jntelligencet & 3 ournal. aneaster, December 2•61,1552. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR Er THE CARRIER requests us to inform our residers in the City, that he will pay them a special visit on Saturday morning next, (NEw Yzin,) and hOpes to find them all in a good humor upon That interesting occasion. He has recently been trying 1 his hand at poetizing, and he bespeaks a critical ex amination of his production. He also expects to b complimented by a substantial mark of their approbation. Concert--This Evening. Mr. R. J. TURNED. will give another of hie in itable Concerts, at Fulton Hall, this evening, ommencing at 7 o'clock. Those who have not heard this unrivaled American Balladist, as well as those who have, l should by all means go to hear him. His progratinne is somewhat varied Irorn ; - the former ones, and a peculiarly rich treat may be expected. He I l deserves a benefit, and we hope to see the Hall croWded this evening. Admittance, only 25 cents. Tickets can be had at John F. Shroder's Office, in N. Queen street, or at the Hall *e again advise all our friends to go and hear him. They wilt get more than the worth of their money. Appointmept .by the Governor. Capt. * JESSE REINIIOLD, Of Schceneck, in this ounty, to be Aid to his Excellency, with the rank Lieut. Colonel. 1 frp - This an excellent appointment. Col. R. is one of our most estimable citizens—a s)und, un linching Democrat, and in all respects worthy the istinguished mark of honor conferred upon him y the Commander-in-Chief. It is a compliment !like flattering to the Cu!, and to the excellent Llitary Company of which he is the head, and Lill doubtless be' properly appreciated by both.— The tip o' the rriornin to ye, Colonel.- Slate Finances in another column will be found an interesting !tabular statement horn the Auditor General, show. tug the financial:condition of the Commonwealth. Mr. BAN Ks has shown himself to be a highly com petent officer, and the sound condition of the Trea sury is the best proof that the finances have been wisely and prudently managed under his admistra- Good News: to Tax-Payers ID" The Pittsburg Post publishes a Table show ing the advantage to the Commonwealth resulting from the new loans made by Governor BIGLER ' S administration to pay off old debts—from which we take the following recapitulation Ain't required to pay in't on old loans, fur 25 years, $4,00,205;58 do. do. on new do. for same time ; .1,252,4 15, 00 Difference in fiivor of new loans, or saving to the Commonwealth, 6-117,790; 55 It will appear by the above, says the same pa per, taken as a basis of calculation, that by convert ing the whole of the State debt into 5 per cent- Coupon Bonk the premium derived from the same would be a saving of about Two Millions of Dollars The receipt's from the. Public Works this year amount to over ,$1,900,000 ; and as the North Branch Canal is rapidly approaching towards com pletion, this amount, it is fair to presume, will be largely increased, as no doubt can be entertained but that work will yield a large revenue; and as the Planes on the Portage Railroad are successively avoided, the expenses on that pm tion of the line will also be materially reduced. Penhsylvania, we think, has a brilliant future be fore her, under the present wise management of her financial affairs. Par obile Fratrum The Harrisburg Keystone, the organ of SIMON CAMERON, abuses and depreciates the character of Mr. BUCHANAN and the Polk administration gener ally—and thel Independent \Vhig, of this City, the organ of Tuentisus 'STEVENS, chimes in beautifully with that diSorganizing sheet, copies its articles prefaced with flattering notices, and labors all it can to as=sist it in the work of defamation. The one is trying its best to disorganize the Democratic party—the other is engaged in the same laudable work so tar as the \\'hig party is concerned. It is nattral,•therefore, that " a fellow feeling should make them wondrous kind to each other. " Birds of a feather, the old adage ,has it," always flock together. We give the Keystone joy of its new ally. The Pardon of Esher Ali. George Esher was convicted recently in Philadelphia, for a slight assault and battery upon ' one Gratz, who had insulted him at the polls in Penn District, and sentenced to pay a fine of $2.11 and the costs, and also be imprisoned for one week.— The sentence was deemed by almost every body a I cruel and unjust one, and accordingly eleven of the Rums who , convicted him, twelve members of the State Legislature from the County of Philadelphia, several members and ex-members of Congress, and over - five hundred of the respectable citizens T,f. Philadelphia, petitioned the Governor for his par don on the ground " that they regard the imprison ment of Gehrge Esher as an unnecessary degrada tion of a good citizen:' The Governor accordingly issued a pardon, and for so doing' he l'ihs been outrageously assailed by the Evening Bulletin, a guerilla sheet, and by one or two of the more reckless of the Whig press— Governor Bior.r.n, however, can stand all this abuse. He has done nothing more than his duty, and he may laugh at the wicked attacks of his personal and politieA enemies. El 7. On Tuesday last, the U. S. Senate, by a vote of 26 to t 2, passed the resolution conferring the rank of Lieidenant General on Major General WI FIELD SCOTT. The same office has never before been conferred on any individual in this country but General WAsur.wros,'and he, we believe show ed as unwillingness to assume the title. The res olution has yet to pass the ordeal of the House of Representatives. REMAINS OF JOHN Quiscr AnAns.—The re mains of John Quincy Adams were removed this morning from the burial ground in which they had been deposited,-in order to consign them to a tomb under one of the churches, with the remains of his widow, who recently deceased at Washington, and which we're brought to Quincy this'morning. The coffin containing the revered remains was opened, and the feStures of Mr. Adams were found in a per fect state of preservation. Mr. Adams has been dead nearly five years. The body was enclosed in an air-tight case.—Boston Herald, 16th inst. Er A Pomological State Convention is to be held at Harrisburg, on the 18th of January. Gen tlemen attending the meeting are requested to take with them specimens of the different Fruits in their sections of country, and especially those of native 1U - We again direct the attention of capitalists to the sale of the splendid property known as the "Cesti.tscv, IRON Won - Ks," in Cumberland county, which will take place on Thursday the 27th day of January. See new, advertisement. 113 on..WILLIAM.R. KING, at the latest ac counts, was improving in health, and strong hopes are now entertained of his recovery. Da- The Washington correspondent of the North American, says that Senator HUNTER, of Virginia., has been offered the - Treasury Depart- ment by Gen. Pierce, and declined it. Mr. Hunter is now on a visit to Gen. Pierce, at Boston. ILLIIPTRATED Nnws.