3ntelligenter & 3ourn,ql. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR Lancaster, June 1, 1553. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS: CANAL COMMISSIONER, THOMAS H. FORSYTH , OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. AUDITOR GENERAL, - EPHRAIM BANKS, OF MIFFLIN COUNT-Y. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY, OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. Appointments by P. M. General. Josaus Lasnza, Esq., to be Postmaster at Mount Joy. JACOB Bownas, Esq., to be town The above are excellent appointments. They are both active, intelligent and working Democrats, whose appointments cannot fail to be satisfactory in their respective neighborhoods. We hope Judge Campbell will, without fartherdelay, continue the good work he has so admirably h ‘ iegan in this County. The End of Galphinism The administration of Mr. Fillmore, feeble and inefficient in every respect, says the Valley Spirit, was characterized by a succession of the most bold and infamous peculations of the public Treasury, some of which have passed into proverbs, and been embodied in the nomenclature of corruption and crime. The connivance of public officials afforded such facilities for plunder on the ..most gigantic scale, that Washington became, at one bound, the receptacle and. theatre of all the venal, unscrupu lous and perjUred political borers, brokers and sca vengers of the country. The game was entirely in their own hands, and it was played with such defiant skill and enormity, that public credulity was almost staggered in the effort to realize the magnitude and villainy of their operations. It was no easy matter for the new administra tion at once to trace these streams of corruption "to• their true source, and close the sluices which were exhausting the Treasury with a rapid torrent of de pletion. Every branch of the government had been had been polluted, and its machinery skilfully adap ted to the grand schemes of Plunder, which should have been the first to expose and punish them.— .Itut the work 'has been undertaken With caution, discretion and zeal. Day after day developes some new and startling convenience of roguery, which is eradicated, as roon as it can be properly understood 'and reached. The most indefatigable efforts are made in every department to follow all their intri cate ramifications, and to restore the principles of honesty and honor, in the disbursement of public monies, which had grown obsolete under four years of sly knavery and undisguised robbery. No little success has already attended these efforts, and, Ave, are assured, that the- investigations will be pushed with rigor, until every trace of the enormous mis rule shall be Obliterated front the conduct of the government. For this, - the administration will receive, as it deserves, the thanks of all parties. For it cannot be disguised, that every honest member of the Whig ~_, party , shriiik from these corrupting rltices in dis gust and amazement . Their den ocAons were loud and vehement, and their open( savowal and condemnation contributed much to the drsheartened, and distracted condition, in which the party found itself in the last campaign. It was an element of weakness, which no force of logic or appeal could cure. The facts were so startling and glarin g , that even to wink at their concealment, was to compro• mise the hopesty and purity of personal character. The mischief had grown so vast, as to threaten a final and complete demoralization of our political in stitutions, and convert the whole government into an intricate machinery for personal aggrandizement: Forced• by such irresistible circumstances, they could not give their party that hearty support, which a consciousness of its integrity would have invoked. , The Cabinet can rely upon the plaudits and co-operation of such of the opposition, and need care but little for the facile instruments of corrup tion, who will raise only such remonstrance, as be trays alike their character, and the origin of their desire for criminal silence and neglect. Thomas H. Forsyth. Philadelphia Mechanics feel a just pride in the candidacy, and an ardent desire for the success q Thomas H. Forsyth. They know him to be an honest man—one who will guard and protect the interests of the State. They are conscious that Philadelphia machinists and mechanics cannot be excelled by their brethren in New Jersey or New York, and they feel certain that he will see to it, that in the miter of locomotives and machinery for our great Riblic improvements, they have a fair chance, and that these things be not given to man• ufacturers of other States.—Pennsylvanian. LATE coon! Mexico.— The New Orleans Pica yune,says that when Santa Anna heard of the-rev olution at Vera Cruz, he despatched two thousand troops, with fourteen pieces of artillery, but on their arrival at Puebla they heard that peace was resto red, and returned. No officer of rank -headed the revolutionists. Double guards are now posted at the city gates. In honor of Santa Anna's return to Mexico, the Governor of Jalisco has pardoned all persons condemned to death. Senor Laza, a broker, has been arrested on the charge of High Treason. He is charged with being concerned with the Americans during the late war. Under the late decree of the Government twenty six newspapers have been suspended. ILA Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN reached home on Tuesday:evening last, after an absence of two weeks at Washington City. He will sail for Europe on the 9th of July, for the purpose of entering up on the discharge of his duties as Minister Plenipo. tentiary to the Court of St. James. His Secretary Legation, Mr: APPELTON, Will go in advance of him and is expected to leave for England in the course of a few days. " Old Virginia Never Tire!"" The Democrats at the recent election carried the entire Congressional delegation, not having left, the Whigs a single member. The Legislature will stand about 2 lb I, in both branches, in favor of the Democrats. - APromnacuT.—Governor Bigler has. appointed John S. M'Calmont, Esq., of Clarion, President Judge of ,that District, in place of Judge Knox, promoted to the Supreme Bench. This is an excellent appointrnrmt. Mr. M'Cal mont is a young man of superior talents, and can not fail to make an able and popular Judge. PC:r Hon. Taouss M. PETTIT, recently appoint ed Director of the U. S. Mint, died at Philadelphia on Tuesday morning last, in the 55th year of his The President has since appointed COL JAMES R SNOWDEN, 01 Pittsburg, to fill the vacancy occa sioned by the death of helge Pettit.. ID- The President has removed B. Parke, Esq., recently commissioned Postmaster at Harrisburg, and appointed John H. Brandt in his place. Governor Bigler has signed the bill re-chart ing the Girard Bank, and also the one re-chartering the Mechanics' Band, both located in Philadelphia. V' The Legislature of New Hampshire organ ized on Wednesday, by electing Democratic., officers • in both branches. UT:The,Secretary.of tha Navy is on a visit to hie home in North Carolina.- • • Tranefer of Money-111r. Guthrie. The Whig newspapers, says the Washington cor respondent of the Baltimore Argus, are in a world of touble because the Secretary of the Treasury, in the faithful discharge of public duty, and in obr dunce bo law, has transferred half a million dollars to St. Louis. The St. Louis Intelligencer was shock ed that so much hard coin was transferred to that city, when one would have supposed that it would have been 'gratified at such an influx of precious metal. It thinks that "the Secretary will find this a troublesome business before he is done with it, and if he should meet with one or two losses, he will be glad to give it up." The National Intelli gencer echoes these melancholy apprehensions and delights to give them currency. The New York Express follows up the hue and cry, and utters an elaborate article, deprecating the destructive effect of the measure on the commerce of the country. But we apprehend that the world is not coming to an end yet. If these gentlemen would but turn to the Independent Treasury Law of 1846, they will perceive that the Secretary has done nothing more nor less than his duty iu the premises. In deed, the St. Louis Intelligencer says in so many words: "This is the low, and Mr. Guthrie chooses to construe it to the letter." This is an important admission, and covers the whole ground. Why should the Secretary go out of his way to transcend or evade a positive law of Congress? The law was made for good purposes, and the last man in the world to evade it, should be a high functionary of the Government. 