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GEO. SANDERSON,. EDITOR
Lancaster. May 10;11853.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINAT lONS :
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
AUDITOR" GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
Death of Judge Gibson.
This eminent Jurist died at Philadelphia, on Tues
day morning last, after a protracted illness, aged
73' years. His gigantic intellect, H is stated, re•
mained unclouded to the last, and he departed from
among men in the full possession of all his mental
faculties.
Jour. BANNISTBR Gimps( was a native of Cum
berland Co., and the son of 'Col. George Gibson, a
distinguished officer of the Revolutionary war, who
fell while fighting the Indians, at St. Clair's defeat in
1791. He was born in the year 1780, graduated
at Dickinson College in 1800, studied law finder
Judge Duncan, and was admitted to the bar in 1803.
He soon acquired a high reputation as a lawyer,
and after practicing, for some years at the Car lisle
Bar, was elected and served for several years as re
presentative from Cumberland county in the State
Legislature. Attached to the Democratic party he
gave a cordial and active support to the adminis
trations of President Madison and Governor Snyder,
and wielded great influence in the body of which he
was a member. In 1812 Governor Snyder appoint
ed him Judge of the 11th Judicial District, just or
ganized in Northern Pennsylvania, and in 1818 he
was appointed to the Supreme Bench. In 1827, or,
the death of Chief Justice Tilghman, Gov. Shultz,
appointed him to the vacancy, and he held the of
fice from that time until 1851, when the amend
ment to the constitution made the Judiciary elec
tive. He was then , notninated by the Democratic
Stata Convention' for election, and upon his election
drew the nine years term, of which not two years
had elapsed at the time of his death.
In the death of Judge GIBBON, the 'Judiciary of
Pennsylvania has lost a bright and distinguished or
nament—a Jurist who for the long period of forty
years has shed lustre upon the Bench, and whose
decisions have every where been looked upon as the
emanations of a powerful intellect.
His death has caused a vacancy on the Supreme
Bench, which must be filled by the people at . the
election in October next: In the meantime the
Governor will is ake an appointment to hold good
until the lot of, December.
Upon the annousement of his death, the several
Courts in session'at Philadelphia immediately
adopted suitable measures to testily their' high ap
preciation of his distinguished talents and services.
Ela• The Gardiner case dr..gs its slow length
along. There is no knowing when iLwill termi
nate. The prosecuting Attorney, not long since,
despondingly declared that he did not feel sure that
it would end in nix months. Nobody doubts that
a huge swindle has been perpetrated. Yet strange
to say, we hear it distinctly whispered in proles.
sional circles that Gardiner will not be convicted.
It is believed there is and will be hard swearing
enough to raise legal doubt of his guilt, and on this
the question will turn. But there are other indict
ments against Gardiner, and if he escapes on this,
be will be hooked on another and another, so that he
is likely to have anything but an easy time of it
for months, and probably years to come. And it
is confidently anticip:ated that if one dodge of the
law does let him escape, enough others, will be
found to enable the Government to keep him out
of the large portion of the award in his favor,
which has not yet found its w.ty into his actual pos
sessession.— Tribune. '
tTesCatAirr Cssr..—A paragraph is going
the rounds of the papers. to the effect that Gov.
Bigler, of Pa.. has withdrawn his requis tion for
McCreary. •This, we learn from Annapolis, is a
mistake. The requisitionhas not been withdrawn.
Gcv. Lowe has the whole ;natter under considera
tion and has not yet made his decision known.—
Baltimore Argus.
What will the Abolition editor on the other side
of the Square say , to this? Will his masters permit
him to do justice to Governor BIGGER by publish•
log this authoritative denial of the falsehood which
he has assisted in giving currencijf . M? Doubtful.
B. Since the above was in 'type we learn that
the Governor of Maryland has refused to surrender
McCreary on the requisition made by Governor
RELIES NOTES.—The provisions of the late Act
of .Assembly respecting the cancellation of the re
lief issues, if faithfully carried out, will rid the com
munity of this trash in about 3 years at farthest.
By the last annual report of the Auditor .General,
it appears that there are about $650,000 of this "tat
tered and torn" currency yet in circulation, and
from the report of the Commissioners of the Sink
ing Fund, for the year'lBs2, the amount paid into
that Fund was $214,106 85—consequently these
notes will all have been absorbed by the year 1656.
We begin to " breathe freer and deeper."
SOMETHING NEW.—Tae Saturday Express says
that Judge Gibson was Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court at the time of his decease, and that now
Judge Lewis will occupy that position on the Bench!
We always thOught that Judge Black was the Chief
Justice, he having drawn the short term, and that
at the end of his three years, Judge Lewis' promo
tion takes place, he having drawn the next shortest
term. Perhaps we have been mistaken.
ET . SANTA ANNA arrived in the city of Mexico
On Sunday morning, the 17th ult., amidst the re
joicings of the inhabitants, who testified by their
manner the great joy they experienced at his return.
The whole city was brilliantly illuminated at night'
and amidst the booming of cannon and firing of
rockets, their new chief resumed his power. A
triumphal arch was erected in.Sante Domingo street ,
and the Government had appropriated $25,000 to
de:ray - the expense of his reception. •
Wonder, bow long he will remain in power!
Goan To Eunops.--Alartin Van Buren, and his
son Mirtin, Jr., sailed for Europe, on Saturday
week. The ill health of the latter is said to be the
thief cause of the trip; but, it is said, the old gen
tleman, now in his 72d year, has long had a desire
to see the Continent and visit the principal cities
and other places of note.
cy A short account of a terrible accident, on
the New York and New Haven Railroad, on Friday
last, will be found in another column. One of the
persons lost was a Mrs. Fluent of this city.
67• The Governor has appointed Col. Geones
R. Bssearrr, of Clearfield, President Judge of the
District recently presided over by the Hon. N. B.
Eldred, now Naval Officer, at Philadelphia.
UT J. M. HA rambrArt, Esq., has been elected
.President of the Harrisburg Back, in place of Thom
as Elder, Esq., deceased.
I 17" A alight shock of an earthquake was felt at
Washington city, on the 2d inst.
Tan CROPS.-T 4 papers throughout the great
West speak of the growing grain crops as being in
the most Tromising condition, and giving token of
au abundant crop,
A True Picture!
