sntelligenter & donfnal.
Lancaster, April 6, 14152-
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
(Subject to the decision of the National Convention.)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS'.
SENATORIAL.
Groans W. WOODWARD, of Lucerne.
neon WCANDLEIB, of Allegheny.
A DDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICTS.
1. Peter Logan,. 13. H. C. Eyer o
2. Geo. . Martin,. 14 John Clayton,
3. John Miller. 16. Isaac Robbion,
4. F. W. Hocking, 16. Henry Fetter,
6. R. McKay, 17. James Burnside, •
6. A. Apple, 19. Maxwell IvlcCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 19. Joseph McDonald,
S. Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. Collzihan,
9. David Fester, 21. Andrew Burke,
10. R. E. James, 22. Willia.m.Dubn,
11. John ti cßeynolds, 23. J. S. M'Calmont,
12. P. Demon, 24. George R. Barrett.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
iilillm Seari' ht
OF FAYETTE COUNTY.'
Look Here!
We have s:veral heavy payments ta make on or
about the let of April, and shall) he much
obliged to those who are indebted for stibscription
job work and advertising, if they will furnish us
with the means to meet our liabilitie s . We are
averse to dunning so frequently; hut really there
are many who, it appears, never think of paying
the PRINTER, and our wants require that we should
remind them of their d'elinquency. We hope this
notice will be more effectual than those iwhich have
preceded it, and that we shall not be wider the dia•
agreeable necessity of repeating it for f a long time
to come.
Those residing at a distance from town can re
mit by mail at our risk. Our City ifriends will
always find us at the office, in MarkettSquare.
Err Several of our friends have cornplied with
the above request, to whom we return our sincere
thanks. But there are many others I Who have, as
yet, given no evidence of their disposition to oblige
us by paying what, is justly our due. We hope
they will, without farther delay, attend to this mat•
ter, as it is of great importance to usjl
Governor's Message
This highly important State papery which we
hinted at in our last, will be found omthe first page
of this issue, and we earnestly invite for it a care
fulperusal. Governor BIGLER has done himself
great credit by this candid and masterly exhibition
of the financial condition and prospects of the Com
monwealth. 'He has probed to the bottom the
canker on the body politic, .and, having discovered
the seat of the disease, fearlessly recommends the
proper remedy. With such a skilful and experi.
enced statesman at the helm, the good l old Keystone
will soon be relieved from her ernharraisments ,
and be enabled to go forward in an uninterrupted
career of prosperity. -
Appointment by the Governor.
Sons( S. DOUGREHTY, Esq., of this city, to be Aid
to his Excellency, with the rank of Dieut. Colonel;
We congratulate our young and talented friend
on his appointment. It is an honor richly deserved,
as no Democrat of his age in this county labored
harder or more successfully to pro Mote Governor
BiaLca's election. He will, doubtless, bear his
honor with becoming meekness; at tlie same time,
if the necessity existed, he would prove himself "ev•
cry inch a soldier." '
The Right Spirif.
We are gratified at the course pursued by several
of the Democratic papers of the State,. since the
decision of the State Convention—we mean a ma
jority of those that were friendly to Gen. Cass'
nomination. In this they were honest. and bad a
perfect right to favor the nomination of that distin
guished statesman. But the Democi-acy of Penn
sylvania, through their delegates, haYing fairly and
honestly decided, by an overwhelmidg majority of
three to one, that Mr. BUCHANAN is iteir first and
only choice, like true organs of the party they
cheerfully submit to that decison',and are ndw
lending a helping hand to secure the nomination
of our own great statesman at the Baltimore Con
vention.
Amongst the papers th •t are pursuing this praise
worthy course, we would especially call public at'
tion to the Chambersburg Sentinel, Lewistown True
Democrat, Uniontowq Genius of Liberty, Sunbury
Gazette, and Clinton Democrat. The course of these
excellent Democratic journals show that they are
actuated by the pure principles of the party, and
they deserve, as they will receive, the confidence of
the truly honest and reflecting portion of the De•
mocracy of the Commonwealth. ,
irr We are indebted to the HOI3.,RICHARD Boon
mum, of the. U. S.. Senate, for a copy of hie speech
delivered in that body, on the 15th ult., on the sub
ject of the Public Lands. It was itt opposition to
the bill "granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the State of lowa in aid of the
construction of certain railroads in said Slate," and
we cannot help thinking that 'qr. 13iis right in tbe
course he has taken. The public domain is the
property of the whole Nation, and we can conceive
of no reason why any one or more,States shotlld
take a slice off it, for the purpose of buildirig rail
roads or constructing c male, at the expense of the
others. Here, in Pennsylvania, wd have had to
construct our public works at our I own expense,
and our notion of the matter is that othe4 States
ought to go and do likewise. Thisthing of foster
ing and building up the new Stateskt the expense
of the old, is a species of favorifeism which is
neither just nor generous, and it is time that the
policy was abandoned.
ANOTHER VETO.—Governor Bionsit, with
admirable discretion, has vetoed another private
hill, to incorporate the Charleston) Silver Mining
and Lead Company, in Chester county. We trust
he will continue to pursue this policy, until he puts
an end to the growing monopoly l system of our
State. The people will abundantly( sustain him in
his powerful efforts to break down Ppecial Legisla
tion.
I[7 - What has become of "Ghiresoir's I 9 icTo•
m. 0.?" We have not had a sight Of it for the last
two months, or more.
ET The Juniata Register appesed last week in
a new and improved dress, and ulder the title of
" Tuscarora Register and Juniata Il quirer." This
is one of the best and most reliable Democratic
Journals in the interior, and we are pleased to find
that our friends HE NCH & Boxski.r: are succeeding
so well in its publication as to justify them in the
additional expense which they have incurred.
CT From the report of C. LAlunsecker, Esq.,
Chairman of the Selcct Committee appointed to
inquire into the expediency of abolishing capital
punishment it appears that the number of Death
Warrants issued in this State, from 4798 to the
present time, is 72. Of this number two run off,
one was pardoned, and nne died in prison. During
this period five were executed in this county,
ur Petitions are in circulation,; and already nu
merously signed, asking the Legiilature to repea
the Act of 1851, which prevents: the fishing fm
shad withion ne mile of the dews in the Susque
henna.
Canal Commissioner.
The nomination of Mr. SEiIIIGHT, for Canal
Commissioner, has awakened a zeal and antiusiasm
among the' Democracy of. Western Pennsylvania,
who have long known the man, which will tell
powerfully toi the Party in the coming contest.
