3ntelligenter 3ournal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster, Jane 14, 11353.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS:
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS,
OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL;
PORTER BRAWLEY,
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
dur Relations with Mexico.
Another war with Mexico is not at all improba
ble, especially as the Government will most proba
bly sustain Governor LACE in his claim upon the
Mecilla Valley as a part o: the United States--and
Santa Anna,-with all the experience before him,
may be nothing loth to give tangible vent to his
bitter feelings of hostility to the United States, in this
way. It is understood, by the way, that the U. S.
steamer Vixen, which lately sailed with sealed or-
ders, has gone to Vera Cruz, to watch the move
ments of Santa Anna.
• Since writing the above, The Union, the Ad
ministration organ at Washington, has taken ground
in a grave and well-considered article, bearing evi
dent marks of authority, in effect that the conduct
of Trais, Governor of the State of Chihuahua, in
• seizing, the Mecilla Valley, was an act both of
outrage and folly; that, considering the weakness
of Mexico, it would not be magnanimous in the
United States to make a lieistile demonstration; but
that, if the act is not diseountenanced by the Gov
ernment of Mexico, the United States has but one
course to pursue. We may add, without much tear
of committing a mistake, that Santa Anna will not
back out—his pride and obstinacy, as:well as his in
evitable fate, dictating another course, which will
necessarily send him speedily back to Venezuela .
,—Gen. Garland, an experienced and prudent of
ficer, has been appointed to the command of the
troops in New Mexico, and it is .conjectured, has
also beer. invested' with diplomatic powers. lie
has been to Washington for his instructions, and
has left by way of his residence in Michigan for
the post of duty. Gov. Trios, who now occupies
• the disputed territory with one thousand men, will
be obliged to vacate the same, either peaceably or
tc:rcibly, and await the settlement of -the dispute,
either by a re-survey of the boundary line, or by ar
bitration.--Germantown Telegraph.
Tut: G rants Tnrrals.—lt is now stated as a
"fixed fact," that the Government has dispatched a
new Commission to Mexico to obtain information
us to the existence or otherwise of the alleged mines
of Dr. Gardiner, The .Commissioii consists of a
Board of Army Officers, with Major Mordecai, of
the Ordnance Department, at their bead. The des
tiny of the Vixen is believed to be Tampico. She
is said to have Capt. Mordecai, of United States
Military Engineers aboard, who goes out to estab
lish the fact. that Dr. Gardiner had no title or con
nection whatever with the mine or mines described
in the testimony of Capt. Abbott, claimed by the
defence in the Gardiner case to have been the veri
table mines of which G. was dispossessed. Up to
the delivery of which Abbott's testimony, the pros
ecution could not induce the defence to fix the pre-'
nine locality of the pretended mine. Having found
it necessary to fix it under Abbott's testimony,
(though he was careful not to indicate' the idea that
he knew the mine in question to have been Gardi
ner's) the defence will be f0r . 54 1,0 abide by their
location iii the next trial, when, it Mordecai dispels
the subterfuge that the mine in question could pos
sibly have been Gardiner's, a conviction will surely
ensue—that is, if the . Administration can prevent
the judge from from ordering on the trial before
Mordecai returns.
EXTRADITION TREATY.—The Washington Union
publishes the extradition treaty, recently concluded
between the United States 'and Prussia, and other
States of the Germanic Confederation, for . the mu
tual delivery of criminals and fugitives from jus
tice in certain cases. The provisions of the treaty
are essentially the same as those of the present ex_
isting treaties of the same character between the
United States 'and England and France. Criminals
are to be delivered upon mutual requisitions, made
by the contracting powers or their proper repre
sentatives, and these requisitions can be made for
parties charged vdth . the crime of murder, assault
with intent to commit murder, piracy : arson, rob
bery, forgery or utterance of forged papqrs, fabricfa•
lion and circulation of counterfeit money, or the
embellezzlement of public moneys ; provided, how
ever, that the delivery of the criminal shall only be
made upon such evidence of criminaity as, accord•
ing to the laws of the place where the fugitive or
person so charged shall be found, would justify his
apprehension and commitment for trial, lithe crime
or offence had there been committed. Neither of
the contracting powers is to ba bound to deliver up
its own citizens under the stipulations of the treaty
Col. John W. Forney.
This gentleman, we are glad to learn from Wash.
ington, will be a candidate for re-election to the of
lice of Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the
opening of the next Congress, and will encounter
but little, if any opposition—reports to the contrary
notwithstanding. The Col. richly des4/rves the
honor—no man in the country having done more
.with his pen to sustain and advance Democratic
principles. He is now, and for some time past has
been, a regular contributor to the columns of the
Washington Union.
" OLD BIILLION2!—Col. T. H. Benton has declin
ed being a candidate for re-election to Congress
from the St. Louis District, intending to devote
himself to a canvass for election to the Senate, in
place of Mr. Atchison, whose term expires in
18,53. With this view, he will, after his present
visit to Washington City, where he goes to write
up his " Thirty Year's Memoir of the U.S. Senate,"
return and make a tour throughout the southwest
ern counties of Missouri, and be back to take his
seat in the House of Representatives in December.
In a letter on_ this subject, he treats of the. central .
Missouri route for a road. to the Pacific as the chief
purpose,for which he desires to labor in the Senate.
JD" The Harrisburg Keystone, after being in a
state of political somnolency for the last two or
three months, has waked up, rubbed its eyes, and
again commenced its assaults upon the Hon. JAMES
Br CHANA.N. The Editor was an applicant for the
Post Office at Harrisburg, but happened to be dis
appointed—hence he wishes to lasli the Adriiinis.
tration over the back of Mr. B. Perhaps he will
get more " kicks than coppers" for his pains, be
fore he is through with the job.
PUBLIC PRIBTING.—The Washington Exami
ner ably advocates the publication of all general
laws passed by the Legislature in one or more pa
pen in each county of the State. This is done in
Ohio and several other States, and we agree with
the Examiner aegoihe propriety and justice of such
-- v----hange; but, unfortunately, it would be one of
those gelion i t lnws, which seldom occupy any leg.
islative attention, while there is any prospect for
the " main chances" of piivate bills. We will give
our friend a helping hand, when the time comes for
any hope of success.
DJ' IsAac G. NVKINLET, Esq., Editor of the
-Harrisburg Union, was an applicant for the Post
Office at that place, but did not succeed in obtain
ing the appointment. M'Kinley deserved the office
at the hands of the present administration, as
he did, and has done for yearn yeoman service in
tha Democratic ranks.
The Boundary Billiculties.
The Washington correspondent of the .Journal of
Commerce, says in regard to our Mexican relations,.
the Administration no doubt consider them as in
a critical condition; but, they do not think that a
war will grow out of the Mesilla question. They
have no authentic information g_oing to show that
the Government of Mexico will assume to hold ex
clusive possession of the dispated territory. They
think that Gov. Trias will retire from it very soon,
and that he will be starved out of it long before
Gen. Garland will enter the territory. Gov. Tries
cannot, they say, maintain his position long, for
want of supplies, which the country does not afford.
