Ilittelligencer & Journal I.a;lCaster, June 15, 1552 GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT: GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE, OE NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR VICE PRESIDENT, COL. WILLIAM R. KING, OF ALABAMA FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM SEARIGHT , OF FAYETTE COUNT\ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS EIZECEM GEORIIE W. WOODWARD, 01 LUZerne WILSON M'CANDLESs, or Allegheny. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT. ROW:AT PATTERSON, Of Philadelphta. DISTRICT , . 1. Peter Logan, 1,. IL C. Eyer, 2. Geo. H. Martin, 14. John Clayton, 3. John 'Miller. 15. Isaac Robinson, 4. F. W. Borkius, l6 . Henry Fetter, b. R. McCay, Jr., 17. James Burnside, 6. A. Apple, lb. 'Maxwell McCaslin 7. N. Strickland, 19. Joseph McDonald, S. Abraham Peters. 20. W. S. Colnhan, 9. David Fister, 21. Andrew Burk, 10. It. E. James, 22. William Donn, 11. John Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. M'Calmont, 12. P. Damon, 24. George R. Barret. 1:1:? The "INTELLIGENcEit - will be furnished to clubs, during the. Presidential campaign of four months, from the Ist of July, at 50 cents per copy —the payments in all cases to be made in adruna. Send in your name, accompanied by the money, forthwith. 1!IIII=1111111111 Ja#esßuchanam—Pennsylvanta. following telegraphic despatch from this dis tinguished son of the "Old Keystone date, in reply to one addressed to him by the Pre..,ident of the Jackson Democratic AssociatiOn, sear received too late to be read before the mass meeting on, Wed- nesday night. It affords us much pleasure to have the opportunity of placing among the records el the proceedings this characteristic letter ruin the greitit Pennsylvania statesman: LANCASTER, June 111, ISI I I II 2, Snr : In answer to your telegraphic despatch, it affords me pleasure to declare that Pierce and King shall receive my cordial support. They are both devoted to the good old cause of Mate-rights democ racy, and are worthy to lead the democratic forces to victory. Men are but the cr.:tomes of a day, whilst principles are eternal: ,1 tletnocrat is un worthy of the name who Would not waive his per sonal preterence among good men for lime -ake at the time-honored principles 01 his pally. VOWS, very respectfully. • JAMES ill el-lANAN. J. D.lluovEn, Esq, President dackwn Democratic As-ociation "VIOLA, on ADVENTURES IN TUE. PAR :-.‘ouTii WEST, " is the title of an intetesting hook. written by Emmel son Bennett, author of the Prat ie Flow Cr. etc. etc. The story is WI ittehl in 4 pleasing style, and the 'scenes and incidents of the journey are high ly amusing and instructive. The book has just been publhneil and he for sale at SPANGLER'S. IE7I the Erpr,s expects to excite a cohtroversy by applying the term habitual liar - &c. to tis, its numerous editors will Mid themselves mistaken. We have no dispositionto riogage in such dirty work. The filthy sewers of hiilingsgate ',resew lio at:roc tion to us. We leave their exploration to the Er press MC)I to whom that feotid atmosphere seems most congenial 112 - Mayor KIEFFER is justly complimented by the. Incirpcndent Whig for the efficient manner in which he is discharging the duties of his office so as to promote the peaCe and welfare of the city.— He has shown himself to be a terror to evil doers. and is deseriing the commendation whieli he has received from that paper. 137 - The 'BUCHANAN RIFLE will Inilke their first parade in uniform, on the morning ot the ith of July, at 9 o'clock. 1,1 Capt. HENRY 1 - lA7IIIIIIIIMT (a brave soldier of the Mexican IVar,) has been elected to the com mand of the "Fencibles,” in this city. EU' ?lr. James Crawford has been appointed superintendent of construction !or the new Court House. SALES OF STOCKS.-011 _Monday week, at public sale, the following prices were obtained for Lan caster bank and factory stock,. Farmers' Bank. - - - Lancaster Bank. - • - Steam Mills, - - •"I; to The par value is each case is MEDICAL.—At the late State Medical Concep tion in Philadelphia, Dr. JoFeph Gibbons, or Enter prise, was elected one of the Recording Secretaries, and Dr. Francis S. Burrowes of this city, a Dele gate to the American Medical Association. The Convention decided that 110 one w1:0 is 1,11 any way connected with the manufacture or sale of patent medicines, can be allowed to remain a member of any County or State Medical Society. THE New Count . House.—The plan of the New Court House has been agreed upon by the Commis sioners substantially as follows: The building will front 70 feet on East King, and extend 112 feet on Duke street. The lower, or office story, will he of cut sandstone, and the main story of brick, rough cast and marked in imitation of sandstone. Pilas ters will extend from the top of the basement story to the roof, with six pillars at each end, and at the middle of the sides:—the Stylobate at the front and rear to extend out about ten feet. The first floor will, be five leet above the intended line of the pave ment, The lower story will contain offices for the Sher iff, Prothonotary, Register, Recorder, Clerk of Or phan's Court, Clerk of Quarter Session§, Coun ty TreastireY and County Commissioners; also a court room; and will be 16 feet in height. The second story contain the imain court room, which will be 6S wide by 79 feet in depth, and 26 feet- in height. In the rear of the court room will be a grand jury room, two petit jury rooms, witness room, and a library. The building wilt be surmounted by a beauti , • ful dome, the top of which will be 132 feet from the pavement, and will contain a clock: 7Rev. W. GOODRICH was, on Saturday week, installed as Pastor of the German Reformed Church , of Columbia. I:l7'We direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Tom: ZIMMERMAN, in another column. Those in want of Flowers, Roses, &c. &o' would do well to give him a call, as his assortment in very large, and they can scarcely fail, in being suited to their several tastes. Wes i Poon .I‘IAN.-Not a newspaper comes to us that does not speak handsomely of Franklin Pierce, unless it be some of the press immediately under the control of Senator Seward. Naturally enough they abuse him.—They say his father was a poor man and a nobody. So much snore to the credit of the ion, say we, Great Ratification Meeting Pursuant to the call issued by WILLIAM MATE.