The Washington Examiner says:—
"There is no better man in all the vast bounds
of Pennsylvania, for that station, than WILLIAM
SZAIIIGHT. He should have received the nomina-
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lion years ago, and just because be did - not, he has
more warm and enthusiastic supporters at this day,
in relation to that office, than any man that could'
he brought forward. Even the very men who op
posed him on former occasions are now among his
most devoted triends. As we remarked 'about one
year ago, in speaking of certain false rumors that
appeared in some of the eastern papers, "a better
Democrat than WILLIAM SsAnwar does not live,"
whilst as a man, he is one of Nature's noblemen
But, it is not only a conviction of such facts as these
that induces us to extend a lull and hearty endorse
ment of Mr. Szintorres nomination. As the peo
ple of the State well know, he is the man for the
place for which he has been - dhosen. Nis , large ex
perience in the construction of the State improve
ments, his practical good sense, his unbending in
tegrity, his firmness in the discharge of duty, his
extensive knowledge of State affairs his persever
ing and laborious habits, his general business qual
ifications and excellent discriminating judgment,
all contribute to constitute him a candidate of rare
and peculiar fitness. Comparatively speaking, we
know but little of either of the gentlemen now in
the Board of Canal Commissioners; yet, this we do
know, that however well adapted they may be to
the station which they occupy, they cannot be su
perior to Mr. SEARIGHT. That he will be elected
none can doubt. The West wtll give him an over
whelming vote, and as the news of the next State
elec ion will be borne over the Alleghenies, the ma
jority for WILLIAM SEARIGHT will cause Our friends
in the east to wonder and rejoice. It must be the
largest vote ever given west of the mountains to
1 any candidate for the same office. Tits is the pledge,
, and it must be redeemed.
The Erie Observer says:—
"In the selection of a candidate for Canal Com*
missioner the Convection has been truly fortunate.
Wm. SEAHIGHT. Esq., of Fayette, is the most unex
ceptionable man, both personally, politically, and
on the score of qualifications, of any candidate pre
sented to the people for that office for some years.
He was a candidate before the convention a year
agora td was supported with a great deal of enthus
iasm by his friends. Intimately acquainted with
our public works, their construction, capabilities,
and their wants, he will go into the Canal Board
with. more experience, and hence better fitted to
serve the interests of the Commonwealth, than most
of his "illustrious predecessors." The present sys
tem of managing our public works is fast losing
the confidence of the people, and it there is a man
in the State that can restore to the Board the good
opinion of the people, we firmly believe Wm. SEA
RIOIIT ;to be that M:.11. We, therefore, place his
name at the head of our columns with pleasure,
and shall look for his election with confidence '
Mr. Bonham's Speech
The speech of this talented gentleman, delivered
in the House of Representatives of this Stte, on
the bill to repeal the sixth section of the obstruc
tion last of IS-17, is an able and conclusive argu
ment throughout in favor of the repeal, and com
pletely strips the sophistries from the arguments
by which Ex-Governor JOHNSTON attempted to
justify his hostility to the repealing bill. It is a
powerful constitutional vindication of the rights - of
the South, and will go far in satisfying the citizens
of the slave-holding States as to the true position
of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania in refer
ence to the slavery question. The great length
of the speech prevents us from giving it a place in
our columns; but the following beautiful perora
tion will give our readers an idea of the style and
temper of the whole production:
Sir, the time has come for Pennsylvania to as
sume a proper position on this vital sectional issue.
It is time that this Abolition and quasi Abolition
warfare should cease. Wi•hout concession on this
subject at the commencement of the government,
our glorious Constitution, which has given us posi
tion, power and a name among the nations , of the
earth, could never have been formed; and if this
agitation cease not, this Union which has Conferred
su many blessings upon all of us, will he dissolved,
and its brief life will occupy but a page in the
world's history. Let us of Pennsylvania, therefore,
be true to ourselves, and adopt such measures of
legislation as will best comport with the true dig
nity and honor of a great Commonwealth—and if
we cannot stop the mouths of the Abolitionists, let
us shOw that we disregard them—and above all.
let us keep the legislation of the State untainted by
this abominable heresy—and it there has been such
legislation let it be wiped from the statue book.—
Let others do as they ;lease, but as for this patriotic
old Commonwealth, she will comply with all her
compacts, and . remain true to her constitutional en
gagements. And in the language of Jefferson in
his inaugural -address on assuming the executive
duties of the National Government—" if there be
any among us who would wish to dissolve this
Union, or to change its republican I form, let them
stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with
which error of opinion may be tolerated, where
reason is left free to combat it."
The Registration $lll
We were in error two weeks ago in stating that
the neglect or refusal to register a marriage, birth
or death, subjected the proper person too fine of
twenty dollars. This is not the case, as we learn
by the following letter received from Mr. Arm•
strong, a member of the Houle of Representatives
from the City of Philadelphia, who framed the bill
in question. The act, it appears, is only compul
sory so tar as that City - is concerned, In every
other portion of the State it is.Jeft optional with
the people whether to make the registry or not—
merely providing a place where a person may go
to record those facts, which, in some instances, are
important to be known.
HARRISBURG, March 29, 1852.
G. SANDERSON, Esq., Dear Sir. L—l perceive by
your paper of the 23d inst., that you state the
bill upon the subject of registration, imposes a fine
for a neglect or refusal to register a marriage, birth
or death. This is not the case, except as to Phila
delphia, where a fine is imposed for a neglect to
register a death occurring—a requirement in force
there for many years, and which compelled a
a return, with the cause of death, to the Board of
Health. The bill as originally framed imposed
such penalties, but they were afterwards stricken
out—so as the law now stands, it is entirely a
matter of choice, whether to register or not, and it
simply-provides a place to which a person may go,
and record those facts,
the proof of which often so
important, may depend upon the life of a person
able to testify, or the preservation of family re
cords so constantly liable to loss or destruction.—
The law requires that the granting of letters testa
mentary, of administration, and the appointment
of guardians shall be preceded by a jygistration of
death, &c., a duty easily performed at the time,
and which but in tact completes and perfects the
record. The laws of our. State carefully provide a
place in which the citizen may record his deed or
other evidences of title; but how frequently is such
a record unavailing from the want of that proof,
which this very excellent act authorizes shall
where parties are disposed now be perpetuated.
I take the liberty of addressing you on this sub:
jest, in the hope that you will explain the nature
of the act, and thus remove any prejudice which
may exist against it in the minds of those who
suppose its provisions are compulsory.
Yours very respectfully,
Enw. AIDISTROND,
Hear Him! Hear Him!
