`liieltigeftut4t , GEO. SANDEFLON, EDITOR.- LancastierpAly 5, .1853. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS: CANAL COMMISSIONER; ' THOMAS - 'H. '` FORSYTH, OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AUDITOR GENERAL, EPHRAIM BANKS, OF MIFFLIN COUNTY FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY, OF CRAWFORD COUNTY Anniversary of. Independence. We anticipate our usual day' of publication for the purpose of affording all bands in the office an opportunity of celebrating the seventy-seventh An niversary of our Nation's Independence' The In telligencer, therefore, althotigb 'dated for the Fifth, the regular date, is issued on the morning of the Fourth, consequently we cannot give any notice of the manner in which the Day will he celebrated in ,this city. We presume, however, that it will pass off in the usual way—with a military parade, pleas. ure parties, firing of guns, crackers, &c. &c. In another column we give the immortal Decla ration of Independence—a production which will be read with interest by every patriot in every suc ceeding age of the world. The reading and adop tion of 'this instrument, on the 4th day of July, 1776, gave birth_ to a nation which, at this day, equals in extent and power ancient Rome in the. paliniest days of her existence—an empiie which exteltds from ocean to ocean, and from the frozen regions of the North' to the torrid zone in the South —a confederated Republic which now numbers thirty-one sovereign and independent States, and not less than twenty-five millions of people, whose name and fame are co-extensive with the whole earth' and whose flag floats in almost every breeze horn pole to pole. . _ This day is the great Jubilee of American Free• dom, and it is fitting that it should be celebrated with rejoicing and thanksgiving to the great Gov ernor of the Universe for the innumerable blessings he has conferred upon US as a people. The Turkish Question. It is certain, says the New York Herald, that the Eastern question presents a more cheering aspect than before, and that the alarm excited by the hos tile preparations of both powers has considerably diminished. That there exists some cause for such a change there is little doubt. Whether that cause is to be found in the attitude assumed by the two great Western powers of Europe, or to the good sense of the Emperor Nicholas himself, we cannot at present judge. It is stated that despatches have been received in Paris, containing assurances of the Czars unwillingness to:do anything to disturb the peace of Europe, and of his anxiety that the difference between him and the Portenhall be set_ tied without an appeal to arms. The Emperor ap pears still to be of opinion that the quession is en tirely a religious one, and is personal between him and the Sultan, and that, at the same time that he himself would be the last to violate the laws of na- tions. It is even said that the delay already grant ed of eight days has been extended to fifteen, in 'ft, order to afford sufficient time for negociations, and he t that even the occupation of the Danubian provinces Gott would not necessarily be followed by !var. Under en : such circumstances as the present, there is no 45 doubt that the slightest rumor of an adverse or fa g' vorable nature, is hastily caught up, and exagger ated out or all proportion, but the eager manner in 7 which those of pacific tendency have been received shows at all events the tendency of the public mind. c The language of Mr. de Riese*); the Russian me an presentative at Paris, is also described as being de in pacific, and perhaps more sincerely so than a. for some time past. The papers continue to an e nounce the frequent passing to and fro of Russian w cabinet messengers, and of attaches of embassy.— se Assurances of a similar pacific nature are said to it` -have been addressed to the English government on tr behalf of the,Emperor of Russia. Meanwhile ad -vices from,'Niste of the sth inst. state that the French, Aglish, and Russian officers in the Turk ish army are actively employed in taking measures of defence. One of them, Capt. Jungham, is plac ing the Citadel of the Bosphorus in a state of de fence. M. Petit has been sent to the ports of the Danube; Admiral Slade is engaged in organizing the fleet; he has not, however, as yet been ap pointed to any command. The Egyptian general, Solytnan Pacha, had sailed for Constantinople, on a special mission. Previous to hie embarkation he had a long interview with the English Consul-Gen eral. The Russian fleet at Sebastopol consisted of thirteen ships of the line, eight frigates, six corset tesiand twelve entailer vessels, all well manned and equipped ; but the fleet was deficient in steam- Pennsylvanians in California• From the Californian, published at Sacramento, we learn that Sacramento county has declared unanimously for JOHN fliscnit's renomination for Governor. Her seventeen delegates, the Californian says, will cast their voters for "JOHN BIGLEU first, last, and all the time." From the same paper we learn - that the Demo cratic Convention of Sierra county passed a resets. tion instructing the delegates to vote for Hon. J. C. McKinnutr, for Lieut. Governor.. This gentle man is a son of our respected fellow-citizen, Cham bers McKibbin, Esq., of the Merchant& Hotel. He is a young man of superior attainments, and we are rejoiced to see that he is rising iapidly in the State of his adoption. Mr. WM. MoNrwry, formefly of Franklin co., in this State, and for several years one of the lead ing business men of Sacramento, has failed. He lost a large fortune by fire, in November, but not withstanding that sad reverse, he went to work with spirit and managed to stand firm while others fell. But thecalamity was too heavy to be long up borne, and he has fallen under it at last. The Californian states that after his store was closed, having a small amount of cash on hand, he called on persons to whom he owed small sums, and paid them—" surrendering every dime for the benefit of his creditors."—Pennsylvanian. EXTENSIVE Blum Yrans.—We recently passed through the brick yards of Messrs. Carson and Kautz, in . the western end of the city, where the business is carried on quite extensively. The num ber of brick manufactured daily, is about 25,000, yet they are unable fully to supply their demand They' have procured C. Carnell's improved patent brick press, which not only performs the work with less tabOr than the old press, but in a superior man ner. The process is simply pressing, without scrap . ing or cutting, making the corners smooth and per. fect 4 , • whilst the old process frequently leaves the corners rough or imperfectly finished. The hands employed in these yards, about 60 in number, a few - days ago asked for an increase in their former wages, of from 6+ to 123 cents per day, according to the quality of work, which the employees have agreed to pay.—lnland Daily. 