JnteUigenttr & Journal. Lancaster* December 9, 1851* GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR/ IP* We need xosn badly at the present rime, and should be extremely obliged to our subscribers and advertising customers if they would call at the office and settle up their accounts. Those residing out of the City, can remit by mail at our risk. We sincerely hope this notice will be attended to. If we did not need money, we would not ask for it 87* Txvxair Krogm, whose licenses expire at the January Court, would do well to have their applications advertised without delay, as there is but two weeks more left to do it in, legally. THE SWISS BELL RINGERS.—This admir. able company performed at the Mechanics’ Institute, in this city, on Saturday and Monday evenings, to crowded houses. They appear in native costume, and their bell entertainments are unsurpassed by any thing of the kind we have ever heard. They are accompanied by Madame Lovabnet, who, as a splendid vocalist, adds greatly to the performance. The old Scotch Song—“ Cornin’ thro’ the Rye,” as sung by her, we have never heard equalled, and it, alone, is worth the price of admission. And the performance of Herr Stoepel, on his curious Wood and Straw Instrument—the only one of the kind in the country—is certainly a striking feature in the entertainment, and evinces great artistical powers in that gentleman. Phohoqbapht.— We are pleased to announce that U. E. Bhuitbb, Phonographic Teacher intends instructing a class in the “ coveted Art.” The class will meet for the first time on Saturday evening next Names to be entered between now and then at Murray’s Book Store. Terms for a-full course of twelve lessons, but $2,00. Phonography is a simple and Philosophical method of writing, shorter than any system of Stenography and easy of acquisition. One hour’s daily practice for a month is sufficient to make an efficient writer, and the same practice continued for six months or a year, a reporter. It is easy of application—being used in correspondence, book keeping, making choice extracts from scarce works, taking notes ot sermons, lectures, speeches, &c., and writing Foreign languages (which are capable of being represented as accurately as pronounced,) thus becoming of immense benfit to the student pi Language, authors, &c., &c. It is as legible as ordinary writing. To professional men it is of in estimable value. To the young man it opens a new avenue of making a living, reporters and teachers being in daily demand; and those who are qualified to engage in it, make fortunes. To Ladies it is undoubtedly an excellent accomplishment, while to the student it offers the same advantages that the railroad does to .the merchant. Panoramic Exhibition Of a Voyage from New York to San Francisco, in California, presenting a series of magnificent views of all the principal Cities and Islands along the At lantic and Pacific coasts of North and South Amer ica, and the Gold regions. Oar exchanges speak in the highest terms of this Panorama, and we hope to see our citizens show a like appreciation by turning out to view it. It will be exhibited at the Mechanics’ Institute in this City, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday’ evenings of the present week. Admission 25 cents —children half price. Kossuth in IVew York. By reference to our New York letter, it will be seen that the illustrious Hungarian patriot and statesman. Kossuth, arrived on Friday last, and was welcomed to our shores by every possible demonstration of respect and with the most un bounded enthusiasm, The New York papers of- Saturday are filled with accounts of his reception, &c. The citizens appear to be in a perfect furor of excitement. M. Kossuth is accompanied by his Lady and several of the Hungarian refugees. The Treason Case. The evidence in this important case closed finally on-Friday, and the Court was then addressed by James Ludlow, Esq., the counsel for the United States. The greatest effort on the part, of the defence was to impeach the character and cred ibility of the Deputy Marshal, Mr. Kline, 'the principal witness for the prosecution—and some twenty witnesses, most of them respectable men, were produced and swore point blank that his general character for veracity was bad, and that they would not believe him upon his oath. To rebat this, over seventy witnesses were qualified on the part of the prosecution, all of whom pronoun ced Kline a credible witness, that his character for veracity was . good, and that they would believe him upon oath. The evidence relied upon by the prosecution to sustain the charge of treason against Castner Han way, was the same in substance to that which was elicited in the hearing before Alderman Reigart, in } this City. Kline’s testimony was nearly word idt word what it was here, and in several of his state ments he was corroborated by other witnesses who were present when the Christiana tragedy was enacted. The result of the trial, we think, will mainly depend upon the amount of credibility given by the Jury to Kline’s testimony, in connexion with the charge of the Court. Mr. Ludlow was followed by Mr. Lewis, of West Chester, on Saturday, for the defence. Mr. Brent succeeds Mr. Lewis, and will be fol lowed by John M. Read and Thaddeus Stevens, Esq., for the defence.' Senator Cooper will con clude for the U. States, when the case will be sub mitted to the Jury under the charge of Judge Grier. The whole trial will, doubtless, be published in pamphlet form. The Supreme Court. The new Supreme Court commenced operations yesterday, at Philadelphia. Judge Lewis left home on Saturday, for the purpose of being present at the organization of the Court. .-He was accompa nied by his Lady who designs spending the winter in Philadelphia—but not to make it a permanent residence as stated in many of our exchanges.— In- the Spring, the Judge will move into and occupy the property which be has recently purchased from Mr. Reuben S. Rohrer, in Duke Street, in this City. IP-The Philadelphia Statesman, blame, Mr. Buchanan for the defeat of the Compromise reso lution in the Democratic Congressional Caucus, at Washington, and yet the same guerrilla sheet is daily asserting that he has neither friends nor in fluence in Congress! Suppose it were true that Mr. B. defeated the resolution referred to, (which is false and unfounded in fact,) how can that paper reconcile such a supposition -with the charge of weakness and want of influence? The truth is, the enemies of-Mr. Buchanan find the boat fast leaving v them, and they are disposed to resort to any expe dient, no matter how absurd, to keep their heads above water for a short time longer. ID" The Washington papers and letter writers all speak in high terms of the ease and distinctness with which Col. Forney read the President’s Mes sage; in the House, on Tuesday last. ' ID“ We shall publish next week a powerful ar ticle from the Montrose (Susquehanna co.) Demo crat, in favor of Mr. Buchanan’s nomination for the Presidency. / . . ffy Rev. Dr. Peck, of Dickinson -College, is ex pected to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church 'of this city, on Sabbath morning and evening next, The President’s Message. This State paper will be found at length on our first and fourth pages. Itß great length necessarily excludes several columns of advertisements, &s well as much matter that would be interesting to the readers of the Intelligencer. We shall resume our usual variety next week, and in the mean time we bespeak a careful perusal of the Message. The document itself, although too prolix for the general reader, as a piece of 'composition, is cred itable, which could hardly fail to be the case with a production emanating fromjthe pen of Mr. Web ster. Some of its doctrines |and positions smack strongly of Whiggery, and will meet with but a feeble response from the great mass of the people; bat on 'the question of the Compromise; measures of the last Congress, the Message is sound, and will secure the approbation of the patriotic of all nartiH ! . After having written thusl far, the Baltimore Argus came to hand, with the"following comments upon the Message, which are decidedly to the point. The Argus says:— J We have performed the Herculian feat of wadiog deliberately through the twelve solid columns of Mr. Fillmore's message, and jwe are not sure that we have gained one new idea from the labor.