jritelligenc4 & Journal.
Laitcaster, Ja i nuary 18, 1853.
EO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
City Elettion.
The Democracy of the City are invited to meet
at the Court House on Thursday Afternoon, Janu
ary 27th, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of settling
Candidates to be sup,,orted by the Democrats of
the dity for the (Acre of Mayor, Assessor, one
High end two City Constables.
By the usages of the' party, and the resolutions
of preious meetings, the persons having the high
est vote for Mayor and j Assessor shall be declared
the Candidates; .the person having the liighest vote
for Constable shall be the Candidate for High Con
stablei and the two persons next highest in vote
shall e the candidates for City Constables.
The poll to be opened at 2 o'clock in the aAr.
noon, by a Judge and Inspectors hereafter to be
chosen, and to close at 8 o'clock P. M., when the
tickets will be counted and the result announced.
13: Onnue or Tax Coat.
January 18, 1853.
DEMOCRATIC I WARD MEETINGS.
The Democrats of I 'the City of Lancaster are.
requested to meet on Saturday evening next, Janu
ary 22nd, at 7 o'clock, at the following places :
NOrth-West Ward jat the public house of An
drew) Beat, North Queen Street.
South-West Ward ;at the public house of P.
Fitz Patrick, South Queen Street.
Mirth-East Ward lat the public house of
Miller, (late Hambright's) East Chesnut Street.
South-East Ward lat the public house of J. G.
Leber, East King Street.
To elect five delegates from each Ward, to meet
in City Convention on the following Wednesday
evening, at 8 o'clock, at the public .house of Mrs.
Messenkop, for the 'purpose of settling a ticketlor
Select and Common Councils, and Judges and In
spetors of Elections, to be supported by the De
moeracy at the ensuing election.
•
Br 0 OMER OF THE COMXITTEES.
January 18th, 1853.
Candidates,
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Subject to the decision of, the Democratic Nomi
nating Convention :
FOR M.von—Michael Carpenter, George Haugh
rrMn and Reuben S Rohrer. .
'Poo CoNsmints-IrWilliam Lambert, Peter A.
Suj , dan, John Kuhns, John Myer, John Conner,
Jatob Gundaker, George H uffnagle, Joseph Real!.
Superintendent's Report.
e have received a pamphlet copy of the very
lucid and satisfastdry report of 'JOSEPH B. BAKER,
Ek, the able Superintendent of the Columbia and
Philadelphia Railrfiad, but at too late an hour to
m:ke any extracts We shall do so in our next
Tan RAcasn P4rtata Cies.— This case was
brought to a close quite summarily in Baltimore on
Wednesday, by the claimants. The evidence on
the part of the petitioner having been so uniform
arid complete, and the number of witnesses putting
at defiance the slightest suspicion of collusion, the
counsel for Mr. Schoolfield, at his instance, aban
tinned the claim.
The Sun says, that the investigation was marked
throughout by the utmost courtsey, and 'all the
amenities of the profession. The gentlemen up
yt,loitited by the State of Pennsylvania to attend to
the case have won the unbounded respect of all
rho have witnessed the manner in which they
have borne themselves.
137 F. A. MUHLXNBERO, A. M., formerly of this
ity, has been elected Prolessor of Ancient Lan
guages in the Pennsylvania College, at Gettypburg,
ty the Lutheran Trustees of Franklin College.—
tfhie is a most excellent selection. Professor M.
is a gentleman and a scholar, and will till the sta
llion with marked ability.
7 The Canal Commissioners have reduced the
Tare on the Columbia Railroad, on all the lines, to
24 cents per mile. The Central Railroad Compa
ny have also done the same wise act. On the Har_
risburg and Lancaster Railroad the fare is still kept
up,to 3 cents per mile.
We have as yet seen nothing in the Legisla_
tive proceedings particularly worthy of note. The
Standing Committees have not had time to block
out business of pOblic and general importance, and
until that is done very little' of interest to our read.
ers will take place.
fclT A man named JOSEPH Firm, was murdered
in his store, at 222 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, on
Wednesday afternoon last, about 4 o'clock. Who
committed ;he murder is not known. The Mayor
of Philadelphia has offered a reward of POO for
his apprehensiod.
Col. WILLIAM HOPKINS, the new Canal
Commissioner, took his place in the Board on
Tuesday last, in the room of Mr. Gamble, whose
term has expired. The Board has been re-organ
ized by the appointment of Wee. T. Monrsols, Esq.,
President, and Tnouss L. WILSON, Esq., Secretary.
Er Gen. Join , M. Bicitzt, has. been re-elected
State Treasurer, by the Legislature. He has filled
the office for the last three years with distinguish
ed ability, and his reelection for another term is a
compliment well deserved.
MICESIGAW U. S. Secovroa.—The Hon. Charles
E. Stuart, Democratic member of the House of
Representatives, has been elected to the United
States Senate by the Michigan Legislature, in place
of Hon. Alpheus Felch, whose term will expire on
the 4th of March.
It? The Hon. Wruassi R. KING, Vice President
elect, let Washington on Saturday, in the 11. S.
steamship Fu4n, for Havana. He was accompa
nied by Dr. Maccoun and several personal friends.
UNCONSTITtT TIoNAL.—The Prohibitory Liquor
Law, on the On of the Maine enactment, passed
by the Rhodell.sland Legislature, has been declared
unconstitutional by Judge Curtis, in the U. S. Cir
cuit Court at Providence. This, with Minnesota
and New Hampshire, makes three States, in which
the Law has been similarly decided.
Irr Hon. JOHN M. CLAYTON, late Secretary of
State under gen. Taylor, has been elected to the
Senate of the United States, by the Legislature of
Delaware. He will take his seat on the 4th o
March.
Ho, for Winter S
On Wednesday last snow—the first of the season
—fell to the depth of a few inches, since which
time we have bad a pretty smart sprinkling o
Er:r The House of Representatives in Congress,
on Wednesday, adopted a Resolution granting the
widow of Gen. Worth $5O per month during her
life.
11Y Hon. Joiis PETTIT has been elected to the
11. S. Senate, by the Legislature of Indiana, to fill
the unexpired term of Senator Whitcomb, deceased.
Mons. GOLD !—The Steamship Tennessee arriv
ed at Panama, on the 30th lilt., with $2,500,000 in
gold from the California mines.
13J The total loss of property by fire in Cali
fornia, during the past three years, is estimated a ,
$66,000,000.
EU" Jots H. CLIFFORD (Whig) has been elect
ed GovernOr of Massachusetts, by the Legislature
of that State.
EY' WILLIAM T. SANDERS (Whig) has been
elected State Librarian, at Harrisburg.
11:3" Snow fell at . New York last week to the
depth of nearly two feet. •
The Harrisburg Keystone.
