3iitelligenter & Joutp.al.
Lancaster, February 10, 1852•
GEO*, SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
MS MINA
Suljeci to . the decision of the National Convention.)
City Election. •
The following is the official vote for C 4 Officers,
t the election which took place on Tuekday last.
portion of each ticket is elected.
MAYOR.
E. W. W.W. Total.
*Christian Kieffer, whig, 487 461 948
Fred l lt Hambright, dem. 303 485 788
J. Franklin Reigart, Vol. dem. 30 41 71
SELECT COUNCIL,
'John Hamilton,t 807 955
'I. N. Lightner, 446 543
'F. J. Kramph,t 491 475
Godfried Zahm,t 420 471
Andrew Bear, 325 649
COMMON COUNCIL. i
*F. W. Beate,,l 821 997 r 1821
'George Yeisley,l 813 Ido3 1816
*Henry Steigerwalt, sen.,l 824 , 982 1806
'George M. Steinman,l 767 989 1746
*David Reese,449 054 :flO3
*William Maot, 369 620 ' 989
'Edward Morton, 430 548 978
"Jacob Huber,t 508 462 970
"John Lippincott, 422 544 966 ,
'Christian Widmyer, 429 631 960
*Jesse Landis, 427 D 26 953
"John Dougherty, 346 601 947
"Samuel Cormeny,t 470 461 93'
*Dennis Mnrion, 406 518 924
*Daniel Brisman, 429 , 1 4 473 902
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John Weidler, 435 1465 900
Peter J. Corner, 422 466 888
Robert McClure, 498 387 885
Reuben S. Rohrer, 339 1.539 878
John Troyer, 324 : 646 870
William P. Brooks, 412 '456 868
Henry C. Locher,t 411 455 866
John Hensler, 467
.1387 854
John Remley, sen., 301 547 848
David Cockley t 470, 367 837
Peter McConomy,t 410 422 832
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'Michael Bundel,l 824 .995 1819
ASSISTANT A SSESSORS.
'Charles R. Frail ey, 324 r 521 845
'James H. Barnes, 322 1523 • 895
HIGH CONSTABLE.
'John Myer, 567 1 796 1363
Samuel Hoover, '
239 191 437
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. CITY CONSTABLES.
"John Conner,l 654 749 1403
'Jacob Gundaker, 527 514 1041
Daniel Finfrock, 364 509 873
JUDGE—EAST WARD. •
'William White, 382
John Fondersmith,l 332 i
INSPECTORS—EAST WARD.
•Daniel Okeson, 376
'Samuel J. J. ,Riley,t 338
JUDGE—WEST WARD.
'Jacob Weaver, ' 652
B. Rinehold,t 308
INSPECTORS—WEST WARD.
'George Huffnagle, , 651
'John Ditlow,l 325
ALDERSIEN—N. E. WARD.
'William Frick, • 251 i
'William Carpenter, t l 210
John Wise,l 156 .
Fred'k Hambright, i ISO
*Elected.
Those marked thua ] run on both tickets
Whigs are marked 'thus [ll.
Those in Italics run on the coalition ticket.
, >Declined running 'on the coalition ticket.
fla' COl. JOHN W. FORNEY, Clerk, of the House
of Representatives at Washington, vi , ill please ac
cept our thanks for a copy of the Census Report.
Messrs. SHEAFFER and HUNSECREII of the State
Legislature are also entitled to our thanks for their
E 7 The Soar Max is still in town, notwith.
standing the fine imposed spoil him, and will de
liver another lecture this evening, (Tuesday,) in
the Court House. The price of admission will be
6,1 cents, the proceeds of which are to be applied
to the payment of his tine. Of course, every body
will go to hear him, if for nothing else, than to
enjoy the luxury of a hearty latigh.
117 PIN KERTON & SLAYNAKER have a first-rate The "Glorlous West Ward!"
assortment of goods at their Hardware Store, in. N. . ,
The West Ward gloriously maintained its integ
Queen street, next door to Shober's Hotel. See ad- '
rity on Tuesday last. Notwithstanding the coati
vertisements
Mayor Carpenter.
This gentleman, who has held the office of May
or for several years, in this City, has so well perform
ed the duties of his station as to have elicited the
praise of all parties, upon his retiracy. He was an
excellent officer, and it will be fortunate enough
for his successor if he retires, at the end of his
term, with the same feeling of respect and esteem
by his fellow citizens.
Appointments by the Governor.
Franklin Vanzant, of Bucks county, to Flour
Inspector, for the port of Philadelphia.
Jared Ketcham, of Chester county, Quarantine
Master, at the Lazaretto.
C. H. Shriner, of Union county, Inspector of
dornesti C spirits, Philadelphia.
James S. Watson, Philadelphia, Inspector of
lumber,
George Getz, Philadelphia, Inspector of Salted
provisions.
S. C. Thompson, Philadeffihia, Sealer of Weights
and Measures, for Philadelphia city.
Benjamin Kirk, Delaware, Sealei of Weights and
Measures for Delaware county.
John Hennis, Sealer of Weights and Measures
for Chester county.
Dr. D. Gilbert, Port Physician, Philadelphia.
Wm. M'Glensey, Philadelphia Health Officer.
James Lafferty, Philadelphia, keeper Powder
Magazine.
James Umstead, Philadelphia, Measurer of Mar
ble.
William Rice, Harbor Master, Philadelphia.
Appointments by the Canal Com.
• missioners.
WztonmesTEns—Jas. H. Boyer; Easton; R. Simp
son, Philadelphia; L. Watson, Lancaster; Thomas
Welch, Columbia; Jos. Livermore, Portsmouth; J.
D. Leet, Hollidaysburg lock; R. Williams, Holli
daysburg scales; Jas. C. Barret, Johnstown scales;
W. B. Clark, Johnstown lock, Wm. Karns, Pitts
burg; C. S. Brown, Northumberland; A. R. Kline,
Beach Haven; A. Redsecker, keeper of out let lock,
Columbia.
HARIIISBETRG, Feb. 4.—Nlr. Baker, the Superin
tendent of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad,
has made the following appointmehts
R. Darlington, Assistant Supervisor.
E. Jefferies, Manager of Parkesliurg shop.
E. J. Dobbins, Wood Inspector.
G. W. Paxson, Principal Despatcher at West
Philadelphia.
IhRli13131: 1 !113, Feb. ~—.The following appoint
ments were made by the Canal: Commissioners
this morning.
State Agents Columbia Railra l ad—A. P. Barr,
A. F. Hambright, F. H. Eber, L. Frank, A. H. Tip
„pen, C. H. Buckingham, 0. Hammond, I S. Water
'bury, B. F. Ebangh.