GeritTijaader ! have Yon perused the last num
ber of the Abolition organ of Lancaster county
If you have, not, we beg of yoa to proyide, your
self with a pair of tongs and a smelling bottle, and,
thus armed, examine at such respectful distance as
yciur nasal organ will permit, this most villainous
ly vile nuisance, which seems to have become a sort
of spittoon for the .loafing, unprincipled politicians
who.. daily frequent its misnomered sanctum,
and expectorate up an its surface the morbid and oft
fensive humors of festering corruption. Degrading
and disgusting as the task may be to every virtu
ous mind, we advise you, nevertheless, to look upon
the spectacle it presents. You will require no mi
croscopic aid to discover behind theblack and mis
shapen types, the hoary-headed, lecherous visages
of the creatures in the shape of men who control
its columns, and who would not hesitate, to accom
plish their purposes, to "throw conscience to the
d—l," and play such fantastic tricks as would cause
horrible delight in the dark and cavernous regions
of despair. This hideous mass of bloated and fes
tering corruption, composed of the offscourings of
the Whig party, without political, character or in
fluence in this community where they are so well
known—whose pestiferous breath is certain decay
to all with whom they come in contract, and who
have in vain essayed to infuse their dead !y virus into
the veins of the Whig party—now turn round and be
spatter their filth upon the Hon. Justus BUCHANAN, a
gentleman as fat' above the scurvy crew, mentally,
morally, politicall and socially, as light is supe
rior to darkness in the physical wore.
We entreat you to pause for a moment and ex
amine the features of the politically blasted and
withered laces before you, and to note in every line
the broad delineation of treachery to their own
party, and malice and cowardice towards others.—
Made up of bigoted, unscrupulous and besotted par
knaves, broken down politicians, church-burners in
sentiment and negro sympathisers and amalgamation
istvin feeling and action, these are the hissing, crawl.
ing, slimy things, whose forked tongues have been
displayed to your view—whbse raven-like, omenous
croakings have grated so harshly upon the ear of
the community. These are .the unclean spirits,
whose tortuous and " tape-worm" windings and
sinuous and dishonest courses, have marked with
their poisonous slime the once respectable Whig
party of Lancaster county—until hunted forth, by
common consent, as the offspring of all that is
mean and contemptible in politics and odious and
repulsive in morals, 'they have sunk so low in pub
lic estimation, that they are forced, as it were, to
seek retirement with the toad and the bat, and from
thence pour forth bitter, malignant and hell-en
gendered maledictions and slanders upon those
whom their craven souls will not per&iit them to
meet in the public arena. These are the sneaking,
skulking, cowardly political assassins, whom you
may behold, pen in hand, enditing calumnies against
the honest and trust-worthy of their own party,
and scattering far and wide the Sybilline leaves of
vituperation and detraction against the prominent
men of the Democratic party. This is no over
drawn picture of the roisoreants who write for and
control the columns of the Abolition organ over
the way. It was an evil day for the Whig ,party
of this county, when the leader of the gang &sleet
his foot in their midst, and they will long have
cause to regret the period when, by their suffrages,
they elevated him to place and influence.
Look again, and you may observe crouching at.
the feet of his masters, the. poor, abject slave, who
is compelled to father all the monstrosities that ap
pear in that detestible sheet. With canine servil
ity, this Cassius-like creature tremblingly follows
the whistle of his superiors, and is hissed on or hissed
off at a beck or a nod, whilst the poor craven
droops beneath the honest gaze of those who are
the objects of his spleen and malignity. An eye
sore to the Whigs of a neighboring county, where
he came well nigh destroying it by his advocacy of
Abolition, and his abuse of Messrs. Fillmore, Web
ster, and the other distinguished men known as
leaders, he became odious' to the respectable por
tion of his own party. From thence this hireling
was brought to'Lancaster, for the purpose of being
a supple tool in 'the hands of his demagognical
masters in their efforts to disorganize the Whigs of
this county—and he here catches with a greedy ear
the lisping accents of their impotent wrath, hop
ing to earn his two pence per line for every charac
ter murdered and every reputation blackened in the
community. Immersed to the chin in the nauseous
pool of infamy; he wades forward amidst the oozing
mass of putrescence that sends forth pestilence and
disease upon the breathing world, a grim and ghast
ly-looking figure, wallowing in the filth by which
he is surrounded. This is the pitiful biped, whose
doltish inanity should place him amongst the quad
rupeds of the Asinine race—a mere hireling, who
lives only on the breath of scandal, and receives
sustenance from the scanty drippings furnished forth
at the price of defamation.
. These, 0 reader, are the hissing, venomous things
that are trying tu.scatter "fire-brands, arrows and
death "in the land These are the brazen-faced
advocates of a " higher law " policy, Abolitionism,
Native Americanism and its twin-sister Church
burning, with all the other isms which are sapping
the fotindations of the Republic, and which, if suc
cessful, would destroy this fair fabric of govern.
ment reared and cemented by the blood and toil of
our forefathers. These are the foul-mouthed polit
ical charlatans who set themselves up as a sort of
censor morum in our midst, and talk disparagingly
of the high moral and political character, as well
as the distinguished abilities of Mr. Buchanan, and
would. lain pull him down from the lofty position
he occupies before the American people to their
own groveling level.
And now, gentle reader, have we too highly col
ored the picture of these men ? Were it necessary
we could particularize and show them up in yet
darker colors to the aftortisl,ed gaze of the public.
But we have done enough for the present, and want
of room and inclination to use the tongs and smel
ing bottle too long at a time admonish us to stop.
Hereafter we shall not trouble ourself with the
youth, who sEvuld have tarried at Jericho, or Get
tysburg, or some other ontlandish place, " until his
beard had grown," but shall make it a point to car
ry the war into Africa, even if by so doing we
should tread heavily upon the toes of the re
nowned projector of the celebrated Railroad which
began in the woods and ended nowhere, and some
others of the same stripe. We shall drop the
hireling and take hold of the EMPLOTEHEI—we shall
abandon the servant, as of no account whatever, and
hold the Mssrans up to She gaze of this commu
ty. We shall unmask their batteries, and give
them a small dose of the grape and canister which
it is sometimes necessary to administer to corrupt,
dishonest and unprincipled political knaves.
113 Postmaster General CA MPBELL has rescind
thecomract made by his predecessor, !or con
veying the mails between Sacramento and the Salt
Lake City, which_was to cost the government fifty
thousand dollars per annum, and made a new one
with other parties for fourteen, thousand dollars! a
saving to the country in that Otte item alone uf
$36,000 !
fri- Governor PHILIP Ammar, of Rhode Islaird,
has been elected Ti. S. Senator, by the Legislature,
without opposition. Good for "Little Rhody "
she will now by represented in the Senate exclu
sively byDem ocrats.
117'A barn, belonging to Adam Waisner, in Al
bany township, Berke county, was struck by light
sing and consumed with all its contents, on Wed
nesday last
ft7The Barn of C. Landis, in Dauphin county,
Pa., was struck by lightning on theZat ult., and
consumed with all its contents. Lou fiet,ooo.