The Rev. Mr. Brownlow, editor of the Knox
ville (Tenn.) Whig, says with Scott as their can
didate, they will be betitn 5,000 votes in Tennes
see, and that " Scott he personal vanity enough
to damn successive administrations, and with it,
very poor civil qualifications, and by no means a
high order of talents. He has been an incubus on
the Whig party for many years, and defeated Mr.
Clay's nomination in 1818:' And again he says,
speaking of Gen. Scott as a civilian
"I am an humble member of the party, and will
support, in good faith, either Fillmore or Webster,
but I will never support Scott, directly or indirectly,
though he may receive the endorsement of all the
Whig Conventions between Hell and' Heaven, and
between this and Novemb-r next."
LE' The re-building of the structures at the
Northeast corner of Sixth and Chesnut streets,
Philadelphia, destroyed by fire a few months ago,
is now in active progress, as we learn tom the
city papers.
133" The Young Men'e Democratic City Conven-
tion, of NevrYork, have passed resolutions in favor
of Gen. CMS for the Presidency.
From the Penneylemma
California for Mr. Buchanan.
The Democratic State Convention of California I
was held - at Sacramento City on the 22d of Febru
ary, for the purpose of electing delegates to the
National Convention, to assemble at Baltimore on
the Ist of June, 1852, Wm. H. Ricaeansos, of
Sutter county; JOSE . M. COVAIIRABIAS, of Santa
Barbara; JOSHUA HOLDEN) of Tuohunne, and Harr
ill' A. LYONS, of San Francisco, were elected the
Delegates; and E. D. HAMMOND, of Santa Clara;
Amos 1. BAIRD, of NeVada; hl. 111. WANBAUGH, of
To.o. and Ches. Louisa, of Solono, Substitutes.
No INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN TO THE DELE-
RATES, BUT THEY ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE IN FA•
TOR OF THE NOMINATION OF Mn. BUCHAN•N, ES
CEPT MR. HOLDEN, WHOSE FIRST CHOICE IS GEN
SAMUEL HOUSTON.
The following resolution, after a spirited debate
was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 145 yeas
to 115 nays :
Resolved, That the Convention recognizes among
the prominent and illustrious names that have been
mentioned in connection with the Presidency, ma
ny whom the Democracy have delighted to honor
with their confidence, and that among those they
greet with profound satisfaction the name of Ste
phen A. Douglass, of Illinois. That while they
do not disparage in any degree the distinguished
services, the worth and claims of others, the De
mocracy of California cannot refrain from expres
sing their admiration of the eminent abilities, and
their gratitude for the valuable services of that din
tinguished-man ; nor can they lo get that be has
been in both houses of Congress, the firm, steady,
energetic and devoted friend of California. He was
prominent among the early advocates of steam
navigation in the Pacific, for the transmission of
the mails to Oregon and California, as . well as of
the gigantic project of the great Western Railroad,
designed to connect the Atlantic States with the
Pacific, and hP was the faithful and steadfast friend,
of our young State, while applying for admission
into the bonds of the Union. Not only has he been
the friend and faithful guardian of the interests of
California, but as the author of the Compromise
I measures of the last Congtess, which measures
were originally repot led by hint as Chairman of
the Committee on Territories in the United States
Senate, and by his earliest, eloquent and effective
advocacy of tt em, as well as by his triumphant
and glorious defence of the Fugitive Slave I.aw in
his own State, he has proven himself a trite friend
of ate whole Union, and has endeared himself to
the affections of all true friends of the great Amer
ican Republic. And that, in the opinihn of this
I Convention, Stephen A. Douglass is the choice of
! the Democratic party of the State of ream nia lot
1 President of the United States. But while we pre.
! prefer Hon. S. A. Douglass, we pledge the Demo
cratic Party of this State to the support of the
i nominees of the Democratic National Convention :
Provided, said nominees he neither " Flee , Soden;
nor Abolitionists.'
Su the Convention refused to declare for S. A.
Doencess, of Illinois, and the delegation will come
! to Baltimore in favor of - AIC. BUCHANAN of Penn
' sylvania.
1 liiiis is just what we hail anticipated from Cali
jfornia. The Convention adjourned on the - 4 oth Feb
; ruary, after having: adopted a resolution recom-
I mending another Conceal' in June next. .
ID — The above information is fully corroborated
by a private letter received by is a few days ago,
front a kiend in San Francisco.—Ed.
Virginia Resolutions,
Unanimously adopted at the State Convention held
on the 21th instant :
1. That the true relations between the States and
the Federal Government, and the true rules for the
construction of the Constitution, are correctly set
forth in the resolutions and report of 179 S and 'O9,
of the General Assembly of Vir gina, and the doc•
trines therein expounded / are hereby adopted and re•
affirmed.
2d. That Congress has no power to appropriate,
directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the sales of
the• public lands, or to grant, directly or indirectly,
the public lands to the purposes of internal improve.
mem.
3. That specific duties, taxing, as they do, the
low-priced necessaries of the poor as heavily as the
costly luxuries of the rich, are unequal, unjust, and
odious, that duties designed for protection, foster
one branch of industry and cherish one section of
the country ht the expense of others, and are utterly
inconsistent with justice, sound policy, and Demo
cratic principles; and that we are opposed to any
increase of the duties on imports, especially on ar
ticles of general and necessary consumptjon, such
as iron, coal, sug ar, salt and coarse cottons.
4 That the Federal Government ought to adhere
in its foreign policy to the maxims inculcated by
the Father of his country, and by the Father of
Democracy.
5. That w•e re-affirm the resolutions of the Bal.
timore Conventions of 1844 and 1848, as far as ap
plicable to the present condition of the country.
G. That w•e recommend to the Democracy of the
several Congressional Districts, to•scnd, each, not
more than four delegates to the Baltimore Conven
tion.
7. That we approve of the mode of voting here
tofore pursued by the Virginia delegates in the Bal
timore Conventions, and recommend that they con
tinue the rule of casting the ,whole vote of the State
by a majority of the districts. _ .
8. That the vote of the State in the Baltimore
Convention ought to be given for s',:ch candidate as
will command the greatest strength in the Demo
cratic party throughout the Union, and whose prin
ciples are known to conlorm most strictly to the
cardinal tenets of the Democratic Republican faith.
Brooke County, Va
The following resolution of instruction to their
delegates to the State Convention, was unanimously
passed at the meeting which appointed them, held
on the 13th ultimo
"Resolved That we recognize in the Hon. JAMES
BCcRAN►N, of Pennsylvania, not only an able, pa
triotic and efficient statesman, but also a man em
inently fitted to perform the duties of Chief Exec
utive of the United States. We therefore cordially
recommend him tc our first "
This is a stifficieni answer to the assertion in the
last Lancasterian. that The Democrats of Brooke
County, Va , have adopted resolutions in laver 01
Gen. CAss for the Presidency, and will serve 1. - ,
show the public how little reliance is to he placed
on any statements made by the opponents of Mr .