11 blinked out of sight in high places, where can obedience be asked, expect ed? Seek no such evasions or subterfuges. Rather guard against them in low places. The higher de partment cannot be too scrupulous in a rigid en forcement of the law. The New York Express apprehends that, "the Secretary intends to adhere to the plan of making .transfers, at the expense and risk of the Treasury , by the actual transmission of coin to those points, where they may be required for public purposes.' Be it so. And why not?, Who but the Govern ment should be at the expense? The law requires it, and the behest of Congress should not be ques tioned. It was the object of Congress to have the Government represented by the precious metals, in contra-distinction to paper. It is a good principle.' Suppose it costs the Nation a little extra Money to carry it out. What then? The money paid, re turns to the common people, for labor bestowed' and thus circulates in the community. Nobody is injured, and the system of hard currency is preser ved. The Express affects to consider, that actual trans fers are made "without regard to the wants of com merce." These "wants" are doubtless the wants of a few broke's in Wall Street, who would like to be the special agents of the Secretary, in transferring all funds. But the Secretary prefers, faithfully to transfer' the public moneys, according to law, by his own official agents, as often as may be deemed expedient. If the Express wishes to alter the sys tem, let it take issue with the law itself, and en deavor to elect members of Congress for its repeal. This. would be a more manly course, than to find fault with the Secretary for doing 'his duty. But the Express is mighty hard to be pleased.— This is doubtless owing to its position, as a rampant Whig Journal. While it complains of the Secre- I tary for transferring coin to St. Louis, it is horrified at the administration, for not "carting" money all over Europe and South America! Extreme ne cessity knows no law. Because the Government can easily transfer coin to St. Louis, it does not al ways follow that it can easily transport it to the uttermost parts of Europe, as in Africa and South America, and to our squadrons on every ocean.— Such demands require extraordinary appliances , that are not necessary nor expedient nor tasteful to our people at home, and within our own jurisdiction. Foreign necessities must, be met as best they may, in war and- in peace, and it evinces the ex treme of fastidiousness, on the part of these Whig scribblers, in objecting to drafts abroad, while they insist on their use at home. It can be accounted for in no other way, than that they are determined to complain of every act of a Democratic adminis• tration, right or wrong. But of one thing we are sure, that the ale Secretary of the Treasury Will pursue the even tenor of his way, without regird to the clamors of reckless partizans or disappoirited money changers. THE LATE LAMENTED WHIG PeaTx.—The.fol lowing paragraph in a whig -paper in Ohio shoivs the whereabouts of the late lamented whig party in the West. Replying to one of the weeping rela tives of the deceased concern, it says: , "And now let us ask our respected cotemporary, upon what issue does he expect to overcome the 25,000 clear democratic majority in the state t Re member that our opponents swell their ranks each year five to eight thousand by naturalization. Does the Recorder man know of any scores of democrats in this town who have bolted relently and turned whig? When will Ashtabula give 2,800 majority 7 Does anybody know of such miracle anywhere ? When will 150,000 whigs out-number 175,000 democrats, the former growing beautifully less, and the latter alarmingly larger ? By what coup d>etat manteuvre, charge,or mine are we to route, out flank, capture or low up the democratic party?— Just let us know. We would delight to be in 17 its death. The only political service the whig party can render is to stand up for the democrats to knoek down—capable of making resistance enough to hold the ranks of the opponents close and firm." SERIOUS T 11.017111.219 have recently arisen between the Mormons and the fishermen of Lake Michigan. The Mormons have established themselves on an island in the lake, and many depredations on the property of fisherman on the east shore having been attributed to them, there is much exaspera tion against the Latter Day Saints. A meeting was recently held in Mackinaw county, which adopted a vigilance committee to act against the Mormons who, it is stated by the correspondent of the De troit Advertiser, have control of the tribunals before which the offences charged against them must be tried. 1.13 We had the pleasure last week of visiting the sanctum of the Pennsylvanian, and taking by the hand the able and gentlemanly .editor, J. M. COOPER, Esq., and his •rteous Assistant, Mr. JAMES HUSTON, the first from Franklin and the second from Cumberland counties, and both old and valued acquaintances. They will conduct that time-honored organ of the betnocracy of Pennsylvania, in such a way as will be creditable to themselves and advantageous to the party, we have not a doubt. They are both true, talented and reliable men, and will merit the confidence of the party throughout the State. We speak what we know. if:r Governor Bigler has made a temporary loan of $700,000, payable in one year at six per cent interest, from one of the Banks in Philadelphia.— The money is to be applied to. the completion of the North Branch Canal, and the avoidance of the Pl • anes on the Allegheny Portage Railroad. This sum with the • $250,000 to be paid by the Girard and Mechanics' Bank for their recharter, which are appropriated to the North Branch Canal, will fur nish ample means for finishing these works with energy. Er The Free Soil State Convention met at Har risburg last week and nominated the following Supreme Judge—W. M. Stephenson, Of Mercer Canal Commissioner—Dr. R. Mitchell, of In diana. Auditor General—Neville B. Craig, of Allegheny. Surveyor General—Lawrence E. Corson, of Montgomery. ' William H. Hope, Esq., retired from the Pennsylvanian on Tuesday last with a brief, but well written, valedictory—and on Wednesday Mr. Cooper, the new Editor, made his debut in fine style with an able and spirited salutatory: We wish WO, the retiring and the incoming Editor, abu'ndant success.' Our Foreign Appointments. We publish this morning, thl following able ar ticle from the Albany Atlas, on the recent Foreign Appointments by the President, and commend it to thf attention of the reader. The selections as they have been made, can but meet the approval of the country, and as has justly been said, "will present, in point of talent, character, &c, the ablest diplo matic force that have been appointed by any Pres ident. As critical questions will doubtless arise in our foreign relations in the present unsettled at titude of some of the countries of the old world, men have been selected amply qualified to meet any, emergency that may arise, and fully competent to protect the interests and honor of the country they represent: The late. Diplomatic and Consular appointments have called out adverse criticism, that we confess has surprised us. Unsophisticated provincials, we had supposed that there werefew men in the coun try of higher yank, of rarer personal accomplish ments, or mote - thoroughly versed in public busi ness, than those recently designated by General Pierce. At the head of the list stands Buchanan, one of the most distinguished statesman, not only of the