—The prospectus Of BAR NUM & BEACHED new paper, will be found in our advertising colums. This will doubtless be one of the best family papers issued in the country, and have an immense circulation. The State Legislature. The representatives of the people will assemble at Harrisburg on Tuesday next, and we sincerely hope it may be a session different from many of those which have preceded it, in that legislation may be for the people, and not for corporations.— The system of class legislation which has charac terized the last twelve or.fifteen years, is a disgrace to the Commonwealth, and at war with the best interests of the masses and every good citizen must long for the honesty and integrity that so strongly marked our public men in the olden time. Fortu nately we are blessed with an honest Executive who, as the Tribune of the people, is not afraid to exercise his constitutional prerogative for the pur pose of protecting their rights. Were it not for that, we should begin to despair of the Republic ; for it seems that grave legislators are not proof against the demoralizing and corrupting influences , of speculators and stockjobbers, and all that class in community who attempt to live by their wits and make fortunes at the expense of the hard-work:ng, honest and industrious classes. The vetos of Governor BIGLER, at the last session, saved the State from the curse attempted to be in flicted upon it in the shape of some ten or a dozen new Banks, which, like the Bohan Upas, would have poisoned the atmosphere all around them But, nothing daunted by defeat, they are again pre. paring to approach the Legislature—some of them in the same . way, and others under new titles and in different, shapes; and, it may be, that our only hope for safety is again to rest upon the Governor. Many of the gentlemen elected to the ensuing Leg islature are new members, and, therefore, we have some hope that they may be more firm and deci ded as Democrats than many of their predecessors, and thus save the Executive the time and labor necessary to prepare another dozen or two of veto messages, instead of attending to the more agreea ble duties of his office. We are opposed, in toto, to any farther increase of Bank issues; There is now a superabundance of paper money in circulation—most of it genuine, we suppose, but very much of it counterfeit. The consequence is that the laboring classes, who as a general rule, are riot acquainted sufficiently with paper issues to detect the fraud, are literally robbed of their hard earnings, whilst those who are more able to lose are too wary to be caught in this way. This is the state of things at the 'present time, and should new Banks of issue be created, the evil would be increased rather than diminished. As to the Relief Issues, so called, they have liter ally become a positive nuisance, and it the Legisla ture do not at once take measures to abate it by having them destroyed, it will be because the voice of the people is disregarded by their representatives. There is now, according to the report of the State Treasurer, a very large, surplus in the Treasury, quite sufficient to meet tile interest on the public debt falling due in February. and - hence there is no d emblance of an excuse for the longer continuance of this filthy trash in circulation. We might go on enumerating other reform meas ures which ought to claim the attention of the Leg islature, but the above will suffice for a beginning. We shall resume the subject hereafter. The New Cabinet. Speculation in regard to President t'ierce's cabi net, says the Democratic Union, are rife as usual in the public pr?ss, and some of the Stbiss mereena- ' rice at Washington, who write for pay, and traduce character by contract with infamous men, using papers purporting to be neutral, for their own dis graceful purposes, are busy in their work of defam• anion and mischief. Observer, of the Ledger, and X., of the Baltimore Sun, a man constantly in pay of the disorganizing Indians of Pennsylvania, has been devoted for the last two month to one object. The following, from one of his last letters, has been repeated over some twenty times: "I also repeat, what I have so often expressed, that no member of \lr. Poll's adminis!ration will hold a seat in President PiercSs cabinet.' On the very day that this appeared in the Ledg er, an editor ial was published in Philadelphia, (Min the New Hampshire Patriot, a paper published un der Gen. Piercp's own eye, at Concord, and which is his acknowledged organ, containing the follow- 111 L, 1 _ " If Gen. Pierce should conclude that certain members of Mr. Polk's cabinet can subserve the public interests better than others, as members of his cabinet, we see no reason why he should not se lect them. Ills sole desire must be promote the welfare, prosperity and honor of tie country, and he will wish to call around him the best men— thsse who, under all circumstances, are best calcu late(' to aid him most effectually in administering the great trust confided to him by the American people." 11_7" We learn from the Philadelphia Ledger that several persons in Pennsylvania have it in eastern plation to ask a charter for a company to remove the obstructions from the Susquehanna river, so as to make it navigable for steamboats from Columbia to the Chesapeake Bay. It is said that the engi neers who have examined the obstructions are of the opinion that the thing is entirely practicable, and within reasonable cost. The Susquehanna Canal runs nearly parallel with the river, has never paid a dividend to the stockholders and the stock is now worth but about 33 per cent. of par. Not withstanding this, the greater expedition of a steam ' boat navigation, in the opinion of these enterprising gentlemen, would give it a trade that would pay well. The estimated cost of the proposed improve ment is from four to five millions of dollars. SOLDIERS - OF THE WAR Of suggestion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that warrants for one hundred and six ty acres should. be awarded to the soldiers, or the representatives of soldiers, who served in the last war with England, has been echoed by a number of the veterans themselves, who met at Philadelphia a few days since to present the considerations on which they base the claim. In their resolutione they ask that the present Bounty Land law shall be so modified as to extend the benefits allotted to the soldiers who were engaged in Mexico to the heroes of ISI2, without reference to the length of service—to the sailors who fought in the battles of that period—and to the 'Dartmoor and Tripoli prisoners, or their surviving families. LETTEIt or Mu. KING.