Jnielligenrer & Journal.
Lancaster, November 23, 1552.
GEO. SANDERSON,EDITOR
The Printer Wants Money.
Now that the Presidential election is over and
the Democracy every where triumphant, we hope
our patrons will not be offended when we tell
them—we mean those in arrears—that we need
MONEY badly. Those indebted for subscription,
advertising and job work, or either, will confer a
great favor by paying us what is justly our due.—
T he approaching Courts will afford a tavorable op.
portunity to many, who cannot come to town, to
`end it with their neighbors. Those living out of
the County or State can remit by mail at our risk.
ED' Necessary absence from home during near
y all of last week, has prev,ed - us--frpm paying
Much attention to the editorial departmeof_ this
3veek's paper. We are, for the same rOason,una
ble to give the proceedings of the Quarter Sessidns,
which, we understand, were not very interesting.—
We are, however, again at our post, and shall en.
(mayor to make up for lost time.
We shall publish, in our next, a complete
(list of the cases tried before the Court of Quarter
Thank giving Day.
Thursday next, the 25th inst., is the time ap
pointed by the Governor to be observed throughout
Pe State as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer.—
üblic services will be held in all the churches in
this City.
II? The Presidential Electors chosen in Penn
sylvania, on the 2d instant, meet at Harrisburg on
the first Wednesday in December, to give their votes.
The Electors in all the other States meet at their
respective State capitals, on the same day, for a
similar purpose. The votes are sent under seal to
the President of the United States Senate, at Wash
ington, and on the 2d Wednesday of February next,
they are opehed in the presence of both Houses of
Congress, and the result officially declared.
.IJ7 Our good friend of the •Pittsburg Post, in his
I paper of Saturday last, made a mistake of 1,000 is
speaking of the Democratic vote in Lancaster. It
shoull be 11,178, instead of 5,578. Will Mr. Har-
IPer correct the error, and add another thousand to
the vote of Gov. BlotEn, last year. The sterling
"Democracy of this county deserve all the credit
they are fairly entitled to.
OFFICIAL. VOTE OF PENNSTI.VAPIA.—The vote
for the several Presidential candidates in Pennsyl ,
vania, stands as follows:
Pierce,
Scott,
Hale,
Broome,
Whole vote, 359,285
Pierce has a majority of 19,791 votes over Gen
ta - The Presidential Electors in the several
States of the Union meet at their respective State
capitals on the first Wednesday in December, to
cast their votes for President and Vice• President
of the United Statls, The record of these votes
will then be sent, under seal, to the President of the
U. S. Senate, at Washington, and on the second
Wednesday of February next these records will
!be opened in the presence of both Houses of Con ;
gross, and the result officially declared.
Ton Lien - SON EIiNESTILTAN STATUE.—The horse
portion of this statue was for the first time opened
to inspection of visiters on Saturday week, on the
premises of Mr. Mills, at Washington city, where
it was cast. The lnielligencer says the principal
object was to test by practical trial its stability,
and the result is all that could be wished. The line
of gravity falls centrally between the hinder hoofs
of the horse, and is therefore precisely where i t
ought to be. When the figure of the rider is placed
upon it, the stability, from the increase of weight,
will be still greater. Mr.:Mills will receive the
congratulation of his fellow-citizens generally on
his success. He has encountered, with persevering
patience, a series of disheartening obstacle; and has
00 far, worked through them all.
i4l" The following are the majoritee received in
the city of New York for the Democratic Presiden
tial Electors and State officers:
Electors of President ' _ 11,175
Governor Horatio Seymour, 7,050
Dieutenant Governor Sanford Y. Church, 7,065
Canal Commissioner Frederick Follm, 7,510
Prison InspectoP, Darius Clark, 7,097
ACTIVITY IN rue lIION
pia of English rails has had a favorable effect
upon mills in this country, and enabled some of
them to resume operations. The Montour Works
have just made a contract for twenty thousand tons
with the Penna. Central road, at something over
$55 per ton, equal to cash. Ten thousand tons are
to be delivered this year, and ten thousand in 1853.
WASHI NOTON CIT r—TII Ho • revs.—Strangers
are beginning to flock to Washington—and many
who have not arrived, have engaged rooms. The
Republic says—
During the coming season the many strangers
who will flock hither for business and pleasure, will
probably be better entertained at our hotels than
at any former period, judging from the activity on
the premises, with a view to the comfort of the ex
pected guests. The session of Congress, the Na
tional Fair under the auspices of the Metropolitan
Mechanics' Institute; and the incoming of a new
administration, will be the principal attractions,
and concentrate from every portion of the widely
extended Union persons of all ranks and conditions.
There is no question that we will have an unusu
ally interesting as well as gay season.
WatqIIINGTON MONUMENT Form—The receipts at
the office in Washington, D. C., from the 15th of
November inclusive, amounted to $5,574 72, of
which sum $1415 65 was from special agents, and
nearly all the rest from contributions at election
polls in all parts of the United States. A couple
of hundred dollars of it comes from various places
in W extern Pennsylvania.
The advertisement of Ashton's Clothing
store 150 Market street Philadelphia, gives the
clearest indication of a breadth and compass of bu
siness and business views as at once to mark it as
the production of one in every respect master of
his trade, Not - content wills keeping abreast of the
times, he takes that one step forward which insures
the leadership, 'sets the fashion and secures the for
tune of enterprising men in the face of all compe
tition. Call and see him. Call in the true spirit
of confidence and let experience test his preten
sions.
irr „A new Silk Worm, as we learn by the
New York Times, has been discovered by the Rev.
Mr. Fitch, according to whom all the caterpillars
of Calitornia are silk worms. They teed on the
foliage of the oak-, which they prefer to any other
food. Their cocoons are about one-third as large
as those of the Chinese worm, and the silk is strong,
and of a yellow color, the thread being finer than
that of our silk worm. Dr. Fitch was led to be
lieve that this worm, if fed on the mulberry, would
spin its cocoon as the Italian or Chinese worm.
ET. The Canal Commissioners have appointed
R. C. BATES, of Middletown, State Agent, in place
of Lieut. ISAAC WATEnnony, resigned—the ap
pointment to take effect on the 25th of December
next. '
117 - Prknca's majority over Seorr, in the State
of New York, is 27,345. In Louisiana it is 1,454;
and in North Carolina 686.
Itrßenzinger township, Elk county, gave 173
votes for PIERCE, every vote that was polled!