— There is a minuteness—a littleness of detail in this paper which strikes us as beiDg altogether unneces sary and out of place, in a Slate paper designed to be entered among the records of the country.— Nearly three columns of the [message are devoted to a review of the Cuban expedition, and the mi nutenessof the account mayjbe guessed from the /manner in which the President commences his statement of what has been published twenty times over, in every paper in the icountry. Instead of briefly referring to the expedition and its results, as things well known to every body, the President sets out with the details of the day and the hour of the sailing of the Pampero; and, having gone through the whole campaign! with equal minute ness (with the exception of that part which relates to the murder and mutilation jof the gallant Critten den and his party) he closes by telling the day and the hour when Lopez was taken and executed.— We know not what others may think of: this style of State paper, but for ourselves we think it in ex ceeding bad taste. j Reference is made by the President to the action of England and France, in volunteering to guard. Cuba from future invasions, land the insolence of this intermeddling and this proposition to overhaul our vessels, is not met in that decided tone which we like. Gen. Jackson said jail that was needful upon such subjects, in a brief sentence: “We shall ask for nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong.” That simple sentence is more to the point, in our judgment, than all the elaborated diplomacy of this {message. There is repeated -reference ro “ my proclama- tions,” and “my message,” r-as if the President thought these papers contained all that was needful for Congress to see or hear. { We have the old re commendations for specific, instead of ad valorem duties, backed by the usual stereotyped arguments. The message shows the finances of the country to be in a very prosperous condition, notwithstand ing the thousand prophecies and forebodings of ruin and destruction under the Democratic tariff and Sub-treasury system. j The Compromise and.the Fugitive Slave law are the last things spoken of, and the President renews his assurance to consider thdse measures as a final settlement in principle ard Substance of the dan gerous and exciting subjects which they embraced. We have presented the message to our readers, and we leave them to decide upon its merits— simply expressing the opinioh that there is, in our judgment,, nothing bold, orgmal, or striking in its style dr tone; that it follows—tamely—in the old track of Whig politicians, and falls infinitely short of the sentimentß of the reaction in its manner of dealing with the atrocities the Cuban authori ties, and the coalition .of England and France to sustain the worthless despotism of old Spain. We shall recur to these matters more fully hereafter. Strange—Very! “Obsebvbb,” the well known correspondent of the Public Ledger, a perfect Swiss mercenary in his way, who is noted for bis ground and?lofty tumbling politically, an 3 who always fights hardest ior those who pay him best, without any regard to truth, justice or merit, is Wonderfully non-plussed by the election of Messrs! Boyd, Fobnet and Glossbbewneb, and tries herd to make it appear that the first namedLgentleman is not a Buchanan man. He would say the sane thing of the other two, did he not know that ivery body would at once set it down as a willul and deliberate false hood, and thus prevent him from deceiving the public afly longer. By way! of breaking the torce of his fall, and to please his {employers, he says, in his letter of the Ist inst., thait he “has not yet seen twelve out-and-out Buchanan men in the whole Congress.” Now this is reajly surprising, coming as it does immediately after the election of three Buchanan men to the. principal offices in the House, and car. only be accounted for in one of three ways —either he has not seen and conversed with’ l the members generally, deliberately states what he knows to be false, or is laboring under some optical delusion; or, perhaps, all three causes combined to produce the result of his very impartial observation. Certain it is, that he is abojut the last man any where that honest Democrats would make their confidant in a matter of so much importance as the Presidency, or indeed of anjf thing else connected with the welfare of the party. But “Obsebveb” has tcld the readers of the Ledger, in that inflated, bombastic style peculiar to himself, that he, .the veritable correspondent aforesaid, has not seen twelve Buchanan men in Congress. Will he now tell them how many he has seen? Evidence of a positive character is always much more reliable than negative testimo ny. He should tell them w.hat he has, rather than what°he has not seen. The Independent Whig. The Union & Tribune of this City has been changed to the Independent Whig, and the first paper, with the new title, made its appearance on Tuesday last containing the valedictory of Mr. Hamersly, as also the salutatory of E. McPherson, Esq. the new editor. To]the retiring editor we wish long life and happinesp, and to the new one abundant success in every thing except politics.— The new paper flies at its inasthead the name of Gen. Scott as its favorite candidate for President, (the same flag, it will be recollected, was lowered by the late editor immediately upon the defeat of Gov. Johnston,) and in its editorials shows a strong affinity to the Woolly alias Abolition wing of the Whig party. This, Sof course, was to have been expected, inasmuch as! the new paper is gotten up under the auspices of] Thaddeus Stevens, the very head and front of the “higher law” party in Pennsylvania, and the bosom friend of William H. Seward, the Abolition Senator from New York. The Examiner & Herald' on the other hand, is the organ ofthe Silver Grey portion of the Whig party in this county, and is} therefore, antagonistic to the Indedendent Whig. jA very pretty fight may be expected in a short time between these rival organs and their respectiveifriendß; but as it will be a family affair, we have no disposition to take a hand in it, preferring to look calmly on, and not feeling over anxious about jthe result. Totes in me House. Tho vote for Speaker was as follows Linn -Boyd, of Kentucky, Edward Stanley, ofjN. C. Joseph Chandler, ofj Pa. ' Thaddeus Stevens, of do. David J. Bailey, of Geo. For Clerk— John W. Forney had John C. Walker. Clearfield County All Right! The Democratic Convention of Clearfield county met at Clearfield, on Tuescay last, and elected Col. George R. Barret, Representative, and Alonzo J. Wilcox, Esq., of Elk, Sen itorial delegates, to the 4th of March Convention, and instructed them to support the nomination of Hon. Jakes Buchanan for the Presidency.