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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dl' Blue Bah, in great numbers, have appeared
in the waters nearEdgartown, Maesachnseta, and
ono dsy laeweeklbe boats took 2,800 lbs;