—The following is the letter of declination of the late President of the U. S. Senate WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 20, 1852 SENATORS: The feeble state of my health renders me unable to discharge the duties of President pro tonpore. Accept, I beg you, my resignation of the honorable position in which you have with so much unanimity placed me. In taking leave of you, senators, permit me to ex press my grateful acknowledgments for your uni. form personal kindness, and the generous support you have never failed to giVe me in my efforts to preserve order and enforce the parliamentary law. May a merciful Providence preserve to each_oryou the greatest of all earthly blessings—health.\ With the highest respect and esteem, I am your obedient servant, - -WM. R. KING. LANCASTER, LEBANON AND PINE GROVE RAlL nonn.—Sufficient stock has been subscribed to in sure the construction of this road. The charter has been secured, by the payment of the necessary lee at the Secretary's office, Harrisburg, and there is to be a meeting at the Exchange, in Philadelphia on the 4th of January, to elect a Board of Directors. ID Ana, only daughter and child of the great Poet, Lonn BlRON — she whom he . so passionately apostrophised in her infancy and during his agony of soul, when his "household gods lay shattered around him," as "Ada. sole daughter of my house and heart," died in London, on the 27th of November, in the 37th year of her age. She had been married to the Earl of Lovelace, and leaves children. !Tr The compliments of the season to all our Patrons. rthht the Dehtecntic Union. The Keystone and Mr. Poik's Administration. If there is any one subject on which the great mass of the Democracy of Pennsylvania and the Union unite heartily and cordially, it is in pro nouncing the administration of James K. Polk one of the most brilliant, able and patriotic that has ever illustrated our political annals. It was made up of men of the most distinguished and commanding talents, and all their movements were conducted with consummate abjity. The annex- ation of Texas, the settlement of the Oregon con troversy, the Mexican war, the acquisition of New Mexico, and of California, with its golden moun tains and rapidly increasing commerce with the east—the settlement, on a firm foundation, of the Revenue tariff, all crowded in the short period of four years, points this nut as one of the most able and eventful administrations that has ever controlled the affairs of our government. A mere reference m the foregoing facts call up in every patriotic breast feelings of admiration, for the distinguished men who stood at the heard of our government during this most interesting peri od in our political history; and the names of Polk and Buchanan, Marcy and Walker, Mason, Clifford and Johnson, will go down to posterity by the side of those of Jefferson, Madison and Jackson. The Oregon correspondence of Mr. Buchanan, met the approval of the people of the 'United States, and it was translated and published throughout nearly all the Kingdoms of Europe, and we ask who are the Democrats that disapprove of Cuban correspon dence, that bas recently been brought to light by the bungling of the present administration? The financial policy of Mr. Walker has been tested by time and proves to be most satisfactory, and the Mexican war and our new acquisitions have infused into our people an energy! and an activity never before witnessed in the civilized world. Yet, notwithstanding all this, the administration is assailed alter its pure head has been laid in the tomb. Both the dead and the living are attacked by a band of political desperadoes in Pennsylvania, whose whole lives have been devoted to low intri- gue, base bargaining, political huckstering and mer. cenary speculations, and the Harrisburg Keystone is made use of as the organ of this disreputable tribe. It is well known to the people of Pennsyl vania, that there has been a guerrilla band in our State for years, whose sole object is disorganization, whenever they are unable to mould an administra- lion in power to suit their political aspirations or pecuniary speculations. This band defeated Wm. B. Foster, for Canal Commissioner in 1846; they bitterly assailed the administration of Governor Shunk, and attempted to defeat it in 1847 ; they became Free Soilers out of pique at the adminis tration of President Polk, and attempted to com mit the party of the State to this dangerous heresy, They next went into the Independent Taylor organ ization that defeated Morris Longstreth and Gen. Cass, in IS4S. Jit 1851 they were opposed to'Gov. Bigler for sixty days after his nomination, because the Convention that put him upon the ticket was a Buchanan Convention, and turned the guerillas out of doors; they organized an opposition to Judge Campbell all over the Commonwealth, and by ap pealing to religious prejudices defeated him for the Supreme Bench. They opposed the nomination of Mr. Buchanan in 1852, and were defeated b 3 six to one, notwithstanding they had the aid of many high-minded and honorable Cass men, who now look upon them with scorn and contempt. Alter being shamefully defeated at home, with their characteristic propensity for disorganization, they repaired to Baltimore with all the vindictiveness of hyenas, to prevent Mr. Buchanan's nomination ; but here they found a majority of Democratic States, who adhered to him for forty-seven ballots, and only gave him up when it was found that neither of the prominent candidates could be nom inated. Notwithstanding that Mr. Buchanan has this hold upon the Democracy of the Union, and is regarded everywhere as one of the very ablest statesmen in the country. Notwithstanding that he has now and has had for a long series of years, the entire or ganization in the State. and never failed, either in an election before the Legislature or a Convention of the people of Pennsylvania, that small and con temptible guerilla faction, that sustain, uphold, and keep in existence, the Harrisburg Keystone, contin ue to assail this great 'and good man, with a viru lence and vindictiveness that knows nobounds. We have said thus much much by way of pre face to the following able exposition in reference to the Cuban correspondence, from the Washington Union : We come now to the assault made upon the des patch of Mr. Secretary Buchanan to Mr. Saunders. It is no part of our purpose to defend this great document. It needs no defence. But we make use of the occasion to spread ,before the country a brief summary of the circumstances under which that despatch was written, and the exigency which then existed. The letteis published by the Executive— now that they have been made public, and the mis chief done—should be turned to as profitable ac count as possible, and we therefore commend them, with the records of contemporandous events in the Old World, to the careful study of the people of the United States. The documents show that Mr. Bu chanan's offer to purchase Cuba was one of the wisest measures ever conceived in the mind of a public man, and - that it adds another to the radiant glories that cluster about the brows of the group of eminent statesmen that formed the administration of Mr. Polk. Cuba, from her geographical position, was ever an object of deep interest and transcendent impor tance to the United States. She stands right before the gateway to the vast valley of the Mississippi, to the people and commerce of which she can be made an invaluable friend or a most. destructive foe.