHejthsrM^tfqjroJ alI oar readers, Whigs
wellM V&, •- '’ ■^^l!,;^
<*,The position pf no state is ffiin
ihat of B&miylirinia. Located, Uh'it wrote, iriitjje
centre ofcihe U|TOn-~en^^cin^ v .withiirlii.er jtior
ders sf}ntteta|jmd'ph|rneal posjer-rcon
raining nearly three millions of
in ./agricultural land mineral wealth—immense in
focal enterprise4-careerii)g onward in art and sci
ence—composed of a people of singular energy j
and. enterprise—-she -holds a rank .not .unfitly- indi- 1
cated by the; name of the Keystone State.' Hence ;
the immense importance of the stand that she choo
ses to take. Hence the interest with which the
nation, in this crisis, will look to her to see wheth
er she is determined to,go lor sectionalism .for a
part- of the lcpUntry, or whether .she will go for
those measures I that will maintain the great com
pact of the Union, and embrace the whole country
in her politics. | j
And we rejoice that this issue is now fairly made
i up—that cfne side trill be for these measures and the
•other against them. The democracy ofthisjState
by their state convention, in the capital resolutions
they have adopted, and by their candidates in
glowing speeches and letters, have in this matter
taken decided, bold, unmistakable ground. They
stand on the good old Baltimore platform,ond rejeot
all .the new light free soil tests. They plant them
selves firmly on the compromise measures. Their
resolutions say, they 017*“ will faithfully observe
and execute, all the measures of compromise
adopted by thejlate congress for the purpose of set
tling the questions arising out of Domestic ski*
very.”_/~n Their candidate for governor says that,
“ to maintain in good faith, the letter and spirit of the !
several measures of compromise , as adopted by the late j
.congress, as a final adjustment oj the vexatious slave \
controversy , lam determined to do, AS THE DE-:
MOOR AC Y OF THE WHOLE UNION ARE,
CONSTRAINED TO DO”—is his platform;!
while on the other hand, the whig candidate is de
cidedly committed against these measures. Here !
this is the political test —this is the issue—this is
the question to be decided. As Col. Black, in a
noble letter withdrawing his name fiom the con
vention against the regular candidate Col. Bibleb,
says, the success of the whig candidate will,be “ a
declaration on the part of Pennsylvania that she is
determined to disturb the measure of conciliation and
compromise,” the success of the democratic candi
date will be a declaration that this<state means to
observe, in good faith, the compact of;the consti
tution.
, The candidate Col. William Bioler, is a com- f
paratively young man, full of vigor, eloquent, of
irreproachable character, whom the opposite party (
admit, as to talent .and integrity, is every way fit (
to occupy the post his political friends have assigned
to him. His speech, accepting the nomination, is
a thrilling effort, breathing a national tone, patriotic
in its sentiment, and going in no equivocal terms
for the compromise measures. Our friends predict
his success by thousands majority. 1
Thus has the Keystone Stale unfurled her ban
ner gallantly before the nation. We own that we
read the accounts of her convention'with unalloyed
pleasure. ,It was a great, patriotic, hanrionious,
convention—national to the core—exercising sec
tionalism with right good will—going with a grand
enthusiasm for the ■ rights of the states and the
preservation of the compacts of the Union—and as
to men, animated by a spirit, of harmony, of devo
tion to the cause, and of conciliation admirably
adapted to set in motion the ball of victory. It is
true there were preferences, occasioned by that
warm local interest and personal attachment that
springs up between a valued champion and those
among whom he has lived and acted and who
know him best. Such was the preference expres.
sed by a locality for Col. Black. But his admira
ble and patriotic letter, declining to allow his name
to be usedi was characteristic of the union and
harmony with which the convention assembled and
adjourned. *
The old Pennsylvania democracy, then, is on the
right track. There is nothing non-committal about
the party—it is all anti-sectional—it is broadly
national. It is firm, fearless, stern, chivalric, in
its devotion to duty. When it goes into., the field
it has on its banners the the constitution, and
the Union ; obedience to the law in opposition to
those who would trample it down; adherence to
the compacts of the constitution as against those
who would break them and nullify tham; and in,
this way, by adhering to state equality, by protect
ing;all the rights of the states, it goes for a per
petual preservation of the American Union.
true democrats, of like faith, will-jwatch her con
test, in such a crisis as this, with intense anxiety,
and yet with confident hope. Her sons are talented
and true—her press is able and'judicious—her can
, didates are of ability equal, to their day. The tri
umph of her noble democracy, under‘such circum
stances, will be a fact welcome indeed, for it will
contribute to crush national discord and to preserve
• national safety.