113 - Amongst the recent appointments, in the Philadelphia Custom House, by Collector Brown, we notice the tla o following, better men for the stations than whom could not be found if the whole State were to be searched—we speak from an intimate personal acquaintance with both of them : J. J. KELLER, Esq., of Lancaster, Appraiser of Customs. - ' Capt. JOHN GooDys.An, of Carlisle, to a Clerk ship. or Naoma, the daughter of Enoch, was 580 years old when she married. Courage, ladies. ro In these days of strikes, combinations, and turn outs, a strike has occurred amongst a few of the operatives and speculators on the AlleghenrPort age Railroad, that,yems to beA perfect godynd to ttinviwpress:and The strikers held a meeting, and loaded a 4 . FiromA4ptmenicZ'ithat we, confess looked exceedingly formidable, *lf it .is Arty that any number of the employees,ol this road have been kept nut of their pay for 'siti,eigirt' or ten months, it is a gross and inexcusable out rage, and the parties that preventedtbem from be ing paid, whether Superintendents, Canal Commis sioners, State Treasurers .or Legislators, should.he made answerable for the misconduct. Every man who performs service on the public works, should be paid promptly at the end of the month, and there should be no excuse that would justify a su perintendent in withholding the pay of these em ployees. First, the money should be appropriated promptly by the Legislature ; second, it should be 'paid over promptly by the State Treasurer, and thirdly, it should be paid over to the men the mo tnent it is due. This is the system pursued by ev ery well regulated private establishment, and the same should be adopted by the State, as it is the only one that will ensure the employment of good hands. We, however, have been examining into this sub ject, and we find the publication of the strikers er roneous in many particulars, and that the State,of ficers have been doing all that could be done under the circumstances. In former years, the Portage road was closed in November, and not opened again until the opening of navigation in the Spring.-- Since the completion of the Central railroad to Hollidaysburg, the mountain road has been kept open alt winter, at a very heavy expense, and, as it has been a universal rule with the Legisla ture—and a most infamous one it is—never to make appropriatiOns until the' last hours of the ses sion, this Portage railroad had to be worked all winter without money. We learn that the super intendent of this road had but $20,000, furnished him to carry on this work, from the Ist of Decem ber last, to the 28th of April, consequently, when the appropriation bill passed, he found himself em barrassed with old debts to the amount of some three or four hundred thousand dollars. Another drawback upon the superintendent, in . the making of such heavy disbursements, was that The could only pay out $30,000 at a time, and then obtain a settlement at the Auditor General's office for that amount, before any more money could be obtained. Notwithstanding this drawback, Gen. Ross has dis bursed, from the 28th day of April last, to the pres ent time, upon the Allegheny Portage road, about $250,000. This being the case, we think a few week- more would have brought up all these old debts, and then if the appropriations are sufficient, they should never again be permitted to accumu late. We learn that the Canal Commissioners, who have been twice or thrice over this-road, since the adjournment of the Legislature have never heard a word of complaint ou this subject. They were well aware that there were t heavy arrearagea due , and they were also aware that Gen. Ross was pay. ing them up as rapidly as possible. We think therefore, that the "strikers" should have first laid their grievances before the Canal Commissioners, and then if they were not redressed, it would have been time enough to strike. Fortunately, the business of the road was not delayed by this strike, as other parties were imme diately found to take the place of those who struck. —Democratic Union. DEMICRITS STAND BY Youn Cozoas.—There never was a time when the necessity of preserving a thorough and effective organization was more imperatively required of the National Democracy, than the present.. Restored to power by the almost Unanimous voice of the several „States, high hopes of reform in the administration of domestic affairs, and the application of liberal principles to the man agement of our foreign relations, have been formed in the public mind, which ought not to be disap pointed, and need not be, if the Democratic party remains true to the principles upon which the late Presidential contest was decided—the very corn. pleteness of our success then,lhas left the field all the wider for malcontents to sow the seeds of dis sention and factious strife, and foster their growth to encumber the pathway of the future. The Bos ton Post, in a strong article upon this subject, says, with much truth: Though now there is a truce in political strife, yet elements of opposition will combine and array themselves against the administration. There will be a common banner of change and overthrow.— The President will look to the great democratic party to meet the onset. The friends of the ,new administration ought to resolve to ratty .vaavid it in firm, consolidated phalanx ; with faces forward, and not backward, and with a firm determination to uphold the national principles laid down at Bal timore, and re-stated so clearly and nobly in the inaugural. These are the land-marks of the dem ocratic party. They constitute a standard of high toned and progressive Americanism; both as to do• mestic affairs and to foreign policy. To maintain the President in upholding it, let there be in due time a well devised, thorough, and efficient organi zation of the United democracy." Tim NEW MEXICAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AP FAIRS.—We announced a few days ago, on the au thority of the Universal of Mexico—General Santa Anna's organ—that the office of the minister of for eign affairs of that republic, vacated b 5 the death of its late distinguished incumbent, Senor Alaman, was to be filled by the appointment of Senor Don Manuel Diaz de Bonilla. As the settlement of some delicate and important negotiations between Mex ico and the republic of the United States, including the Tehuantepec affair and that of the Mesilla val ley, will be confided on the one side to this func tionary, it is interesting to us to know somewhat of his character, abilities and antecedents. Senor Bonilla has spent much of his life in the public service, and has fulfilled some diplomatic functions. He is a lawyer of the highest standing in his country, and has been a member of Congress, and a minister from Mexico at the Court of Rome and to the republic of Chili. He has travelled much, as well in Europe as in America, and in ad dition to his native language he is' master of the English, French and Italian tongues. He is at present, we understand, president of the principal college in Mexico. Add to these various acquire ments, that Senor Bonilla Is a man of progressive ,and liberal ideas, and we will arrive at the conclus ion that however Mexico may have to lament the death of Senor Alaman, the public duties which devolved on his position will be ably performed by Senor Bonilla.—N. Y. Herald. - A NEw Perm—A very neat and spicy Demo cratic paper, called the "People's Advocate," is started at New Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa., by J. H. SHEIDLEI, Esti. The editorials are marked with courtesey and ability, and we do not doubt that the Advocate will be a faithful exponent of Democratic principles and policy. We wish the Editor abun dant success in his enterprise. Conxnecx Awennxn.—The contract for the ex tension of the Delaware, Lackawanna and western railroad from Scranton, Pa., to the Delaware Water Gap, were'opened in ly,ew York on Tuesday, award ed to seven lowest bidders. Among them we ob serve the name of M. Malone & Co. Mr. Malone is a resident of this city. It 7 LOT ROGERS, Esq., has been appointed Post master at Churchtown, in this County, in place of Mr. Cornpton,resigned. This is an excellent ap pointment. Mr. R. is a highly intelligent and res pectable Democrat of that Village, and his appoint ment will give general satisfaction. MORE GOLD !