If Mexico were mad enough to make an issue on
the Mesilla question, then, of course, this Govern.
ment might be obliged to meet it. General Gar
land's instructions will not necessarily lead to a
i l
collision. Representations have already been made"
to the Mexican Government on the subject, of a na_
ture calculated to prevent any difficulty as to the
Mesilla question. The Administration have undoubt
edly taken the ground that the line was improperly
fixed by the Joint Commission, and that Mr. Bart
lett's act in fixing it, without the assent and in de
fiance of the protest of the Surveyor, Mr. Grey, is
bull and void under the sth article of the Treaty,
which provides that " the two Governments shall
each appoint a Commissioner and a Surveyor, who,
before the expiration of one year from the date of
the exchange of ratifications of this Treaty, shall
meet at the Port of San Diego, and proceed to run
and mark the said boundary in its whole course to
the mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte. They shall
keep journals and make out plans of their opera
tions ; and the result agreed upon by them, shall be
deemed a part of this Treaty, and shall have the
same force as if it were inserted therein." Now it
is held by the present Administration, that the re
sult was not " agreed upon by them," but was reach
ed by Mr. Bartlett alone, and against the Survey
,
or's protest. In opposition to this view of the pres
ent Administration, it may be stated that Major
Emory, who succeeded Mr. Grey, as Surveyor, did
sign the report of Mr. Bartlett, and thus legally, per
fected the act of the Commissioners. To that fact
it is objected that Major Emory signed it under the
orders of Mr. Secretary Stuart, and without having
had any participation in the survey. Major Emory's
argument goes to show, however, that the question
in controVersy is of no importance. Dismissing
the Mesilla question, it is yet to be considered that
there exist difficulties in regard to Mexico of a gra
ver and deeper character, and these may, in the
opinion of the Administration, lead to a War sooner
or later.
Since these views were expressed, the news that
Gov. Tries has retired from El Paso, is more pa
cific. Gen. Garland's instructions are simply to
maintain an "armed neutrality," or rather " a mas
terly inactivity "—nothing more. He will not at
tempt to take possession of the Mesilla valley, his
whole duty being to protect American citizens and
their rights, from attacks of any des( riptiou: It is
also understood he will be subject to the disposi
tion of Gov Merriwether, sbould occasion require.
The position of the government is briefly, that the
initial point has not yet been established according
to the terms of the treaty, and is therefore, precisely
in the same position it was when the treaty was
made; that, under the treaty, it is not in the pow
er of either government to declare vvbat shall be
the true line, that being expressly left to the Joint
Commission. If the Joint Commission tail to agree
then the subject becomes matter for negotiation.—
Sun.
No Galphinism
A Washington correspondent of the New York
Tribune spears of the administration as "exceed
ingly close-fisted," and represents them as very care
fat in the allowance of claims against the govern.
meat. This is a rare virtue in public officers of
late, and the people will be glad to learn that it is
practised by the admi&tration of General Fierce
Economy and prudence in the expenditure of the
public money will always be commended by the
people, and to secure a reform in this respect was
one of the motives which prompted them to confide
the government to those who are now so well con
ducting it. We have no fears that their expecta
tions in this respect will be disappointed. No Gal- .
phinism will disgrace this administration: of that
that we feel the utmost confidence.
The Tribune's corespondent gives a case in point.
A clerk under the late Secretary of the Interior ,
named Williamson, acted as the disbursing agent
of the department, upon his removal retained
$6,000 In his hands which he clairried as a commis
sion on the money disbursed, in addition to his sal
ary. There are forty or fifty clerks who had similar
claims, and who. were postponing the settle
ment of their accounts Until Williamson's claim
was settled, in the expectation that it would be al
lowed, and
,thus serve as a precedent for their own.
But the new Secretary, Gov. McClelland, deter
mined that he would not thus be bullied into the
alfowance of such claims, and he therefore told
Williamson that unless he paid over the money in
his hands, he would apply the penal clause of the
sub-treasury law to him. This brought him to
terms, and he handed over the money. This is the
true course—the only legal and honest course for a
public officer; but very different from that pursued
under the late Galphin administration.
Cases of a similar nature to this, are constantly
occurring, and they afford the surest guarantee that
the public interests are in safe hands, an that the
days of Galphinism are over.—Concord (N. H.)
Patriot.
EUROPEAN News.--The foreign intelligence
brought by the Pacific steamship will be found of
more than ordinary interest; the stirring times
seem to lie approaching. The departure of Men
schikoff from Constar.tinople, the march of one hun
dred thousand Russian troops to the Danube, and
the manifest determination of France and England
to aid the Sultan with their fleets, indicate a com
ing collision—which, however, it would not greatly
surprise us to learn that England, at the last moment
takes care to avoid. The calling of the Swiss peo
ple to arms to resist any attack from Austria lends
a singular complication to Continental affairs, at
least for the moment. It will be seen that these
storm clouds have cast thiir shadows over the Lon
don Exchange ; where the glooom is also, to some
extent, enhanced by the news of the tall of Nanking.
This is a most important event, and prognosticates
the expulsion of the Tartar dynasty from the Flow
ery Land.—North ameriean of yesterday.
B3' Ex-Governor Johnston is in New York on
the business of the Allegheny Valley Railroad,
which, say the kapers, is destined to bring Pittsburg
within eighteen hours of that city, and the Great
Coal Basin of Western Pennsylvania within six
hours of Buffalo, Rochester
,and the Lakes. The
Pennsylvania portion of the road is one hundred
and seventy-five miles long, and is estimated to cost
$5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 have been sub
scribed as stock. The road is all under contract
to be finished in 1855, and 800 men are now at
work on it, being all that can be obtained at pres.
ent. The Tribune says New York—not the city
only, but the State—has a deep interest in the con.
struction,of this road.
PUNDIHMENT FOR RAILROAD ACCIDENTL—The
Governor of New Hampshire, in hie message to the
Legislature, recommends thht loss of life occasion
ed by railroad accidents, no termed, be indictable
offences, and punishable by confinement to hard la
bor for life, or for a term of years, according to the
aggravation of the offence.
V' A recent law of Congress authorizing the
coinage of three dollar gold pieces, went into effect
on the first day of June. This will add very much
to the portable change of the country.
!IT Strawberries from Baltimore are selling in
Wheeling at 10 cents a basket.
Change of Tactics.
