3ntelligencer & 3ournal. Lancaster, February 22, 1.803. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR The County Convention. Will meet at ZIZGLBII'I3 Nom, in North 'amp strnet, to-morrow, at 11 o'clock. . . . Delegates Elected. City, N. E. Ward—John Weidler, Joseph Sam son I Hiram B. S warr, John Lippincott, P. Donnelly. II E. Ward —Henryllagener, Walter G. Evans, M.llKcGonigle, Jacob G. Leber, Daniel Lehman. - N. W. W.—Peter Nagle, John Kale, Dr. 11. E. Mnhlenberg, Sampson,Reah, Henry Selmer. S.' W. W.—Jacob Fry, Jas. Williams, John Kdutz. Wm. Mathiot, William S. Amweg. • Lempeter Ttop.—H.; Mclntire, Frederick Dane, AKdrew Dunlap, J. Dietrich. _Gummier W.—Geo.ißaub, er., John M. Miller, JaCtib Kautz, Henry Miller, Christian Hess. boiuntUia Bor.—Statith Ward—P.; A. Kimburg, W. F. Carothers, Lewis Frederick, J. S. Given, J. Mtarphey. North Ward—E. A.LHoward, John Eberlein, J. ML Strickler, Wm. Patton, John McCauley. Paradise—John F. Lefever, William Coz, Dan iel Girvin,l3enjamin Peneger, Sample Slaymaker. paiiabury—James ii. Houston, John IVl,Cam mane, Thomas Mcllvain, Isaac W. Rutter, George W. Werntz. .S" adabury —Capt. J ohan Rhea, Isaac Walker, Rob ert Steel, John Currey, David Welsh. The President Elect. We had the pleasure oif Friday last of taking by the l hand Gen. FnErixiis PIERCE, the President elect of the 'United States, who was stopping at Mc- Kibben's Hotel, in Philadelphia. He was on his way I I to Washington city, preparatory to assuming the responsible duties of the high position to which he hEe been exalted by . the people. He travels with out any ostentation, in a plain republican style and is attended by his private Secretary, SIDNEY .IkanirrEn, Esq., and Sergeant O'NEILL, one of the grillant soldiers who served under him in the Itlexi cEn War. In person Gen. Pierce is somewhat tall and spare, and very erect. His Countenance indicates a great depression of spirits ; growing out of the untimely death of his only child, and consequently he looks, when not engaged in conversation, care-worn and haggard. He is bland and affable in his manners, converses with greab fluency, and is evidently a man of superior intellect—just such a statesman, we think; as will make his mark on the history of the country. His Secretary, Mr. WEBSTER is also a, gentleman of fine address! and engaging manners, had peculiarly fitted, we should judge, for the post assigned him. He is a nephew to Gen. PIERCE. Tr We clip the following from the Pennsylva nian of yesterday : The President elect still remains In our city. He appears so well pleased with it and oui people, that it is likely he will remain here a day or two longer. II When Gen. Punch. arrived here he appeared aggard and care-worn, but it seems that the healthy atmosphere by which we are surrounded and the kind considerations of the people, who have done everything to make his stay with us pleasant las possible, has done Imuch to restore his wonted health of mind and body. He presents quite a dif ferent appearance to Iwhat he did whenhe first came among us. Yesterday morning, in company with a friend, the President elect attended Divine worship at the church of the Rev. Dr. CLARKE, (Presbyte rian) corner of Eighth and Cherry streets,-- in the afternoon, he ' , listened to a discourse from the Rev. Dr. BOARDMAN. In both cases he expressed him self highly pleased with the sermons of these emi nent Divines. Gen. PIERCE received no calls yesterday, and we are pleased in being able to say no one attempted to intrude upon his privacy. IV" Amongst the, distinguished' gentlemen who visited the President elect, at Philadelphia, was Governor Ikair.a. His Excellency looks well, is in excellent spirits, and his room was constantly crowded with visitors, all anxious to pay their re spects to so popular and faithful a public servant- Pennsylvania is favored in having so able a Chief Magistrate to preside over her destinies. Increase of Salaries. There is a bill now pending before the Legisla ture for an increase of the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme CoUsti It gives the Chief Justice $2,200 per annum, and each of the Associates $2,000, with $3 per diem extra for every day actu ally engaged in the business of the Court, which would increase the salary of each about $BOO. In a general way, we are opposed to high sala ries; but we do not think even the proposed in crease would bring the Judges of our Supreme Court within the range. We look upon them as the worst paid officers of the Government. There is not a Judge upon thatßench who could not maks; a great deal more by the practice of his profession, and why they whil are, and who always ought to be, amongst the most learned Jurists of the State, should be kept, aOhey are now, at the salary of a County Court Judge, we cannot divine. Had the .old Court been kept at such short allowance, it would perhaps have been about as much as they earned ; but the present Bench is emphatically a working Court, and we think they ought to be lib erally paid for their work. By doing so, we shall always secure the services of able men to fill that highly important office ; a different course may re sult hereafter in obtaining the services of only sec ond or third-rate men for the Court of the last re sort. We hope, therefore, the bill will pass. tia- Mr. Stanton's Navy Bill, which is df signed to kill Corn. Stfickton's, vacates and annuls all commissions in the navy as the act goes into effect —provides for the appointment, with the advice of the Senate, of the following grades and numbers; 20' commodores, 50 captains, 60 commanders, 30 lieutenants, 250 midshipmen, 69 surgeons, 34 pass ed assistant surgeons, 45 assistant surgeons, 64 pur sers, 50 assistant pursers, 1 'chief engineer, 20 en gineers, 25 first!assistant engineers, 30 second as sistant engineeri, 35 third assistant engineers. The pay of Commodores, on duty, $4,000 per annum— when not on thity, $3,000. Lieutenant-Comman (lns on duty, sl.Boo—when not on duty, $1,500. Assistant Surgeons, on duty, sl,soo—when not on duty, $7OO. The President to comunicate to Congress a plan for the relief of Meritorious officers, dropped from the list by virtue of this act, and to dismiss from the navy -or placc on furlough, at his discretion, ev ery officer who may be found incompetent or un worthy from any other cause than wounds orfirmi ties incurred in the service, and all promotions to be by merit. The cadets to be admitted to the Naval Acadetfiy, at no time to exceed 250—one from each Congressional District, and the remain der at large. ipf-The Wine Law in Vermont has been enact ed by a vote of the people, which took place on the Bth inst: The law will go into effect on the Ist of May. According to the act of the Legislature, submitting it to a vote of the people, if the vote had been adverse to the bill, it was to go into effect on the Ist of December ; but in the meantime it would have been repealed by the Legislature, in obedience to the vote, before that period. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR.—.The Governor of North Carolina has appointed the Hon. James C. Dobbin to the post of United States Senatoi, in place of the Hon. Willie P. Mangum, whose term will expire on the 3d of March next. This is one of the cases in which the validity of the appointment will be contested, as the Legislature endeavored to elect but failed to do so. fl col:* Charles A. May, of the 11. S. A., fdr merly stationed at the Carlisle Barracks, was mar ried in. New York, on the Bth inst., to Miss Joseph irie, daughter of George Law,Esq., the well known steamship owner. Mr The' Postmaster at Mobile is a defaiilter to the Government to the amount of e 20,000. • The Public Printing• The bill for the better regulation of the public ,printing of the Commonwealth, passed the Senate by a vote of 16 to 14—all the Democrats present, but one, (fialdemrua of York) and three Whigs voting for it, viz: Maus- Crabb Darlington anti - Evans, The "Independent Whig, of . this City, is doirn upon 'these. three gentlemen, especially Mr. Dar lington. for tit.eir support of the measure—and is even willing to read them out of the party for thus daring to act honestly and stop a huge leak through which thousands of dollars of the people's money have been filched from the Treasury and placed • in the pockets of Theophilus Fenn & Co. With the Iridependent Whig the end justifies the means- The conductors of that journal bold to the doctrine advanced by the old Quaker in his advice to his son —" Get money—honestly, if you can—but get mo ney at all hazards." The Antimasonic State Prin ter has been plundering the Commonwealth for the last three years; and now,when three honest Whigs are found willing to put a stop to the peculation, to and behold they are denounced by a journal that professes to be the organ of Lancaster County Whiggery! The-principal manager of that delec table sheet long since advised his political friends to " throw conscience to the d—l," and we suppose its editor acts up to the advice. We can account for his attack upon three honest men of his own party in no other way. Messrs. Darlington and Evans are both practical Printers, and they know full well that under the lowest bidder system, the present 'State Printers have extorted to an outrageous extent upon the public treasury—and, cognizant of this tact, they would be derelict to their, duty and violate their solemn oaths, did they not assist in brinting about a reform. For doing so, they will be abundantly sustained by honest men of all parties; the dis honest politicians of the Whig party only will cen sure them, and for such they need have no care.— The following remarks of the Examiner constitute Mr. Darlington's reply to the assault of the Inde pendent Whig: THE PUBLIC PRINTING, AND THE LIRE. - OUI very " amiable " neighbor of the Independent Whig is " still harping on " the State Printing at Harrisburg, but evidently without being acq aint ed with the facts in the case he is driving at. This continued abuse of prominent members of the Whig party, without assigning any reasons for such at tacks, betrays a bad motive in its author. If he sees in the election of a State Printer a " conveni ent gate through which they (the locofocos) may enter the Treasury," why does he not point Bout. But " Optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen." There is no one who knows better than the nom inal Editor of the Whig, that the grossest frauds. have fot a number of years been committed upon the public Treasury by the State Printers; and it is to correct this evil that the office of Superinten dent of the Printing of,the State is about to be created. It is a matter of little consequence how parties are divided on a question, if they only vote right. But as the Whig does not appear to be overburdened with conscientiousness, lie course on this question excites no surprise. lithe Whig should continue its charges, we shill endeavor to satisfy it of the correctness of those Senators' votes. The editor had better confine his attention more closely to his " colored brethren" and the "soul stealers," instead of indulging so much in his pro pensity for fault finding against those of the same party to which he professes to be attached, if they happen to differ with him on any question. We have no desire to enter into a controversy with any paper of our own faith, but when we see such studied attempts at misrepresentation, we feel bound to repel them. The Fisheries. A message was received by the House of Repre. sentatives, on Tuesday week, from the President of the United States in relation to the pending nego tiations between this government and that of Great Britain relative to the fisheries and commercial re ciprocity with the British North American Provin- 1 ces. Enclosed was a communication from the Sec retazy of State, who says that the subject has been Pursued with diligence, and that it has been perceiv ed with satisfaction that Great Britain is prepared to enter into an arrangement tor 'the admission of the fishing vessels of the United States to a lull par ticipation in the public fisheries on the coast and shores of the provinces (with the exception at pres_ ent of Newfoundland) and in the right of drying and curing fish on shore, on condition of the admis sion duty free into the markets of the United States of the products of the colonial fisheries, similar privileges on the like condition to be reciprocally enjoyed on the coasts and shores of the United States. Such arrangement the Secretary has reason to believe, would be acceptable to the fishing inter est of the United States. • It is also understood that the British government is desirous, in concert with the provinces, to come to an agreement with the United States for recipro cal free trade with the provinces in certain natural productions; and that the free navigation of the river St. Lawrence and Rideau canal would be conceded as a part of the arrangement. • The message and accompanyingVuments were reterred to the committee on 1140, affairs, and ordered to be printed. RUMORED FRAM*, ON THE GOTERNMENT. — The Washington Union says, the Committee of Investi gation, appointed last session of U. S. Senate, direct ed to examine into charges of fraudulent practises in the erection of the new wings of the Capitol, have been engaged in their labors, and taken evi dence of the most startling character. It shows in numerable instances of fraud, partaking of every possihle character, by which nearly one-half of the six hundred thousand dollars, appropriated by Con gress, has been misapplied and embezzled. Inferior materials have been used and their use concealed ; defects in the work have been covered over, giiiiv ernment property misapplied; implements and la borers used for private purposes; an extensive sys tem of embezzlement acted out, by which large sums of money have been drawn for work never rendered; and laborers have been employed at ex travagant wages, under the agreement that they shonld give up a large portion of those wages after they were drawn from the pay agent. This sys tem has been carried to such an extent, we are in formed, as to swindle the Government out of about three hundred thousand dollars—one half of the en- tire appropriation. If these charges be true. Con gress will no doubt sift them out most thoroughly, so that they may be laid where the responsibility belongs. They seem, however, too wholesale in their character and to involve too many persons in complicity with such frauds to be received with out dome grains of allowance. fEr Bids for carrying the mail on the following routes, will be received at the Post Office Depart ment in Washington up to April 9th—the contracts to be given for three years, commencing on the first o f July next : From Lancaster via Swartz Mills, Sporting Hill, Mastersonville, Colebrook Furnace,. and Camp. bellstown, to Annville, 31 miles anWback twice a week. From Margaretta Furnace, via New Brideville and York Furnace, to McCalls Ferry, 45 miles and back, 3 times'a week. From Penningtonville to Rock, 24 miles and back, once a week. Proposals to run twice a week will be considered. From Lebanon to Sheafferstown, 8 miles and back, twice a week. Proposals to run three times a week will be considered. From Parkesburg, via Ercililon, McWilliamstown, Martonville and Marsbalton to West Chester, 20 miles and back, once a week. The awards will be announced on the 25th of April. Wssmuvoros. Feb. 15.