13:r Gen. Pusan's majority in Ohio is 16;634
The Difficulty with Cuba
From what had been published we were under
the impression, that Judge Conkling, American
Minister to Mexico, had succeeded in amicably ar
ranging all'difficulties about the Crescent City; but
it seems, that the Captain General of Cuba denies
that that there has been any settlement, and is re
solved that said vessel shall not again enter theyort
of Havana, if purser Smith remain on board. This
is-a foolish business, and the authorities of Cuba
would act wisely in withdrawing their prententions
to dictate who shall sail on board s of American yes
eels. The charge made against Mr. Smith, of hav
ing published something, concerning the local af
fairs of Cuba, has been repeatedly denied, and the
Captain General should be satisfied; and, besides, he
s hould recollect, that American citizens are at lib
erty to publish opinions about foreign governments,
without being held responsible by their own, or
any foreign government. The steamer Crescent
City belongs to a private firm, who may employ
as their agents whom they please; and there is no
power to displace these agents other than the own
ers of the vessel.
In the prevailing disposition in the United States;
and with a president coming into power who is
said to look upon the acquisition of Cuba with a
favorable eye, it: would be well for the Captain
General of Cuba not to multiply difficulties with
this country. He can forbid purser Smith to land
on the island; but he cannot lawfully insist on his
being removed from a vessel of the United States;
nor prevent such vessel from entering the port of
Havana, merely because Le may be on Ward, with
out making a national quarrel of what may be
now considered a private dispute. He may rely on
it that, iflie persists in his hostile demonstration, he
will endanger the existence of Cuba as a Spanish
possession. It is said that, even at the present mo
ment, formidable preparations arc on foot to invade
that island by a set of adventurers, who will guard
against any infringement of the laws of the United
States. If such be the case, and there is every
reason to believe that it is, it is gross folly in him
to so act as to extend the irritotion against his gov
ernment to persons who do not participate in the
desire to see Cuba conquered and annexed to the
United States. Nothing has prevented a formida
ble invasion of Cuba, but the vigilance of the gen
eral government, and its determination to preserve
the reffitions between Spain and the United States
unimpaired. Had a different feeling existed with
our rulers, Cuba would have been conquered long
since; for twenty or thirty thousand men, and - a
large fleet of steamers, could be obtained at short
notice, if the thing could be done publicly. The
Spanish minister in Washington should instruct the
Captain General to moderate his tone, and act with
more discretion—so that he may afford no cause
for the invasion of the island. 7 —Baltimore Clipper.
199,539.
179,793
8,860
1,198
Important Slave Case Decision.
On Saturday week Judge NINA, of the Supreme
Court in the city of New York, delivered his de
cision in the case of the eight slaves brought from
the South ter that city, en route to Texas. The de
cision grantkthem their freedom, and they were
consequently discharged from custody. The Judge
founded his decision upon the statutes of the State
of New York. He said that it is well settled in
this country, and has not heretofore been disputed,
that a State may rightfully pass laws, if it chooses
to do so, forbidding tile entrance or bringing of
slaves into its territory. This is so held, even by
each of the three cases upon which the respon
dent's counsel relies. (Commonwealth vs. Ayres,
18 Pick. R. 221. Willard vs. the People, 4 Scam
moils Rep., 471. Case of Sewall's Slaves, 3 Am.
Jurist, 404.) The laws of the State of New York
upon this subject appear to be entirely free from
any uncertainty. They not only do not uphold or
legalize a property in slaves within the limits of
the State, but they render it impossible that such
property should exist within those limits, except
in the single instance of the fugitives from labor
under the Constitution of the United States. These
slaves were not fugitives; but were brought volun
tarily into New York by the owner, in defiance of
the statute. They are theiefore free. It was stated
that the claimant was warned by the captain of
the steamboat not to bring them there, but to land
them on James River, and he declined. He desired
to take them to Texas by the best route.
Mr. Lzeavoil, for claimants, asked the counsel
on the other side to retain the custody of the slaves
long enough to enable him to get out a writ of er
ror to the Supreme Court. Mr. CULVER said they
had no power to d6"that, but he would be perfect
ly happy to meet the case there. Mr. Culver sug
gested that the Court award costs, but the Judge
declined to do so; saying it was a case of great
hardship to one side, and of great good fortune to
the other. The eight persons (2 women, 2 lads
17 and 12, 2 twill boys 7, and 2 infants) then left
the room. They were placed in carriages and
driven off, amid the cheering of the colored people
assembled. Mr. and. Mrs. LEMON, the owners, ap
peared to be much depressed; as it is said the slaves
in question were nettlly all the property they owned
in the world.
1117 Mr. DRAKE, who recently died in Cincin
nati, was one of the earliest settlers of that city,
and for near half a century, has occupied the fore
most rank in the scientific annals of the West. He
was the original founder of the Ohio Medical Col
lege, and at the time of his decease, was Professor
of the Practice of Medicine in that Institution.—
The Cleaveland Herald says he had but recentlY
brought to a close the second volume of his great
work on the Medical Timgraphy of the Mississippi
Valley. Although an extensive writer on medical .
and other subjects, this may be considered the
work of his life. He has travelled from time to
time, for the last thirty years, almost every portion
,of the Mississippi Valley, in search of facts, Geol
ogical, Meteorological, Botanical and Climatic, for
this work, and at the close Of a green old age, de
voted to study and labor, he has just completed
and left to the world this enduring monument of
his fame. The name of Dr. Drake is identified
with Cincinnati and the West, and his biography
will furnish one of the brightest pages of her his
tory.
LORIS NAPOLEON IN NEW YORK CITY: The
Brooklyn Daily Advertiser, moralizing upon the
rapid ascent of Louis Napoleon upon the ladder of
ambition, from positive poverty, to superlative
grandeur and power, recals some reminiscences of
his sojourn in New York city several years ago.---
The editor says:
" What strange events have occurred within a
few years in refejence to that man! We knew
him whilst he was residing in New York, at a
lodging house in Reade street, then kept by a gen
tleman who occupies a-high official position under
the French Government. At that time he was ve
ry poor, and very dissipated. Notoriously profli
gate in his habits, and without the pecuniary abil
ity to in Bulge to the full bend of his inclination the
culpable propensities which characterized him, he
was frequently expelled from certain places in
which he obtruded himself, and more than a dozen
times was the occupant of a cell at the old jail in
the Park, long since torn down.
"Not long prior to his leaving the United States,
he was arrested for a misdemeanor committed by
him at the disreputable house of a woman whose
establishment he often visited, and the writer of
this article a as employed professionally by him to
save him from the threatened consequences of his
recklessness and indiscretion. We little supposed
at that time that the thoughtless gay young man
who was then our client (and who is still indebted
to us fur counsel fees and disbursements) would be
come Emperor of France. Such, however, is now his
"'manliest destiny;" but we believe that his realiza-
tion of his ambitious hopes and aspirations will but
hasten the fearful doom which unquestionably im•
pendes over him."