During the late Presidential canvass, says the
Richmond Enquirer, the most untiring efforts were
made by the Scott press, to prejudice our adopted
citizens against Gen. Pierce on Ake falsely assumed
ground that he had taken no steps towards the ab
olition of the unjust religious test in the New
Hampshire Constitution. Then it was thought
proper to flatter the foreigners for' their votes—but
the bald scheme utterly failed of its purpose. 11
Many of toe Whig press are now engaged in an
exactly opposite tact.• President Pierce has thought
proper to appoint as Charge to the Hague, August
Belmont, who, though born abroad, is thoroughly
imbued with our Republican principles -and insti
tutions, has always maintained and avowed Demo
cratic doctrines, is an accomplished gentleman, of
•great ability and integrity, and, by his education
and long residedce in this country, is eminently
fitted for the duties of-his important official post.
For this act, the President has been assailed by
many of the Whig press, which instinctively man
fest their inbred nativeism, their aversion and hor
ror for foreigners, who, flying from oppression
abroad, naturally seek a safe refuge in the ranks of
the American Democracy, who are, in principle,
opposed to the mischief of an overshadowed con
solidated government.
But these assaults will fall utterly impotent to
the ground. Leading Whig and independent jour.
nals have stepped for Ward to sustain the President
in his wise action in the selection of Mr. Belmont,
particularly at the present time. With the splen
did example of Gallatin's career before him, says the
Union, General Pierce has not considered a foreign
birth-place as disabling any man for valuable and
efficient diplomatic sdtvice. The N. F. Herald
says:
OUR MINISTER TO HOLE/JUL—The executive at
Washington has displayed a great deal of judicious
ness in its selection of a representative at the Court
of Holland. Mr. August lialmont, on whom the
choice has fallen, is perhaps the most eligible per
son that the post could have been conferred on;
and we doubt not that the results of his mission, to
the-Hague will fully justify the action of the Pres
ident, and realize the anticipations which have been
indulged in as to the peculiar benefit to accrue
therefrom, not only to this country, but to the
world at large.
" Mr. Belmont has been placed in his present po
sition mainly with a view to promote a specific ob
ject of great importance, which is neither more nor
less than the success of the Japan expedition. His
sympathies and his influence combined to point him
out as the most efficient person to carry out the
wishes of the administration and of the country in
this respect. As the son-in-law of Commodore
Mathew Perry, to whom the command of the Ja
pan expedition has been confided, he is naturally
most warmly interested in the result of that enter
prise ; and to such an intereseffie can give practical
direction and effect in his position as United States
minister to the court of that nation, which has for
centuries been the only one—out of Asia—with
which Japan has condescended to hold anything
like commercial relations.
Our new minister to the Hague is a German
by birth, but an American in politics, in feeling and
in his social connexions, He has been a resident
of this country for the past sixteen years, and with
his wife and family American by birth, and with
all his interests concentrated in this republic, he
may now be regarded de facto, as he is dejure, a cit
izen of the United States. He is a man of high pro
' bity, talent and ability; and as lie purposes aban
doning his commercial business jn New York, and
devoting his attention exclusively to diplomacy, his
friends have every confidence that he will discharge
Ihe mission intrusted to him in such a manner as
will best promote the interests of the country, and
reflect honor and credit on himself. We believe
these anticipations will not be falsified.
• The Washington Republic (Whig) has the manly
independence to do justice to this appointment, as
the following extract will show:
Few ' however, know Mr. Belmont, except as a
sort of bug-bear of the late Presidential canvass—
as the agent of the Rothchilds and consul general
of Austria, who took the lioerty of jumping up to
his eyes in the fight between our two great parties,
while it might have been better for the winning
side to have, kept his name off their programmes,
in view of this connection with those terrible ogres
the Rothschilds and Francis Joseph of Austria.--
There is no better truer-hearted American to be
found than this same Mr. Belmont, who spent a
life-time of citizenship among us, of late years, lead
ing as it were in all the great enterprises of the
commercial princes of New York, designed for the
most part to benefit the country and city, rather
than their own pockets. He gi , res away large sums
in charity; always with excellent judgment; and
he rarely fails to be foremost when thousands are
wanted for a forlorn undertaking, intended to prove
to the world that the people of the United States
are behind no others in anything likely to benefit
the human race. Alone of all the consuls general
accredited near this government, he makes no char
ges for his services, using the office for the most
part as a means of enabling him to assist the des
titute and deserving of his father land who are
thrown on our shores by the business and political
perturbations of Europe. There is a heartiness
about the man most eminently American. Indeed
his soul seems to have been born in Kentucky, if
he did first see the light on the European continent.
Even the New York Tribune, which assailed Mr .
Belmont with great acrimouy during the late can
vass, replies to an assault upon Mr. B. by one of its
correspondents, in the following language:
" There are few men who have the opportunity
of doing as much as Mr. Belmont to spread those
sacred principles of which it is impossible to doubt
that he is an ardent adherent, since Gen. Pierce en
dorses his soundness. Let him show that he is a
better Democrat than all the crowd who, like our
correspondent, sneer at his appointment. The path
of glory is open."
A correspondent of the New York Evening Post
writes—
" Personally, no one who has the least experience
of the composition of our diplomatic corps abroad,
can but rejoice at the introduction of Mr. Belmont's
name into the list of charges. His sagacity, ener
gy, knowldedge of Europe, its languages, its corn
mercial affairs, all fit him for the place. He has
given hostages that he will on all occasions main
tain and uphold the American character. He is
closefy connected by marriage with a family which
has given its blood to the country, (the Perrys,)
and there is no fear that he will not stand up as
stoutly or stickle as nicely for the rights of this re
public and its citizens, as the men whom we have
heretofore generally sent abroad as our representa
tives in the capacity of charges.
ANOTHER REPORTED OFFICIAL DEFALCATION.
--A Washington correspondent of the New York
Times says
t , It is reported in high quarters that important
developments will soon be made, touching a finan
cial operation, by which the Treasury has been
made to bleed. The Democratic version of this
story is as follows : An Ohio man, named Minor,
obtained from Secretary Corwin, upwards of a year
ago, a transfer draft on New York, for the
sum of $lOO,OOO. Minor agreeing to place the
amount in proper hands in New Orleans, within a
specified time. This he failed to do, alleging that
the institution in which he deposited the money
had failed. Minor was recommended to the Sec
retary as responsible and honorable, by the Presi
dent of a Bank or Insurance Company in Ohio, and
several letters in relation to him passed between
Mr. Corwin and other parties. Five thousnd dol
lars of the money have been recovered, but the bal
ance, it is said, will be a total loss. It is hoped,
that the late Secretary will explain, in due time,
the details of this transaction.
Tax FiswErtrxs.—The London Times has no
doubt that communications have already been.made
to the new Administration at Washington by the
British Minister, with a view to the adjustment of
several questions now pending between this coun
try and the United States—such as these fisheries,
the reciprocal freedom of trade in colonial produce,
and the law of international copyright—inter
rupted by the termination of Mr, Filimore's period
of office.