— Thirty years ago the attention of our government was fixed upon this advantage of position, and from that time down to the year 1847, had been with our statesmen a subject of anxious and incessant care and watchfulness. All the world was aware of the matchless position of Cuba, and two at least of the great maritime powers had been con stantly plotting to get hold of it. England espe cially was eager to possess it; for it a fforded the on ly ground from which the increasing power and overshadowing greatness of the American nation could be checked. Unfortunately, the intestine dis orders, Weakness, and constant precuniary embar rassments of the Spanish monarchy, during the period to <which we refer, extended many opportu nities to England for the accomplishment of her long-cherished design. She was not unmindful of them, for upon at least three occasions she was up on the point of grasping the tempting prize. From the year 1820 down to 1847 the rumors to this el leer were incesssant. The published correspondence is full of them. They came from all quarters— from London and Havana as well as from Madrid. Our government was kept in continual anxiety and alarm. Though the United States _were content that Cuba should remain connected -with ronslitu tional Spain, they had made known to the world that any transfer of the island, on any pretext, to a great maritime power, would be resisted by all the means within their power. The government was thus constantly agitated, and the country forever on the brink of war. So it continued down to a peri od shortly anterior to the date of the despatch to Mr. Saunders in 1547. At this juncture a new exi gency arose, more threatening and more lull of peril than any that had yet occurred. Sir Henry Bulwer had been dismissed in disfavor from Spain. The British holders of the Spanish bonds, with but little hope of ever getting either interest or princi pal, were exasperated to the highest pitch. The existing British ministry was in danger of an over whelming defect: and Lord Palmerston, knowing that any subject operating against American inter ests furnished a key-note wherewith to rally the scattered forces of the government, seized upon this for their present purpose, and had declared in his place in Parliament that Great Britain might be called upon to take possession of Cuba to indemni fy her defrauded citizens. At the close of this Par. liament an election was held for a new one, and this very question was the most exciting element introduced into the canvass. Lord George Benticnk exciting the cupidity anff influencing the passions of the British voters, called upon them in the most emphatic terms to demand the seizure of Cuba by the government of England. Such was the state of affairs in the summer of 1847. It was the exi gent moment that Mr. Buchanan conceived the pur pose of putting and end to these constant alarms— the dangers of a continually-impending, war and all the perils that surrounded the American govern ment growing out of the question—by his propo. sition for a peaceful and honorable purchase of Cuba. • 7 • • •. If there is upon the records of. our diplomacy a measure that surpasses it in wisdom, or as a mas ter-stroke of policy, it will be a favor to have it pointed out. I: is true that the negotiation did not at the moment succeed ; but that it would have succeeded, had the ;government of the United States continued four years more under Democratic auspi ces, we believe to be past all doubt. As has been already said, we have not gone into a defence of Mr. Buchanan's despatch, as it needs none. He must ever feel gratified with , the tone and character of that document. He says in it: ' Desirable, however, as the possession of this isl and may be to the United States, we would not ac quire it except by the free will of Spain. Any ac quisition not sanctioned by"justice and honor would be too dearly purchased." These brief sentences are an honor to the diplomacy of Mr. Polk's Min ister of State, and the spirit of them ought always to govern our intercourse with foreign nations.— The instructions to Mr. Saunders will stand the test of time and events, and will vindicate themselves. Any of our readers, who may have access to English journals or the debates in Parliament ol the date (1847) referred to, willfind a perusal of them, so far as they relate to this subject, peculiar inter eating and instructive. Hansard, in his " Debates iu Parliament," vol. 93, third series, page 285, has tha speeches of Lord Palmerston and of Lord George Bentinck in the debate upon the case of the Spanish bondholders referred to in the text.— Mr. Nile's Register • also, vol. 72, page 387, has some interesting matter in connection with the de signs ol Great Britain in Cuba. In this journal we find a letter from Lord George Bentinck, addressed to the British voters on the eve of a pending elec tion, from which we make the following extract : Extract from Lord George Bentinck 7 s letter, dated Ilwacounx House, July 13, 1547. Let the people of England remember that they to whom these Spanish theves owa an annual inter est of upwards of one million six hundred thous and pounds pay every year for the slave-grown sugars and coffee of Cuba and Portt Rico, a sum fully greater than this. mostly in English gold, the hard earnings of honest English industry, to those very Spaniards, and then let them ask the candi dates for their suffrage whether, if returned to Par , liament, they will suffer any longer this barefaced robbery to continue. Let the people of England ask the candidates for their votes it /they will tamely and basely connive at the longer continu ance of this freebootery at the expense of the hard, bony hands and exhausted sweat of English labor and English honesty. W ill they suffer this in order that the Queen of Spain and her profligate court, and yet more prof ligate ministers, .may continue in a lavish and wasteful expenditure, greater by one half than that which contents the wants and maintains the digni ty of our own Queen, the greatest sovereign of the earth I Will the people otEngland be content any long er to look quietly upon Cuba and Porto Rieo,'pro diming in value upwards of ten millions sterling 01 produce annually, on the one side, and on the un paid debt of the forty-six millions due by Spain to British subjects, on the other side—Cuba and Por to Rico. at once so rich and so easy a prize—and ,forbear longer to distrain upon the goods or the vealth their faithless, their unprincipled Spanish debtors? Finally, I repeat that the battle rests not with the British bondholders to be fought by them on the hustings. Though my political opponent, I think they ought to have confidence in Lord Palmerston; but if the British bondholders do their duty