&ELIA ZYAN.
The same paper, noticing the action. at the \ it
ginia State Convention, says that " Delegates to the
National Democratic Convention were appointed"
by that Body—when the truth is, as we stated last
week, no delegates were appointed at all, their se
lection being lett to the people of the several Cdn.
gressional districts, as the: published proceedings
will show. It is really marvellous With what el•
fron tery some jorunals publish to the world the
most palpable and unblushing falsehoods and mis
representations, for the sole purpose of decei'ving
their readers as to the true state of things.
Pennsylvania Democracy
The following are the resolutions adopted unani
mously by the Democratic State Convention of
Pennsylvania, which met at Harrisburg, on the 4th
instant. Taken in connection with the nomination
of Mr. Buchanan, made by the same body, they
may be regarded as the political platform upon
which he stands before the country. Resolutions
breathing more fully the pure Constitutional and
Republican principles of the Democracy, more na
tional in their sue, and at the same time doing
the amplest justice to the South, have no where
been adopted. They utter a voice from the iron
hills of the Key Stone State, which will find a
cheerful response from the cotton fields of Alabama,
—as well in behalf of the doctrines advanced as of
the pure and irreproachable statesman whose sen
timents they express.—Mobik Register.
The paper from which we extract the foregoing
is one of the most radical and influential journals
in the Union. The editor, we are happy to learn,
is pleased with the resolutions adopted by the re
cent Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania.
' Those resolutions contained no new-(angled ideas,
put forth merely for the purpose of winning ap
plause. They embody the clear sentiments of the
true-hearted Democracy of Pennsylvania; which
have been long entertained and repeatedly expres
sed. On the platform presented in these resolutions
our party in the good old Keystone State is ready
to go into battle at any time, and with JAMES B.
CHANA.N as our leader and standard bearer, we are
certain of achieving a glorious victory over Fill•
more, Scott, Webster, or any other man the Whigs
may choose tik nominate.
c:rTho. General Appropriation dill is now un
dergoing discussion in the State Legislature.
Land Warrants.
The following is a copy of the act makiog land
wartants assignable, as it passed both Houses of
Congress
AN Ac? making Land Warrants assignable, and,
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
sentatives of the United States of, America in Con
gress assembled, That all warrants for military
bounty land, which have been or• may hereafter be
issued under any law of the United States, and all
valid locations of the same; which have been, or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignable, by deed or instrument of writing, made
and executed after the taking effect of this act, ac
cording to such form,and pursuant to such regula
tions, as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, so as to vest the as
signee with all the rights of the original owners of
the warrant or location: Provided, That any per
son entitled to pre-emption right to any land, shall
I be entitled to use any such land warrant in pay
ment of the same, at the rate of $1,25 per acre,
for the quantity of land thereidsPecified: Provided;
That the warrants which have fifteen or may here
after be issued in pursuance of said laws, or of this
act, may be located, according, to the legal subdi
vision of the land, in one body, upon any lands of
the United States, subject to private entry at the
time of such location, at the minimum price:
Provided further, That when said warrants shall be
located on lands which are subject to entry at a
greater minimum than $1,25 per acre, the locater.
of said warrants shall pay to the United States in
cash the difference between the value of such war
rants at $1.,25 per acre, and the tract of land loca
ted on.
Sac. 2. And be it further enacted, That the re
gister and receivers of the land offices shall here
aftet be severally authorized to charge and receive
for their services in locating all military bounty
land warrants, issued since the 11th day of Febru
ary, 1847, the same compenSation or per centage
to which they are entitled bylaw for sale So t. the
public lands for cash, at the rate of $1,25 per acre,
she said compensation to be ifereafter paid by
. the
assignees or holders of such warrants.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That registers
and receivers, whether in our. out ol office at the
passage of this act, or their legal representatives in
case of death, shall be entitled to receive front the
Treasury of the United States, for services hereto
fore performed in locating military bounty land
warrants, the same rate of compensation provided
in the preceding section for Services hereafter to be
performed, after deducting the amount already re
ceived by such officers under the act "An act to
require the holders of military land warrants to
compensate the land officers. of, the United States
for service's in relation to the location of those
warrants,' approved May 17, 18-18 : Provided, That
no register or receiver shall receive any compen
sation out of the Treasury for, past services who
has charged and received illlegal fees for the loca
tion of such warrants And provided further, That
no register or receiver shall.receive for hisservires
during any year a greater compensation than the
maximum now allowed by law.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases where the militia or volunteers or State troops
of any State or Territory were, called into military
service, and whose services have been paid by the
United States subsequent to the eighteenth of June,
eighteen hundred and twelve, the officers and sol
dier of such militia, volunteers, or troops, shall be
entitle(tto all the benefits of the act entitled "An
act granting bounty land to certain officers and
soldiers who have been engaged in the military
service of the United States," approved September
;twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and shall
receive lands for their services according to the
provisions of said act, upon proof of length of ser
i vice as therein required; and that the - last proviso
I of the ninth section of the act of eleventh of Feb-
ruary, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, be and
the same is hereby repealed : 'Provided, That noth
ing herein con'iained shall authorize bounty land to
those who have heretofore received or become en
titled to the same.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That where
any company, battalion, or regiment, in an organ
ized form, marched more than twenty miles to the
places where they were mustered into the service
of the United States, or were discharged more than
twenty miles from the place where such company,
battalion, or regiment was organized; in all such
cases, in computing the length of service of the
officers and soldiers of any such company, battal
ion, or regiment, with a view to determine the
quantity of land any officer or soldier is entitled to
under said act, approved 28th of September, 1850,
there shall be allowed one day for every twenty
mdes from the place where the company, battaliOn,
or regiment was organized, to the place where the
same was mustered into the service of the United
States; and also one day for every twenty miles
from the place where such company, battalion, or
regiment was discharged, to the place where it was
Organized, and from whence it marched, to , enter
the service.
Steam Navigation on the Pacific
DIRECT COMEDICICATION WITH carve!!