Capti Daly of the British revenue schooner Darl
ing, states, in a rei - ort to the Government of Nova
Scotia, that the American fishing vessels are of the
very best description, beautifully rigged, and they
sail very fast, are well found in every particular,
and carry large crews, a great many of whom are
men from the provinces. The difference (he says)
between the American and English vessels is very
great, for of all the English vessels, in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence the past fall, there were only four or
five that could in any way compete with the Amer
can.
iitr. Mr. Wise will niche an asconsion at Pitts
burg, on the 4th of July, in hie new mammoth bal
loon " Ulysses."
Icon. James Campbell—The Kellen.% Test.
The hkst of human principles is to be found in
human actions, and when we desire to give an im
partial judgment, we should resort to such sources
of information whenever they are ackessihde. ,
Franklin Pierce, during the late presidential cam
paign, was severely and unjustly assailed by his ad
versaries as a friend to the odious religious test
which sullies the otherwise fair character of the
tate of New Hampshire, and which strikes a blow
at the principle of religious freedom, by imposing
upon her citizens of the Roman Catholic faith a dis
qualification for any Office within her gift. He
was charged with having been a friend to that il
liberal, anti-republican, and abominable prohibition,
and with Lot having faithfully exerted himself to
secure its obliteration from the constitution of his
State. The Whig party arraigned him upon this
charge before the great jury of the American peo•
ple, and Thereupon addressed themselves to the ar
dent enthusiasm of the generous-hearted-Irish pop
ulation of the country. From that unjust accusa
tion he was ably defended by his politicl friends
by the press, and by the records of his public ca,
Leer; and, after a long and arduous trial, he was
proudly acquitted by the brilliant verdict of his corm- -
trymen. Nobly, indeed, has he proved himself
worthy of such a vindication, by giving to the coon.
• try and to the world, since his elevation to the pres
idency of the United States, in one of his highest
official acts, the most positive and indubitable tes
timony that he is an enemy to the principle of re
ligious intolerance, and a friend to the great funda
mental doctrine of freedom of conscience, without
which all names, all professions, all forms of gov
ernment having in view the euds.of true political
liberty, must prove a, mere mockery, and fail of the
attainment of such great designs as those which lie
at the foundation of our republican institutions.
By the appointment, as a minister in his cabinet,
of a member of the Roman Catholic Church, the
President has given to the country the highest pos
sible evidence of his worthiness of its verdict of ac
quittal from this severe aspersion, and to his own
character the most triumphant vindication from a
charge, which, it true, would have rendered him un
worthy of any mark of public confidence, under a
free government, as his pure and blameless political
life has made him eminently deserving of the honor
to which he ha=-been so handsomely elevated, and
which, as true republican, he so modestly and grace
fully wears. .
The present able and accomplished Postmaster
General is, by faith and profession, a Roman Cath
olic; and whether his selection for that important
position was made with- a view of giving positive
and unequivocal testimony of the testing and prin
ciple of the President in regard to the religious test,
or not, it nevertheless effectually answers that pur
pose. It is obvious that General Pierce did not
deem the Papal faith a disqualifying cause, in the
selection of his confidential advisers; that he did not
permit a difference of religious faith or sentiment
to bias him in the choice of his cabinet; but that,
on the contrary, he was ready to declare by deed,
whictbspeaks louder than word, that honest religi
ous opinion should not operate with him to the ex
elusion of any man from 'official position. Thus
• has he shown himself, beyond suspicion or doubt,
to be free from that feature of the organic law of
his own State, which precludes a certain class of
her citizens from receiving the honors and emolu
ments of office, under her authority, for reasons
which stand at variance with the true principles of
I human freedom.
We hope that the high example of her honored
son will exert a salutary influence upon the future
course of the Granite State, and that she will not
prove that she has a'grariite heart, by persisting in
the retention, upon the page of her otherwise fair
constitution, of a stain which reflects a blush to the
cheek of every American whose mind is imbued
with the true sentiment of civil and religious liber
ty.
The selection of the Hon. James Campbell for the
position to which be has been appionted, will not
only serve as a complete and triumphant release of
the President from all suspicion of sympathy with
this religious test - , but will otherwise redound to the
advantage and honor of the administration. His
talents, his attainments, his great business capacity,
and, "last, though not least," his urbane and cour
teous bearing, give every assurance that he will em
inently distinguish himself on the wide theatre of
duty upon which he has entered. Already have
his official acts indicated that he will come fully up
to the expectation and demands of the country, by
a prudent, energetic and able administration of the
department over which he presides; the expansion
of which has become so vast, and the duties of
which are rapidly every (lay increasing, with the
internal developments of our country, as to require,
for its proper supervision and management, theta].
ent of our very ablest men. That a happy selec
tion for that important position has been made in
the appointment of Judge Campbell, the antece-
dents of his useful though unostentatious life afford
us no slight assurance. Of the multitude„ who have
visited the Post Office
new
since the coin:
mencement of the new administration, none have
come away otherwise than to praise his fairness
and promptness in the dispatch of the public busi
ness, and to heap encomiums upon the kind and cor
dial amenities that mark his personal intercourse.
Experience has taught us how pleasant it is for
strangers to pass from the cold contact which they
too aften meet at Washington into the bland and
genial presence of such a man. His kindness makes
too deep an impression upon the hearts of those
who go out from him to be soon forgotten, and his
abilities will, we predict, make such an impression
upon the country, in the discharge of his official
functions, as to secure for him its highest confidence
and regard. Whether Roman Catholic or Protes
tant, give us more such men.—Florence (Ala.) Ga
zette.
Col. Jefferson Davis
The Indiana State Sentinel thus explains the po.
litical position of this patriotic and brave citizen:
"No party in Mississippi was ever in favor of
disunion per se, and among the stale-sights men of
that State there was a wide difference of opinion.
Col. Davis. A. G. Brown, S. Thompson, and others,
did not go as far as Gout. Quitman. The parties
in Mississippi were divided as to the mode of se
curing their rights in the
,Union, and the power of
a state to secede. The Union party denied the
power. The State Rights party maintained the
right of secession, but was opposed to its exercise.
Col. Davis belonged to the latter school. He con
tended that when the government became subver
sive of the ends for which it was founded, the peo
ple had the inalienable right to alter or amend that
form of government, so as to protect their rights
and secure them in the enjoyment of their property
and personal liberty. He contended for a mkt
construction of the constitution, opposed the exer
cise. of doubtful powers by the general government,
and maintained the independence and sovereignty
of the states.