—We understand that the proposition to give 160 acres of land to every offi cer and soldier who served either on land or wafer in the war of 1812, is gaining friends daily in both Houses of Congress. The friends of the measure that it even the recruits of Mexico were in service but . a week before the close of the Mexican War secured 160 acres, the volunteers of 1812, who serv ed three months, ars justly entitled to the same bounty. Mr. Iluchauan's Cuba Letter The following complimentary notice of the great letter of Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Saunders, in refer enee to the purchase of Cuba, we extract from the Paris correspondence of the Wa s hington Union: , PARIS, Janua ry j 24, 1859. Of the numerous and important udictous_mea , sures whit!, rendered the aflministration of Mr. Polk so' brilliant, that Which contemplated the pur- • chase of Cuba it a Cost of $100,000,000 displayed the greatest degree stateismanshiO, Mr. Buchanan could well afford to stake his fame--renowned as it is in intelligent circles in both hemispheres by the able State papers to which his name is append ed—upon his letter alone of June 17,1R48. to Gen. Saunders. That masterly document penetrated the future with a foreknowledge as unerring as if a streak of light had streamed along the course of time to make it perfectly apparent up to thepresent period. The hour is battening when, if resolute (but nnrevealed) purposes be undertaken, Ameri cans most prepare themselves to sustain or aban don,the patriotic doctrines contained in the follow ing paragraph of the paper referred to: " But we can never consent that this island [Cabal shall become a colony of any other Euro pean power. In the possession of Great . Britain, or any other strong naval power, it might prove ru-' inous both to our domestic and foreign commerce, and even endanger the Union of the States. The highest and first duty . of every independent nation is to provide for its own safety ; and, acting upon, this principle, we should be compelledto resist the acquisition of Cubaby any powerful maritime State, with all the means which Providence has placed at our command." Mr. Buchanan in subsequent paragraphs remark ed : We are content that it ;Cuba] shall con tinue to be a colony of Spain. Whilst in her pos session we have nothing to apprehend. Desirable, however, as the possession of this island may be to the United States, we would not acquire it except by the hee will of Spain. Any acquisi tion not sanctified by honor and juatcice would be too dearly purchased." Never were nobler inter national sentiments than these uttered. Never could they proceed from a government whose form was less democratic than that of the United States. They are as just as they are magnanimous. Spain is regarded, as she evidently is, as .a puny nation in the possession of a colony, which she could not hold against a formidable power engaged in hostil ities with her, not against a general uprising of the inhabitants of that colony ; and under such circum stances a proposition is made to pay a fair consid eration for it—to place it beyond the reach of grasp ing nations which had coveted it for centuries, and which doubtless would have appropriated it to themselves long since, had a propitious moment ar rived, without giving for it a solitary penny. But for the certainty ofa rupture with the United States in the event of such a procedure, the international integrity of Gre. t Britain was scarcely sufficiently inflexible to have prevented her from seizing, 'id. et armis, this valuable " jewel" long since. The richest of its kind in the universe, it would have changed completely, as a possession of hers, the relation in which she stands to the American Union. A market of immense extent opened to her manu factures, the key of the Gulf in the entrance of the Mississippi in her possession, our dimensions and oar movements would have been circbmscribed, our best planting interest blighted, while "Rule Britannia, rule" would have incessantly rung in our ears as a requiem to our contracted future. International Copy-right. The N. Y. Herald states that among the docu ments brought by a recent arrival from Europe, is a project of a copyright treaty between Great Bri tain and this country. It was executed at Marsh field, by the late Daniel Webster and Mr. Cramp ton, the British Minister, a short while before the last illness of the former ; and having been return ed from England, with the sanction and approval of the British government, is now probably under the consideration of Mr. Everett and Mr. Cramp ton. The presence of Mr. Washington Irving at the capital is perhaps not unconnected with the ne gotiation, and it is mole likely that nothing is now wanting but the ratification of the' Senate, to con vert it into a law. We understand that its provis ions are similar to those of the international copy right treaty executed between France and England, thirteen months ago, and are fully adequate to pro tect the rights of authors and artists in both coun tries. Under its authority, the authors of!' books of dramatic works, of musical compositions, of drawings, of paintings, of sculptures, of engravings, of lithographs, and of any other works whatsoever of literature and the fine arts," published and copy righted n the' United States, will, ipso facto, enjoy all the rights and privileges which an English cops right would insure to them in Great Britain ; and in like manner, a British copyright will possess the same legal authority in the United States as an en try in the Clerk's office of the District Court, pur suant to act of Congress. The only conditions im posed on American authors are the registration of their copyright in Stationers' Hall. and a strict com pliance with the laws of Great Britain in respect to the deposite of a copy of their work in the Brit ish Museum; while their English brethren must register at Washington, and definite copies of their works in the institutions appointed by law to re. ceive them. The copyright of a translation of a work in a foreign language will, on compliance with these formalities, enjoy the same validity in both countries as that of an original work, without of course, interfering with the right of any other party to translate the same work. The republica tion of articles in periodicals may be prohibited by a conspicious notice affixed to the article, notifying the public twat the author or publisher reserves the property , f'the same. Gold in Australia. The accounts from Australia continue to be won. derful in their character. It is estimated that one hundred thousand people are now in the diggings of Victoria. The yield of, for instance, Mount Al exander and Ballarat, from the 3d to the 26th of September amounted to 366,193 ounces. The av erage yield of a week is 80,000 ounces, which, at 70s. an ounce, represents an annual yield of £14,- 660,000 sterling. The yield has been increasing from month to month ever since the first nugget was found. " The weekly yield," says the Mel bourne Argus, "is constantly increasing. So is the number of diggers." A persevering digger can easily secure an ounce a week. It is stated that he spends half an ounce for his living, which leaves him profits at the rate of half an ounce per week. Though there are large finds, some are unsuccess. ul while others dig out a fortune in a week. In September a certain digger at Mount Alexander picked out a noble solid piece,-about nine pounds of pure gold, besides a great quantity of smaller nuggets around. The value of the " find " was from £BOO to £lOOO. Another man found between nine and ten pounds of gold embedded in the pipe- clay. A party of miners at Bendigo obtained in a day 208 ounces, and this yield increased as the party got further into the dip of the rock. These nstances might easily be multiplied. OnoooN.—Dr. Ev ans, on the 9th of December read before the Legislature of Oregon an interest ing communication on the Geology of the Territory. We make the following extract: "A general reconnoisance has been made frond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, inclu.