-ThA steamship Georgia arrived at New York, on Wednesday, with California mails to the Ist of June, and over $2,000,000 in gold ! Card of Comadssloner Hopkins. Plrranuno, June 24, 1853. Mossni. HARPER & Plummse :--Gentlemen— Allow Me a small space in your paper .to correct nu errotqato which several of your cotemporaries lave fallen, iR refereneelii:,the strike : on the Alle gheny Portage Railroad..'7That the public mind should bisexcited;suid thatthe prose should speak ;out on each an ocaurrencecis quite natural; for if 'one-ballpf what inhet forthin thesianifesto ofthe parties,sigrieved be true, the wonder is that they - Shouldlale endured ouch:oppression so long. But beforeiediters should permit themselves to •de nounce particular individuals as the authors of the evils complained of, they ought to know that they deserve to be denounced. I fully concur with those who have gone the far thest in condemning the causes which have led to this unfortunate affair, but I submit whether it is right to denounce indiscriminately all officers who may happen to be in the public service. With these preliminary remarks, I will briefly state the facts, so far as I have been able to ascertain them, and then leave an impartial public to decide how much censure ought to be laid at the door of the Canal Board, of which lam now a member. Be fore the, undersigned became a member of the Board, a report had been made setting forth the en tire indebtedness of the Portage road, as well as the Philadelphia and Columbia road, and various lines of Canal, and also an estimate of the amount required to pay all the officers and hands in the employ of the Commonwealth the present year. This was all the Board could do att the time. I have not that report, nor the appropriation bill be fore me, but I believe the amounts asked for to pay old debts, due laborers, ¢c., as well as the amount required to pay them the present year, were al lowed. The question then arises, Why have these men not been paid I I very frankly confess my inabili ty to give a satisfactory answer, and not being wil lmg to follow the examples of some others and de nounce innocent parties, I have instituted inqui ries into the causes of the non-payment of this suf fering and meritorious class of our tellow-citizens. In this connection I deem it just to myself to state that I had supposed these claims bad been paid.— Had:l not a right so to conclude? Some of the Pittsburg editors discuss this question as though the Canal Commissioners were disbursing officers, thus exhibiting culpable ignorance of what they are writing about. These men who are so ready to de nounce the Canal Board ought to know that the Commissioners do not, and cannot, disburse a sin gle dollar, for any purpose whatever, and yet, by dastardly inuendo, they are charged with "spec ulating on the earnings of poor men." To show the light in which I regarded this mat ter, I subjoin the resolutions which I prepared im mediately on the statement ofthe aggrieved parties. These resolutions I submitted to one of my col leagues, General Clover, who was in the city at the time. .At his suggestion, action upon those resolu tions was postponed until he could visit Freeport, whither we were obliged to go, to examine the Aqueduct, which was so damaged as to require the suspension of the navigation for the time being. I very , much regret to state that that gentleman was unable to return with me, owing to a sudden at tack of illness. No further action, therefore, can be had on the resolutions for the present. Until I can have all the facts before me, I will express no opinion as to where the fault lies. It General Ross, who is the disbursing officer on that portion of the road, has made the necessary efforts to obtain the money, and could not do so, the fault is hot•his. If, on the other hand, the mon ey is not in the treasury, no blame ought to attach to the head of that department ; and no sane man will attempt to throw the responsibility on the Ex ecutive. I repeat, then, that for the present, I can express no opinion as to where the censure ought to be thrown. As to the allegation that "some of the agents under the Canal Board are speculating on the pub lic funds," and the " earnings of the laborers, " I will only notice it so far as to say, that it woud have been much more manly to have named the individuals implicated than to make the allegation in such general terms as to mean no body, and every body. Let them name the man or men, and adduce the evidence to snstain the charge, and I pledge myself that he, or they, shall not remain in the service of the State longer than his or their dismissal can be prepared. e • If there be any one act in a public officer which more deserves the execration of all honest men than any otheri it is that of using the public funds in '• speculating on the earnings of poor men." But while I say this, justice to all the disbursing. agents of the State, compels me to state that I have not the remotest knowledge of any one of them having been engaged in such a disreputable prac tice. Whenever, therefore, the reason may be found to exist for the wrongs which have been so justly complained of on the part of those suffering. employers, I trust that no' agent of the State will be found who has been so lost to every honorable impulse as to have been guilty of such infamous conduct. I regret that lam called upon to no tice this unpleasant subject at all, but more aspect ally do I regret that I have been compelled to do so on my own responsibility, without the aid of my esteemed colleagues, Messrs. Morison and Clover ; but the one being confined to his room by sickness, and not knowing, at this moment, the . whereabouts or the other, I have not the benefit of their counsel. Very truly your friend, &c. WM. HOPKINS. Resolved, That the Superintendents of the Phil adelphia and Columbia, and Allegheny Portage Railroads, and the Supervisors of the several divis ions of the Pennsylvania Canal, be directed in the disbursement of money for the payment of debts, in all cases to pay first those creditors who have performed the labor, and in no case to pay any check roll or other evidence of debt in the hands of second parties, until all the debts in first hands shall have been fully paid. Resolved, That said Superintendents and Super visors be also directed to draw from the Treasury, at the earliest practicable moment, as much money as may be necessary to pay all back debts due to laborers, engineers, and other hands in the employ of the Commonwealth, and that hereafter said par ties be paid monthly, so long as the appropriation that purpose may last. Governor Bigler. The following strong article we take from the People's Advocate, a new Democratic paper just started at New Bloomfield, Perry county : GOVERNOR BloLEß.—Since the days of the pure and upright Simon Snyder, we have not had at the head of the Keystone State, a man so deeply loved' as William Bigler. Every act of his successful Administration has been dictated by the most un erring wisdom, and with the sole view to lighten the burden of the tax-payers, and to make hiacon stituents prosperous and contented. His fidelity to the Constitutions of the Nation and our State, has won for him a reputation as extensive as our Republic. When he was before the people for their suffrages, he adopted no time-serving policy. He took his position on the broad platform of the National Democracy, and boldly proclaimed that the nation demanded peace and tranquility from the agitators of the slavery question. He had not two platforms intended for either side of Mason & Dixon's line, as his cunning rival had. Has he redeemed his pledgee 7 He stands as firmly now as ever on the Democratic platform.