Tbe Difference.
The Providence Post thus pithily showß the dif
ference between the Democratic and the Whig par
ties in this State:
In 1847, the Pennsylvania Legislature passed a
law denying the use of the jails'of that State for
the detention of the fugitive slaves while awaiting
their trials. At the last session ol the Legislature,
a bill to repeal this law was passed by both Houses,
but Governor Johnston refused to sign it, and it
was'thus lost. At the late Democratic State Con
vention, the subject was under consideration, and
the following resolution was adopted :
. Resolved, That the 6th section of the Act of the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the 3d of
March, 1847, denying, under a severe penalty, the
use of our State jails for the 'detention of fugitive
slaves, whilst awaiting their trials, ought to be ex
punged from our statute books, both because it in
terposes obstacles by means of State legislation to
tbe execution of the provisions of the Constitution
of the United States, and because it is a virtual
disregard of the principles of the compromise, and
is calculated seriously to endanger the existence of
the Union. *
At the same time that .the Democratic Conven
tion was in session at Reading, a portion of the
Whig party held a Convention at 'Pittsburg, and
after nominationg General Scott for the Presidency,
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That we regard the existence of slave
ry in the Southern States as a local institution, for
which they are alone responsible. That so far as
it is recognized in the national constitution, they
are willing to execute the same in good faith, but
that Pennsylvania, having long since abolished
slavery upon her, soil, is utterly hostile to its fur
ther extension, or any interference with it by her
State officers.
A Sign!
The Baltimore Jacksonian , of Saturday last, one
of the mpst spirited and radical Democratic papers
in Maryland, raises the name of Mr. Buchanan to
its mast head as itß choice for the next Presidency,
and accompanies the act with a very able article,
from which we have only room this week to ex
tract the following paragraph:—
“ We have this day raised at the head of our pa
per, the name of the above distinguished statesman,
as our favorite for the highest office in the gift of
the nation'; and in so doing, we are performing an
act not ionly immeasurably grateful to our own
feelings, 01 7*<’but in unison with the feelings of a large
mass'of the citizens of this Statef (Maryland.)
We shall publish the whole article in our next
number.
tnrINFORMATIOft IS WANTED of a boy,
named Wilham Jackson Fulton, who left his
home in;Pkiladelphia, on the 241 h of March last.—
He is described as being about 14 years of age, has
dark hair and eyes, and is supposed to have engaged
himself !with some farmer between Philadelphia
and Lancaster, having become tired of school. His
parents will not object, provided he is with a.good
farmer, and would be willing for him to remain
through'the season—their , great anxiety being to
hear where he is, and what he is doing. Address
WM. H] FULTON, No. 03, S. Juniper st, Phila.
ST* Horn’s United States Railroad Gazette
is the nerae of a large we&ly journal, published in
of New York, at No. 141, Fulton
at the rate of $2 per annum. The Gazette will
as its be the organ of the Railroad
interests! of the United States. Each number is to
contain diagrams of various Railroads in every sec
tion*of th« Union ; and the readers of the paper
wilt be kept constantly informed of every matter
of interest connected with the European or fprefgn
roads, improvements in Locomotives, Tender?,
Bars, Wheels, Axles, and other machinery,.are at
ways noticed, as well as various other matters and
things of interest to the community genertUy.
‘ An UnUaMed Opinion.