- ding one hundred and fifty miles north and south alor.g the western base of the Rocky Mountains, and from the nothern boundary of California to Puget's Sound. A detailed examination has been made along the base and boundary lines of the pub lic surveys. The gold mines of the Rogue river valley and other localities near the southern boun dary of Oregon are being wrought to considerable profit. Gold in small quantities has been discover ed on several small tributaries east of the Castades. There is considerable analogy between the. gold bearing rock of California and the talcose and oth er allied rocks of the Umpqua valley. Aril gold has been found on most of the small streams enter ing ehe Umpqua as well as the main stream ; also, on south fork of Santiam, and on Calappoiah creek &c. Eastern Oregon has been generally much un derrated. That portion including the valley of St. I Mary's, the headwaters of the Kooskook or Clear water. and the Spokane, and the other districts in the region, affortlfine pasturage, and many beautik ful sites for agricultural communities. Sufficient information has already been obtained to render it probable that many portions of Oregon will prove rich in useful minerals, and its soils for many agri cultural products is unFurpaseed. It also affords a rich and interesting field for scientific research. Sa line and chalybeite springs exist throughout the Williamette valley and valleys bordering the coast range of mountains, and, in fact, almost every part of Oregon that has been visited." BAURTSBUHG, Feb. 18.—The action of the Coun cils of Philadelphia, last night, in withholding for the present the subscription by the city to the Sun. bury and Erie Railroad, has caused much excite. rent hers among the friends of that enterprise• ITY - AND COUNTY ITEMS lir".A splendid monument, fifteen feet high, to be placed over the remains the of late Dr. S Homes. ht now being erected by Mr. Lewis Haldy. It can be seen by calling at his Mettle .Yard to North Queen street. • Costscuscs,--About $l2O is(:gold and silver, were stolen from Mr. Ilaxasss, near Mount Joy ,Laneaster county, some time ago:- Week before last, Mi,BamAker, received an anonymous • letter, informing him that his money could be found at a particular place on his premises. He acenrdingly' searched the place and tound it all in a .bag except about $lO. - ID - John L Refer has just finished a handsome specimen of sign painting for Chas. S. Frick, in N. Queen street. It represents an Indian Chief in lull national costume, with the usual paraphernalia for indulging in 'the weed' which charactefied the aborigines. The design is appropriate and the work artistically executed, reflecting much credit 111/011 Mr. Keffer s professional skill. J The Surf }loss BALI of Friday night last was everything that could be expected. The lads and lassies enjoyed themselves to their utmost bent, and everything passed off pleasantly. We under stand they cleared something handsomein the mat ter, which we hope may be correct. 11.7 We would direct special attention to the ad vertisement of James Clioss, of the Tonsorial pro fession. He has every convenience at his rooms in the way of clean towels, brushes, combs, &c., &c.; also will give a man Ow cleanest shave he ever got. dill and see him by all means. OFFICERS Or WOODWARD HILL • CEMETRRY.-Al a meeting of the Lot holders of Woodward Hill Cemetery, on Monday evening, February 14,, 1853, on motion, Henry R. Reed, Esq., was called to the chair, William P. Brooks and Henry Steigerwalt appointed Tellers, and Robert A. 'Evans The following gentlemen were elected Officers for the present year : President—Hon. C. Kieffer. Secretary—John F. Long. Treasurer—Henry Rotharmel. Trustees—F. A. Muhlenberg, Henry R. Reed, D. B. Vonciersmith, John Ehler, Ellis Lewis, John F. Shroder, Thomas E. Franklin, James Black, Godfried Zahm,•Reah Frazer, - David Bear, I. N.: Lightner, William Mathiot, Charles Boughter, B. F. Shenk, William Carpenter George M. Steinman, Jacob Albright, 'Henry E. Muhlenberg, W. P. Brooke, Frederick Saner, Henry Scberiff, John Hamilton, Joseph Brimmer. LIST OF JURORS. To serve in the Court of Common Peas, commen cing Monday, March 7, 1853.• Bart—Williane Belli- Jacob Myers, Brecknock—Daniel Sensenig, Columbia—J. G. L. Brown. Conoy—Adam Dennison, Crernarron—George Rigg, Cocalico East—Jeremiah Holiday, Donegal E—John G. Harman, W. Pinkerton, Donegal W—Martin Niesley, . Elizabeth—Gabriel Bare, Ephrata—Jacob Fry, (M's son) James Trego, Earl E—Jacob S. Shirk, Fulton—Stephen W. P. Boyd, Hempfield E—Alexander Slay maker, Lancaster City—Jaoob Albright, John Fonder smith, Michael Trisslerr, Little Britain—James Patterson, Martic—Joseph P. Ambler, John J. Porter, Geo Warfel, Manor—Jacob Fry, Penn—D. W. Erb, L. Forney, J. M. Stebman, Rapho—Elias Hamaker, Samuel S. Lytle,' Jo seph Lytle, jr. Straaburg—Jacob Barge. Strasburg Bor.—M. M. Rohrer. Sadsbury—Joseph Dickinson, Salisbury—Jacob Wanner, jr., Warwick—Dayid Bricker, Augustus Hall. V' Charles M. Howell, of this city, has just completed a block for the National Monument at Washington, to be presented by the farmers of Lan caster county. It is of red hard sandstone, and bears the simple inscription of" Lancaster County," with a sheaf of wheat and other agricultural em blems. The letters have been beautifully gilded by John L. Keifer. No more appropriate contri bution to this great national work cold have been presented from this great agricultural " garden." OPENIEM STnErrs.—The bill before the Legisla ture relative to the opening of streets in this city, much to our surprise. has called forth a number.of remonstrants from the county. They represent • that they are already burdened with heavy county taxes, arising from the enormous sums expender' in the erection of a county prison. and that a further heavy expenditure is about to be made in the pur chase of a site and the building thereon of a court house, which is now in prose - s of erection, of which expenditures eight-ninths must be paid by the tax payers of the county pro; er, and only one ninth by those of the city, and that they could cite many other reasons why this bill should not become a law. The objections about the new Prison and Court House are summarily disposed of by the Ex aminer in the following manner: It the new jail and court house had been built for the especial use of the city, there would have been some propriety in alluding to them ; but as every body knows that both buildings are used by twenty people from the county to"one from the city, and that the Commissioners who built them and the grand juries who reccommended them were nineteen-twentieths of them from the country, any allusion to those buildings is wholly irrelevent, and calculated to divert, as they have evidently done, attention from the real question at issue. • The alleged injustice of the law is pretty satis tactorily settled by a correspondent, who furnishes the following facts: I have consulted the annual statements of the County Commissioners as far back as 1840—twelve years—and find that within that period there was paid out of the city and county fund an aggregate sum for road damages, and building and repairing bridges, in the county,without the city limits, seventy 7 one thousand three hundred dollars ($71,300), of which sum the city contributed one ninth, or $6,- 900 ; while in the same period there was paid out of the same fund for road or street damages in the city, $1,033, of which the county paid eight ninths, or $920. ' From these statements it appears that within twelve years past, the City has paid into the Coun ty Treasury, for the purpose of improving or con structing highways, eight thousand and forty dollars and has drawn one thousand and thirty three; leav ing the amount overpaid by the city to the county, seven thousand dollars I" These are facts which cannot be disputed or de.