- 10T, Esq., Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, the Democracy of Lancaster city and its vicinity assembled in immense numbers in Mass Meeting. on Saturday evening last, the 12th inst., at the Court House—whgeupon the meeting was organized by the appointment of the following offi- President : rapt. DEO. SANDERSON, City. flee Presidents: Peter Martin, Esq., Elizabeth. Samuel Brooks, Esq., Columbia. Samuel P. Bower, Esq., Strasburg. Dr. Levi Hull, Warwick. Jacob Wineour, City. John R. Albright, West Hempfield. Dr. Samuel Parker, East Hemptield Henry M. Reigart, City. Dr. John Ream, Rohrestown. Henry Shaffner, Mount Joy. Robert King, City. Leonard .H7Tyson, City. M. D. Holbrook, City. John Brannon, East Hempfield. Jacob N. Long, Mount Joy. Jacob Weaver, City. George Raub, Sr., West Lampeter. Secretaries : I'. Donnelly, Esq. City. John Kolp, Manor. William B. Wiley, City 'John L. Keller, do. Wm. MATnio - r, Esq., (a delegate io the National Convention,) then addressed the meeting in an able and eloquent manner, during which he gave a full and satisfactory account of the proCeedings of the Pennsylvania delegation in the National Conven tion, in their efforts to effect the nomination of Mr. BCCRANAN. He also paid a glorious tribute to the ability and worth of the Democratic nominees fob the i Presidency and Vice Presidency, and urged ti - De mocracy of Lancaster to give them a hear and enthusiastic support. HP was followed by JAMES L. REYNOLDS, (the other delegate from this district to the National Convention,) in his usual 'forcible and effective style, in Which be also spoke Of the strong and un tiring etlhrts made by the friends of Mr. BUCHAN AN in the National Convention to secure his nomi nation. He also paid a handsome compliment to the nominees of the party, NlPssrs. Pizacr. and K enjoined the duty of supporting them upon the Dmocratic party, and concluded by offering theslollowing resolutions Resolved, That as Democrats we will support with hearty good will the nominees of the Demo , I! ratic National Convention. and do ail in our pow er to assist in electing, them by a triumphant ma jority. ReAred, That in General FRANKLIN PIERCE, our nominee tor the Presidency, we, recognize the true Democrat, the able and accomplished statesman, and the brtive and willing defender of his country's ri4ts on the battle fields of Mexico, as such, and heroine he was fairly and honestly placed in nomi nation. he shall receive our warmest and most en thusiastic support. • Reso!vcd, That Colonel Wru.txm K. KING, by his cmsistent and powerful advocacy of the Demo cratic cause, has endeared himself to the Democ. racy of the Union. He is a worthy colleague of the distinguished nominee for the Chief Magistracy, and shall have our cordial and energetic assistance to secure his election. Reso/red, That with FRANKLIN PIERCE and KING as the standard bearers of the Party, the Democracy of the Nation will go for aid to certain victory. With candidates so unex ceptionc.ble is every respect we may bid defiance 'to all the ititariatedi assaults of Whiggery, and will achieve a glorious victory for our party and our principles in November next. Resoircd, That tte fully and cordially endorse the principles io.iinciated in the Resolutions adopted by the BaltimAii Convention as the platform of the party. 16....derd, Thal our distimjiMshed and estimable fellow citizen, 11011. JAMES BUCHANAN : the first and only choice of Pennsylvania for the Presidency, has stilt as'strong a hold as ever on the affections of his neighbors and the Democracy of the State. Firm, dignified plot able in all the high stations in the Government he has tilled with so much credit to himself and advantage to the country, it needed not lilt: Presidency to add to the laurels already en his brow. Tie lives in the hearts of his It iends and will . continue to occupy the first place in their affections. !His patriotism and democracy have been abundantly tested during the long period of more Riau a quarter of a century, and his open advocacy of the Democratic nominees .and the so licitude he manifests tor their success, furnish ad ditional evidence of his devoted attachment to his party and the sleep interest he feels in the welfare of his country. The reEolutions having been read were adopted unanimously aryl by acclamation. when Col. IZEAn Fni7,En then addressed the meeting in his usual eloquent and effective manner, giving a his tory of the rise and progress of Democratic principles, and showing how, under Democratic rule, this great Nation has gone on prosperously, until it has be come the wcffider and admiration of the whole world. He also spoke of the nominees for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, and netted upon the Democracy the necessity and duty of supporting them with hearty good will. At the conclusion of Col. F's speech, the follow ing resolution, offered by Mr. Wm. B. Wiley, was unanimously adopted : Pedro!, Tnat the Democracy of Lancaster, have viewed the course of the present Executive of the State, Col. WILLIAM BIGLER, with pride and pleas ure. His efforts during the last session of the Leg- islature to check improper Legislation has endeared him to all who have the principles of our party at heart, and his veto of the hatch of Banks show that he is worthy of the mantle of Sys sea and L';111.-Ng. Also the el lowing resolution, offered by Capt Geo. :Sanderson, was likewise unanimously adopted Resoln ri, That the thanks of this meeting are hereby, tendered hi the Pennsylvania delegation to the Baltimore Convention in general, and to Alessrs. AfxritioT and REYNOLDS, the delegates from this district, in particular. for their faithful and unwea ried adhesion to the instructions of the State Con vention by whom they were appointed. The Be-. mocracy of Lancaster county and of the State will fully endorse their conlluct. The vast assemblage then adjourned with loud and rei•erated cheering for the Democratic nomi nees arc! for the ca t use of Democracy in general. (Sigtled by the Officers.) Col. B. King This gentleman, who is now the Democratic candidate for the second ffice in the gift of the American people, is a statesman of enlarged expe rience and of great personal popularity. He first entered Congress as a member of the House of Representatives in December, I Sll, where he con tinued eight years. From that body he was trans ferred to the I'. S. Senate 1519, where he con tinued without intermissiorrKve believe, until 1844, When lie was sent by the then President to repre sent this government at the Court of France. He was re-called at his own request in 1847; and soon alter his arrival at bailie, he was again elected by the Legislature of Alabama to the U. S. Senate.— Upon the accession of :Mr, Fillmore to the Presi dency, he was elected Presiding officer of that body, in which capacity he still acts, and is universally considered one pf the ablest and best qualified amongst all those who have at various times filled that responsible 'position. COL ICING is about e 5 or 66 years of age, but is as hale and actisje as most men are at 50. He has always been a thorough-going Democrat. He sup ported the war measures of 1612, and has clOsely adhered to all the Democratic administrations of the Government from that time to the pres ent—a period ofl forty years. He is, too, a warm and devoted persbnal and political friend of our own distinguished statesman, 111 r. BUCHANAN, and pre ferred him over all others for the Presidential nom ination. Hence he is peculiarly acceptable to the Pennsylvania Democracy, and we doubt not they will give him a warm and enthusiastic support. Coos. INBA.Trinn.