to themselves, and Lord Palmerston should, never theless, disappoint their just expectations, then, I say, you will know where to look for one who, in what he feels to be a just cause, will neither flat ter, nor flinch, deceive, desert. or betray. Your faithful servant, BENTINCK. The purpose of Great Britain to possess herself of Cuba to indemnify her capitalists who held the bonds : of Spain, as exhibited in the above extract, and in the other documents we have named, we think is very likely spoken of in the_ portion of Mr. Secretary Buchanan's despatch suppressed by Mr. Fillmore. It can hardly be that he was unin formed upon events of such importance to the country. Besides, there is an internal evidence in the instructions to Mr. Saunders, which makas it certain that Mr. B. had information on this point. On page 48 (House doe. No. 1'21) of the correspon dence,Mr. Buchanan says to Mr. Saunders :—"Yoo may then touch delicately upon the danger that Spain may lose Cuba, &c., &c., or that it may be wrested from her by Great Britain, should a rup ture take place between the two countries arising out of the dismissal of Sir Henry Bulwer, 'sod be retained to pay the Spanish debt due to the 'British bondholders." It will be perceived, upon a, careful perusal of the despatch, that the subject is nowhere previously referred to in the instructions as pub• lisped by the President, and the interference is there fore irresistible that it is the subject of a part, or perhaps of the whole, of the portion suppressed.— Why any portion of the despatch was withheld, when so much was published, and no additional in jury could have been inflicted upon the country by the publication of the remainder, whatever it may have been, is wholly unaccountable—except, indeed upon the hypothesis that it was the purpose of President Fillmore and his advisers to do mischief. • and that the publication of the part withheld would have neutralized their whole effect. It our interlei once as to the matter suppressed by the President is correct, then it will be seen,. as in deed it will be seen by the tenor of our article above, that not only was it the imperative duty of Mr. Polk's administration to make the proposal to purchase Cuba, but there was cause to fear that it should have been made at a much earlier day. Statue of Gen. Jackson The equestrian statue of Gen. ,Andrew Jackson which, for several years past, has been in process of construction at Washington, under the superin_ tendence of Clark Mills, Esq., is nearly completed, and is to be elevated on the ensuing Sth ofJanuary —the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.— The following description and particulars of the work, are given in the Washington Republic: The horse measures fourteen feet from the front hoofs to the tail, and the height of the statue, from the ground line to the highest point of the figure of the rider is fourteen and a half feet. The material is brass—of old cannon captured from "the enemy,' for the most part, the aggregate weight of which is upwards of fifteen tons. The horse is in a rear ing position; and is thus firmly sustained by its own equilibrium, the first success of the kind in the his tory of the arts, so far as we hare been enabled to The equestrian statue of Peter the Great is held in place by the tail being bolted to a rock. Eigh teen or nineteen years were consumed in its pro duction, and its cost was fourteen hundred thousand dollars. It is some what larger, however, than the equestrian statue of Jackson. The shortest time occupied in Europe for the creation of a similar work has been eight years. But Mr. Mills has been engaged only four or five years, and during that pe. riod has encountered many embarrassments, having much prejudice to overcome, and without experi ence. Notwithstanding six successive failures in modelling, each involving a loss of fohr hundred dollars, this artist on the seventh trial, succeeded in producing the desired result; thus affording an other example of what genius, unaided can do by the force of perseverance. He has had but little assistance, and an on average not more than three workmen in his employ. The erection cf this equestrian statue was pro jected by individuals, and the money necessary to defray the expenses ; collected by subscription.— The contract price was twelve thousand dollars; an inconsiderable sum considering the magnitude of the work, causing an actual loss to the artist of upwards six thousand dollars, exclusive of his loss of time. Congress appropriated old, unserviceable cannon to be melted into this new form, and,at the last ses sion, voted live thousand dollars for the erection of a pedestal in Lafayette Square, where the statue is to be placed. Clark Mills, the artist, a citizen of South Carolina, first turned his attention to sculpture, and one of his first efforts was a marble bust of Calhoun. The city of Charleston, in appreciation of his skill, presented him with a massive gold medal, bearing a suitable inscription. Now he is engaged in another branch of the arts, his triumph in which, especially when we consider that he commenced without an instruc tor, relying upon the strength of his own genius, must ever redound to his honor. WF.BSTBICS A 9 it HAYNE'S SPEECIIES.—Redding & Co., Boston, have just issued a neat edition of tthe celebrated speeches of Messrs. Webster and Hayne, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Janu ary, 1830, on the resolution of Mr. Foot. Those of our readers who wish to preserve, side by side, and compare for themselves these great master pieces of forensic eloquence, should forthwith se. cure a copy. The pamphlet is neatly covered, con tains 84 pages; price 25 cents, and can be received through the mail. THE Cituric RES or TEE V4LLE7.—We noticed a few weeks ago this new and excellent work from the pen of Rev. ALFRED NEVIN, of this City, which has recently been published in book form and hand somely bound. The book is for sale at Muanar &roam's, where it can be had wholesale or retail. ty and County Items `4 U .. &MUM H. PRICE, Esql,lwas duly admitted last week, to practice law in the several courts 01 Lancaster Country. Ila" The Trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church have completed the agAement for the pur chase of the Mechanic's Institide proper.y., The price to be paid is $5400. MT The .Concert given by the Philharmonic Society, on Saturday.ecening, was largely attended —notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. - There must have , been at least'Soo persons present, all of whom gave manifest tokens of their delight at the entertainment. The Music by the Society was rich and varied beyond any of thci: previous efforts, eliciting the highest encomiums from all who heard it; and then, at intervals, the unrivaled Tons . c.a, enchained' and enraptured the with some of his choicest and richest ich were followed by almost deafening Balladist, audience approbation marks of ;Jr The MILITARY AND CI.TIZENS, DRESS