- nied. Yet in the face of them there. are persons who would compel the city to open all its own streets, and one-ninth of those in the country be sides 1 Is this justice?' After a careful examination of the question, pro and Con, we are inclined to think that the opposi tion to the proposed enactment originates in a par tisan rather [hen a public feeling. It is the mis fortune of our political system at the present day that almost every question in which the interests of the public are really involved, must be measured by the party yard-stick, and trimmed with the scis sors of political prejudice. The honest taxpayer should bewore of all such electioneering clap-traps. —Express. Columbia Correspondence. Ma. EDITOR :—The past week has little to distin guish it in our ancient town. Petitions, memorials, remonstrances &c., designed for the Legislature are circulating freely among us. The property holders of Front street, north of Walnut are ma king a strong effort to have Commerce street con tinued, to Walnut by opening. Mullison's This project gives two fronts to their property, and of course enhances their value. A remonstrance against the passage of the Maine Law, is also be ing signed b 3 many. In these times of elastic consciences, the follow ing is worth recording. About the hollidays, a Mr. McCauley of Wrightsville, York co., left upcn the counter of one of our must worthy citizens; his pocket book, containing a considerable • sum of money. He missed it some time after, and return ed to get it, but alas! it had taken to itself the wings of the "Evening." A search warrant &c., but "pickles," was the result. This past week, the book and money came home, with a veritable con fession of the most grievous fault, and an admis sion of other delinquencies strictly in their character. There is to be a concert of sacred music in the Methodist church to night (Monday) by distinguish ed vocalists trom Baltimore. En•paseant ; this is one of the finest churches in this county, and has just been completed. The Odd-Fellows I understand are about estab lishing a circulating Library in this place. This has long been a desideratum to our young men; and it is to be hoped the experiment will be emi nently successful as well as useful. Citizens' gives the Doctors 'fits%in the last Spy, and has the good will of the Burgeois in keneral for his temerity. He can he keen or lacerating as he pleases, and the M. D's. know it. The democracy of the two Wards attended at their respective places on Saturday evening lest and elected the following gentlemen delegates to the County Convention: South Ward—P. A. Kiinburg, W. F. Carotheri, Lewis Frederick, J. S. Given, John Murphey. . North Ward—E. A. Howard, John Eberlein, J. M. Strickler, Wm. Patton, John McCauley. Bzussosr. Aw Ezrzwirrz Frstalx.—A «fat woman,» one of the fattest kind, is now exhibiting in Cincinnati. Her weight is Mien hundred - Inui extriour pounds, _ . . . _ Phlinda. and Columbia Railroad: A most singular spectacle is daily presented .in our Legislature, by the efforts of the parties inter ested in the- almost innumerable' railroad projects thatare-pressed upon--the attention of members.- -Indeed - their whole time seems to',lie absorbedin the consideration of these various seiwaiiis We hear ist nothing but the Mahoning road; the Hemphill road, the Steubenville road, the Broadtop. road, the Latrobe Mad, thefts*** burg and Sinitiury Snail, the - Sunbury and .Erie road, the Bridgeport and Sun bury road; the Pennsylvania road, the Pittsburg and Erie road; the Franklin Canal road, the Pinegrovs and. Lancaster road. the-Cornwall and Phoenixville and the nest of snakes that seem to be the natural accornpniaments of these various. projects. Now the fact that there is this wonderful energy existing amongst our people on the subject of rail roads; that most of these roads are feeders to the treat Pennsylvania road, and that the. Columbia and Philadelphia railroad is to be the outlet of nearly all of them, should awaken a different - kind of inter est in the Legislature. It is amazing to , witness the indifference that seems to exist in regard to the con dition of the Colombia road, when it must be ap parent to every man that it will be utterly swamp ed with business in its present worn out condition in another year, unless the most energetic measures are taken forthwith to make it 'equal to the very best road in the country. During the pastyear it carried 243,545 tons over the whole length of the road; 155,059 passengers, and to do this the superintendent says it was taied to the utmost of its power. Andinow what must be required of it when the Pennsylvania railroad, and all the feeders referred to throw their trade upon it? The President of the ,Pennsylvania railroad company estimates that their 'pad, with its one hundred and ten locomotives ndw on hand and con tracted for, will carry one thousand tons per day each may ; and that they will do this, there cannot be a doubt. This•makes six hisndred thousand lons a year, Of new trade for the Columbia road, which added to its trade of last year; make 8413,546 tons. , But we have reason to believe that the increase will far ' exceed this. The report of Mr. M'Alpin, the State Engineer of New York, says that, there has been conveyed over the New York railroads 'within the last year, 2,500,000 tons of produce, and 10,000,000 of passengers. This fact alone should 'arouse us at once to the importance of ma king the Columbia railroad a ;first class road, be cause if we are to have our legitimate share of the trade and travel of the West. it will be utterly im possible to carry it with the antiquated engines, and worn out road-way of our State road? Instead, therefore, of laying down the north track anew and leaving the south to be a draw back to the trade and a sinking fund to the ,finances, both tracks should' be put in the very best condition, and a suf ficient number of locomotives;be engaged to trans port a million of tons a year, and hall a million of passengers, for it this is not done the trade and pas sengers will be upon us before we are prepared, our works will be thrown into the most inextricable confusion and a new road will be built to divide the trade with the State road. The experience of the Reding railroad shows that even two millions of tons a year can be carried over the State road if it is put in the proper condi tion, but the time has arrived for prompt action on this subject. There is not a man who has travelled - over the State road, but will bear testimony to the necessity of a renewal of the track. It has been in use for twenty years, without being renewed. No other road in the country has lasted so long, but the time has arrived when something,definite must be done. The Reading road has tine-tenth of it renewed each year, and in this way it is always kept in good con dition. We trust, therefore, whilstithe Legislatute is leg islating for the advantage of!the numerous compa nies referred to, that it will not fail to examine in to the condition of the Statetnad, and see whether it is not utterly incapable in its present condition to carry the-trade and travel that must inevitably be thrown upon it. We believe that provision has been made for the purchase of new locomotives for the coming year, but it is of more importance that the track be put in as good order as any of the roads now in use.