It has been justly said that there is no bounds to
American enterprise. Among the most magnifi
cent and attractive projects now occupying public
attention, the proposition to.:" establish a line of
Steam Ships from our possesaions on the Pacific to
Shanghae and Canton, in China," now stands fore.
most. We have had in our: possession for some
time, and have carefully read and .examined the
memorial of Messrs. James B. Moore, Lawrence,
Goodman, Diehl, and their associates, with a Chart,
evidently prepared at the expense of much labor
and money, descriptive of the lines of communica
tion, and the prominent points in this country and
the Chinese Empire, which will be most immedi
ately affected by the opening of this Trade. In our
next number we will publish the memorial with
the commentaries of ourself and others, upon the
subject—and would have done so sooner, but have
been anxiously waiting for the report of one of the
able and enlightened Committees of Congreis, who
have had this and other propositions before them,
since the com mencement of the present sePsion,for
aid to open a direct communication by steam, be.
tween this country and Asia. A number of our in•
tell igent and scientific fellow-cittiens have examin•
ed the Chart, which has a conspicuous place in our
office. with the explanatory papers, and they ap
peared to be enthusiastic in wishing success to the
grand project. The,proposition of Mr. Moore, and
others, asks no money from the Treasuiy, anB this
strongly commends it to favor in this State.
Maryland Delegates.
The Democratic members of the Legislature of
Maryland met in caucus on Tuesday evening last,
in accordance with custom, for the purpose of
electing two Senatorial Delegates to represent the
State at large in the ensuing National Convention.
Col. Hugh Ely, of Baltimore county, and Col. Ed
ward Lloyd, of Talbot, both of the Senate, were
elected. They are uninstructed on the subject of
the Presidency, but are said personally to prefer
Mr. BUCHANAN. 4
'
Resolutions declaring it as the opinion of the
caucus that Gen. CASs was the first choice of the
State of Maryland, were defeated. So says a letter
from Annapolisand so says the Pennsylvanian,
whose new editor, Mr. HOPE, is recently from Bal
timore, and, it is l to be presumed, speaks only what,
from personal knowledge, he knows to be the fact.
THE PRESIDENCY. Mr. Buchanan, in a letter to
a lady friend its Washington, thus writes in reply
to a wish that he might be the Democratic candi
date for the Presidency:
"I thank you most cordially for your kind wish
es in 'my behalf in regard. to the Presidency.—
Should the Democratic party of the country elevate
me to that most exalted station on earth, I shall
endeavor to perform its dutieh honestly and success
fully: if not, I trust I posseis sufficient Christian
philosophy to enable me to bear my fate with
cheerful and contented resignation. In truth, so
far as I am persimaq concerned, I feel no anxious
and ambitious hangings for the prize, though, if it
should come, gratitude to the American people will
ever be engraven on my heart.
" From yotir friend, very respectfully, ‘
" JAMES BOdHANAN."
BISCRAN.If IN NEW YoU.k.—"lon," of the
Baltimore Sun, l a gentleman we veiled in 'New
York politics, says:
• Gov. Marcy's! strength in New York, as a can
didate (or the Presidency, is said to be now firmly
”stablished. When he is dropped by the Conven
tion, his entire strength will be [rani - lane,' to Mr.
Buchanan, with whom he was cordially associated
in Mr. Polk's cabinet.
Sterns OF Gt I A. JAcilsosr.—The Legislature of
Louisiana have passed an 'appropriation of $lOO,.
UOO for the erection of a bronze statue of General
Jackson, on Jackson Square, u New Orleans.
Japan Expedition.
It is known to our.readers, says the editor of the
Philadelphia Evening Argus, that our government
has organized and are now fitting out with all possi
ble speed a lormdiable Naval expedition to Japan .
It will consist of three ;first class steamers, three
sloops, and one brig of . War, with a store ship, the
whole to be under the command of Commodore
Perry. . The provocation and objects of this war
like movement have been semi-officially comm.:
nicated to the world, and the N. Y. Herald in anti
ding to it says :—" Japan ,/ is a populous, independent,
oriental, semi-barbarous nation, made up of an
immense cluster of volcanic islands, flanking the
coast of China. The entire population of the
empire is estimated at from forty to fifty millions
Jeddo, the capital, in the island of Niphori, is said
to be one of the most magnificent and populous
cities on the globe. Th'e products of the island are
varied and extensive, and the people are skilled in
a variety of useful manufactures. The empire
offers an inviting market to the commerce of Ets.
rope and the United States; but it remains to this
day a sealed book to alr'outside barbarians,' except
the Dutch, who, by treaty stipulations, enjoy rev
tarn exclusive, but limited, privileges of trade. The.
Chinese, a branch of the,,same race as the Japanese,
not being classified among the 'outsiders,' have a
more enlarged privilege"of traffic ; but, substantially,
the empire is locked pp against the ships of all
civilized nations. The , flags of England and the
United States are especially under the most ligor
ous exclusion ; and shipwrecked English or Amer-,
icon sailors among the
,Japanese islands, are sub.
jected to tortures, compared with which the suffer
ings of Captain Riley, on the Toast - of Africa, are
but the details of a.holiday excursion among the
natives. Within the last two years, the sailors of
one or several American. vessels have suffered front
the treachery and barbarity of the Japanese. But
while some died from their cruel treatment, other
escaped to tell the story. Subsequently, it we are
not mistaken, an American vessel of war, the sloop
Preble, entered the sacred waters of Jeddo, anchor
ed off the city, and deoanded the surrender of
j certain American sailors, still supposed to be in the
custody of the local authorities. After considerable
I chaffering and a threat of bombardment, one or
two men, we believe, were recovered ; but such was
-the jealousy of the authorities, that neither the
officers nor any of the crew were permitted to
land; and it was only by threats of opening on the
town, that water and provisions were supplied to
the vessel by the natives themselves."
Metropolitan Hotel, New York.
We learn that this immense establishment will ;
be completed and opened for the reception of visi
tors on the first of June next, under the direction of
the Messrs. Leland. It is situated on Broadway,
on the spot known formerly as Niblo's Garden, and
it is the determination of the proprietors to make
it surpass every other Hotel in the world in beauty,
comfort and splendor. We learn from the New
York Courier and Enquirer that the cost of the dec
oration of the Dining Hall alone will be two thous
and dollars. To give the reader an idea of the
magnitude of the establishment, adds that paper,
we may state that it is six stories high, and con
tains over five hundred rooms; that of these over
one hundred are suites of rooms, (each suite em
braces parlor, bed-room, dressing-room, &c.,) each
room being supplied with gas, and hot and cold
water. The building contains one mile of elegantly
painted halls and pas s ages, and more than five miles
;of pipes, to convey the gas, hot and cold water, and
'steam (to warm the building) to every part of the
establishment.
The entire cost of the building, independent o f
the furniture; &c., will be about half a million o f f
dollars—the plate-glass alone, for the windows, cost
ing $35,000. The furniture, which is to be of the
richest and most unique patterC it is estimated,
will cost $150,000.0 The silver-ware has been or
dered of Stebbino & Co., at an expense of $14,000.