BALL given by the "BuctiANAN at,Fulton Hail, on Wednesday night last, was every thing that could have been desired by the most:fastidious. The Hall was crowded in all its paits, and the way the young ladies and gentlemen tripped it off "A the light fantastic Me was a caution to old bachelors Every thing, we understand,, assed 01l pleasantly. The music was excellent, and all appeared to enjoy themselves to the utmost. The military compa nies present were the " BuChanan Rifles, - com manded by Lieutenant You. 4, and the "Lancaster County Cavalry," commanded by Col. Jesse REIN HOLD. The Rides," we are informed, contem plate attending the inauguration of President PILE: lA, on the .lth of March. FATAL ACCIDENT We are called upon to record another distressiog accident, which occurred in this place on Thursday afternoon last, about 2 o'clock. A young man named Joh❑ Iloober, one of the Deputies of Elias Eby, Esq., Sheriff of this county, was thrown out of a sulkey whilst crossing the railroad in front of the residence of Mr. Robert Wright. One of his legs became fastened to the vehicle, and the horse starting off at full speed, he Was dragged along until , the animal was stopped in Walnut street, above Front, more than a square from the place where he started. When picked up no signs of life were visibli, his neckcloth having been drawn so tightly ;is nearly to cause suffocation. In a few moments however, after the clothing which had been drawn over his head was removed, it was discovered that life was not extinct. He was carried into. a Bar ber's shop, and subsequently into Herr's Hotel, where all was done that medical skill could do, but his internal injuries were such that he died at twelve o'clock the same night, after lingering for about ten hours in a state Of unconsciousness. ,Immediately after the accident occurred, a tele graphic despatch was sent to Sheriff Eby, who came to Columbia in the first train of cars that left, Lancaster alter he received intelligence of the sad accident. The parents of Mr. Hoober were sent for who arrived about ten o 7 chack—in time to see their son alive, but unable to have a parting word with him before his spirit took its flight to that God •who gave it. To them the intelligence was deeply afflictive—and many a sympathising tear was shed by our citizens—all' of whom, excepting ourselves , were strangers to the deceased and his parents— who witnessed their distress.—Columbia Spy. FRAiKLIN &N 1 MARSHALL COLLEGE-THE CO DITIONS COMPLIED difficulties in the why of the union oC Franklin and :Marshall col. leges are, we think, abort to be overcome. Last week the subscription b.,5r the citizer s of Lancaster city pd county, of $25,0p0, rendered necessary by the act , incorporating the Joint Institutions, was completed, and the money deposited in the Bank.— The subscription and collection of this sum have been in progress for nearly two years, during all • which time there has been more or less doubt of the success of the enterprise. The state of the facts we believe to be this . Franklin college Was incorporated March 10, 170', with a Board of Trustees, one-third belonging to the German Reforrfied church, one-third to the Ger man Lutheran church, and the remaining third to the 'remaining denominations of this city. About 1850, a project was started to unite this college with Marshall college, located at- Mercersburg and chartered March 31, 1836, and to name the unit d Institution Franklin and Marshall college, with a Board of Trustees two-thirds of the German Re formed church and the remainder of other denom inations. The Legislature, after some opposition, passed, a bill authorizing the union, but provided that before the act wenttinto effect, $25,000 should be raised by the citizens of Lancaster city and county, and paid over to a joint committee of the 'colleges, to to by them:expended in the purchase of grounds, erection of buildings, &c. It was further provided that the property of Franklin College should be appraised by three members of the Board of that college, and that an amount equal to one-third of such appraisement should be raised by the:German Reformed Church and, paid to the Lutheran members of the Board; to be by them paid to the. Trustees of Pennsylvania College, and Gettysburg, and permanently invested in a professorship of that institution, to be called the Franklin Professorship. The raising and pay ing of these sums - .vete made conditions precedent to the issue of the charter of the new college.— Both we are glad to say, have been fulfilled. The one-third ($18,010) to; be rai s ed by the German Reformed Church; it isr understood, has been ready for payment for romg time, and the ,remaining amount of $23,000 his been subscribed and paid by the citizens of Lancaster. A meeting of the trustees will be held toiday in this city when, there is every probability, the necessary certificates will be made, and the Gove'rnor.will be notified that the requirements of the last- have,,been met whereupon he will issue letters patent, a`nd the corporation be come a reality. The success of the project is now, we believe, placed beyond contingency, and the op eration of the new college may be anticipated with certainty and pleasure by all who know how to value the importance df such an institution in our mmmunity.—lndependent Whig • FRENCH OccurArtrix or SAStANA.—A Captain in the French. Navy, who arrived at New York on Wednesday from St. Domingo, informs the Herald that there is a fleet of the Emperor already in un disputed possession of the harbor of Samana, and that it is the intention of Louis Napoleon to send all the necessary reidforcements to keep the prize he has secured; and there is not the slightest doubt among the French residents of the island, that the ground taken by NapOleon will be defended by the whole force of the empire. This, the Herald con siders, is most important information, as it "con firms the previous accounts of French usurpation, and is a distinct avosyal of the new continental pol icy of the European (powers on this continent, and in the Gulf of Mexich, of which out government is bound to take notice, and act accordingly. The people are now far in advance of the administration, and as soon as the French occupation of Samana is made positively certain, their indignation will be aroused to a pitch hitherto unprecedented. Let all concerned look to the matter with courage and firmness, for there.is.an event at hand.- RAVAGES or THE Crtowt,i.—A recent letter from St. Jago says:—Thelcholera has almost disappeared at that place, but on the sugar, and coffee estates still continues its ravages, and that both crops will prove shOrt. The epidemic has been so severe among tobacco plantations that whole districts have been entirely deserted, and little or none will be cultivated next year. J4J'AN. - It is estimated, by an article in De Bow's Review, that the trade of Japan with this country, if • she opens her fiorts, will be North more than $200,000,000 annually. This is more than the en tire value of the annual exports of the United States to Great Britain. The population is put at 50,000,- 000. The Empire consists of three thousand eight hundred and fifty islands lying off the coast of China, having an area abort equal to that of Germany, in eluding Prussia and Austria, or about six times that of the Slate of New York. SUMMARY Of the Receipts at the State Treasury from the lot day of December. 