fieitter SANDERSON, EDITOR Lancaster, June 23, 1853. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS: CANAL COMMISSIONER,. THOMAS H. FORSYTH, OF PHILADELPHIA. COUNTY AUDITOR GENERAL, EPHRAIM BANKS, OF MIFFLIN COUNTY - FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY,I OF CRAWFORD COUNTY The Wounded Pigeon Flutters! Why does not "A CITIZEN," who figures in the last Examiner, in reference to the appointment of Postmaster at Marietta, write over his proper signature? The ear-marks of the author are too plainly visible in every line of the malignant, but frothy production, to be mistaken by any body, and it betrays "i cowardly spirit - thus to attempt to skulk behind a fictitious signature for the purpose of avoiding responsibility. The , Examiner, it is true, endorses the writer's democracy; but an en dorsement from that quarter must be taken for just what it is worth—not a farthing more. Good Dem ocrats never resort to a Whig paper to make known their grievances and abuse their fellow-Dembcrats; —Boors ones—we mean such as are in the habit of striking the State ticket for Supreme Judges, Canal Commissioners, &c., and whose Guerilla pro pensities are so well known—may select that paper as their organ. But the attempt of such men, aided and assisted by rabid Whig coadjutors, to injure Dr. Cusamen, the efficient and popular Postmaster of Marietta, is supremely absurd. It would be de cidedly more to their credit to " grin and bear " under their disappointment, with as much philoso phy as possible, rather than make themselves A diculous by pouring forth their venom through the - columns of a Whig print. By the way, what about that threatened " indignation meeting?" We should be glad to know when it is to be held. Tan ADMINISTRATION Or GOVERNOR 13 , 1 GEER has thus far met the highest expectations of its friends. Prudent, sagacious, and soundly Democratic in his views of State policy, he has brought to the Executive department all the qualities the people sought, when they elected him their Chief Magis trate. By the judicious use of the constitutional check upon the acts of Legislature, he has saved us from the evils ,of a vast amount of hasty and un wise legislation ; and by resolutely adhering to the determination laid down iu his inaugural address, to oppose all attempts to increase the Banking cap ital of the State, he has preserved the currency up on a sound basis, and kept within bounds the wild spirit of speculation which invariably follows the 'unlimited issue of paper money. The Governor's careful oversight of the State finances, has had the most salutary tendeney, in increasing the revenue without any additional tax-laws, (the passage of which has been a favorite trick with our political opponents) and greeting their appropriation into the proper channels to advance the public interest; while the sinking fund for the reduction of the State Debt, has been jealously guarded against any at tempt to divert it from its important purpose.-- Under this system of management, the creditof our Commonwealth has been completely restored, and Pennsylvania securities now stand among the best in the Stock Markets both at home andabroad. In brief, Governo,Bigler has proved himself, in every respect, equal to, the responsible post he holds, by the will of the people; and we look to his re-nomi: nation and election, as foregone conclusions; being nothing more than the merited tribute of approba tion to one who has been tried, and not found want ing.—Reading Gazette. trE The Memphis convention has adjourned, and its closing proceedings, says the New Orleans Pica yune, were chiefly important as having reference to the Pacific railroad. It took strong ground in favor of the Mississippi project, and adopted a se ries of resolutions directing the attention of the gov ernment to the necessity of the work. It was also recommended that the public lands be donated to the States bordering on the Mississippi river. No particular route for the road was designated as the choice of the convention, hut a variety of essen tial qualifications were hinted at. The body was non-commital on severarpoints, and refused to entertain a resolution in l relation to Cuba offered by Mr. Thrasher. The next convocation is announced to take place at Charleston, in April, 1854. Census of California We are indebted to our friend, Dr. M. M. Moons, for au extra of the Columbia (Cal.) Gazette, con taining the census of California. From it we learn that the total population of the State, at the time the census was taken, amounted to 264,435 souls —of which San Francisco City. and County had 36,151. The number of acres of land in cultiva tion was 110,748, the annual produce of which was 2,973,734 bushels of Barley, 100,497 of Oats, 271,- 763 of Wheat, 1,393,170 of Potatoes and 62,532 of Corn. There were 108 Quartz Mills; and the amount of capital invested was as follotvs, viz : Quartz Mining, $5,871,405; Placer Mining, $4,- 174,419; other Mining. operations, $3,551,623; and for other purposes, $41,061,933. Late from the Pacific The steamship Northern Light, from San Juan, with California dates to the let inst., reached New York on Friday. She brought 400 passengers who have a large amount of gold in hand, and reports the steamship California as having left San Fran cisco on the Ist inst., with $2,283,000 in gold on her manifest.' The Northern Light reports that, the ship James town, at San Francisco from Crime, brought dates from tha . t. Empire to the 6th of April, from which we learn that the rebels were driven from the walls of Nankin with immense slaughter. 117" The editor of the Harrisburg Keystone has struck a new lead. He is now endeavoring to prove that Ji.z7s BucluziAw is an Abolitionist. He will have a happy time making out his case. Our feelings towards Mr. BUcaANAN are those of abstract friendship. We feel proud of him as a fellow citizen, and owe can cordially accord to him the palm of devotion to the Union. His fidelity cannot be doubted, and the vituperations of five thousand Keystones would not or could not be suf_ ficient to induce the people'to believe the falsehoods uttered by one of thern.—Piftstrurg Post. GEORGE LAW AND SANTA ANNA.—The New York Freeman's Journal states that an agent left New . Orleans on the Ist instant for Vera Cruz for the purpose of negotiating a sale to Santa Anna for the famous lot of muskets owned by Mr. Geo. Law, and also of offering to furnish other war-like materials, ammunition, &c., for the equipment of an army of 100,000 men. The Journal says it ob. tains the information from a reliable source. Tr The extreme heat of the weather during the greater portion of last week, caused a great number of deaths in the large cities. Tile Phila delphia and New York papers record the different cases of coup de solid that terminated fatally. • . Err Frederick Tarr, convicted of passing coun terfeit gold dollars, was sentenced by Judge Kane, on Friday, to pay $1 fine, and be imprisoned in the 'Eastern Penitentiary for 2 years. MimeArr.