— He advocates as eloquently now as ever, the cher ished creed of the Republican Democracy, and we challenge any man to point to a single deed of hie Gubernatorial life, not in accordance with the voice of the people. The people from one end of the State to the oth er, demand his nomination for a second term.— He Will be our standard-bearer again, and no man wno dares to enter the field against him, and to en counter such an invincible antagonist, will ever be heard of after the day of the election. There is an especial reason that the Democracy of Perry should insist early upon his re-nomination. He is a native of our soil, and here he first learned the principles which he has advocated so long and zealously, and which has made him the pride of our Commonwealth: Let us then give his administra tion an ardent and unswerving support, that he may carry out the benign principles of the Democratic party, and be proclaimed the next Governor of Pennsylvania by an overwhelming majority. SUNDAE Arras.—This sterling weekly, publish ed at New York, by Messrs. HERRICK & Rorss, at $2 per annum, in advance, is decidedly one of the best and most readable papers on our exchange list. The Atlas has always been a large sheet, but the last number came to hand greatly enlarged and improved in appearance, which now makes it the cheapest paper in the Union. Its tendency is strongly to the Democratic side, and we advise all our Democratic friends, who wish a New York paper, to send on their $2 for the Atlas. ENTEIIPILISE. — Perhaps no stronger evidence can be; adduced of the intrinsic value and unrivaled usefulness of Ayer , s Cherry Pectoral, than the fact, that in order to supply the demand the Proprietor has been compelled to build an immense block, oc cupying a large part of a square on one of our prin cipal thoroughfares, five stories of which is to be occupied by his Laboratory for the preparation of the Cherry Pectoral alone. As this article has now won its way to the public favor solely by its suc cess in curing diseases, this fact is some comment on its virtue.—Lowell Adv. SHUT UP Yowl. Doas.—Mayor Kieffer has issued a Proclamation, requiring all owners of dogs, within the city of Lancaster, to confine or shut up their dogs, in a proper place, for the the term of 60 days, from the Ist inst. Any dog found run ning at large, during that period, the owner will be subjected to a fine of $5 for a male, and $lO for a female. Look out, dog owners. Bu- The Borough Of-Lebanon has decided, by a vote of 263 to 97, in favor of the Council subscrib ing $50,000 to the Lebanon Valley Railroad. CITY ANiD COUNTY l Goshen P. 0. in this County lists beer, abol ished, arid a new office established inlphice thereol at Fulton House (the house in which the celebrk, ted Robert Fulton was‘tom) toJ'e!.!;;Callecl'iliiil "Fulton House " P. 0., and Jamizii 8.13111118, Esq., appointed P. M. .. . . .`'A new office has been established iti:Fultoit 'township, to be called " Wski6eld,7 and t Alai*. WILYINSIF, Esq, appointed i'ostmaitei. . ... Mr The following gentlemen have been elected officers of the Washington Encampment, No. 11 ; 1. 0. of O. F., for the present term: - - C. P., S. Welebens ; H. P., J. F. 'Huber ; S. W., J. Sprenger; J. W., J. R. Bitn'er ii Scribe J. M. Westhaefter ; Treas. M. Zahm. • - STRASBURG LOWY, No. 361, I. O. O. F.—John E. Girvin, N. G.; Alexander Shultz„ V. G.; W. T. McPhail, Sec'y ; Samuel Aumant,, A. S.; Jicob Hildebrand, Jr., T. Amount of Receipts, $103,66. Contributing Members, 62. .; 117 - We had very fine showers in ibis region, on Thursday and Friday evenings, which have greatly refreshed and invigorated vegetation!of every kind. The rain, on Friday evening especially, was ac companied with a storm, which partially t unroo led several houses. A small portion of the slate roof on the west and of the county 'building, over the market house, was torn off. Several trees were also blown down in the city. Since Friday eve ning the heat of the weather has been a little mo derated—if it only continues. The dwelling house of Mr. Christian Kautz, on the Harrisburg Turnpike, above the Railroad, was almost • completely demolished, and several other houses through the City more or less injured. .• At Mount Joy, and iu that neighborhookthe. storm of Friday evening was accompanied by hail which broke a great many panes ;at glass, and in jured somewhat the growing corn. Hiatt Scnoozs.—The exercises of the High Schools, at Fulton Hall, on Saturday morning were in the highest degree satisfactory. The scholars of the Male High School acquitted themselves credit. ably, in Declamation. The Address by Gen. FORD, was very able and appropriate—and the statements of Messrs. lama and BuanowEs, in reference to the Schools, showed the system to be in the full tide of successful operation. Every thing passad off pleasantly; but we were sorry to see so few of our citizens in attendance. It evidently indicates a want of proper interest on the eubject of Com mon School education. The, exercises of the afternoon were better at tended, and the Address of Mr. Hens was doubt less an interesting one; but as we were compelled to go to. press on Saturday afternoon, we are not able to give any of the particulars. ARREST OF THE COLUMBIA NIGHT WALKER.- The mysterious character who has kept the, people of Columbia in a state of terror for two years past, has at last been arrested, and turns out to be a ne gro of the place by the name of Glasgow Fintour. Two weeks ago we noticed that he had left his cap in Mr. Collins' house. This in part led to his de tcction. From Columbia he went to Wesf \ Ches ter, where it is ascertained he spent some of the, money taken from Mr. Righter. Thence he went to Cumberland county, where an'attempt was made to arrest him ; but he managed to escape, and was next heard of near Mercersburg, in Franklin Co., where Messrs. Collins and Minnich, of Columbia, undertook to arrest him. He was discovered at work, and endeavoring to make off, when a volley from his pursuers, who were well armed, brought him down— a ball having struck him just`in front of the ear and lodged in his temple. He was found to be armed with pistol and bowie knife. His cap tors arrived in Lancaster with him on Monday evening.—Eraininer. SPLENDID CARE' AC/E.