CLERK 05 THE Ho um—We learn that Colonel
Wm. Lick will be a candidate for re-election to the
post of Clerk of the House of Representatives, the
duties of which he has discharged with signal abili
ty for some years past. COI. JACK has acquired
a popularity in that office never possessed by any
gentleman except the late Gov. SKUNK, and we
presume we may regard his election as certain.
7 City and County Items
1:0 - The Philharmonic Society will give a Con
cert at Fulton Hall, on the evening of Thanksgiv
ing day.
The Comb Factory of Messrs. Shaffner &
Graham, in James street, this city, was burglarious
ly entered on Thursday evening of last week and
a negotiable note, from S. M. Day to Shaffner &
Graham, taken from the office.
DIRECTORS OF ' TEIS POOR AND Holm CZ EN
PLOIMENT OF LANCASTER COUNTT.—The following
gentlemen compose the present board, viz : Abm.
Kauffman, Jacob Landis, William Gorrecht, Chris
tian M. Grider, Daniel Bauman and John H. Bren
ner.
On Saturday, the 6th inst., the new board met
and organized by electing Abraham Kauffman,
President; John Stehman, Esq., is continued as
Steward of the house; and William Taylor, Esq.,
Clerk and Superintendent of the Hospital and Lu•
natic department.
NcyricE.—We would call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement headed " India Rubber
Gloves." We are assnred they are an excellent ar
ticle rapidly coming into use. As the season of the
year for inclement weather approaches, we should
think them indispensible.
irr The Second Presbyterian Congregation,
Rev. Mr. Nevin, have changed their place of wor
ship, from Franklin College to Fulton Hall, Prince
street, near West King, where services will be held
at the usual hour, morning and evening, as hereto
fore. Seats free, and the community invited to at
tend.
FARMERS BANS.—On Monday week the follow.
ing directors were chosen for the ensuing year:—
Christian Hager, Adam K. Witmer, James Me
haffy, jun., George M. Steinman, Robert A. Evans,
David Herr, Frederick Sener, Solemon Diller,
Amos S. Henderson, Jacob B. Tshudy, Jacob Bans
man, Slater Brown, John Rohrer.
LANCASTER COUNTY &rm.—The following gen
tlemen were on Monday week elected directors for
the ensuing year:-
John Landles, Gabriel Bear, Daniel Brandt, Geo•
G. Brush, Abraham Landis, James Smith, George
Bare, Jacob Bachman, Benjamin B. Herr, Benjamin
Graff, Abraham Shelly, Henry Snavely, Jacob
Jacob Kauffman, (T.)
COM:73/131d BANK.—On Wednesday week, the
following 'persons were elected directors for the
ensuing year:
John Cooper, Thomas Lloyd, John Lowrey, Wil
liam Mathiot, Rudolph William F. Given, George
Bogle, Barton Evans, Joseph Detwiler, John W.
Clark, A. N. Cassel, Barr Spangler, John S. Mann.
John Cooper, Esq., was unanimously re-elected
President.
1.17 - LIVE STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY.-Mr.
John Zimmerman has been appointed agent for
Lancaster county, of the Pennsylvania Mutual
;Iva Stock Insurance Company. The Pittsburg
Daily Gazette, speaking of this Company says
"We commend it to the attention of farmers and
others. No kind of property is more subject to
casualty than live stock, and it often happens that
the loss of a horse pr a cow falls upon a poor man
or a family as a serious calamity. By means of
this institution, and by the payment of a trifling
sum annually, such lost animal may be instantly
replaced. But it is not necessary to do more than
turn the attention of the owners of such property
so the fact that there is sick a company amongst
for its advantages will suggest themselves to
every mind. The rates of insurance are very reas
onable." Particulars can be obtained by calling
on Air. Zimmerman, North Queen st.
BAR MEETING.—At a meeting of the mem
bers of Lancaster Bar, held in the Court, on Satur
day the 20th day of November, instant, at 2 o'clk.
P. M., Hon. HENRY G. LONG was called to the
chair, and WILLIAM MaTnroT, Esq.. appointed Sec
retary.
Judge Hayes in a few appropriate remarks an
nounced the death of Joan Anuuzw SLIIILTZB,
Governor of this Commonwealth, and submitted
the following Re4ilutions , Which were unanimously
adopted :
Resolved, That the members of the Lancaster
Bar, have heard with profound regret, the decease
of their distinguished fellow-citizen, and townsman,
the late Joan ANDREW SauvrzE, ex-Governor of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That in manifestation of their respect
for Abe character and worth of the deceased, they
will attend, in a body, his funeral from his late res
idence to the place of interment.
Resolved, That they tender their sympathy and
condolence to the family of the deceased in their
bereavement.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to ad
4ress a note to the family enclosing the foregoing
resolutions.
Resolved, That these proceedings be published
and that they be entered upon the minutes of the
Court.
The chair announced the following Committee,
Hon. A. L. Hayes, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens and Gen.
George Ford. WM. MATHIOT, Sec'y.
1.17 At a meeting of the Lancaster Bar, held pur
suant to previous notice, at the Court House, in the
city of Lancaster, on Wednesday, the 10th day of
November, A. D. 1852, at 3 o'clock, P. M. On
motion, Hon. A. L. Hayes .was called to the Chair,
and W. W. Brown, Esq., Secretary. The object of
the meeting having been stated by Gen. Geo. Ford,
to take into consideration the adoption of resolu
tions expressive of the feelings and sentiments of
the Bar, upon the melancholy event which has cal
led them together—the death of their late fellow
member, William Whitehill, Esq., and submitted
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Bar have heard with deep re
gret, the announcement of the death of their fellow
member. William Whitehill, Esq.
Resolved, -That Mr. Whitehill, although young
in years, leaves behind him the remembrance of
his worth, his gentlemanly and unobtrusive deport.
ment, his devotedness and intelligence in his pro
fession, where his zeal and industry gave sure prom
ise of future eminence.
Resolved, That .the Bar tender to the bereaved
family of the deceased the assurance of their deep
felt sympathy.
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to
communicate these resolutions to the family of the
deceased; and that we wear the usual badge of
mourning for 30 days.
Resolved, That the members of the Bar will at
tend the funeral of the deceased, in a body.
Which beim" b severally read a second time, were
considered and unanimously adopted.
Whereupon the Chair appointed a committee to
communicate these resolutions to the family of the
deceased.