This disorganizing sheet at one time had the
merit of being conducted with ability, if it had
nothing else to recommend it to public favor; but
since the death of Mr. McFarland and the with
drawal of Mr. Diffenbach, it has sunk into a harm
less, old-maidish, imbecile concern, which contains
but little to excite either praise or censure. Now
Ml=l=gi
tion of some mammoth cabbage head, a dissertation
on the most effectual way of curing cows of the
hollow horn, or a recipe for destroying the fly in
grain, and the grub-worm in corn. These, to be
sure, are doubtless interesting in their way to cet.
tain antiquated readers of both sexes; but it is not
the kind of mental aliment that should be furnish
ed by a journal published at the seat of the State
Government, and the organ, par excellence, of the
great Michigan statesman.
For the last two or three months, the only thing
calculated to attract attention in the Keystone is
the low, contemptible and infamous attacks of its
Washington correspondent upon Mr. Bucturca.ii.—
The Swiss mercenary who figures over the signa
ture of " Rittenhouse," is doubtless well paid for
these repeated and continuous assaults ; but wheth.
er he receives his reward bf infamy from the own•
er and master of the Keystone, who resides in Dau
phin county, or from a higher source in Washing
ton, or from both, is matter of conjecture. Be
that as it may—one thing is certain that the guer•
ills band who own, write for, and control the Key
stone, at the present time, are as deficient in talent
as they are destitute of common decency, and the
nominal editor is a suitable instrument in their
hands to disseminate their filthy abuse throughout
the Commonwealth.
But why this continued abuse of Mr. BUCHANAN?
He is now, and has been for nearly four years, a
private citizen. He crosses the path of no man.
If he be politically defunct, as his enemies pretend
-to believe, why do they seek to galvanize him into
a living, moving, acting statesman? Why kick at
the dead lion? 'Do say the least of it, this is un_
accountably strange conduct for men who pretend
to the least degree of common sense. If they wish
him to remain dead, which of course they do, why
brea the into him the breath of lite? The truth is
that " slander always loves a shining mark?" But
his enemies show in all this a strange inconsistency.
It is the most short-sighted policy we have ever
known, and verifies the truth of the old adage, that
" whom the Gods will to destroy they first make
•mad." Time will show that the guerillas of Pennsyl
vania and their puny and miserably weak organ have
been assisting to bring about the very state of things
which they have been laboring to prevent. The
name and fame of JAItIES BUCHANAN is dear to the
American people, and will be held in veneration
long after his enemies are forgotten. His services
and the eminent abilities he displayed as member
of Congress, Minister to Russia, in the Senate of
the United States, and as Secretary of State during
the eventful and brilliant administration of Presi
dent Ponx., have given him a world-wide reputa
tion, and he now stands confessedly second to no
man in the Union in every thing that constitutes
the able and accomplished statesman.
The Central American Treaty.
Mr. Clayton, in answer to the attack on him in
the Uuited States Senate, a few days ago, sends to
the National Intelligencer a copy of Hon. Wm. R,
King's letter, in the original correspondence to Mr.
C., in relation to the British Treaty, showing that
the treaty did not include British Honduras.
Mr. Clayton to Mr. King.
JULY 4, 1850.
DEAR SIR am this morning writing to Sir
H. L. Bulwer, and while about to decline altering
the Treaty at the time.ot exchanging ratifications,
I wish to leave no room for a charg e of duplicity
against our Government, such as th at we now pre
tend that Central America in the treaty includes
British Honduras.
I shall therefore say to him, in effect, that such
construction was not in contemplation of the nego
tiators or the Senate at the time of confirmation.—
May I have your permission to add that the true
understandinv . was explained by you as Chairman
of Foreign R elations,' to the Senate, before the vote
was taken on the treaty 1 I think it due to frank
ness on our part. Very truly yours,
J. M. CLAYTON.
To Hon. Wm. R. King, U. S. Senate.
Mr. King to Mr. Clayton.
JULY 4, 1850.
MY DEAR SIR: The Senate perfectly understood
that the Treaty did not include British Honduras.
Frankness becomes our Government; but you
should be careful not to use any expression which
would seem to recogni e the right of England to
any portion of Honduras.
Faithfully your ob't serv't, W. R. KING.
To Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State.
THE CL•TTON AND BULVTED
National Intelligencer of Tuesday, we find a state
ment from the Hon. John Bragg, M. C., which
says Col. King's language to Mr. Cass was based
upon a supposed statement of facts, very different
from the facts as they actually exist. After the
negotiation and ratification of the Treaty by the
Senate it was sent to England, and returned with a
proposition that it should be considered as ratified
on the part of the British Government provided a
condition should be annexed to it recognising title
and jurisdiction in that Government over a certain
portion of Honduras. Col. King never saw the
proposed provision in writing, but understood it
was insisted on by Lord Palmerston. He very
promptly told both Mr. Clayton and Sir Henry Bul
wer that with such a condition the Treaty could
not get a vote in the Senate. Mr. Clayton after
wards informed him that the provision had been
abandoned, and he considered the Treaty ratified by
the British Government precisely as it had beep
ratified by the Senate. When Gen. Cass called on
Col. King for his recollections upon the subject, the
latter supposed that the Documents furnished by
the State Department showed that Lord Palmer
ston's demand had been yeilded to in all its extent
instead of abandoned, as he had been told by Mr.
Clayton. Upon this supposition he did say what
Gen. Cam represents him to have said in his state
ment. In reference to British Honduras, Col. King
.was well aware, that Great Britian has long had
certain privileges there, and from these he did not
suppose, nor until very recently did he imagine that
any body supposed, she was summarily ousted by
the Bulwer and Clayton Treaty.
Tan 'NON BUSINESS. e have just been look
ing over a long list of Sheriff's Sales in the Clarion
Democrat, and, strange as it may seem, among all
the property to come under the hammer, there is
not a single Furnace This would be almost in
explicable, if we were on the eve of an election.—
It will be remembered that a few short months
ago the Sheriff of that county, according to Whig
authority, was knocking down the furnaces by the
score, and spreading ruin and desolation through
out the land—all owing to the rascally tariff of
1846! But a most singular change has occurred,
and all within such an incredible short space of
time as to give it almost the appearance of magic.
The election is over, the price of iron has advanced,
and the wail for protection to American industry
is no longer heard. The Sheriff can no longer get
iron master into his clutches—he laughs at and de
fies him—he is coining his gold as if he was lord
and proprietor of a mint, but (the truth must out)
the wages paid his laborers now, when iron is worth
$45 per ton, is not a dime more per week than it
was when it commanded only $2O per month ! Who
were the crocodile tears shed for when iron was
low?—the iron master or the laborer Oh ! rare
Wbig consistency!—Hollidaysburg Standard.
Er We learn from the message of the Governor
of Maryland, that the finances of that State are in
a prosperous condition—the surplus revenue of the•
year being $548,000, after the deduction of $677,-
000 for current interest on the Public Debt. The
revenue of the State for the coming year is estima:
ted at $1,500,000, with reduced expenditure under
the biennial system. The Governor urges the
abolition of stamp and other indirect taxes.