This was the creed promulgated by Jefferson, the
apostle of liberty. Madison was its able expounder,
and Jackson its consistent and zealous defender.—
We know Jefferson Davis well; and though we may
not concur in all his views, we do know. that
this Union and it is, as it was . formed by the
wise and patriotic fathers of the republic, has
not in this broad land a more zealous advocate.—
His support of the Union has not been the empty
declamation of the fourth of July orator. 'He has
given other and better evidence. The shattered
limb and limping gait—the pain and suffering from
an honorable wound—ought to mantle the cheek
of his slanderers with shame. His father and his
uncle fought through the revolution, giving their
treasure, their youth, and their blood to the sacred
cause of constitutional freedom. Three of his broth
ers fought to maintain our independence in the war
of 1812. Two of them were the comrades ofJack
son, and received his Commendations'for their gal
lantry at New Orleans. At the age of sixteen he
entered the service of his country. For sixteen
years he wore its uniform, and bore its arms. The
flag of his country greeted his eyes with the rising
sun, and floated before his vision through;the day,
until the shades of night shrouded it in darkness.—
At Monterey and:Buena Vista he periled his life
and shed his blood to sustain the honor of that flag.
Now we are told that he is in favor or breaking up
this glorious Union, and destroying the noblest gov
ernment that God ever vouchsafed to man. To
what extremities will not the madness of party
drive men From such assaults Jefferson Davis
has nothing to fear. We speak with some feeling
on this subject; we know the man, and we know
he has been vilely slandered."
TERRIBLE Rm.—A riot occurred at Montreal,
in Canada, on the occasion of an anti-Catholic lec
ture by Father Gavazzi, an Italian, who lec
tured a few weeks ago in several of our large ci
ties, on the same subject. The military had to be
called out to suppress it, but before it was done,
some twenty-five or thirty persons werpkilled or
wounded.
The Ohio river is said to be very low just
now. Most of the Pittsburg and Cincinnati packets
have laid up, and also the Union Line from Wbeel
ing to Louisville. The Wheeling Intelligence; says
none bnt boat. of the lightest draught can run:
CITY AND - COUNTY ITEMS
igr THE THEATRE still continues in successful
°Oration; attracting crowds to Fulton Hall. On
.Wednesday night, the occasion of Mr. McFsa-
WM'S Benefit, there was a perfect jam—the same
on SaMiday et;ening,'for thehenefit of the gentle
manly Treasurer of the CoMpany, Mr. VANETA
TOREH. On Thursday and Friday evenings, Mr. and
Mrs. I. Gn.nitar played seveMl of their best pieces,
Which' were admirably executed, and elicited the
warmest Minna of applause Om the audience.
Madame 'Anna Tar Lion, from the Opera
COMi4llfl, Paris, and Conven' Garden and Princess>
Theatres; London, is now fulfilling a short engage
ment Of three nights only—adsisted by Mr. Hunsoni
the celebrated vocalist and delineator of Irish char
acteri from the London Theatres. He appears in
Opera and Farce. Madame Tamer, and Mr. HUD
SON made their first appearance last night, to a full
house, in the' celebrated Opera, entitled "The
Crown Diamonds." (Madana l e Tsrttx.orr as La Ca-
.
tirina, and Mr. Hunsorr as Don Henriquez De San
doval.) To say that they fully sustained the high
reputation that preceded tt4ir visit to this City, is
what every body will admit Who heard them. Dur
ing the engagement, Mr. Hunson will appear i.
several of his favorite Irish characters, in whi, e
is said to be unequaled by any'Comedian now upon
the American boards. Thriy are really splendid
performers, and do not fail tD draw immense hoes".
wherever they play. Thei engagement here Neill
terminate on Wednesday night. Those, therefore,
of our, ,citizens, who desire to hear these distin
guished Artistes, should en . brace the present op
portunity, as they will leave for Philadelphia on
Thursday morning, and it May be a long time be
fore they again visit Lancaster.
Mr. CLARKE, the favoritelComedian of the Com
pany, will take a Benefit on' Thursday evening.
DI - The FAxrr OF SIVA is coming, and no mis
take. This wonderful Necremancer will visit Lan
caster shortly, for the purprise of giving several of
his inimitable exhibitions. He attracts immense
crowds wherever he goes. I
fer Rev. Peter Won!) is about to retire from hie
charie of the Moravian Chiirch, at Litiz, and will
be succeeded by Rev. Levin Rcichel, of Nazareth,
0:3" Rev. E. W. IncEacin, formerly of Maine
will preach a discourse on Temperance in the Firs
Methodist Church, on Sunday evening next. .
00- A County Mass Meeting of the friends of
Temperance will be held in Strasburg, on Sat
urday next, commencing at 10 A. M. The meet
ing will be addressed by Rev. E. W. Jackson, late
of Maine, Rev. P. Coombe; Rev. H. Harbaugh, Dr..
Sumner Stebbins, and others. A Central County
Committee will be appointed at thin Meeting.
1:0- A great many improvements are now going
on in this City, and more are in contemplation.--
But the complaint is that the materials, especialiy
brick, cannot be had. Our Brickmakers are all ac
tively at work in their:several yards, but the supply
is altogether inadequate to the demand. Several
houses remain in an unfinished state, for want of
this necessary material,
&r 4 AMERICAN, klarit.c.—A young bald eagle
measuring about three feet across the wings, Was
captured ahem two weeks:ago, by a colored man,
in the lower :part or this County. Yesterday he
brought the bird to this city and sold it to Mayor
Kieffer. When lull grown it will measure from
seven to nine feet.—/nland Daily.
IF.aorreuric.—Mr. John Wise, of this city, the
23 ranaut, is engaged to mike three Balloon ascen
sions for the proprietors of the New York Hippo
drome, in that city, on Monday, Wednesday end
Friday of this week.
NEW PA/MR.—Rev. Dr; Henry :Balf, has recent
ly been appointed assistant Pastor of the Catholic
St. Mary , s Church of this city, in place of Rev. Mr.
Eagle, who has taken charge of the Catholic
Church in Safe-Harbor.
FUGITIVE ARRESTED.—OG Sunday, officer Lys
ter, of West Philadelphia; arrested Thomas Patch
el, a resident of Delaware county, as a fugitive
from justice. It appears that last autumn he came
into Lancaster county, and made an engagement
with Mr. Christian C; Souder. After remaining
some weeks he absconded in the night, carrying
with him a lot of jewelry' and clothing, valued at
$56. On Sunday the pH:sorter was recognized at
the Cross Key tavern, on the West Chester road, by
a drover, who immediately gave information of the
fact to the police. In default of $5OO bail, Patch
el was committed by Alderman Allen to await a
requisition.—Express.
ELECTION.--The_ Directors of the Lancaster,
Lebanon and Pine Grove railroad company, met
on the afternoon of the Bth inst., and elected Chris-
tian E. Spangler, President; William H. Wilson,
-Chief Engineer; and J. Edgar Thompson, Consult
ing Engineer. The following resolution was
adopted, relative to the route:
"That the report of the Engineer•in-Chief made
in reference to the line of survey of the Road be
tween the Cornwall Ore Bank, and a point near
the Canal and Lebanon, be adopted, and that the
location mq,de by him be approved by this Board ;
also that the Engineer-in-Chief, in connection with
the President, be and are hereby authorized and
directed to take immediate means for placing this
portion of the Road under contract."