Attest, A. L. HAYES, Chairman
W. W. BROWN, Secretary.
New Books
CAPTAIN KTD j OR THE WIZARD OF THE SEA,"
is the title of an interesting book of 200 pages,
written by J. A. Ingraham, and published by De
Witt and Davenport, No. 156 Nassau street, N. Y.,
the price being only 50 cents. The adventures of
Capt. Kyd were the very essence of romance, and
his exploits have been chronicled far and wide
throughout christendom. In the present work the
daring buccaneer is represented vividly and graph
ically before us, and no one can read the story
without feeling deeply interested in all the details
of this noted pirate of the seventeenth century.—
For sale at Spangler's, in this city.
117' Will the New York publishers be kind
enough to send us a copy of the SWAMP STEED."
GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.—We have received from
the publisher the December number of this sterling
periodical, which is, as' usual, exceedingly interes
ting and instructive. There is a marked improve-
ment in the artistic branch of the work. The en.
gravings are truly elegant. A new volume corn.
mences with the January number.
The publishers propose to send Graham's Maga
zine, and Godey's Lady's Book, one year for s 4.—
Who would'nt subscrib'b I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.--Letters containing
money having frequently miscarried of late be
tween Richmond and Baltimore. Mr. McGuire,
the special agent of the Post-office Department, on
Friday, mailed a decoy letter in Virinia addressed
to a banking house in Baltimore. It contained
some worthless bank bills, and a marked quarter
dollar. The agent on Saturday traced the posses
sion of the coin to Henry C. Weightman, employ
ed in the post office in this city. He has been ad
mitted to bail to await lurther investigation,
The Japan Expedition
The long talked of expedition is to sail, it is now
said, about the first of December, under the com
mand of Commodore Perry. We understand that
Captain Joshua R. Santis, of this city, has com.
wand of the steamer Allegheny, which accompa:
nice the expedition, and Captain Hiram Paulding
is to command the ship Vermont. The following
vessels are to make up the expedition, xtiz .• •
Vessels. Guns. Men
Vermont, 3,000 tons, 96 800
Mississippi, steam frig., 1700 tons, " 375
Susquehanna, do 1500 tons, ' 4 350
Princeton, do. 1200 tons, " 190
Allegheny, do. i 1100 tons, " 190
Saratoga, sloop of war, first class, 22 ' 190
St. Marrs, do. do. 22 190
Vincennes, do. do. 22 190
Kazoo trigate, Macedonian, 19 950
Brig of war Porpoise, . 10 120
. .
Storeship Southampton, 32 lb. guns, 4
do Leington, do 4
do Tabot, do 4
Total number of men,
The effective force of the expedition, including
700 mariners, will be about 4,000 men and 330 guns,
Rot of the last being heavy ordinance. The
steamers are each mounted with 22 42's, besides
having a couple of Paixhan shell guns of the larg
est calibre, and placed on revolving trucks, so as'
to sweep the horizon. These guns aro intended to
be used for the discharge of shells of 68 and 120
lbs. The New York Herald, from which we glean
these particulars, says that one of the storeships•
the Talbot, has already sailed with extra machin
ery for the steamers, and shells, shot and other am
munition. The Mississippi, now lying at Annapo
lis, will be the flag ship of Commodore Perry.—
The razee Macedonian is to carry 20 8 inch and
two 10 inch shell guns. The latter mounted on
railways. The storeship Southampton is ready
for sea at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the Lexing
ton, at the same yard, is also fitting out; also, the
Vincennes. The Macedonian has her guns on
board, and she is now flaking in shot and shell.—
The sloop of war and the brig Porpoise are to
mount long 32 pounders. The Vermont will
mount long forty-two's on her lower deck, long
thirty-two's on her second tier, and short eighteens
on her upper deck. She is fitting out at the
Charleston Navy Yard.
The expedition is to carry out a magnetic tele
graph. a locomotive and rail cars, and many other
productions of modern civilization that are doubt
less intended to " astonish the natives." This looks
like business.—Bait. drgus.
Beautiful Extract.
The following extract is from an address del iv
ered by Governor BIGLER, at the dedication of the
Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia :
To place within the reach of every citizen the
means of intellectual improvement, should be re
garded as one of the highest purposes of govern
ment; and certainly no more sacred obligation can
devolve upon the parent than to educate the child.
The cultivation of the moral and intellectual facul
ties of the people elevates and dignifies their social
condition, and capacitates them for self-government.
This moral training of the people is desirable in
any country, but it is „especially so in a country
like ours, where each citizen is invested with a
certain degree of sovereignty, by means of which
he exercises the high prerogative of chosing his
own guardians of public affairs, and thus makes
the impress of his wildon the policy of governMent.
In other countries, where the masses are looked
upon as mere "hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter" for those who have reached the head of civil
affairs by hereditary succession, the moral condi
tion of the masses has much less influence upon
the movements and upon the stability of the gov
ernment. But in this republic, where so much de
pends upon popular will, influenced by popular in
telligence—whose the distinctions of blood and ti
tle do not exist , too much sacrifice cannot be
made by the citiz-n and the government to pro
mote the cause of education.
And especially should the meads of education be
placed within the reach of the poor and helpless.—
Talent which would otherwise remain obscure is
thus brought to light and practical use. Nature,
in bestowing her gifts, is not confined , to the ranks
of the distinguished and opulent. Her bounteous
hand is restrained by no contracted limits. Talent
and genius of the highest order are often found in
the most humble ranks of society. But what rich
treasures of the faculties are lost for want of the
means of cultivation—smothered by the chilling
hand of poverty, or extinguished by the paralyzing
influence of bad examples or had moral training.—
How beautiful and how true the poetic sentiment,
which was impressed upon my mind in my school
boy days:
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathomed eaves of ocean bear;
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its fragrance on the desert air.,
GREAT HAUL OF COUNTERFEITERS
In the United 'States Commissioner's office, be
fore Commissioner Heazlitt, last evening, at 4 o'cik'
Wm. Stettler, Lewis H. Regin, Phcebe Ann Don
elly, the alleged mistress of Regin, and another fe
male, had a hearing—the former charged with
manufacturing spurious coin of the United States,
and the three latter with passing it. The circum
stances which led to the arrest are as follows:
Phcebe Ann Donnelly and the other female went to
the Walnut Street Theatre, and after being there
some time, came out and employed a cabman to
drive them to the Arch Street Theatre. Phwbe
gave the cabman a new half-dollar, which excited
his suspicion. and upon a full examination of it, he
believed it to be a counterfeit. He communicated
his suspicions to Henry Zell, of the Marshall's Po
lice, who obtained the assistance of Constable
James Barber, of Lower Delaware Ward, who is
employed at the theatre, and both the females were
arrested.