Five hundred and fOty mirrors have been ordered Ot
a cost of sls,ooo—one hundred and twenty of
which are imported from Belgium. Two ofthe
largest of these are intended for each end of the
great Dining Hall ; and they cover, within a frac.
Lion, of one hundred square feet each—being the
largest ever imported into the United States! Each
of the Dining Hall 'windows is surmounted with
ornamented captions, within which is presented the
Coat of Arms, of every principal nation of the earth
Singulai—Very
• The Whig papers generally seem to have dis
covered that Mr. BuduAxix is unpopular at home.
and have the interests of the Democratic party so
much at heart as to really be opposed to his nom.
ination! This, to say the least of it, is very kind
on their part, and is an exhibition of disinterested
ness that we did not expect in that quarter. We
suppose they do not wish to elect the next Presi
dent—hence their anxiety that the Democratic can
didate should be popular enough to bead SCOTT
Frta.mori.s, or whoever the Whig nominee may be'
This is the only way we can account for their nres
ent solicitude that Mr. BUCHANAN( should' fail be
fore the Baltimore Convention. If they do not mean
this, then the reverse must be true !hat they really
dread his nomination—knowing full well that with
him as their standard 'bearer, the Democrats would
literally overwhelm Whiggery from Maine to
Texas, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
VIRGINIA AND THE PRESIDENCY—The
following letter from a distinguished member of
last Virginia Convention, to a gentleman in Phila
delphia, we copy from the Pennsylvanian of Wed
nesday last. It settles the matter beyond the least
shadow of a doubt:
RrcHAtown, March 27, 1852
My Dear Sir Could not before now say to
you in reply to telegraphic request, that the result
of our Convention is,Withobt doubt, most cordially
in favor of JAMES BUCHANAN for the Presidency.
Four to one at least of the delegates were 'for him,
but thought it impolitic to express a preference.—
We had the strength to get the permanent organi
zation and elect a Buchanan President, appoint
Buchanan Committees and Buchanan meri, carried
their Resolutions and Platform, and have two to
one of his friends on the Electoral Ticket. We
will go on to the BaltiMore Convention with the
voice of Virginia in his favor to a certainty.
ID' The States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New
Jersey, Massachusetts and Georgia have appointed
Delegates to the contemplated Convention, to be
held in the City of Philadelphia on the 4th of July
next, with reference to the erection ot monuments
in Independence Square, commemorative of th 4 old
Thirteen States which formed the federal compact
at the time of the Defiaration of Independence.—
We trust that the remaining eight States - will also
be represented.
1:13 The'State Legislature have passed a resolu
tion footing Kossuth's bill, while at Harrisburg.—
It amounts to $1556,57i!! Congress, we believe,
had to appropriate $5,000 to pay his expenses at
Washington.
SUFFEIIING of CALIFORIZIL ElitlOßANTS.—Theri
are now said to be several thousand American citi
zens absolutely in want of the necessaries of life
at Chagres, Panama, and some of the intermediate
points. A large number of these men are honest,
industrious citizens, who are thus destitute, not
from any fault or indiscretion of their own, but the
victims of one of the% most cold-blooded and infer
nal swindles that was ever perpetrated—that of
Palmer & Co., New. York, in selling worthless
tickets to the unfortunate emigrants for California.
117 - That frightful disease, known as Ship Fever,
is prevailing in the 'Marine Hospital, near Balti
more. It was brought by emigrant passengers in
a vessel which recently arrived at that port from
Liverpool. Some forty or more cases have occur
red, several of which, terminated fatally.
Err The Hudson River wascloied with ice du
ring the past winter ior the period of 105 days !
City and County Items
" WINTER STILL LINGERS IN VIE LAP OP SPRING.'
—On Sunday afternoon and night, and yesterday
morning, we had a regular built snow-storm, such
as would have doge no discredit to the ides of Feb
ruary, except the absence of the extreme cold
about that time.. During the day on Sunday, the
snow melted almost as fast as it fell, but through
the night the temperature changed somewhat, aid ,
upon venturing out yesterday morning, we found
the ground covered to the depth of five or six in
ches, and the snow still falling in real, bona tide
Canadian style. It continued coming down until
almost 9 o'cloek, when the snow changed to sleet
and rain, which continued the balance of the fore
noon. At this writing (3 o'clock, P. M.) it begins
to show signs of clearing off.
THE FIRST CT APHlL.—Thursday last was a busy
day in town. A large amount of money changed
hands, and our Banks, Hotels and Stores did a
rushing business. At Sprecher's Hotel, in East
King street, we understand that about 300 persons
took dinner, and this iir only one of a dozen public
houses that were pationized in about the same
proportion.
STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.—We are please ti
to learn Irons the Carlisle !Jerald (no doubt speak
ing by authority of Judge WATTS, Chairman.) that
the Committee entrusted with the selection
place, have decided upon accepting the proposition
for holding the next Fair at or near this city. Thai
paper .adds—" Our farmers will find it worth a lip
there to see the magnificent Lancaster count)
Farms."
./k law has been passed at the present session
of the Legislature, separating the borolglis of
Marietta, Mount Joy and Elizabethtown from the
townships or East Donegal, Mount Joy and West
Donegal, in the assessment and collection of taxes
and for scrfool purposes. Each of those boroughs
and townships will hereafter elect its own assessor
and school directors.
The township elections of Mount Joy township
will hereafter be held at David Lehman's 'School
House, and the township elections of West Done
gal at the public house of Catharine Youtz, in said
townships.
The borough of Mount Joy has been brought
under the general law of 18.51, regulating boroughs,
and its boundaries made to conform with thesun ey
of Esquire Redsecker.
The separation of these boroughs from the town
ships with which they have heretofore been cop
fleeted will not interfere with the collection of to see
assessed the present year.:--Examiner.
OThe cent meeting of the Lancaster County
EduCational Society, will be held in the MCchanics'
Institute, in this city, on Saturday neat, the lUth
instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
igrDl3. JOHN L. ATLEE and HARMONY A. SMITH
have been appointed by the Medical Faculty of
'the Lancaster County Hospital," delegates to the
American Medical Society, which will meet in
Richmond on the 4th of May.
igr Mr. Jacob Sehner, the proprietor of the
Franklin House in this city, was robbed of a pocket
book containing $3OO in money, and some valuable
papers, on Wednesday night, the 24th, ult.
ir:rThe Sun Fire Company sustained a loss of
nearly four hundred dollars, in the destruction of
hose, equipments, &c. at the recent fires in this city.
n-Several new school houses are to be erected
in this city during the coming summer—the Direc
tors having purchased lots in different parts of the
city for the purpose.
tc:r The barn of Benjamin Landis, in East Lam
peter township, was struck by lightning on Satur
day week, and entirely destroyed.