—On the 20th inst., the people Of Michigan, by a large majority, decided in favor of the Maine Liquor Law. Shall we have War ? In dealing with almost any other power than Mexico, reliance might be placed in its following the dictates of reason and common sense in some degree. Its fears, if not its wisdom and moderation, would induce it to adopt every - means consistent with national hovr to avoid a war with the United States. But:the present ruler of Mexico has whiten exhibited his blind hatred' of this country, his foolhardy rashness and infatuation, and his thor, ough.incapability of comprehending his true situa tion and that of his people, that we, need not be astonished at any insane step he may take. Indeed it would rather be surprising if he should not in volve the two nations in a war. But there is reason to believe that Santa Anna is a true representative of the great majority of the Mexicans. There never was a people so effectually and decisively beaten upon their own soil as the Mexicans were in the late war. But the lesson has taught them nothing. Unable to subdue their nat ural disposition to gasconade, Santa Anna and his people are again indulging in senseless vaunting ; their inflated vanity finds ready explanations of the reverses they have suffered; they are again march ing troops into disputed territory ; and again cast ing challenge and defiance iuto the teeth of the 11. States. There is no disposition on the part of any portion of our people to crush them ; but forbear- • ante on our part seems but to be an incentive to fur ther insults and more extraordinary proceedings on theirs. Perhips Salta Anna believes that in another struggle, he and his army would be able to cope with our regulars and volunteers. For our part we should very willingly agree to let the State of Texas or even Gov. Young and his Saints, fight out this quarrel. The latter we observe are quite ready to make an issue with the Mexicans ; and we have no doubt that the Sainte, once -engaged in a war with Mexico, single handed, would go forth " con quering and to conquer," and never leave a rood of Mexico unsubdued. It may be, however, that• Santa Anna relies up-' on help from Europe. If he does he will find him self sorely disappointed in the hour of need. All the assistance he will get from England will be what he can derive froth a large quantity of fine writing about the rapacity of their descendents, from that moderate people who only annex a na• • tion and a race at a blow, about twice a year. John Bull will never engage in a war with this country in defence of anybody but himself; that is certain. France is not able to wage war with the United States upon this continent; and Napoleon dare not risk it. The news of a battle lost by his army against the troops of the Republic, would hurl him headlong from the throne, as a wretch struck by lightning on the brink is tumbled down a precipice. To speak of Spain assisting Santa Anna and Mex ico to wage successful war with the United States is about as sensible as to say that a cripplc on crutches could enable a man with a wooden leg to pass a swifter runner. There is, then, no hope whatever' for Mexico in a war with the United States. But there are peo ple who are doing their very best to bolster up Santa Anna, and thereby cause a war. These are the Whig Editors who, in the face of truth and jus tice, are assuring everybody that the Mesilla Val ley belongs to Mexico—that there is not the slight est doubt about the matter—that Mexico has always had possession and exercised authority over it— and that New Mexico never had a pretence of claim to it. Assuredly, if we do not hai , e another war it will not be their fault—Ohio Statesman. Is It so? We see it stated, that under an act of Assembly passed last winter, Banks stocks are exempted from the payment ,ot corporation, county, poor and school tax. The list of public and general laws, recently issued, contains nothing of this_ kind ; so that if such a law was passed at all, it must have been as tin amendment to some private bill—and very appropriately so ; for the more privately a Democratic Legislature makes laws so partial and unjust, the better for its own reputation. Upon what ground, we should like to know, have the Stock ladders of Banks been relieved from the payment of the taxes to which all other property is liable? They receive from ten to twelve per cent. for their money, while that which is invested in real estate often yields but four or five, or rarely more than six per cent. This is "equalizing the burden of taxation " with a vengeance We always thought that the most productive property should bear the heaviest proportion of tax. But it seems we are behind the age; the wisdom of our modern finan ciers has reversed the rule. The rich capitalists, who oikti nine-tenths of our Bank stock, are to go free, so far as taxes for local purposes are concern ed ; and the whole of this expense is saddled on the poor, and men in moderate circumstances, whose property consists mainly in real estate. True, the Banks pay pretty handsomely to the State, in one way and another; but when they can divide ten and twelve per cent. a year, clear of all State tax, it is very certain that the privileges the State grants them, are worth the price at which they are held. - If it were not so, Bank charters would cease to be in demand. But, putting down the revenue the State derives from the Banks at the highest figure, we imagine it falls short, by a considerable amoun t of the tax collected upon real estate. Where is the justice, then in releasing Bank stocks from the pay ment of their fair proportion of tax, local and gen eral, State and County? We confess we cannot see it—and the people—the hard-working, tax-ridden common people, whose earnings very rarely take the shape of Bank stock—are doubtles as blind as we. Can our Senator or Representatives—Who, being Democrats, were bound by their pledges to legislate for the people, and not for the moneyed interest—tell us why this law was passed, and by whose votes it was " put through !"—Reading Ga zette. TOE FISBERIES.—The policy of the British Gov ernment in so jealously watching encroachments up on the fishing privileges of their Colonies in North America, has recoiled somewhat upon those whose, interests it was designSti to protect. The French, it is well known, possess fishing grounds in the neighborhood of Miquelon. The movements of the British Government during the past and present season, have not been unobserved by the French au thorities. We learn from St. Johns, N. F., that seven or eight British provincial schooners, which were encroaching upon the French fishing grOunds, have been driven away by French cruisers, before they had ohtained one-third thfir fares. The Brit ish schooner Victory, which had also been poaching, arrived at Pugwash on the 26th 'ult., from Bay St. George, with only 500 barrels of herring, and a lu• gubrious complaint that she " was driven off by French cruisers." From St. Pierreo Miquelon, we learn that the British war steamer Devastation, has recently been in that quarter, making very minute surveys and examinations of the headlands and lines of demar cation, as laid down in treaties, probably with a view of keeping the French vessels within their proßer limits. Irth the feelings which formerly existed between these two great nations, such a state of affairs might have been the source of serious misunderstanding. —Boston ✓ldoer. THE CUBAN SLAVE . Tnena.—During the first five months of the present year, not less than 9040 African slaves were landed in Cuba, from slave ships. Of these one cargo, numbering 697 slaves, was actually consigned to Spanish government of ficials, notwithstanding the slave trade treaty with Great Britain. Three other cargoes, numbering in all 1475 slaves, were publicly sold at auction.