•
ANOTHER FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. - -011
Wednesday evening last, another accident happen
ed on the railroad at Lemon Plaee. by which Hen
ry Hess, of Chester county lost hie life. It appears
he attempted to get on a burden train of care
whilst in motion, and in doing so, fell over a stone
heap lying on the road and got under the wheels,
the train passing over him. He was picked up and
brought to Henry Bear's Hotel, in this city, where
be died duringthe night. Yesterday' his body was ta
ken to thfl.vicinity of the Copper Mines, in Ches
ter county, where he resided, for interment.—ln
/and Daily.
FORMAL OPENING Or FRANKLIN ANG MARSHALL
COLLEGE,—Thie ceremony took place, at Fulton
Hall, on Tuesday evening last. Addresses were
delivered by Hon. ALEXANDER L. HAYES, of this
City; Rev. Dr. Joan W. NEVIN, of Mercersburg;
and Bishop PorTDR, of Philadelphia. We were
not present, not having been favored with a ticket
of admission, (EDITORS, although considered very
convenient for puffing purposes, are not generally
ranked amongst the priifileged classes upon such
occasions,) but learn that the Hall was densely
crowded with spectators, and that every thing
passed offniatisfactorily to those who witnessed the
exercises, save and except the prolixity.of one of
the addresses.
APPOINTMENT BY THZ P. M. GENEILAI.. — Dr
JAMES CU I OHMAN to be Postmaster at Marietta.
A capitril selection. Dr. C. is a first rate business
man, and one . of the most intelligent, active and
influentialj Democrats in that section of the County.
Of plesang manners and courteous and ac
commodrting disposition, he cannot fail to be
one of the most popular appointments ever made
in the Borough of Marietta for that office.
TEE .iI'ORM OF FRIDAY WEEK.—The vicinity
of Straebnrg borough was visited on Friday after
noon, 3rdJ inst., by a hurricane and tornado of unu
sual viole i nce. Fortunately the storm was of lim
'ited extent, but within these limits the effects were
most disastrous. The growing crops of wheat
were alrribst entirely destroyed, and the other crops
were seriously damaged. The principal sufferers
were Johh F. Herr, Adam Espenshade, Jacob Frce
lich, and! Henry Herr; and others, whose farms
were embraced by the outskirts of the storm, also
suffered Considerably. Mr. Espenshade's loss is es
timated at sBoo—Mr. J. F. Herr's at $l6OO, be
having fifty acres of very superior wheat entirely
destroyed. Hailstones as large as walnuts, some
much larger, covered the ground like snow. There
was also ,'considerable hail in the'northwestern part
of the county, in the vicinity of Mount Joy, Peters
burg, Manheim, &c., by which • much damage was
done. The Cedar Hill Seminary suffered some
what in the breaking of
,windows, and two steers
belonging to John H. Brenner, Esq., near Mount
Joy, were killed, probably by lightning.
In this city there was a heavy fall of raid, but
little Bail.—Express.
FOREI!PN POSTAGE.—We are indebted to the po
litenees of Postmaster General CAMPBELL, for a
Schedule; or " Table of Postages to Foreign Conn
tries"--embracing letters, magazines, pamphlets,
newspapers, &c.
THE NEW Coma HousE.—On Monday evening
the last of the four immense cast iron columns of
the New Court House was actin its place, and Mr.
Smith, the Superintending Athhitect, offered our'
citizens an opportunity ordepositing such articles
as they pleased in the column. We are glad to find
that many persona took advantage of the occasion.
Smith has kindly furnished us with the fol
lowing list of articles deposited :-
From H. P. Smith—lst edition of Gillson , s Land
Surveying, printed in Dublin.
:Storrow nu
_Waterworks.
- GMmian Almanac, 1853.
English " 1.4
Traveller's Compaul'on through the U. States, ex
hibiting railroads, river, lake and canal navigation
routes.
12 numbers of Farm Journal.
2 Medals of Gineral Scott
4 Irish coins—very ancient..
Map of the city of Pniladelphia.
7 Indian Flint Arrows, found on the " Old In
dian Kittanning Path," near Hollidaysburg, Blair
county.
4 New York, 4 Philadelphia and 1 Baltimore
newspaper.,
. From W. & J. Konigmacher—A full set of Stone
Cutter's Tools.
From Daniel McCormack—A list of the names o
all the stone cutters employed.
A handsome two foot rule.
From S. f I . Aaymaker—One Bottle Brandy and
one bottle old Madeira.Wine—Reigart's very best.
From J. 11. Markley—Package of superior Ha
vana Segars.
2 Packages of Hoyt's superior Fine Cut Tobacco.
2 Pipes.
From H. Demuth-1 Package Snuff.
1 " Segars.
From Edward McPherson-23 Numbers of the
Lancaster Inland Daily.
From Henry A. Wade—One Package.
From J. R. Reigart—Reports of Treasurers sod
Commissioners of Lancaster county, in regard to
building old Court House, published 1793.
From F. Lobar —A list of the names of Laborers
at Court House.
. _
From a Student, (M. Bmchtal)—A Package from
Franklin and Marshall College.
From Hon. Thaddeus Stevens—Abstract of 7th
Census, 1552, handsomely bound.
From County Commissioners—Specification o
Court House.
_
From O. Banes—Mechanics' Manual.
From Charles R. Frailey—Specimens of Pen
manship and Drawing, on enamellea cards, exceed
ingly well executed and truly beautiful.
From sundry persons—names unknown:
A letter, 4 • To the handsomest girl in Lancaster
city, in care of the Mayor."
44 44 To the best wife in Lancaster city,
in care of the oldest bachelor."
44 " To the most consummate puppy in
Lancaster city, in care of the city
Council."
" " To the oldest female in Lancaster
city."
" To the oldest male inhabitant in Lan
caster city."
4 " To the oldest Medical Physician in
Lancaster city."
44 44 To the person who has the best reg
ulated and beet cultivated garden in
' Lancaster city, in care of the city
Councils."
l 4 To the Editor of the oldest estab
lished Newspaper in Lancaster city."
Description of Lancaater . city.
6 Packages; contents norknown.
6 Lancaster City Newspapers.
List of all the Churches in
,Lancaster city.
Internal lir provement Laws of Pennsylvania.
4 Pamphlets.
Some orthe foregoing letters are truly admirable.
The Wine and Brandy were lowered to the base
of the column, as were also the Stone Cutters'
Tools. The other articles were carefully wrapped
in paper and deposited in a strong canvass bag, and
suspended in the centre of the shaft, and at pre
cisely 20 minutes after 5, P. M., the whole con
tents were hid from human view by covering them
with the ponderous Abacus.—lnland Daily.