—For several days. last weel the weather was remarkably cool fur the season On Friday morning there was quite a smart frost since, then, however, the temperature has changed and we are now enjoying p. reasonable degree oi summer-heat. The Pennsylvania Democracy. We extract the following beautiful passage from the remarks madeby Col. Sarni. W. Black, of Pitts burgh, in the recent Democratic National Conven tion, made just previous to the delegation from Pennsylvania casting the unanimous vote of the State for General Pierce: • • • The Democracy of Pennslyvania hold principles higher than all other considerations. Men may die—but eternal years are the life-time of truth. We yield to the action of the Convention not without sorrow, but nevertheless, a most willing obedience; and pledge a full and faithful struggle in every part of Pennsylvania to him whom the representatives of the people-have chosen: It is an easy thing in the excitement and exhileration of a heart thrilling with pleasure, to promise much that cannot be performed. But when men pledge them ' selves in sadness they never fail. The subdued heart never keeps the word of promise to the ear and breaks it to the hope. • • • The person who addresses you, was born, and lives on the banks of the Mononga hela river. The river bears an Indian name, of which the interpretation is, the river without an island. From its source in Virginia, to its termina tion at Pittsburg, the stream runs with a free 'cur rent, knowing no natural obstruction. This nomination sprang from Virginia, and through our hearts shall have a free course and a full flood. The gallant and unfaltering State, where the De mocratic ranks are never broken in the day of bat tle, has given another President to the Union. It was the custom of the Saracen, on the plains of the East, to hang his brightest diamonds on the outside front of his tent. There they reflected the brilliant beams of the sun by day, and the bright beauties of the moon by night. The principles of the Democratic party are her jewels, and here, in their mountain home of the West, are hung shining and clear, in high t laces on our tents. • • At his old Trade •'Onsanvsa,' the lying Washington correspon dent of the Public Ledger, has commenced anew his fabrications since the Baltimore Convention.— He cannot brook the idea that Virginia had the hon or of casting the first vote for Gen. PIERCE, which was quickly followed up by several other Southern States devoted to Air. BCCHLNAIG, and he has now the unblushing effrontery to . claim the credit of the nomination for Gen. Cess! and says that "General Pierce was more the choice of Gen. Cass, than of any body else, in or before that Convention." A most ridiculous assertion, when it is known to ev ery intelligent person at Baltimore that, so late as Saturday morning, the friends of Gen. Cass were certain of his nomination, and even the old General himself is known to have labored under that belief almost up until the moment of Pierce's nomination, although at no time, during the sitting of the Conventi , n, had he the remotest chance for it, as some who voted for him were tree to admit. The fact is, it was the friends of Mr. BUCHANAN who first set the PIERCE ball in motion, and to them is he indebted more than any others for his nomi nation. The lying Swiss of the Ledger, with all his faculty for cramming down ties as truth on the readers of his egotistical productions, can't get them to swallow this last outrage us roorback. The next thing we suppose he will allege is that the veteran Col. King, the nominee for the Vice Presidency, was in favor of Cass . nomination. He will say any thing that he is paid for saying. Young America IPierced For some months past, says the Harrisburg Uni; on, the Democratic Review, with the aid of a tew other prints and Congress orators, have been liar. penning the "Old Fogies - at a terrible rate, by way of annihilating them all at the National Conven tion, arid placing in the White house their youthful idol. Our veteran statesmen, who had grown grey in the service of their country and hail their judg ments ripened by long experience, were denounced as miserable old Fogies, who needed the milk bot tle held to their lips to afford them proper nourish merit—they were represented as being useless in both the field and the - Cabinet, and after a certain age were to be carried to their political funeral pile, and the wisdom that they had stored up by long study unk into the grave with them. Young America, fresh, ardent and vigorous, was to be ele vated, and old fogyism trodden into the dost. The cohorts of Young America repaired to Baltimore , they enlisted the sympathies, the passions and the cupidity of the young delegates in the Convention, they bargained in the secret chambers, clamored in the public bar rooms, and pulled the wires in the Convention, to lay out cold their old Fogy oppo nents and elevate their champion. It so happened, however, that there were a few Fogies in the Virginia line embued with some little of the wisdom of the Fogies of old, and when they saw young Absalom struggling in the meshes set for him, they PIERCED him through the heart and left him as a monument to all who might come after, of the folly of despising the wisdom of age and experience. Praise from an. Enemy The New York Tribune, speaking of the Demo cratic nominee for the Presidency, says that "his Locofocoism is of a-vindictive and malignant type peculiar to New Hampshire—Ohio aloe vainly at tempting to equal it." We thank thee, Jew, for that word. It is one of the. best recommendations Gen. PIERCE can have The Aogean stable at Washington needs cleansing badly, and honest Frank is the very man to do it. Under his administration the Government will be democraticized, that's certain, and the knowledge of this fact is what troubles Greely so sorely. AuniccurunAL FAIR.—The Committee of the State Agrit'ultural Society, appointed for the pur pose of selecting ground to hold the State Fair in October next, met in this city last week - , and pro ceeded to examine several locatio-s. They have not yet finally decided, we believe, but it is thought they will select a twenty acre field between the Philadelphia Turnpike and the Railroad, near the Basin, just east of the city limits. This is one of the most delightful spots in the immediate vicinity of the city, and commands a view of both the Turnpike and the Railroad. Mr. WEBSTER'S PROSPECTS.—The Washington correspondent of the Boston Courier, in a tabular arrangement of the votes of the National Whig Cernvention, give; General Scott 122, Mr. Fillmore 133, and Mr. Webster 40. He says that very libe ral allowances are made in this statement for Gene ral Scott, and adds:—"Every Fillmore man elected, whether he hailed from the South or the North, who has been interrogated, has answered to the question, 'Will you support Mr. Webster in Con vention next to Mr. Fillmore?' emphatically in the affirmative; and it is well known that very many elected to support General Scott's pretensions, have no second ch oice but Daniel Webster; and will come out for Mr. Webster as soon as they are convinced that, with their votes, he can be nominated. This is particularly true of New York, where a large num ber of delegates, elected for Scott, are among Mr. Webster's warmest political and personal friends." GREELEY ON Scorr rx 184 S.—The N. Y. Mir ror says that in a letter to a politician in the - inte rior of New York, previous to the appointment of delegates to the National Convention in 1848. Hor ace Greeley wrote in this wise: Send a delegate to the Convention, if you can, for Clay; if not for Clay, for Corwin; if not for Cor win, for Seward: it not for Seward, for Taylor.— But last of all for Scott. Scott is a vain, conceited coxcomb of a man. 'His brains, all that he has, are in his epaulets, and if he should be elected Pres ident, he would tear the Whig party into tatters in less than six months." Bunou.nr.—On Monday night week the residence of the Misses Heitshu, in N. Queen street, was bur glariously'entered and robbed of a few articles of trifling value. The rascal cut a hole through the door, large enough to insert a hand and turn back the bolt. Look well to your bolts and bars, and let light be shed abroad by the City Fathers! A Lanus. PARTY.