lintdligenter - trlbt=t -- GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR Lancas ,Ai gust 16,1558. DEMOCRAt ...NOMIN4.IONi.-: JUDGE OF SUPREME COVIT, JOHN, 0,..,,KN0X, OF:TIOGi C01:11 _ CANAL COMMISSIONER, THOMAS H. FORSYTH, PHlLiDaPine- AUDITOR GENERAL, EPHRAIM BANKS, OF MIFFLIN COUNTY FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER' -BRAWLEY; OF CRAWFORD COUNTY County Committee Meeting‘ The DemocratiC County Committee of Lancas ter County will meet at the public house of Jacob Ziegler, in North Queen at., in this City, on Wed nesday, the 17th of August, 1853, at 1 o'clock P. M. Punctual attendance is requested, as business of importanCe will be laid before the body. • . • HIRAM B. SWARR, August 2, 1853. Chairman. COUNTY COMMITTEE. City-11. B. Swarr, Chairman. Adamstown—William Stoat. Bart—Robert Montgomery. Brecknock—Reuben Shober. Caernarvon—Thomas Edwards. Cotentin—Ebenezer Jackson. Columbia S. W.—J. 8. Given. Columbia N. W.—H. M. North. cobatico East—Col. Andrew Ream. Caidico West=Col.Jeaee . Conestoga.-B. S. Welsh, Conoy—Cyrus S. Haldeman. Donegal East—Henry Haines. Dbnegal West—John Gross. Drumore—John McSparren. ..Earl—Anthony Carpenter. • Earl East—George Buchman.. Earl West—H. R. Hull. Ephrata—Jeremiah Mohler. Elizabethtown—Benjamin F. Baer. Elizabeth—John Riser, Esq. Fulton—Oliver Caldwell. Rempfield East—Henry G. Imhoff, Jr. Bempiteld West.—Dr. A. K. Rohrer. City N. E. W.—James L. Reynolds. " S. E. W.—Thomas Deen. " N. W. W.—Jacob B. Amwake. " S. W. W.-. 001 Wm. S. Amweg, Lancaster Twp.--Hugh Mclntire. Lampeter East.—Henry Gala. • Lampeter West. -George Raub, Sr. Leacock.—John M'Ktllips. Leacock Upper.—Mark Connell, Jr. Little Britain.—Col. James Patterson. Alanheim Bor.—Nathan Worley. Manheim Twp.—Benj‘min Eby, Manor.—Abraham Peters. .Martic.—James H. Pagan. Marietta.—Lewis Martin. Mount Joy Bor.—Henry Shaffner. Mount Joy Twp.—John Sheaffer. Penn.—Aaron Longenecker. Paradise.—George L. Eckert. Rapho.—Joseph Detwiler. Sackbury.—lsaac Walker. Salisbury.—James H. Houston. Strasburg Bor.—W. F. S. Warren. Strasburg Twp.—Jacob Neff. Warwick —Samuel E. Keller. Washington.—John A. Brush. The Township Committees will be announced hereafter. 117 We call attention to the report of the Board of Canal Commisioners, in another part of this pa per, giving the result of their investigation into the causes which led to the late strike by a portion of the operatives on the Allegheny Portage Railroad' The investigation appears to have been conduCted with a determination to arrive at the whole truth of the case, and to punish any officer of the road who might have been guilty of malpractice in the discharge of his duties. The report of the Board shows that the immediate cause of the strike arose from circumstances beyond the control of the pres ent superintendent, and that the charge so freely circulated by the whig press, that officers of the State were engaged in speculating in the claims of the workmen ? is entirely destitute of foundation. Cumberland County. The following excellent ticket was placed in nomination by the Democratic Convention of " Old Mother Cumberland," on Tuesday last: Senator— Samuel Wherry. Assembly—D. J. McKee, Henry G. Moser. Commissioner—James Armstrong. Treasurer—N. Wilson Woods. District Attorney—W. J. Shearer. ' County Surveyor—A Lamberton. Director—John C. Brown. Auditor—John B. Drawbaugli. 117" We hope the Democracy of that county will " put their shoulders to the wheel," and elect their t icket by one of their old-fashioned majorities.— They can do it, if they try, for it is a ticket in all respects worthy of their united and energetic support. TEMPERANCE MASS MEETING.--The Tempe rance Convention in this city, on Tuesday last, was well attended—although there were but few stran gers present from a distance. The " Big Tent " was crowded through the day and evening, and every thing, we believe passed off satisfactorily to all concerned: The speakers were Mr. Van Wag ner, from New York, Rev. Messrs. Coombe and McCarter, of Philadelphia, Mr. Anderson, of Bucks county, and Rev. Mr. Barbour, from Columbia county. The resolutions adopted were strongly in favor of a Prohibitory Law, and urgent upon the friends of Temperance to rnake it an issue at the ballot box. Meetings were held every night through ; the week at the '" Big Tent," which were addiessed principally by Messrs. Van Wagner, Anderson and McC , r. TEE WEEKLY &res.