Cargo Inspectors—James Hunter, Philada.; John
R. Manderfield, ilo.; H. J. Rogers,'Pittsburgh; J. R.
Johnston, do.; G. N Sfnith, Johnstown; C. S. Good
man, Lockport; A. L. Diffenbacker, Hollidaysburg;
J. C. McKissick, Columbia; J. Cummings, do.; D
Willard, Bristol; P. Donnelly, Lancaster.
Collectors—J. Kacy, Newport; D. Black, Hun
tingdom; W: Roat, Parkesburg.
Harbor Master, Columbia, William Huston; Su
pervisor do., D. Bois. '
Supervisor, Lower Western Division, Abner Kel
ley.
Wood Inspector, Portage Railroad, William M.
Stewart.
Assistant Weighmaster, Pittsburg, S. Barr; Hol
lidaysburg, A. A. Douglass.
The Superintendent of the Cplumbia Railroad
has appointed Charles Brady, Assistant Despatcher
at Philadelphia.
lEr There will be preaching' at the Second Pres
byterian Church, (Franklin C4ege,) on Sabbath
morning next, and regularly thereafter.
EX Those of our friends who have not yet seen
the Panorama, at the Mechanicif' Institute, would
do well to call at once, as this is the last week of
its exhibition.
V. During the last seventeen days of his term,
from Jan. 2 to Jan. 19 Governor :JOHNSTON granted
pardons to 53 individuals, convited of crimes of
almost every grade.
A Whig Mayoi Elected !
This announcement will surprise many of our
Democratic friends throughout the County and
State, who have always looked upon our goodold
City as impregnable to the assaults of Whiggery;
but their surpritie will vanish when we tell them
that it is the necessary result cif the coalition en
tered into between the Whigs and certain gentle
men professing to . be Democrats, known as active
and prominent leaders of the Cass party in:this '
City. These men, defeated In thei' expectations
at the Reading and Harrisburg State' Conventions
of last summer: and again before the people at the
delegate elections on the 10th of January, and yet
again at the delegate elections to settle a City tick
ret, as a last resort formed a coalition with the
Whigs, and have thus went over "body and breeches"
to the common enemy. And so reckless were they,
that several of them stood at the polls all day, on
Tuesday, and openly electioneered for the Coalition
ticket headed with the Whig candidate for Mayor,
whilst others went from, house to house in the
morning placing the same kind of tickets in the
hands of the voters. In addition to all this, they
had hundreds of spurious tickets of various kinds
circulated for the purpose of deceiving Democrats,
and in every possible way attempted to defeat the
regular Democratic ticket. We say nothing against
the Democrats who %lere on the Whig coalition
ticket for the Councils. They are l all good men,
and most of their names were placed there,„vve be
lieve, without their approbation or knowledge;
but how any man professing to be a Democrat can
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deliberately and dispassionately enter into an ar
rangement wall the Whigs for the purpOse of elect
ing a Whig Mayor and Councils; and thus placing
our Democratic City under Whig domination, is
more than we can divine. We have not so studied
our duty to the party, nor have we been brought ,
up in such a school of easy political virtue. 1
Major HAMBRIGHT, the Democratic candidate
for Mayor, was defeated by this coalition, and, thro'
him, the Democracy of the City. The coalitionists
may, and do, rejoice at the result, but those who
had a hand in the matter cannot hereafter be re ;
garded in any other light than as Whigs. Thia
defeat of the party is but temporary. A reaction
will at once commence—nay, has already corn
menced— and' the triumph of the Whigs and guer
rillas will be.of buit short duration. Another year,
and the Democracy of our City will again be in 1
the ascendant, despite all the coalitions that can be,
formed against them.
Such, then, is the-Democracy of the Cam lead
ers in Lancaster, and it is supposed they will play a
similar game.at the Spring elections all over the
county—nay, we are credibly informer', they al
ready threaten the same thing in Paradise town
ship where our party has always had the ascenden
cy. Well, all we have so say is, let them go ahead.
Their democ'racy sits very lightly upon them, and
the sooner the- party in the county disowns them,
the better. We have still between five and six
thousand honest Democrats in the county who are
true as steel to their principles, and the ranks will
1 be more than filled up by patriotic' and reflecting
Whigs, who have no longer any affinity with the
Whig party or its principles, but who are anxious
for an opportunity to join their democratic fellow
citizens and fight under the broad banner of repub
licanism.
The Coalition succeeded in defeating the Demo
cratic candidate for Mayor and electing an out and
out Whig—they also defeated one• of our candidates
for Constable, one Alderman, and four of the Coun
cil mon; but here they had to stop. With
these exceptions the entire Democratic ticket is
elected—High Constable, City Constable, Assessor,
Assistant Assessors, Alderman, Judges, Inspectors,
two of the thiee Select Council, and twelve of the
fifteen Common Council. So that, alter all, the
Whigs and their Guerrilla allies have very little to
boast of. The Democrats have a large majority
in both branches of the City Councils, and they
will doubtless pay particular attention to the move
ments of the Whig Mayor during his brief term.
tion of the Whigs and Guerillas, and their extra
ordinary efforts to carry the Ward, its noble de
mocracy stood up to the contest like men, and
emerged from the battle ;with colors flying and
character unsullied. The majority for the demo
cratic candidate for Mayor was 25, and the whole
Council ticket, &c. &c. suceeded by a majority of
from 60 to 100, over all Opposition.
This, of itself, is glory enough for one day, and
shows that'the Democracy at the West Ward are
true as steel to their principles, and can beat the
Whigs, Guerrillas, and factions of every hue com
bined.
irr The Guerrillas made a desperate attempt to
'defeat Mr. LIGHTNER, for Select Council, and
Mr. Mextirox, for Common Council. These gen
tlemen were particularly obnoxious to the leaders
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of the anti , Buchanan faction, and hence the ex
traordinary attempt to defeat them. But the
people have nobly sustained them. The true-heart-
Democracy came to their rescue, and they were
both elected by a triumphant majority to the posts
they have so lung and so ably filled. The con
temptible faction above alluded to, and which has
for years being annoying th e Democracy of this
city, is now completely merge in the Whig party,
and from henceforth they w be recognized and
treated as Whigs of the reaT-Agoolly-beaded stamp.
' The Democratic party can get along without them.
Meeting of Councils
The new - Councils met in their chambers, on
Friday last, for the purpose of organization, when
the returns of the election were read.
Present—Messrs. Carpenter, Gillespie, Metzger,
Gorrecht,Wilson, Zecher, Lightner, Hamilton and
Itramph, of the Select Council—and
Mess; a. Mathiot, Steinman, Marrion, Beates,
Lippincott, Reese, Yeisely, Landis, Dougherty, Stei
gerwalt, Morton, Widmeyer, Huber, Erisman.
Select Council organized by electing Dr. Henry
Carpenter, ,Presideet;' - end Jas. C. Carpenter, Clerk.