1351, to the 30th day of November 1552, both days inclusive. 1. Lands, $40,223 41 2. Auction commissions, 18,5'15 00 3. Auction duties. 57,110 76 4. Tax on bank divi dends; • 5. Tax on. Corporation 146,960 07 210,542 30 : stocks, 6. Tax on real and per sonal estate,. 1,359,636 30 7. Tavern licenses, 100,120 II S. Retailers' licenses, 109,268 67 9. Pedlers' licenses, 2,2ti2 14 10. Brokers, licenses. 4,760 IS I. Millers' licenses, 601 24 2. Theatre, circus, and menagerie licenses, 2,813 25 13. D stillery: and Brewe ry licenses, 14. Billiard' rooni, bowl ing.salaion, and tenpin alley'licenses, 15. Eating house, beer house end restaurant ~ 564 9S 1,351 36 7,414 S 4 licenses, 16. Patent 5 medicine 1,905 a. censes; 17. Pamphlet laws, IS. Militia fines, 19. Foreign• insurance a 413 19 12,217 93 gencies, 20. Registered tax, 21. Tax on writs, wills deeds, &c., 56,671 74 22. Tax on certain offices, 10,841 87 23. Collateral inheritance tax, 24. Canal and railroad tolls, 25. Canal fines, &c., 26. 'Pax on enrolment of laws, 3,070 00 27. Premiums on charters, 63,408 66 28. Annuity for right of way, 10,000 00 29. Loans, 3,154,666 67 30. Premiums on loans, 30,323 13 31. 'fax on loans, 115,444 16 32. Interest on loans, 2,737 64 33. Sales of public ptop ' erty, 34. Tax on tonnage and passengers, 35. Dividends from bridge tolls, 36. Accrued interest, 37. Refunded cash, 3S. Esche a ts, 39. Fees of the public offi ces, 2,268 21 40. Dickinson college lands, 200 00 41. Miscellaneous, 452 59 $7,716,552 17 143,141 Li 1;933,574 43 244 72 52,562 50 .1,270 66 419 02 20,264 13 3,945 41 1,09 S 96 Balance in the Treasury, Dec. Ist, 1852, avail able, 8543,971 21 Less amount erroneously credited. at the State Ti-easury to the Frank-, lin Bank or • Washington in the m'nth • of Novem ber, Ipl, 1,440 00 ----$542,539 21 Depreciated funds in the State Treasury unavail able, , 41,032 00 Deposited in Bank of the United. States unavaila able, 280,000 00 863,571 21 SUMMARY of the Payments at the State Treasury, from lst.December, 1651, to 30th November, 1852, both clap inclusive. 1. Public improve ments, 92,2/4,379 53 2. Expenses of Govern ment, 3. Militia expenses, 4. Pennsylvania volun teers, in the late war with Mexico, 5. Pensions and gratui ties, 6. Charitable institu lions, 7. Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, 2,0 0 0 00 S. Common Schools. • 165,109 63 9. Commissioners of the sinking fund, 115,836 35. 10. Loans, ' 1,568,355 45 11. Interest on loans, 2,152,734 44 12. Guai . antied interest, 21,882 96 13. Doniestic creditors, 44,648 85 14. Dartiages on the pub lic works, 15. Special commission ers, 16. State Library, 17. Public Buildings and grounds, 13,594 55 IS. House of Refuge, 15,000 00 19. Penitentiaries, 43,932 50 20. Nicpolson lands, 90,00 21, Escheats, 575 OS 2/. Colonial Records, 5,875 00 23. Amendments to the Constitution, 24. Geological survey, 25.. Abatement of State tax, 26. Turnpike road com p 2,000 00 anies, 27. Philadelphia riots, 13 00 28. Mercantile appraisers, 449 69 29. Counsel lees and com m 10,F93 00 missions; 30. Miscellaneous, 5,073 36 ---$6,876,48 0 38 255,591 7S 1,83 3:i Balance in the Treasury Nov.3oth, 1352,avail able, $1,332,641 00 Depreciated funds in the Treasury, unavailable, 41,032 00 Deposite in Bank of the Uniteu States una vailable, 250,000 00 1,703,643 00 o In. this sum the following extraordinary expen ditures are included pursuant to appropriations by the Legislature, at the last session, 4c. For railroad to avoid the inclined planes, of the Allegheny. Portage rail road:, . $280,310 63 For western reservoir, 52,234 S 3 For north branch exten- 549,77 S 00 For straitening and otherwise improving the Columbia dr Phil adelphia railroad, 216,390 13 For re-building locks at Northumberland, 5,500 00 For repairs to Sha mr-kin schute, 10,000 00 For night train on the Allt , gheny Portage railroad, 18,000 00 —51.134,213 59 Also including debts due prior to Dec. 1850 and 851,:lor motive power and repairs on the several lines of canal and railroads. DILF.ADFCL AFFAIR AT PETERSBURG, VA.—Bell jamin Sadler, confined in jail at Petersburg, Va., on the charge of kidnapping, together with another prisoner, named Jones, made their escape on Sun day Week, about f 0 o'clock, under the following circumstances, as detailed in a dispatch to the Rich mond Doily Despatch. Rotert Taylor and George Wijhams, keepers of the jail, went into Sadler's cell to - serve breakfast to the prisoners, when Sadler and Jones rushed out and locked thetn in. While on their way out; they were met by Mr. Joel Sturdivant, who ordered them to stop, when Sadler drew a revolver and shot him dead on the spot. A negro man, an attendant at the jail, attempted to arrest them, when he re ceived the contents of one ul the barrels in his chin wounding him mortally, it is supposed. Immediately after their escape had been made known, a large number of citizens started in pur suit of the fugitives. Jones was arrested about half a mile from the city. Sadler had proceeded about three miles when he was overtaken by Messrs. Led better and Butt Well, who came upon him suddenly in an open field. making his way for the woods.— When ordered to srurender he refused . , and delibe rately drew his revolver and shot himself dead.— The - tragedy created the greatest excitement. Mit; FoLua DirrEnt.—We chew tobacco, the Hindoo takes to lime, while the Patagonian finds contentment in a bite of guano. The children of this- country delight in candy--those of Africa in rock salt. A Frenchman goes his length of fried frogs; while an Esquimaux Indian thinks a stewed candle the climax of dainties. The South Sea Is landers differ ',from all these, their favorite dish be ing boiled clergymen, or a roasted missionary. • PENNSYLVANIA RAILIIO/0. - -The receipts of the Pennsylvania railroad for the 11 months of this year, are $1,691,060, being an increase of $ 743 ,- 750 over the same last year. Summer's Opinion Overruled SUPREME COURT—WESTERN DISTRICT— ERIE COUNTY. thrrcurssox vs. .McCcuar., et al. Lewis J.—This is'an issue directed by the Corn -meta Pleas 01 Erie county, to t y whether Monroe Hutchinson, assignee ot Squire Hall, is entitled to priority over John McClure, StewaidlC. Marsh mid Alexander Freer, in the distribution of the fifnd raised by the sale ot personal property of Hall, un der executions in favor of the creditors taut named. 