The Reason Why.
The cause of the bitter and unrelenting hos
tility of the real editor of the Abolition organ to
Mr. BiCHANAN, is a matter of wonderment to ma
-ny. It is easy of_explanation, however, and may
be summed up in a few words.
That reckless and designing demagogue was the
Chief of the Tiitunmrate who moulded the poor
'imbecile Executive of 1838 to suit their own base
designs, and who committed the unparalled outrage
of attempting to set aside the sovereign will of the
people of Pennsylvania as expressed through the
ballot box, and consummated their career of villa .
ny by attempting a revolution with the aid of buck.
shot and ball. Soon alter that occurrence—a dark
spot which can never be effaced from the proud es•
cutcheon of the old Keystone State—Mr. Bucu
♦uaa, in a letter to Mr. Ritchie, of the Richmond
F. nquirer, exposed the treason in a masterly man•
ner, and took occasion to bear down somewhat se•
verely upon the traitors. For thia patriotic act they
have never, to this day, forgiven him, and, we sup
pose, never will as long as they and he have on ex
istence among men. This is the cause of their ma
lignity, and it is to this, more than all other causes
combined, that he is indebted fur the virulent attack
made upon him in the last number of the Indepen•
dent Whig, as well es for most of the assaults to
which he has been exposed in this region for the
last four or five years.
The administration of Joseph Ritner commenced
with a highhanded, diabolical outrage'against.the
constitutional rights and liberties of many of our
most respected citizens in various parts' of the
State, by dragging them before an inquisitorial tri
bunal, of which the Chief of the Triumvirs was the
officiating High Priest, and then and there attempt.
ing to compel them to disclose the .secrets of a
time-honored Institution which has; at various
times, numbered amongst its members some of the
brightest intellects and purest patriots of the Na
tion. They next outraged the people of Pennsyl
vania by chartering that corrupt, demoralizing and
swindling concern, the U. S. Bank, by which hun
dreds of widows and orplians were eventually rob•
, bed of their all, and turned penniless upon the
world, while many of those who were instrumental
1 in reviving the "Monster," after the mortal blow it
had received from General Jackson, afterwards rol
-1 led in luxury, and had thousands of dollars at their
command to bet on the re-election of their autom'
aton Governor. After an uninterrupted series of
outrages and peculations, during their three years
of misrule, they closed their infamous administra
tion with the treasonable attempt above alluded
and were driven from Harrisburg to be loathed and
despised for all time to come by every honest man
and every pure patriot of every party. In compar
ison with their's, the treasonable attempt of Aaron
Burr was as an atom floating in the air to a mill.
stone, and had the vile miscreants received their
just deserts, the qual s ity of the hemp for sale at the
time in Harrisburg *aivould have been tested in the
neighborhood of Capitol Hill, and this community
would -not now be poisoned with the pestiferous
ravings of this modern Robespierre, this arch traitor
and arrant demagogue.
The abuse of these men is of vastly more ser
vice to Mr.'l3inca ANI.N than their praise would be,
and his friends should deprecate any attempt on
the part of such political knives, to take the other
tack and bespatter him with their praise. Such a
course on their part would he his political death,
as it has dug the graves of Gen. Scott, John P. Hale
and every other man of note they have ever taken
under their wing. Their touch is the rankest, most
sublimated poison, and woe betide the statesman,
whether Whig or Democrat, into whose ear they
breathe a whisper of adulation.
lig" We learn from the Ohio papers that a Na
tional Abolition Convention was in session, at Chi.
cinnati, week before last. Samuel Lewis, the Ab•
olition candidate for Governor of Ohio, presided,
and was assisted by William L. Garrison, of Bos
ton, Hon. G. W. Julian, of Indiana, a Mrs. Ernst,
Mrs. Guild, Mr. Charles A. Raymond, (a colored
gentleman!) of Massachusetts, and Hon. S. C. Ste
vens, of Indiana.
The Indianapolis Sentinel thinks Indiana was
highly honored. On one side of the, President sat
Hon. George W. Julian, late candidate for Vice
President of the United States, flanked by Mrs
Ernst, a Woman's Rights advocate in Bloomer cos
tume, and C. L. Raymond, a huge Darkey from
Massachusetts. On the other side of the President
was Hon. Stephen C. Stevens, late of the Supreme
Court, flanked by Mrs. Guild and Loyd Garrison, an
opponent of the Bible, the Church of God, and the
Constitution and Government of the United States.
This would make a beautiful picture for an illus
trated edition of the "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin."
The picture, we think, would be still more striking,
if the Abolition organ of Lancaster county had
been represented in the person of its "Woolly Head"
editor. We marvel that he was not there. His
relief from the cares and responsibilities of public
life have given him leisure—and, besides the ming
ling of " black spirits and white" upon that interest
ing occasion, would have been so much to his taste.
Our Foreigt% Missions
Under this caption the St. Louis Republican, the
leading and able organ of the Whig party of Mis
souri, pays the following compliment to Mr. BUCH
ANAN. Speaking of the Mission to England, the
Editor says:—
..Mr. BUCHANAN, from'his great abilities and long
experience both in the 'Senate and at the head of
the Ste te Department, during the entire term of
President Pozx's administration, is eminently qual
ified for the position, and will make a worthy suc
cessor to EVERETT, BANCROFT and LAWRENCE.—
He is a statesman in the broadest sense of the term,
and although politically opposed to him, we recog
nize this fact, and cheerfully do justice to the poli
cy which commits to his care our relations with
England."
How beautifully this contrasts with the vile as
saults;of the Abolition organ in this city, on Mr.
BUCHANAN. The Republican, however, is a respect
able paper and' the organ of a respectable party,
whilst the Independent Whig is a mere spittoon
owned and controlled by a batch of political knaves
I who are despised by their own party—whose hands
like the Ishmaelite of old, are against every decent
man, and every decent man's hand against them.
They will find their swinish level by and by.
Editors Looking Up!
JOHN M. COOPER, Esq., of the "Valley Spirit,"
Chamberebnrg, has been appointed an Inspector of
Customs, at Philadelphia, at a salary of $llOO per
WILLIAM C. GouLn, Esq., of the Eaton (0.)
Democrat, has been appointed Fostnaaster of that
Borough.
Thise are both capital appointments, and we are
pleased to see two ouch worthy men and true-heart
ed Democrats getting along so well in the world.
The latter gentleman "served his apprenticeship"
with us in the " Volunteer" Office, at Carlisle, and
we therefore speak - knowingly on the subject.
LAMENTABLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.-By the N.