Commori.Councit elected William Mathiot, Ebq.,
President,.4nd darned' L Keynolds, Esq., Clerk.
In Select- Council—a resolution for the appoint
ment of the usual Standing Committees on Tues
day was adopted—also a resolution for the election
of City officers at the same meeting.
All of which concurred in by the Common
Council.
Philadelphia Delegates
The list of delegate to represent the County of
Philadelphia, in the Fourth of March Convention,
was completed on Thursday 'last. The delegates
are Messrs. William V. M'Grath, Michael Fagan ,
Miles Sweeney, Smith Skinner, George Moore
Samuel Jackson, John S. Nichols, Jesse T. Vodges'
Joseph Lippincott', John M'Faull, Andrew Noble:
Michael Arnold, George Hergesheimer and Wil
liam Clothie'r.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Delegates elected to repre
sent the County of Philadelphia in the 4th of
March Convention, at Harrisburg, are instructed
to vote for delegates to the National Convention,
at Baltimore, in favor of the Hon. JAMES BUCH
ANAN for the Presidency.
The six Delegates to represent the City of Phil
adelphia in the State Convention, were to be elect
ed on last evening. They will also be for Mr.
l3ticusmor. •
13:7' The following persons have been elected
officers of the Conestoga Steam Mills for the ennu-
.Directors—John Bear, W. Carpenter, G. M. Stein
man, C. Hager, D. Longenecker, A. L. Hayes, E
C. Reigart, Thos. Baumgardner, and Daniel Har
man.
President—C. Heger.
Treasurer and Secretary—Chen. W. Cooper
General .Agent—Hon. A. L, Hayes,
Letter from Mr. tanan.
We find the following letter from Mr. Bucuia,
El the Mississippian. It is entitled, says the „A't,
*gut, to a careful consideration, as the vied
one, who, et the present time, is occupying
share of public attention mall parts of thej
• WHEATLAND. near Lane;
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 185!
-My Dear Sir am sorry I did not receive your
letter sooner. I might have then given it the "old
fashioned Democratic answer" which you desire.—
But I am compelled to leave home immediately,
and it I should not write at the present time it will
be too late for the Bth of January. I must, there
fore, be brief.
My public life is before the country; and it is my
pride never to have evaded an important political
question. The course of Democracy is always
straight ahead, and public men oho determine to
pursue it never involve themselves in labyrinths,
except when they turn to the right or left from
the plain forward path. Madison's Report and
Jefferson's Kentucky Resolutions are the safest and
surest guides to conduct a Democratic administra
tion of the Federal Government. It is the true
mission of Democracy to resist centralism and the
absorption of unconstitutional powers by the Pres
ident and Congress. The sovereignity of the States,'
and a devotior. to their reserved rights, can alone,
preserve and perpetuate our happy system of Gov.:
ernment. The exercise df doubtful and construc-1
live powers on the part of Congress, has produced!
all the dangerous and exciting questions which have
imperiled the Union.
The Federal Government, never confined within
its strict constitutional limits, must necessarily ac 24
quire more and more influence through the increas
ed and increasing expenditure of public money ; and
hence the greater necessity for public economy and
watchful vigilance. Our Constitution, when it pro
ceeded from the ignds of its franlers, was a simple
system ; . and the more free fronOcomplexity it re
mains,
the more powerfully, satisfactorily and ben;
eficially will it operate within his legitimate sphere,
It is centralization alone which has prevented the
French people from establishing a permanent Re.!
publican Government. and entailed upon them so
many misfortunes. Had the provinces ot France
been converted into separate territorial soverei g n' ;
ties, like our State Governments, Paris would 117 en
no longer have been France, and a revolution at
the capital would not have destroyed the Federative
Republic.
Had the principles I have enumerated been ob
served by the Federal Government and by the peo
ple of the- several States, we should have avoided
the alarming questions which have arisen out of
the institutions of Domestic Slavery. The people
of each State would then, to employ a homely but
expressive phrase, have attended to their own bus
iness, and not have interfered in the domestic con
cerns of their sister States But on this important
subject I have so hilly presented my views in the
enclosed letter to the Great Meeting in Philadelphia,
held in Nov., 1850, that it would be useless to re
peat them, even if time would permit.
From your friend. very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN..
GEo. R. FALL, Esq.
Doings at Washington
Our Senators and Rspresentatives at Washingicin
are too much occupied in President-making j 44
now, to attend to the interests of their constituents.
During the past week. in the -Senate, the time I:is
been mostly occupied in dischssing Foote's Com
promise resolutions. Gen. CAss made a long speech
in lavM of the intervention of the United States lQr
the release of the Irish State prisoners. In the
House, the Mexican Indemnity Bill, appropriating
$3,180,000 was passed. The bill "appropriating $6,-
000 fur the relief and bringing home of the Ameri
can citizens, a portion of the Lopez expedition, re
cently pardoned by the Queen of Spain, and who
are now in that country, and represented to be in
distress, was also passed, with a proviso that the
bill should not be construed as approving of any
interference in the domestic affairs ut Cuba by the
citizens of the United States. We learn from Weill
ington that these bills have passed the Senate also.
Tomato Figs!
We have seen and tasted (says the Boston Jotir
nal) the figs referred to in the following article limn
Hovey's excellent Horticultural Nlagazine, and en
dorse all which he says in their favor. We h ope
that those who raise abundance of tomatoes Will
save this recipe, and try the experiment, if only on
a small scale:
Recipe for Tomato Figs —Pour boiling water over
the tomatoes, in order to remove the skin; then
weigh them and place in a stone jar, with as much
sugar as you have tomatoes, and let them stand
two days; then pour off the syrup, and boil it until
no scum rises. Then pour it over the tomatoes,
and let them stand two days as before ; then boil
and skim again. After the third time they are fit
to dry it the weather is good; if not, let them stand
in the syrup until drying weather. Then place kin
large earthen plates or dishes, and put them in the
sun to dry, which will take about a week, arter
which pack them down in small wooden boie*,
with fine white sugar between every layer. Torriat
eos prepared in. this manner will keep for years;
A few apples cut up and boiled in the remainder
of this syrup makes a very nice sauce.—Mrs. Eliza
Marsh..
It is only necessary for us to add that the Com
mittee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society
awarded Mrs. Marsh the Society's Silver Medal for
excellent specimens exhibited November 29. They
were tested by the committee, and pronounced to
be superior to any they had ever seen. They sere
put in small boxes, and to our taste were far better
than two-thirds of what are sold in our market for
the best Smyrna figs.—[Ed. Horti,ultural
Ifi - The Democratic Review for Jan. 1852 comes
in a new dress and with fresh energies in its charac.
ter. It is enlarged, and now equal in appearance
and value to any political periodical in the world.