Free Banking•
The Public Ledger says:—" We hear it intimat
ed that another effort will be made, at the recent
session of our Legislature, for a law authorizing
the establishment of free banks—or, more proper-
ly speaking, the privilege to make debt a capital
for banking. We are not much in favor of any
system of banking; we believe that all banking
may be abused, however well guarded, and know
that free bauks have practiced more flagrant injus
tic on the public than banks under any other sys
tem. It is a system, too, without any check- upon
its • possible excess. As it exists in other States,
there is absolutely no limit to it but the insuffi
ciency of the basis stocks. The consequence is,
when too many of them are in operation, there is
a fierce competition for the emission and diffusion
of their papery injurious to the best interests of the
State, though the security for its payment may not
be directly diminished. It is nevertheless, impair
ed in the end in this way. The great multiplica
tion of bank paper absorbs the pudic securities for
its basis, and at the same time by the edition of its
amount to our mixed currenc) , cheapens specie
and drives it out of use, perhaps out of the coun
try. The country is stimulated into a morbid ac
tivity, and business is overdone. By and by, a de
mand for the metals which this paper only repre
sents, springs up. Now, it is well known that,
should such a requisition be made on all the banks
at once, there are few, indeed, that issue bills that
could promptly meet it. There is not specie
enough in the country, within reach, to enable them
to do so. Should a plethora occur, then the excess
will be returned an the banks which issued them,
and the larger the number of these institutions, the
more numerous the probable failures to respond to
the respond to the request for specie. And it is no
answer to say that the note holders are protected
from less by the ultimate sale of the pledged secu
rities, because four-fiitths of the holders are quite
unable to wait the sale and winding up of concern.
They have to submit to whatever shave may be
imposed. In times like those which occurred
twelve or fifteen Years ago, these institutions would
be driven to extremity, and sales of immense
amounts of State and other securities would be
made to redeem the circulation. Of course, how
ever, good and certain to be paid, they all might
be at maturity, jhese would be depreciated greatly
below par, and the holders of the notes to the end
would have to sustain the loss. We are quite sure
that no such law can be obtained in Pennsylvania
while the present Executive is at the head of affairs
and for the stability of the currency, hope no at
tempt to worry it through may be rLade. In IS3S,
'4O, as all may know, the Pennsylvanla loans
would command in the market only one third of
their face value, and those of New York were some
twenty per cent below par. Even the United States
could not procure a loan but at a considerable dis
count. This evidence of debt, therefore, it strikes
us, is no reliable material as a base for banking,
while the system is seen to be, in practice, more
,able to abuse than any other.
State Revenue derived from Lan.
caster County.
Fiom the Report of the Auditor General for the
past year, we extract the following items of tax
contributed Irom this county to the State Treasury
Tax on Bank Dividends ;
Lancaster Bank, $3,966 00
Lancaster co., Bank, 2,310 12
(Returns from the other bank institutions of the
county do not appear to have been received in
time for this report.)
Taxes on Corporation Stocks
Lancaster Bank,
Lancaster co. Bank,
Savings Ins:itution,
Lancaster Gas Company,
Lanc'r 4. Harrisburg turnpike,
Lanc'r ¢ Litiz turnpike,
Lanc'r & Columbia do
Millerstown do
New Holland ' do
Tax on Real and Personal estate:
By present treasurer,
By late do.
Retailers' license:
By present treasurer,
By late do.
Tavern license:
By present treasurer,
By late do.
Pedlers' licenses, (by late treasurero
Brokers' licenses do.
Circus 4-c., licenses do.
Distillery & Brewery licenses do.
Billiards, ten pins ' &c., licenses do.
Beer houses, 4.c., licenses do
Patent Medicines do
Pamphlet laws sold do
Militia Fines de
Foreign Insurance Agencies do
Tax on writs, wills, deeds, &c.:
Late Register
" Prothonotary
Recorder
Tax on certain officers :
Late Register
" Prothonotary
Collateral Inheritance tax :
Late Register 581 89
Present do. 5,370 00
(Of the canal and railroad tolls collected, at the
offices in this county, it is impbssible twa certain
what proportion is from the county.)
Premiums on Charters:
Conestha S. Mills, (2nd instal.) 500 00
Chesnut Hill Ore Company 500 00
Tax on loans (Lancaster city) 532 78
The President Elect
A correspondent at Concord, N. H., in a letter
o the N. Y. Herald, gives a rather graphic descrip•
ion of the personal appearance of Gen. Pierce, as
follows :
"I have had the pleasure of several little inter
views with General Pierce. He is a man of mark,
a man of education, a man of acomplishments in
the ways of the world: a shrewd politician, and
of broad and comprehens . ve views as a statesman.
His face is expressive, and genial, and intelligent.
He is affable and pleasing in his mariners, modest
and unpresuming, yet cool and self-possessed in a
:emarkable degree. He evidently feels that he has
not yet been tried to the measure of his capacities;
and, what is better, he has the power involuntarily
of convincing you of the fact. He has an agreeable
voice, speaks rapidly, freely, fluently, and correctly;
Lint he keeqs his own counsels in all matters re
quiring the exercise of a saving discretion.
"In person he is about five teat nine inches high,
straight and slenderly built He has not that
breadth of shoulders, nor that depth of chest, in
dicating the most vigorous constitution. His com
plexion, to, is pale, and his face thin, excepting the
extraordinary expansion of his lower jaw; but he
is one of that wirey, active class of men, all muscle
and nerve, and capable of all' sorts of hardships and
endurance. Fremont, who has sustained the most
incredible trials of starvation, and cold, and snow,
in the depth of winter, among the inhospitable
peaks and dreary defiles of the Rocky Mountains,
and the Sierra Nevada, is one of the same sort—
spare and delicate, but elastic and muscular, and
tough, and hardy as Kit Carson. James K. Polk,
who could ride on horseback sixty miles a day, in
the middle of July, and make three or four stump
speeches of a quarter of an hour each, was of the
same spare construction. So was Marion ; so was
Napoleon in his prime; so was Wellington ; so
was Horatio Nelson; so was Jefferson; so was Old
Hickory, and so was Harry Clay. General Pierce
has precedents in the greatest abundance to make
a merit of being neither a Falstaff nor a Hercules
ILLUSTRATED NEws.—We have received the
third and fourth numbers of this excellent pictorial
sheet, and cannot help noticing the very great im
provement already manifest. Although the first
or specimen number was good, yet in matter, ty
pographical appearance and embellishment the is
sues now before us far exceed it. The word fail is
not known in Barnum's vocabulary, and we have
no doubt that in a short time he will equal, if he
does not excel his contemporaries.
The price of this excellent paper is only $3 per
annum, or six cents per copy, which places it in
the reach of almost every person.
Pons OPERLTIONS.—At Louisville and New Al
bony there were 284,747 head of hogs packed,
down to Monday last, and there had yet to come
in several droves, which will make the aggregate
of this season's operations reach 294,247. This
year then will exceed last year's business by 100,-
000 head.
From Franklin, la., 23,300 heed were shipped,
principally to Madison. At Springfield. 111., 22,-
000; at St. Louis, 35,000, and at Terra Haute, la,
about 10,000 head were respectively killed and
.packed.
r The thermotnetor stood at 10 degrees above
zero, in this city, on yesterday morning.