country, but of the age. Vroom, also, is one of those democrats whom we love to have regarded as "representative men,"—examples of the simple manners, true dignity, and sterling character of a republican people. Soule and Belmont are men who, added to personal accomplishments adapting them to the service of courts, have that in their history which commended them to the people of foreign lands; and whose names illustrated to what . extent this land of ours was the home of the exile, and in what a generous spirit it regarded the ser vices of its adopted sons. Hawthorne, tob, is a name high in literary fame, and Mitchell is a zealous aspirant for rank in the republic of letters. Seymour and Bissel have exhibited no ordinary ci vic talents, and were gallant soldiers withal. So far as regarded the education of the schools and of pmblic life, the standard of official service seems to hate been greatly raised over any preceding scale. It is true that in this country we have no class educated to diplomacy, such as existed, under the ancient regime, in the continental countries of Eu rope, and in England. It is true, also, that foreign languages are a much more common accomplish ment of the poorer class, of this country, than of the rich ; for the immigration from abroad has made but little impression in this respect, upon the native ranks of the people, and the school-master who has come at the head .of armies to dictate the language of diplomacy, to the courts of Europe, from Mad rid to Moscow, has never given his instructions at our seat of government. We must put up with this deficiency, we fear for yet a long time ; and foreign Courts, if they feel annoyed by it, must learn to take a step or two to wards us. The language which' is that of the first power of Europe, and which we have spread over a country larger than Europe—the language in which even -tenths of the commerce of the world is trancted, is certainly quite as worthy the at tention of the ministers ofGerman principalities, or an Italian state, as theirs is of ours. If challenged on din score, in the circles of diplomacy, Mr. Bu chanan can reply, " It is true, gentlemen, I have not acquired the language of Germany, or France, or Italy, but I have acquired for my country a ter ritory greater than. Germany, France and Italy.— We Americans hope mill to show a larger aptitude." But this matter of diplomacy is not, after all, such a profound mysteryrthat ordinary statesmen need recoil from it. A recent English writer in sists that the best negotiators England ever had, were its soldier, and sailors—made diplomatists by the exigencies of their employments. Malboro, and Wellington were noted instances of this, and a host of less illustrious men. Napoleon's Marshals too evinced the same superiority over the old fash ion ministers of Europe that they did over the old generals. They, too, might plead that if they had not acquired Spanish and Italian and German, they bad acquired Spain and Italy and Germany; bad mastered the people, the institutions and the lan guages in a few brief lessons. We are quite content with the position of the country before the world, and quite content that a comparison should be challenged between our rep resentatives abroad and the statesmen woo govern foreign courts. fliere is no one in the English Cabinet, whose career has been more distinguished than that of the American Minister. Spain has few great names; and none that can cast that of our new representative into the shade. The distin guished man whom rumor assigns to France, will be head-and-shoulders taller that the automata that encircle the court of the Emperor. Mr. Vroom will maintain the dignity of the American name, even in the learned and accomplished court of Ber lin. So, too, of Consuls in the main. If the new officials do not out-manage any antagonist they may encounter and overcome any difficulty, we mistake the national character and the men. Do those who question the fitness of appointments, ever look at the material sent hither by Europe, to represent its commercial and national inter ests—excellent and accomplished men, but before whom we are not expected to stand awe stricken, nor need our statesmen fear the encounter. The Legislative Guzzle Under this caption the Juniata Register, (a Whig paper in — the Union Senatorial district,) speaks out truthfully and candidly in relation to the squan dering of some $BOOO of the people's money, by the late Legislature, in feasting the Legislature and of ficials of Maryland. Col. Surzu, Whig Senator from that district, drew up and introduced the bill for the invitation, into the Senate—and Mr. HEN.- PIALSON, we believe, a Whig member from Cum berland, introduced it to the House. The Register says: " Few understand the real motive for this guzzle, and interpret it as an act of friendship and courte sy on the part of the State, and many of the mem bers in the absence of better information viewed itin this light, and well it was so; but there was a pow. er behind the act more potent than the external ap pearance of the invitation itself. It will be recol lected that on the assembling of the Maryland Leg islature this year, Gov. Lows in his message re commended a subscription of several hundred thou sand dollars, on the part of Maryland, to the Sus quehanna Railroad, now under contract from Bridge port (opposite Warrisburg) to Sunbury. The Legislature of Maryland has been dilatory upon the matter, and to facilitate the subscription this banquet was given. This is the true reason why the invitation was made, and we can adduce the evidence : to prove it whenever and wherever it may be denied. The• invitation in the light and purpose for which it was made, is an outrage and derogatory to the character of the State, and an as sumption of authority wholly unjustifiable on the part of. the Legislature, by which the Treasury is robbed of several thousand dollars, for the benefit of a Railroad corporation in which the citizens of a neighboring State own more than two-thirds of the capital stock subscribed." • • " This phase of the case will not place our Senator in the most enviable light. We cannot help it. If men are sent to Harrisburg to legislate for the benefit of their constituents and The State generally, and that legislation be a positive injury, the people have a right to know it. This is the first instance, and we hope it will be the last, wherein a great State has gone in its official capacity a begging for a sub scription of a few hundred thousand dollars to a private co oration. What individual who has the least Stat 'ride about him 'does not feel humiliated at such a transaction? And were it not that in nocent men would be injured thereby, we would go against the next Legislature appropriating a single cent for the expenses of this riotous feast. Just think of it, all ye who groan under the burdens of taxation, eight thousarid dollars fir the benefit of the Susquehanna Railroad!" RAILROAD IRON —lt is estimated, that to fulfil the orders for railway iron for roads now in pro gress in the United States and Europe, will occupy all the rolling mills in the world, now engaged in the manufacture of railroad iron, at least, six years It amounts to 2.,400,000 tons. The expense of building these roads, including their. equipments will be as much as $900,000,000. The iron for the rail alone will cost $120,000,000, at its present price. THE SUNBURY AND ERIE RAILROAD.—The Bul letin says that two hundred miles of this road, from Erie, eastward, have been put under contract, and that the road will be immediately constructed.— Messrs. Sennett, Brown, Galdwell & Co., have con tracted to make one hundred miles, and Messrs. Gamble, Rockafellow & Co., another hundred. .the British House of Commons, on the 20th of May, in reply to Lord Jocelyn, Lord John Russell stated that the Emperor of China had applied to Great Britain for assistance, but no orders had been given to interfere in any way, except for protection of British property and subjects. Ili Rev. J. C. BAKER, D. D., formerly of this city, has been elected President of the Foreign Missionary Society of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church, J. Z. Senderling, Corresponding Secretary, Rev. F. R. Anspach, Recording Secreta ry, and Martin Buehler, of Philadelphia, Treasurer. Wasammorr, June 3.