— From another cargo, it is said, the agent of the Queen of Spain brought 200 for her majesty. The Spanish war steamer Isabel landed 30 from anoth er cargo, and a government marine office furnished launches Itir landing 697 negroes. The DlMilan lo China. The latest intelligence from China would seem to indicate the probable overthrow of the present Tartar dynasty, and the installation of a new Em peror at Nankin, of the ancient Chinese imperial family:, -2Shonld this revolution be accomplished, it Will be the 'most important event of this century, and may be fraught with incalculable benefits to our .ctinntry.and to the worlds-It is generally believed that the new dynasty wilLbe.moie' favorable than. its predecessor to foreign trade 'and intercourse; and our increased commerce from the Atlantic, as well as from . Oregon and California on the Pacific, place this country in a position for the develope ment of an immense trade with China and the neighboring States. The United States and China. are both great powers fronting upon the Pacific, and their prdd . acts and manufactures are admirably calculated for an. immense and largely beneficial trade and intercourse. We are the only great na tion that consumes tea, the staple. product of China, free of duty; and our cotton and cotton manufac tures, and various ether articles, ought to be freely received in exchange. The present cricis has in. troduced the President to tender this mission to the Hon. Robert R. Walker, of Mississippi, late Secre tary of the Treasury of the United States, accom panied by all the necessary powers and authority to accomplish the great object of this most impor tant trust ; and Mr. Walker, we understand, has ac cepted the mission. . It is well know that the last Congress placed the mission to China upon the 'highest grade known to our diplomacy. Since this action of Congress, new events have given, to the mission a still more commanding charaction; There is at present no diplomatic station . upon which the public eye, not only of our country but of all civilized nations, will be more intently fixed. To this signal interest and importance of the mission alone, we presume, it is owing that Mr. Walker, whose polit ical antecedents so eminently fit him for the work before life, and 'undertaken this high and difficult diplomatic service. • His general views in favor of a liberal commer cial policy are well known to the country and to the world. Ugdef Hie - YE - 1 ral — i-846 our revenue,;as well as our imports and exports, hambeFn doulz+d, and the prosperity of the country is unprecedented. Whatever opinions may be entertained by the few who still advocate the protective policy as regards "his views in connection with reciprocal trade with England, there can be none who will doubt the pro priky of his opinions in regard to an enlarged trade and commerce with China and the East; and we presume there is no American who will not desire his success in the great and important mission now intrusted to his care. Mr. Walker's views in regard to our trade with China and Asia are fully set forth in his several Treasury Reports, and especially in that of Decem ber, 1858. In that report Mr. Walker concluded his views on this subject with the following pro- phetic remarks: , t Our ports upon the gulf, with those upon both oceans fronting upon Europe from the east, and Asia from the west, occupying the central position between all the continents of the globe, nearer to them all by convenient routes than any other nation, including an easy access to the whole interior of our own country, we want only the ocean steam ships of adequate strength, speed, and numbers, to give us the command of the trade of all nations.— Nor should we forget that, in carrying our trade among the great and populous nations of and facilitating intercourse with that vast region, pass ing from coast to coast in the short period of twen ty days, with monthly or weekly steamships, the light of Christianity, following the path of com merce, would return with all its blessings to the East, from which it rose. In those regions com merce must be the precursor of Christianity ; com merce, which teaches peace and intercourse be tween nations; which declares that man is not the ' enemy of man, nor nation of nation; but that the interests of all countries and of all mankind are identical, and that they will all advance most rap idly under the genial influence of an unrestricted reciprocal trade and intercourse. By our recent acquisitions on the Pacific, Asia has suddenly be come ourneighbor, with a placid intervening ocean, inviting our steamships upon the track of a Com merce greater than that of all Europe combined.— This commerce is ours, if our merchants and gov ernment should by their united energies secure for us with Asia a rapid and frequent communication by steam. Our:products and our manufactures, and especially our coarse 'cotton fabrics, are pre cisely what are desired by several hundred millions of their people, who will send us back in return their specie and their rich productions, so few of which are raised within our limits." It is not a little remarkable that the predictions ofMr. Walker, as regard's the advent of Christiani ty in China as the result of increasing trade and in: tercourse, seem to be on the eve of fulfilment, as in dicated in the proclamation in favor of Christianity by the rebel chief—not improbably now in the new Emperor of China. This proclamation, it the facts are truly stated, is the most striking event the world has witnessed since the unfolding of the ban ner of the Cross by Constantine at the head of the imperial legions of Rome. We are sore we but echo the voice of the whole American people in wishing entire success to Mr. Walker in this great and arduous trust confided to him by the President, of opening the trade of Chi na and the East to our own country and that of the world.— Washington Union. ANOTHER NEW TETIRITORT. — The Union con tains a communication from Henry R. Schoolcraft, Esq., in which he describes'a section of country, known by he name of Aharra. He says that it is an attractive, well-timbered, and fertile area of country, lying immediately west of the Rocky Mountains, in mild, temperate latitudes, to which. for the purpose of distinct allusion, he applies the aboriginal term. The area is about fifty miles broad and lies parallel to the Rocky Mountains for a dis tance of several hundred miles. It gives rise to both of the main and numerous sub-affluents of the Columbia river. It is a high plain, Which is cut through by these affluents, of a most fertile charac ter, bearing trees, and in some places high grass ; and, while the streams create abundant water-pow. er for lumber and grain mills and machinery, they are free, or nearly free, from inundation of their banks. The district probably comprehends twenty five thousand square miles, and, if its capacities of production have been correctly estimated, would sustain a population greater than some of the East ern and Atlantic States. Sanroos ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning last, about 3 o'clock, a serious accident occurred at the Rolling Mill at Safe Harbor. The balance or driving wheel of the Engine, weighing about ten tons, broke with a loud report—a piece of iron, it is thought, having fallen between the wheel and another portion of the works. The Engine was a total wreck, together with the greater portion of the machinery. There were but few men about the premises at the time, and only one was injured.— The damage is estimated at from $25,000 to $30,. 000, and it will require nearly three months to re pair it. During all this time the works will be stopped, and consequently a large number of hands thrown out of employment. The re-laying of the new track on the Columbia railroad will also, in a great measure, have to be suspended, as the contract for furnishing the iron is held by the Safe Harbor works. This will be a serious drawback to the road, as the Superintendent expected to have the track completed during the present season. Err ELI LEWIS, Esq., was on Tuesday last elected President of the York County Bank, to sup ply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of JOHN G. Cesrriszr.v., Esq., who had for several years satisfactorily discharged the duties of that office.