On searching them, twelve of the new counter
feit half dollars were found on Phcebe, but none on
the other female, who is a stranger in this city, re
lated to Phoebe, and the wife of a person residing
in Turpentine, near Mount Holly, N. J. By a cun
ning interrogation of Phoebe, the officers discover
ed that Regin was concerned in passing the spud
coin. He keeps a tavern on Second street, near
Norris, in the upper part of Kensington, which is
kuown by the name of "The Forty Thieves," (ram
the sort of people who consort there. He was ar
rested on Wednesday night, by officers Russell, Zell
and Barber. He implicated Stetler as the coiner
of !the money. Stetler was arrested yesterday
morning, at his house in Filth street, above Dia
mond, near the forks of the Germantown Road, by
the three officers.
In the third story of his house were found a com
plete lathe, moulds, tools, and all the apparatus for
coining the half dollars. The room in which these
articles were found, showed that a number of per
sons must have been at work coining the night be
fore, os a larOe quantity of tobacco juice was upon
the floor not yet dri , . The moulds were found in
the stove; and around it, was a quantity of the met
al out of which the money is made, and some un
finished half dollars. About sloo,worth of the
spurious half dollars were found in an old stock
ing in the rain barrgl in the yard. These were in
the rough state.
Riegn and Phcebe were committed for a further
hearing on Monday'. morning next, at 9 o'clock, and
Settler, on Tuesday morning, at the same hour.—
The strange female, who was evidently innocent,
was discharged.
Stetler was arrested on a similar charge, and
convicted about two years ago. Application was
made for a new trial, on the groung that an ac
complice, (who was convicted of the same offence,
and afterwards pardoned by the President) upon
whose evidence Stetier was convicted, was not a
competent witness; because he was not pardoned of
the whole offence for which he had been convicted.
Upon that technical ground a new trial was grant
ed, and these being no other evidence against him,
he was acquitted, after being in prison about one
year. Too much praise cannot be awarded to offi
cers Russell, Zell and Barbor for the able and
speedy' manlier in which these persons were brought
to justice. The coin in process of manufacture is
the most,perfect that has ever been issued, and
look as if they had just come from the U. S. Mint.
The prisoners are! defended, Stetter, by R. Tyler,
and thh other two by F. C. Brewster.—Nrws.
my-The following description of a good wife is
given by a Downeaster:
"She hadn't no ear for music, Sam, but she had
a capital eye for dirt, and with poor folks, that's
much better. No man never seed as much dirt
in my house as a 'Hy couldn't brush off with his
wings. Boston gale may boast of their spinners
and their gytars, and their eyetalian airs, and their
ears for maw, but give me the gal' that has an eye
for dirt. She's the gal for my money.
Co:irony, Nov. 18.—The Judges of the Supreme
Court of New Hampshire, have decided that the
prohibitory liquor law, passed by the last session
of the Legislature of that State, conflicts with the
Constitution.
Address of Col. J. W. Forney
At the Democratic Celebration at T4alhington, on
Thursday evening, the 11 1 / 1 inst.
Before the battle of Wagram, to the heroic Mar
shal Macdonald-was confided the perilous duty of
charging the Austrian centre. Burning to vindi
cate-himself from the ciiipleasure of his chief, he
hurled his division of fifteen thousand men against
the living rampart of 'the foe; and although he
fought his 'way through a dense mass of eighty
thousand assailants, and escaped with but fifteen
hundred of the gallant band that had followed him
into the red throat of battle, yet alter the tight was
over, and the triumph won, on an adjacent height
might be seen the colors of Macdonald, no longer
clad in sables and in sorrow, floating in the breeze.
We, who fell with our flag and our faith four
years ago, may trace' thecomparison which this in
cident suggests, now that we have vindicated oursel
yes by crowning the victory we meet this evening
to commemorate. We fought against confident and
extended combinations, and although we have lost
no lives in the conflict, and have emerged from it
with increased animation and energy, yet have we
overwhelmed our adversaries, and rescue'd the coun
try from those whO have proved by their own
works that they are unequal to, or unworthy of,
the great trust thrown into their hands in a mo
ment of mistaken but patriotic enthusiasm.
We do not assemble to celebrate the triumph of
good principles in the spirit ; that exul a over our
fellow-citizens who are now in the minority. The
grandeur of this triumph, its majesty, its compe
hensiveness, its completeness, attest that you have
been victorious in a good cause. Those who have
gone down in the struggle, can now contemplate
the meagre proportions of their own creed, and
amend, at their leisure, its manifest-deficiencies.—
We do not rejoice over them, while we thank God
that we have 'defeated their designs. In this age
truth has too fair and too wide a field to make the
downfall of error a wonder; and in this republic
the best evidences of the justice of Democratic
principles are the increasing benefits they confer
upon the people. Pride of opinion often retains
men in the wrong when conscience and conviction
tell them that they ought to avow their mistakes;
but our countrymen, as a mass, no more desire to
deny the success of any broad and genial policy!
which proves its beneficence bylts fruits, than they I
would desire to deny the sun himself while stand
ing in the effulgence of his glorious beams. When
an honest man, who calls himself a Whig, sees
what he has believed to be destructive dog
mas of the Democracy, reflecting glory upon the
American people, he does not grope for proofs that
he is deluded by a vain show, but stands up and
admits that which it would dishonor him to dispute.
And when this same man finds his own high hopes
in the ability of Whig measures turning to dust
and ashes in his hands, his heart yields to the truth
which his judgment cannot resist. We rejoice over
no such citizens. We rejoice the rather that the
Whig party of yesterday contains so many.
No, fellow-citizens t we commemorate the event
of the 2d November, not because a certain party
was defeated, but because eternal principles have
prevailed. We rejoice not over any portion of our
countrymen, but for all our country. We rejoice
that the great principles which have so often been
our safeguards in our onward career, and which I
have so otten protected us from the consequences
of pernicious doctrines. are once more to be applied
in the administration of this government.
Gentlemen, you who have read the gorgeous tale
of Monte-Cristo, and remember his suprise when
his store of gold and jewels was opened to his eyes,
may realize the difficulty he experienced in select
ing the which was most valuable and rare. In
looking over the history of the last contest for the
Presidency, whom shall we distinguish for applause
when all have dune so well? I might, with the
natural love of home, ask your voices for old Penn
sylvania, who aided so well in the van of the con
flict; but when we remember the blaze el a nation's
victory as it illuminated the whole land, it would
be unjust and invidious to discriminate. The North
answered to the East—the South to the West.--
Startled by one great majority, hardly had the
shouts that greeted it died away ere the telegraph
dashed another before our eyes! When the initial
intelligence of our success came to my ears I was
in Philadelphia. The first voice of triumph was
answered by the echoes of rival achievements from
every corner of the land; and the thunders of the
masses responded to the welcome language of the
lightning—
" Not from one lone cloud,
But every mountain now had found a tongue,
And Jura answered through her misty shroud,
Back to the joyous Alps, who called to her
aloud."