—A eon of Hon. Henry A. Wise, has been appointed by the President as Sass:nary of Legation to Berlin. CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS. tEr The Theatrical Company, at Fulton Hail, continued to draw crowded houses during all of last week. Their entertainments have been unusually attractive, and the young American Tragedian, Mr. McFsarartn, has more than sustained his previously acquired reputation. So has Miss WOODBURY, in the principal Female characters, as well as the Company generally. They, will continue the per formances this week, in which they will be assisted by several additional Actors from the Cfiesnut Street Theatre—amongst others, the celebrated Madame Tatum, who has created such a sensation amongst the Play-goers of Philadelphia, is expected. Last night tney played "Tag Huscwascx," with the laughable after piece, called "Untie Sam."— The house was again filled, and every thing con ducted with the greatest decorurh. There is a change of Performance each evening. WHAT SLY Orli CITIZENS.—The . spirit of im provement is rife in our little City, and at the. pres ent ratio of progress we should not wonder if the census of 1860 shows a population of 20,000 souls. The College and Engine Manufactory will help very materially to swell the population, To facil itate improvement and to beautify and render still more attractive this ancient town,.should be the ef fort of every good citizen. But, in our humble opinion, there is oae thing wanting which is essen tially necessary to the health, comfort and conveni ence of the inhabitants, and that is a Publig Square or Park, laid off in suitable walks and properly shaded, and of sufficient dimensions to make it a pleasant and commodious ground for promenading, &c. Five or six acres might be purchased at a rea sonable rate in one of the sparsely populated quar ters of the City, or, if it was thought' best, a lot of that size might be obtained in each of:the East and West Wards, and the citizens be thus furnished with two places of resort during the summer seasons.— Something of this kind is absolutely required, and, as the value of property in the City limits is in creasing every year, the sooner it is accomplished the betteroo far as the expense is concerned.— Whether a measure of the kind should be underta ken by the Councils or by private individuals, we leave for others to say, although our own opinion is that the expense should be borne by the City Treasury, inasmuch as every citizen will be di rectly benefited thereby. But we go for it,.let the thing be accomplished as it may, and hope that public attention will be effectually enlisted in favor of one or more Public 'Squares or Parks, and that without further delay. LINES OF TRAVEL FROM LANCASTER FOR PHILADELPIA, care leaves at 25 min utes past 4 A. M., (expreas train ;) at 10 minutes before 10 A. M., (way train ;) and at 6 minutes be tore 6 P. M, (way, mail.) FOR. HARRISBURG, cars leave at half past 10 A. M., and quarter before 2 A. M., by way of Co lumbia at 5 Minutes before 6 P. M. FOR COLUMBIA, cars leave WI A. M., 5 min utes to 6 P. M., and + of 2 A. M. FOR READING. stage leaves Rees' hotel daily at 8 A.M., passing through Litiz, Ephrata, Reams town and Adamstown. FOR SAFE HARBOR, stage leaves Reed's ho tel daily at 7 A. M, and 3 P.M. FOR LEBANON (VIA. MANHEIM,) stage leaves Shobees hotel daily at 9 A.M. FOR MANHEIM, stage leaves Hostetters hotel daily at 4 P. M. FOR STRASBURG, stage leaves Shobees hotel daily at 4 P. M. FOR LITIZ, stage leaves Sener , s hotel daily at 4 'P. M. FOR NEW HOLLAND, CHURCHTOWN, stage leaves Sener's hotel Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at #P. M. (On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, a stage leaves Shobees at 4 P. M., go ing as far, as New Holland.) FOR PORT DEPOSIT, (via. Buck, Chesnut Lev el, Peach Bottom,'&c.,) stage leaves WrigWs ho tel every Monday and Thursday, a( 7A. ;—re turning on the following days. Fowls.% OF JULY.—A dinner will be given at George Roland's Hotel, in Earlville, West Earl township, this county, on the Fourth of July— George W. M'Elroy, Esq., of this, city, will deliver an address. The Lancaster Brass Band will be present on the occasion. MOUNT JOY SAVINGS INsTrruTros.—Books for the subscription of Stock to this Institution, will be opened at Henry haffner's, in Mount Joy, on the 24th of June, and remain open until the 30th, from 1 to 5 o'clock each day. ARREST.—Three men, William Bear, Thomas Livingston and Robert Reed, residing at the ,Gap, were arrested and broUght to this City, on Thurs day, charged with, stealing a quantity of corn lrom Mr. J. H. Houston. REMOVED.—Johri Harris, who was arrested in Columbia on the 20th ult., for the alleged murder of a car conductor in Cambria county, wa's remo ved from our Prison, on Wednesday, to that county, for the purpose of standing his trial. NEW TOWN CLocit. 7 -Mr. G. M. Zahm, Jeweler, has put up,a Time-piece, for the accommodation of the public, at the end window of the third story of the building which he occupies, on the south east corner of Centre Square. The bell is the same which was taken from the old Court House cupola, and the hours are now struck upon it with great regularity. The thing is -a decided conveni ence to our citizens, and Mr. Z. deserves great credit for his public spirit. 1:17 - The "BucnArrpr RIFLE," Capt. Sommer, pa raded about 40 strong, on yesterday week, and were inspected by Col. Herr, the Brigade Inspector.— . — This Company is a dedit to our City, and we are . pleased to learn that its ranks are rapidly filling up with new recruits. Their marching-and evolUtions are admirable, and would do no discredit to' eteran troops. I:Er We were, favored on Friday evening last with another musical treat. Messrs. P. Donnelly, Noah Smith and J.F.i Cross, will accept our thanks for their welcome favor. DROWN3I).--On Saturday morning last, Horace Rathvon, son of S. S. Rathvon, Esq., of this City, aged 10 years, was drowned in the Conestoga, near Reigart's Landing. He was in company with ah• other lad, fishing, and accidentally fell into the deep water. All efforts to resuscitate him were fruitless. COLLECTORS OFFICE, Lancaster, June 1 The following exhibits the amount of Tolls re ceived at this office up to the lot of June, 1853: Amount previously reported, $29,050 85 For month of May, 1853, 4,315 97 Total since Nov. 30, 1852, $33,366 82 Amount of Tonnage cleared East and West at this office, up to the lst of June, 1853 ; . Amount previously reported, For month of May. 18b3, Total since Nov. 30, 1852, $47,408,900 CY/078 CAILMANY, Collector. . COLUMBIA, June 1, 1853 The following exhibits the number of Cars, and the amount of Freight weighed on the Scales at Columbia, passing Eastviard during the month of May, of the present year, as compared with same month of last year: Through cars, - - Way cars, - Total, Through and Way care, May, L 852, Increase over May, 1852, - Through Freight, - - Way Freight, - - - Total, - - - - 39,989 , 200 Through and Way Freight, May, , 52, 30,485,700 Increase over May, 1852, 9,603,600 JACOB MAYER, Weigh-Master. • ENTERTAINMENT AT LITIZ.—The annual close of the young Ladies' Seminary, at Linden Hall, Litiz, in this county, took place on Tuesday the 31st ult. The pupils had undergone a very thorough exami nation in the more substantial branches during the last week, and on the day mentioned their orna mental work was exhibited in the Hall of the Sem inary. In the evening a musical entertainment was given in the Church of the Village, the un usually large number of pupils rendering it neces sary to resort to this spacious hall. The perfor mances on the Piano, Guitar and Harp, as well as the vocal performances, gave general satisfaction and redound to the credit of the Superintendents and Teachers of this long and well established in stitution. The occasion brought a large number of the parents and friends of the pupils to the town of Litz ; and the large hotel of the town, kept by Mr. Reinhart, was filled to overflowing, rendering it necessary to lodge some of the strangers in private houses. As usual, a grand evacuation of Linden- Hall took place yesterday morning. Besides a large number of private conveyances, six two-horse pub lic stages arrived in this city, full of scholars, with joyous faces, traveling toward their respective homes Their baggage completely filled a four horse wagon; which after being unloaded at the Railroad depot, formed quite a tbrmidable pile.