— We regard the institution as fortunate in the selec tion.ot its nOl , President, Mr. Lewis being a gen tleman of considerably experience in financial mar ters, industrious, intelligent, and prudent, in the management of his own business, us well as of the important trusts that have been committed to his hands.—York Gazette. Da- Tax FAKIR or SIVA distributed quite a large number of prizes, on Saturday evening last, at the close of his exhibition. Several of them were val uable—amongst which was a handsome gold watch worth about $6O, and two or three silver watches, Clocks, &c., &c. The gold watch fell to the lot of Mr. Longenecker, Deputy Sheriff of this county. CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS BY The corner-stone of the Bethel, which is be ing built for the use'of the Church of God, at Elia abethtown, in this county, will *be laid on, Smiley afternoon, July 3rd. Preaching in the morning and afternoon. A collection will be taken up, to assist in defraying the expense of building. Ili The "BUCHANAN RITLE " will celebrate the Fourth by a Parade, in the moiring. Dinnet Will be served up for them at John S. Morton's Hotel, in South Quedi street, after which the De claration of Independence will be read by Capt. Geo. Sanderson, and an Address delivered by Hon. Isaac E. Heister. Err The subscribers to the capital stock of the Columbia and Chesnut Hill Turnpike Road Com pany, are to meet at Col. Herr's, iu. Columbia, on Saturday next, the 2nd proximo,'at 2 o'clock P. M, for the purpose of organizing the corporation, and elected a President, five Manaders and a Tree.- Roca P. o.—We were_in error last week in stating that the name of this P. 0. had been chang ed to Peach Bottom. It still retains the name of Roca," although removed about half a mile above its former location. Mrs. Anne Parry is now the P. M. in place of Mr. Boyd, removed. POSTNASTERB.—The following additional appoint ments (all excellent men and good Democrats,; have been made for this county, by the P. M. General: B. F. BAER, Esq., at Elizabethtown. B. F. HoLL, Esq., Intercourse. JAMES PAUL, Strasburg. JOEDI E. Gums, New Providence. DANIEL KREIDER, Esq., Litiz. (Mr. K. has appointethis son, Wit. KREIDER, a very worthy young man,"his Assistant. THE HOTTEST DAY.—Tuesday last was the hot test day, so lar, this season. The thermometer, in this City, indicated, about 2 o'clock, 98'degrees in the shade. In Chambersburg, we observe, it rose to. WO deg. . _ Ponmc D/ANSIL-A number of the pet:Mimi and political friends of Mr. BUCHLSAN, in this city and vicinity, have tendered him a public dinner prior to his departure for Europe. We have not yet learned whether the invitation has been ac cepted. ANNIVERSARY Siiamoir.—A sermon on " The Nature Duty of _Civil. Government, " will be preached in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of this City, on Sunday morning next, the 3d of July, by Rev. Was. BISHOP. The public generally are invited to be present. Smell:m-0n Monday week Jesse Geiger, of Stras- burg, was found, under circumstances which leave no doubt that he committed suicide. He left borne, in the morning about 9 o'clock, and not returning for dinner, suspicion was excited, and search imme diately made. In the evening his hat and cane were found on the banks of John Musselman's dam. on the Pequea, near which his body Ikas found in the water, in a reclining position. Ad inquest was held on the body and a verdict of intentional drown ing returned. Mr. Geiger was an excellent citizen, and enjoyed a large share of public confidence. TEMPERANCE MEETING. -A temperance mass meeting was held at Strasburg on Saturday week, at which the following officers Presided: Enos Conrad, of Enterprise, President; Rev'. Dr. McCar ter, of Strasburg, and Abraham Cole, Of Lancaster, Vice Presidents; and J. M. Willis Geist, of Lancaster, Secretary. Addresses were delivered by the Revs. E. W. Jackson and P. Coombe, and a County Committee was appointed, of 'which John F. Houston, Esq., of Columbia, is a inember. resolution was passed to hold a mass meeting in Lancaster on the oth of August, and one to raise a fund of $5OO towards advancing the present tem perance movement in the State—KO of which were raised on the spot. COMMON SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT, 1853 . The Committee appointed by the Board of Directors, " to make suitable arrangements for, and superintend such an exhibition of the Common Schools of this city, on Saturday, July 2, 1853, as shall show their true condition and ;importance," now announce the following order of proceeding: The pupils in the four secondary schools who are candidates for transfer to the High Schools after the termination of the approaching summer vacation will be examined by the Superintending Committee and such other Directors as shall attend, on Tues. day,;and Wednesday, the 28th and 29th inst., viz: Jun o 28",forenoon—West Ward Female Secondary. 4, " afternoon 44 Male 44 ~ 29—forenoon—East Ward Female 4, 44 4, afternoon— " Male " Thursday the 30th and Friday, July I, will b e devoted to a general examination of the High Schools in the presence of such Directors, parents and others as shall attend, the examination of the Female High School taking place during the usual school hours of Thursday, and that of the Male on Friday. SATURDAY, JULY 2—FORENOON. Precisely at 9 o'clock, A. M., all the students of the two High Schools, and their teachers, together with such pupils of the Secondary schools as shall have been found qualified for transfer to the High Schools, after the vacation, and all the Teachers of the other Common Schools' of the city, without their pupils will attend in the large room in Fulton Hall, on which occasion citizens gerierally are also invited to attend. Seats will be reserved for the parents of the pupils in attendance, for the clergy, gentlemen of the press, facility of Franklin and Marshall College, city councils, &e. .‘" The exercises will be : Prayer by the Rev. N. A. Keyes Statements of the Common Schools of the city, and of the studies pursued in each grade, by Geo. M. Kline, Esq. Report of the examinations made by the Super intending Committee during the week, and of the names of the pupils found qualified. for promotion in the High Schools, by T. H. Burrowes, Ekq. Essays and Declamations by students of the High Schools. Address to the students of the High Schools by George Ford, Esq. Music. AFTERNOON Precisely at 3 o'clock the pupils of every Ccirn mon School in the city, under the care of their pro per Teacher and visiting Director, will start in pro cession from their school room to Centre Square, whence at half-past 3 o'clock, they will move in general procession to Fulton Hall, into which none but the pupils with their teachers and directors can be admitted until these shall be seated. The following brief exercises will then take place: Music. National Hymn, by the pupils. Address to the pupils by A. H. Hood, Esq. Announcement of the commencement and dura tion of the summer vacation, by .Geo. M. Steinman, Esq., President of the Board of Directors. Parting Song, by the pupils. Music. Benedictidn. The Superintending CzMamittee, are Messrs. At lee, Burrowes, Cassidy, Hayes, Keenan, Kline, Mathiot, and McConomy, who are respectfully re quested to attend punctually the examinations to be held during the week. The visiting Directors for the month are— Male High School, Mr. Swarr. Female High School, " Hayes. Mr. Twining's School, " Heinitsh. Miss A. E. Eberman's, " Wise. Mr. Row's, 44 Darlington. • Miss Russel's, 44 Vah Camp. Mr. Nourse's, " Ellmaker. Miss Gillespie's, 4 4 Wade. " Steigerwalt's, 4, Zimmerman. Hoffmeier's, " Mathiot. " C. A. Eberman's, 4 4 Carpenter. Mrs. Rienstein's, " Slaymaker. Miss Hazzard's, 44 Holbrook. Mayers " Gillespie. Mrs. Moore's, 44 Jackson Miss H. Cromwell, l' Clarkson. Reed's 4 4 Cockley. " E. Cromwell's " Russel. Mrs. Sullivan's, 44 Shenk. Miss Brooke's 44 Moderwell. 