TY AND COUNTY ITEMS
VIEW OP Lsac►srsa.—We are indebted to the
Examiner for the following excellent description of
the drawing of the City recently taken by Mr. C.
Parsons:—
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We have before us a large and beautifully fin
ished picture of Lancaster city, drawn from na
ture, and on stone, by C. Parsons, published by
J. T. Palmatary, and printed in tints, giving it a
rich and life-like appearance. The view is IS by
34 inches, taken from the south west portion of the
city, and exhibits every portion from Woodward's
Cemetery to the extreme boundary, a frontage
nearly one mile in length—the churches, the pub
lic buildings, and the hills beyond the city, every
thing ; are faithfully depicted—presenting at one
view, a panorama of the most pleasing description.
No one can look upon this picture without reali
zing that Lancaster is indeed a beautiful city. The
artist has done his work well. All of the general
featu'res of Lancaster city are preserved with great
truth. A picture like this of Mr. PalmatarY's
should of course be in the possession of every cit
izen of this place, and there is hardly a more ap
propriate ornament fur the walls of dwellings than
such a neatly framed " View of Lancaster city."
For sale at Spangler's and Murray & Stoek's
Book Stores. , It can also be obtained of Francis
H. Carpenter and J. Franklin Reigart,Esq'rs.
117' The Lancaster County Conference of the
Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod will meet at Mount
Joy, on Friday evening, the 4th proximo.
rf3 The Rev. Mr. Noble, late Pastor of the 2d
Presbyterian Church, of this city, has accepted a
call from the Presbyterian congregation of Bel Air,
Maryland.
EPHRATA TOWNSHIP Ana/D.—Mr. Jacob Wen
ger, Innkeeper, of New Berlin, Ephrata township,
this county, on the 30th ult., slaughtered a bog; fed
by him, which, after beir g dressed, weighed 991
pounds.
MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY TURNPIKE.-- Books
for subscription to this stock will be opened on the
ith of next month, at the hotels of Samuel Miller,
in Marietta, and Henry Schaffner, in Mount Joy
Borough.
BURGLARY.—On the night of the 3d inst , the
dwelling of James M. Hopkins, Esq., at Eonowin
go Furnace, was entered, and a number of articles
stolen. A reward of $lOO is offered by Mr. H.
for the detection of the thieves.
12L7 Mrs. BA..xxn, lady of Geo. W. Baker, Esq
Recorder of San Francisco, and formerly of this
City, sails from New York, on Thursday next, to
'sin her her husband in California.
Henn To BEAT.—The lady of Mr. Jacob Boas,
a worthy Democrat of the glorious North-West
Ward of this City, gave birth last week to three
children—one girl and two boys ! The girl died a
few hours after its birth; but both the boys are
" alive and kicking." They onght to be named
PIERCE and Krim
NUMBERING Housas.-The attention of our
City friends is invited to the card of Mr. Jeffers, in
another column. The numbering of the houses
would be a most desirable improvement, and we
hope property holders generally will embrace the
present opportunity to have the matter attended to.
FIRE.--On Tuesday evening last, about 6 o'clock,
a frame stable, belonging to Mr. Schneider, a Ger
man, situate in an alley, between West Orange and
West King streets, in this city, was consumed by
fire. Report says, that it was set on fire by a
boy, as he was seen running from the premises
when the fire broke out.
Tits Ges Cost PANY—Offer Accepted.--We learn
that a meeting of the Directors of the Lancaster
Gas Company, the proposition of "Gas Burner,"
published in the Examiner of last week, was ac.
cepted, and that the gentlemen holding the major.
ity of stock are anxious for the public interest that
arrangements for the transfer be entered into as
soon as practicable.
$1,982 99
803 38
214 80
240 00
11620
73 99
344 25
34 12
23 76
COLUMBIA WaTy.n. COMPABIT.—At an election
held at the Town Hall, on Monday afternoon, Jan
uary 3, 1553, the following persons were elected
managers of Obi Columbia Water Company for
the present year:
William Mathiot, Abraham Bruner, Jeffrey
Smedley, Michael B. Wislar, J. H. Mifflin, William
F. Given, George Bogle, John Cooper, Jr„ Wm.
Cottrell.
86,672 15
11,236 49
2,000 00
04
47 50
28 50
47 50
464 55
:94 50
310 65
38 00
26 95
.3,050 16
42 75
BOROVGIR Et.v.cTros.—An election for Borough
officers was held in Columbia, on the afternoon
of the 3d instant, which resulted in the success of
the following persons:
Chief Burgess.—Joseph M. Watts.
Assistant Burgess —Charles M. Strein.
Town Councii7—JameS S. McMahon, Edward, A.
Howard, George Bogle.
School Directors—Dr. B. Rohrer, D. F. Griffith.
High Constable.—Samuel Waits.
AUHESTS.—Two men, George Bowman and
Francis Kaufman, were arrested in this City, on
Friday last, by officer Conner, assisted by Marshal
Keyser and his police, of Philadelphia, on a charge
of passing counterfeit gold coin. We learn farther
that several persons were also arrested in the neigh.
borhood of the Gap, in this County, the same day
on a similar charge. They were all taken to Fhtl
adelphia to stand a trial before the Circuit Court
of the U. States. A portion of the Marshal's force
proceeded to Harrisburg, on the hunt of others be
longing to the gang.
r Mr. JONATHAN Donwxxx, residing in this
City, is the Agent for the sale of " TEIE ODD FEL
LOWS' MANUAL," a highly interesting volume of
nearly 400 pages, handsomely bound and furnished
at $2 per copy. It is en excellent work, and illus•
trates the history, principles, and government of
Odd Fellowship, with certain useful directions,
forms, &c. &c., all of which should be known and
appreciated by every intelligent member of the
Order. Every Odd Fellow in the County, who can
afford it, should procure the book.
Mr. D. is also Agent for the sale of the Ono
FELLOWS' OFFERING, 'for 1853, a work of decided
merit, and worthy of liberal patronage by the Or
der.
To the Board of Directors of the Common Schools'
of the City of Lancaster:
GENTLEDIEN—Intending noon to leave the City
of Lancaster, I herewith tender my resignation as
a member of your Board. I have been connected
with it for a long time, and have been treated by
you with uniform courtesy and kindness. I re
turn my heartfelt thanks for your kindness, and as
sure you that .he recollection of it will be °source
of satisfaction and delight to me as long as I live.
In parting from you, with whom I have been so
long engaged in promoting the cause of Education,
permit me to express my best wishes for your
present and everlasting happiness.
May God abundantly bless you, and grant that
you may succeed in rendering the School under
your control as efficient as I know you desire
them to be. . .
With feelings of sincere respect and affectionate
regard. I am Gentlemen, your friend,
JOHN C. BAKER.
Lan. Jan. 6. 1803. .
The following Resolutions were then offervd and
unanimously agreed too, viz :
Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the
Common Schools of the City of Lancaster, accept
with unfeinged regret the resignation of the Rev.
John C. Baker, D. D.