The present number gives us a picture portrait of
Mazzini, and a pen portrait of the next Democrhtic.'
candidate for the Presidency. To this la3t there is
no name, and every reader is to make his own ap
plication. It has also articles of merit headed—
The Usurper: (Bonaparte,) "Blum lives," Presiden
tial courtesies; Young Europe ; Intervention; Na
tional Convention; General Foote's comproMise
resolutions, and several literary productions of in
terest. The work is published monthly by A W
Holly, New York, at $3 a year.
THE NEWS HT THE NIAGARA —The only news
of importance received by the Niagara, is from
France. Louis Napoleon has promulgated his new
Constitution. It confers upon him absolute poWer.
He is to suggest all laws, makes war and peace,
contracts, alliances, and negotiates and conclUdes
all treaties, and appoints all government officers.—
The legislators will be automata, governed by his
finger. The "sword and the purse . ' will be in his
possession, and he will, in tact, if not in parlance,
possess ill the faculties of government representa
tive, administrative, and executive
Eix The present postage law is about to undergo
modifications. A Washington letter says—
The House Committee, with a promptness highly
creditable to its Chairman, Dr. Olds, have agreed
upon a bill, which on the first opportunity hel will
report. The provisions of the bill are, that all
printed matter shall be charged one cent for two and
a half ounces under 2,000 miles, and doublei this
rate over that distance; and for every additional
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, one cent. Newspa
pers not exceeding one ounce, half of the above
rates. The rates'are simple, unilorm and compar
atively cheap, and although not exactly what I have
recommended, yet they are a vast improvement of
the present complicated and burdensome rates.—
This bill will be reported and acted upon in a short
period, but 'will not go into operation until the lot
of July next..
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Buchanan in Ohio
The junior editor of the Trumbull (0.) Democrat
writes letters for the journal with which he is con
netted, and while speaking of . the different candi
dates for the Presidency, has the following inl rela
tion to Mr. BUCHANAN :
" In myjudgment Pennsylvania ought to t have
the candidate, and as a civilian and statesmad. Jas.
Buchanan has no peer. Place him at the head of
the National government, and it will be properly
wrested from the humiliating posture into which
it has been thrown by this 'make shift' of an ad
ministration."
BEAT THIS WHO CAN !—Mr. Adam Black, Inn
keeper at Centre Square, Earl Township, Lancaster
county, slaughtered on Wednesday last, a Hog only
22 months old, which weighed, when dressed, no
less than '72il pounds!
Flom the Naliocallntethgeneer, Feb 3
N. liqsantla 'and Mk.: ClaP,:-
The interview between M. KOSSUTH and Mr.
CLAY has excited a general interest in the country,
'and the reports of it hitherto given to the public
have been somewhat inaccurate, and, at the best,
'imperfect. The company present on the occasion
; consisted of Senators Cass, JONES, of. Tennessee,
FENDALL, of this city, and . the Hon. Pazstaa
Ewirio, of Kentucky. ' The last named gentleman
has been induced, at the instance of several persons,
and with the coneent of Mr..CLAT, to give a more
extended and careful report of the interview, and
especially of Mr. CLAY'S remarks, which we pub
lish below, and which may be regarded as authen
tic, having, besides the authority of Mr. Ewreto,
the sanction of Senator JONES, by whom the repor t
has been examined and approved. M. Kossuxo
was introduced by Mr. CASS at about three o'clock.
On being presented to Mr. CLAY, who rose to re
ceive him, " Sir," said he, " I thank you for the
honor of this interview." "I beg you to believe,"
said Mr. CLAY, interrupting him, "that it is I who
am honored. Will you be pleased to be seated'?"
After the mutual interchange of civilities, "I
owe you, sir," said Mr. Clay, " an apology for not
having acceded before to the desire you were kind
enough to intimate more than once, to see me.—
But really my health has been so feeble that I did
not dare to hazard the excitement of so interesting_
an interview. Besides, sir," he added with some
pleasantry, your wondreful and fascinating elo
quence has mesmerized so large a portion of our,
people, wherever you have gone, and even some of
our members of Congress," waving his hand to
wards the two or three gentlemen who were pres
ent," that I feared to come under it influence, lest
you might shake my faith in some principles in'
regard to the foreign policy of this Government
which I have long and constantly. cherished. And
in regard to this matter, you will allow me, I hope,
to speak with that sincerity and candor which be
comes the interest the subject has for you and my
self, and which is due to us both as the votaries of
freedom. I trust you will believe me, too, when
I tell you that entertain the liveliest sympa
thies in every struggle for liberty, in Hungary, and
in every country. And in this, I believe, I express
the universal sentiment of my countrymen. Bull
sir, for the sake of , my country, you must allow
me to protest against the policy you propose to her.
Waiving the grave and momentous question of
the right of one nation to assume the executive
power among nations, for the entorcement of inter
national law, or of the right of the United States
to dictate to Russia the character of her relations
with the nations around her, let us come at once to
the practical consideration of the matter. You tell
us yourself, that expression of sympathy, cannnot
advance your purpose. You require material aid.
And indeed it is manifest that the mere declarations
of the sympathy of Congress, or of the President, or
of the public, would be of little avail, unless we
were prepared to endorse those declarations by a
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resort to arms, and unless other nations could see
that preparation and determination upon our part.
Well, sir, suppose that war should be the issue of
the course you propose to us, could we then effect
anything for you, ourselves, or the cause of liberty?
To transport men and arms across the ocean in
sufficient numbers and quantities to be effective
against Russia and Austria would be impossible.-
It is a fact which perhaps may not be generally
known, that the most imperative reason with Great
Britain for the close of her last war with us, was
the immense cost of the transportation and main
tenance of forces and the munitions of war on such
a distant theatre, and yet she had not perhaps more
than thirty thousand men upon this continent at
any time. Upon laud Russia is invulnerable to us,
as we are to her. Upon the ocean, a _war between
Russia and this country would result in the mutual
annoyance to commerce, but probably in little else.
I learn recently that her war marine is superior to
that of any nation in Europe, except perhaps Great
Bi itain. Her ports are few, her commerce limited;.
while we, on our part, would offer as a prey to her
cruisers a rich and extensive commerce. Thus,
sir, after effecting nothing in such a war, after
abandoning our ancient policy of amity and non
intervention in the affairs of other nations, and thus
justifying them in abandoning the terms'of forbear
ance and non-interference, which they have hither
to preserved towards us ; after the downfall, per-,
haps, of the friends of liberal institutions in Europe,
her despots, imitating and provoked by our fatal
example, may turn upon us in the hour of our
weakness and exhaustion, and, with an almost
equally irresistible force of reason and of arms,
they may say to us, " You have set us the example,
you have quit your own to stand on foreign around,
you have abandoned the policy you professed!in
the day of your weakness, to interfere in the affairs
of the people upon this continent, in behalf of
those principles the supremacy of which you say
is necessary to your prosperity, to your existence.