—Messrs. Decker, Altick & Co., of this city, have built a new carriage, in the style of a double-seated French Calash, which will favorably compare with any specimen of its class produced in the Atlantic cities. It was made to the order of David Longenecker, of this city, at a cost of about $lOOO. 7 lt differs from any car riage ever before built in this section, being equal ly suited for winter and summer. It can be closed tightly for winter use, partially opened for spring and tall, and thrown open for summer. his hung on four springs without coupling, and is capable of turning on its own ground. it is lined with a new style of silk, lace cloth, &c., all the materials being of excellent quality and arranged in admir able taste. The whole work combines neatness, strength and comfort, and reflects great credit upon. the enterprise of the firm who made it, and the skill of the workmen engaged upon it—all the work, except the silver mounted lamps, having been done by Lancaster mechanics. This enterprising firm have proven that our citizens need no longer go out of their own city. to secure work of the first class for elegance and durability. Any of our cit izens desirous of seeing this fine specimen of work manship, should by all means examine it. FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE BUILDING. - The Trustees of this Institution had a .meeting on Tuesday evening last, to receive the designs for the College building. We understand. that four plans were submitted, and that that of Messrs. Dix on, Balbirnie & Dixon, 117 Baltimore Street, Bal timore, was adopted. Their design contemplates the erection of a building in the Collegiate Gothic Style, about 170 feet long and 3 stories high; to contain 6 class rooms, each of a size sufficient to hold 65 pupils, 1 large Chapel capable of holding 450 pupils, and two residences for Professors, one at each end of the building—these residences 'to be 25 feet 6 inches front, 3 stories „high, and 3 rooms in depth. There is to be a central tower, about 130 feet high, with four pinnacles, to contain a clock and bell. Provision is made for the thor ough ventilation and lighting of the building, and access is provided from each of the Professor's res idence to the several floors, wtthout exposure to the weather. The basement is to contain the heat ing apparatus, the necessary fixtures for ventilation and whatever culinary arrangements are required for the accommodation of the Professors and their families. The plan is so made that if at any time the Trustees should determine to lodge the Stu dents in the building, the - requisite additions can be conveniently made. The architects are of opin ion that a house, after their plan, can be erected at a cost of 820,000—the amount to which the expen diture for this purpose has been limited. The spe cifications will be made out. by the Architects be tween this and the 27th of July, when there will be another meeting of the Trustees, and proposals will be no doubt speedily invited for the construe of the edifice.—lnland Daily. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OP Doos.—•The Mayon . by virtue of the authority vested in him by the acts of February 27th, 1839 and February 13th, 1844, has issued a Proclamation, enjoining the owners of all Dogs within the City, to confine or shut up their Dogs in a proper place for 60 days, from July Ist, and requiring the Constables to be attentive and vigilant in enforcing said ordinance. The procla mation states that it has been represented to the Mayor that dogs laboring under syniptoms of Hy drophobia have been seen in the city and vicinity, and that some persons have been bitten by them.— The fine for allowing a dog to run at large in the streets or alleys during the period which the Mayor. requires them to be confined, is $5, one-half to gn to the city and one-half to the use of the person making the complaint. It is. the Constables duty to seize all dogs running at large during this period and have them suitably cared for in a proper place, for 48 hours, during which time the owner may re. deem them, by paying $1.50 for eacn dog, $1 to go to the city, and 50 Tents to the person seizing it.— If not redeemed in this period, they are to be killed and buried at an expense to the city of $1 each. NORTHUMBERLAND, July 1. VIOLENT Ilawrsoard.—A most terrific hail storm passed over this place from the west, about 3' o'clock this afternoon, extending some 5 miles width. Nearly every farmer has lost his entire harvest. Fruits of all kincli have suffered much. Several thousand window.lights have been broken in this place. In some building as high as , 200 lights are broken. Some of the hailstones measu red 71 inches in circumference. ' There is no esti mating the extent of the damage.- M. Rapp4 lose will exceed $lOOO. ntaki I 1 - ‘ 1 EN ENCE: In Congress, July 4, 1176. The ihitnumous Declaration of the Thirteen United E 9.,;! s 0 -AP-rt. ica • • , • • When, in the course of hinnan events, it.becomes 'necessary for one people to dissolve thettolitical braids which have connected them with another, sad •tciessuose, amouit the powers of titft earth, the sep• elite end t 9 aakilition to whicli: the, liwe of .31* tare SI of 'nallire's God entitle them, a decent res pect to the opinions of mankind, requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident ;--that all - men are'breitted equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among • these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, govern ments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; but *hen ever any. government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abol ish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and - organizing its powers in such forma, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and • happiness. Pru dence indeed, will dictate, that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience bath shown, that Mankind are more disposed to 'suffer while evilS'are sufferable, than to right them selves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But a When long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the fame object, evinces a design to reduce 'them under absolute des potism, it. is their duty to throw off such govern ment and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such now is the necessity which constrains them to alter their former system of government. The history of the present Bing of Great Britain, is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the estab lishment of an 'absolute tyranny over these Slates. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world : He has refused his assent to laws the most whole some and necessary for the public godd. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of mi mediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation, till his assent should be obtain ed ; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglect. ed to attend to them. He has refused to pass oth er laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature—a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at pla ces unusual, uncomfortable, and distant frpm the re pository of their public records, for the purpose of ~fatiguing them into compliance with hie mea- I sures., He hasslissolved representatives' houses repeated ly, for opposing with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time alter such disso- !talons to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative power, incapable of annihilation, has returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the State remaining in the meantime, exposed to all,the danger of invasion without, and convulsions within. He has endeavored to prevent the population o these States; for that purpose obstructing the laws for the naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pa'ss others to encourage their emigration higher, and raising the conditions of now appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing ju diciary powers. He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our peo ple and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, stand ing armies, without the consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the military indepen dent of, and superior to, the civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unac knowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation ' - For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us; For protecting them, by a mock trial from pun ishment, for any