Wecjipth* TaUAwinfc article on the Subject of
the Rwding%nAnt|on.from'the PlttMbvxg Morning
Cfrmidt, of extended emulation,
aod influenced -)li v opinion with regaift t<K the
probable beanngof tile proceedings at Reading .in
rtjirence Presidential nomination, &
eht&led and goes clearly JtQ,*h°w
'fthat is the general impression every where made:
upon the public mind jby the strength of parties in
the Gubernatorial State Convention. It is scarcely
necessary for us to add, what is universally admit
ted, - that Mr. Buchanan’s strength in the Harris
burg Convention was still much more decided and
overwhelming:
Democratic State Contention. —The present
year bas, so far, been an eventful one, m the polit
ical experience of numerous, aspiring politicians—
and the result of the coming Gubernatorial election
in Pennsylvania, will be very not only
as an expression ol preference by a majority of Cur
people, but it will exercise a powerful—perhaps
commanding influence, in the nomination of the
next Democratic National Convention. The polit
ical character of the next National Administration,
depends, very much, upon the course pursued by
Pennsylvania from this time until the second
Tuesday ot next October. *'
Although no popular demonstrations have been
: made, an active canvass for the next Democratic
candidate for President has been going on, in the
Stale of Pennsylvania, for at least a year. It has
been conducted quietly, although effectively. The
vigilant and untiring friends/of Gen. Cass, exhaus
ted every resource they could in the
hope of undermining Mr. Buchanan, here, upon
his own ground. The security felt by the latter
gentleman's Iriends, added to his own indifference,
led the far seeing, sagacious followers of the Mich
igan Senator, to anticipate triumph, —
Their hopes were centered in the last State Con
vention, which assembled, a few days ago, in Read
ing.
In every county in the Commonwealth, in which
Gen. Cass’ friends were able to elect Cass men to
the Gubernatorial Convention, they did so—aud
those selected by them, were not men of mean ca
pacity, or obscure fame. Such men as Simon
Cameron were sent; old tacticians, whose sagacity
enables them to .snuff in danger from a distance ;
and whose experience, in political management,
has enabled them, upon former occasions, to carry
the palm of victory, against superior numbers. —
These deep, revolving leaders, however, did not
pretend to connect Gen. Cass’ name with their op
erations; they kept him out of the canvass before
the people, and did not weaken their champion’s
chances by uniting him with either of the Demo
cratic candidates for Governor. Their object was
to obtain, by stratagem, an expression for General
Cass in the State Convention, and every agent was
bent to secure it. By this cunning proceeding, the
friends of Cass partially disarmed opposition.
Where Col. Biglrr ,was popular, the friends of Cas*
were for him enthusiastically; and where Colonel
Black, had strength, .they were for him with as
much warmth. • No preliminary steps to a great
political game, were ever taken with morecircum
spection, than those pursued by the Cass men of
Pennsylvania in the contest about which we are
remarking. By their admirable caution, they sue
ceeded in sending to the State Convention —from
strong Buchanan counties—delegates who were
wedded to his rival. This fact was, of course, un
known to the people who sent them, until it devel
oped itself after the delegates had been elected.
But, like the generality of great and important
movements, there were in this one a few who could
not keep the secret. Overjoyed with the anticipa
tion of prospective victory, a lew ventured to des
cant.upon probabilities, when the Buchanan men
awoke from their slumber and began to survey the
ground; a large portion of which, they discovered
in possession of their rivals. From the moment
the alarm wa,s given, the Buchanan legions were
up and doing, determined to ward off the blow
aimed so unerringly at their chief. The result of
the struggle is now known; in the Convention,
composed as it was, of 133 delegates, Buchanan
had over one hundred. Had the canvass been an
open one, between the two distinguished gentlemen
mentioned, separated from.all question of a local
character arising out of Gubernatorial or Canal
Commissioner considerations, the result would, of
course, have been much more favorable to the
Pennsylvania candidate.
Judging from this result, and the quiet, adroit
manner in which the friends of Gen. Cass managed
the campaign, we infer that, when the time arrives
for the agitation of the Presidential question in
Pennsylvania,' Mr. Buchanan will be the unani
mous choice of the State Convention. Had Gen.
Cass’ friends succeeded—no matter how —-in ob
taining for him an expression for the Presidency,
it .would have been a master stroke of policy, and
would be of infinite service in proping his declining
chances in other States. Politicians, abroad, would
have taken such a demonstration as a deliberately
expressed preference for him over Mr. Buchanan,
which would have told with crushing effect upon
the latter gentleman’s hopes of preferment. Mr.