Nzw LOCOMOTIVE.—The first of the new Loco
motive Engines, for the Philadelphia and Columbia
Railroad, built at Paterson, N. J., made its appear
ance at Parkesburg an Saturday, and attracted unus
ual attention. It is an Engine of eighty hoise pow
er, and of the most perfect and beautiful finish and
workmanship, strongly contrasting with, end vastly
superior to, the Locomotives that have heretofore
be,n used upon the Road, both in size, strength,
power and machinery. The immense increase of
business upon this portion of our public improve.
menu rendered a corresponding increase of motive
power necessary, and we are glad to find that Col.
BAKER, the able and accomplished Superintendent
of the Road, has been Successful in procuring such
.model Engines. It speaks well for his sound judg
ment and thorough knowledge of the duties apper
taining to his responsible station.
LANCASTER AND PINE GROVE RAILROAD.—On
Monday week the following gentlemen were elect
ed Directors for the ensuing year:
Christian E. Spangler, George W. Carpenter,
John Farnum,lohn Yarrow, Geo. Howell, Samuel
J. Reeves, Robert Keller, Joe. Komgmacher, Jos.
M. Thomas.
The North American of Tuesday says:—" It
"will be gratifying to the community to perceive
"that a majority of the gentlemen chosen are Di
"rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and that
"the improvements, intended to form a continuous
" line of railway between Philadelphia and Pitts
"burg, will be under a united harmonious manage
" meat. It may also be inferred from the charac
ter of the Board just chosen, that the Lancaster,
" Lebanon and Pine Grove railroad, will be vigor
" ously pushed forward to completion."
This Will be good news to the citizens of the
northern.townships of Lancaster county.
Tax PxxxsrLystsisx.—The editorial chair of
this sterling Democratic paper, which has long en
joyed a proud position as a political journal, has
recently been transferred to J. M. Cooper, on the
occasion of the appointment of Mr. Hope, the late
able editor. • We have never had the pleasure of a
personal acquaintance with the gentleman who
takes his place; but from his introductory leader,
we feel satisfied that the high standing of this val
uable paper will be fully sustained. His frank and
honest support of the present State Administration
will be received with enthusiasm by the Western
Pennsylvania Democracy, as an evidence that the
course of Gov. Bigler and his associates has re
ceived the approval of the people in a section of
the Commonwealth where, it there had been dis
satisfaction, we could not have expected its con
cealment. We do not know that any good reasons
existed to anticipate murmurings even in Philadel
phia. But local interests have sometimes power to
create discontent, when they come in opposition to
the course of a government which must be admin
istered with reference to the general good. The
tact, that on one occasion, there was an unfortunate
collison between those having control of our public
works, and a company which has and deserves to
have the sympathy of Philadelphians, gave some
faint hope to our opponents that the people in the
Eastern part of the State would allow their local
predilections to prove superior to their wishes for
the general welfare. That controversy has been
happily terminated;; and we have the flattering as
surance that the policy of the administration is no
longer questioned, even in localities the most likely
to dissent.
We regard the new editor's frank avowal of a
determination to support Gov. Bigler for a second
term, as, at least, conclusive of the present state of
feeling among the Demociacy of Philadelphia
county, and as such, it will be read with no little
pleasure in a portion of the State, that was the
earliest in the support of the distinguished individ
ual who, by honesty and industry, has arrived at
We are not among those who.thing it is too ear
ly to speak of the. next Gubernitorial contest. It
is true, it is yet a considerable listancQ in the fu
ture. Before it arrives circumstances may chahge;
but thite are some men who have been so long
tried, and who have established confidence so firm
ly, that we know we shall find them, a year hence.
precisely the same able, steady and true supporters
of Democratic principles, and as pure in moral rec
titude as we know.them to be now. The Pennsyl
vanian has not been premature in expressing a wish
that will meet with a general, hearty response.—
Pittsburg Union.
RATES OF POSTAGE.—It is not easy to keep al
ways in mind the required amount of postage on
letters, &c., under the law now in force. The fol
lowing convenient table of rates gives the informa
tion required at a glance, and which we present to
our readers with the suggestion to cut it out, and
put it in some conveniunt place, to save the trou
ble of asking and of having to answer questions
about it :
Letters—Each half ounce, under 3000 miles pre
paid, 3 cts.; unpaid, 6 cts. Over 3000 mires, pro.
paid, 6 cts.; unpaid, 10 cor.
All printed matter in general—Anywhere in the
United States—first three ounces, 1 et.; each sub
sequent ounce, 1 cent. If not prepaid, deuble these
rates.
Newspapers and periodicals—Paid quarterly or
yearly in advance—fire'-three ounces, 1 c.; each
subsequent ounce, kc. And, if weighing not over
11 oz., in the State where published, c. each; and
weekly papers in -the county where published, free.
Small newspapers and periodicaja—published
monthly or oftener, and pamphlets of 15 octavo
lageiror less, when Bent in packages, weighing at
east 8 oz., prepaid, c. an ounce.
Books—bound or unbound, weighing not more
than 4 lbs. may be sent by mail. For each ounce,
under 3000 miles, prepaid, 1 c.; unpaid 11 c.; over
3000 miles, prepaid, 11 unpaid 3c.
Fractions over a single rate charged as a one rate.
'Periodicals, in the sense used above - are publica
tions likened once in three months or oftener.
Correepoodeewe of the Intelligence,
Washington Correspondence
EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
WesiunoTon, D. C., June 10, 1E153
- Last Monday we had, in this City, an election
fir municipal officers, and for the first time, since
my residence here, the Democratic partyhad a tick
et, and plated in nomination for Collector, Capt.
J. Y. Bryant; for Register P. M. Pearson, Esq.—
These two offices are the best within the gilt of the
citizens of corporation. I merely mention this,
to advise you, that the democratic candidates were
beaten by large majorities, and by those persons,
wbo call themselves democrats, casting their votes
for the whig candidates. Many of the so called
democratic opponents of Messrs. Bryant and Pear
son are holding office under Government, and
some, not a few of them, appointed to office under
this administration. Their voting thus, is a com- •
mentary on the consistency of each men. Not one
of them should be suffered to hold office under the
general government; and we hope. the Secretary of
the Interior, the Post Master General, and the Sec
retary of the Treasury will make room for some
of their employees, who have preferred the success
of the whig to the democratic candidates. Some
few of our Pennsylvanians, whose sole desire is to
adhere to regular nominations, voted the demo
crat c ticket, and, although we are in a large mi
nority, yet, we feel that we did our duty to our
party, as well as the administration with which we
, are identified and proud to support. The decep
tive democrats, in the late election, should be
likened to the members of the Legislature of New
York, who have their "hats chalked" to give them
a free passage. They deserve this notice from the
different Secretaries, and we shall be pleased to
see them all thus attended to at an early day.