- Seven boatmen were arrest ed in this place on Thursday morning last, by three police officers from Philadelphia, for passing about fifteen 'hundred dollars counterfeit money in that city. The officers arrived here in the night line about four o'clock, arrested the party a few hours afterwards, and took them off in the morning train, which leaves at a quarter past eight o'clock.—Co /umbia Spy. The Nominations Every where that we have heard from, the norn. matrons of Pianosland KING have been received with the greatest enthusiasm by the Democracy:7 -- East, North, South and West, in all the principal cities and towns great demonstrations of rejoicing were had when th 4 news was received, 'and ratiq cation meetings are now the order of the day every where. Four years of Whig misrule and extrava gance is as much at the country Can bear at one time—hence the people have cheerfully given up their preferences, and are already uniting as one man in favor of the standard bearers oi 'the Demo cratic party. In Ne!w York, Barnburners and Hunk ers are each vieing with the other in their devotion to the common cause; whilst in the South we hear no more of Unionists and Secessionists, but all are united in support lat the ticket. Even the South Carolinians appear to be well pleased, and their newspapers assure us that the vote of that State will be cast with a hearty good will for both the nominees. This-is as it shciuld be, and augurs. well for the triumphant success of the Democratic party'-in the approaching struggle. The dispute about men is now is hushed-- 2 by-gones are permitted to be by gones, and all is now harmony: and peace in the party, where before were contention and. heart burniags. Now our flag is flung to the wild wind free, Let it float o'er our father land— And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Columbia's chosen band. Ratification Meeting in Phil , a. A great and enthusiastic Democratic Ratification Meeting was Meld in Philadelphia, on the evening of the 7th inst. Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS presided and delivered an eloquent• address on taking the Chair. He called the aspersion against Gen. PIERCE of having favored the Catholic test still retained in the Constitution ,of New Hampshire, (which ap peared in the Ledger,) a weak invention Ma fright ened enemy. He . said it was true that such a pro vision, excluding. Catholics from holding high of fices, was engrafted on the Constitution of that State, but it was also true iliat Franklin Pierce and the late Judge Woodbury were opposed to the test, and had succeeded in obtaining the passage of laws pro viding for the holding Ol two State Conventions to amend the Constitution. In both cases an amended Constitution, leaving out this objectionable feature, was submitted to a vote of the People, but a two. third vote being requisite, it was defeated by a com bination of Whigs and Abolitionists. Strong resolutions in favor of PIERCE and KING were adopted, and the meeting was addressed by Messrs. Nicholson and Pillow, of Tennessee, and o:her distinguished speakers. Baltimore Disgraced. The conduct of certain of the citizens of Balti more, who had charge of the ari-angements for the National Convention and who crowded the galle ries and lobbies of that body, has cast such a stigma upon her as she will not recover from for a long time. We had no objection to their enthusiasm in favor of their favorite candidate. His great name and services entitled him 'to it; but we did most seriously object, and now place our objection in such form that it will be rememberea, to their, insidts to the fiends of other candidates. In the very open ing of the Convention the Virginia delegation were insulted, next the N. Carolina delegation were insult ed, and assaulted, as was stated by one of the dele gates, by some of the emyloyerstof the committee of arrangements. Next the Pennsylvania delegation were grossly insulted by hissed and hooting from the galleries, and if this had come from the rowdie s of their population it might have been overlooked, but it was not bearable to witness a member of the committee of i-rangements,w MI the insignia ol office upon his breast, clapping hands, in the galleries, and hissing on the swell mob; and again, when part of the Maryland delegation voted with the Pennsylva nia delegation, we were still more grossly insulted. If this is the kind of treatment that Pennsylva nia, that has done and suffered more in defence of the rights of Maryland than all the iother States in the Union put together, is to receive at the hands of Maryland, it will create such a d e ep seated 'feel ing in the breast of our people as will be anything but advantageous to the city of Baltimore, and State of Maryland. Every honorable man in the Convention felt out ~:very raged at the conduct referred to, andiit resulted in the adoption of a resolution, almost unanimously, to remove the next National Convent on to Cincin nati, and we doubt wether it will ever go back to Baltimo. e again.—Democratic DF.3IOCRATIC NATIONAL CoavEyrioN.—ln 1844 the Convention was two days in session. The con test was then between Van Buren and Cass. Eight ballots were taken. ' On the first ballot there were given for Van Buren 146, Cass 83, Johnson 24; second ballot—Van Buren 127, Cass 94, Johnson 33 third ballot—Van Buren 121, Cass 92, Johnson 38 and so on till the eighth ballot . , when Van Buren' received 104 votes, General Cass 114. James K . Polk, who was nominated, just previous to taking the vote, by Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, who saw that neither ot the old nominees could get the required majority, received 44. The Convehttion then coming to Mr. Hubbard's views, unanimously voted for James K. Polk, who 'was declared the nominee, and he was supported warmly and suc cessfully by the entire Democratic party. In 1848 four days were consumed in' business before a candidate received a majority, though only four ballots were taken. On this occasion,General Cass received on the first ballot 125, Mr. Buchanan 55, Woodbusy 53; second ballot—Cass 133, Wood bury 56, Buchanan 54; third ballot—Cass 156, Woodbury 53, Buchanan 40; fourth ballot—Cass 179, Woodbury 38; Buchanan 33. Recapitulation of Ballotings, In the National Convention tc r) td C 5 4 I= W., r. ci ' . O, 'l ' i g'i ''-= 2 f 4, ,'"*. ..,. P-- - - E . 1 . 7 E. ' g. g F ,111 - m 8 1 116 93 20 27, 2 S 13 1 00 2 118 95 23 27 1 6 13 1 00 3 119 94 21 25 1 7 13 0: 00 4 115 89 31 25 1 7 13 0 00 5 - 114 88 34 26 1 8 13 00 6 114 S 8 34 26 1 8 13 00 7 113 88 34 26 1 9 13 00 8 113 88 34 26 1 9 13 00 9 112 87 39 27 1 8 13 00 10 111 86 40 27 1 8 14 00 11 101 87 50 27 1 8 13 .' 00 1 12 98 88 51 27 1 9 13 00 13 98 88 51 26 1 10 13 GO 14 99 87 51 26 1 10 13 00 15 99 87 51 26 1 10 13 00 16 99 87 51 26 , 1 10 13 00 17 99 87 50 26 1 11 13 00 18 96 85 56 25 1 11 13 00 19 89 85 63 26 1 11 13 00 20 81 92 64 .26 1 10 13 00 21 60 102 64 26 13 9 13•. 00 22 43 104 77 26 15 9 13 00 23 37 103 78 26 20 10 13 00, 24 33 103 80 26 23 9 13 00 25 34 1 . 01 79 26 24 10 13 00 26 33 10,1 80 '26 24 10 13 00 27 32 98 85 26 '24 9 13 00. 