York papers we learn that the steamer Ocean Wave
was destroyed_by fire on Saturday week, 50 miles
above Kingston, on Lake Ontario, while on her pas
sage to Oldenburg. Out of 50 passengers and the
crew only 22 were saved, including Capt. Wright,
the mate and purser. When the fire was discovered
the vessel wan lh miles from the shore. Her upper
deck was consumed in 15 minutes. The hull drifted
off to the shore and sunk in two hours. Those
saved were picked up by vessels passing at the time.
The boat was' owned by the Northern Railroad
Company at 04nshurg, and was fully insured.
12,000 GI/TBl--It will be noticed that the time
for distributing the presents to the holders of tick
ets has been extended to the 20th of May, to sc
commodate all who wish to see this beautiful Pan
orama. (Read advertisement in another column.)
Arrangements are in progress to greatly reduce the
fares on all Railroads at time of distribution. Ss.
cure your tickets at once.
Another Falsehood moaned:
Ban Coin:—The argue of yeaterchfd says
t•We are amazed at rumors from Harrisburg as
to the coat of the Legislative dinner and champagne
at that place on the-16tb.nt 'is reported, says
the York , Gazette, that. the public treasury muse
bleed to the amount of siz to eight thousand dullard
for the frolic! This is monstrous! About thirty
dollars a head for each member of the Legislatures
of Pennsylvania and Maryland! Reader! ass
TOO PAID TOUR STATII Tait Hurry upl The mo•
ney is wanted."
Does our neighbor remember that this was a
movement of Gov, Bigler'e, and that it was carried
out by a Democratic Legislature I We never heard
a reason assigned for getting up this blow-out—but
presume it to have been intended fur the good of
the party.—Phil. Daily Neel.
The remark Mobs belly News in relation to
Gov. Bigler, is a direct falsehood, and the editor
must have known it to be much. Mr. Slifer, a Whig
Senator from Union county, offered the resolution,
anti hail it puled through n Whig Senate by tele
graphic speed. . When it wee read in the House,
Mr. Henderson, a Whig member from Cumberland
county, moved It. adoption by that body. Mr. Sli
fer mut chairmen of the committee of arrangements
in the Senate, and Mr. Henderson occupied the same
position in the House of Representatives.
Thie whole matter, whatever of praise or censure
may attach to it, lies at the door of the Legislature,
and the Whig members of both Houses took the
most active part in it. It was exclusively a logic.
lativs invitation—extended by a concurrent resolu
tion of the two Houses, which did not require the
signature of the Executive. This, therefore, was
no movement of Governor Bigler's, and he had
nothing to do with it, except to act at the request
of the committees of the two Houses, and treat our
neighbors civilly and genteelly after they arrived
here.
There seems to be a systematic effort on the part
of the Whig editors, to misrepresent all Governor
Bigler's actions, but they will fail in their,objects.
In all his movements, the Governor has pursued an
upright, honorable, and straight-forward course, and
Whig detraction cannot injure him.,
But the most extraordinary matter in reference
to this attack, is that it comes from a Whig editor,
Mr. Flanigen, who participated largely as a mem
ber of the Legislature from Philadelphia,and whose
actions in reference to this, as well as other simi
lar matters,.are as open to censure as any other
member of the body.
We trust, therefore, to hear no more of this mat
ter, particularly from this source, as if we do, we
might say something that would not be so agree
able.—Democratic Union.
DESIGNS OP FRANCE UPON THE SANDWICH IS
LANDS.—APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATER—The
Providence Journal of Monday week contains a
communication which states that—
"Private letters of recent date from Peru bring
verylmportant intelligence concerning these islet - ids.
The independence of the young kingdom is seri
ously threatened, and urgent demands for assist
ance have been forwarded to Washington, asking
protection against the impending danger. The
French government have made demands upon that
of Hawaii of an extortionate and totally'. inadmissi
ble character. incompatible with the liberties of the
nation. Perhaps with a view of taking possession
of the whole archipelago, these claims are to be
supported by a squadron, consisting of two 60 gun
ships and four other vessels of war, a fleet fully ca
pable of seizing the islands and subverting the gov
ernment, as was done with the Society group a few
years ago. The infamous conduct of France to
wards the defenceless Queen Pomare, leads us to
expect no better fate for the unfortunate King Ka
mehameha HI, unless the protection now so urgent
ly asked is extended by our government or that of
Great Britain."
The writer states that the appeal comes with dou
ble force to the United States, from the faCt that
the Hawaiin government owes its existence and its
subjects their civilization to this country; and their
acquisition by any great naval power. which could
control them to our injury, could not be allowed—
flanking ai they do the coast of California and Ore
gen, and turnishiug the key to our Pacific seaboard.
The writer alleges that the desigud of France
against the Sandwich Islands have been pursued
insidiously but steadily for many years, but that
their acquisition by that power must be repelled
at whatever risk by the United States. He thinks
that the consummation of this scheme in the mode
attempted, would be a sufficient' caius belli both to
Great Britain and the United State; and that a
prompt stand taken by them together, would be
the means of preserving the independence of these
Islands.
THE FISHERY QUESTION.—From the tone of
Lord Clarendon's remarks in Parliament, it appears
that no change whatever, will be made in the treat
ment American fishermen received on the banks,
last Summer. His words are:
"As to the protection of the .fisheries, be was
able to slate that precisely the same' instructions as
those sent out by his noble friend last year, for the
same purpose, had already been despatched. Those
instructions appeared to have been framed with
great me and caution, and he believed that no al
teration whatever had been made in them. [Hear,
hear.] It would also be satisfactory to his noble
friend to learn that the , same , gallant admiral
who commanded on that station last year would
command there again, and would doubtless evince
the same determination to protect British rights,
and manifest the same cautious respect for the rights
of others, as he had shown on the former occa
sion." [Hear, hear.]
If the same scenes as last year are to be repeat.
ed in that quarter, it will be proper to have some
American Commander there, who will do some
thing further towards the protection of the rights
of American fishermen, than eating the dinners,
which the British officials may offer him. With
a naval force in that neighborhood, it is quite like
ly that the;' same instructions " may be someivhat
modified. The tone of Lord Clarendon's remarks
is doubtless to strengthen Mr. Crampton's hand in
his negociations for a Recip.ocity Treaty, Which
has been the main object sought in this fishery
movement.
More Galphinism.