We, in our turn, believing that your anarchial doc
trines are destructive of, and that monarchial prin
ciples are essential to, the peace, security, and hap
piness of our subjects, will obliterate the bed which
has nourished such noxious weeds; we will crush
you, as the propagandists of doctrines so destrUct
ive of the peace and good order of the world."—
The indomitable spirit of our people` might, and
would be equal to the emergency, and wd might
remain unsubdued even. by so tremendous a com
bination, but the consequences to us would be ter
rible enough. You must alffiw me, sir, to speak
thus freely, as I feel deeply, though my opinion
may be of but little import, as the expression of a
dying man.
" Sir, the recent melancholy subversion of the
Republican Government of France, and that 'en
lightened nation voluntarily placing its neck under
the yoke of despotism, teach us to despair of any
present success for liberal institutions in Europe;
it gives us an impressive warning riot to rely upon
others for the vindication of our principles, but to
look to ourselves, and to cherish with more care
than ever the security of bur institutions and the
preservation of our policy and our„priaciples. By
the policy to which we have adhered since the days
of Washington, we have prospered beyond prece
dent ; we have done more for the cause of liberty
in the world than arms could effect; we have shown
to other nations the way to greatness and happiness.
And if we but continue united as one people, , and
persevere in the policy which our experience has
so clearly and triumphantly vindicated, we may
in another quarter of a century furnish an example
which.the reason of the world cannot resist. But
if we should involve ourselves in the tangled web
of European politics, in a war, in which we could
effect nothing; and if in that struggle Hungary
should go down, and we should gccidown with her,
where then would be the last hope of the friends of
freedom throughout the world Far better is it
for ourselves, for Hungary, and for the cause of
liberty, that, adhering to our wise pacific system,
and avoiding the distant wars of Europe, we should
keep our lamp burning brightly on this western
shore, as a light to all nations, than to hazard its
utter extinction amid the ruins of fallen or failing
republics in Europe."
Throughout Mr. Clay's remarks M. Kossuth list
ened with the utmost interest and attention; and,
indeed, throughout the whole interview he illustra
ted the rare combination of the profoundest respect
without the smallest sacrifice of his personal dig
nity, exhibiting in all his bearing the most finished
and attractive stamp which can be given to the
true metal of genius. He did not enter, in his turn,
upon a controversy of Mr. Clay's views, but began
by stating what he thought the reasons of the re
peated failures to establish liberal institutions in
France. Education and political information, he
said, did not descend very deep into the masses of
the French people; as an illustration of which fact
he stated that hundreds . of thousands, when voting
for the first time to elevate Louis Napoleon to the
Presidency, thought the old Emperor was still alive
and imprisoned, and that the vote they then gave
would effect his deliverance. He gradually divert-,
ed his remarks to the affairs of Hungary, Austria,
Russia and Turkey; speaking of the exaggerated
estimate of the strength of Russia; of the strength
and weakness of Turkey—her strength; which con
sisted in her immense land force, and especially in
her militia, or fandivehr, as he termed it; her weak
ness, which was the liability of the assault of Con
stantinople by sea. And here, apparently in allu ,
sion to Mr. Clay's conviction of our being unable to
effect anything in a European war, he spoke of the
material aid which might be rendered Turkey t in a
war with Russia by a naval force for the protection
of her capital. After a series of entertaining and
instructive remarks about the condition and pros
pects of Europe generally, he rose td depart.
Mr. Clay rose and bade him farewell forever;
with the utmost cordiality and the kindliest sym
pathy beaming in his face and suffusing his eye ;
and grasping Kossuth's hand, he said "God bless
you and your family! God bless your country—
may she yet be free
Kossuth, apparently overwhelmed by the warm
and earnest sympathy thus exhibited for himself,
his suffering family and country, profoundly bowed,
pressed Mr. Clay's hand to his heart, and replied.
in tones of deep emotion, " I thank you, honored
sir! I shall pray for you every day that your
health may he restored and that God may prolong
your life!"Mr. Clay's eyes filled with tears, he
again pressed the hand which clasped his own,
probably for, the last time, but be could say no
more. • .
ET Somerset county has instructed her dele
gates to the State Convention for Limas BUCHANAN,
Democratic Meeting at Eliza-_
.
• lbettitotnrn. .
At a meeting held on Friday evening the 30th
January, 1352, at the Hotel of George W. Boyer,
on motion of J. A. Smith, Joan Gaoss was called
,o the chair, and Messrs. Smith, Pi Fisher,,J. Dif
.
fenderferand J, Felix were appoidted Vice Pres
idents, and Or. Filbert and A. Redsecker, Secrets
ries. On motion of MC. Smith, a committee of five
'was appointed to draft resolutions, when Messrs.
Cyrus S. Haldeman, : Jos. Buchanan, Isaac Red
seeker, Benjamin Bear and Geo. W. Boyer, were
appointed, who after retiring for short time re
ported the following which were unanimously
'adopted by the meeting—
Resolved, That the Democracy of Elizabethtown
Borough and the adjoining townships, congratulate
the party on the triumphant refutation afforded at
the primary elections on the 10thl inst., of the in
famous slanders and libels uttered against the char
acter and services of the favorite Son of Pennsyl
vania'JAMES BUCHANAN.
Resolved, That JamEs BUCHANAN has endeared
himself to the DemOcracy by hie long and faithful
services in the cause of the people, and in his de
voted and unwavering attachment to the principles
of the party.
Resolved, That Pennsylvania has strong 'claims
upon her sister States and in presenting Jamas
BUCHANAN as her candidate for the Presidency, is
confident that her wishes will be consulted and her
rights regarded ; and , that the delegatie to be elect
ed by the Harrisburg Convention to.ihe Baltimore
Convention ought to carry. out ibeii instructions
both.in letter and in spirit, and go for him from first
to last.
Resolved, That in the election of WILLIAM Bic
tcs. as Governor of the State, the Democracy gave
new life to the Constitution, and pan assurance to
the people that Pennsylvania will be true to the
Union.
Reselved, That the
appointment by the Canal
Commissioners of JOSEPH B. BAKER, Esq., as-Su
perintendent of the Columbia Railroad, is hailed
with delight by the Democracy of Lancaster county.
In Ms private deportment he is without a. blemish
upon his character, moral or political, and in the dis
charge of his public dutits he will unite energy,
decision and industry with great suavity of man
ners and an accommodating spirit to all with whom
he he is brought in contact.
Resolved, That these proceedings be published
in the Lancaster Intelligencer.