2928 .96 26 25 11 13 00 ' 27 93 9 88 1 26 .25 12 13 00 30 33 91 -92 26 - 20 12 13 00 31 65 78 92 26 17 9 00 00 32 98 74 80 26 8 00 00 33 123 72 60 25 6 00 00 34 130 49 53 '33 5 00 16 00 35 131 39 52 44 5 00 1 15 36 122 28 43 58 5 00 30 37 120 28 34 70 , 5 00 29 38 107 28 34 83 5 00 29 39 106 28 33 85 5 00 29' 40 107 27 33 85 5 00 29 41 107 27 33 .85 5 00 29 42 101 27 33' 91 5 00 29 43 101 27 33 91 ' 5 00 29 44 101 27 33 91 5 00 29 45 101 27 33 91 5 00 29, 46 78 28 32 98 5 00 44 47 75 28 33 95 5 00 49 48 73' 28 33 89 6 00 55 49 2 00 2 00 . 0 00 0 282' Parson BllOWNLOW,oftheJonesboro.(Tenn.) Whig, keeps hammering away at the Whig candi dates in expectancy, in fine style. He says— "We shall deem it a duty we owe to the country to support—ail a choice of evils—any two men who can defeat Scott and Jones, proVided the whig party are corrupt and reckless edough to thrust them forward as candidates." Gen. Franklin Pierce The following biographical sketch of the Demo cratic nominee for the:Presidency, is from the pen of B. B. FRSNCU, Esq., formerly Clerk of the House Of Representatives, at Washington, and may be re lied upon as strictly Uorrect in every particular: . Franklin Pierce, (or, as he is always called, and writes his name, Frank Pierce,) is the son of the late Gen. Benjamin Pierce, of N. H., a Hero of the Revolution, and afterwards Governor of New Hamp shire, as honest and brave a man as ever wore the Continental Uniform. Our nominee was born at Hillsborough. about the year 1802. He graduated early in life, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and wa'S educated to the Law, if I remember cor rectly, in Connecticut, He commenced the prac tice at his native town 61 Hillsborough, and, in 1830 was elected a member of the House of Representa tives of that State, where he soon distinguished himself, and in 1832, was the Speaker of the House, over which he presided most ably. In March, 1833, he was elected a member of the House of Repre sentatives of the United States, and took his seat in Congress in December of that year. He was re elected in 1835, and in 1836 he was elected by the Legislature of New Hampshire a Senator in Con gress, which place he held until the spring of 1842, when he resigned it. and returned to the practice of of the law in New Hampshire. In 1846 he was tendered, by President Polk, the highly honorable office of Attorney General of the United States, which he declined accepting, preferring to pursue the practie of his profession in N. Hampshire, which was very lucrative, and in which he had assumed the front rank among his brethren. In declining The public service, he had always made the reser vation that if ever his country should need his ser vices in a military capacity, they would be cheer fully given, and upon the commencement of the war with Mexico he volunteered as a private sol dier to fight the battles of his country. As soon as the Executive learned his determination, he was ap pointed, first a Colonel, and then a Brigadier Gen eral. He joined the Army and led his Brigade from Vera Cruz onward toward the city of Mexico, fight- ' ing and defeating his enemies as he advanced, and joined the Army of Gen. Seca at Puebla, in the summer of 1847. He joined at once in the battles that were fought in the vicinity of Mexico, but was so badly disabled, by the falling of his horse, under the very hottest oCtlie'enemy's fire, that he lost for • a time, the use of one of his legs, and was unable to resume the command until a short time, previous to the taking of the city. Indeed, he had by no means recovered from the effects of the injury when he returned home, after the close of the war. As soon as peace was concluded, Gen. Pierce re turned to the bosom of his family, and again enter ed, with renewed vigor, and great success upon the labors o( his profession. The Democratic Conven tion of New Hampshire offered him the nomination Bir Governor of the State, which lie declined to ac cept, and more recently, a like Convention, with great unanimity, designated him as the favorite can didate of New Hampshire for the Presidency, to which lie replied, if not positively declining, at least intimating that he had no desire to be a candidate for the office. And I know well that the high and honorable positionwhich he assumed when told that a contingency might occur that would bring his name before the Conventton, was this: that his same was not, under any consideration, to be used to the detriment of any of the prominent candidates whose names might be before the Convention, but that if after a full trial, it should he found impossi ble to nominate either of those persons, then, if his name could be used for the purpose of producing harmony, he was willing that it should be. Before I pass on to the other proceedings of this day, I will attempt to give your readers some idea iof the person of Gen. Pierce, knowing, as I do, that there is always a curiosity among the people to know how those whom they exalt to places of pow er, look. Gen. Pierce is about five feet nine or ten inches in height, rather slender in form, but exceedingly athletic, and of fine proportions. He is of light complexion and has light hair. His weight is about ; 140 pounds. In a' regular wrestle with any man of his own weight, I'll bet two to one on the Gen eral! His manners are most urbane and gentle manly, and he has the rare faculty of making all, who know him'intimately, love him. He is easy of approach to any' one of, pure and honest inten tionii, but let him who attempts to approach him in any other manner beware. In his hands the pub lic treasury will be safe, although he is as generous as any man that ever lived, of his own private funds. To him poverty or misfortune never pleaded in vain —his heart is a large one, and "it is in the right place!" Those whO know him best love him best. So much for our nominee for the Presidency. Mr. Buchanan in the National Convention. Although we deeply regret to announce the fact that Pennsylvani's favorite son was stricken down in the National Convention, by combinations that could not have been anticipated, we are happy to say that he occupied the proudest position of any of the candidates, first brought before that body.— On the first days balloting he received 93 votes— of these 74 were horn Democratic States and only 19 from Whig States. Gen. Cass had 116 votes, and of these only 34 were from Democratic States and 83 were from Whig States. On the second (lays balloting there were very few variations in the vote, Gen. Cass generally having 99 and Mr• Buchanan S 7. Of these Mr. Buchanan had 73 from Democratic States and only 14 from Whig States, whilst Gen. Cass 'had only 19 from Democratic States to SO from Whig States. This of itself shodld have been an argument with the Convention .in favor of the nomination of Mr. Buchanan, because it showed that he could concentrate, at the very thresbhold of the proceedings, a much larger vote from Democratic States, that had to be relied on to elect a President,'than any two other candidates whose names were before the Convention. Mr. Buchanan held for three days, in solid pha lanx, the united cots of the Democratic States of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Alabarna, and Mississippi, and with this why was he not the strong est man before the Convention? Is it just, is it politic, that these great Democratic States are to be ruled in Convention by the Whig States of Mass achusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, Mary land, sad Kentucky"! Are these Whig States, that never have and never can cast a Democratic