Resolved, That Dr. Baker's uniform kindness,
punctuality, faithfulness, and ability, in the dis
charge of his duties as a Director, and more espe
cially as Chairman of the Superintending Commit
tee since 1890, furnishes a model for every member
of the Board ; and that his withdraw al creates a
vacancy which it will be difficult fully to supply.
Resolved, That this loss will be even greater to
the youth of the City, than to this Board, for they
will be deprived of that regular visitation, paternal
encouragement in well doing and mild but firm re
buke to ill conduct, which have been so long and
so faithfully administered, and probably turned
many a straying step into the paths of rectitude.
Resolved, That the Board cordially appreciate
Dr. Baker's kind christian wishes for their welfare,
and most sincerely hope that the remainder of his
days may be as happy elsewere as they have been
useful and honorable here.
Resolved, That as a permanent testimonial of the
feelings of this Board, these Resolutions shall.be
ehtered at length on'the minutes, and that a duly
certified. copy of them shall be prepared by the
Secretary and presented to Dr. Baker by the Pres
ident in person.
Resolved, That the letter of Resignation and the
Resolutions passed this evening be published in; he
papers of this:city.
i Extract from the Minutes of January 13, 1853.
J. ZIMMB.RMANJ
Opening of the Leb'n and Cornwall Plank Road.
• On'TtiesdaY, the CoMmissioners and other offi
cers of this road, with several invited gentlemen,
passed over it preparatory to establish the gates for
the collection of tolls. The one track of the road
is now completed, and in accompanying the party,
we found it to afford,a most admirable means or
communication between this &trough and its ter
mination.' The length of the road, we believe, is
about five miles; extending from the Canal, at
North Lebanon, to Cornwall, thus connecting two
very important points, to the prosperity of Lebanon •
county. The first ground, in its commencement,
e think, was broken the 15th' of July, it thus be
ing completed, under various 'difficulties, in less
than six months, showing a highly commendable
energy on the part of those in whose hands it was
entrusted.
This road, as far as completed, is but the com
mencement of what is expected to be a connexion •
with the Lancaster and .Manheim road at Manheim.
which will afflud us a very decent communication
with the first named place, anti with Railroad, (if
we are to have no Railroad of'our own, of which,
however, we do not now despair,) which will.give
our farmers, in the winter season, a better means
of getting their produce to market than they now
enjoy.
For this improvement, of Which we now have
the advantage, we will be able to appreciate its ben
efits in theway of convenience in travel, and the in
creasing prosperity it will bring to our borough, we
are cbiefiy indebted to the enterprise, liberality and
discernment of the Piesident of the road. Mr. C. B.
Grubb, aided by some of our 'enterprising citizens,
and assisted and advised by H. B. Swatr, Esq., of
Lancaster. These gentlemen• have the honor of in
troducing what we take to be a new era in Leba
non county, for we be•ieve this but the beginning
of what is to follow. We expect it to have such
an influence upon our people in relation to improve
ments and enterprises for the" proper development
of our dormant abilities, as will awaken a new
life and develope a prosperity which is now but little
dreamed off. Improvements, like many other things
carry with them a kind of contagion, which is nat
urally and rationally increased, when great advan
tages are seen to attend therm. Every improvement
of this sort will demonstrate' with a practical and
irresistible force the advant4res that are derived
from public improvements Which open out and de
velope the recources of the country, and we cannot
but think that whm our people shall bare seen
this small work. of which we are speaking,in ope
ration, they will be desirous;of enterina• ' upon others
of more magnitude, and that a railtoad from this
pkce , 0 Reading will be one of the consequences .
The day was wound up by the cheer of one of
Reinhard's best suppers, which was partaken of by
a number of gentlemen who felt that the occasion
was one worthy of a free gathering around the fes
lire board. The head of the Board was presided
over by the President of the Lancaster and Man
heim road, Mr. Sheaffer, of Manheim., The eve.
sing was very pleasantly spent in partaking of the
good things provided, in conversation, offering of
sentiments, speeches, &c., While the bon 1710 ES of our
neighbor Weidle and others would often set the
table in a roar.--Courier.
The Veirdict
The "V hig Central CoMmittee" of New York,
have been holding, it seein,l, a coroners inquest over
the defeat and death of - hi! late Whig party. A'l
the evidence that could be elicited by a thorough
post martens investigation, Tor the last two months,
has been made 'available land the Committee find,
by the following, that the disorder, although a
chronic one, existing for ha long series of years,"
hastened the victim to an untimely end, by the set.
ting in of the "military chieftain" fever, and the dis
agreeing advice of 'eminent Whig doctors." We
copy from the Tribune : ;
"Mr. Nicholas Carroll Presented a lengthy repor
from the Corresponding Committee, detailing a his
tory of the recent Whig defeat—tracing the causes
for a long series of years+and ascribing the saving
of the Union to the effortg of Mr. Fillmore upon his
accession to the Presideftcy by the death'of Mr.
Taylor, and claiming that a different result would
have been effected ‘;vith Mr. F. as a candidate.—
This document reflected very severely on many em•
inent Whigs, and took ground against military can
didates. Mr. C's report Was after some discussion,
adoPted, and ordered to be Published."
The Tribune, which is one of the principal mour
ners, wipes its eyes with , a Corner of its "old white
coat," arid thus slobbere its sympathies over the
"senseless clay:"
The Whigs have been pierced, (we mean no pun)
and must go to pieces, A routed army must or
ganize anew, replenish with fresh recruits, and ap
pear on a new field. Weakened by desertion, torn
by feuds, demoralized by. faithless leaders who have
betrayed it into the bands of the enemy—its bro
ken squadrons in full flight—it is impossible it
should be able to recover at once, and turn with the
least prospect of success upon the overwhelming
numbers of its flushed and triumphing antagonist."
Mayoralty
Mn. Encrort:—As the time is approaching for
the Democracy of the city to meet in Convention
to settle a candidate for' Mayor, to be supported at
the ensuing election,thename o (REUBEN S. ROH
RER is suggested by many of his friends, avid ii
brought before the Conyention would receive the
support of many Democrats of the
N. W. WARD.
The time is again approaching when it will be
come our duty as citizens of this place, to nomi
nate a candidate (or the office of slayor for the
coming year. There can be no doubt but that the
choice of a suitable person for that high and re
sponsible position is of the utmost importance to
every one. But from what party may it not be
well asked, should that choice be made ? To this
question there can be .bat one answer. We live in
a Democratic City ;—we profess to love the faith
'of our forefathers, and while this is so, to select a
Whig to rule over us, Would be doing neither more
or less, than to acknoWledge that among so many,
we could find none able to discharge the ditties of
the office. No not one. This would be a slander
upon the Democracy of our City—one which
should not for one moment be tolerated. But who,
it may be asked, should receive the nomination ?
Among the number! of names presented, we
find the name of Redpss S. ROEMER.