Our Book Table
THE PENNSYLVANIA FAIL)! JOURNAL, for April,
which was promptly issued on the lot inst., is the
commencement of the second volume, and is a cap
ital number withal. This valuable publication is
now on a permanent -footing, and we do not doubt
that it will go on increasing in usefulness, until it
shall be considered a necessary monthly visitant in
almost every farm house in the State.
THE ScirooL JODICRAE, for March, is also on our
table, and from a hasty glance at its contents we
believe it is a decided improvement upon the pre
vious issues. Owing to the increase of patronage
and other considerations, the Editor proposes to en.
large the Journal to double its present size when
ever one thousand additional subscribers are re
ceived out of Lancaster county. When this is ac
complished,"instead of being local in its character,
the work will be made to assume the position of a
State Educational periodical, and this, too, without
any change in the subscription price—sl,o() per
annum. The Journal will then contain 32 pages,
instead of 16 under its present arrangement, and
will embrace in its school statistics, &c., every
county in the Commonwealth.
Tel Mustm. Wom.n.—This is the title of a
new Magazine, published at New York, devotfd to
the ablvancement of music and line arts. We have
seen a specimen number of this publication, and
from an examination of its contents,lve have ar
rived at the conclusion that in quantity, variety and
quality of its reading matter, it is not equaled by
any publication of the kind now issued; and the ex.
tremely low price (Val per annum). at which it
is published, will make it one of the must popular
weeklies issued. Oliver Dyer, 259 Broadway, New
York, is the publisher.
BLACIbNOOD ' S EDINBURG MAGAZINE, for )[arch,
is received from the American Publishers, Leonard
Scott & Co., N. Y. It is scarcely necessary for us
to observe that it is, 4 every respect, fully equal
to any preceding numbers. For sale at SPANGLER'S.
North - Branch Bill Passed.
The bill to authorize a loan of $850,0(), to coin
pith the North Branch canal, passed the House of
Representatives on Thursday last, and we presume
ere this has become a law. This will be most grat
ifying news to the whole northern section of our
,State, as it will open up a region rich in mineral
resources, that has heretofore been shut out from a
' market. The policy of completing this improve
ment at the earliest practicable day, has long been
manifest, and whenever the Whigs were before the
people seeking their suffrages, they advocated this
measure; but most strange to say, when this bill
came up it was opposed at every stage'by the Whig
leaders in the Legislature, and every effort was made
to defeat it. Through the active instrumentality,
however, of its numerous Democratic friends, and
the effective appeal of Gov. Bigler in its behalf, it
was carried triumphantly through both branches of
the Legislature.—Democratic Union.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.—The following
States have already elected their delegates to the
Democratic National Convention to be held in Bal
timore city, on Tuesday the first day of June next :
Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana, Maine, Massachu
setts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Mississippi, Wiscon,
sin, New Hampshire, New York ,Louisiana, Texas-
California, Rhode Island, Connecticut North Caro
lina and Georgia.
The remaining States have generally determined
upon the time and place for holding their conven
tions to appoint delegates.
—Snow fell on Tuesday last in the vicinity o
Buffalo to the depth of eleven inches, and at Collins
ville, near Hartford, Ct., to the depth of four inches
FAMINE IR Grontirx.—lt is said that famine is
prevailing to a considerable extent in Carroll co.,
Ga. Hundreds of familes are almost without pro
visions and destitute of the means of supplying
themselves. Other counties are similarly affected.
Short crops for the past two seasons are alleged as
the cause of the privation.
The whole amount already subscribed to the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad, by various boroughs
and counties including nearly halt a million in
Philadelphia, is $1,551,500.
,El 3 As the season is with us, when all are liable
to the afflictions that follow colds seated on the
throat and lungs, we should keep in mind that
.Byers Cherry Pectoral is the proper remedy for these
diseases, and that it seldom fails to cure.
Ty- The Hanover Spectator says that Me. Jere
miah °aster, of Adams county, shot two pike in
Lilly's Mill Dam which weighed nearly five pounds
each—one of them measuring twenty-five inches
in length.
"XX" Ale aixdj"Lightened G rain:,
In Saturday's Express, tinder the above caption,
you may find "another or the same sort" as that
excellent take off mentioned last week, although it
is "over the len."
Will you, Mr. Editor, please point out a senti
ment containing a real argument to advance the
cause of these zealots in favor of the Maine Liquor
Blue Law. I see nothing but the same stereotyped
horrors of intemperance, preached and lectured
constantly trom every corner, depicting its evil■
in glowing colors, dwelling with great sympathy
upon the wretched mothers, starving little ones,
•&c., &c. All these arguments have been admitted;
no one denying the evil of intemperance—but on
the contrary we are as sorry to see it as any one.
But we are misrepresented and vilified, called
advocates of drunkenness, because we contend that
the Marne Law is like some medicines, " tits cure
is far worse than the disease"—that the bill is very
unjust and unrighteous in its actions upon innocent
citizens, that the masses should not be put under
restrictions to save the few, who may be guilty—
and tee do not believe it to he good argument,that
the abuse of any article should be the cause of its
banir hment.
To establish such a precedent would be very dan
gerous to a free country, especially in the hands of
these one idea fanatics, who can think of no argu
ment but "poison dealers, Leporaes, drunkards.
starvation' . &c., &c. 'These are the replies to the
demands fur reason or argument. Let such singu
lar doctrines gain a fool-hold, and we may be pre
pared for the most ridiculous steps to remove all
temptation from the world.
%%lint a sublime one idea, and what an extensive
field to work on. How can the miserable human
family ever reward these singular philanthropists!
It would all gin very a',' nix theta, were those who
thought differently willing to swallow their "cold
water!' drenches wa nitat knowing the why or
wherefore. We ask better reasons than their abuse;
their winks and nods are not sufficient for us.—
Mans of us have been c• brought up in the way we
should gut," and do go in that way . ; we would think
it hard to be pet under strenuous restrictions, the
hired espionage of a Inside at loss MR:lnners, mere,
ly to remove temptation from the way or our reck-
ess neighbors.
No! ! we insist, it men are unable to check
heir ai, v ,N, and remain temperate, to punish them
nil not us; it' line or imprisonment will nut cure
hem, practice thatooth upon all oilier insane or
imbecile creatures.