44 Samson's, '4 Kramph. " Winger's, " getzgar. " Boyd's, " McConomy. Mrs. Gotta's, 44 Bear. Miss Benner's, " Whiteside. 44 Evert's, " Howell. " Eichholtz's, " Rotharmel. Walker's, 44 Lightner. The several Teachers are earnestly urged to have as full an attendance as possible of their pu pils, and to be ready to leave their school rooms precisely at three o'clock; and the visiting direct ors are requested to attend punctually at the schools respectfully assigned them, and to accom pany their schools to Centre Square and to the Hall. T. H. BURROWES, ,c,?, H. STOKE, 3 A. H. HOOD El G. M. KLINE, I 7 : , ... GEORGE FORD, J ig Lancaster, June 28 Drj Kane's Arctic Expedition, The following able article from the Daily Tones respecting Dr. Kane and the Grinnell Expedition which ,4.led about ten days since, will be read at this time with peculiar interest: Cei• tamly no man of the age has graduated in such a course of 'preparatory discipline as he to whom is now entrusted the search of the long lost navigotOr. He - has taken his diploma in the Col lege of Dangeis; In the brief enumeration of his studies,iwe find•him tcamping.for several weekson foot thiough the orange groves of Brazil; then for a month, chasing the tiger near Bombay; then, a surgeon of the American Legation to China, where after numerous unavailing endeavors to penetrate the forbidden portions of the Celestial regions, he goes to ithe Phillippines, and succeeds, through the good offices of the monks of the interior of Manilla, in visiting its fastnesses and exploring its volcanic wonders; then, with a bamboo cord around his waist, descending two hundred feet below the brink, into the Crater of Tael, returning with a bottle of its sulphur waters, and leaving his crisped boots amid its cinders and lava; then, again visiting China, and encountering shipwreck, he passes to India, as phy sician of Dremendhar Cagore, and fcir three months from his palanquin, looks upon the glories of that country which displays, in prodigality, its physi cal wonders and gathers around it the most roman tic associations; then we trace him, in Upper Egypt and Abyssiinnia, imprinting the temporary footsteps of hit camel on the shifting sandi, traversing the Sahara to the base of Jupiter Ammon,—at th im minent risk of his life, applying his ears to the lips of Memmon, that speak their morning words high in the clouds—for several weeks with Prof. Lep sins, disturbing the ancient dust of the Pharaohs; again wrecked as he descended the Nile—wounded in a combat near Alexandria—then hunting out each scene of interest in classic Greece, and sleep ing under the sky that arches the shores of Mara thon—evea whirling through Italy, France and England—then cruising on the coast of Africa, he avails himself of his Brazilian acquaintance, and is permitted to penetrate the interior and examine the whole machinery of i the slave trade—then fighting with the coast fever; andthough coming off'con queror. yet so disabled, as to be obliged to return home an invalid—then volunteering for Mexico, carrying despatches to General Scott in a mad race through the country our troops had left; at Perote obtaining an escort of a misdreant spy company, and becoming involVed in a series of fights, he re -deived the sword of General Gaona and General Torrejoin; had his 11in-se killed under him, and was himself desperately wounded in protecting the lives of his prisoners against his own men—then enga ged in hidrographic sat vice on the coast survey— then as surgeon of the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, spending a long and dismal winter on the frozen waters of the Polar seas—then re turned amid the congratulations of his Countrymen he descends from the altitude of an iceberg to the heat of the lecture room, and lays before the people the result of his northern investigations ; and we now seem—thus familiarized with every peril, and accumulated in every region; have successfully struggled with the rice fever in the Canton river, with 'the plague in Egypt; with the yellow lever at Rio; with the congestive at Puebla; with the African fever on the coast; with an organic disease of the heart, which has from boyhood been assail ing the citadel of life with dangerous wotinds—pre paring, for a yet more difficult and hazardous at tempt to reach the northern axle of the globe. Thus disciplined and accredited, we see this young, slender and pasaltic American, under the aid of a benevolence that streches beyond borne and country, freighting his stout ship, now in our har bor, with the implements and means of subsistence which are necessary to enable him to undertake a second and novel expedition, to find if it be possible amidst the ices of the Pole, that form living or dead; of that gallant explorer whose unknown fate attracts the liveliest interests of the nations. The Pennsylvania Railroad. The editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph, who has just passed over the entire length ot the Penn sylvania Railroad, says: The mountain 'division of this road is rapidly pro gressing, and is expected to he opened in about six Months. The great tunnel can be passed thro' by men on foot, and the other heavy sections of the road aro being graded with all the force that can worked upon them. When this division is opened for travel, that great barrier between the East and West, the Allegheny Mountains, will be complete ly overcome, and the valleys of the Atlantic and Misiiiireippi united. This event should be celebra ted 'with rejoicing and gladness, not only by our own citizens, but 1)3 those of Ohio, Kentucky, In diana, Illinois, and the entire States bordering on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The Allegheny Mountains have been a barrier that has held in cheek the prosperity of Philadelphia. When this is fully overcome, as soon it will be by the coal , pletion of 'the Pennsylvania Railroad, a new era I will dawn upon her. She will not only be the near est . city to the Great West, but will possess facilities of Communication above those of other commercial cities. She will then only begin to see and realize the advantages that are to be secured to her by the construction of this great railroad. The business of the road now is great, done as it is under many disadvantages. But when the line is completed through, with both tracks, no one can now assume to compute the immense business that it must do. The Pennsylvania Railroad, as far as completed, is one of the most substantial roads in our country. . . It has been located with great care and judgment, and the work upon it carefully superintended, and Faithfully executed. The points of location have been made with a view to the greatness of the en terprise, and the vastness of the transportation and travel that will be done upon it. We were shown in one of the shops a railroad bridge, eighty feet in length, constructed entirely of iron. It is intended to span over one of the deep ravines of the Alleghenies. It is a massive and most substantial structure. The work of laying the double track is going on at Ithe most important points on the whole line of the road; and when that is completed, we can with safety say that the Pennsylvania Railroad will be the greatest and the most important thoroughiare in the United States. This is a fact that any one wbo has travelled over it, and also over other roads, caii readily see. It requires no spirit of prophecy tcv foretell that the Pennsylvania Railroad must dis tance all competitors. {l:r During the late session of Congress a sec tion of an act was passed, authorizing the issue of a new gold coin of the denomination of three dol lars. A coin of this value, will prove highly ad vantageous in many respects, facilitating as it will, the making of change to a great degree. Having now, one dollar pieces, quarter, half and whole eagles and three dollar coins, there cannot be much difficulty in making the ready change. It is to be issued shortly. The following is the section of the act referred to: Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That from time to time there shall be struck and coined at the mint of the United States and the branches there of, conforniably in all respects to law, and con formably in all respects to the standard of gold cons now established by law, a coin of gold of the value of three dollars or units, and all the provis ions of an act entitled " An act to authorize the coinage of gold dollars and double eagles," ap proved March 3, 1849, shall be applied to the coin herein authorized, so far as- the same may be ap plicable; but the devices and shape of the three dollar piece shall be fixed by the Secretary of the State. (;) THE UNITED STATES THEASIIIIY.