— Many a " good bye and " sweet kiss," was ex changed between good friends and school compan ions, with promises " to write ", upon the start ing of the cars for the East, West, North and South; while a number of gentlemen, old and young, were looking on with admiring countenances—but a lit tle jealous of such privileges. The institution at Linden-Hall, now under the superintendence -of Mr. and Mrs. Freihauff for a period of 14 years, has never before been in a similar flourishing condition. The number of pupils at the present close was 99. —lnland Doug. UJ Col. HASTUAGEI, one of the Editors of the Pittsburg Union, has been appointed by the Presi• dent Collector of that Port. An excellent selec tion. Oicith - of Mr. Jenkhis A 'Meeting of tbittcnembers of the Lancaster Bar, was held at Eltibley'g Hotel, on Wednesday evening last, to take action upon the death of the Hon. Wm. Jenkins. Samuel Parke, Esq.. was called to the Chair, and Wm. W. Brown, Esq., was appointed Secretary. The death of Mr,--Jenkins*atCannoun ced by Hon. B. Champneys, in an appropiiatiand impressive manner. Remarks were also made by Gen. George Ford, Reah Frazer, Esq., S. Humes Porter, Esq, and Hon. A. L. Hayes. On,motien, a committee consisting of Gen. Geo. Ford, Hon.. B. Champneys, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, S. Homes Porter, Esq., N. Ellmaker, Esq., William Mathiot, Esq., and Hon. I E. Hiester, wns appoint ed to report resolutions to the meeting. After some- time, they presented the following, which were unanimously adopted: The Providence of God having removed from our midst, our late fellow member. William Jenkins, Esq., who was looked upon by us, more with the respect and veneration due to a father, than the fra ternal. regard of a brother, for his learning and em. inept abilities as a Lawyer, his public services as a jurist and his private worth as a citizen, we (gel called upon by every consideration of respect for his memory to 1. Resolve, That this meeting has heard with deep regret of the demise of our late fellow member, William Jenkins, E.sq., who for a long period of upwards of fifty years has held so distinguished a position, as a jurist and an advocate at the bar of Lancaster county. 2. That we deplore his loss with unaffected sor row, as the respected and venerated father of the Lancaster bar. 3. That we will wear the usull badge of mourn ing oil the left arm for the space of thirty days in respeet to his memory; and that we will attend his funeral in a body to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. 4. That a committee of seven be appointed by the chairman to communicate to the widow and family of the 'deceased, the expression of nur con dolence with them in the loss which they haw.sivi taiiied. 5. That these proceedings be presented to the Court of Common Pleas on Monday next, with a request that they be entered on the minutes of Op Court. 5. That the proceedings of this meeting be pub. Fished in all the newspapers of the city and 'county. The committee to carry out the 4th resolution, are: Hons. A. L. Hayes, Henry G. Long, D. B. Von dersmith, Reah Frazer, Thomas E. Franklin, Tho. H. Burrowes, and B. A. Sheaffer. On motion the meeting adjourned. IMPORTANT. ENTERPRI sE.—The Lancaste r L oco motive Engine and Machine Manufacturing Corn pany was organized on Monday last. We learn from the Inland Daily that the capital stock of the company is 80,000. which is divided into 160 shares of $5OO each. It has been subscribed by the fol lowing parties :—John Black, David Cockley, C. Hager—President of Farmer's Bank—Michael Ma lone, John N.:Lane, James B Lane, G. Taylor Lane, Abraham W. Russel and James Black, of Lancas ter city, Henry Musselrnan. of Strasburg twp., and Benjamin Eshleman. of Ea'st Lampeter twp.—s2o,- 000 of the 80,000 subscribed have been paid to Da vid Cockley, who was authorized by the Board to receive it. All the stockholders were elected direc tors, to serve until the annual election in January next. David Cockley, Esq , has been elected Pres ident of the Board of Directors. The plans for the building have been agreejd upon. The Manufactory will be of brick, 671 ft b...so—part one and partm o story. It will cover about 33,700 square feet, and will be of sufficient capacity to employ five or six hundred men. It will be a first class establishment both as regards machinery and workmen. It is anticipated it will be in operation in about six months from this date. The building's will be erect ed partly by contract, and partly under the imme diate direction of the company. This enterprise is one of more than ordinary importance, and none can do otherwise than hope that it may meet:with the greatest possible success. The gentlemen who are connected with it, are en• ergetic, and deserve great credit for this new effort to add to the true importance and benefit of our city. 117' We understand that Mr. David Cockley, President of the Company, has purchased of Messrs. John Black and Wm. Miller, the lot known as Duchman's Meadow, for the erection of their build. ings. The lot is located in the North East Ward, East of Plumb Street, , on the South side of the Rail road. It contains over six acres, and is admirably sailed, for the purpose. The necessary steps to prepare it for building, have already been com menced. LICSNSIS or REminmas.—The 11th Section of the act to " incorporate the Woodbury and Broad Top Turnpike or Plank Road Company and for other purposes," approved May 11, 1853, is as fol lows : 44 All monies due or becoming due to the Com monwealth for Taxes or Licenses, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the proper county, who shall make return to the State Treasurer as heretofore provided by law." Formerly in this city and county, these Li censes were collected by the City Collector, Mr. J. Zimmerman. The law referred to, was passed at the last session of the Legislature, but was not ap proved by the Governor, until the nth of May. It will be observed, it is a general one, and estab fishes a uniform practice in the entire State. AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT. The lolluwing has been picked ttp and handed us for publication It is a decidedly rich specimen of billet-doux writing: . MIS 'SIG A- Dea mister—l in loom you and let you no vot I sink a bout you I lof you and I sink you ar da niset boy that I hal sen in .mi life and if you lof me so val that I lof you I sink you sink moor of me but that I haf beleie but I vil vist you vii sink so much of me that I sink of you and if you vil lof me I lof you and I Tint you vil come to me befour a long time I vil gif you a grat Compinew if you dond sink you ar to by for me a rat Silgin band You ar da nicest boy in die land da roe ie rat da ski is blu • Shucker is sweet and so ar you and if you sink you ar to by for me I vosht you vil ask me die evening vot you sink about me but if you sink you vil unripe to dis leter I Bout as is for not much your that you tat much for dis evening I sink you git on oter time da gaus to tal me vet you sink about me. SALLY. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.—The following reso lution was passed at the last session of the Grand Lodge, I. 0. of 0. F., in Philadelphia. Resolved, That any' member of a subordinate Lodge, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the I. 0. 0. F. of the State of Fennsylvania, who shall keep a tippling shop, or in other words, an unlicensed house for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws of the State, shall be for mally proceeded against, and if found guilty, shall be expelled. $41,446,200 5,962,700 THE MESILLA VALLEY.