1 notice, with much satisfaction an able defence
in )oar paper of Secretary GUTHRIE. In this you
have spoken the opinion of the democratic party in
this section of the Union. Indeed, Mr. GUTHRIE
is one of the right stripe al a democrat; he goes
in for law ; no constructive definition of the plain
letter of the law, and, as the law requires the
transportation of specie to points, where the public
exigencies require it, no well wisher to hiscountry
would expect the Secretary to adopt his policy of
action to the loose manner in which the public fi
nanies were transferred under the late Secretary,
Mr. Corwin. Mr. Corwin did business in his own
way. That was his business while in power, but '
a democrat now being at the head of the Treasury,
one who has the nerve to execute the law, and the
will to deal justly with the public revenue, whig
gory need not have troubled themselves with any
qualms of coiscience about the safety of the pub
lic monies ;—it is too late for them to thus express
themselves ; the Galphins and the Gardiners occu
pation have had their day. Such scenes of pecu
!atom in dollars and cents and " mew and " old
clothes ," for opinions sake, have passed away—
never to return. Certainly, they will never return
under the vigilant (rye and close supervision of
Secretary GUTHRIE.
Mr. CHARLES L."WOODBURY, recently appointed
by the President, Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, ru
mor says, declines his mission. It is stated, that
Mr. W. was desircus to have the appointment of
Post Master at Boston. I do not think d 1 r. W.
should be a Post Master, hut, the President under
stand, bat question better than I can advise him
on that subject. As the eccentric Jodge Bibb
quaintly remarked, while he was Secretary of the
Treasury, to a friend " that he did not know if he
Made a good Secretary of the froasury or not—but
this he did know, that being Secretary of the Treas
ury was a very good office." So, I think, in the ap
pointment of Ale. NV. to the Chargeship at Bolivia;
we think that the President tendered him a "very
good of f ice," and one Bill up to the good qualities
of the recipient; therefore, it Mr. W. has declined
his appoinment, we think him somewhat f; hasty f ,
in his movements. But lie knows what is what,
and there the question rests for the present.
It appears, from the news from Mexico, that
Gov. Trials as retired from the Mesilla Valley,
and that there is expected to be a settlement of the
question of the disputed boundary by negotiation
between the two governments. If so, we shall re
joice at the returning sense of propriety that has
taken possession of the mind of SANTA ANNA. It
he finds that he can cheat the U. States by delay,
he is the very man to put such a scheme into eJe
cution. Our new Minister, Col. Gansnerr, must
keep a sharp eye upon him.
The President and Cabinet have had long ses
sions of late. Of course we cannot state the cause.
Our Mexivan difficulties is one cause, that is cer
tain, and the instructions for Mr. Buchanan is sup
posed to be another cause of discussion between
the members of the Cabinet. If I mistake not,
the appointment of Minister to France is no easy
matter of decision to the Cabinet. That question
will be settled ere long.
ExeCutlon of Arthur Spring.
PHILADELPHIA, June In, 180
Arthur Spring, convicted of the murder of Mrs
Lynch and Mrs. Shaw, was executed this morning
in the yard of the Aloyarnensing Prison, at a quar
ter past 11 o'clock. There were live hundred per
sons present. He was attended by the Rev. Messrs.
Street, Kensil and Alexander, who in turn were
with the prisoner all last night. Spring slept about
four hours—the remainder of the night was spent in
religious exercises.
A letter was received from Gov. Bigler early this
morning, staling that executive clemency could not
be exercised.
Spring declared his innocence. He also said his
son was innocent, but that he had brought money
and put in his pocket. When he reached the gal.
lows a hymn was sung, alter which the Rev. Mr.
Street asked him, in the most solemn manner,
whether he was guilty of the murder for which he
was now about to suffer the extreme perialty of the
law. Spring answered, "No, sir; no, sir." He
was asked whether he was guilty or the murder of
Rink. " I never saw him in my life." He was also
questioned as to the innocence of his son. He said
—" I believe he had nothing more to do with it
than I had."
Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr. Kemal,
after which the rope was adjusted around the prix•
oner's neck. Again he asseverated the innocence
of his son, without qualification. Immediately after
the drop fell, and Arthur Spring was launched into
eteruity. He died soon—there was but a single
contraction of the legs.
Sot= AmittitcA.—The papers contain a few
items of intelligence from South America, received
by the steamship Bogota. Col. Doane one of her
passengers, reports that Peru had declared war
against Bolivia, and that the Peruvian fleet was at
Africa having landed five thousand troops.
A letter from Lima. dated May 12, states that
Boyln, President of Bolivia' had dismissed his Min
ister of foreign affairs, Bustillo. and expresses a
hope that this action will tend to the restoration
of pacific relations between the two countries.
The U. S. store ship Southampton arrived at Val
paraiso on the 23d of April.
The Republic of Ecuador has settled its difficulty
with the French Republic. Its government saluted
the French flag, and expressed its regret for the al
leged insult to Count Montholon, and agreed to pay
eight thousand dollars claimed for damages to prop
erty of a French citizen.
Valparaiso is rapidly assimilating itself to an
American town. It is already partially lighted
with gas. The lower classes are learning to chew'
tobacco and swear in tolerable good English ; and
our eyes were gladdened a few days since by the
sight of a New York "Omnibus" on a small scale.
WIDOW'S BOUNTY? Lan") Cr...ann.—lt appears
that a large numbers of widows whose second hus
bands having died, suppose their claims to bounty
land on account of the services of their first hug
bands are still valid. This supposition, it will be
seen by the following, is an error:
Pension-Ofce, Washington, May 26, 1P63.
By a recent decision of this office, widows are
not entitled, who have married since the death of
the husband fur whose services she claims land
bouncy, except thosewidows whom husbands were
killed in battle. Very respectfully,
S. COLE:, for Commissioner.
BUFFALO, June 10.
DEATH OP GENERAL Rrizr —Brew Brigadier
General Riley died last night, aged 66 years.
He went to California in 1848, was ordered to
take command of a Regiment on the Rio Grande,
but he returned home, and, being unable, through
ill health, to return to active service, settled in Bur.
falo.
He has been suffering for some time from can
cer, and leaves a widow and five children. The lb
neral, with military honors, will take place to-mor
row afternoon.
la" Col. Gwrz, Editor of the Reading Gazette, has
been appointed an Inspector in the Philadelphia
Custom House, by Collector Brown. Brother Getz
i. a hard working end deserving democrat, never
kicking over the traces, though be has bad some
heavy loads to pull up hill. Collector Brown has
shown great sagacity rand discretion in making
this selection.
A Micitiola HAIL STORM.-1 , is stated that a
hail storm lately passed over Macomb county,
Mich, and the stones varied from the size of a
musket ball to two•thirds the size of a goose egg.—
Men caught in the storm were so pounded by
chunks of ice as to be confined to their houses for
two or three days.
040' THE Soured. JOURNAL continues to improve
in interest and usefulness! 'The number for the
current month closes the first number of the peri
odical as a State Journal, and the Editor Mr. Bda-
ROWEe, promises still farther improvements in the
second, volume.. Terms S 1 per annum, payable in
advance.
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