The Washimgton correspondent of the Buffalo
Courier says
Serious improprieties have been recently discov
ered in the last Administration of the Finances, and
the Proper officers of the Treasury are now enga
ged in their development in detail. They consist,
as far as yet explored, principally in favors illegally
granted to favorites in the matter of using the pub
lic funds. Thus, a contract is made with A. to de
liver in ninety days at New Orleans, (from New
York) a large sum of money, A getting the use of
the money for that time and a commission for his
trouble. One day before the expiration of the
ninety days an order is 'issued, changing the place
of delivery to St. Louis, and of course extending
the time for ninety days longer, with a second com
mission and one day before the St. Louis delivery
is to be made another order of change of point of
edlivery to Cincinnati is made, and a third com
mission is allowed with a third ninety days' use of
the public money. And, again, one day before that
period expires, New York is made the point Of de
livery, and thirty days more time. Thus, favorites
of the late Administration have been loaned the
public funds without law for periods of longer or
shorter duration, and have received commissions to
a large amount for availing themselves of the tem
porary aid of the public money without the rendi
tion of more than fictitious services.
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IS SHARON, PA.—We
find in the Lawrence , Journal the following account
of the late accident at Sharon, Po:ter county, Pa.:
We regret to learn by telegraph that on Thursday
evening last the snot of the rolling mill in Shaion
took fire, and while a number of the workmen were
on it endeavoring to extinguish the flames, the roof
fell in and several persons were killed and others
badly wounded. It appears that Wm. Scott, Reese
Williams, and a man named Jordan, were killed;
Wm. Coats badly hurt—bis recovery is doubtful;
John L. Jones is badly injured. It is impossible to
ascertain the amount of injury done or the number
of lives lost. LATER. Killed—Wm. Graham,
Albright, and a boy named Burr. Jordon is from
Wheeling. Wounded—John Mellon, a son of John
Mounts, and Thomas Thompson.
BosToN, May 7.—This afternoon, at half past 4
o'clock, as the New Bedford and Taunton: train
near Taunton, Mass., the axle•tiee of the tender
broke, and, with the baggage and passenger 'car,
containing twenty-five passengers, was precipitated
down an embankment thirty feet. But few per
sons were seriously, though not fatally injured.,
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS
Er By reference to our advertising columns, it
will be seen that two Grand Concerts are to come
or at Fulton Hall, on Friday and Saturday eve
nings next, by Artists of great merit, and that tick
eta of admission are put down to 25, cents.
The Philadelphia' Press are 'unanimous in pro;
nounciag Ls Prrkr OLT. Bunn a prodigy of genius , '
whose attainments are unequalled by . any of his
y6rn—whilst Madame JIILIE3 is conceded to be
a Contralto of extraordinary merit. They will be
assisted by Professor Goonann, an eminent Wolin
celist, and will doubtless draw, as they deserve,
crowded audiences.
QT The meeting of the State Medical Society,
Will take place on the 25th inst., and not on the
15th, as previously stated in this paper.
I' The Mechanics' Institute is being remodeled
by the 2d,Presbyterian congregation, by whom it
Rae been purchased for a place of worship.
irr Mr. Luise .Drs.farr, in North Queen street,
has a fine:assortment of fresh and cheap groceries,
&c: See advertisement.
u:r Mt. Elisha Geiger, late of the firm of Rus
sel & Geiger, has taken the Foundry of his brother,
(C. Geiger,) bn the Corder of North Duke and East
Orange Streets. Mr. C. Geiger has purchased the
Furnace of John F. Shroder, in this city, 'near
Graefris Landing, and is altering it for the burning
of Anthracite instead of charcoal. He expects to
have it ready for use by next fall.
WHIG CANDIDATES
The following gentlemen are announced as Whig
Candidates before the next Whig County Conven
_,
DisrarcT Arronivrx—Gen. George Ford, Col
David W. Patterson, John B. Livingston, W. W
Brown and Isaac N. Ellmaker.
COUNTY TREAsusEn—Joseph Clarkson, Benja
min Reinhold and Charles Boughter, City;• David
Hauck, Elizabeth; Daniel Herr, Pequea; and John
Denlinger, Manor.
NAVIGATION MANAGERG-At a meeting of the
Stockholders of the Lancaster and Susquehanna
Slack Water Navigation Compiny, on Monday, the
following gentlemen were elected Managers for the
ensuing year, viz: G. W. Aspinwall, John Reynolds,
Lewis Hurlord, Abraham Peters and Jacob Balls.
THE COUNTERFEITING Ceszs.--On Monday
week, George Bowman, of this City, charged with
passing counterfeit gold dollars, was tried in the U.
S. District Court, in Philadelphia. He was defend
ed by J. S. Cohen, Esq., of Philadelphia, and Reah
Frazer, Esq., of this city. There were five bills
against him, but as the principal witness relied up
on by the 11. S. District Attorney to substantiate
the charge, had escaped, the prosecution failed in
its object. The
, Defendant was acquitted, as well
as all the other persons charged with the same of-
A SAD Accinkryr.—On Saturday afternoon last,
a young man, named WILLIAM JONEs, a resident
of this city, was killed on the Railroad near the
Green Tree, on his way home from Philadelphia.
It is supposed he was endeavoring to arrange the
break, when he became dizzy, tell between the bum
pers of the cars, and was literally crushed to death.
He was a very worthy man, and, we understand.
leaves a wife to mourn his loss. His remains were
brought to this city the same evening, from whence
they were taken tq Ephrata, on Monday morning,
for interment.
11:7" The Oin COURT House, that has so long
occupied, a central and prominent position in our
City, is being demolished. The venerable building,
that has stomithe storms of more than three-fourths
of a century, has at length yielded to the spirit of
improvement, and soon nothing will be lett to mark
the place it once occupied in Centre Square. We
part with it reluctantly, as with an old friend, and
could almost wish that we were again privileged
to look at the face of the old clock that, for sixty
eight years, pointed, with such unerring certainty ,
the flight of time to the inhabitants of the City and
and - County of Lancaster.
The Courts will be held in Fulton Hall, until the
new Court House is finished. •
CONTUACTS.—Messrs. KAI= & Krsa have been
awarded the Contract for making the Turnpike to
Oregon, a distance of five miles, at 433000 per mile.
• The same gentlemen have also obtained con
'tracts for grading two of the heaviest sections on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, at very fair prices.
Their industry and energy are a sure guarantee
that the works they have undertaken will go ahead
iwith locomotive speed, and we have no doubt they
will make something handsome over and above all
expenseS. They richly deserve it.
ScuociL , Drnsvroas.—The following gentlemen
were elected School Directors, .for three years, a,
the annual election on Tuesday last, viz: Gen. Geo
Ford, Chartis A. Heinitsh, Rev. Bernard Keenan,
Rev. N. A. Keyes, Peter McConomy, Amos Slay.
Maker, John Wise, John Zimmerman, George M.
M. Steinman, Dr. John L. Atlee„ Thomas H. Bur
rowes and Dr. P. Cassiday.
An unsuccessful effort was made to defeat two
of the candidates, by trying to get up a sort of Na
tive American, Anti-Catholic feeling. It was a
shabby trick, and the "sub editor" of the Abolition
concern over the way ought to be ashamed of him
self.