—Maus. Wallach & Hope propose to publish a weekly family paper with the aboae title, at Washington City, to commence the first Thursday in September,—see advertisement in another column. It will be a paper devoted to gen eral news, and also give a full account of the say. Tugs and doings at the Capital of the Nation. This is promised by the Editors, and from their well known ability and energy we do not doubt that they will fully redeem the pledge. Those of our readers whO desire a cheap and interesting paper from the seat of government, would do well to subscribe for the "Weekly Star." I A new daily (neutral) paper has just been started in Baltimore, called the "Daily American Times," by C. G. Baylor & Co. It is handsomely printed, has a neat appearance and its editorials are marked with vigor and originality. Terms— daily, $5 per annum ; tn-weekly, $3 ; semiweek ly, $2 ; weekly ; TEE FRAN/MIN TELEGRAPH.--This is the title of a new Democratic paper just started at Cham7 bersburg; by J. Co.g Ilippza.—The first number gine evidence of ability and spirit, but whether the Whig county of Franklin can sustain two Dem ocratic papers as they ought to be sustained, is, to say the least of it, extremely doubtful. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—TWO trains came in con tact on the Camden and Amboy railroad, on Tues- day last, by which collision five persons were killed a number injured, and two cars in each train bro- ken to pieces. Among the injured although neither of them seriously, were Mr. and Mrs. McCormick and daughter, and Miss Buehler, of Harrisburg, lIT ANniavr Joarrsres (Dem.) has. been , elected Governor of Tennessee, by a majority bordering on 3,000. The Democrats have also a majority of the Congressmen. Ex Mr. H. A. ROCICAPIELD (for the last two or three years Assistant Edii4 of the Examiner & Herald) has retired from that establishment, for the ppm of embarking in other.business. • The_cuatonLhousis at Saw Francisco. Amongst the documents ordered to be printed by the Senate at its special session was the report of Gilbert Rodman, Esq., who was sent to SaVran-', cisco by Mr. Meredith as special agent to mvesti-1 gatt„ . 4he frauds alleged to haye_been committed by theite collector, James Col4V, Esq. Thilit'port discloses a senes of the mocfestouVing violations " ollaw in the fradaleit:app4riatiekt of the public, Mimey by the collectoy at SiM Frees - taco that have, ever been brought_tiv light.: • - From Mr. Rodman's first letter, dated' August 15th, 1850, we are enabled . tiiiite the following statements: Idmost of the cases of seizures of French _ vee -eels and their cargoes for alleged violations ether navigation act of 1817, the vessels had been re stored in obedience to instructions from the depart ment; but the cargoes hart been sold;mostly at pri vate sale, by Mr. Collier, prior to the reception of instructions for the restoration of the cargoes. The books of Mr. Collier showed no account of tiese sales; and he failed to farniih any to Mr. Rodman, although urged to do so. Mr. Rodnian'attacliel to his report a swam statement by J. S. Ruckel, from which it appears that he purchased from Herman H. Green,: the known agent in the behalf of the collector, all the seized and unclaimed goods and merchandise in the -custody of the said collector as aforesaid, and that he afterwards joined with him in the:purchase one Edward Byrne; they were to get the goods at the lowest [nuke! price, and the Said Herman H. Green was to receive one-third of the profits made on said goods; that the said Byrne afterwards bought out the interest of said Greene at eight thousand dollars in cash; that the amount putd by Backe] and Byrne for the goods was $21, - 000, and that upon the sale of them they realized a profit of about $20,000. From all which it appears that the co.lector,; through his agent, Mr. Green, pocketed eight thousand dollars as hie share of the speculation, in addition to the $21,000 paid for the goods by Messrs. Ruckel and Byrne. These facts are also verified by the statement of Mr. Byrne, which is also attached to Mr. Rodman's report.