Let U 3 not pause upon the circumstances which
gave us this great victory; but it is due to truth
to say that we have won no advantage by conceal
ment or by calumny. A Fren statesman said,
when reminded that he had espoused an unpopular
cause, "I have placed my bark upon the highest
promontory, and I fearlessly await the rising waves
of public opinion to float it off." The great ele
ment of nationality, which recently marshalled us
to such crowning success, won its way over a thou
sand obstacles. At first it was advocated in the
midst of minority and misrepresentation. For a
season it was almost lost amid the waves of laud=
icism. More than one gallant spirit in the North
tell in defence of it. But it was not cravenly de
seited, While such men as Franklin Pierce in the
tree States held up the standard, like a star in a
stormy sky whose occasional gleams showed that
the hope and, patriotism still survived, the consti
tution did not want for friends, Public opinion,
startled at first lay the efforts of sectional influences,
soon rose to the emergency. Tranquility came
after discord and danger; and those who had been
brave and bold enough to stand by the right were
vindicated. The great seal of the popular decree
was imposingly affixed to the compromise meas
ures In the election just closed; and the national
element, once scouted and scorned, is now acknowl
edged as the sentiment of a vast majority of our
countrymen.
But the past teaches other lessons. The record
that preserves the history of the campaign, so far as
the Democrats are concerned, is stained by no fraud,
.blackened by no falsehood, dishonored by no slan
der. We spoke no two languages on any question.
What was printed under authority for one re
gion could be used in all. The same principles
were advocated all over the country, and no man
voted in the dark. Every issue was faithfully met
—every argument frankly discussed. We may look
back upon this feature of the canvass without a
blush, and the champions of our cause, whether the
toilers at the editorial desk, or the orators on the
hustings, may triumphantly solicit all just criticism
of their conduct. Parties and partizans may learn
this lesson—that now, when ;he glare of availabil
ity has faded, and the flowers of rhetoric have with
ered, the surest way to the confidence of a great peo
ple is to deal with them like intelligent and intre
pie freemen.
It is a suggestive coincidence that the equestrian
statue of Andrew Jackson Will be elevated two brief
months before Franklin Pierce takes his seat as
President. It, is well that the restoration of the
Democracy to national power should be thus inau
gurated. It is weli that. the new administration
should be reminded of the duties before it by such
a ceremonial. Man among men t Patriot without
guile! Warrior without pretension! Democrat
without selfishness! Let us recall the proud ex
ample to guide and guard the administration of thy
follower and thy friend! The masses never desert
ed thee. You rose from their midst, and as step by
step you ascended to the highest honor, their hearts
beat for you, their hands were raised to you, their
votes vindicated you. Among thh granite moun
tains of the East there is a citizen who has been
chosen to conduct the nation in the path you laid
down. It is a common compliment to speak of pol
iticians of the Jackson school; but Franklin Pierce
has illustrated the annals of his State and of the na
tion by proofs of his indomitable firmness and un
quenchable enthusiasm as a supporter of this mem
orable school. No follower he of the passions of
the hour—no eager echo he of local fanaticisms;
but a man whose character, cast in no cold or con
tracted mould, has fitted him for those conflicts
which demand the wisdom of a great statesman
and the courage of a great hero. When Jackson
died he left a nation in tears; but his great example
will live forever—
'<They never fail who die
In a good cause; the block may soak their gore;
Their heads may sodden in the sun, their limbs
Be strung to city gates and castle walls—
But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years
Elapse and others share as dark a doom,
They 1:u. augment the deep and sweeping thoughts
Which overpower all others, and conduct
The world at mat to freedom."
The country requires .a Democratic administra
tion. It great interests, present and future, demand
the guardianship of the friends ,f the constitution
Let us not he afraid to say it—its wonderful pro
gress can alone be sustained and made pertect
through luture ages by the progressive party,—
While population rolls its mighty wave over the
expanses of the West—while myriads of hard hands
and brave hearts daily seek shelter under the folds
of our luminous banner—new territories are added
to our domain as if to provide for the new genera
tions which are hereal ter .to occupy them. Even
since the foundations pf yonder monument to the
Father of his Couqtry were laid s deep in the soil, a
great Commonwealth has been wedded to the Union,
rivalling all the fabled stories of eastern wealth, and
outdazzling the marvels even of this age of marvels,
in its rapid march to greatness, and its magic ac
cession' to the blessings and benefits of civilization
and law. Before the majestic structure now rising
in the east shall be completed (the extension of the
Capitol,) where future statesmen will contend, let
us hope, for a tentablic which shall cover every foot
of the continent, other States may be.added to this
Union, and other territories gathered to the pro
tecting embrace of our free institutions.
If that• historic hero, now sleeping among the
shades of the Hermitage, could re-appear upon that
tage - where, for many long years, he was the con
spicuous ideal of disintejested patriotism, he would
join with you in the imposing festivities by which
you hail the electiotiof Franklin Pierce. But chief
ly would he rejoice because that result was due to
a people whose achievements in arts, in arms, and
in every avocation which elevates character and
country, have made them the political miracle of
our time. Who so fitted to administer our laws as
those who have championed the constitution?—
Who so fitted to govern as those who have achieved
the noblest triumphs of legislation? Who so de
serving
of power as those who have never abused
it? Who so prepared for the responsibilities of the
State as• those who have stood by the State in the
storm and in the sunshine, in the battle and in the
breeze? Above all, who are so well armed for fu
ture emergencies growing out of new issues as thr.se
who never tattered in the darkest crisis—who never
failed in the direst peril? The Democratic party
is that party which has contended that our terri
tories might advance, and advance, and yet that
they could not out march the guiding radiance of
our flag, or stray from the protecting shelter of our
constitution. Who so well prepared and so well
schooled to control the ship of State through all the
trials consequent upon the enlarging grandeur of
our country, as the great party which conceived
and carried the purchase of Louisiana, the annexa
tion of Texas, add the acquisition of California!—
Let not those who anticipate bad results from the
rule of Franklin Pierce misunderstand the idea of
American progress as typified in the wise and be
neficent policy of the Democratic party. It is neith
er fanaticism nor fear. It is caution, but not cow
ardice. It avoids war by showing , its disregard of
war when the nation's honor is involved. Its his
tory shows that the best way, to conquer and to
consummate peace is boldly to front peril. The
progress of the Democratic party, as manifested
from the beginning, is the truest conservatism.—
Those who predict otherwise at present, no less
foolishly forget the past than they blindly tremble
at the future.