The Board met on Thursday evening, and re-or
ganized by electing Gaoaaa M. STzurraArr, Esq..
President; JOHN Zrmaxnukw, Secretary; Pecan
MCCONOMT, Treasurer; J. M. WiIiITHATITZH., Col
lector of Tax; and Mazur/9 &um, Messenger.
RESTORE Yova SIGHT.—Da. HEsTER from the
City of New York, would respectfully inform the
citizens of Lancaster, that he will visit this city
and remain two days only, Wednesday and Thurs
day the 11th and 12th of May, at Hubley's Hotel,
at which time he will exhibit in the Ladies' Par
lor, the most wonderful instrument ever invented,
a sure remedy for restoring the sight of aged per
sons and others whose sight may have been im
paired by disease or weakness. Explanations o
mode of use and operation given free of charge.—
See small bills.
A "FAT Tezz."—John M. Cooper, Esq., editor
of the'Chambers'bur. Valley Spirit, has been tender.
ed, says the Whig of that place, an Inspectorship
in the Philadelphia Custom House, with a salary
of $12,000 or $15,000; and in addition, a situation
in the editorial corps of the Pennsylvanian, with a
salary of $lOOO or so.—Gettysburg Compiler.
Friend Cooper's editorial brethren are determined
to make the most of his streak of good luck. Not
satisfied with giving him two offices, they have ad
ded a cipher to the salary of the Ore, which unto' ,
tunatelypr him, pekes it some eleven or fourteen
thousand dollars more than it really is. We should
like vastly to see an editor steppiog into a $12,000
or $15,01.0 berth ! , The fact that such a thing had
happened, if only once in the whole course apo
litical events, would incite the lean and hungry.
corps to greater activity than'ever in the irksome
and thankless work of political drudgery. The
bait of,a reward like that, is something to 'teed hope
upon, even though it may never come into posses
session.—Reading Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Letters received• here
from Mexico, bring intelligenerf that Santa Arnie
acquiesces in the Sloo treaty, and has accepted the
second instalment of the last half of the bonus of
fifty thousand dollars. Lombardini . had turned ev
ery possible pecuniary asset of his administration
into cash, and had procured a discount of the re
maining two hundred thousand dollars from the
Sloo Company at•2s per cent.
ffonikarrzc.—We published, a short time since,
the of a couple, whose ages are, respect
ively, 74 and 73 years. They were lovers in the
hey-day jof youth, and a matrimonial connection
was then prevented by parental authority. They
have each been married; and each lost a partner by
death. The frosts of iime have failed to chill the
affections and, with the weight of years upon them
they have now come together, to fulfil the vows of
their early yeirs.--Bpringfield Republican.
Our Foreign Polley
We have every confidence that the administra
tion, and its exponents abroad, will fully carry out
the spirit of-President Pierce's admirable Inaugural,
and particularly that portion in which he said :
" Puiposes, at once just' Ind pacific, will be sig
nifficantly. marked in the, conduct of our foreign af
fairs. I intend that my Administraffon shall leave
no blot span onr.faic,recorsiond trust I may give.
assurance that no!act within...the legitimate scope
of my constitutional control,.Will be tolerated on
the part of any poition'of ewer-dims, which cannot
challenge a ready jugification'before TH3 TRIBUNAL
or. :cal crynizso woutn. An administration
would be unworthy of: confidence at home, or re
spect abroad, should it cease to be influenced by
the conviction that NO APPARENT ADVANTAGE CAN
BR PURCHASED •L A PRICE SO DEAR AS THAT OF
NATIONAL WRONG OR IHrSHOSIOR. "
At the same time, we have no doubt that no
proper step will be left untried to conduct our de
plornacy, so as to secure the honor and.interests of
our 'confederacy, sktia the peace of the American
continent. There is much force in the annexed
extract in which the last New l.'s& Herald refere
to the management of three important subjects
which have engaged public attention and are now
before the country:— ' ,
First in importance stands the acquisition of
Cuba. This weighty negotiation will be confided
to the joint management of Mr. Soule and Mr. Bu
chanan. Upon the latter Will devolve the task,
first, of convincing Great Britain that a due regard
for our own interests, and even our self-preservation,
will not allow any European Tower to gain a foot
hold upon the Island; and, secondly of applying the
test of figures and common sense to the British at
tempts to crush the slave trade. In a word, it will
be his duty to prove to England that she cannot
add Cuba to her empire, and that she is at this
moment expending three or tour millions a year
in fruitless endeavors to check a traffic which noth
ing but the annexation of the island to the Union
can ever thoroughly eradicate. It will further de
volve upon him to place in the clearest light before
the all-powerful mercantile community of Great
Britain the direct advantages that would accrue to
them, in the shape of increased trade, an enlarged
market, and liquidation of the:Spanish bonds, were
Cuba to fall into our hands. While these telling ar
guments are being brought to bear on the fears, the
hopes andt he cupidity of the British people, MrSoule
will open his batteries on the same weak points in
the ministry of Spain. Armed with unanswerable
columns of statistics, he will show how ruinous
the island will soon ecome how injurious the late
colonial policy of Spain has proved both to herself
and her dependency; how precarious her tenure of
the,colony has been reudered by the combined in
fluence of official corruption and systematic op.
preision. Pointing to the former possessions !ot
Spain, he will draw an apt parallel between their
history and that of Cuba, and will leave it to the
Spaniards themselves to say whether it be for their
interest that Cuba should follow the example at
the- Central American republics or of Florida.—
Much he might say. of the moral wrongs perpe
trated by the vicegerents of Spanish authority,
and of the injury which accredited accounts of the
Spanish slave trade must inflic . on the national
character in Europe. But with the men who are
now in power in Madrid, the most effective weapon
will be an appeal to their pecuniary interests; and
whateSer Mr. Soule's private opinion as a Senator
may have been, as an ambassador, he will not fail
to lay proper stress on the financial arguments it
will be his duty to urge.
If Messrs. Buchanan and Soule discharge their
dplomatic functions conscientiously in .respect to
this matter—and we have every reason to believe,
tram our past experience of them, that they will—
Cuba will either be ours before many years have
rolled by, or we shall know that Spain is among
those nations whose ruin is foreshdowerl in the
insanity of her rulers.