Amendments to the Constitution.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, has introduced a joint
resolution into our National Legislature, proposing
amendments to the Constitution, which are highly
important, and should have extensive circulation.
It is first proposed that hereafter the President and
Vice President of the United States, shall be chosen
by the people, each State to be divided into Districts,
equal in number td the whole number of Senators
and Representatives to which such State may be
entitled in the Congress of the United States. The
election, under the amendment, is to No place on
the first Thursday in August, and the person hav
ing the greatest number of votes is to be declared
elected, by Congress, after a Count of the same, if
such number be equal to a majority of the whole
number of votes given; but if no person have such
majority, then a second election shall be held on
the first Thursday in the month of December then
next ensuing. The same holds in regaril to the
Vice. President. The amendments further provide
that the Senate of the United States shall be com
posed of two Seriators from each State, chosen by
the persons qualified to vote for the members of the
most numerous branch of the Legislature thereof,
for six years, each Senator to itve one vote. Also,
that the judicial power of the United States shall
be vested in one Suprerpe Court, and in such in
ferior courts- as the COngress from time to time
may establish. The judges, both of the supreme
and interior courts, to hold their offices during the
term of twelve years, and to receive for their ser
vices a compensation which shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office. The amend
ments are highly important, but before they can
be adopted as a part of the Constitution, they must
be ratified by tha.Legislature of three-fourths of the
States. =
From the Natlan3l Int ellegeecer.
Stones from Rome for the Wash
ington Monument.
The contribution which it is reported is intended
to be made to the Washington National Monument
by the Pope of Rome, of blocks of stone from the
capitol of that ancient city, "the, Niobe of Nations,"
and the Coliseum, which' is "to last while Rome
shall last," will form a curious and deeply inter
esting portion of this great memorial of a People's
gratitude to the illustrious founder of their liberties.
A stone from the Capitol at ROme, orignally found
ed Ono thousand four hundred and sixty years ago,
and one from an edifice that has been the wonder
and admiration of the world, and presented by the
Head of the Papal Government, to be placed in a
structure erected in honor of the Founder of a great
Republic, is a striking, and gratifying evidence of
the estimation in whiCh the name and character
of Washington are held by the world. If it be a
fact that these stones are to be, sent, it will present
a remarkable incident in the history of the National
Monument ; and, though it may seem strange to
see portions of the structure of the Kingdom and
Empire of Rome, long passed away, in juxtaposi
tion with theofferin.s of the free people of a Re
public, it is but the amage which is due to public
and private virtue, and which public and private
virtue will ever claim from mankind.
The Coliseum, so named from a colossal statue
of Nero which was placed in it, is now a ruin, but
a magnificent one. It was built by the Emperor
Vespasian, and is said to have held about one hun
dred and ten thousand spectators. It was 1,612
feet in circumference, contained eighty arcades, and
was intended for an immense amphitheatre. It re
mained uninjured to the 13th century. Paul 11,
however, commenced its destruction by using the
stones to build the .palace of St. Mark, and subse
quently other palaces were erected from its frag
ments. But though it, is now not allowed to be
touched, it is gradually crumbling away, and will
soon be a mass of ruins.
A fragment of it and the Capitol of Rome, how-
ever, will be preserved in this Monument, to exhibit
to future ages the offering of the ancient to the
modern world, and to show that the name of Wash-
ington is not inferior to, if it be not "above all
Greek, all Roman fame." '
It will be a matter of wonder that portiona of
the ancient Capitol and Colis. , um of Rome should .
be found united with the material of an edifice
erected centuries after their construction, and in a
region then not even dreamt of; but it will prove
that Washington, and the Republic which his ef
forts succeeded in establishing, claim the gratitude
and homage of the world.
The Washington Monument seems to have ex
cited some interest in Europe, and I trust that the
countrymen of Washington will not suffer this great
memorial of their veneration and respect to stop
for the want of the, 'necessary means to complete
it. The funds of the Society are now but small,
and if they be not increased by additional contri
butions from the people, corporations, and State
Legislatures, it will be necessary to stop the work,
which will certainly reflect no credit on the patri
otism of the American people.
Lycoming for Buchanan
The Democratic Convention of Lycoming co.,
met at Williamport on Tuesday last, and elected
delegates to the Fourth of March Convention, with
instructions to support Mr. BoceixA* for the Pres
idency. The vote stood for Buchanan 69, all others
11.
Taa Paica AND OTHER FRUIT CROPII.—The
New York Journal of Commerce says, it it feared
that the peach.and other fruit crops have suffered
severely throughout the country from the late cold
weather, in many instances, peach buds in particu•
lar appear to be deadened at the gem.
[l7 - Delaware co. sends her two delegates to the
State Convention without instructions. One of them
however, is known to be in favor of Mr."Buca-
ANAIf, and the 'other's preference is unknown.
117 The Virginia Democratic State Convention
for the appointment of Delegates to the Nationa
Convention, is to be hp on the 24th of March.
NEW Jsnsir FOR ByCHANIIf !—We have the as
surance of many New Jersey Democrats that that
State will follow in• the' wake of Pennsylvania, in
support of "Old Buck" for the Presidency.—Naga
Eagle.
Gaoaou. AND AcAsAmt.—The Lynchburg (Va.)
Republican says, that various indications within
its notice, Jeads it to the belief that Georgia and
Alabama will go far . Mr. BUCHANAN.
A Contrast.
A Paris correspondent of the New York Tribune I
iq running a parallel between the first Napoleon
and the second, gives this outline: "Bonaparte
installed himself in the Tuilleries, the ancient
palace of the kings of France, when he
First Consul, and revived the splendor of court
etiquette. We are informed by our Paris corres
pondent, that Louis medit des the same step, and
there can be little doubt' that he will go on, from
step to•step, till he has attained the pinnacle of his
ambition, unless he is cut short by the dagger of
the assassin, the bullet of a pistol or a rifle, or the
explosion of 1111 infernal machine. Such attempts
will probably be made; but they may fail, as they
did in the case of Bonaparte and Louis Philippe;
or if they should succeed, the success does not
make France a republic. The French changed
from a monarchy to a ret. - blic and from a republic
to an empire, under Napoleon the Great; they have
now changed from a monarchy to a republic, and
re in a state of transition from a republic to an
empire, under Napoleon th. Little; and the cycle
will. probably be complete at no distant day.—
Bonaparte was opposed by the Jacobins and mon
archists of his day ; Louis is opposed by the mon
archists, the red republicans, and the socialists, of
'the present day. But, as the uncle had the ptople
and the army with him, so has the nephew the
same source of reliance; and it seems to be the
deduction of reason—the sequence of cause and
effect—that the result will be the same. What
direction Providence may give to this natural order
of things, by some unforseen event or series of
events, it is not in man, or even 'the spiritual man
ifestations' from the other world, to determine, but
at present the regime of the Dictator seems as firm
as the rock of Gihraltar."