* ST* Major Abner Kelley has been elected by the Democracy of Indiana county, Representative delegate to the next State, Convention. He is a warm and decided friend of Mr. Buchanan, and will support his nomination from first to last Baltimore Company’s Coal Bine. A correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of Com merce writing from Wilksbarre, Pa., gives the annexed description of the u Baltimore Vein ’—the most remarkable for size and quality,in the an thracite region: I enjoyed far more a visit to the mines in this vicinity. The largest mine, and the one most in viting, and which best repays for the visit, is the Baltimore mine, which is a mile or two only from . Wilksbarre. It is reached by a'Rail Road, the cars of which in going toward the mines are drawn by mules, not strictly at Rail Road speed, but at a velocity quite in proportion to the other accommo dations, which are very good but not sp in viting to passengers. In returning one may come to the borough at any speed, by the simple force of gravity, the road being a slightly inclined plane. Upon reaching the mouth of the Mine; I followed my guide far into the subterranean world, grasping my feeble light more and more firmly as I advp ced, and regarding mach as I would a glimmering spark ot life. It is impossible for any one to form an idea from without, of the profound absorbing darkness within. The whole interior being per fectly black with coal or slate, no light is reflected; and indeed, all that is emitted from the torch seems to be lost within a few inches of its source. .For a long distance from the mouth, there is but a sin gle narrow passage, which at length branches out in various directions, and then the mining opera tions are carried on hither and thither, making that hidden world a perfect labyrinth to a stranger;but ray guide treaded it with as much, ease as the streets of the borough we had just left under the light d! the sun, taking me. here and there to point out the various curiosities of the excavations and of the process of mining. His perfect familiarity with a world so darkwas a matter of wonder to me, who became lost in a short time after entering. The very points of the compass seemed obliterated from the mind, 6othat it was very difficult to form any idea of North or South, even in the abstract, and quite impossible to give them their direction with any feeling of cer tainty. One cannot describe, and it would not be easy to imagine, the strangeness and wildness of the scene, as we came upon different companies of* miners engaged in their work, each with a flaming lamp attached to the front of his cap, the only light by which they work; or as we heard in ihe darkness and distance the rumbling of a car, and at length met the mule and his train, feeling his , way along, and guided by the driver, whose single lamp, attached to his forehead in the ordinary way, relieved the darkness about as much as a star of . the second or third magnitude. The process of mining is on this wise: where the strata of coal lie horizontally, or nearly so, as is the case with the greater part of this mine, an opening is made in the hill side, and a tunnel of sufficient capacity for a train of cars is carried in to the coal bed. When this is reached excavations are made in all directions, but seldom of greater width than twe.pty feet or thereabouts. The exca vations cross each other at right angles, leaving solid masses of coaj untouched, about twelve feet square, as pillars or supports to the mass of earth above. Another precaution is used in this mine, which the great depht 'of the strata of coal enables them to employ. The depht of coal here varies from twenty to twenty-eight feet, greater I believe than in any other mine that has been opened.— The coal lies perfectly purtf, in strata of about four feet in depth, separated by a few inches of slate.— The coal and ‘slate do not intermingle, although firmly attached. The precaution of which I spoke is to leave the highest stratum of coal untouched ; and where this is done, the falling of the mountain is always preceded by a cracking of the coal, which gives time to all underneath •to enable them to escape. No fatal accident from this cause has ever occurred in this mine. The coal is all detached by blasting, which gives a strong Tarta rean smell to the confined air within the mines.— The "lower stratum is first excavated a few leet in extent, to allow the blast above to take effect which being inserted near the top dislodges an im mense mass, that is then easily broken and taken in wheel barrows to some one of the lines of rail way which are laid in the interior, and thence to the world, without, and shipped for market by canal from this point. Almost the entire cost of the coal which is.consumed in your city is from transpor tation. Coal in the mine is held by its owners at about 50 cents. The cost of mining is about the same, or less, so that it can be purchased at the mouth of the mine for about one dollar per ton. This whole region of country is a vast coal bed, and even the Susquehanna river does not form an exception. While traversing the mine, I came up on a spot where the coal suddenly made a dip at an angle of about forty-five degreeg. This was excavated to a considerable depth, until the exca vation became filled with water, and was then abandoned until suitable apparatus should be pre pared for keeping it dry. It makes this sudden dip in order to pass underneath the river, and the time will come when miners will be at work with the stream flowing above their heads. In a ravine above the present mouth of the mine the coal crops out upon the hill side, where it is was once worked and where the mine may be seen, with its massive columns of coal and its traverse excavations, by the light of the day. Upon emerging from the dark world, I felt that “ truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.” OJ~In yesterday’s Pennsylvanian is a Card from Col. Forney, withdrawing irom the editorship ot that paper, for the reason that justice to the office he now holds at Washington, renders it incompati. ble with his continued connection with the public press. We are glad to learn, however, from his valedictory, that it is not to be a permanent with drawal, but that he will resume his editorial labors whenever his.services are deemed necessary. The Pennsylvanian will hereafter be conducted by W. V. McKean, Esq., Principal Editor, and Mr: Wien Forney, Associate, in whose bands the paper, we doubt not, will go on prospering and to prosper. We wish our young friends abundant success in the undertaking. Buchanan In Clearfield. We make the following extract from an able article in the last Clearfield Republican, the organ of the Democracy of that County: For our own part, we can cheerfully support the nomination of either of the distinguished Demo cratic statesmen whose names have been mention ed in connection with the next Presidency, whether it be in the person of Buchanan, Dallas, Cass, Butler, HousfoN, Douglass, King, Allen .or Dickinson.