Buchanan’s friends, in Pennsylvania, could not re
pair the injury which their. lethargy or presumed
security, permitted to be inflicted upon their candi
date. As it is the movement of Gen. Cass’ friends
only exhibited that gentleman’s weakness in Penn
sylvania; or rather the overwhelming strength of
Mr. Buchanan. Had nothing been said or done,
relative to the Presidency, the friends of Cass might,
still deceive their friends in other States, by exag
gerated accounts of his popularity here; but they
oversteped the mark, and consequently laid bare
their weakness, in a manner perfectly intelligible
to all reading men. ;
« Nothing can alter a decree so well established,”
As the settled expression of the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania in favor of Mr. Buchanan s nomi
nation for the next Presidency.
/The star of the Keystone candidate sparkles in
the ascendant; the strength of his most formidable
rival has been measured, upon ground selected by
his own friends, and is no longer feared. States
abroad which are looking to Pennsylvania for a
candidate, will have no farther anxiety about her
preference—her choice has been already intimated,
and when the time for open action arrives, it will
find the voices of a unanimous State Convention
concentrated upon Buchanan’s name.
Agricultural and' Industrial Ex-
lilbitlon.
Mr. Sanderson : —As the Lancaster County Ag
ricultural Society have deemed it' inexpedient to
hold an exhibition during the coming fall, I res
pectfully submit the following suggestion to the
friends of progress and improvement in our city
and county. I propose that a meeting of those
favorable to the project shall be called, and a
committee appointed. whose duty it shall be to
_<make arrangements for an exhibition or fair, which
shall combine the Mechanical and Industrial, with
the Agricultural and Horticultural. A visit to
West Chester week before last, where such an ex
hibition was being held, fully satisfied me that it
would be attended with most salutary results. If
in addition to the Agricultural and Horticultural
display, and Mechanics who are highly ingenious,
iwould ,exhibit the products of their skill and in
genuity ; and our Ladies who are celebrated for the
taste they have frequently displayed in getting up
handsome specimens of needle work and articles
of household economy, there is no doubt but that
an exhibition highly creditable and interesting as
well as useful could be got up. Premiums should
be offered for themostmeritorious productions, and
if a small sum were charged for admission there is
no doubt but that a sum sufficient for the premiums
would be secured. A Friend or Progress.
Lancaster, June 23, 1851.
Union Fire Company.
Agreeably to a resolution passed at a meeting of
the Union Fire Company, on the 'l4th inst., the
members are requested to meet at Cox & Suydan’g
carriage manufactory in Sooth Duke street, on the
4th. of July morning, at 7 o’clock precisely, in
order to bring home the new apparatus. I. N.
.Lightner, Esq., Chief Marshal. The line to move
off at 8 ( o’clock. Route : —Up Duke to East King,
down East King to South' Queen, down South
Queen to Middle, up Middle to East King, down
East King to the Court House, down West King
to Charlotte, down Charlotte to Orange, down
Orange to Prince, up Prince to Lemon, up Lemon
-to North Queen, down North Queen to the Hose
House, and there dismiss, •
The companies intending to join in the proces
sion will please inform at the earliest day.
. H. E. DEMUTH,
A. H. BHIRTZ, •>
P. G. EBERMAN, Jr.,
Union Committee qf Arrangement.
Sodden Death in the Cabs. As the cars from
the West were coming to this city on Friday night,
a lady passenger of this city, 7 att 1 e )h
who had for some time been in delicate health,
was suddenly seized with hemorrhage of;the lungs,
and died in a'few minutes. The sad event bap*
tuned when the train was about thirty-savin miles
bom the city—JWfe. Sttitimun.
Late From California.
IfRANCISCO.
, #io,OoQ,pOb PROPERTY DESTROYED.
‘ Sail Francisco la again in ashes. The amoke and
■flamedare ascending, from several squares of our
city,** If the god of destruction had. seated him*
_*clf in oar midst, and wu gorging himself and all
'hie. ministers /ofdevestation upon the ruins of our
doomed city and itepeople.
\ About 11 o’clock last night the cry of fire started
"everyone like an earthquake. The fire had just
commenced in a paint' shop on the west aide of
Portsmouth square, adjoining the Bryant House,
formerly cdlleaj but more recently the American.