Is be not fit for the Office? He has lived in our
midst from his youth ; he has stuck with unflinch
ing integrity to the Democratic faith -has filled at
various times offices Conferred upon him by his
fellow citizens, and - in every respect he was as
well qualified to discharge the duties as any incum
bent thus far elected. Why then not nominate and
elect him? To cast him aside and elect a - Whig
would mit a stain updn our Old Democratic City
which years of hard labor might not be sufficient
to efface, A DEMOCRAT.
Far the Intelligencer.
Mn. SANDERSON :—Have we any Sign Painters
in Lancaster? I am induced to ask this question
by perceiving, the last Saturday's Express, an
editorial notice and advertising card, informing the
citizens of Lancaster, that a Mr. Jeffers will call on
them in the course of a few days, for the purpose
of offering his services to number their houses. 1,
for one, believe that we have sign painters, perma-.
nently located among us, who are fully competent,
and willing and ready, to execute numbers tor
houses, stores, &c., whenever the owners know what
the regular number ought to be, and this can only be
ascertained by a regular and uniform plan being
adopted, either by our COuncils, Mayor, or a corn
mittee appointed In/ the citizens themselves---and
then when our citizens feally do know what num
bers below" ' to their houses, I feel confident they
will prefer having them HOME MADE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.
Senator Upham, of Vermont, died at his lodg
ings at the Irving House, in this city, this morning
about 11 o'clock. He had been sick for ten days
past of varioloid, and at the time of his death, was
attended by his wife, who arrived here a few days
ago. The deceased] was aged 58. Early to-mor
row morning the remains will be temporarily pla
ced in a vault, in the Congressional Cemetery, from
whence they will, in a day or two, be removed to
Vermont.
The customary announcement and eulogies'will
be made to-morrow in both Houses of Congress,
lollowed by adjournments, which will probably be
all the business transacted to-morrow.
In executive session, this afternoon, the Senate
confirmed the rumination Silas H. Hodges as Com
missioner of Patents.
The Senate also had under consideration the
nomination of Mr.U3adger for the Supreme Court,
I and bad made some progress with the debate there
on, when the death of Senator Upham was an
nounced, and put a stop to the proceedings. The
impression is gaining ground that this nomination
will not be acted upon finally until after the 4th of
March.
Bonin!, Jan. 1. - l.—The funeral services of the son
of Gen. Pierce took place yesterday, at Andover,
the attendanCe was large. The Rev. Mr. Parker
of Concord, officiated. After the conclusioh of the
services the remains were conveyed to Concord for
burial, in a special train.
General Pierce:is rapidly recovering, and Mrs.
Pierce has beconie more cairn and resigned; she
still remains with her sister, Mrs. Aiken, until suf_
ficiently recovered to return to Concord.
Standing Committees.
SENATE.
Finance—Messrs. Darsie, Myers, Buckalew, Mc-
Caslin and Sanderson.
Judiciary—Mesars. Kunkel, M'Murtrie, Buckalew,
O'Neill and Heister.
Sccounts—Mers. Forsyth, Kinzer, Frick, Fry
and O'Neill,
Estates and EschealsrMurtrie, O'Neill, Hoge,
B. D. Hamlin and Quiggle.
Pensions and Gratuities—Messrs. Hoge, Barnes,
NlFarlin, Fry arid Goodwin.
Corporations--Messrs. Darlington, Hoge, Hamil
ton, Haldeman and Quiggle.
Library—Messrs. Carothers, Kinzer and Kunkel
Banks—Messis. Crabb, Robertson, Haldeman,
Hamilton and E. W. Hamlir..
Canals and Inland Navigation—Messrs. Crabb,
Forsyth, Sanderson and Skinner.
Robertson—Messrs. Sliter, Kunkel, Hoge, Robert
son and Hvister..
Election Districts—Messrs. Robertson, Skinner,
Baily, Sager and Fry.
Retrenchment and Reform—Messrs. Myers, Darsie,
Buckalew, Barnes and E. W. Hamlin.
Education—Messrs. Carothers, Hendricks, Heis
ler, Quiggle and Goodwin.
Agriculture 47 Domestic Manufactures—Messrs
Skinner, Myers, Haldeman, Robertson and M . Cas
lin.
Public Buildings—Messrs. Darlington, Carothers
and Slifer.
Mititia—Mesirs. M'Casl in, M'Murtrie, M Farland,
Baily and Fry.
loads and Bridges—Messrs. Bally, Hendricks,
Frick. Goodwin and B. D. Hamlin.
Compare BilfsMessrs. Barnes, B. D. Hamlin,
Hamilton, Frick and Sager.
Vire and Immoralay—Nlessrs. Sanderson, Caroth
ers, M'Farland, Slifer and brMurtrie.
Private Claims and Damages—Messrs. Kinzer,
Darsie, Forsyth, Evans and Sager.
Public Printtng—Messrs. Evans, Darlington and.
Sanderson.
New Counties and County Seats—Messrs. Hen
dricks, Myers IMTarland, Frick and B. D. Hamlin
HOUSE.
Ways and Means—Messrs. Kilborn, Hart, Skin
ner, Fulton, Fret; Cowen, Rowe, Passmore and
James. 1
Judiciary—Messrs. Lowry, of Tioga, Henderson,
Gilmore, Fulton, Wharton, Knight, Chase, Eyster
and Sergeanf4
Pensions. 4i.—Messrs. Ely, Kingsley, M'Connell,
McGee, Dunning, Campbell and Strong.
Cluims—Messrs. Merriman, Shull, Appleton,
Wr,gh•, Gabe, Wharton and Harris.
Anicuiturer-Messrs. Thomas, Anderson, McGee,
Beale, Porter 'and Gray.
Education=Messrs. Rubicam, Flanigan, Cook,
Lancaster, Seltier, Foster and Hickman.
Domestic Manufactures—Messrs. Skinner, M'Gran
aban, Heistand, Scott, Kilgore, Hammer and Mc
Donald, • . _
. ,
Accounts—Messrs. Mott, Kinzer, Pownall, Arnold,
Alexander, Hutchinson and Bergstresser.
Vice and lmmorality—Messrs, Laury, of Lehigh,
Shaver, Yost, Gabe, Beale, Walker and Richards.
Militia—Messrs. McGranahan, Hook, Torbet,
Harris; Campbell, Beyer and Herr.
Election Districts—Messrs. Bigelow, Dengler, Ath
erton, Kilgore, Sergeant, Chandler and Piper.
Banks—Messrs. Leech, Hart, Merriman, Brock,
Yost, Hentleison, Rowe, Foster and Landis.
Estates and Escheats—Messrs. Kelso, 'Appleton
Cook, Struthers, Lowry, of Tioga, Heistand, and
Chamberlain
Roads and Bridges—Messrs. Herbert, Kilborn,
Gwinti, Dennison, Raney, and Porter.
Corporations—Messrs. Struthers, Bigelow, Flani
gan, Demers, Chase, Barton, Herbert, Horn, and
Eyster. •
Local Appropriations—Messrs. Shull, Dengler,
Niel! inger,Thomas, Kingsley, Harris, and Hickman.
Lands—Messrs. Hook, Anderson, Erwin,
Moore, Arnold, Siltzer, and Hills, of Erie.