* But we are all over a Pennsylvanian, and as long as we have such a statesman as Bu chanan in our midst—whose long life has been spent in earnest and active devotion to his country —whose capacity is equal to that of the greatest living statesmen—and whose principles are those of the masses of the American’people, we shall not look elsewhere lor a candidate. We urged his claims four years ago, with all earnestness. He saw proper to withdraw his name then, and we, think he did right. Gen. Cass had older claims perhaps; and he was nominated, and then defeated —not for the want of strength with the Democracy —for any other man would have shared the same fate—but by the popularity Gen. Taylor won in carrying out a leading measure of a Democratic administration. We supported Gen. Ca'Bs then as heartily as we could have supported Mr. Buchan an, and as we will do again if he is nominated.— But the claims of Pennsylvania to the Presidency, after being too long deferred, are now admitted everywhere, and the democracy of a large part ot the Union are strongly inclined to endorse her claims at this time, as a token of their regard lor her steadfast and unfaltering devotion to the prin ciples ot the Constitution. Mr. Buchanan’? Prospects in the There is scarcely a mail that does not bring ub some manifestation of the increasing popularity of Mr. Buchanan throughout the South. Among the newspapers now committed in his favor, we notice the Southern Reveille , received last week The Reveille is a staunch democratic paper, printed at Port Gibson, Mississippi. Under the names of Buchanan and Davis, at the head of its editorial column, it remarks as follows: Our Ticket. —We place at our mast head the names of James Buchanan, for President, and Jef ferson Davis, for Vice President. This ticket is truly, to our mind, a democratic ticket, and its weight in the Union will be such, that it must car ry the democratic States. Buchanan of the Key stone State and Davis of the Young Southwest, these are our choice. More anon. 118 21 20 16 8 ID* The Democratic Convention of Northum berland county met at Sunbury, on Tuesday laßt, and elected John B. Packer, Senatorial, and Philip Billmeyer, Representative, delegates, to the next State Convention, and instructed them for General Cass. Buchanan In Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Democrat is. out in favor of Mr. Buchanan for President, and Gen. Downs, of ho n for Vies President Mr. Presidency* Mr. Buchanan’s letter -to theDemoeratic mass meeting-at Bristol, as published in the Van Baren: Intelligencer, meets with' of all good democrats. Mr. many of his competitors for political ascendency, comes out; boldly and avows his position and Bis opinion.— He does not t fy to conciliate all parties by main-' tsioing silence, but readily and clearly defines his ‘position as regards the great questions that are now agitating the political world. Mr. Buchanan is highly spoken of by. paper? both at the North and the South. It is with pleasure we copy the following editorial remarks that accompany his letter in the Van Buren Intelligencer. We have known Mr. Buchanan far many years, and daring our residence in Pennsylvania, as well as since our removal West, we have witnessed with 'interest and pleasure the rapidly increasing popularity of this honest and talented democratic statesman St. Louis Union. Mr. Buchanan is a tower of strength in. Pennsyl vania; and by his wisdom and influence he: has guided the democracy of the Keystode State to victory more than once. He has never been de feated in any contest when his name was before the people. His banner has ever waived victorious. As a statesman he stands unsurpassed; his hon esty, independence, and unflinching character is maintained in all the acts of his life,; whether in the senate, the cabinet, or on a foreign mission.— For- high talents, eminent political wisdom, and purity of purpose, he stands almost unrivalled; but few men ot the age can claim to be his equal. Mr. Buchanan occupies a prominent position be fore the country in reference to the next Pre&iden tial canvass. The name of no gentleman in the democratic ranks is more alluded to in a favorable manner by the party in the south than that of the distinguished Pennsylvanian. He is one of the greatest favorites of the democracy in the*iouth, and if be gets the nomination, the electoral vote of nearly every southern state may by counted upon. Mr. Buchanan’s pretensions will be backed by the all-powerful democracy of the keystone of this great arch. Pennsylvania! numerous in the politi cal field, strong in counsel, powerful in the electo ral college, has never yet bad a. President. Mr. B. has never been a selfish aspirant, but has invariably promoted'harmony in the democratic rknks whenever in his power. In 1844, he forbade the use of bis name in the national convention, as soon as he perceived that by so doing he could harmonize the party. His position before the coun try as a public man has for many.years been known to the whole country. He has filled the important station as representative in congress, whe he served many years, minister to Russia, appointed by Gen. Jackson, United States senator, and secretary of : state, under Mr. Polk's administration; in all of which positions he served with much credit to himself, and profit and credit to his country. If Mr. Buchanan should get the nomination, the people of Arkansas will give him an enthusiastic support. South. Mr. Buchanan in the South. We find in a late number of that sterling Democratic sheet, the Mobile Register , a series of truly able communications on the subject of the next Presidency, from the concluding one of 1 which *we make some extracts. It isjiot necessary for many such "powerful arguments as this to be pre sented to the American People, in order to insure the election of Pennsylvania’s greatest statesman* by an overwhelming majority: Upon whom should the selection fall is the next question. I express no opinion for the North, but for the South. And it is so obvious to my mind that James Buchanaw should be the,man, that I cannot believe there would be the least hesitation on the part of Southern delegates to concentrate upon him. In his advocacy of the just rights.of the South under the Constitution, in his early op position to the slavery agitation, in Congress, da ting back seventeen years, he is placed so far in advance of any and all other Northern candidates, that there can be no room for hesitation that our delegates would unite on Mr. Buchanan. His opin ions and principles are not put on for the nonce; there is nothing of President-seeking in them.