0.1 the Ist of August, 1846 Hall was indebted. to McClure on a promissory note given for the pur chase of a stock of goods at Cranesville, and on the ltnh August, 1849, gave a single bill for the amount with power to confess judgment. On the Sth De cember, 1848, he was indeble I to McClure on an other promissory note for goods at Girard, and on the sth May, y,1551. gave a single bill for the amount, payable within twenty days from date, with power to confess judgment. On the 4th August, 1851, both these debts were included in a judgment bond, and on the ISth August, 1851, judgment was en tered on the bond and execution issued. On the 7th 01 July, 1851, Hall gave Aursh and Freer a bond with power to confess judgment, for an indebtedness which arose two years before, for 1 11" goods purchased in New York. On this bond judg ment was entered on the 16th August, 1851, and execution issued. By virtue ot these two executions, the goods of Hall were seized and sold by the Sheriff. The sale commenced on the Ist Sept., 1851. On that day, while the Sheriff was actually selling the ' cmouls, Hall executed an assignment, for the benefit of creditors, to Hutchinson, the plaintiff. This assign ment was not recorded until the 29th Sept, 1851, and the bond of the assignee was not approved un til the 29th April, 1852. There was no evidence tending to show that the debfs claimed by McClure and Marsh, and Freer, were not justly due, or that in attaining, their judgment bonds; or in afterwards entering judgment on them. they had any intention to evade the provisions of the Act of 1843, relative to assignments. It did nut clearly appear that Hall, when he gave these judgment bonds, respec- • lively, on the 7th July, and .1111 August, content- ' plated an assignment, or even knew that he was in solvent. But, conceding, that he had such knowl edge, and entertained, at the time, an intention to make an assignment, how is that to affect an hon est creditor who had no knowledge of any such purpose, and had no rarticipation Itt.the intention to evade the Act of 1843 In Worm as et al vs Wolfersbergis, Esq., (a case in the middle district not yet reported) it was shown that, according to all the decisions upon sta tutes enacted to prevent frauds upon rt, , ditors, the party who obtained a security, or a conveyance, in good faith, was ziot affected by, unless they partici pated in, the wrongful intent ot the debtor in giv ' iug it; and was declared that the doctrine in Sum ' mer's Appeal, 4 Harris 150, -Was a departure front the principles which had usually governed the Courts in the construction of ~ statutes similar to the proviso in the act of 1849; and that there was something so revolting to the most ordinary sense of justice in depriving any one ot a vested right—a lien lor a just debt—without any fault of his own, that it ought not to be done, except in obedience to the plain and imperative mandate of a power not to be resisted. - Is there any such -plain and imperative mandate' in the act of 1849 Far from it. Even the ;earned Judge, who engrafted upon it the construction in question, admits, in his opinion, that the act is "ex ceedingly obscure," and that there is but "a glimmer • ing - of such "intent - in it-4 Harris. 174. And the legislative and executive departments, so tar from admitting the existence of any such intent, within less than a year after the decision was pro nounced, repealed the provisio upon which it was founded, and thus extinguished the ignis furious which , had led the judicial mind astray. Although this repeal cannot operate retrospectively, upon rights which had previoitsly vested, the judgment ot the other branches of government, in cases nul -1 milting of doubt, is certainly to be treated with re =_pectful consideration. The decision in Summer's Appeal was a depar ture from the great principle which requires that statutes in derogation of the common law slm , ll re ceive a strict conatruction. It was pronounced in manifest forgetfulness of an uninterrupted current nl authority upon the construction Eff similar clauses in statutes to prevent trawls upon creditors. It was an invasion, without legislative warrant, of the. long established right of the citizen where he has not surrendered the driminion over his property to _ others, to conduct his afiliirs in his own way. It was a violation of a maxim of universal justice, which declares that no one shall suffer for another's fault—Neniu punito pro silicon rlcliefn. Its tendence is to produce uncertainty and litigation; and its re if adhered to, would be to throw into confusion the plain business transactions of a community 'whose commercial enterprises prosper most when left to their own activity, intelligence and vigilance. In overruling it we correct a plain mistake—we affirm as a principle not to be denied, that the ju dicial power is not authorized to make new and in fonvenient innovations upon the righls of the peo ple, or to alter the law of the land upon a mere 'glimmering - of Legislative intent; and we replace ourselves upon ancient foundations, in accordance with the true doctrine of stare slecisis, and in obedi ence to the antho-relative voice of the law. As the plaintiffs below failed to make out even a prima facie case, the defendants were entitled to a positive direction in their favor. It follows that the error in admitting the deposition ot Hall, even if a bill of exception haul been sealed, would furnish no ground for reversing the judgment. The judgment on the verdict. and decree of dis tribution are affirmed. $8,5' , 0,123 38 1°,973 75 12,881 21 76,763 33 69,942 20 13,312 50 1,000 00 208 75 3,500 00 32,925 12 cEounting-tjouze JANUARY, $8,580,123 33 FEBRUARI, MARC,II AUGUST, FOR THE YEAR 1853 ` z 4 g s 01 1. 2345 5 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2S 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IS 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3n 234 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 3 4 5 1.; 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2% 24 25 26 27 2$ 29 30 31 1 2 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 _l9 20 2: 22 23 24 25 26 27 25 29 30 SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, 2 3 4 5 6 7 B,p. 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 NOVEMBER, 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 29 29 30 31 DECEMBER, Agricultural PrelllllllMS. Competition for premiums for" field crops, to be determined at the next Agricultural State Fair is invited by the Committee, of whom Judge Watts, of Carlisle, is Chairman, until the 15th of January next. The following are the premiuths For best 5 acres of Corn, 515; best acre of Corn, $8; best 5 acres of Wheat, sts; best acre of Wheat, $8; best acre of Irish Potatoes, StO; best half acre do, $0; best 5 acres of Rye, SIO; best 5 acres of Oats, $8; best 5 acres of Barley, $8; best 5 acres of Timothy, $8; best 5 acres of Clover, $8; best quarter acre of Carrots, $8; best quarter acreTA Ruta Baga, $8 ; best quarter acre of Sugar Beets, $8 ; best quarter acre Mengel Wurzel, $8 ; best quarter acre of Turnips, $B.
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