- - -GOVERNOR LACE'S STATEMENT.—The Mexican papers published the answer of Gov. Lane to the communication of the Mexican Commissioners,in regard to the Mesilla Valley question. The overnor, in his letter, re peats the arguments he advanced in his official proclamation, on taking possession of the valley. He says the boundary line was not run in confor mity with the treaty, and that the Government of the United States has repudiated it. He calls the line a provisional one, because it was run ex parte by Mexico, with the sanction of Commissioner Bartlett against the opinion of Major Graham, (and he thinks without that of Lieut. Whipple) and un der protest of Surveyor Gray, whose consent was necessary to make the line a valid one. Were the commissioners and himself to run any other line, which they might do without impropriety, it would not be valid until sanctioned by both countries.— That the United States do not aesire any territory which is not theirs by right. His proclamation was issued under a conviction of duty and with legal advice, and opposition to it subjects any one to the penalty of the law. lie also alleges that,there are abundant witnesses to prove that New Mexico has exercised jurisdic tion over the territory, and that the ,records of the tribunals of Dona Ana, of which it was an inte gral part, will sustain the fact. He sent a copy of the proclamation to Gov. Tries, requesting that he shruld make a provisional cession of the territory, and other copies to the President of the United States, and to the commander of the tropes in New Mexico. He says it does not become him to anti cipate what will be the action of the President, and affirms that the Mexican Commissioners knew be fore the publication of the proclamation the course which the commander of the troops in New Mexi co would pursue. The conduct •of his successor may be different. - 1142 29,298,400 10,690,800 117 - To any inquiring what they shall do for a cough and cold, we would say, read the following certificate, which has been signed by one hundred of the first Houses of Druggists in this country, to lay before the public their estimate of a good med icine. They are all men of the first class and of the highest character, whose experience and busi ness leads them to know, and this is their opinion: " We the undersigned, Wholesale Druggists, hav ing been long acquainted with: Ayer's .Cherry Pectoral, hereby certify our belief that it is the best and most effectual remedy for Pulmonary Com plaints ever offered to the American People. And we would from our knowledge of its composition, and extensive usefulness, cordially recommend it td the fainted as worthy their best confidence, and with the firm conviction that it will do for their relief all that medicine can do." Comisprrodence .rtg IntelligoaOer. d Washington Correspondence. EXTRACT op_A LETTER TO THE EDITOR , Thatfolv.avords in my letter of last week, in re., mnitne toile condua and action of of Santa Anna;' towards the U: Staasis, huurbeen folly confirmed the news from Mexido .within the last few days.:= Indeed, it is even stated; that Mexican troops have marched to the disputed territory, the Mesilla Val ley;. claimed as,be caning . to New Mexico, deter- Mining to hold poisession of the country under the orders of Santa Anna. The President has ordered Gen. John Garland to . proceed immediately to the same country, and from the pluck of Gen. Garland, you may rest assured, that the disputed territory will not - be left in possession of Gen.-Trias, who, claims to act, under the orders of Gen. Santa An na. This conduct of the re-called President Dic-' tater of Mexico, will be the means of bringing on another war, and, the result will be, that he will have to travel again to some other country, than the one he now presides over; for, let the war be renewed with Mexico when it may, the U. States will hereafter pay no more million; for the con quered territory she may make. Our Government can be generous as well as just, and there is much more justice in holding on to what country we win, than in paying for it in dollars and cents, to satisfy the conquered, and to be wasted on fictitious claims of magnified importance, such as the Gard ner's, who are now held in durance, for pushing their claims by hugger-mugger, to a successful a /yard from the late Board of Commissioners.— There should be no Board of Commissioners, to decide on any such indemnity cases for the future, and, the sooner SANTA ANNA can be made satisfied of this fact, which is that he must beconsistant with justice, then the better it will be for his pros perity, and the peace of the U. States. As things now stand, the chance for peace is very slender in deed, and all from the " act of" Santa Anna, which is synonymous with Mexico. Mr. Buchanan has left Washington, but, it is understood, he will again visit this city when his instructions are fully prepared by and with the ac tion of GevOrnor arty. lam told his powers will be very much enlarged;—that, he will have the Fisheries to settle, in connection . with many other important matters. Mr. Buchanan has abilities to meet and argue any question on trade as well as on international law, and, will acquit himself well in any negotiation ho may enter into with the Govern ment ho is accredited to; yet, some how or other, I have taken - up a notion, that Mr. Comma being a Cape Codder, , would be the best selection that could be made to settle this much vexed question of the right to the Fisheries. But, I leave the question to the settlement of wiser heads than mine. . . The question of the mission to France, is still un settled. Mr Rums having arrived home, I presume the selection will soon be decided upon by the President. New York influence, .transversly cut ling. at this and that man, has been the cause of all the, delay, and, the only way to get over the diffi culty, is for the President to decide that selection for himself, whether his selection comes from New York or not. Col. Thomas H. Benton, has arrived in Wash ington, and looks remarkably well. He seems anx ious for the meeting of Congress, because, he is a working man, and has ever been a working man, during his long career in Congress. The one hour rule in the House of Representatives will be a snie cause of complaint to Mr. Benton ; he can scarcely get started in a speech in one hour, much less finish a speech, in such a short period of time. Ihe Elections in Virginia have resulted in the. return of an unbroken front of thirteen democratic members to the 33d Congress. That is the way to deal with whiggery in the Old Dominion, which we commend to your people at their neat election. It is reported, that Mr. MEADE of Va., has de clined his mission to Sardinia, as tendered to him - . - by the President. I guess some one else can be found, who will be willing to take the position. Already aspirants are at work for Clerk of the next House of Representatives, in. opposition to Col. S. W. Forney. I am informed, that Mr. Gloss' brenner of your State, and the Hon. Mr. Potter, of Ohio, are both declared candidates. It is probable that neither of them will be elected, but, they are better judges of their prospect of success that, I am. Yours, WYOMING. Correspond.. of the Perms)lvama.t. CITY OF WASHINGTON, 31st May, 1853.