— They have been held so long, maintained so inflex ibly, and expressed so independently, at all times and under all circumstances, as to put at rest every suspicion of that sort. * * * *. But if there.were any question of the expediency of selecting Mr. Buchanan, prior to the late Penn sylvania election, the brilliant termination of that, contest, under the peculiar circumstances attending it, must have dispelled all doubt. In no Northern State have the lines been so clearly dravyn upon the question of a faithful enforcement .of the com promise measures and an unflinching opposition to the further progress of abolition. The democratic presses and speakers, up to the opening of the polls, resounded with appeals to the people tocome to the rescue, and pronounce a last and final con demnation of the abolition principles ot Governor Johnston and his supporters. * * * • * » * Pennsylvania’s response to the patriotic appeals of her favorite son and the democratic press, is before, the country, and Messrs. Editors I shall not forget the thrill of joy which I felt at its announce ment. And now 1 ask is it not due>.to to gallant State, —is it not due to ourselves, to extend to her a greeting and a congratulation upon the late glo rious triumph, that shall be worthy other and of ourselves? No non-slaveholding State has ever uttered so nnequivocal a determination to stand by' us as an auxiliary in the maintenance of our just rights. Let us not slight so warm and fraternal a demonstration. But let the Southern democracy tender to Pennsylvania the highest complimentwe can pay—the nomination of her favorite son to the highest office in the nation’s gift. It is de manded by justice—it is no less demanded by in terest and our love of the Union. * * Mr. Buchanan in Maryland. A friend, for. several weeks past on a visit to us as follows, under date of the 3d instant: . “ Having occasion to visit the city of Baltimore, where I formerly resided for several years,' I also took the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks among my friends in Baltimore and Carroll counties, and I now give you the result of my observation in a political way. Among the candidates at this time spoken of for the Presidency, no one appears so prominent among them as Pennsylvania’s dis tinguished and favorite son. I have conversed with many leading and influential Democrats in city and county, and they all speak with one accord in his favor. lam also assured that many who have . heretofore acted with the Whig - party, have changed their mind* and will he found acting with us in the next Presidential contest, especially if Mr. Buchanan should be the Democratic nominee, whose powerful advocacy of the Union and the compromises o f the Constitution have given him such a strong hold upon the affections of the south ern people. lam likewise assured by many old friends in Baltimore, on whose judgment I can implicitly rely, that Mr. B. is the favorite candidate in this city. The people here hold him in high estimation, not only for his pure principles, exalted character, and eminent abilities, but also because he was one of the gallant defenders of the city in 1814 when assailed by a British foe. “ Buchanan and Bigler are admired and esteemed throughout for the bold and determined stand they took on those great and- important questions which had well nigh severed the Union, and her people are anxious to show their gratitude by assisting to elevate the first named'to the Chief. Magistracy of the Union. They concede, with hearty good will, tbs nomination to the Old Key stone, especially when she is able to present such a distinguished statesman to the National Conven tion. They feel that with him as the standard bearer of the National Democracy, even Maryland will wheel into the Democratic line, and give her electoral vote for the first time in very many years to the Democratic candidate. “ I could write you much more of what I have seen and heard in favor of Mr. Buchanan, but want of time compels me to conclude.” The Affair of the Prometheus.— The Republic of Thursday says:—« We are gratified to announce that, immediately ; bn receipt of the intelligence 6f the firing on this vessel by the British brig-of-war Express, a competen tnaval force was, by the Pres ident’s direction, ordered to repair to San Juan de- Nicaragua, to protect American vessels from like outrages for the future, and inquiries were addressed to the British government to ascertain whether the conduct of the commander of the .Expren was prompted by orders from bit govarnj&a&t.” ixixni Congress—Fii at 'Session* ? '*■ Wamih jtoi, Dec. 3. V. '• . I* ;Mr. Footed jplntvWolotipir Native to the rev iception of Kossuthj men came tip ■ W f fll Onrum hoped it! woold be passed over ibr the [present‘\V r -V" 1 1. • Mr. Foote hoped, it would hut wqtllcl he considered; now and bya janahfmous vote.— He, moved that the joint committee of arrangement | consist of three Senators and five Representatives. ; ” Me; Clemens'called for the reading of the reso lution authorizing the sending a United States vessel for Kossuth. I . . • ! It was read accordingly.. I * Mr. Dawson spoke, strongly against the resolu tion. We had already' done enough to show pur sympathy for Kossuth. j 1 i. Mr. Hale proposed an amendment extending the national sympathy to the : victims of oppression everywhere. | | Mr. Foote rebaked Mr. Hale for his factional movement and defended his resolution. He was indignant at the aspersions which! had been cast upon Kossuth. ■ . | He eulogized hii illr jgt*. im as the most illustrious man 01 thejpresent generation. Congress had invited him here, and should they now retuse him a proper re ception? J ; Mr. Hale replied—He had hoped that agitation was ended ; but regretted that there was a prospect ot renewing it, by Mr. Foote’s compromise reso* tiori offered yesterday. j Mr. Foote rejoined; with much warmth. Mr. Cass said that he had hoped the resolution would have met with no opposition. Throughout Europe politicaf revolutions were going on, the results of which no man can foresee. Under these circumstances he will extend to ail patriots strug gling tor freedom the warmest Sympathy—that sympathy which none but an American can ex tend. He was in favor of the progress of the age, and was not to be controlled by antiquated.prece dents. He should think and act independently, and would join the people ip giving him a warm re ception, He regretted that the amendment of Mr. Hale had been--offered. Its object was certainly to defeat the resolution, and renew the agitation. Mr. Underwood spoke-.at length, against the res olution.. He was opposed to intervention against intervention—either by word or deedl If this res olution was passed, it was intervention so tar as Words were concerned. If they had the power to compliment, they had the power to condemn, and where would the matter end? He questioned Kossuth’s republicanism, and was opposed to ex tending any sympathy to him. Mr. Atcheson moved the postponement of the resolution, so that the Senate could go- into the election for Chaplain, Mr. Berrien prefered postponing the election, which after a short discussion was agreed to. Mr. Cass resumed, and qdoted a declaration of Washington, expressing the deepest sympathy with the patriots of every nation who were struggling for .liberty. He drew a beautiful and eloquent comparison between a monarchical and republican Government. Mr. Foote rose, and alluded to that portion of the President’s message touching the reception of Kossuth. He honored the President for his manly and independent course. Pending the discussion, the Senate adjourned. House. Mr. Harris offered a joint resolution, providing for the transfer of land warrants before location.