— Mr. Byrne says that he knows that the proceeds of said goods, amounted to 4121,000, "went into the use and possession o al Collier." Mr. Rodman further states that the collector had leased and rented out certain lots reserved for the goremnient, and had regularly collected the rents, but showed no account of them on his books; that the collector considered himself entitled to all fees that accrued, irrespective of the maximum allow ance prescribed by lavi for his annual compensation; that the sums received for fees and blanks averaged $5,000 per month, of which the collector had made no return, as the law required; that the collector's books showed no credit for the rent of the old adobe custom-house, which he had rented at $9,000 a year. In Mr. Rodman's second letter, dated May 31, 1860, he says, that, after notifying the collector of the object of his visit, he concluded to postpone his examination and count of the moneys in the cus tom house until about the time of the departure of the next steamer; that, on the 25th instant, he ac cepted an invitation to go on an excursion up the bay about 30 miles, the collector-being one of the party; that during hie absence he learned that a large amount o money was carted from one of the banking house s to the custom house. When he ex amined the money, upon his return, he saw evi dences that a large amount of money had been thus brought in; but after counting it all he found his account short $15,000. Mr. Byrne states, that, whilst Mr. Rodman was absent on the pleasure ex cursion, one hundred thousand dollars was sent from a banking house to the custom house to end able the collector to make good his accounts. He says, also, that it was "the town talk" that the pleasure excursion was gotten up to enable the col lector to replenish the sub-treasury by carting over $lOO,OOO from the bank. In his next letter, dated June 17, 1850, Mr. Rod man says that upwards of $140,000 have been loan ed by the collector to the banking hOuse of Wells & Co., for which interest to the amount ofssso,- 000 has been paid. On this subject Mr. Byriie, who was cashier in the custom house under Mr. Collier. says that in the latter part of the month of November, by the request and at the instance of the said James Collier, he went into the banking house of Wells & Co., to look after, oversee, and protect the interests of the said James Collier, under a cer tain arrangement between the said James Collier and Thomas G. Wells, the managing partner' f said banking house, for the loan of money to be fur nished by the said James Collier; that the first de posite of the said James Collier with said banking house (on all of which he was to receive, and there was passed to his credit, interest at the rate of five per cent. per month from Wells & Co., aforesaid) was fifteen thousand dollars, which was made to wards the close of the month of November, in the year last aforesaid; that when he left the employ ment of said Wells & Co., to engage in the purchase and re-sale of the seized merchandise, as aforesaid, on or about the third day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty, there was to the credit of said James Collier, including interest and com pound interest, the sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which at least one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which at least one hun dred thousand dollars was money belonging to and brought from the custom house; thatall of said de -1 posites of money, by the said James Collier with Wells & Co., were from the money of the U. States received for customs by the said James Collier, who delivered to him, the said Edward Byrne, from time to time as the deposites were made, from the mo neys in and at the custom house aforesaid, the said sum of money last aforesaid, to be placed to his credit in the banking house of Wells & Co., an al lowance of five per cent. per month as aforesaid be ing made to the said James Collier therefor, and the money so deposited with them loaned out by Wells & Co. aforesaid at the rate of ten per cent. per month interest—Washington Union. THE FISHERY QUESTION.—British Demands.—A correspondent of the New York Express says that the British Government has put forward the follow ing demands as the condition for the settlement of the Fishery Question : Ist. The admission of British built vessels to the privilege of American Register. 2d. The free admission of the British flag to the coasting trade between the American, Atlantic and Pacific Ports. 3d. The abolition of our present bounties to American Cod fishery. 4th. A . further modification of our Tariff—of course with a view to favor British interests And, sth. These demands if correctly stated, are too unreasonable to secure evenr.he respectful consider ation of Congreas, and have already put a close to the negotiations that were in progress. It will be seen that every one of the items would require the Legislative action of the two Houses before any treaty stipulations of the kind could go into effect. To grant them would be in direct and obvious op position to the interests of our agriculturists, our manufacturers, our ship owners, and our fishermen fl" The Democratic State Convention of Mary land, after a two days' session last week, nomina ted the Hon. JOHN la. LIGON, of Howard county, for Governor. He was settled on the 33d ballot.