vote, to dictate candidates to the Democratic States that have to, elect them. If they are, and exercise this power long in the manner in which they wielded it in the late National Convention, we take it that the people of the Democratic States will soon make arrangements for 'some more just and equitable mode of nominating National officers. Why it was the commonest thing imaginable to hear gentlemen from Massachusetts, Maryland, and Kentucky, say that such and such a candidate can not run well in our States, just as though delegates from these States, that have been under Federal ascendancy from the ac option of the Constitution to the present time,' calculated to carry their States for the nominee. What difference did it make to the party whether a candidate had any popularity in these States he was as popular as Gen. Jack son he could not carry them. The true doctrine should be to select a candidate suited to the Demo cratic States, whose principles were sound, and no matter what his position in the Federal States, he could still succeed. As we said before, Mr. Buchanan occupied the highest and the proudest position of any other can didate before the Convention. His vote was firm, united and reliable, and for three long, tedious, tire some days his friends adhered to him with a tenac ity that we have never seen equalled, entertaining , during all this time, the hope that the other States after floating to every point of the compass, would eventually concentrate upon him. At last, when they abandoned him, they moved with an adroitness and a precision that took their opponents en,tirely by surprise. They never acted without knowing what they mere about, and when they found it im possible to nominate their favorite, they selected the man who was to be the standard bearer of their party, and carried his nomination in a perfect storm of enthusiasm. Although defeated in the nomination, Mr. Bu chanan stands higher with the Democracy of Penn sylvania and the, nation this day, than he or any other Pennsylvanian has ever done before. With the numerous candidates in nomination, and the ef forts that have been made in and out of Congress for months, to distiact and divide up the votes, and lead them away from the strong candidates, it is truly remarkable that Mr. Buchanan should have the almost entire line of Atlantic States, from New York to the Mississippi river, and New York he would have had if it had not been for their home feuds. With such a phalanx in his favor his friends may well point to him as a favorite of the Democracy of the nation.—Demosratic Union. News Items Great Hail Storm.—On last Thursday after-noon a hail storm passel over Shippack hill this county; which in some respects was more than ordinary. A curious Grey cloud arose in the South west, and moved at a lery rapid rate, North-east. During the storm, hail fell thick and fast. Some masses were as large as hen's eggs. 0 r informant says that a man, a son of Erin, in his carriage was over taken by the storm, and by the falling of hail his horse became unmanageble, which obliged him to get out 'to hold him by the bead, in this predicament he was not long, before away went his hf , t, leaVing him bareheaded; by this exposure he receis ed several hail stones on the head and face, causing the blood to flow profusely. The trees and crops suffered very much. Later news says that on the German town turnpike west of Fairview the storm raged fearfully, tearing up large trees, breaking glass in the windows, of houses, upturning stables, killing Some cattle, and doing much damage to the crops. It passed over Worcester, and where it ceased we have not been informed. Mr. Waner, at the Trooper had 249 glass broken) and a man on the Germantown turnpike had 140 glass broken, and the crops and fruit suffered much more,than wa= at first anticipated. One hail stone measured in circumference I.OA inches. We could recite much more of this occurrence but have no time —Pottstown Ledger. icrA great fire took place at Montreal(Canada) on the tith inst., which destroyed property to the amount of 151,000,000, Several lives were lost. BALTIMORE, June S.—The directors of the Chen apeake and Ohio Canal Company, at their meeting in Washington yesterday, elected Govenor Grason as president of the Company. The paper mill of F. Cautrman, near .Marnotts. town; Md., was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The loss is $20.000, and is partially covered by insurance. BALTIMORE, June S —Hayne's fringe store, in this city, was robbed last night of $2,000 worth of silks, and a considerable amount of money. WASHINGTON', June Sth.—J. H. Maury, democrat . has been elected Mayor of this city by 823 majority Cholera —There were three cases of this disease on the Paul Anderson, from St. Louis to Louisville, one of which proved fatal. Cases are still heard of pn the lower rivers, but our exchanges say that they are all among the passengers in the heated and, pent up deck rooms. It had not yet appeared at any place in such a form as to cause fears of an epidemic, but every precaution was being taken, in anticipation. Several cases had been brought to the hospital in Cincinnatt—Pillsburg IPA negro boy about ten years of age ; belong ing to Charleston, (S. C.,) being desirous of paying Wilinington a visit,got under theguard of the steam er Gladiator, just aft the wheel, and placing hi , feet on the spondyle of the boat, (a large beam near. the water line, designed to keep the craft up right and steatly,)clasping a brace which stood con veniently near, got over safely. The distance about one hundred and seventy miles, and the night was quite tempestuous. On being asked whether he slept during the night, he replied "Golly! no, massa; didn't have no time." • *AsitiraeroN, June 9—The Republic this morn ing denies the statement that Gen. Pierce voted for the clause in the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire excluding Catholics from office. He voted for universal toleration. 1 he Union says that when the question came up before the Legislature of New Hampshire, General Pierce left the Speaker's chair, and made an elo quent speech in favor of repealing the objectionable provision, and promises to publish the speech he made ca.the occasion. c . ' BALTIMORE, June 7.—The first branch of the City Councils of this city, to-night unanimously passed an ordinance guaranteeing $500,000 of the bonds of the New York and Cumberland Railroad. to ex tend the road to Sunbury. WASHINGTON. June 9.—The Senate, it is believ ed, has been engaged during the past two days in considering our relations with Mexico. It is said that considerable trouble is anticipated. CINCINNATI, June.7.—The steamer Midas arriv ed here last night from New Orleans reports having taken thirty German emigrants from a Havre ves sel, seventeen of whom died of cholera•during their passage up the river. Some of the cases were very violent. Of one.hundred taken from a Bremen ves sel, not one died. Futr.—Three Children Burned to Deaths—Addi son, Wash. Co. ( Wis.) June 2.—During last night the house of Edward McAnulty, with all its con tents, burned to the ground. Mr. McAnulty is with his wife and two children on a visit to New York, leaving five children at home, three of Aom, a daughter 4 years of age, and two sons, one 3 and the other 5 years old, perished in the flames. The other two, with a young man tivnig in the family, had barely time to save their lives by jumping through the window.