Next to -Cuba, the Central American questions
possess Paramount importance. We have enough
of the practical working of the joint protectorate
system to regard it with great suspicion, if ice * do
not discard it altogether- It will rest with Mr. ,
Buchanan to assure Great Britain that our re-asser
tion of the Monroe doctrine was not a mere wordy
threat, and that, however Mr. Filmore's cabinet
suffered themselves to be overreached, the present
administrdiion will neither tolerate fresh encro,:ch
menu' of England in Central America, nor sub
scribe to a system which, under guise of protecting
the rights of independent States, would have the
practical effect of building up a new' British em
pire at our doors. So much misapprehension ex
ists in England on the subject of our views and in-
tendons, that we consider the clear exposition of
our future policy In regard to Central America
among the most important duties delegated to Mr.
Buchanan. Meanwhile, Mr. Borland, will co.oper,
ate with his colleague by explaining our designs
to the Central American governments, and endeav
or to remove the prejudice which British malice
has contrived to engender against us in that quar
ter. It is of immense importance that these `petty
States should know that while we view their inde
pendence with satisfaction, we cannot permit them
to form alliances or submit to protectorates which
would have the ultimate effect of placing Great
Britain in the position formerly occupied by Spain.
With prudence, discretion and firmness, these sev
eral matters may be aatisfactorily,,sidjusted before
General Pierce's term of office expites.
Finally, the country expects Mr. Buchanan to
conclude all the pending negotiations with Great
Britain. Of these,--reciprocity belonging properly
to Congress—the fishery matter is the only one
which has been fully discussed in public. We doubt
not that our ambassador 'to St. James will devise
some plan by which an inexhaustible field may be
opened to our fishermen without utterly ruining the
clamorous gentlemen in the colbnies. Access to
the fisheries we must obviously obtain. .
The New•liexico Difficulty.
Commissioner Bartlett has written a reply to
Governor Lane's proclamation, in which he con
trovtrts each point; seriatim, in order to show that
the governor is wholly mistaken in his positions,
As the controversy is one of some interest, and like
ly to be of considerable importance before long, it
may be well to state the substance of Mr. Bartlett's
communication, which is thus given:
First, he denies that New Mexico ever exercised
jurisdiction over the Mecilla valley, as alleged, as
sorting that, on the contrary, ever since 1825, Chi
huahua has claimed and exercised the jurisdiction
di - the territory. Secondly, he says that there are.
only 700, not 2,000 inhabitants in the disputed
country, who are so far from desiring to be annexed
to the United States, that when it was known the
boundary determined by the commissioners.inclu
ded 'them in Mexico, they hailed the event with
salvos of cannon and every kind of rejoicing. Third
ly, he remarks, that no force has ever been used by
the State of Chihuahua to retain possession of her
territory, although it is true that she has railed to
•'protect the inhabitants of the territory in question"
'against border Indian depredations," in the same
manner that Texas and New Mexico have failed to
protect their people troni similar depredations. So
with regard to the protection from similsir depreda
tions. So with regard to the protection of the "in
habitants of the territory (in dispute) in their rights
of person and property;" the Mexican authorities
have doubtless been lax in the administration of
-justice in the Mecilla Valley, but our authorities
should say as little,as possible about the protection
of inhabitants along the Rio Grande in their rights
of property; for a piteous tale could be told of out
rages collimated by Americans on the Mexican
population on our side of the Rio Grande, which
compelled them to abandon their homes in 1850,
to seek an asylum within the Mexican territory
and found a colony in Mecilla valley.
Mr. Bartlett adds, that in regard to the statement
that "a large portion of the inhabitants now claim
the protection of the United States, and solicit the
re-annexation of their territory to New Mexico,'
he can assert on authority obtained by him in New
Mexico and Chihuahua, 'that the whole population
of the Mecilla Valley consists chiefly of people
from New Mexico and Texas, of Spanish descent,
who, tailing to receive protection from our author
ities after the late war with Mexico, colonized that
place.
IS.7The President has removed Governor LANE
of New Mexico, and appointed Hon. DAVID Min
niwirrarm, of Kentucky, in his place.
THE POPULAtt EDIMATOII...Thie is the title of
new candidate for public favor, in the shape of a
periodical to be issued monthly, at New York, by .
A. Montgomery, at $1,50 per annum, or 12.1 cents
per single copy. Through the politeness of the
Publisher, the first number is now before us, and
from a hasty glance at its contents, we have no hes
itation in pronouncing it a most excellent publica
tion, and eminently deserving of patronage. It
Presents the outlines of the different branches of
education in the moat attractive and instructive
term, giving the reader, in a few pages, clearer
ideas of what is necessary to constitute a well edu-
Ceted man, than can be obtained by poring over
large volumes of some other works.
1 For Programme of the work, see advertisement
k'n another column.
IL7' The Philadelphia , and Baltimore Railroad
Company is preparing to proceed at once with the
erection of 'a bridge over the Snsquehana river. A
survey is in progress for the 'purpose of ascertain
ing the beat point for the location of the bridge.
Far lb. blalliganaar.
CAPT. SAIIIDFABON presume you have read,
with a great deal of interest, as I have, the bio- '
graphical sketch of Mr. Buchanan, which was pub
lished in the "Htdependeht Whig• of last Tuesday. '
Many persona, no doubt, suppose that this great
mental:effort of the cadaverous looking being who
figures as the editor of the Whig, has thrown addi
tional light on the career of the great statesman.—
Perhaps it does. At least I can perceive a great
change in the public mind so far as our city and
county are concerned; but the greatest change is
in thepersonal appearance of this lank young edi
tor himself. The vast amount of mental labor re
quisite to complete the task of this extraordinary
compilation, has, apparently, rendered the poor
young-gentlem a n unfit to exert himeelt in the same
way for some time to come. e
On Wednesday last, I had the pleasure of seeing
him try to walk the pavement in the vicinity of his
office, and I was struck with his curitieri pedestri
anism. Ilia head appeared to be anxious to as
cend,
while his feet determined at 'all hazards to
remain on terra firma. The contest was strong for
the mastery, but the shanks still maintaiqed their
ground, If I were a physiologist I might under
take to explain the cause and the nature of this
wonderful phenomenon; but as I am altogether un
learned in that great science, you will, perhaps, be
pleased to read my own unlearned description of
his appearance, and what I believe to have been
the cause.
You have no doubt seen, or at least read, of those
walking specimens ofanatomy that are occasionally
exhibited in our large cities, and he was certainly
g , The queerest shape that e'er I saw
For feint a wame he had ava!
And then his shanks,
They were as thin, as sharp an , ama
As checks•o' branks."
Mentally, then, he rises above his physical abilities..