It was bat a slight blaze when first seen, but in
five minutes the whole upper story was full of
flames. Before the engines could get upon the
ground and commence playing, the American on
one side, and a store occupied by Messrs. Rhodes .
as a furnishing establishment, were in flames. The
buildings in ‘ the vicinity being all of wood, and
extremely combustible, the fire spread up Clay
street, back toward Sacramento, and down Clay
street to Kearney street, with frightful rapidity.—
It soon had full command, and the fire department
could only work upon the borders, and endeavor
to check its progress. By anticipating it in this
way, they succeeded on the north aide before it
reached Du Pont street; butin every other direction
in which it could spread, it took ita.own course.
To the South it spread to Bush street, and to the
Cast passed Jackson street, sweeping everything
from East of Du Pont street to the wharves. The
blocks between Du Pont and Kearney street and
west of Portsmouth Square as far as Bush street,
three in number, are in ashes.
Between Busb and Jackson, Kearney and Mont
gomeryj in number, all are burned down. .Be
tween Montgomery and SansomJ Bush and Jack*
qqp' streets, five ill number, all down. Besides
these thirteen blocks, almost every building of
which is destroyed, there are many others. It is
impossible even to guess at the number of buildings
or the amount of property destroyed. . A
buildings is within the range of truth. Wejudgo
that ten millions of dollars could not replaco tho
terrible destruction. Some place it at three times
as high. It is sufficient to say that more than three
iourths of ihe business part ol the city is nothing
but smouldering cinders.
The principal buildings are the following r—Cus
tom House, Union Hotel, Parker House, Jones* ;
Hotel, Adelphi Theatre, Dramtfic Museum, Na
tional Hotel, New World’s City Hotel, Delmonico’s
Vlerchant’s Exchange, Ross’ building, ships Nian
tic and Gen. Harrison, and every newspaper office*
in thd town except the Alta California. Nearly or
quite all the Bankers arc in the list r viz : Burgoyne
& Co., Wells & Co., and James King, of Win.;
Delmonico’s American Hotel, Revere House, Pa-
I cific Mail Steamship Company,, all are burned.—
I Not a house was left on Leidorsdorff street, and .
everything on both sides ot Long wharf, to beyond
White Hall,
Scajcely a fireproof building in the whole burnt
district has stood the test. Such as. have, are the
California Exchange, El Dorado, Veranhah, and
the buildings of Capt. Howard, in which was the
U. S. Assaying Office of Moffat & Co., on Mont
gomery street. The officers of tne Custom House
saved the specie of the office by casting it into a
well. About $1,000,000 was saved in this way. —
A. I. Cost, Naval Officer; Mr. Brown, Appraiser i.
Mr. Green, Collector, and a number ol others in
the Naval Department, had all their private effects
destroyed. The books and papers of the depart
ment were nearly all saved. The large U. S.
Bonded Warehouse, containing about 2000 tons, of
merchandize in bond, was saved.
The banking houses will all resume business in
the course of the week. When Burgoyne’s safe
was opened, $1,600,000 was taken out, not signed
or damaged in the least.
The fire swept every thing down on the easterly
side of Kearney street, Jackson street, and all tho
intervening blocks to Battery street. The shipping
in the harbor providentially escaped. The only
vessels burned were the Niantic, the Apollo, and
the Gen. Harrison, store ship.
California, Montgomery, Pine, Sansom, Commer
cial, and Clay streets,*were nearly destroyed—
The Sacramento Hotel was blown up., /Howard &
Grecnlow’s building, containing many valuable law
libraries, Jones’ Hotel, the Savings Bank, Dodge &
Co.’s Express Office, Aigentiea’ buildings, California
Exchange, and Cook & Brothers’ store, were saved.-
Thd Dramatic Museum, Custom House, Jenny
Lind Theatre, Parker House, Adam’s fcCo.’s Ex-,
press Office, the Empire House, and the Union
Hotel, were among the buildings burned. The de
struction of the Union Hotel tnvolvetK a loss of
$250,000. Adams & Co., saved their books, &c.
Tho rebflllding had already commenced., The
iist of sufferers includes the names of seven hun- ..
dred firms and individuals ; among the heaviest of
which arc J. B. Biddlcmnn, 9200,000 ; Simonsfield,
Bach 81 Co., 9150,000 ; Starkey & Brothers, SUO,-
000; Kelly, Smith & Riley, $125,000 ; Otlenheim
er, Hirsch & Co., $130,000 Moore, Tinknor &
Co., § 130,000 ; Dcboom; Vignoaux & G'risar, $ 147,- .