- Among the current rumors here, I may mention that Mrs: Bodisco, the wife of the Russian Pleni potentiary is expected to leave New York, in the Steamer Franklin on Saturday next, en route for St. St. Petersburg, taking with her one of her sons, who is to be appointed a page to His Imperial Majes ty. This will be quite an undertaking on the part .of a young American ' especially if his training has been anything like that of his mother, an anecdote respecting whom, (as it may be new to some of your readers,) may not prove uninteresting. All know, of course, that 'Miss Williams—now Mrs. Bodisco,—was the daughter of a very plain unpre tending gentleman of this District, whose highest ambition, perhaps, was to rear his children in the fear of the Lord, and in obedience to the simple doctrines of the Methodist Church. However, " Man propOses, God disposes." So it was in the case of Miss Williams, for she became the wife of the richest representative of the richest and most powerful monarch of all Europe, and in the course of time, some years since, accompanied her husband to the Court of his Sovereign. During her sojourn at St. Petersburg, and while in the Imperial pres ence, (it was, however, on a Sabbath dab) Mrs. Bodisco was invited by the Emperor to dance with him. This she firmly but politely declined; but, being the most beautiful woman at Court, the Em peror was unwilling to take a• simple excuse, and therefore urged her again to join in the dance. As an American wife who knew her prerogative was not to do anything she wished not to do, she still declined, but told the Emperor it was not in ac cordance with the usages of society in her country, and especially in the church in which she was reared, to dance on the Sabbath. To which the Emperor replied, that this need 'be no excuse for her, as he would willingly bear all the sin of the offence. The rejoinder of Mrs. 8., though respect ful and polite., was such as an American woman could easily and most naturally give to any one of the monarchs of the world.—" Ah, sir, were I to consent to do so on such terms, I would still be more culpable ; for I fear you have already too ma ny of your own to bear." Such a reply, given so frankly and so earnestly, was enough for the Em peror. He is said, by all who know him, to man ' ifest great affability among those who can approach -him in rank or official station; and was so much pleased with the reply, that he burst into a very hearty laugh, and has, treated Mre.. B. with the most marked attention ever since. MARCH 1 1842 Our great statesman, Mr. Buchanan, is to leave this country for England on the 9th of July, and the whole country will yet be surprised—much as has been the astonishment heretofore at the results of this gentleman's laborious inquiries and investi gations. 'lt is not as generally known as it should be, that Mr. Buchanan is one of the most rapid readers and thinkers, as well as close and power ful reasoners, in the country; but to any one ac quainted with his labors, since he consented to ac cept the mission to England, the amount of duty which he has performed would be'positively incred ible. In fact there are few men who could have sustained themselves under the round of visiting, receiving calls, &c., that he has been obliged to submit to, independently of an amount of mental labor that would alone have overcome many of our most industrious and persevering intellectual men. I assure you that I could have formed no adequate idea of the mental capacity of Mr. Buchanan, ex alted as my opinion has long been of hie intellect, if I had not learned facts from his most intimate friends, that place all denial out of the question.— He goes to England (as I some time since informed you) fully charged with the settlement of all the important questions connected with the diplomacy of the countries, and the country may rest perfectly at ease under the assurance that he will bring into action while abroad, a power of intellect, diplo matic tact, historical knowledge and industry of perseverance, such as has never before distinguish ed our representative at that Court. These, with his great urbanity of manners, and firm and equa ble temperament, promise the highest attainable good as the result of hie mission. Among the distinguished men now at the seat of Government, I may mention Judge Lewis, of your Supreme Court, who is one of the most plain, frank, affable and kind hearted men of your State, as well as one of its most able jurista. It gives one pleasure at any time to meet with such men as Judge Lewis; for, whether as a journeyman Prin ter, a practicing Attorney, or occupying the exalt ed and responsible station of a Supremn.Judge, one finds him the same unostentatious republican, the same excellent neighbor, the same ardent and sincere friend. Should his life be spared, he will be the next Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; and there is no one in the State who can reflect more honor upcni the station. UNION. FEststs COLLEGE.—The trustees of the Penn sylvania Female College met at Herr 's Hotel, Har risburg, on Friday, the 20th ult., when Prof. Blu menthal, W. H. Allen, J. R. Tyson, G. M. Wharton and B. Parke were appointed a committee to pre pare a course of studies, report the number, names and duties of professors and teachers, &c. A. 0. Hiester, J. J. Clyde, J. H. Briggs, W. H, Allen, 0. Tiffany, J. R. Tyson and R. E. Lamberton, a com mittee to prepare the rules for the government of the institution, select the Principal, Professors, and Teachers, and present their names at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees. B. Parke, S. Miller, J. A. Briggs, D. W. Gross, R. J. Ross and J. Macglauchlin, were appointed to select a suita ble place as a temporary location for the College. It is desired to open it this fall. Gov. Bigler was chosen President of the Board of Trustees, and J. J. Clyde, Secretary. WASHINGTON, June 3.—C01. James Ross Snow den. has been appointed Director of the D. S. Mint at Philadelphia. F. B. Streeter, Esq., of Susquehanna county, So licitor of Treasury. Highly popular appointments WASHINGTON, June 4.—lt is the general impres sion here that another war will grow out_ of our present difficulties. with Mexico, -.- - • , WeittineTon, D. C., June 3, 1853 Reading We commend to our readers the following elo- quent extract from the splendid oration of the Irish Patriot, THOMAS F. MEAriairt, before the surviving members of the New York Regiment of Mexican° Volunteers, delivered in the city of New York week before last. It breathes as much 'true patriotism and eloquence as could fall from the lips of mortal man : Happy do I feel, when gazing on this peopled space.so brilliant and so vast—the thought comes upon me, that I may have set in moton the ele ments which repose in the higher regions of our na ture, and that this hand, tremulous and unskilful as it is, may have drawn down from those regions ono kindly ray at least, to illuminate the hearth and homestead of those men who were the guardians of those ensigns. . Happy—happy beyond the measure which the tongue can tell of = shall I feel, if, with this same hand, I can smooth the pillow of the dying soldier —give, like Abercrombie in the sands of Egypt, to his quivering lip, the cup which shall soothe the fever of his last breath ; or over his humble coffin, like the poet over the grave of Marceline, strew the purple flowers. Who could look on, and not feel his heart give way at the spectacle of a glorious companionship, stricken by want, disease, and death—a group of stately- trees, struck by the storm, stripped of their sheltering leaves, and seared by the lightning, bending to every passing gust ; and one by one sinking, with the shreds of their foliage and frag ments of their brave limbs, in desolation to the earth Who can read of a ne army—even though that army be the foe of freedom, and, in the fight, we ourselves should strike it to the heart—who can read of such an army being cut to pieces, or by plague or famine disappearing from the earth, with out commiseration—without a thrill, a syllable, one tear of noble pity If, then to the stranger, though lie come against us, our nature) ields instinctively a generous meas ure of sympathy and succor, what should be tho emotions, what the anxieties, what the actions of those, who, in their midst, behold the wreck of those young iegions whose crimsoned swords flash ed in the sun that shone uptthere, upon the fortress of Chepultepec, and so helped to clear - out a new field for that adventurous activity, the spread of which neither tho forest. not the swamp, nor the mountain, nor the river, nor yet the covenants and intrigues, and the contrivances and ,conspiracies of the crowned families down here in