And now fellow-citizens, let your bon-fires blaze;
let your torches glare; let your shouts be raised :
and '-let the cannon to the trumpet speak." But
as you pass through this city, as your joyous line
illuminates its broad sultets and stately avenues—
as Jefferson from the west, standing like a sleepless
warder at the doors of-the presidential mansion,
points to you a chart he laid down for your gui
dance, and as Washington from the east, like a dei
ty enthroned in the grounds of the Capitol, seems
to invoke new blessings upon the republic he serv
ed and saved--do not forget that die victory you
have won is the victory of a constitution which
can only be preserved by the virtue and the vigi
lance of the American people.
Table
OF LENGTH AND COOT OF THE STATE WORKS OF FENN-
Ef2REIM
FINISHED WORES. LENGTH. COST.
Philadelphia and Columbia
railroad, Philadelphia to
Columbia. S 2 $4,204,970
Eastern. division ofPennsyl
vania canal, Columbia to
the mouth of Juniata. 43 6,736,509
Juniata division of Pennsyl
vania canal. mouth of the
Juniata to Hollidaysburg 130 3,521,412
Allegheny Portage railroad,
Hollidaysburg to Johns
town. 36 1,628,462
Western division of Penn
sylvania canal, Johns
town to Pittsburg. 106 3,069,877
Total, main line from Phil
adelphia to Pittsburg. 306 $14,361,320
Delaware division of Penn
sylvania canal, Easton to
Bristol. 60 $1,381,742
Susquehana division of
Pennsylvania canal mouth
of Juniata to Northum
berland. 39 996,380
North branch of Pennsylva
nia canal, Northumber- •
•
land:to mouth of Lanka
wannock. 73 1,580,671
West Branch of Pennsylva
nia canal. Northumber•
land to Lockhnven. 72 1,9.08,472
French Creek division of
Pennsylvania canal and
feed er, Franklin to Mead
ville. 46 795,802
Beaver division of Pennsyl
vania canal, mouth of
Beaver to New Castle. 25 511,671
Total finished works. 710 921,336,058
UNFINISHED WORKS. LENGTH. COST.
North Branch canal, Lack
awannock to N. Y. State
line. 89 32,248,939
W est branch extension,
Lockhaven to mouth of •
Linnemahoming. 90 352,457
Erie extension, Newcastle
to Erie. 151 3,160,667
Wisconisco feeder, mouth of
Juniata to Lyken's valley. 13 390,103
Allegheny feeder, mouth of
Keskemonstas to Kittan
ing. . 16 31,172
Gettysburg railroad, Gettys
burg to Hagertown. 91 667,918
Total unfinished works. 313 87,087,065
Whole amount of finished &
unfinished works.
RUSTIC WOOER OP THE DUCHESS OS KENT.—The
residents =at Abergeldie, the summer resort of the
Duchess of Kent, were recently surprised with a
visit from 'a Brasmer farmer, who exhibited all the
symptoms of having imbibed an intoxicating quan
tity of the famed Lochnager, or 'mountain dew.'—
'ls the Duchess in;?' asked the farmer. 'Yes,' re
plied Plush, 'leave 'your card, or say what's your
business' 'What's the use of leaving my Chic)
card, when I'm here Chic) myself? demanded the
farmer. 'Well, your business, sir?' asked Plush,
impatiently. 'Why, d'ye see now, the Duchess is a
widow, isn't she ?"Yes, that is well known,' re
plied Plush, beginning to be amused, 'but what of
that ?"What of that; rejoined the farmer, 'there
is this of 41 -at; I am'a widower, the Duless
widow, and Chic) I want to get into the royal fam
ily.'
IE7 Mrs. Bloomer, who edits a paper called 'The
Lily,' published monthly, at Seneca Falls, N. York,
undertakes in the last number of her. journal to give
the winter, dress, in reply to several letters of in_
quiry which she has received. Among other pe•
culiarities of her style of apparel, she urges her lady
friends to wear "suspenders, the same as those worn
by the men, and in the same manner." These, she
says, are preferable to straps; and she remarks that
they are now worn to a considerable extent. At
a meeting which was held at Seneca Falls on the
14th ult., some fifty ladies, from different parts of
New York State, attended in Bloomer dress..
' BUFFALO, Nov. 15.
AWFUL CALAMITY—Loss of Steamship Powhatan
—Many Lives Lost. —Private advices from Dunkirk
report that the propeller Powhatan has foundered
on the Lake, and that every soul on board at the
time perished. She had a number of passengers
no list given. Books and papers belonging to the
ill fated vessel have drifted 'ashore: Nothing au
thentic has yet been obtained, but it is feared that
the information will prove unfortunately but too
true.
A vessel is ashore at Fairport, bottom up, but
her name is unknown ; the crew are supposed
to be lost. At the mouth of Detroit River there
are ten or twelve vessels ashore, most of which
will be got off with slight damage. The schooner
Eagle is a total wreck at the mouth of the Wel
land canal. Cargo lost. One lad was drowned;
the rest of the crew escaped after much suffering.
Several' are partly frozen. Canadian schooners
Sovereign and Lady Bagot are ashore at Lake Hu
rbn, the former a total wreck. The propeller Ohio
went ashore last night—by discharging cargo off,
and arrived here last night. There is a report in
circulation of a steamer being seen on fire off the
north shore of Cleaveland last night.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 01A YOUNG LAT/Y.
—A Miss Ann Jane Converse, aged 25 years, daugh
ter of Mr. Hiram Converse, living betwe.m Lerays
ville and Sterlingville, went to the house of Mr.
Leo. Fortune, in the neighborhood, to spend the
night. She with the lamily, retired at an early
hour, and wlien called in the morning was not to
be found.
Search was immediately made for her, and the
only trace that can be found is, that early next
morning a female resembling her was seen by a
man at Felt Mills. She was dressed in black, and
is an interesting and amiable young lady, an only
daughter, and her mysterious disappearance caus
es great excitement in the vicinity. The immense
wilderness lying northeast of Sterlingville has been
thoroughly searched with occasional traces report
ed of the missing girl. At least a thousand men
were out each day last week, but up to Sunday
night nothing could be found of her.— Watertown
rournql. e
Homicide Case.
Yesterday, the case of Thumas Sheeran, charg
ed with the murder of Bridget Sheeran, his wife
was brought on for trial in the Court of Oyer and
-Terminer, before Judges Thompson and Allison.—
The following juro:s were chosen, viz :—Thomas
Lewellan, William Craig., James York, Asher M.