—Cor. Mit. News. Great Haul.—Mr. Hiram Ames, of Mattapoi sett, says the New Bedford Mercury, on Saturday week, seized at one haul, over twelve hundred bar rels of fish, chiefly menhaden, with a small sprink ling of mackerel and shad. Baltimore. June 10.—Gen. Horace Gay, a delegate to the late Democratic National Convention tram Rochester, N. Y., died in this city to-day. He was taken ill on his way hither, and alter his arrival was unable to attend the deliberations of the Con vention. His remains will be taken home by H. S. Allen, and delivered to his friends. SUN BURT, June 10.—The Sunbury and Erie Rail road Company hate alloted their contracts, and the contracters commenced breaking ground this morn ing both above and below this place, in the pres ence of a large concourse of citizens, including the President of thel Company, a committee of the Board of Managers, 'and the Engineer of the division.— There is at last a prospect of a speedy realization of our long cherished hopes. EU" A law passed the Legislature of Maryland at its last session, exempting ten dollars, for hire wages, in the hands of an employer, from attach ment. It is to take effect on the first of July. GENERAL PIERCE'S BATTt.r.s.—The Washingt on Republic says that it anpears, by the official list 01 officers who marched with the army from Puebla upon the city of Alexico, the . seventh, eigth, ninth and tenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, that General Franklin Pierce was in the battles of 'Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, near Chapultapec, near Belen, and at Gratin de Belen. THE RATIFICATION /MEETING last night. in Tam many, or rather in Tammany and its neighborhood, was the most imposing and enthusiastic mass meet ing that we have ever seen congregated. The "peo ples" were there in all their strength. Every face was radiant with the conciousness of coming vic tory, and the summer air trembled at the exul tant shouts of the masses as they hailed the names of PIERCE and Ktico.—N. York Star. PORTLAND, June 9. —The . special election for a member of Congress. in the Fourth District of Maine, which took place on Monday last, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the Hon. Charles An drews, Dem., resulted in the choice of the Hon. Isaac Reed. Whig, of Waldebro, by 600 majority. LU - A western editor says—"not much editorial this week—can't help it—another bouncing big boy in this shanty—only happens once a year, as we are trying to quit'!' Mexsvit.t.v., (Ky.) June S.—The Cholera broke out here on Saturday ; since which time there has been twenty-six cases, twenty proving fatal in a very short time after being attacked. Four are now sick and are not expected to live. All the deaths but one have occurred within an area of Fall a square, and but three of the cases are out of this infected district. Important to Contractors Timothy Ives, Esq., Superintendent of the Alle gheny Portage Railrod, advertises that scaled pro posals will be received at his office, Summitville, Cambria county, Pa., until Thursday, the 15th of July next, for the grading and masonry including the . Tunnel, of that part of the said road on the eastern slope of the mountains, extending from the summit to the intersection with the present road on the level - below No. 10, and for straightening the curves on the long level between planesNo 1 and 2. G. W. Clossrtn, Supervisor of the Delaware Di vision of the Penna. Canal gives notice that sealed oposals will be received at the Collector's Office New Hope, until Monday, the 12th of July next, Tor rebuilding the Locks at Uhler's and New Hope, and for enlarging the Aqueduct and widening the prism of the Canal at New Hope. Nu toll will be charged on materials for the work transported on the Canal. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Collector's Office, five days previous to the letting. H. D. Rodearmel, Supervisor of the Susquehanna Division of the Pennsylvania canal, also gives no tice that proposals will be received at the Collect or's Office, Northumberland,.until Wednesday, the 23d of June inst., for building an Outlet Lock in the Canal at that place, together with all the ne cessary excavation and embankments that may be connected therewith. Plans and specifications of the work may be seen at the Office, three days pre vious to the letting. Oar New York Correspondence NEW YORK, June 10, 1552 MR. EDITOR :—Last night we had one of those old-fashioned, heart-cheering gatherings for which New ork used to be so famous, but which have not been witnessed before, thr many years, owing to dissensions in the party. These dimensions no lon ger existing, and there being no further cause for their existence, the democracy turned out en masse from every quarter of the city and completely cho ked up every street for a quarter of a mile on all sides of Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall, you know, is only a few doors from the Tribune office, around which are always congregated a small ar my of Whigs. - Well, it was curious to watch the countenances of these gentlemen, as procession af ter procession from the different wards in the city marched by, with banners, music, and shouts long and loud for Pierce and King. They seemed thun derstruck at the demonstra ion by the masses in fa vor of a man whom the Whig papers had abused ever since his nomination. Accustomed as most of the Whigs of this city are to believe that whatever Greely says is gospel, they had foolishly imagined our distinguished candidate to be really a weak man; and they were therefore astounded at the en thusiasm manifested by all sections of the Democ. l racy. Since the nomination of Mr. Pierce, Gen. Scott has lost a good many of his friends in this city.— They apparently see the necessity of looking about them for a stronger man; but, as one of their num ber remarked last night, " Where the deuce can we find a man 1 Scott can't get a Southern State, Fillmore can't get a Northern one, and Webster can't be relied upon even for Massachusetts • while the Democratic ticket is a strong one for all quar ters of the Union, and for all factions of their party. Old Fogies, Young America, Hunkers, Barnburn era, Secessionism, Unionists, Finality men and Free-Seders, all appear to be in ecstacies with their d—d nomination. It is really very rem:lll:able. There never was anything like it before, and I doubt that there can be anything like it again." The P. M. General has just decided upon the summer arrangement for the transmission of mails to California from this city; and as the steamers hat carry the Government mails also take out pass :engers, it may be useful to your readers to learn he clayson which they start from New York the sth and 20th of each month, then, a steamer leaves this port for Aspinwall, taking the triads and passengers to that city, whence they go across the Isthmus by railroad to Panama, and thence to San Francisco, making the entire passage inside of twenty-two days. When we reflect that, a few years ago, California was comparatively an unknown region, the growth of our country, and the pro gressivecharacter of our institutions, as exemplified in the immense trade between this port and Calt- fornia, are strikingly apparent. The news from Europe, though of su ill-din:fly characterto a superficial eye, is, nevertheless, preg nant with indications