Divorces—Messrs. Fretz, Rubicam, Mellinger,
Demers, Zerby, Chamberlain, and Cowan, •
New Counties—Zerby, Pownal, Hague, Beyer,
Hutchison,'Raney, and McConnell.
Compare .Bills—Messrs.Dunning, Lancaster, Wa I
ton, Meany, and Barr. •
Library4-Messrs. Williams, Dennison,and Have
Inland Navigation, &c.—Messrs. Kn ght, Mott,
Strong, Hill, 'Torbert, Collins, Kelso, Williams, Gil
more, Taylor, Walton, Chandler, and Atherton.
Printing—Messis. Wright, Shafer, and Water
bury.
Public Buildings—Messrs. Waterbury, Ely, an(
Brock.
GovernOr Seymour, of New York, in his Mes•
sage to the Legislature', states that on the Ist of
December', 1552, the banks in the State were as
follows :
Chartered Banks
Banking Associations
Individual Bankers
Bills issued to Free Banks,
Actual circulation of all the
Banks in the State,
For the intellrFencer.
The length of Railroads in the State was 2,027
miles. Total cost of 27 Railroads, as reported,
$82,812,160 63. Total expenditures on all roads
constructed or commenced, $100,000,000. Num
ber of passengers carried by 21 roads which have
made reports, 7,061 ; 909. Tons of freight, 2,060,-
379. Number of persons injured in life or limb,
256; of whom 158 were killed.
The State has completed, or has in progress of
completion, 858 miles of canals. These have cost
$36,897,652. The original cost of the Erie canal
was $7,143,789 86. Since 1835, the tolls received
have amounted to $11,227,000. The expense of
keeping 'them in repair, to 11,459,000. Since the
adoption of the Constitution there has been expend
ed on them $6,715,000. In 1851 the surplus tolls
applicable to the enlargement amounted to $964,
432. In 1852 they amounted to less thin $3OO
- Amount needed to finish the Black River
canal, $248,784. The Genesee Valley canal, $389,
0001
For the Intel grocer
AN ODD CASE.-A. man named Cornelius Duff,
has been arrested and committed in Harrisburg, for
trial udder the act of 1843 for wronging a very
young girl by the name of Eliza Cline. The cir
cumstances of the case are peculiar for Dauphin
county. It is alleged that Duff, who had been pay
ing his addresses to Eliza, an honest girl living op
posite Harrisburg, invited her one evening to accom
pany him to town to attend church. While there
he invited her to be married, and they went into
the lecture room of the church, where, the girl
says, the ceremony was•performed, as she supposed
by the Rev. Mr. Urie. Mr. Urie knows nothing
about it, nor has he any' such case on record. The
parties went to a respectable boarding house, and
have been living two or three months together.—
Ori' Monday the parents of the girl sought her out,
and took her home. •
ENGLAND. — The new British Ministry has been
lormed as follows
Preinier—Earl Aberdeen. Chancellor—Lord
Cranworth. Chancellor of Exchequer—Mr. Glad
stone. Home Secretary—Lord Palmerston. For
eign. Affairs—Lord John Itussel. Colonies—Duke
of New Castle. Admirality—Sir James Graham.
President of the Council—Earl Granville. Privy
Seal—Duke of Argyle. Secretary of War—Sydney
Herbert. President of the India Board—Sir C. Wood.
Public Works—Molesworth. A seat without of
Tice, Marquis Lansdowne.
The above form the Cabinet.
The President of the Board of Trade is to be Mr.
Cardwell.
Attorney General, Sir A. Cockburn; Solicitor
General, Sir. W. P. Wood; Lord Lieutenant orlre
land, Lord St. Germains, with others in the inferior
offices.
Parliament has adjourned till Feb. 10th.
THE NEW MOTIVE POWER.-A second trial trip
was made in New York harbor by the new
Caloric ship Ericsson, on Wednesday, and with the
most astonishing and satisfactory result. The Tri
bune, nays of the new invention, that " we are pre
pared to say, without hesitation or reserve, and not
merely on our own judgment, but on that of every
gentleman in the company, that it proved utterly
and beyond possibility of doubt the existence of a
new motive power, as sure and efficient as steam,
while it is free from all danger of accident, and is
vastly cheaper and more manageable. The demon
stration is perfect. The age of Steam is closed :
.the age of Caloric opens. Fulton and Watt belong
to the past : Ericsson is the great mechanical ge
nius of the present and the future."
Sow ra MisfxspTA.—At last dates, the snow
out at St. Paul's, Minnesota, was on an aserage a
foot deep. It is said to be a toot and a half deep
in the woods. The Pioneer states that it is from
two and a half to three feet deep in the Rum:River
pinery, about 100 miles above St. Paul.
Tag CALouic S l iir.—The success of the Eric
son on - her trial trip at New York was complete.—
The 13r;stun Transcript sums up a . few o: the advan
tages which caloric has over steam thus :-1. The
caloric engine burns about one-tenth as much fuel
as a steam engine; hence a caloric ship of the
largest size may circurnnovignie the globe without
stopping to take in coal ; hence not a sail will be
seen on the ocean in fifty years after the success of
the new principle is certain; hence machinery will
be applied to a thousand arts which now require
manual labor:; hence the possibility of that long
desired machine plough; aid hence the coming of
that good time when arduous manual toil will ab
solutely cease under the sun. 2. The cost of the
caloric engine is about the same as the steam en
gine, minus the cost of the boilers. 3. Only one
fourth as many engine men will be required on
board a caloric ship to ate iecesssary afor steamer.
4. No smoke whatever will issue from a caloric
furnace when anthracite coal is used, and conse
quently no huge, unsightly smoke pipe will be ne
cessary, and the rigg,ng will be clean as that of a
sailing ship. 5. There can be no bursting or col
lapsing of boilers, for the simple reason that there
will be no boilers; to burst. The worst accident
that can happen to caloric engine is for it to spot;
nor is watcntulness imperatively required, as in no
case cede dangerous accident occur. 0. Owing to
the 'extreme simplicity of the caloric engine, the
wear and tear will be very slight, and the duration
of the engine proportionably long. If but half these
advantages are secured by the substitution of calo
ric for steam in navigation, it is obvious that very
important results nay be anticipated. It is not ex
pected that the 'Ericson will equal the Collins
steamers in speed ; but her success will prove that
a higher degree of power may be attained it want
ed. Owing to the' great difference of expense in
navigating the caloric ship, passengers will he taken
at greatly reduced rates. We congrtaulate Captain
Ericson oa the happy issue of his grand experi
ment.
New York.
277
$10,159,059 00
$38,790,935 00
A HErimir BURNT our.—The Cecil Democrat
rnishes the following item: '
" Andrew Job, the hermit, who has lived in the
forest on the borders of Chester and Cecil counties
for fifty years past, was burnt out an Saturday
night week ; the old dilapidated Isuilding.in which
he has so long resided, having been reduced to
ashes. The fire originated in this wise: The old
man, who is now about SO years of age, Was un
well for the first time within fifteen or twenty
years. Thinking to be more comfortable through
the night, he made up a larger fire than usual, and
took up his position sornewhat nearer to it. The
sticks having burnt in two, fell over and scattered
the fire, it is supposed, out over the floor. When
the old man awoke, the house was on fire, and the
fire had communicated to his clothes. The house
was speedily reduced to ashes. He has since ta-
ken up his residence with Mr. Daniel Job, his nets'r
ew, of this county, .who resides a lew miles limn
the Brick Meeting House.