— Harrisburg Union. Departure of Gen. Pierce. - - On Monday, the 14th inst., Gen. FRANKLIN PIERCE : the,President elect of the United states, left his residence in this town for N ashington, to enter on the 4th of March upon the dutiert of the exalted station to which he .has been called by the unsolicited expression of the nation's wish. His departure is an event whicn prompts us to say something more than merely to announce the fact. For nearly twenty-live years Gen. PIERCE has been a public man, in the highest and truest sense of the term, and for a large portion of that time, whether in Office or oc...upying the, pla , e of a private citi zen; he has been the moat influential man to our state. Possessing all those generous and noble at. , tribute ;which never . fail to win the high regard and lasting confidence of an intelligent people, he early secured and has always retained a populari ty based upon so solid a foundation that nothing has ever been able to impair it. No citizen of New Hampshire ever possessed no gre..t personal popu larity, or ever used it for more worthy and unselfish purposes. Eminently just in all his conduct, gen erous to a fault, the soul of honor, liberal in all hie views, possessing- as kind and noble a heart as ever warmed a true man's bosom or prompted to chiv alrous deeds,.and in all Hid constant .nd extensive intercourse with the people ever exhibiting those traits of character, it is not strange that he has won and retained the warmest attachment and highest respect of all classes, and caused himself to be regarded as a personal friend by all who are worthy of a good man's ifriendship, And being thus regarded, and in view of the arduous duties and immense responsibilities to which he has been called by the country, it is but natural that his de parture from among them - '.,,should be witnessed by our people with a degree f regret which their due appreciation of the high hhnor conferred upon him and than, eannot entirely! dispel. He goes from among us bearing with him the most heartfelt and deep seated respect of the whole community—a respect based upon a knOwledge of his eminent abilities and exalted character, and confirmed and heightened by his public services and the high hon or which he has brought upon the state. And while they will ever be anxious for theauccess of his ad ministration, and have the moat undoubting confi dence in his ability to discharge the high trust com mitted to him, with signal honor to himself and to the country, they will ever remain especially solic itous for his personal welfare and happitiess.• That fie may be blessed with health and abundant suc cess in all his patriotic and honorable endeavors, is the ardent wish of every true New Hampshire heart. We copy the above from the Concord (N. H.) Patriot, showing the high estimation in which the President eleet is held in his own State. Gen. PreacE remained in Boston for one day, when he proceeded to New York. After staying in the latter City one day likewise, he' left on Thursday evening 'and reached Philadelphia at about 9 o'clock. He immediately retired to rest, and next day tFriday) Was called upon by great numbers of his political; friends in the City as well as from the country, all of whom he received with great courtesy. He remained in Philadelphia un %;l Saturday afternoon, 4 , hen ha left for Baltimore. Late from California. $1,500,000 in Gold dust corning. Suffering and star vation in the Mining region. New ORLELNS, Feb. 10th. The steamship Philadelphia arrived at the port last evening from Aspinwall, bringing 180 passen gers and San Francisco: dates to Jan. 15. • The steamship Ohio and Uncle Sam had arrived et Aspinwall. During! the past few_weeks over sixteen hundred passengers have landed at Aspin wall, all bound for California. The passengers from. California by the steamer Philadelphia have in their possession $175,000 in Col. Totten and his corps of engineers were pro gressing rapidly with their labors on the line of the Panama Railroad. ,• fhe papers are filled with deplordble accounts of the sufferings ,causedby the late freshets. The Philadelphia left at Aspinviall the steam ships Uncle Sam and Ohio, for New York—the lat ter with five hundred passengeis, and a million and a half of gold dust on jfreight. , Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys were still flooded, and there wasl much distress among the miners. The rouds, in many places; was impassa ble, and flour was reported as selling at one dollar per pound. , Another miners' convention hail been proposed. The floods had very greatly impeded the opera tions of the miners. Immense quantities of snow and rain bad Mien and much property had been swept away, causing very heavy loss. The Alta Californian says it is almost impossi ble to give a correct idea of the hardships the mi ners have undergone: In many instances. they have died from actu ab starvation, the roads being so bad and the streams so much swollen that it is almost impossible to;lhave communication with some of the mining districts, and there is no way to transport provisions to them tcrany.extent. Icon Esonon.— ver six hundr4l thousand pounds of iron were used in the construction of the new St. Charles' Hotel, New Orleans. Of this some two hundred thousand pounds were wrought iron A portion of the iron in the old building was need in the new, but &blotto hundred thousand pounds of it wars sold. . . . Speech 'from the Throne. l'he following items of news are brought by the late arrivals froM.l ampe,, The Empriss is said to be 25 years orage;4ll arid syMmetrical in form, with red hair and fairisimitexion, large and radiant broism - eyes, and coat mouth of great beauty. 4 She is said to stieak Fienel2,Eiaglish, Italian, Span fah and German, witti-,ii4afflueney: F.H4NCE. On Saturday.'the 2.2. d 7 tae'various functionaries of the State presented themselves. at the Tuillertes to receive from. the Emperor the announcement ot his intended marriage. At noon the, Senate, mem. hers and Corps Legislatit, to. * ether with the Coun cil of State, met in'the'SalleDu Trone, and await ed the Emperor's arrival. The ex-King Jerome, wearing the uniform of a Marshal ot France, seated himself to ,the, right 01 the throne, and his son Napoleon JeroMe, in citi zens' dress, occupied a similar seat on the lett. The Ministers, Officers ot State. and members ot the Imperial Household were grouped around the throne. • . By and by the Duke of Cambacereseitered from the apartments of the Emperor, with the,annopnce ment of " His M*sty," on which the, cide-vant Louis Napoleon entered, taking his seat on the throne, and proceeded to read his address as follows: THE EMPEROR'S ADDRESS. "Messieurs—l assent to a wish so often expres sed by the nation, and come to you to, announce my intended nuptials. The alliance and contract is not in accordance with theold political traditions and therein lies its advintage. France, by her suc cessive revolutions, has ever abruptly severed her self from the rest of Europe. Every enlightened Government ought to seek to lead her back with in the pale of old monarchies; but this!result will be more certai:dy attained by a just and straight ! forward policy, and by honesty of conduct, than by royal alliances which create false security, and of ten substitute family interests for those of the na tion at large. Besides, in this respect, examples el the past have left in the spirit of the peoplS super. stitious feelings.. " It is not forgotten that for seventy years foreign princesses have ascended 'the steps of the throne on ly to see their race proscribed by war or revolution. Only one woman has served to bring happiness, to live, more than others, in the affections of the peo ple, and this woman was the modest and good wife of Gen. Bonaparte, and she was not of royal blood. " It must be admitted, however, that in 1810 the marriage of Napoleon lit with Marie Louise was a great event. It was a guarantee for the future, and real satisfaction to national pride, to see the ancient and illustrious House of Austria, which had so long been at war with us, solicit the alliance of the elected chief of the new Ernpire. ." How, on the other hand, tinder the last reign, had the amour propre of . the country to suffer, when the inheritor of the crown vainly sought for seve eral years td ally himself with the sovereign house, and obtained it at length! The Princess was ac complished, no doubt, but of second rate rank and of different religion. When, in the face of old Eu rope, one is borne by the force of the new principle to the height of ancient dynasties, it is not by anti quating one's escutcheon, and seeking to introduce himself at any price into the family of kings, that one makes himself accepted. , It is much rather, by keeping one's origin in remembrance—preserving one's character, and in' taking proudly before Eu rope the position of a parvenue—a glorious title, when it comes from the free suffrages .ol a great people. "Thus, obliged to depart from a precedent fol lowed even to the present day, my marriage became but a private affair, and there remained only to • choose the person. She who is to become the ob ject df my preference is of high birth, French in hei,rt, by education, by the remembrance of blood shed by her father for the cause of the Empire.