In this grand biographical effort his menial throes
must have been awful, "prodigious," as Domini°
Sampson would say. It appears evident to me that
a great part brain must have evaporated, and
that the vacuum thus created was filled with a mix
ture of hydrogen and oxygen gases, which, in my
opinion, will account for the anxiety of the crani
um to ascend to a purer and better atmosphere than
this mundane world. lam sorry for his condition,
and if any suggestion of mine could have a bene
ficial effect, I would submit most respectfully to his
employers the immediate necessity of strapping him
down to the chair editorial, as he may some day
vacate the office with the least possible ceremony
in the event of another flight of fancy. Where
could the " sub-Editor" have been when this biog
raphy was in preparation I. Certainly he could not
have been in communion with the editor of the
Laneasterimr,"—as that gentleman could have
easily lessened the labors of the chief editor of the
Whig, by forking over a copy of their paper or the
" Harrisburg Keystone," where this same biogra
phy has been repeatedly published. Ido not pre
sume to Bay, however, that the recent biography
is in any respect a plagiarism from either of 'those
sheets. Not at all. It is solely the work—the
iirolound research—the labor of the editor's own
brain. Neither do I presume to intimate that eith
er of the two great heroes of the Buck Shot
War had any hand in the compilation, as they
differ so widely in political sentiment that it would
be an utter absurdity to charge them with being so
friendly to Mr.' Buchanan. Posterity, therefore,
will do justice to edward in'pherson ' ESQUIRE,
by giving him the credit due to great learning and
profound research.
The only regret I entertain is, that this great cre
ation of the brain of the illustrious editor was not
published before the confirmation, by the United
States Senate, of Mr. Buchanan as Minister to Eng
land. He might then have been confirmed unani
mously.
Now, Mr. Editor, all I havo to say is, that I hope
the elever young gentleman of the Whig" will
soon regain hie flesh and be able to remain on terra
firma, in opposition to the influence of all noxious
gases, and live for many years to enjoy the envi
able reputation he is so rapidly acquiring.
Truly yours, &c.
AN ADMIRER OF GENIUS.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
FIFTY LIVES LOST
NORFOLK, Ct., May 6.—A terrible accideat has
taken place on the New York and New Haven
Rail road.
The train which left New York at 8 o'clock this
morning, ran off the drawbridge at this place.
It is supposed that at least fifty persons were
killed. One car full of passengers is now entirely
submerged in the water. I will send the particu
lars as soon as I can collect them.
[SECOND DESP LTC 11.
The submerged car is still in the same position,
though a large force is engaged in endeavoring to
extricate it. The most intense excitement prevails
at the scene of disaster.
Two cars of the train are completely shattered
to pieces. The cries of the wounded and dyink are
agonizing. All that human skill can do to allevi
ate their suffering is being done. The excitement
and confusion is so great that it is impossible al
most to obtain the names of the dead and wounded.
From what I can see and learn, there are not
less than forty or fifty killed and drowned. Some
of the unfortunate victims are mangled in the most
shocking manner. .
Among those badly injured Is Mr. Comstock, of
New York.
[THIRD DESP.LTCFI,]
The submerged car has been raised. Forty dead
bodies have been recovered; among them were six
females.
Twenty persons were injured—fifteen, it is fear
ed, fatally.
The blame is said to rest with the engineer.—
The train, on approaching the drawbridge, was
running at the rate of fifteen miles per hour.
EPOURTII DESPATC/1.1
. .
It is now ascertained that there are seventy per
sons injured—a number of them quite seriously.—
'lt is believed that the dead will reach sixty. The
most painful excitement prevails at the scene , of
the disaster.
Onro vs. PENNISTLVARIA.—The claim set - up by
the Cincinnati papers in favor of Ohio, as being the
largest vvheat-growing State in the Union, is con
trary to authentic statistics, and is about as absurd
as the claim of Ohio to take precedence of Penn
sylvania in population. On the basis of statistics
gathered by the State agents a year or two since,
the Ohio papers claim the wheat crop of that State
as over thirty millions of bushels per annum, where
as the United States census of 1850, taken just one
year previous to the State enumeration, makes it
only 14,487,351 bushels, and, makes the annual
wheat crop of Pennsylvania 15,067,691 bushels—
the latter thus considerably exceeding the former.
Our Philadelphia contemporary thinks it hardly
possible for Ohio to increase her wheat crop in a
single year from fourteen millions of bushels to
thirty millions; but if the crop of Ohio has increased
so greatly, what he asks, must be the increase in
Pennsylvania'with the advantages of a larger poi
ulation, more capital, nearer position as regards a
market, and longer practice in the growth of:the
staple
Rew Books, &c.
UNITED STATES" REVIEW.I O IIe May number of
this excellent work contains several very able and
interesting articles—amongst which are " The Uni
ted States and United Kingdom," f , Brother Jona
than," "Mexico and the Monroe Doctrine," and
the " Valedictory of the Whig Party."
This work is published at 251 Broadway, N. Y.
and the subscription price is $5 per annum, pays.
ble in advance.
ILLUITHATED MAGAZINE OF Aar.—This le al
waye a welcome viehant to our sanctum. The May
number is, we think, the best that has yet been is
sued, both as respecte matter and appearance. The
illustrntions are unusually fine.
Published at No. 17 Spruce Street, N. Y., by A.
Montgomery, and eold at 26 cents per number—
worth at least double the same.
BARNUM'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS, and GLEASON'S
PICTORIAL, for iota week, are both very attractive
Cumbers. The rivalry between these two admira
ble works continues unabated.
FORRESTER'S BM' & GIRLS' Macam:vv.—The
May number of this interesting work, is a capital
one, and cannot fail to be highly attractive to the
juvenile reader. The Illustrations are •very fine;
" No Fun" being itself worth the price of the
number. Published by F.& G. C. Rand, Boston—
price 10 cents per number.
FAIN Jouarrm..—Tho May number fully comes
up in interest to any or the previous numbers, con
taining what is useful to the agriculluraiist. Publish
ed at West Chester, by Darlington & Spangler, at
$1 per annum.
The Temple, for May, is an excellent number.--
The " brethren of the mystic tie " should not fail
to encourage the work.
Graham ahead of all competitors. The June
number is already issued, and it Is decidedly the
best that has yet appeared. The frontispiece is a
beautiful engraving, representing the " Separation
of the Apostles." There are also several other fine
illustrations, and the reading matter is more than
usually interesting—amongst other ariicles a very
able one on " Central America," ar a continuation
of the " Pilgrims of the Great St. Ber . nard."
The London Quarterly, for April, from the re-print
of Leonard Scott& Co., is received. We have hast
ily .glanced at its contents, and believe it to coal
tsin some very able articles. It is alWaya..ipterel ,3
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ir ' thiiicitY.' No auuot.ne" toll owe' Idefilid7); :“.
ape under a fictitious name.
w it - I will give the above reward of $3OO, where •
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- 1 e may be taken, and secured so that I may •
7.; . him again. JOHN F. BOONE
u • apr 28 41441 .Wuhington city, D. C
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