murders which they should com mit on the inhabitants of the States; For cutting oft our trade with all parts of the world ; For imposing taxes on us without our consent ; For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of trial by Jury. For transporting us beyond seas to be hied for pretended offences; For abolishing the free system of English laws in 'a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies ; For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamentally the forms of our government ; For suspending our own legislatures ; and decla ring themselves invested with power to tegialate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated government here, by decla ring us out of his protection, and waging War against us ; He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts; burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large armies of loreign mercenaries to complete the works ot death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with di , ' cumstances of cruelty r ficry, scarcely paral. Med in the most barbarous ages, and totally un worthy the head ot a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren or to fall themselves by their hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undiscriminate de struction of all ages, sexes, and conditions. In every sta g e of these oppressions we have pe titioned tor redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered only by re peated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be,the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts by their legislature to ex tend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appeal ed to their native justice and magnanimity; and we have conjured them by the ties of our common ,kindred to disavow.these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connection and correspon dence. They too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesc'e in the necessity which demands out sep aration, and hold them, as we-hold the rest of man kind—enemies in war, in peace friends We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colo nies, solemnly publish and declare, that these colo nies are, and ot right ought to be, free and indepen dent States ; that they are absolved from all alle giance to the British crown, and that 'all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is, and °tight to be totally dissolved ; that as free and independent States, they have full pow er to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do 'all other acts and things which independent States, may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each-other our lives, our for tunes, and our sacred honor. JOHN HANCOCK, President . A Seamus Accrpgrix.—On Sunday morning last, the 26th ult., as a carriage , containing three ladies, was coming down the hill just below Eliza bethtown, the horse took fright and started at full speed. The lady driving, through fright and ex citement, accidentally lost her balance and fell im mediately under the carriage entangled in the lines, was dragged a considerable distance, and only sa ved from a horrible death, by the other two ladies, who, with great presence of mind, succeeded in running the horse along the fence, during Ahich time both the ladies jumped out and very fortu nately made their escape with a few slight bruises. The speed of the horse was fully checked by the wheel of the carriage getting fast in thefence.— Truly the lady dragged made a miraculouri escape from an awful death, having received several brui. ses about the arm and shoulders, without being otherwise seriously injured. We learn that the names of the ladies are, Mrs. Metzler and (laugh. ter, of Sporting Hill, and Miss A. E. Baily, of Do ver, Delaware. FIRING Snunis.—Looic Our, BOYS !—ln pursu• ance of an Ordinance, recently passed by our City Councils, the selling and firing , of - squibs, &c., shall only be allowed on the 3d, 4th and sth of July, in each year, and on no other days. The 'firing of Pistol)). Guns, Chasers, and other Firewotks,opera. ling in a similar manner, are forbidden altogether: Do - you - Ever ieei Ci•os`l? A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE HILT I—We are in an interrogativcfrivind, and insist upon having an swers, either literatiUr imptied; to all the queries that chance, circumilitn4 stubborn fact mat &INS*, either in obedieiCi , tn, or against, our wilt We-ask - yon a plain question. Did you ever feel . cross, witfinut goodeind itulfficient reason ? Did you eve4scold;i'hen ) , 414iieiy.you ought not toao so Did yon ever re - 40 1 1'111h dozen people unhappy;. because you chose to be captious upon trifling points—points that you had no particular interest in, nor thereither ? If you ever did, you undoubt edly understand bow-to pity us; and -all-other-mor— tals who sometimes err slightly and unthinkingly. The thermometer in the room where we are now writing, indicates that the mercury is driven up to 94 degress. Only think of 94 degrees, in the shade! We all use boiling water, with on aromatic infu sion called tei * or coffee, every morning. We are positiVe Get' nnisherworrien are compelled to dulge in fires, no matter how terrific the heat of the sun may be. Engineers, cooks, bakers, foundrymen, jewellers, etc., are constrained to use ignited coal, the year round, notwistanding the intensity of the rays of the planet which gives light and life to all animal and vegetable things that adorn this mun dane sphere, and yet they do not grumble. They keep their temper, because, perhaps, they are sea soned, beyond Complaint, to. their salamandrine pursuits. We, however, have lost both our temper and oui shirt collar. The former had been expen ded upon every body within reach of our arm, or sound of our voice; the latter, in (Manta of starch and decency, has indignantly hidden itself beneath the tender folds of our cambric neckerchief. Per spiration reeks from every pore in our epidermis, and each particular inch of our goossamer gar. ments is satur a ted, as if it had been treated to a bath. We feel as if caloric was the only elemen tary curse that ever afflicted mankind ; and are al most induced to believe, that the nicest house a New Yorker can inhabit, during warm weath e r, is an ice house. We hate our pens, we detest our ink and we despise our foolscap. Oh, for a rural re treat, where the requirments of business are un known, and nothing but the greenest trees, and the coolest breezes are available ! We do not exactly want "-a lodge in some vast wilderness," but we should like to go where the Arkansas cm tume, ashirt collar and a pair of spurs, would be admissable and legitimate. Seriously speaking, the oldest inhabitant cannot remember when the leafy month of June was as warm as the present month, now about to expire, has been. It has furnished physicians with , . an abundant crop of cholera mo 4 rbus to harvest, and has given the four coroners of our city a very lu crative addition to their usual business. Nearly forty cases of coup de solid have proved fatal here, and in adjacencies, since our last paper was issued. By the way, let us inform the public how the usu ally fatal effects of an attack of sun stroke may be averted. The moment a victim is seized—do not shudder, tem, erance men I—give him or her a couple of gills of pule brandy. If that will not effect a rapid cure, chafe the stomach, until a revi val is effected. Cold water should not be applied in ternally, under any circumstances. If attendant events will permit, place a mustard draught - , or plaster, over the entire abdominal region. Any thing that will promote and equalize the circula tion of the blood, or will stimulate the nervous system, will bring about convalescence. In an other paragraph, we have suggested a plan by which laboring men may be spared from the fatal embraces of old Sol. We urge employers to give the suggestion their earnest attention.