— Passed To a third reading. Mr. Harris wished to withdraw it to modify it. This was objected to, and on the discussion of the point, it was rujed that it was not competent to. withdraw the resolution at this stage. The resolution was superseded by the order for members to drawlots for their seats. The mem bers vacated their seats and rushed-to.the Clerk’s* desk, creating a lively scene. The drawing of seats concluded amid much excitement and merriment. : - The customary resolution authorizing the ap pointment of Standing Committees was adopted. . The final vote on the newspaper resolution was rejected by a large majority. Mr. Stephens, of Gea., moved that a Committee be appointed respecting the admission of reporters within the bar. The resolution providing newspapers to the amount of thirty-dollars was considered and finally rejected. The House shortly after adjourned until Satur-. day, to give time for the construction of the- Standing Committees. Washington, Dec. 4. Senate. i Senators.Douglas3 and Badger i appeared to-day in their seats. The reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, the U. S. Treasurer and the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, were communicated and ordered to be printed. A resolution for extra copies was re ferred. Mr. Clemens introduced the three railroad bills of which he had previouslygiven ; notice. He also gave notice ol'riiis intention to introduce a joint resolution to give to Major General Winfield Scott the rank of Lieutenant General..! Mr, Geyer introduced a bill to grant the right of way and a portion of the public j lands for a rail road from;St. Louis to the western limits of Mis souri. Mr. Foote introduced a joint resolution of sym pathy for Smith O'Brien and his associates. > Mr. Gwinn gave notice of his intention to intro duce a joint resolution for employing and equipping national vessels to explore the North Pacific Coast of China and Japan, with a view to opening com mercial intercourse with those countries. Mr. Hale introduced a resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy to inform Senate if there have been any violation of the law against flogging in the Navy. Mr. Foote introduced a resolution declaring the Compromise bills of the last Congress final as re spects the subjects they relate to, and he asked the unanimous consent of the Senate to make it the order of the day for Monday next, as he expected to vacate his seat on the 29th inst. Mr Chase objected. Mr. Foote said he felt very much flattered that the opposition came from that quarter. He hoped it would be continued. Mr. Chase—lt will be continued. After som£ important business, Mr. Chase mo ved that his bill, respecting the public lands in Ohio, be taken up and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison objected. Mr. Foote was disposed to return good for evil, and should vote for taking up the bill, which was accordingly agreed to, 'and the bill ordered to be printed. ■ t After a brief conversation between. Messrs. Foote and Chase, the latter waived his objection, and Mr. Foote’s Compromise resolution was taken up and made the special order for Monday next at one o’clock. ! Mr. Foote then, on leave, withdrew his Kossuth resolutions, remarking that. he had found opposi tion to it from unexpected quarters, and he did not wish to occupy time in discussions. Mr. Seward gave notice of his intention to in troduce a joint resolution* giving Kossuth a cordial welcome to this country... j The election of a Chaplain for the Senate was next in order. Mr. Badger suggested that it required a joint resolution, which being.seconded, Mr. Hale offered one for. the election of Chaplains, one for each House, which lies over. ! The Senate then, at 10 o’clock, adjourned until Monday. .•■>!• The House was not in session; to-day. The monthlies. Pennsylvania Farm Journal. —This Agricul tural Journal continues to maintain its already high character. The December No, which is now upon our table, is one of the very best which has yet been issued. The able Address of Hon. Andrew Stevenson, of Va., at the State Fair held at Harris burg, is one of the many interesting articles which grace its pages. “ Godet’s Lady’s Book," for January, is on our table, and a superb No. it is, being a double one and containing superior "engravings and tales. We bespeak for this valuable magazine a larger circu lation than ever, as the .postage on it is reduced.— Price $3,00 per year. “ Peterson’s Magazine. —We are glad to an nounce this welcome periodical<as,an exchange.— We had missed it with regret from ouf table.— This, the January Noi is replete with beauty. The ; reading matter is excellent, arid the engravings magnificent—among which are “ The Love Letter ” “ Our Darling,” &c. Price $2,(0 per annum. “ Sabtaih’s Magazine ” for January is certain ly a model No. The engravings can scarcely be equalled. The reading matter is unexceptionable. We are particularly struck with! three of the tales entitled—“ Love and Glory ” “ Elizabeth Barton ” “ The Reconcilement of the Real and .the Ideal.”— Terms, payable' in advance. One copy one year $3,00. Two copies one year $5,00. “Gbaham’s Magazine" for January, is also u double and a magnificent no., filled with choice en gravings, tales and poetry. It ifl now at the height of periodical popularity. Terffli 3,00 per. annum. ' .Correspondence. , " Nxw‘ You, December 6,1851. , Mx« Errro*:—TheMessage of the President,, the Reports of the Secretaries, and similar matter*-' wholly occupy, at present,.the public mind in this vicinity, leaving us perfectly barren in the way of leait sacfr news as, at a distance, might seen! interesting.. Every' bbdy is either too busy, talking of the public finances, or of the next Pres idency, to think of doing anything extraordinary, and gossip has quite as much as she do to hunt up an unoccupied ear, without finding leisure to fashion rumors into conversational realities. The millions goicg to Europe, by every steamer, just now, attracts some notice, for it is only a day or two since we were felicitating ourselves on the millions, in gold dußt, arriving here from California and filling up Vhe interstices of our purses with the shining currency. 4 We cannot expect to retain all the “yellow dirt,” however, that comes this way, and of course if we t Dill live iuxuriently and enjoy the products of foreign countries, we must hand over the “surplus” for the satisfaction. Those who practice the polka must remunerate the or chestra, you know^ " We are to have a grand literary festival on Christ mas Eve, in commemoration of Coopeb the novelist* The object is- to provide the materials, we suppose, for a bronze statue of the deceased author, and it is in purpose io erect it in the Park. Bryant, the poet, is at the head of the movement, and certain unimportant but ambitious writers at the tail. Mr. Coopeb, as amovelist, was, at one time, an honor to our country j but, gaining morose over the crit ical' attacks of some of the press, he made it a point, in all his latter works, to misrepresent bis countrymen, and held them np before the world in anything but a posture entitled to admiration. This course weaned from Mr. C. many of his friends, and we are unwilling to admit that one who has taken so much pains to depreciate hiscountry should be so particularly entitled to such proofs of her affection. We maybe in error in all this- We hope wc are. Kossuth arrived here in the Humboldt this morn ing very early. He was landed at Staten Island, whero the authorities have made the most extensive preparations for his accommodation and that of his suite. He will be visited to day, by a committee of the Council, as well as by deputations from the press and various societies. To night, we hear, it is intended to escort him with a torch-light proces sion from Castle Garden, where he will land, and where arches, &c., have been tastefully thrown up for the occasion, to the City Hall. To-morrow all the Military,' all the Firemen, and in fact every thing and every body, will turn out to form one