— The vote stood—Ligon 52, Mitchell 40, and Keys 4. The name of Col Hughes, another of the prom inent candidates, was withdrawn after the 30th ballot. ILY The heat was excessive here during all of last week—the thermometer, on Friday, ranging as high as 102 in the shade. In the larger cities it Was 'also very greatiLjn Boston, on. Saturday, 23 deaths were reported from sun stroke! ADDRESS Dzraviumn.—At the meeting of the National Convention in Pittsburg, on Thursday last, Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, of this city, delivered on address on the Nationality of Language. bn Friday and Saturday, in the city oIN. York, the deaths;of persons 'from the excessive heat was from 60 to 70, and of horses about 100! In Phila. delphia,alm, there were am unusually large num ber of sudden deaths from the same cause. ow Embassy _to England.__. We take the following article froni the Ledger of Tuesday last. It speaks the opinion of the whole /pantry in relation to Mr. Bucaerrarr, and is justly etritaplinientary to his accomplished Secretary, Mr mums. We concur in - opinion with the editor of the Laser, as to the importance of always having a Secretary of Legation qualified to fill the post of Minister, in the_drent of his absence:— Of all the foreign appointmettti made thus far, - ibat ot,the Hottilames .Ruchanari is undoubtedly the kiMt.. Nobody will deny Mr. Buchanan great experience and great business talents; while his ha bitual caution and foresight cannot bat be looked upon as a guaranty that he will use the high trust confided to his hands in a manner creditable to him self and useful to the country. Mr. Buchanan's character-as a statesman, his former high position as Secretary of State under Mr. Polk, as well as his general reputation, will give to his official acts that weight in public consideratiOri, ivithoui which no Minister abroad can succeed in his diplomatic vo cation. A Democratic Republic cannot, like an old monarchy, be represented by the offshoot of some great family, of long historical illustration; or by a man who is known to stand near the throne and to enjoy the confidence ofhis "august sovereign;" but it can and ought to be represented by a man who enjoys public confidence at home, and is capable, by_his own acts, of rendering his name historical. Mr. Buchanan will arrive in England under very tavorable auspices, and will, no, doubt, materially contribute to the peaceable solution of the several questions now pending between the United States and Great Britain. The selection of Mr. Daniel E. Sickles as Secre tary of Legation, made, we believe, by Mr: Buch anan himself, is also a very happy one. Mr. Sick les is a man of talent, and possesses all the ameni ties of a gentleman indispensable to that position. Me is capable, should Mr. B. desire to absent him self from his post, or return home, of conducting the business of the legation ad interim; a contin gency which may always arise, and which, there fore ought always to be considered in making such an appointment. The rule ought to be never to appoint a Secreta ry of Legation who is not, in case of emergency, capable of discharging the functions of minister.— It is for this reason that the appointment, which formerly was considered a mere personal one of the minister,is now viewed as one of great impor tance, for hich the President of the United States himself is reponsible, and which requires the adVice and consent of the Senate. It is very fortunate that in this instance the President and Minister concur red, and that the confirmation by the Senate is equally a matter of course. Mr. Sickles , appoint mentbeing madeaometvhat suddenly meddle has not been able to prepare himself for his departure in time to accompany Mr. Buchanan in the Atlantic, but will follow him on the 20th inst. Resolutions. Adopted by the Democratic State Convention'of Penn eyhmnia, June 28, 1853 Col. S. W. Black, from the committee on resolu tions, reported the following, which were adopted : Resolved, That in the election of Franklin Pierce, the people have received an able, tearless, and faith ful exponent of democratic principles, and a Chief Magistrate of whom the Union may well feel proud. His administration has thus tar proven eminently successful, and given sure earnest of future useful ness. Resolved, That we approve of the administration of Governor Willliam Bigler, having the fullest con fidence in his patriotism, integrity, and devotion to the principles of the democratic party. Resolved, That this convention cordially and unan imously approve the nomination of the Hon. John C. Knox, this day made for Judge of the Supreme Court, and pledge him our undivided support. Resolved, That this convention recommend to the democratic party of Pennsylvania, the whole State ticket, as now presented; and relying upon the same party, who have ever proved true to their profes sions, look forward to its triumphant election on the second Tuesday of October next. Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. John B. Gibson, formerly Chief Justice, and late a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the communi ty has lost an able and profound jurist, a useful cit izen, and an honest ,man. To his family, in his death most deeply bereaved, we offer sincerely this expression of our sympathy and distress. Resolved, That we feel sensibly the serious and general loss our country has suffered in the death of Vice President King. As his life was upright, useful and patriotic, without spot or blemish, his death has produced in all hearts a lasting sorrow. To his friends and relatives we desire to express our sympathies. Air. Robert Tyler moved the following resolu tions, which were considered and adopted. viz: Resolved, That we are convinced the safety and integrity of the Union can only be maintained, and the purity of the government can only be preserved, by a strict construction of the constitution, that scrupulously respects the righ:s of the States, and by the constant practice of a wise economy in every department of the government. Resolved, That we are in favor of the construc tion of a national railroad, or highway, connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic portion of the Union, which shall traverse in its entire line our own ter ritory, and be in no way snbject to a foreign pow er. Mr. Grow offered the following resolution which was adopted, viz : Resolved, That a grant of one hundred and sixty acres of . land by the general government, to every actual settler on the public _domain, is a measure eminently calculated to promote the best interest of labor and the welfare of the whole country, and that Congress. at its next session, should pass a law giving to the soldiers of the war of 1812, and all subsequent wars, one hundred and sixty acres of land, without regard to rank or duration of service. Mr. Nill offered the following resolution, which was adopted, viz: Resolued.That hereafter, on the assembling of any democratic State Convention, the Chairman of the State Central committee, or some member of said committee designated by him, shall be ex-officio chairman until a president shall be elected, and that on the reassembling of any such convention, the former officers shall preside over the same. All va cancies which may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise, in such offices, shall be filled by the del egates present. CHINP.B.£ AFFAIRS.—The moat remarkable inci dent in modern history—if no deception is practi sed—is 11l discovery, says the Baltimore Argus, that the Insurgent Chinese believe in many of the cardinal truths of our religion. It is historically known, indeed, that in 1692 the Emperor, Kanghi, tolerated the Christian Religion, but we are not aware that any subsequent encouragement was given to our common faith under succeeding mon archs of the Tartar dynasty. For, although the Jesuits were established at Peking in 1715, and a legation was sent by the Pope, in 1820, to China, to regulate certain differences in faith, which seem ed to have arisen there, yet the advance of the Christian faith was so discouraging, as to leave up on the mind of other nations the impression that it had 'taken little or no hold upon the inhabt tants. But if the recent accounts published in the New York Herald are correct, the seed sown in past years has germinated in secret, and the Christian faith, in some intelligible, though corrupted form, obtains among very many of the provinces of the interior. It would be strange indeed, if the polii icy of the Chinese Emperors had jealously guarded every point of entrance in their kingdom against the accession of new belief, and has yet failed to remark the in-growth of a doctrine in the very heart of the Empire, which was destined to place its whole existence in imminent peril. For ourselves, we hope that the foreign poWers and our own government will not afford any sup port to the tattered frame-work of the Chinese sys tem. It is time that the immense domain should be opened to the world, and to civilization. It has remained a sealed book for near one thousand years, except for the enterprise and inquiry of Matco Palo and Duhalde. We should assist the children of the soil, if they would unfold it wholly to our eyes. 117" Among the deaths at New Orleans, on the sth inst., by yellow fever, was Col. W. W. Buss, of the U. S. Army, son-in-law of the late Gen. Ter- The mortality is very great in that city—the deaths fromthe epidemic alone, for the week ending on the 7th inst., was 950 Farm Cuaronara.