— She has as a Spaniard the advantage of having no relatives in France, to whom it might be necessary to give honors and dignities. Endowed with all the qualities of soul, she will be an ornament of the throne, as in the day of danger, she would have be come one of its courageous supporters. A devout Catholic, she will address to heaven the same bray ers as myself for the welfare of France. Good and giticious, she will revive I have the firm hope, in the same position, the virtues of the Empress Jo sephine. " I come then, Messieurs, to say to France, that I have preferred the woman whom I love and re spect, to any unknown lady whose alliance would have brodght advantages mingled with sacrifices. " Without disdaining any one, I yield to my feel ings, but after having consulted my reason and my convictions. In short, in placing independence, the qualities of heart and family happiness above dy nastic prejudices and cdleulations of ambition, I shall not less be strong, lscause I am more free. '• Ere long, proceeding to Notre Dame, I shall present the Empress to the people and to the army. The confidence they have in me assure me of their sympathy towards her. r have chosen. And you gentlemen, learning to know her better, will be con vinced that in this also have been directed by. Providence." The absence of several Deputies was remarked on-Saturday, at the Tuilleries, when the Emperor announced his marriage. Among others mention ed aretount de Merode, the Duke D'Uzes, the Duke D'Albufera, of the Margins De Talhoeut. A great number of persons of distinction have entered their names at the Palace of the Elysee, as a mark of respect to the future Empress. The preparations for a grand religious solemnity at Notre Dame, are going on with activity. The wife of the Minister of State, who is on terms of intimacy with the countess of Teba, has been entrusted by the mother of the-future Empress with the preparation of her tronseau ; and lace, known as pointe d' Alencon, has been purchased for the occasion, valued at forty thousand francs. The usages of old courts seem to .be gradually returning. It is stated as one of the minor facts of the day, that the marriage itself, being an impor tant one to all, the Princess Matilde will, as well as the Empress, wear a train at the ceremonial.— The music for the nuptial mass is to be the corn: position of Mr. Auber. The' carriage of the Empress on the passage to Notre Dame, will be drawn by six white horses. More Bloodshed in Hungary. We make the following extract 'from a letter to the New York Tribune, in regard to the state of af fairs in. Hungary, which, since the Revolution, has been a prey to the vultures of despotism, feeding upon the vitals of a down-trodden and unhappy people. He writes that— The year 1852 closed with a sad . tragedy in Hungary. Ever since the catastrophe of Hungary, those who took part in the struggle for indepen dence have been cruelly persecuted' by'the Austri ans. Thousands of eminent men were captured, fettered and sent to prison—the officers sent to Italy as private soldiers, he chiefs were executed. Many fled to foreign couhtries, many hid themselves in the marshes and forests of Hungary. They have there organized themselfes in a military way, and carry on a guerilla warfare, levying black mail on Austrianizing landlords on the new officials, and attacking the gene d'armes and soldiers. One of their chief leaders in the Balcony forest was Mr. Notalopy, fomrerlyja lawyer and landed proprietor— during the war a guerilla leader. He was taken by the Ausfrians, after strong resistance, and sent to the prison hospital at Pesth. But his energies remained unbroken; he succeeded in inducing the guards to escape with him. Since that time he has not spared any - Austrian police spy. He has hanged about six of them, who had successively introduced themselves into the territory where his men found a refuge. He often visted Pesth in dis guise, but was betrayed and taken prisoner in No vember last. As soon as it was known that the daring chief was captured, the gene d'armes made a razzia all over the Backony forest, and took four teen of his. men. Three of them—Platay, Hegy megyi and .Nagy Sandor, none of them yet thirty years old—had served formerly in the Hungarian army as officers. They were brought to Pesth, and though it called not ' be proved that either of them was concerned in levying black mails, or of having participated in an encounter with the police, they were sentenced to be hung. .The gallows was erected on the last day of the year, the prisoners carried in procession through the streets, but their behaviour was so solemn and dignified that the population could not refrain from showing their sympathy. On the scaffold the sentence was read which doomed them to death. It contained the words that the culprits were agents of Kossuth.— This name is, as you know, prescribed in Hunga ry ;itis a felony to utter it. When it fell from the lips of the Judge the culprits uncovered this move ment was initiated. Nagy Sandor said a fewwortls to his countrymen,and admonished them not to despair. but the drums were beating at the command of the the police officer; and drowned his voice. All three died like heroes. On the same day six person were executed at Paks and three at Szegedin. The po. lice, furious at the demonstrations of sympathy. immediately arrested about one hundred of the spectators, and an order was isaued, that,- In future, the name of Kiisauth shall never more be mention ed in,a sentence,'but that he shall be spoken of generally as the 'traitor and conspirator. • Physicians inindis raise blisters with red-hot iron, and dressithem with cayenne pepper. 'finch treatment don't make a man " smart» we don't know anything; that would. 'One of the favorite cathartics is made of pills of gunpowder—tweivo are, given for a dose—a minute after they are down, a coal of fire is administered, when a movement in the particles takes place, that tither eradiate! the disease er the invalid--eiommoilly the latter. ZZXIId Congress-;Second Session. WAPIIINGTON, Feb. 18 Sarrava.—Mr. Davis presented the credentials of the Hon. Edward Everett,..as 11. S. Senator from Massachusetts, from the 4th of March next, which were read:, .On motion of Mr. Gwin, the prior orders of the day :. weiti postp,i;ned , and the Senate.again resumed the consideration of the Pacific Railroad Bill, with understanding that the Senate will not adjourn until the matter is disposed of. Berland took the fluor and read a carefully prepared epeech in favor 01 the bill. Mr. Cooper followed in an able speech. Mr. De Saussure proved the construction of the road, but suggested a modification of the plan pro. posed to be pursued: The amendment of Mr. Brodhead, making an ap propriation simply for a survey of the route, was then rejected—yeas 23, nays 34. Mr. Mason opposed the bill at some length on constitutional ground. Mr. Pratt spoke at length upon the bill, and pro- posed sundry amendments. • A motion to recommit -the bill was then made and lost- -yeas 18, nays 33. Some further amendments were offered, and Mr. Toucey, then having the floor, The Senate at 5 o'clock adjourned. Housx.