"The hermit is upwards of 80 years of age, of
stout, muscular Ironic, and remarkable for his
strength. His hair and beard descend to his
.waist,
and neither have felt the comb or razor tOr half a
century. His flesh is rough and husky, and a
stranger to the purification of water. His clothing
consists of a blanket thrown over his so olders and
tied round the waist, descending nearly to his feet.
His feet in cold weather are wrapped in rags. is
voice is hollow and sepulchral. He wove see.
freely and chsertally with visitors, when thq\de
port themselves respectfully, otherwise he has very
little to say, and seems to shun those who regard
him merely as an object of curiosity. His neigh
bors send him many . of the necessaries of life, and
he receives their lavors without manifesting any
gratitude, or troubling himself to return thanks for
their kindness. It is said, in the neighborhood,that
the reason of his leading the lifi , of a rechise, was,
that he was crossed in lose; since which time he
has not beheld the face of a woman is ilk 'pleasure,
ar.d even sent from him his own sister, who for
merly shared his domicil with him. llis sister was
older than himself; and lived to the advanced age of
92. She died a week or two ago. It in thought
that the change in the old minfs manner of living
will shorten his days, as he seemed much averse to
society in his own home."
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Book Notices
. Fon TIIE New Yenn.—Cleason's Pictorial Draw
ing-noon' Companion.--This
weekly journal has just commenced a new volume,
and is certainly a most superb and elegant affair,
in the way of literature and art. Among a large
number of most beautiful and artistic engravings,
is n fine allegorical picture, by Billings, of the to
ol coining New Year. An elaborate design illustra
ting the subject of Autographs nod Writing, from
the [artist period of the world,—a most original
and remarable feature of the Pictorial, to be fol
lowed by a series of numbers upon this subject.—
An allegorical picture of the Golden Fleece. A
Winter Scene in Russia, with the peculiar mode of
travelling illustrated. A fine equestrian picture of
Count D'Orsay. A representation of Thom'H piece
of sculpture, known as Old Mortality, in Laurel
Hill Cemetery. A magnificent, large and orginal
picture of the Crystal Palace, New York,—the fi
nest engraving ever issued on wood in this country.
Also a most curious puzzle, the key of which is a
miracle of ingenuity. By turning and examining
this curious affair five hundred different objects are
found, each subject, though complete in itself', still,
by cunning arrang merit, forming parts of another.
The Western Military Institute, at Drennon
Springs, Ky., is also represented. Among the con
tributors to this number we observe the names of
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, T. Bulfinch, 'P. Buchanan
Read, T. S. Arthur, IXlaturin A. Ballot], Alice 13.
Neal, Mrs. M. W. Curtis, Ben: Perley Poore, A.
J. H. Duganne, Francis A. Durivage, Alice Carey,
Caroline A. Hayden, Phwbe Carey, Dr. J. H. Rob
inson, J. Hunt, jr., Neale Bernard, Ellen Loiiise
Chandler, etc., et.. forming an amount of talent
never belore embarked in a weekly journal. With
all this array of attractive illustrations, of brilliant
literary matter and vast improvement generally,
the price of the Pictorial is greatly reduced. The
terms per annum are $3. Single copies, six cents
each. For sale at all of the periodical depots in
the United States.
0- GRAHAM, who can't be beat in Magazine
enterprise, makes the following special announce
ment:
"The Publisher of Graham's Msgazine. offers
premiums amounting to FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS to the Postmasters or residents of any post
towns in the U. States, who will send the largest
number of subscriptions, through the mails, prior
to the Ist of July, 1853.
First Premium, $2OO for the Largest Club.
Second Premium $l5O for the Second Best.
Third Premium, $l5 for the Third Best.
Fourth Premiums, $5O for the Fourth lieut.
Filth Premiums, $25, foi the Fifth Beat.
And to the TEN next largest a splendidly hound
copy of GRAlllal, for one year, with five dollar
binding.
The ist of competitors will he published com
plete at that time, so that the utmost fairness may
be manifest. A stetement will also lie published
on the 10th of June. of those towns which have
entered into competition, with the number of sub
scribers sent Worn each, up to that time.
The Books of the Office will also be subject to
the inspection of competitors, and every evidence
of good faith furnished.
THE TERMS ARE —
Single subscribers, - - - S 3 00
Sir " one year, - 10 00
Ten " - - - 16 00
Thirteen " - - 20 00
Single subscribers may be added, et toy time, at
the rate of the first club sent.
Competitors need not confine themselves to ono
post-town, but the names must be forwarded by the
competitor himself, whether from one or more
towns so as to prevent confusion.
Address, GEO. R. GRAHAM,
134 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia.
Fra' LOVE; a Story of Woman's Heart; by "
EUGENE SUE; is the title of an interesting novel,
just issued by T. B. Peterson, Phila., and for sale
at SentvoLert's, price 25 cents. It is a cheap pub
lication, and will doubtless have a ready sale.
I.U" The " Family Crcle and Parlor Annual,"
for January, contains a beautiful engraving of the
Chrystal Palace at New York—also a lovely Flow
er personified—Dahlia, on steel, colored, together
with a variety of excellent reading matter.
The Parlor Annual is published monthly, by
James G. Reed, 110 Fulton St. N. Y., at 51.25 per
annum, in advance.
Tim CArrLE M'Anxr.T.—The following is a state
meat of the number of Cattle, Beeves, Hogs and
Sheep brought to the Philadelphia market during
the year 1852; also a comparison with previous
years:
1852. Beeves. Cows. flogs. Sheep.
January, , 6500 1000 2475. 8500
February, 5700 1150 2125 7700
March, 7400 1300 25 . ' , 0 8200
April, 8100 1300 2850 8200
May, 8400 1800 3600 8910
June 9100 1450 3375 9200
July, ,
9400 1600 3010 9350
August, 7600 1470 2950 10,100
September, 9360 1875 3140 9700
October 9500 2050 3160 9950
November, 8700 1700 4000 F 960
December, 7200 1620 3790 8428
Total 1852 95,960 18,565 38,275 107,945
do 1951 91,600 16,350 34,540 100,850
do 1850- 70,820 15,280 33,350 95,450
do 1849 67,410 55,140 48,700 73,500
do 1848 68,370 13,365 46,650 75,270
do 1847 51,609 12,999 36,410 57,190
do 1846 55,940 14,930 29,160 77,900
do 1845 55,940 14,930 29,160 77,100
do 1844 49,290 8,650 25,740 79,100
lig- It is stated thSt the late Amos Lawrence left
$35,000 to his relative, Mrs. Pierce, wife of the
President elect.