—New York Atlas, of Thursday. The Great Cities of• the World POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .—We compile from Weber,s Volks-Kalender (People's Alma nack) for 1853—published annually at Leipsic —the following table of the population of the largest cities in Europe and North America.— As the Germans are proverbially accurate in their statistical statements, it is to be presum ed that this table may be relied upon as cor rect. As a matter of curiosity and reference, the table may be worth cutting out and pre serving : 34. Pesth, - 125,000 35. Prague, 124,181 36. Barcelona, 120,000 37. Genoa, 120,000 38. Cincinnati, 110,718 39. N. Orleans, 110,348 40. Bristol, 115,000 41. Ghent, 112,410 42. Munich. 108,776 43. Breslau, 104,000 44. Florence. 102,154 45. Rouen, 100,255 46. Belfast, 99,860 47. Cologne, 9 ,277 6, 91,277 411, Stockholm, 90,823 50 Rotterdam, 90,000 51. Antwerp, . 88,800 52. Cork, 80,485 53. Liege, 77,587 54. Bologna, 75,100 55. Leghorn, 74.530 56. Trieste, 70,846 57. Konigsberg, 70,198 : 58. Sheffield, 68.260 59. The Hague. 66,000 60. Leipsie, 65,370' 61. Oporto, 62,000 : 62. Malaga, 60,000 163. Danisic, 58,012 l 64. Frankfort, . 57,550 65. Madgeburg, . 56,692 l 66. Bremen, 53,156 1. London, 2,363,141. 2. Paris, 1,053,262 3. Conqinople. ' 786,990 4. New Yvrk, 622,766 5. St. Petersburg, 478,437 6. Vienna, 477,848 7. Berlin, 441,931 B.'Naples, 416,475 9. Philadelphia, 409,354 10. Liverpool, 384,263 11: Glasgow, 367,800 12. Moscow, 350,000 13. Manchester, 298,000 14. Madrid, 260,000 15, Dublin, 254,850 ..••• 0= 10. Lons, . 17. 141 y 81:1011, 241,500 18. Amsterdam. 222,800 19. Havana,2oo,ooo 20. Marseiles, 195,257 21. Baltimore, 189,054 22. Palermo. 180,000 23. Rome, 172,382 24. Warsaw, 162,597 25.4.eed5. 152,000 26. Milan, 151,438 27. Hamburg,. 148,754 28. Boston, 136,788 29. Brussels, 136,208 30. Turin. ' 135,000 31. Copenhagen, 133,140 32: Bordeaux, 130,927 33. Venice, 126,788 FRANCE Am) THE SALlnwicrilanANns.—We have dates from Honolula to the 30th o\April. On the 6th of that month R. C. Wyllie, t. e Minister of Foreign Affairs, made an elaborate report to the Parliament, in which, referring to the former diffi culties with France, he says : "I am prepared to resume the negotiations with M. Perrin, the French Minister, under all the favor able auspices of the fullest assurances of the benev olent intentions of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111., towards the Hawaiian people generally, and especially towards our sovereign personally; and that Monsieur - Perrin, his Majesty's Plenipotentiary, is disposed to gift practical effect to those intentions so as to obliterate all traces of past disagreement, to consolidate the King's independence, perpetuate Hawaiian nationality, and establish on a perma nent basis those relations of amity and commerce which unite nations by the strongest of all bonds, those of mutual respect and interest, or advantage in regard to these islands. "So soon as the negociatious are concluded I shall submit to the consideration of his Majesty's Gov ernment a national tariff, so framed as to encourage exports, innposi the chie burden of taxation on those articles of luxury which are consumed by the rich, and reduce ii on those articles of necessity '1 without which the industrious poor cannot subsist.' MEXICAN A/TAMIL—The New Orleans Picayune which generally takes a very intelligent view of Mexican affairs, thinks that Santa Anna is desirous of precipitating a war , with the United States.— That paper says:' His own personal defeats have rankled in his heart and envenomed his animosities to the North ern invaders, who conquered and drove him from the country, and he is apparently burning to re deem his lost military charader by another cam paign, in which he promises a different tate. CHARGE OF ATTEMPT TO BRIBE.-J. B Packer, Esq., Dr. Geo. Weiser y and Mr. Charles Weaver, the latter, one of the present Com missioners of Northumberland county, were arrested on Friday last, on a charge of attempt. ing to bribe Christian Albert, one of the Com missioners of the same county, for the purpose of inducing him to give his official sanction to wards a subscription of $200,000 by the co , of Northumberland, to the stock of the Sus quehanna Railroad Company. LOOK Our, Grata.—At the Pennsylvania State Fair, to be eld at. Pittsburg is September next, there will bo a premium offered to girls under twen ty-one years of age, (and we never saw one beyond that yet,) of a silver cup for the best ten pounds of butter, and for the second best a pair of silver but ter knives. For the best five pounds of butter, i' set of silver tea-spoons, and for the second best a silver cup. &mamas, June 30.—A letter from Williams port, Maryland, reports 45 cases of Cholera on Tues day.- The total number of cases since it first made its appearance is 165, of which 55 were fatal. The postmaster is among the victims. " - West Peiiiitrillitititiy Academy. , The annual review of the cadets at West Point, by the Board of Examiners, commenced on the Ist ult. The life of a Cadet at West Point is one of hard study, under rigid discipline, as will be seen' from the following details, given by 'a correspon• dent of the - New York Herald: " He,sleeps in the barracks, in a room with one other"; at five o'clock in the morning, in summer, itial at ball-past fivein winter, the reveille awakens him; .be immediately rises, doubles up his blanket and matrass , and places them on the head of his iron betisteal ; he studies until seven o'clock ; 'at that hour the drum beats for breakfast, and the ca dets fall into rank and proceed to the . mess-pan.— "Tsient - tifirtiutes is tru e time usually spent at break. fast. Guard•mounting takes 'place at half-past sev. en; and twenty-four are,placed on guard every day At eight o'clock the bugle sounds, and the recita tions commence. At one o'clockthe bugle again sounds, the professors dismiss their respective sec tions, the cadets form ranks opposite the barracks, and march'to dinner. Between eleven and one, a part of the cadets are occupied in riding, and others in fencing, daily. " After dinner they have until two o'clock tor recreation, aisd from two till four they are employed at recitations. At four o'clock the' bugle sounds, and they go either to battalion or artillery drill.-- This exercise lasts an hour and a hall' After that they devote the time to recreation until parade, which takes place at sunset. After parade they form in rank in Iront of the barracks, anti the names of the delinquents ate read by an officer of the ca dets. Supper comes next, and after supper recrea tion until eight o'clock, when the bugle sounds the call to quarters, and every cadet must be found in' his room within a few minutes at study, and must remain there thus employed until half-past nine.