Europe, nor their allies bore or elsewhere, can hamper, divert, nor for an hour withstand. But is it just, considerate, delicate of me to put this question, when hardly a day passes without a comrade Calling in those crippled ranks, whose w, ands not less eloquent than those for which the friend of Cavir pleaded, cry, out to you not for vengeance, but for love! That you could be in sensible to this fatality—that you could thus behold one of the pillars of the State decay, and with ite laurelled capital crumble to the dust, until nothing but the pedestal was left standing beside that stream of business, gaiety and wealth. which threatens to efface this the latest recsrd of your worth—that you COlll,l be insensible to a totality so striking, it would be most ungracious in me for a moment to imply. You have not 'forgotten Washington„ nor War ren, nor Montgomery, nor Jackson. That scene upon Breed's Hill—that of Fort Moultire—that up on the Delaware—that upon the snow-piled bastions of Quebec—that at the Ba'.ou Bienvenue, where the English columns were swamped before the fire which opened on them from the cotton bales of I.ouisiana—tliose scenes are nu less visible to the Republic, than to the eye of the stranger are those paintings, which in such noble proportions, deco rated the halls of Congress. Which being so, you will not forget the men, who, commissioned or non-commissioned—with or without epaulettes, in the corn-fields and marshes at Los Portales, and at the tower.of Nueva Rancha, and along the burning rocks, and through the woods and ravines, that lay between them and their gold en prize, gave proof that the spirit which broke the sword in the hands of Burgoyne and Cornwallis, was not laid to rest in the grave that overlooks the Potomac—and passing which by night or day, no craft fails to strike the minute bell—but that it walks the earth, and shall he with the republic all days, even to the mid of time. Would that it were my fortune to speak thus, in the land of my father's home, for men, who, like those before me, wore scars in evidence of their courage, and the blood poured out by them, that so' their country might be saved, and all the stains upon her ancient map and fame might be effaced I But since this privilege is denied me,—sinee the foreign sentinel still keeps watch upon her wall, and the flag, wet with the blood of Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Tone, and Emmet, lies buried in the Ivy of Bodenstown churchyard, and no favoring breeze lifts its drooping folds—then glad am I to plead for those, who, to the brothers of my native laird are next akin, and' whose blood with ours, in a thousand channels is inseparably mingled. And since also, it is denied me to kiss the flag wet with the blood of those young nobles—the Shad rach, Meshach and Abednego of freedom, then lot me embrace this,—the symbol of that citizenship which—in the words uttered on the steps of the Capitol the morning of the 4th of March--shall be an inviolable panopoly for Amermin rights, and'in ve.lted with which the poorest laborer shall stand unabashed even in the presence of kings. Soldiers of Cerro Gordo! Soldiers of Contreras and Churubusco ! Far from your homes—from the Hudson to Lake Tezcuco—you have borne this flag with honor. Romano carried it in the left hand, when his right was shattered, and parted with it only when death struck it from his grasp. Lake seized it, and waving it, was shot down. And then another, and then another, until you planted it in the captured field. From the stormiest straits you have brought it back uninjured, save by those rents which have rendered it a sacred relic, and ilia due to you that, beneath it, you should nurse your fal ling strength. You should enjoy that peace which in the words of the sacred book, is like a clear heat upon herbs and a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest"—and so spend serenely the remainder of the days spared to you in the great storm that swept the base and summit of the Sierra Madre. May that flag never fail to find less eager cham pions than you have been, to shield from disgrace and bear it like a charmed robe, unhurt through the flames of war. May that flag never lose one star ; but as the Old Thirteen has multiplied in time, may others no less brilliant, be added there to; and may the constellation, which first shone out through the tempest and the lightnings, and and has now become fixed in the blue expanse of .peace, on every sea, be seen ; and may the nations carefully concealed by the authorities, who should, journeying, like the Kings of old, to a noble wor ship, be led to a new faith and destiny, by the light it gives I May it mount-to where the Amazon leaps forth from its cradle in the Andes; may it be seen upon the rivers that wash the hidden treasures of Japan; and, in the effulgence which it sheds side by side with the ruder structures of your m aking. may the grace of life spring up ; may literature and the arts flourish ; may the canvass become inefface ably impressed with the great conceptions of your sons ; and may the chisel and the furnace contri. bate to the genius of America the fame of Phidias and Canova, as we have seen that genius immor talizing the beauty of Greece in her nakedness and chains, and, later still, unveiling that famous pro duction which fronts the White House, in which features of nature are not only copied, but the law of nature, by the dumb charger, are obeyed ! To this republic—renouncing all foreign powers and potentates—have I taken the oath ofallegiance and, in the new sphere and citizenship which is opened to me here, do I trust to prove the sincer ity with which that oath was taken, and my deep sense of the duties which, by that act, devolves upon me. A QUADRUPED Cnrcaae.—•The Germantown Telegraph publishes the following extract from a letter of a gentleman of Columbia, to a citizen of Germantown :—" One of my Shanghai hens had a few chicks, hatched a lew days ago, and one of them, which toddles about and eats heartily and seems to thrive, has four legs. For the first day, Quaddy " (as we call him from quadruped) didn't know which pair to go upon. The hind pair made him rear up, arid the Iront pair made him kick up. But, alter balancing the thing in his mind over night he settled down next morning on his " all tours" boldly, and rersists in that mode of locomo. tion." New Books. &c CRITTENDEN'S BOOR-KEEPINO. - A copy of the "Elementary Treatise on Book-Keeping by Single and Double Entry, designed for Common Schools," has been kindly furnished on by the Tublishers, E. C. & J. Biddle, No. 6 South sth,st., Philadelphia. It contains Four Sets of Books by Single Entry, and Six Sets by Double Entry, and is, in every re spect, the very best treatise on Book-Keeping we have ever seen. It ought to he introduced into all the Common Schools of the State. The work is highly recommended by a number of the principal business men in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, &c., &c. ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART.—The June no. of this excellent monthly, commences the 6th vol ume, and is handsomely illustrated with a great number of splendid engravings. This is a very. useful and highly interesting publication—contain ing selections from the various departments of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, History, Biogra phy, Art, Industry, Manufactures, Scientific Inven tions•and Discoveries, Local and Domestic Scenes, Ornamental Works, etc. ptc. Published at New York, by A. Montgomery, 175 Spruce st. Price 25 cents per number. The sole Agent for the Work, for the State of Pennsylvania, is J. IV. MOORE, Philadelphia, to whom all orders should be directed. FOILEISTEteIr BM ' AND MAGAZINE, for June, has several fine embellishments—amongst others an engraving of Peter Jacobs, the Indian Preacher. The work is published at Boston, by F. & G. C. Rind, price 10 cents per number. mr The cornerstone of a Normal School for the education of-Female Teachers, was laid in Phil• adelphia on Tuesday hum
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