England Louliii to America.
From Mr following passage frbm an editorial
article in the London Times, the high tory organ
of the British government, it is plainly to be seen
in what light the position of the United States is
regarded by the statesmen of England, in the great
struggle, now in prospect in Europe, between free
dom and despotism. When, one after another, the
thrones of the old world shall begin to crumble be
fore the onward and resistless progress of consti
tutional freedom, we shall be disappointed if Eng
land, proud and self-confident as she is, does not ut
ter to the United States the Macedonian cry, of
"Conic ever and help us!" The tone of the London
, Times has for months past indicated this. Read
the following article and see if we have mistaken
its import:
"There are no two states in the whole world,
and never have been, so bound to one another, so
mutually beneficial, and so able to work together,
as the British Empire and the United States. At
present it seems impossible but that the whole con
tinent of Europe should fall. into the hands of mili
tary despots; it seems equally impossible that we,
with our American brethren, should lose our en
thusiasm for liberty. Here, then, are the two par
ties in the great cause that threatens to divide and
convulse the whole world. What will be required
of us? What attempts will be made on us ?
What crusades ought we spontaneously to under
take? What assistance in any case are we to ex
pect from America? For our islands we have no
fear. Despotism is great on land but impotent and
craven on the sea. Wherever our shijii can go
there we have no compeer. As on the former oc
casion referred to by Mr. Walker, we can protect
the New World from the tyrannies of the Old.—
What, then, remains to be done? Are we expected
to land on the continent of Europe, and fight, single
handed, with their huge military monarchies mus
tering two or three millions of armed men? What
degree of assistance are we to expect from America,
in marching into the centre of Europe? None, we
should think. However, there are many things to
be considered. A hundred years ago, what was
Russia? A hundred years hence, what will be the
United States? An empire with not far short of
two hundred million souls. Should anything hap
pen to us—should we ever be exposed to unmerited
indignity and oppr ssion, and our services to Europe
be forgotten, we have only to - pray Exoriate aliguis
vostris ex assibus ultor, and that prayer will one
day bring across, on occasion, the messengers of a.
state that can apply to its purpose the resources of
a continent and two oceans."
CAPT. 6ANDEILSON :-01.1P political contest is now
over in Lancaster county and the State, and wo
proved by the result of our delegate elections on
the 10th inst., that the democracy is true to old and
tried friends ; that after putting their hopes and
affections upon her "favorite son," they cannot be
led astray by a pair of scheming politicians—the pre
dictions of the Lancasterian notwithstanding. Why,
how could the poor souls lose themselves so in
their much calculations as to suppose the old de
mocacy have forgotten JAMES BUCHANAN, and will
desert him in time of need, simply because they de
sired it, as a persona/ matter to themselves, for
sooth ! They have forgotten that he is as it were
the very heart strings of our social circle, and his
name lisped upon every hearth-stone in the neigh
borhood.
They have forgotten that when our ladies take
up arms in such matters, they are always trium,
pliant, and, "God bless them; , so they should be,
'because they are always in the right. To show the
strength of feeling of our feminine Democracy,
and this is'only one case in thousands, on Friday
evening last I attended a supper given by Mrs. G.
W. Boyer, of Elizabethtown, gotten up in splendid
style, both substantial and ornamental, as was fully
testified to by forty or fifty good democrats of the
vicinity who fully appreciated her efforts, and did
justice in releasing the groaning tables as speedily
as possible of their extensive loading. It would be
taxing my memory too severely to give a list of the
fare. But, most prominently placed in the centre
of the board, was a large cake with a profile sur
rounded by the name of JAMES BocwANAN beauti
fully iced upon its surface. This cake was so
strongly surrounded by other cakes of different
kinds, that the party were unable to reach the
centre of the table, although desperate attempts
were made to force the barrier. But the Buchanan
cake continued to grace the feast until the last,
and I fear the only way of disposing of that cake
will be to send it at once to Wheatland to await
its fate.
It must be understood that this supper was pre
pared by the worthy lady unsolicited and unreward
ed, but was merely an outbuilding in a substantial
and unmistakable manner, of her heart-felt joy in
the success of her friends and the soon cause, and
the glorious and - triumphant result of the contest of
principles against personal enmity and villification.
May fortune attend her, and may she long be
remembered by all good Democrat.. And when
such a spirit is inherent in our maternal circles,
there need be no fears of the rising generation of
the " Young Democracy ;" and I have no doubt,
in a few years, in the State, old fashioned Jackson
and Buchanan majorities will be expected as a
matter of course. " XX."
January 31, 1852.
Hon. JA.3118 BucaksrAn.--From present indica
tions there can be no doubt but Mr. Buchanan
will get the vote of Pennsylvania in the National
Convention. His popularity in his own State
seems to be unbounded. The Pennsylvanian gives
the result of the recent election for the Delegates
in the city and county of Philadelphia, by which it
seems that the friends of Mr. Buchanan carried all
the districts by large majorities. A very large
proportion of the democratic papers of the State
have avowed their preference for Mr. Buchanan.—
We notice that several papers in Virginia, Tenn
essee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama,
Illinois, Dousiana, North Carolina, Arktinsas and
California; advocate his nomination, and of some in
these States his name has been brought forward in
the primary meetings of the people. We record
these facts merely for the purpose of showing the
state of public sentiment in the democratic party
towards this eminent statesman, in the same way
we have referred to the position of other candidates
for the same distinguished station.—Dnyton (0.)
Empire.
.137 - A man named Benjamin Herr, hailing from
Gettysburg, was arrested in this City a few days
ago by Constable Finfrocic, for passing a number
of counterfeit bills on the Lancaster Bkik. He
gave bail in $lOOO for his appearance at thenext
Court of Quarter Sepinna for this Count .
Proceedings.okiCouri;
A. Herr Smith, Esq., by request, presented and
read the following petition to the Court on Mon
day, Feb. 2, 1852 :
To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Quarter
Sessions for the County of Lancaster :
The undersigned, Clergymen of the city of Lan
caster, have heard with great pleasure that the
Court did, on the 24th ult., pass an order " direct
ing the Constables of the different townships, taith
fully to execute the provisions of the Act of As
sembly of .1705, relative to the keepers of taverns,
ale houses, and other public houses as shall cOun
tenancrdrinking on Sunday, and make return to
the next Court of Quarter Sessions and all future
Courts of Quarter Sessions of the manner they have
executed this order of the Court, during the inter
vat of each Court.''
It has long been a matter of painful surprise to
us, that the class of men referred to ih the obove
order, have been permitted to violate one of the
provisions of the law which gives them the right
to sell, while every other class of our citizens are
required to suspend their business in accordance
with a general law for the observance of the Sab
bath.