000; E, Mickle & Co., $200,000; Dale, Austin St
Co., $150,000,; Middleton & Selove, $250,000.
Six men were burned to death at one building.
Their names are Capt. Welsh of ship Louia Rich
| land, Edward M’Cahill, Leon Greenhough, Reu
ben Baker, Newsbourn, and Rosenthal. Many in
dividuals were seriously burned and otherwise in
jured—among them Gen. James Wilson. ,
Vigorous measures have been taken for rebuild
mg the burnt district, and buildings were going up
in all directions. —San Francisco Paper.
Dinner to Archbishop Hughes. —On the 10th
instant a public dinner, which was attended by a
large number of gentlemen, was given at Liverpool,
by the Catholics of that city, to Archbishof) Hughes,
of New York. ' The first toast was Pope,
and the second to the Queen. The-cfiainnan read" *
a letter from Mr. Crittenden, U. S. Consul at Liv- '
erpool, acknowledging an invitation to be present.
The chairman, in giving the toast to Archbishop
Hughes, alluded in glowing terms to the U. States,
and his announcement that the United States were
a freer and happier country than F.ngland, was
received with tremendous applause. The Arch
bishop made an eloquent speech in reply, in which
he alluded to his Irish birth, and honors con*
ferred on him since his emigration to America.—
Among the toasts was the following.—“ The United *
States and their institutions, founded as they are
upon the true principles of religious freedom.”
Uj-A correspondent reminds us that Charles
Shfiner; Esq., of Union county, is not a member
of the bar, as we said he was,-on Thursday. Mr.
Shriner is one of the self-made men ol our State,
and commands a deserved influence in the region
where he resides, on account of his stern devotion
to Democracy, and his sterling character. Though *
he was not admitted asadelegate to the Harrisburg
Convention, yet his speech made a great impression
upon the delegates, and showed him to be a popular
speaker of much power. We know he will dever '
be found wanting in the support of radical Demo
cratic principles.— Pennsylvanian.
inr The Harrisburg Cotton Factory organized
last week: by the election of the following officers:
James McCormick, William Colder, Sr., Daniel D.
Boas, 1. G. McKinley, William Dock, Dr. Luther
Riley, and Philip Dougherty, Directors; and John
H. Briggs, Secretary and Treasurer. The factory
will go into full operation in about a week. Fifty
female operatives are expected from the New
England I factories.
Drought in Mexico.— We find in the New Or
leans Picayune, the following extract from a letter
dated Zacatecas, May 12th, to a commercial house
in that city:
“ We are in a most miserable state here at pres
ent. We have had no rain of any consequence
since August last, and the country is actually
burnt up!. Manyol our roads are impassable for want
of water, Corn is SG,SO per fanega, about 150
pounds, and in some parts of the State of Zacatecas
is selling at $9. Flour just ground down is worth
$2O per |3OO pounds, and other things in propor
tion The loss of animals would not be credited
in any other place. We know of one estate which
lost 1400 head of sheep in March last, and irhas
been wobe since. Of course, there'is literally no
trade at ‘present, as the people are either maintained
by charity or are eating which comes
in their way. Every day until it rains it will be
worse, ahd we cannot expect any commercial pros
perity until another and a good harvest o Indian
corn is gathered. On the 25th ul.„ we had ashaip
frost, which has injured the wheal crop. Thi is
product by irrigation, and was just caught in the
ear.” i ; :
LiintiKi — The Attract between the nightin
gale ant Barnum was nullified by mutual consent.
Sd witt good feeling on both sides ; Jenny agree
toe to phy some $25,000 to obtain her free and in
dependent flight. Th/philadelphia Argus states
some curious facts, coming from Barnum himself.
The nrofcts accruing to Barncm from the ninety
four concerts under his direction, and including
some $25,000 paid him by Miss Lind in consider
ation oft the termination -of her engagement, fall
but little short ol $500,000. Miss Lind at the
same time realized about $350,000, and the total
income of the concerts given does not lack $25,- -
000 of a million.' These are . large figure—over
slo,oooffor each concert—but they enable any one,
whatever allowance may be made, to arrive at the
conclusion that Barnum has not lost money by the
undertaking. To show how little thing* contribute
to the great whole, we may mention that the sale
of programme* has ordinarily paid the rent of tut
houil.