of a coining storm. It is par ticularly worthy or note, that the tt agitation," which has hitherto been confined to the Democracy, seems to have changed about, and to have passed into the ranks of Absolutism. The monarchs of Europe are all in motion. The meeting of Francis Joseph, the Emperor Nicholas, M. M. De Nessel rode, lvleyendortr and De Buol, at Vienna, has put European politicians on the qui vine. The preva lent idea is, that this mass meeting or crowned heads contemplate some great plot against France. It is said at Vienna, and believed in Germany, that a coalition has been formed between Prussia and Austria, headed by Russia, to make war on France, and, profiting by the present state of affairs, in that republic, to crush, at once and Mr ever, the ,Spirit of Revolution, which has more, vitality in France, at present, than in any other country, notwithstand ing, the temporary degradation of the French Imo ple. An important feature in the latest European news is, that the policy of the Schwarzenberg Caldnet has been set aside by the advice of the Emperor of Russia. Henceforward, a system of despotism, more stringent than hetore, will be exercised all over the dominions of the Absolutists, . Ile all attempts at revolution. The German States, among which some vestiges of constitution arc still in existence, will have to blot out those vestiges, and to replace them by a policy more congenial to the views of the Czar. As a beginning of the treas ures passed at Vienna, at the recent meeting, of monarchs, the King of Prussia has entered into con flict with his parliament, anti nobody can yet ffire see how the matter will be settled. Meanwhile, the Emperor of Russia is exerting himself to extend his Parody connections all over Europe ; and it Is positively affirmed that one of the issues of the con ference at Vienna will be the marriage of the Em peror of Austria with the Princess Sidonie of Saxe, a niece of King Louis of Bavaria, and of the Queen of Prussia, who is related to almost every rfoyal family in Germany. When we look at the alliance and genealogy of these Sovereign lionises of.liernia ny, we see that all these families seem to Ilrui but one, whose head is the Emperor of Iteixtia. In fact, that monarch, by his union with the King of Prussia, is connected with the majority of the Ger man and Austrian 'Ohne.. The care he takes select the wives of his children among the families whose alliance he has not yet olitained, NlooVs firm design to concentrate into his own hands, the whole power of the European Aristocracy, arid to make a single and same family of all the monarchs and princes. I do not doubt that, if his designs are accomplished, he will march, with till his strength, against the Democracy of Europe, and will obliterate its last vestige. That is what he eon. templates to do, next Spring, in opening a cam paign against France. Yours Ilruly, Important from the Rio Grande. Five Men Killed by illexicans and Indians—Strome, Comanche Fired into .figain—flurernint Officers By the arrival at New Orleans on the Ist list., al the steamship Yacht, from Brazos Santiago, we hate received dates from Brownsville to the 2Gth ult. The news is of the most exciting character The Flag of the 15th ult., states that on the even ing of the 10th ult., a gang of about forty men, consisting of Mexicans and Indians, attacked a par ty of seven Americans, who were encamped at a lake called Campacuas; five of those at the camp are said to have been murdered, and all their prop er , y taken into 'ttlexico. Two of the men, fortu nately, were on the margin of the lake shooting ducks at the time, and succeeded in making then escape. These robbers and murderers are Calif to have crossed the river some forty miles above Brownsville, on Friday the 7th ult., and a detach ment of them openly recrossed it again soon alter perpetrating the murder, bearing with them the . right hand of each of their slaughtered victims, while the remainder of the savages coolly encamp ed on the ground where the massacre occurred, ex • pecting no doubt another feast of blood from those whom they deemed absent from the camp, and would probably return unsuspicious of danger . The population of the neighborhood was riot only too sparse for resistance, but afraid to venture Oat to bury the deitd, alter the murderers were gone.— The Flag contains a letter from Warren Adams, which says that it is understood that these Alexi cans and Indians were inst meted by the authorities in Mexico to kill and plunder all American citi zens near the frontier, arid that acting as they did, under the instructions of the aforesaid authorities, they mutilated the bodies of the murdered teen, .taking the right hand of each to testify that they were entitled to the reward of thirty or forty dollars offered by Mexico for each American they murder On the frontier. The Rio Bravo of the 29th says, that the Weenie! Camanche was again fired into last week, and a custom-house officer residing at Rio Grande city, Mr. Brashear, was dangerously wounded. Ilis lit tle son was only wounded; and a lady passenger, Mrs. Rogers, the wife of the murdered man spoken of above, who was on her way up to join her hus band, very narrowly escaped a similar fate. On the evening of the 11th inst., Mr. Philip Rogers, a merchant of Rio Grande city, while standing behind his counter, was stabbed to the heart, and killed, by a Mexican, who bad ostensibly came in to purchase goods. The object of the fel low was, no doubt, to rob the home, an :‘lr. Rogers was not known to have an enemy in the world.— Another Mexican was upon watch outside of the house, but both succeeded in making their escape to the chapparel. They were discovered almost in the act, and one of the fellow's, in coming out of the house, brushed against a gentleman who, hear ing the cry of Mr. Rogers, hastily ran to hislas: sistance. All efforts to discover and arrest the'as sassins have so far proved ohm tire. • As strange as it may seem abroad, says the Ant Bravo, this is the tenth murder which has taken place within-the last three weeks. For the last two months the average has been three killed per week. No man's life is safe from these Mexican assassins for a single hour. It has become a grave question, what is to be done in this state of things If it should continue, there will not be an American on the river in six months. Mr. G. N. Clark, who recently arrived at Frowns ville, from New Orleans, was found dead in old Fort Brown, on the Ifith ult., and it was evident from shot and other w•ourtds that he had been murdered. SAN FRANcisco, 22d Illarch, 1850 J. C. Aran, Esn—Dear Sir —We hose the plea. sure to inform you, that since our advises of the sth ultimo, we have disposed of all the Cherry Pecto ral consigned to our House. From the benefit ex perienced by those who have used it, there has grown up here a confidence in the article which will insure you for this market an increasing and permanent demand. The rapid changes of our climate from heat to cold, and heat again, induce, as might be expected, the afflicting and often dang erous complaints.— Many of these, within our k nowledge, have been so speedily cured by your Preparation, as to afford, as it were, immunity from their attacks. We are daily expecting the next arrival, and would advise the continuation of your monthly shipments in larger quantities than hitherto. Yours, Ba. M=l J. G. CRAM & CO.