The neglect to enforce this special provision is
the more astonishing, when we take into consider
ation the fact so well known, that this sale of in
toxicating liquor on the Sabbath, naturally induces
the neighbors of the Landlord to assemble and drink
at places established by law, solely for the accom
modation of travellers and strangers. This tempta
tion to drink, is beyond all question a clear viola
tion, of the spirit and design of the License sys
tem, which was enacted "to prevent tipling." So
ciety certainly has a right to expect, that Courts of
Justice intended to punish the violation of law,
should not sanction and encourage its .transgres
sion.
It is therefore a matter of rejoicing to us, that
our present Court have manifested so determined a
disposition to reform past usages : and pursue a
course more in accordance with The demands of
law and enlightened public sentiment. The time
of indifference to this subject on the part of socie
ty, has gone by we hope never to return. Wean
not be denied, that a fundamental change in public
opinion with regard to the use and sale of intoxi
cating liquor as a beverage has taken place, which
demands at least, the strict observance of all ex
isting law regulating the traffic. There can be but
little doubt, but that the community will sustain
the Court in the reform of past usages oil this sub
ject. Sustaining as we do, the relation of moral
and religious instructors to the people, we cannot
be indifferent to this actidfl of the Court, knowing
also, that a change of policy which must break
up long established customs, will call forth great
opposition, we feel it to be our duty to sustain the.
Court by all the influence we possess. The sale of
intoxicating liquor as a beverage at any time, and
especially - on the Sabbath, seriously interferes with
the happiness of our fellow men, and with our ef
forts to reform and benefit them. Our system o
Civil Jurisprudence is founded on the Divine Code
we therefore look to the action of the Court in this
particular with great solicitude, but with great
confidence. We know that they have the power and
are greatly pleased to see that they do not lack the
disposition to abolish this shameful violation of law.
Possessing the power to require the Constables to re
turn offenders, as well as to punish on osnriction for
each offence, together with the right to withhold the li
cense of such as will not obey the law;
the Court can
not fail of success provided they be faithlul and
fearless in the performance of their duties. We
hope therefore, that the Court will riot be deterred
by any opposition they may meet. In the great
improvement in the peace and order of society, the
Court will not only find an ample reward, but it
will cause the very best of our citizens to rally
round and sustain them. Many will hail that day
with gladness who now mourn over its return, and
" will rise up and call you blessed.' The God of
the Sabbath will protect you in the defence of His
Law, and "the fervent effectual prayer of the
righteous man which availeth much," will be of
fered in your behalf. Thanking you for your as
sistance to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath,
and promising to you our support," as the powers
that be ordained of God" for the administration of
law, we remain
Your fellow laborers in promoting the peace and
happiness of society.
P. COOMBE, Pastor of the Ist M. E. Church.
S. BOWMAN, Rector of St. James Church.
A. SWARTZ, Pastor of the Union Bethel.
J. DICKERSON, Pastor 2nd M. E. Church.
N. A. KEYES, Pastor of Ger. Ref. (St. Paul's)
Church. '
ROBERT DE SCHWEINETZ, Pastor of the
Moravian Church.
JOHN C. BAKER, Pastor of English Lutheran
Church.
H. HARBAUGH, Pastor of th'e Ist German Re
formed Church.
WM. BEATES, Pastor of Ger. Lutheran Church.
W. L. REEBER, Pastor of the Evangelical As
sociation.
The Court through Mr. Smith returned their
thanks to the clergymen for the complimentary
manner in which they had referred to their efforts
to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath, and to
suppress intemperance ; and announced their deter
mination to see the law in question faithfully exe
cuted. The Court further ordered the petition and
proceedings to be published.
Tan WORYING OP THE NEW STSTEX.—We ex
tract the following article from the Phila. Ledger .
It does not bear out the predictions tff those - who
opposed the adoption of the Amendment to the Con
stitution making the Judges elective for instead of
having an inefficient bench, as it was proclaimed
we should, with no depreciation of the merits of its
predecessors, we think we may say of the present
Supreme Court, that in the annals of Pennsylvania
jurisprudence it has had no superiors :
THE SUPREME COIIRT.—The Judges of this Court,
since their induction into office, under the revised
Constitution, have exhibited a commendable alac
rity in the despatch of ht iness before them. They
have disposed of up sof one hundred and thirty
cases on the P hia list at the present term,
and there is prospect of disposing of the bal
ance before i close. Decisions are promptly made
after the argument of cases, and frequently announ.
ced the day following the discussion. If the same
industry and perseverance is maintained, much
good will be accomplished; the calendar of the
Court will be kept free from stale cases, and sui
tors have abundant cause to rejoice in the change
made by the people in the mode of selecting their
Judges.
CANNEL COAL.—The Richmond (Va.) Repulican
says that the horrible catastrophe, by which the
British steamship Amazon was destroyed, and so
many lives lost, will excite gloomy apprehensions
in the minds of passengers by ocean steamers. The
spontaneous combustion of the coal used by those
steamers is a danger which thsre:is no means of
remedying. The only perfect security is in intro
ducing the cannel coal, which is not only the most
superior coal in the world in other respects, but is
not capable of spontaneous combustion. It trusts
that this valuable product of the Virginia mines
will soon come into general use among the ocean
steamers of the United States and other countries.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION IN NEW YORK.-
Petitions asking for the passage of a law prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, still continue
to be presented to the New York Legislature. The
number of petitioners up to the present time is g
little over 175,000—from 15,000 to 20,000 being
females, the balance vote , This is said to be the
largest expression of publiCsentiment ever cent up
to the Legislature of that State on any one subject.
lIJ JIMMY Lrim was married at Boston on
Friday last, to Otto GOLDSMITH, pianist of Ham
burg. They will have a musical time of it, after
awhile!
BT The following gentlemen were elected Di
rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at
the election held in Philadelphia a tew days since.
John E Thompson, G. W. Carpenter, C. E. Spang
ler, John Yarrow, Washington Putcher, David S
Brown, and Thomas T. Lea.
TIM ATLANTIC MAIL SIIIVICE.—II is stated
that the committee on naval affairs in both Houses
of Congress, have determined to report a bill grant•
ing to the Collins line of Atlantic mail steamships
the $200,000 additional compensation asked for.
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT, GREAT Loss or LITE
.
Mounts, Jan. 26.—The steamer DeWitt Clinton,
from New Orleans for Pittsburg, struck a snag,
eight miles below this' city; yesterday about four
o'clock, P. M., and sunk in two minutes in two
and a half fathoms of water. ;: Twenty•five or thirty_
lives were lost, including all the crew, except one
fireman, and the officers. The books and papers
were saved, and with this exception the boat and
cargo is a total loss. She was insured at Pittsburg,