—The Wash ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes as follows respecting the present financial condition of the Government : "We are a rich people; at least our Government has more cash than it knows what to do with.— The revenues of the fiscal year will be sixty mil lions of dollars, and the ordinary expenditures ex clusive of redemption of the public debt, will cer tainly not exceed forty-five millions, and probably not equal forty millions. The surplus for the year Will be between fifteen and twenty millions of dol lars. What is to be done with it is a very serious question. Government has gone into the recesses of Change alley to pick up its own obligations at an immense premium, and is yet oppressed with a distressing plethora in the cllest." GIFT CELEBRATION OF THE 4TH OF JULY IN Pan- ADELFHIL.—It will be seen by reference to our ad vertising columns that Mr. Rumex, the great ca terer for the public amusement, has made arrange ments for another distribution of gifts, to commence on the 4th of July and to continue until all the Gifts are given out. Mr. Perham's success in the former project in conndction with the Panorama of California has inducefi him to entarge the list of Articles, and to reduce the number and price' of tiekets, so as to enable a more general participation. Our friends should send in their orders for tickets immediately, and not wait until they visit the city, as the probability is that they all may be sold be fore the time for distribution arrives. H►ayssx.—Several of the Farmers in the south ern section of this county, have commenced cutting wheat, the extreme heat having ripened the grain son iewhat earlier than usual. The crop is said to be a very heavy one. • In Maryland, Virginia, and farther south, they are in the midst of harvest, and the crops general. ly are said to be good. Ca. JEFFERSON K. HECHMANi Esq., a prominent Democratic politician of Northampton county, died at Easton, on the 2lat., in the 55 year of hicage. Commopozdebee a( UM Intaltpnaff Washington Correspondence. EXTRACT QF A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Wasareerort, D. C., June 24, 1853 , It has been definitely settled that, the Hon. ROD-% arm J. Ws.tsea accepts the mission to China. This has become one of the most important positions in the world of late years, and the commerce of the U. States,will aeon be ID a successful and increas ing tradeiwith the celestials of the East, under the wise counsel of the late distinguished Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. WALYEE is as well acquainted with the resources of the U.. States, as any man liv ing and, his superior experience, coupled with his tratiscendant talents, will be the means of opening to oar people the trade of the Eastern Continent. The 'President has done Well in this happy choice of Mr. Walker. And the time will soon arrive, when the wisdom of the selection will be hailed by the approbation of the people in the commercial enterprise of the nations of the earth. A. 0. P. Moslems, ' Esq:, of Nashville, Tenn., a very promising and distinguished democrat of the benighted abolition State of Tennessee, has been selected, as an associate Editor of the Union of this city. He has arrived in Washington, and will soon enter upon his duties. Mr.:Nicholson is an able writer, and will be a valuable acquisition to the democracy of this section of the country. We sincerely hope, that Tennessee will never vote again for a Sewardite for the Presidency ;- but, we fear, that some of the bone and sinew of the d& mocracy are leaving the State, and the woolly Asads will have the political contest in that State all their own way. Still, there being room for improve.. ment in Tennessee, we shall hope for better coun sel to prevail in th ei opinion of the people, in their future political contests. Senator SLIDELL of Louisiana, is in Washington. He looks remarkably well. It is somewhat unusual to see so many new members of Congress in Wash- ington. but, I suppose they are here looking alter the interest of their constituents. Your Senator Mr. BRODHEAD, is absent from the city, but is ex pected here again in a few days. Your Senator is a very industrious man, and is hard at work in hunt ing up the figures to make his charges against com mercial men good next winter. lie cannot do this we think, and we shall be very sorry to change the good opinion we entertain of the gentlemen enga ged in the commercial enterprise of the country.— Mr. B. may be sincere in his belief of the trade, and we shall be willing to await the report of his labor let the blame fall upon whom it may. I am really fearful, that the Ministry of England, are willing to show their displeasure toward the U. States, by engaging with Spain and the creature Santa Anna, in a crusade against the U. States, as the news is somewhat tending that way. But when your able diplomatist arrives in London, such a representation will be placed before the English Ministry, that will at once, convince that junto of aristocracy it will be a very unwise act for them to engage in such scheme. We do hope, that Mr. BUCHANAN may be the medium through which such a conspiracy may be averted. But, if the British wills their defeat in such a trial, the " young lions of the west ,, will arouse from his lair, and take an important limb from her possessions she little dreams of losing. We want tio fighting. Our " principle of progress" .is peaceably doing the work fast enough for our prosperity, but if the "last resort" as Mr. Madison said, en a very important and memorable occasion, " is forced upon the U. States," we must comport ourselves to the event, and take Cuba and Mexico, and dress up the British aristocracy to their hearts content. Yours,' WYOMING. ' THE ALLATHErS Taxa.—The following remarks relative to this tree, we find in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. We have in Lancaster a num ber of these trees, - ,,,whose disagreeable odor now 1 " burdens the atmosphere," but We were not before , aware that they were injurious to health. If so, they should be removed and others substituted in , their stead. That the odor of the blossoms is very I I disagreeable no one, we presume, will deny: " No person can walk through any of our streets, without, from time to time, having his senses of fended 'by the rank, medicinal, unwholesome and nauseating odor of the Alanthus tiee, profanely misnamed by many the "Tree of Heaven." • It is in full blossom now, and its sickening odor burdens the atmosphere that would otherwise be pure and health-giving. That it is excessively disagreeable every body knows; but it may not be generally known that it is exceedingly injurious to health.