Wright, Daniel Rnight, Nathaniel Harney, Henry
Wilkins, Anthony Starrett, John Gosivuld, Thom
as S. Croiuiberger, John Henkell. The jurors, ex•
cept the two last, were selected trout the regular
panel. The latter were talesmen returned by the
Sheriff. In the course of the proceedings of em•
pennelling the jury in the case, one of the jurors,
atter being questioned by the District Attorney, was
directed by that officer to stand aside. Mr. Phil
lips, for the defendant. denied the right of the Com
monwealth in set t' e juror aside after examining
him as to his qualification to serve as such. The
Court overruled the objection. The next juror, on
being called, was examined in the usual way, and
was challenged for cause by the Prosecuting (Ali
cer. Mr. Phillips again objected to this course,
and contended that it was the chit) of the Common
wealth to challenge the juror as a preliminary pro
ceeding, and then proceed to examine him as to
cause, for the purpose of sustaining or withdraw
ing the challenge. In the present matter, Mr. P.
contended that until the juror was challenged, there
was nothing to examine him upon. That it was
merely ao inquiry arising from professional curi
osity, and if the juror answered falsely lie could
not be held for perjury, as the examination was ex
tra judicial. notwithstanding it was made in a
Court of justice. He referred to the record as it is
made up in homicide cases in support of the posi
tion that the challenge must be made before the
inquiries prescribed by law shall be put. The
Court overruled the objection of defendant's coun
sel.
The whole of the morning, session and a part
of the afternoon was taken up in getting a jury.—
The case was opened by Wm. B. Reed, Esq., who
assumed the position that the offence of which the
defendant is accused, is murder in the first degree.
From the means used to cause death•it cannot he
other than wilful and deliberate killing, and is so
especially provided in the act of 1794. A number
of witnesses for the prosecution were examined do
ring the evening.
The facts, according to the testimony, are, that
the defendant, who is an Irishman, married the
deceased, several years since, and has had six chil
dren by her—three of whom are living. Some
time prior to the 11th of May, when the woman
died, she and her husband had lived unhappily, on
account of a young woman named Ellen Cum
mings, who came into the house as a domestic, and
to whom the prisoner appeared to be more atten
tive than the wife thought consistent with correct
feelings towards herself
In consequence of the intimacy of the prisoner
and this female, the latter was compelled to leave
the house. The prisoner, however, took care of
her, and reccommended her as a proper person for
some situation which she had applied for. It is
alleged that he walked with her in the streets after
that, and exhibited the same conduct towards her
which had given offence to the wife. Very soon
after the girl lett the house, and in the month of
May last, the deceased was taken sick, and at the
request of the prisoner took a dose of castor oil,
which he mixed himself, in something to prevent
the bad taste. He was particular afterwards to
wash out the gla-s which had contained the oil.
The woman becoming worse, a physician was
sent for, who treated her for cholera, and prescri
bed the usual remedies. These were given by the
husband and were followed by vomiting. The
physician did not quite understand hnw this result
was produced, and informed the husband that his
wife was in a very critical condition. She contin
ued to sink, and in about a week after her attack
she died. She was buried in the Catholic Cathe
dral, but, at the instance of her attending physician,
Dr. Reilly, the body was disinterred by the author
ities, and the unmistakeable traces of arsenic found
in her stomach. Frevious to this, the 'conduct of
the prisoner was strange and unnatural. He kept
the company of the girl Cummings, and in about
a fortnight alter his wife's death married her. In
a conversation with the Doctor, about certain ru
mors. as to his conduct which were afloat in the
community, the Doctor said, in order to clear his
character, he had better have his wile disinterred.
He replied that he would not for or some
considerable amount of money, have her taken up.
The case is still under trial. The prisoner is ap
parently about 50 years of age; he is a strong man
a carter by business, and at which he has accumu
lated some property. In front of the dock his lit
tle children are seated, presenting n sad spectacle,
when it is considered that the solitary inmate of
that dock is their father, and 'he on trial for the
murder or their mother.— Phila, Ledger Noe. tB. .
A NEW Yon Gins. AnnaAn.—The Bostonians
are in a twitter of excitement in regard to the pranks
of a young damsel limn this city, who has been
caught in that city in all the horror of male attire.
It seems from the relations of the journals of yes
terday, that quite a sensation was created on Mon
day evening by the discovery of a young woman
of beauty and IS, in men's clothes. it appears that
on Wednesday last she applied at Simmons's great
clothing establishment, Water street, for a clerk
ship. Her decided smartness of manner and glib
ness of tongue were suggestive of a model clerk,
and she was at once employed at clever wages.—
She excited no suspicion till Monday, when in con
sequence, she left her post of duty. On that after
noon a despatch was received from New York, set•
ting forth certain descriptive matters, which proved
to resemble the model clerk to, a nicety. She was
hunted up at her boarding place in Kneeland Street,
and taken into Mr. Nourse's care, to be kept until
"called for" by friends in Gotham. Her name it is
not necessary to make public. (It is said to Em•
ma —. She had taken the name of George
Green.) It is enough to know that she was a pi
quant, dashing, bright-eyed girl, full of life and
ssvimming in romance. Her hair was cut man
fashion, as were her manner; as may well be be
lieved by passing unsuspected through nearly a
week's clerkship among some fifty men. The point,
however, at which our young heroine in breeches
was aiming, is as yet undiscovered.—Tribune.
828,423,123
PUTTY DISPENSED WlTu.—Some down east op
erator has got a way of setting glass without putty.
The window sash is made entirely of wood, the
outside permanent. The inside is framed in such
a manner that the parts can be readily removed
for the purpose of inserting the glass, which is
placed between slips of India-rubber, which, when
the parts of the sash are replaced, causes the glass
to be perfectly firm. The movable parts of the
sash are secured to their place by a knob screw
which makes a pretty finish.
CIIAMPAGNE.—The average quantity of genuine
champagne annually produced is said to exceed fif
ty millions of bottles !a quantity, however quite
insufficient to meet the public demand, as the great
number of establishments for the manufacture of
spurious champagne attest. I have heard it stated
on good authority, that in one establishment alone,
upwards of 500,( , 00 bottles of so-called champagne,
made principally from the stalks of rhubarb, are
annually sold. Some idea may be formed of the
relative consumption of real champagne by differ
ent countries, from the following return of the sales
in 1843 of the Department of Marine:—The total
quantity amounted to 2089,000 bottles, which
were thus distributed—England and British India,
407,000; Russia and Poland, 502,000; Germany,
including Prussia and the Austrian dominions,
439,000; United States of America anal West In
dies, 400,000; Italy, 60,00; Belgium, 00.000; Hol
land, 30,000; Sweden and Denmark. 30.000; South
America, 3 ;000; Switzerland, 30,000; Spain and
Portugal, 00,000; Turkey, 5000; and France, 20,-
000 bottles.—Literary Gazelle.
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REED, RATES & Annus, Wholesale Druggists,
No. 26, Merchants' Row, Boston, General Agents.
Price $1 per bottle ; six bottles for $5.
For sale by JOHN F. LONG,
North Queen street,Lancaster.
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