grand cortege to escort him over the city. Elegant transparencies have been gotten up for the Park and the public buildings, and we are promised a regular jubilee of the wildest and most enthusiastic character In other exciting matters, we have been tolerably quiet the past weekl The subject of the Thrasher case has evoked some little feeling, and so has the insolent act of the British Man of War, in firing into the American steamer', Prometheus, at Saint Juan. But the politicians are availing themselves, on both sides, of the popular irritation on this topic, and to their tender mercy we leave it. Another fertile theme of conversation has been the arrest here, of a rather well-known actor, at one of our theatres, for .a very gross and indecent assault npon a little girl 9. years old, whom he had induced to go to his rooms upon the pretence of taking her like ness. The case is entirely too disgusting to dwell upon, and were it not so general a subject of dis cussion, we should not allude to it. A number of complaints they say, of the same kind, are about to be made against the same individual who, it appears, has.been charged with the perpetration of similar outrages in other cities. Rumor had it that Lola Montes was also on board the Humboldt, but rumor was laboring under a misapprehension. The far-famed and infamous woman —for she is a notoriously profligate creature —expects to create a vast sensation hete on the stage. Perhaps she will. Yours, as ever, Melancholt Death.— The.child of Mr. Watson Miller, which we made allusion to in our last paper> died on Friday week. The circumstances of its death are truly distressing. An examination of the body proved that its death was caused by pins found lodged in ehe gullet and other internal organs- The following is a full and correct account of the whole matter. Died.— ln the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday night, the 27th of November last, Florence, in fant daughter of Watson* H. and Emily Miller of this city, aged 10 months. The death of this infant, which occurred under circumstances of painful interest has, from the man ner in which it waß produced, added much to the distress of its-parents, and excited a feeling of uni versal horror in this community. It seems that some four or five weeks previous to its death, and shortly before a visit which Mrs. Miller contem plated making to her friends in Philadelphia, she discovered the fragments of a cambric needle in the calf of one of the legs. That it surprised her is not to be wondered at; but how to account for -the appearance of it, was past her comprehension. In the course of a day or two after, Mrs. Miller and her infant, accompanied by the nurse, a girl about 14 years of age, proceeded to Philadelphia, where one day on returning from dinner, after leaving the child in the care of the nurse, she found the former in great distress, and apparently suffering from strangulation. Becoming alarmed, she immediately made an examination, and found a common pin in the child’s throat,-which she immediately removed. Then only, taking this fact in connection with the former, did it occur to her that her child had been unfairly dealt with, and thereupon she at once ac cused the nurse of having given it to the child. — After some little denial, the nurse admitted the fact, and that she had been in the., habit of admin istering them for the> purpose of making the child restive, so that she would be relieved from its fur ther care, by the Mother taking it. Dr. Washington | L,. Atlee, one of the most skilful Physicians of the city was sent for. and under bis care and treatment, some eight pins and three or four needles passed from the child. Still it lingered on in rapidly de clining health, until after intolerable suffering, it died. On Friday] the remains were brought to Lancaster for interment, and a post mortem exam ination being made by Drs. Baker and John L. Atle, the immediate cause of death was found to be “ an abscess about one inch wide and three inches long, containing about two table spoopsfuli of pus or matter, and situated within and behind the gullet. This absce 8 was caused by a needle found within the cavity of the abscess. The needle extending across the gullet, the eye of the needle pointing downwards and inwards, the pointlooking toward thejunction of the collar bone and the breast bqpe.” j A moreiiorrible and atrocious crime, and a morn tormenting and dstressmg death to an infant ofsuch tender age, can hardly be conceived. We trust that for the sake of common humanity, if not of public justice, there will be an investigation of the matter. —Saturday Express. A Contradiction.— We learn from the Union that John M. Barnhisel, Delegate to Congress from Utah, peremptorily contradicts tbe'eurrent account of disloyalty to the Union, abuse of Gen. Taylor’s memory, seizure of public iunds, &c.,. by Brigham Young and the Mormons. He says be left Salt Lake twenty days after.the reported troubles there, and all was peace, loyalty and good will, up to the moment of his departure. Jp* Since the above was in type, we have seen, in several of the city papers, an extract of a letter from Chief Justice Brandebury and the Secretary of the Territory, yvbich confirms to a great extent the previous account of outrages on the part of Governor Brigham Young, and of course is in con flict with the statement of Mr. Barnhisel. How the matter really jis, time only can determine.— The above mentioned officers are now on their way to Washington. Upon their arrival we pre sume the matter will be investigated. 07* The King ]oi Hanover (the late Duke of Cumberland.) died at Hahover on the 18th nit.— .By his death the English Government saves $2l, 000, (about $100,000) per annum, that sum having been prid to him |every year! He was, we believe, the only remaining son of the late George the Third of England. Noosed at Last.— Among the marriage notices in one of the Buffalo German papers, we notice that of “Gottfried Teufel (German for devil) mit Katz Kleunter.” I . JO* A BccHijiAH Ci.db has been formed at Pottsvflle, in Schjiylkill county. 03- Mr. Cut is said to be quite ill, at Washing ton. Hi ha* been spitting blood for Mtrutl days The Catholic CBUBCH .CAii nr PittmVbo.— Some time ago, the- cofpprtTtion of the city of Pittsburg; in catting a street, rendered necessary by altering the grade, did considerable injury to the Catholie Cathedral. Suit was brought to re cover damages, but it was given against the church. It then went to the Supreme Court, which baa just affirmed the decision in thd&Court below. Tha Supreme Court laid it down that to the Common wealth belongs the franchise of every highway as a trustee for the public ; and streets regulated and repaired by the authority of a. municipal corpora tion, are as much highways, as are rivers, railroads, canals, or public roads laid out by the authority ot the Quarter Sessions. Every highway, toll or free, is licensed, constructed and regulat d by the im* mediate or delegated action of the sovereign power; and in every Commonwealth, the people in the aggregate constitute the sovereign. But it is the prerogative of a sovereign, to be exempt from coer cion by action; for jurisdiction implies superiority, and a sovereign can have no superior. But thia prerogative would be unavailing, if it could not protect the agents whom the Commonwealth has necessarily to employ. The injustice in this ease, in which private property was injured for the public benefit,%the Court thought ought to be rem edied by legislation. .Every damage to private property ought to be compensated by the State, or corporation that occasioned it, and a general statu tory remedy ought to be provided, to assess the value. The Constitutional provision lor the case of private property taken for public use, extends not to the case of property injured or destroyed • but it follows not that the omission may not be supplied by ordinary legislation. The Coal. Business.