— At half-past nine the bugle again sounds; this is called tattbri; 'and at ten the trruin'taps, and every cadet must then be in bed, having his light extin guished and must.remain there until morning. If during the night a cadet is found to be absent from his room more than thirty minutes, and does not give a satisfactdry account of himself, charges are preferred against him, and he is court marshaled. " The use of intoxicating drink and of tobacco is strictly repudiated ; so are playing at chess; wear ing whiskers, and a great many other things. The punishment to which cadets are liable, are priva tion of recreation, &c, extra tours of duty, repri mands, or confinement to his room or tent, con finement in light prison, confinement in dark prison, dismission with the privilege of resigning, and pub. lic dismission. "Through the months of July and August the cadets are encamped, the instruction is exclusively military. The only furlough allowed to cadets is two months, when they are in the third class. The pay of the cadet is twenty-four dollars per month, and his board costs him ten of this. From the balance he is required to dress and defray his other expenses, and he is prohibited from contract ing debts without permission. As the reward for all his labor and deprivation, the cadet acquires an excellent education—in mathematics better proba bly than he can get at any other institution i❑ the country. The training here of both body and mind is very thorough and complete." MAD Duns.—ln the present apprehension of by drophobia, the following extract from Youatt's work on the Dog may be useful, by informing those who dread the disease that then: is a sure pleventive:, "The wound should be - thoroughly washed and cleansed as soon as possible after the bite is inflict ed; no sucking of the part, as is advised by many, for the purposeol extractinr , the poison, as the pres ence of a small abrasion of the lips would most as suredly subject the parts to inoculation. If the wound be ragged, the edges may be taken off with a pair of scissors. The wound must then be thor oughly cauterized with nitrate of silver, (lunar caus tic,) being sure to introduce the caustic into the depths of the wound, so that it will reach every par ticle of poison that may have insinuated itself into the flesh. If the wound is too small to admit the slick of caustic, it may be enlarged by the knife, taking care, however, not to carry the poison into the fresh cut, which can be avoided by wiping the knife at each incision. Nitrate of silver is a most powerful neutralizer of specific poison, and the af fected parts will soon come away with the slough, no dressing being necessary, except perhaps olive oil, if there should be much inflammation of the parts." If the above plan be pursued, the patient need be under no apprehension as to the result, but make his mind perfectly easy on the point. '1 his is the course generally pursued by all the veterinary sur geons of Europe, and there are few ol them, who have igli, some time in their practice, been bit ter, by rabid animals. Nevertheless, we never heard ol their having suffered any bail effects from -such accidents. If lunar caustic be not on hand, the wound may be seared with red hot iron, which will answer as good a purpose, although much rnore painful in ita operation. Mr. Blaine, in closing his able and scientific ar- ticle on this subject, very justly remarks: "Would I could instil into such minds the uncertainty of the disease appearing at all, even when no means have been used; and the perfect security they may feel who have submitted to the preventive treatment de tailed above. I have been bitten several times; Mr. Youatt several times also; yet, in neither of us was any dread occasioned. Our experience taught U 5 the absolute certainty of the preventive means; and such I take it upon me to pronounce they always prove, when performed with dexterity and judg ment. Tun EAPairoirr FITILIERIES.—The French cruisers are enforcing the fishery rights oiNbeir nation, in the vicinity of Miquelon, with mukzeal, and the British Colonial fishermen ate getting ine-ste of the same treatment they accorded last summer` to the Yankee fishermen. Judging from the complaints which they make, they do not appear to entertain the opinion that "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." A letter dated St. George's Bay, May a), pub. lished in the St. John's Ledger, states that the French cutter has driven all the English fishermen, about forty in number, out of the Bay. They were forbidden to take any fish on board after the cutter arrived, and many were not allowed to take up their nets that were in the water. Their boats and her rings that were in thetri, were taken from them, and the schooners compelled to go out of the bay with a strong head wind. Some that returned on account of the heavy sea and wind, were fired into by the cutter, and compelled to go out again with out dropping anchors. The writer adds, "It made the English blood chill to see the French humbling and driving the English, to the number of forty ves sels, out of the bay, and firing into them," &c. We should think it quite likely. They can now sym pathize with the Yankee fishermen, who'have been, and are likely again to be, subjecte d similar treat ment at the hands of the British cruisers.—Boston Journal. YELLOW Fevers IN Rio DE J/NEIRO.—A corres pondent of the National Intelligencer, writing from Rio, under date of April 9th, gives a very discour aging account of the chances of life and health therefor foreigners. He enumerates some ten members of the diplomatic corps who have died there sir.ce the year 1849 commenced, and says that, in addition to this, the Prussian. Minister and the British Charge ad interim were at the date of his letter suffering from intermittent lever, and the U. S. Consul has, within the period named above, lost his only son and eldest daughter of yellow fever. A very great number of foreign merchants and clerks have died of fever, and this year it is more violent and fatal than ever. He advises people to hesitate before running the risk of death at Rio and h 4 concludes with the statement that it is the worst place in the world for consumptives, the daily number of deaths from pulmonary disease almost rivalling those carried off by the fever. pr On last Saturday a lad named John Burger, aged about 16; died at' lieckersville from injuries received at the hands of a fellow workman. It ap pears that the boy wan engaged in driving a horse, with the teasing of which his assailant tultused him selfie the annoyance of young Burger, who threat ened to strike him ; whereupon his antagonist dealt him (Burger) a deadly blow—striking him with a pick upon the forehead. An inquest was held upon the body by C. W. Taylor, Esq. Ver dict accordingly. To " cap the climax," the fiend was suffered to escape, and is still at largo. May he speedily be brought to justice..Miners'Journa/. MIEADTUL OCCIMELENCE.—In Weal Manchester township, York county, on Wednessday last, a keg of powder having been left in a shed near near the dwelling of Mr. Witmer, in the absence of the fam ily, hie eon, aged eight years, set fire to it with a match, and was so shockingly burned that he died in a few hours. Insezcame OF Dauas.—We learn t'rom Wash ington that Dr. J. A. Morrison, of Chester county, has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treas ury, Inspector of Drugs for the port of Philadel phia. Dr. Morrison is a physician of high stand ing and has served in the lower House of Congress. RAILROAD CoNTuAcT.—The grading and masonry of the Susquehanna railroad from Sunbury to Lew isburg, was allotted on Wednesday to Michael Burke, of Harrisburg, he being the lowest respon sible bidder. --- Dl' Blue Bah, in great numbers, have appeared in the waters nearEdgartown, Maesachnseta, and ono dsy laeweeklbe boats took 2,800 lbs;
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