— Yet we have it from one of the best physicians in the city that the month of June was our healthiest month until the introduction of this tree. Persons of weak lungs are inclined to asthma, who happen to live within the range of the deadly atmosphere exhaled from this tree, suffer excessively, and their complaints are always aggravated by it; and the very fact that one instinctively revolts from the sickening odor, is proof that nature did not design it to be breathed by human beings. It is time that some step should be taken for the removal of these trees from our city. We have numerous indigenous trees—the horse-chestnut, the elm, the various maples, the American poplar and others—that give a much finer shade and are ex empt from all unpleasant odors. They are free, too from, a serious bad quality of the Alanthus, which is its tendency to spread its roots. and send forth shoots for many yards around, impoverishing garden grounds and frequently injuring pavements. So offensive have these trees become, that persons renting houses make their neighborhood a serious objection, and landlords will find it to their interest to have them removed from their premises. The authorities, too, should take some action in refer ence to the matter, and it probably comes 'within the legitimate province of the Board of Health, as Ia naisance, injurious to the public health, that ought to be abated. In Washington City and some other places, the Alanthus is prohibited, and we trust it soon will be prohibited in Philadelphia." SENSlBLE.—Accompanying a marriage notice, a few days sinee, we received an order with the cash, to send our paper to the future residence of the bride. The is the first thing every sinsible man who has any regard for his wife, ought to do, after marriage.—Sunbury American. The in the proper way to do things. The Read ing Gazette remarks—Every young man should make it a rule to subscribe for a newspaper, when he enters into the bonds of matrimony. Indeed, we do not see how any one, who lays the least claim to intelligence, can help but do so. In this en lightened age, a newspaper is an indispensable ar ticle to the man who has any desire to know what is going on in the world; and a source of inatruc- tien and amusement that can never be too highly estimated. Besides, a more appropriate present than a newspaper to a wife, could not be made by a young man ; for week after week, as the paper comes to hand, it would bo constantly reminding her of his goodness, and cause him to feel a thrill of joy as he observed the pleasure she derived from it. We would say all who do not take.a newspaper, c. Try it, and experience what we as sert." A LONG TIME TO Wert—The operatives on the Allegheny Portage Railroad suspended work on the 21st inst., and great difficulty was experien ced in getting the passengers over the plat es. The operatives have published a statement, in which they say that they work for eighteen hours a day, and have to wait six and even eleven months for their pay. This is not the way for the Common wealth to serve workmen, and the Canal Commis sioners., who have charge of this business, if the statement be correct, ought to see that justice is done the laborer. One of the evils of the present strike, the Pittsburg Gazette says, is that the pas senger trains are -subjected to great difficulty in making their trips, and unless something is done, transportation and travel will be suspended alto gether. FANNY FEnN.—A Boston correspondent is re sponsible for the statement that this laity 6' has been twice married. Her first husband was C. H. Eldredge, cashier of the Merchant's Bank. He died some five years ago, leaving the widow with an empty purse and two or three children. Her sec ond husband was S. P. Farrington, a merchant of Boston, a widower with two children. They lived together about a year, when Mr. F. betook himself to the west where he at present resides; and where he has just obtained a divorce. DAMAGER AGWYST RArmiosns.—M'lle Camille Varrillat, a young lady in New Orleans, has recov. $l,OOO damages against the Carrolton Railroad Company for injuries to her person, caused by a collision on the road, on the Bth of March last— Lewis B. Stone has recovered a verdict of $l,OOO damages against the Hudson River Railroad Com pany for injuries to his person, caused by a collis ion on their road. 0:7 The opponents of the subscription by the City of Reading of $200,000 to the Stook of the Lebanon Valley railroad company, have applied to the Supreme . Court for an injunction to restrain the Councils from subscribing until the constitutionali ty of the supplement to the charter, under which the election was held, is tested. Fioon 3lms.—We learn from the Pennsylva nian, that in the city of Philadelphia there are at the present time, seven flour mills in active opera. tion, capable of turning out 250,000 barrels of flour, and of consuming about a million and a quarter bushels of wheat annually. Riot In New York. On Wednesday evening, says the New York Tri bune, a terrible excitement was created in and about the drug store and residence of Dr. Geo. W. Whee ler, corner of Seventeenth street and First avenue, in consequence of some children discovering some portions of a human skeleton exposed in the cellar of the premises, where they were at play at the lime. The discovery was soon widely circulated, and in an incredibly short apace of time a highly excited mob, numbering some three thousand strong, col lected about the premises, armed with clubs, stones, axes, and other weapons, and commenced a terri ble tussault upon the house, -thus compelling Mr. Wheeler and his fainily to flee for their lives. The mob then forced open the premises, which they completely gutted, breaking and mutilating every article of goods and furniture that came in their way. The drugs were scattered about the prem ises, and scarcely a bottle in the whole place es caped their hands. Capt. Whigam, of the Eigh teenth Ward Police, on first hearing of the disturb ance, repaired to the place with a large force of men, but before they arrived, the store and dwell ing of Mr. Wheeler had been completely ransacked by the mob, who left nothing but the bare walls re maining. From what could be learned of the af fair it appeared that two medical studeuts occu pied apartments , in an upper part of Mr. Wheeler's house, and it is supposed they had been dissecting a body for scientific purposes, and in disposing of the remains, were not sufficiently careful to take proper care of them; hence the discovery, as stated above. The students in question, who were-in their room at the time of the discovery, were obliged to make a hasty retreat, in order to save their own heads. They, therefore, went voluntarily to the station house for protection, where they will remain till the matter shall be investigated by the Coroner, who was notified at a late hour last night. During the riot, which was not quelled till near midnight, one of the IBth Ward Police was severely injured by a blow,on one of his lege. He was conveyed to the police station and medical aid procured. NEW MODS or HATCRINO SILLFWITIIB.—The Doylestown Domani says :----nThe other day we were shown a handsome brood of young Shanghai chickens, belonging to Joseph Stewart, of this Bor ough. He informed us that after the hen had been on the neat one week and four days, she was found dead and the eggs cold. Not to be beat out and lose his crop of prodigies in this way, he was deter. mined to make them come whether they wanted to or not. Having an ordinary ten-plate stove, he procured some wood and fired it up. A layer of bricks was then placed thereon, a basket with the eggs enveloped in flannel was set uron them, With a layer of the same kept around it. In this way things went on for three days and three nights, when, from the ten eggs placed in the basket, there came nine real live Shanghai chickens. Thus it will be seen that the operation with the stove and hen was performed in fourteen days, being seven days less than is usually occupied by a hen, when she sets on the nest all the time. The story is a tough one, but wel hand it to our readers as it was given to us by Mr. Stewart, who is sf.young man whose character for truth and veracity we never heard called in question." 