—The Speaker laid before the House sev eral Executive communications, and among them one recommending an appropriation of $75,000 for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for the Pacific. _ . . . The House then went. into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and resumed the consideration of the Civil and Diplomatic Appro priation Bill. The several amendments to the bill were debated at considerable length. The amendment appropriating $50,000 to con tinue the survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes, including Lake Superior, was agreed to. Many unimportant amendments were submitted, and debated at length. The House was engaged the whole day discussing the appropriations for completing Custom Houses, and finally agreed to the appropriations for the com pletion of the Custom Houses at St. Louis, Louis ville, Cincinnati, and New Orleans. Without disposing of the bill, the committee rose. A. message was received from the President its reference to the subject of an inter oceanic canal. The House then adjourned. DESPERATE AFPUAT.—On the Belvidere and Del aware Railroad.—A desperate and proably fatal af fray occurred on Section 16, of the Belividere & Del aware Railroad, about 8 miles above Milford, on Tuesday afternoon of this week. The information we have of it is as follows : Mr. L. B. Myers, the, constable of Alexandria Township, was about to serve a warrant upon Sam'l Holly, the contractor of Sec. 16 ; and when the constable came upon the work, and inquired for Hully he was told by the men that he was there, but he could not have him. The constable attempted to persist in the perfor mance of his duty, when he was resisted' by the workmen. He drew a revolver, and in order to as sure them that 1 he was armed, fired one charge in 1 the air. This was the signal for a rush, and as the men came up the constable fired upon them, wounding thre , one of whom it is supposed can not survive. Myers was overpowered, and beaten with clubs and stones until nearly dead, and then thrown into the Delaware to drown. He caught fast to a bush near the shore, which being discover ed, he was dragged out, beaten again, and thrown in the second time. Again be showed signs of of life, and was again taken out, and received a third beating with clubs and stones from the despe rate and lawless ruffians, and was It.riwn the third time into the river, for dead. He was, however, rescued from his perilous position. whether by his own exertion or the assistance of others, we have not been able to learn positively. lo was at first thought impossible for him to survive, his whole body bent bruised till it was blue. We have later information that he is improving and likely to re cover. Report says that his pockets were rifled, and two pistols, about thirty dollars in money, and a parcel of official papers taken from aim. On Wednesi ay morning eight Irishmen were a 0 rested on suspicion in the streets of Lambertville, and taken before Justice Parsons for examination. They represented that they came from the, North Branch canal. via Easton and had not been'employ ed upon these works. Their bundles and persons were examined, but nothing being found they were discharged. Hully, who is believed to be the instigator of the earful riot has b. en arrested and taken to Fleming on Jail. Five nt hers vi eie arrested and admitted o ba.l.—Lamberst vile Thorit. The Monthlies. PETERSON'S MAGAZINE, for March is a very su pe for number—containing no less than twenty nine contributions in prose and poetry. with four beautiful engravings, representing " Mysterious Knockings," " Fashions for March,"" The Ava lanche," and " The Lesson." This excellent periodical is edited by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, and Charles 3. Peterson, and is fur nished to single subscribers at $2 per annum, in ad vance. Address C. 3. PETERSON, 98 Chesnut street, Philadelphia. IL7 - GRAHAM ' S MAGAZINE for March is full and brilliant number and of a high order 'of merit.— The Editor's Table has a spicy article on Uncle Tom's Cabin. Mr. Graham having been called to acount for condemning it in his February number, says now: "We repeat that Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is a DAD Boom! It gives an unfair and un true picture of Southern life. It is badly construct ed, badly timed, and made up for a bad purpose!— The work has been successful pecuniarily—but there is such a thing as " blood money" speedily gained for nefarious doings. Mra. Stowe it is . said, has already received $20,000 as her share of the profits from her - publishers. Are the wounds inflicted upon our common country paid for with so small a sum in gold ! Our Consul, Mr. Kinney, 'tells us that the book has aroused, in Italy, the most vehement indignation against Americans.— The same is true in other countries. But the work is a mere distortion of facts—a stupenduous lie— - and therefore we cannot admit its merit and join its mob of admirers. It is no more a true picture of Hein the South, than Jack Shepperd is a true pic ture of the hale and honest John Bull—yet we learn that one publisher in this country has made his thousands by the sale of that most despicable work. • • • • • • • Mr. Fred. Douglass has read our article "with disgu.t," and .says it may be accounted for thus: " We hate niggerirm ! He is mistaken. We have taught blacks in a Sun day school for years, as a duty. • • * • • We will pay into the bands of Charles S. Boker. Esq., President of the Girard Bank, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be devoted to the founding of a College in the county of Philadelphia, for the ed ucation of free black youth of superior promise, provided, three hundred out of so many thousand abolitionists, who are to be taken from Graham, will subscribe the same amount, for the same pur pose, the cash into the hands of the gentleman named. "FRIENDS OF THE BLACK MAN t"—Face the Mu sk! GEO. R. GRAHAH• UNITED STATES REVIEW.—This is the title of, a new Democratic monthly magazine, started in New York, by THEODORE FOSTER. It has reached its second number, and its pages are filled with the productions of some of the ablest pens our country can produce. The following, from the New Hampshire Patriot, the home organ of Gen. PIERCE, shows the posi tion this work occupies with the President elect: THE UNITED STATES REVIEW.—This is the title of a new Democrat monthly magazine, published in New York, by Theodore A. Foster. It is well printed, and each number contains 96 broad pages of good reading, literary and political, prose and poetry. The subscription price is $3,00 per an num. The two numbers issued evince a high or der of talent. The tone, style and temper of its ..oliticai articles are admirable. It discusses the great questions of the day with rare ability, in a tone dignified and courteous, but firm and decided, and in a forcilble and elegant stlye, cab bit ng much information, good sense and judgment. If these two numbers are fair samples' of what the work is to be, true national, progressive American principles will have in it an able, judicious and ef ficient advocate, and the Democratic party a worthy organ. We, therefore commend this review to the patronage of our friends. The Albany Argus also speaks of this work as follows : This magazine is a new candidate for the public favor, and particularly commends itself to the pat ronage of that part of the public—no inconsidera ble one, if we may trust recent demonstrations— who belong to the great Democratic family. Bear leg " Democracy" for its motto, all its teachings are in the right direction ; and while it contains articles interesting to the general reader, its great object is to disseminate, explain and defend Dem ocratic prinoiples and measures, " and to furnish a clear and comprehensive commentary upon all questions of policy and party." The present num ber gives earnest of eminent success in the field of labor it has marked out for itself. Naw Yoax, Feb. 17.—The steamship Ohio, Lieut. Hartstein, arrived at this port about 3 o'clock thin morning. She left Aspinwall on the evening of the 3d, and reached Kingston, Ja., on the 6th.— In attempting to leave the last named port on the Bth inst., she was run aground by the pilot, and re• mained fas t until lightened of her ehains and an. chore, water and 140 tons of coal. After getting afloat, she returned to the city, and finally _left on the morning of the 11th. ,
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