— We see by the Reports, that the Lehigh Canal has this year carried to mar ket upwards of 930.000 tons of Anthracite Coal, which will yet be considerably increased before the season closes. . It may nearly reach a million of tons. There has been an increased quantity, also, sent to market from the Schuylkill and Sus quehanna regions. The total amount sent to mar ket from our State, this year, exceeds that of the last, about 1,250,000 tons. In 1822, the total amount of Anthracite Coal sent to market was £ about 6,000 tons. Tbat went from Mauch Chunk. Early in the fall of that year, John Fell, Esq., the venerable President of that Company, wrote to Messrs. White & Hazzard,at Mauch Chunk, to stop seuding any more, as the market was glutted; and they sent no more that fall. A The Mint.— The Bulletin says, we learn from the Mint, that the amount of gold bullion received there, during the month of November, reaches the large sura of $3,500,000. This amount exceeds all the shipments to Europe of the same month, including that by the Canada. Then we have the couple of millions received by the Georgia, to meet future wants, so that there will still be a handsome excess in the imports over the exports. The entire receipts at the Mint in Philadelphia have been larger this month than ever before, and a consider, able amount has also gone to the New Orleans Mint. Shocking Death. —Mr. Samuel Eaton. Superin tendent of the Kingsbury Woollen Factory, S. Coventry, came to a sudden and shocking end last Sunday morning, in the following extraordinary manner. The factory was undergoing repairs in part of its machinery. The great driving wheel immediately connected with the water wheel was not entirely disconnected with the latter, so that it woqld turn with the water wheel, if left to itself. Sunday morning, Mr. Eaton went into-tbe mill with another man, and undertook, with the aid of a plank for a lever, to do something with this part of the machinery. The result was that this wheel was started, and the two men thrown, one clear of the gearing, but Mr. Eaton on this leading wheel, and carried on it till it brought him between it and a fellow wheel as far as his bulk would admit of, till they were both completely blocked, and he lay mashed between them! They were cog wheels.— A cog first struck him in the calf of the leg, and then others took him, travelling up to the abdomen, where they reached when the wheels became block ed, cutting him through and through horribly.— The poor man lived about two hours. He was 28 years old. A wife, with a child, is left to mourn the fatal catastrophe.— h illimantb (Cf.) Medium. Obsebveb. Buchanan in Missouri.— We are pleased to observe that almost every leading Democratic pa per in Missouri has Broken ground in lavor of the nomination of Mr. Buchanan. The Platte Jlrgus, an influential organ of the party in its part of the State, has the following; Mr. Buchanan —A writer in the St. Louis Times, advocates the nomination of Hon. James Buchanan as the Democratic candidate for the next President. Mr Buchanan would be a very strong candidate, and should he be the nominee, will get as large a majority in Missouri as any other. He is looked upon as a man of trdnscendant ability— a statesman and a patriot. Dreadful Steamboat Disasteb.— The city papers state that on Thursday week, the steamers Archer and Die Vernon, came in collision about five miles below the mouth of the Illinois river. The effect of the collision was tremendous. The Archer was cut in two, and in a few minutes sunk in fifteen feet water. The consternation among the passengers on board of both the boats, beggars all description. As far as ascertained, 30 lives were lost, including 10 deck hands. None of the books and papers of the Archer were saved. Another Invention.— Among the fashionable novelties getting up in New York, for the holidays are “French Crying Babies,” that is Dolls, that make a noise like an infant crying! There is no need of the sham article here in Lancaster. From the Boston Daily Evening Travtller, To Dispeftics. —We would call the attention of those who are afflicted with this terrible complaint to a remedy, which, from the modest way its merits are set forward, might be overlooked by many. It affords great relief, and is, in almost every instance, a certain cure. We allude to the Oxygenated Bit ters, sold by Messrs. Reed, Bates & Austin, No. 26 Merchants’ Row. This is not heralded by a mass of unmeaning certificates from persons un known to the public, but a few well chosen testi monials from members of Congress, and some of our first merchants and city officers who have been cured by its use, and whose names are familiar to every Bostonian, are a sure evidence of its efficacy. For dyspepsia, debility, and weakness, it is a most excellent mediciAe. It may be had at any of the apothecary stores. We believe no medicine has ever received testi monials so strong and convincing as are given in favor of these Bitters. Those who are suffering from any disease ol the digestive organs,, or weak ness of any description, will be amply repaid by a perusal of the pamphlets, which may be obtained gratuitously of the Agents. REED, BATES & AUSTIN, Wholesale Drugl gists, No. 26 Merchants Row, Boston, General Agents. Price $l,OO per Bottle. Six Bottles for $5,00. For sale by JOHN F. LONG, Druggist, North Queen Street; Lancaster. ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER!-I»»o»- ta nt to Dyspeptics. Dr. J.S. Houghton’s Pepsin, the true Digestive Fluid or Gastric Juice, prepared from Rennet or the fourth stomach of-the Ox, after directions of Haron Liebig, the great Physiological Chemist, by J. S. Houghton, M. D., Philadelphia. This is truly a wonderful remedy for Indigestion, Dytpepsis, Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Constipa tion and Debility, curing after Nature’s Own Agent, the Gastric Juice. Pamphlets, containing Scientific evidence of its value, furnished by agents gratis. See notice among the medical advertise ments. [sep 16-24-ly At the residence of John Echternach, in on the evening of the 2d inst., . by the Rev. J. J. Strine, James p. Dunlap of Lancaster twp., to Frances Hasting of East Lampeter. On tbe same evening, by the same, James R. Pat terson, to Matildia M. Miller, both of West Lam peter twp. On the 4th inst., by the same, Christian L. Herhey to Susan Sw&rr, both of E. Hempfield. By the same, Jacob*Espenshade of Strasburg, to Susan Bushong of Leacock. By the same, Benjamin Ginder of Rapho to Bar bara Hostetler, of Annville, Lebanon co. On the 13th of Nov., by the Rev. J. Kohler, Jacob Sensenig, to Rebecca Snceder, both of Earl township. On the 27th ulr., by the same, Enoch Fasnacht, of Elizabeth twp., to Elizabeth Mentzer, of West Cocalico. ' • , - On the 23th ult., by Rev. E. H. Hoffheins, David McFumery, to Elizabeth Reed, both of New ProY* ideACf. MARRIAGES.
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