13osvorr, June 23.—The morning express train from New York, via New Haven, ran off the track at East Brookfield this morning, coming in colli sion with a freight train on the side track. The force of the collision was frightful. Two freight, three baggage and four passenger cars were com• pieta) shattered, throwing the passengers from their seats with great violence, injuring many se verely and some fatally. William Johnson, of Worcester, had his skull fractured, and died in a few minutes, Mathew Byrnes; of Springfield, was badly cut in the head and remains insensible—Mr, Wise, of Worcester, badly wounded in the head; C. L. Moore, of New York, had his leg jammed between the fragments of the cars. 'Among the passengers were many delegates returning from the Temperance Convention at Springfield. The acci dent is attributed to the gross carelessness of the switchman. U7' Col. J. Sherwood, of Auburn, N. Y., recent ly had an auction sale of fine blood cattle. One cow sold for $525, one bull tor $lO7O. Twenty nine old and young were sold, bringing SBIOU. New Books and Periodicals. VIVIAN GREY, by B. D'lsraeli, M. P. embellish ed with a very fine likeness of the Author. Thin,p is represented as being one of his best productions —a novel of 240 pages, three volumes in one, hand somely printed and covered—and has already had a very extensive run. For sale at MURRAY & STOEK'S Bookstore, price 50 'cents. . ILLUSTRATED NEWS. — The last week's number of this admirable publication, closes the first volume, and a magnificent number it is. There is no such word as " tail" in Barnum's Vocabulary. What ever he undertakes prospers in his hands, and we have no doubt the second volume will more than meet the expectations of the public. GLEASON'S PrcroarAL.—This sterling publication has bi ought its fourth volume to a close by a splen did number, embellished with a portrait or William Peon and various other superior engravings. The fifth volume commenced with Saturday's issue, and we do not doubt thatin the future, as in the past, the Pictorial will continue to increase in beauty and interest, and be deserving of a constantly increas- ing patronage. CHRISTIAN PARLOR MAGAZINE.—The July num ber of this beautiful and interesting periodical is very handsomely embellished. Published monthly by James li. Pratt & Co., 116 Nassau street, New York. at $2 per annum. LADIES' KEEPSAKE.—The July number has a splendid engraving,representing "The Hour bed. the Duel." he reading matter is, as usual, of an excellent character, such as cannot fail to please our lady friends, for whom the Keepsake is specially designed. Published monthly by John S. Taylor, 17 Ann street, N. Y., at $1 per annum, Tan FRANKLIN.—This is to be the title of a new weekly paper to be published in Boston, by Littell, Son & Go., the first number of which will make its appearance on Saturday next, the Ist ofJuly. Each number will contain 32 pages of good paper, well printed—and the reading matter will contain a per manent record of the News and Politics of the World. The Publishers promise, that the " Frank lin" will " endeavor to store up choice editorials from all parts of the United States, as well as from Europe," their aim being " to reflect public opin ion from all parts of the country," and to make the paper, in contemporary History, Politics and So cial Philosophy, what "The Living Age," a well known periodical issued by the same Publishers, is in curreut Literature. We shall reserve' future comments until after the first number is issued—at the same time feeling confident that the paper will be fully equal, in every respect, to what is prom ised in the Prospectus. Price $6 per annum, free of postage. To Clubs of three it will be furnished for sl2—to seven, s2s—and to twelve, $4O. LITTELL'S LIVING Acs.—Thin is, beyond all question, one of the very best periodicals published either in this country or Europe, and has establish ed for itself a character in the literary world which no other contemporary Magazine possesses. The Publishers very properly observe:— The pages of Littell's Living Age, (unlike any other publication in this country,) contain the elab orate and stately Essays of the Edinburgh, Quar terly, and other Reviews; and Blackwood's noble criticisms on Poetry, his keen political Commenta ries, highly wrought Tales, and vivid descriptions •••• of rural and mountain Scenery: and the contribu tions to Literature, History, and Common Life, by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling Examiner, / 1\ the judicious Athenwum, the busy and industrious - Literary Gazette, the sensible and comprehensive Brittania, the sober and respectable Christian Ob server; these are intermixed with the Military and Naval reminiscence of the United Service, and with the befit articles of the Dublin University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Tait's, Aineworth's, Hood's and Sporting Magazines, and of Chambers' admirable Journal. We do not consider - it beneath our dig nity to borrow wit and wisdom from Punch ; and, when we think it good enough, make use of the thunder of The Times. We shall increase our va riety by importations from the continent of Europe, and from the new growth of the British Colonies. The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and Africa, into our neighborhood ; and will greatly multiply our connections, as Merchants, Travellers and Politicians, with all parts of the world ; so that much more than ever it now becomes every intelligent American to be informed of the condi tion and changes of foreign countries. And this not only because of their nearer connection with ourselves, but because the nations seem to be .has tening, through a rapid process of change, to some new state of things, which the merely political prophet cannot compute or foresee. Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Colo nization, (which is extending over the whole world,)" and Voyages and Travels, will be. favorite matter for our selections; and, in general, we shall sys tematically and very fully acquaint our readers with the great department of Foreign affairs, without en tirely neglecting our own. While we aspire to make the Living Age desira ble to all who wish to keep themselves informed I of the rapid progress of the movement—to States men, Divines, Lawyers, and Physicians—to men of business and men of leisure—it is still i stron ger object to make it attractive and useful to their • Wives and Children. We believe that we can thus do some good in our day and generation ; and hope to make the work indispensable in every well-in formed, family. We say indispensable, because in this day of cheap literature it is not possible to guard against the influx of what is bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any other way than by furnish ing a sufficient supply of a healthy character. The mental and moral appetite must be gratified. ;K' LrrrEWs Livrrto Acta is published at Bos ton, weekly. Each number contains 64 pages— making, at the end of the year more than 3300 pa ges ; and all at thislow rate of $6 per annum for single subscribers, two copiesfor $lO, or six copies for $26 --certainly the cheapest publication in the world. -----------_ irr Green corn and cucumbers, from Charleston, are selling in New York at $6 per doleu.
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