We will llivor an) act to ad Valle, temperance,
and all we ask is that the guilt it shall he accounta
ble Mr their own actions. Vie contend that to pre
vent crime and misery the proper principles must
be inculcated into the minds or sioldres, with the
evils of all sorts of intemperance constantly dep
recated. Should they Gdl ,or from those teachings,
let them be punished accordingly. Again, we have
an idea that Alcohol or spirits is not the origination
of all the evil now among us ; but that our evil de
sires and longings are inherent in our nature, and
ever have been. Uid not the world become so vile
and deprasl, that the Almighty thought proper to
send the Deluge to destroy the whole human race
excepting Noah and his family. ❑e afterwards in
troduced wine, and now these new Ilydropathists
can see no evil lint that same wine, giving the
blame to Father Noah instead of his "Satanic Ma
jesty" for all the misery attending it.
Instead of the wine cup being the cause of so
much ruin and depravity, is it not only one of the
aids and not the principal. How many causes
have limn daily to fret and weigh upon his mental
energies; unhappy marriages, monetary difficulties,
disappointments, &c., &c., are a source of mihery,
and to entice forgetfulness stone men occasionally
indulge in the "cup" to drown their sorrows, while
others hasten matters by a pistol ball or a razor.—
These fanatics then lay blame on liquor or would,
abolish it on account of the abuse, and upon the
same grounds destroy pistols, razors, ropes, ,poi
son" &c., and even "Cold Water" to prevent some
poor devil from drowning himself.
Week before Idst the editor of the F.xpress ap-
peered very innocent, and tried to show ignorance
by intimating the manufacture of Whiskey from-
Wheat. but this week . the " cloven foot" appears
in Ins quick perception and appreciation of the
meaning of "N. N.—" X. X. Ale." Think of
that, these Old thoughts will still rise in judgment
—his limey still paints X. X." Ale or Draught in
the brightest colors, and that little touch at "egg
nog," at the close of the article, shows decidely
the force of old habits.
Ile "kindly" charges me with '.'imbibingyery
freely, ✓ic." This time the worthy editor lies mis
sed his mark. I ani a true temperance man both in
principle and practice. I also pretend to be
temperate in all things, even nbuse—l use nothing
stronger than that same '• XN Ale," Brandy, cof
fee, cyane pepper, mustard, vinegar, and "cold
water"—as I have an idea either of them might be
"pizen" it indulged in too freely.
That last sentence puzzles me somewhat. lle
says " we will have some mercy on him this time
and not comb his hair in search of his "brains,"
but pronounce him a good egg. &c." It is such a
funny "iv to hunt, brains. I acknowiedge the
"corn," and,"cant take,•' without he has reference
to his juvenile days when he went through that
'Rni-occasional operation with school boys who
sit by beside sonic big tiny that dont get combed,
consequently ideas aro catching, and the little ur
chin is obliged to clap hie head over a clean sheet
of paper upon his mother's knees and have his
"brains" raked down. "X. X."
P. S.—ln looking down the some column con
taining the nice article I found the following article.
How Ceortrix LS ARE. 0 ADS.—A few nights since,
two females were arrested by the City Police of
Philadelphia while in the act carrying off a stick of
wood each front one of the wharves on the Dela
ware. On being taken to the Station House their .
peculiarly painful situation caused a copious flow
of tears and loud lamentations. The officers were
induce to inquire into their circumstances, which
led to the disclosure of the fact that the husband
of one and brother of the other was lying in a dy
ing state, entirely destitute of fuel and almost with
out loud to keep them from starving. This is suffi
cient to show that a wide fiield yet exists for the
ph:lanthropist, and that while the severe rigor of •
winter is priot, the poor still stiller for want. God
help the helpless!
What logic these chaps do use. Alter trying for
weeks tcl prove that Whiskey and intemperance
cause all the ruin and destruction upon the human
'ffimily, he here admits there in one other mode - of
ruin and misery. If he still continues to doubt
there is still more Causes, we might draw his atten
tion to a numher of persons whim lost their minds
and destroyed their thmilies by their intemperance
in the Millerite revivals sone, years ago, also a few
of the "Spiritual Rappers.'• Then I suppose he
would abolish all these temptations with the rest.
MARCH 29.
Georgia Convention
The Southern Rights Democratic Convention,
which assembled at :\ 1 illedgeville yesterday,adopted
the report of a special committee. re-affirming the,
Baltimore platform ot 1:41 and ISIS. The Con
vention also appointed foity delegates to the Balti•
more National Convention. No preference was
expressed for any particular candidate, though a
large. majority of the members of the Convention
appeared to lie in favor or the nomination of Dar.
BUCHANAN. The delegates go to the Conveutidit
entirely ,uninstructed.
fr 2 ELECTIONS.—The Connecticut State Election.
took place on yesterday, and the election in Rhode
Island will come ofl to-morrow.
HOMESTEAD EV EM PTION.—The House of Repre
sentatives at Harrisburg, last Saturday, was en
gaged nearly the entire session, upon an exemp
tion bill, which besides implements of mechanics,
household furniture, domestic animals, &c.,exempts
a homestead worth $l,OOO to every family, from
levy and sale. It was finally negatived, but will
probably be brought up again, as its leading prin
cipleshas many advocates.
HAnntsnuno, April 2.—ln the House this morn.
ing, an amendment was submitted to the appropri
ation bill authorizing a loan of $5,000,000 to re
deem the loans tailing due in Ibs!, 1853 and 1854.
The rate of interest not to exceed five per cent.
The bonds to be for $ . 400,000, with coupons at
tached.
The interest to be paid in gold or silver, either
at London or Philadelphia.
C lli LI COT 111:, Onto, April 1
A most disastrous tire broke out in the town yes
terday morning, which before it could be subdued,
destroyed two entire squares in the business section
—a number of line stores and spacious warehouses
being consumed. Two of the principal hotels were
also burnt. The wind at the time was blowing a
complete gale, and the water in the canal being
scarce, the fire obtained great headway Wore any
effective means could be employed to check it.—
Nearly one-third of the town is in ruins. The a
mount of loss sustained is not yet known.
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ED" Miss Eve Richey, daughter of Mr. JOhn
Richey, residing near Stewartstown, York county,
was struck by lightning on Saturday week and in
stantly killed. There were other persons m the
house at the time of the occurrence—two children
within a few feet of her—but none of them were
injured. _
Sc5OOL APPROPIIIAT •InNS •
—The Harrisburg Key
atone says that the annual statement of the amount
of appropriation to which each school district is
entitled, will be tran,mitted to the County Com
missioners during the month of April, whose duty
it is to cause the same to be advertised immediately
in one one or more newspapers of their respective
counties. The appropriation for the present year
will be the same to each district that it was last
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NlAcorr, GA., April 1.