—Thhe steamship Star of the West, from San Juan, arriven at New York on Tues day afternoon last, with San Francisco dates to the 16th ult. She brought 400 passengers, and $1,037,- 000 in gold—a little over one-half on freight, and the balance in the hands of passengers. The mail steamer, John L. Stephens, left San Francisco on the 16th, with $1,600,000 in gold. No news of much importance. I , '" Rev. Thomas M'Civranr, rececently Pro fessor of Latin in Mount St. Mary's College, Em rnitsburg, died on Thursday week of the prevailing epidemic—cholera. GIT.Y' Y._Lt THS WHIG COWITI CONVENTION.-LHIS body met in Fulton Hall, in this City, on .Wednesday jast—a full delegation from every district in the county—and nominated the following ticket : Anomaly—Daniel Herr, Columbia • John Heistand, City ; C. L. Hunseckir, Manheim ry Gmy, Ephrata ; John Rawlyr, Medic: County Treasurer.—Benjamin Reinhold, City-: District Attorney.—David W patterson; crtyt 4 County Commissioner.—Philip Geist, West Lai"; peter. Directors of Poor.--John Peoples*ovideripe ; Abraham Kaufman, Penn. Prison hispectors.—Abraham Landis, Ephrata; Hugh S. Gara, City. County Surveyor.—lsaac Hoffer, Elizabethtown. County Auctstor.—John Smith, Leacpck, _ _ It is almost needless to say, that it is an out and out "Silver Grey" ticket, from. top to ladttorni,- not a single "Woolly Head" getting leave to show his face upon it. The principal contest appeared to be .for ;County Treasurer t Mr. Reinhold was nominated - on the first ballot, EaVing received 33 votes—the-.friends' of Mr. Boughter-having -with drawn his name, and refusing to vote at all upon the nomination. During the discussion of this ques tion, all manner of trickery was alleged - against the majority, and it was boldly charged by Mr. Hamersly that the Convention was parked, and that the friends of Mr. Reinhold bad resorted to the Most disreputable means to accomplish theirob ject. It remains to be seen whether Mr. Boughter and his friends will _quietly submit to this ostracising proUess. If they do, then all we have to say is that they are composed of more whippable material than we believed them to be. If they now tamely submit to be made " heWers of wood and drawers of water" to a heartless and vindictive majority, then they deserve to have the lash applied to them and that without stint and measure. A short time , will suffice to show what kind of stuff they are made of. We shall see what we shall see. 1:17 - The evening before the meeting of the Con vention, there were 'several black eyes made by our Whig friends in this City. We have seen no account of the sport in the police items of the Inland Daily . . What were the police officers about? The weath. , er was rather warm about that time, to use such, "knock-em-down" arguments. But there is no ac-. counting for tastes, when patriotism is at boiling heat. Ill' The Court of Quarter Sessions for this County, commenced yesterday, in Fulton Hall— Judge Loan presiding. 117- The Annual Commencement of Franklin and Marshal College will take place on Wednesday, the', 31st instant. The address before the Alumni will be delivered by the Rev. S. H. Reid, of and the biennial address before the literary societies by the Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D., of Lancaster Acc IDENT.-Mr. David Martin, of Earl township was thrown from his sulkey on Tuesday last, be tween Sneadersville and Hinkletown, and dragged over the road for about three-fourths of a mile, when the horse was checked. Mr. Martin is now lying in a very critical condition. 117 - A company is about being formed in Sate Harbor for the purpose of establishing an indepen dent line of stages to run between that place and Lancaster. aEr' VISITING DIRECTORS TO the Public Schools, of Lancaster city, for August Chesnut Street Schools. Male High School—Davies, Preston and .Higbee, Judge Hayes Female High School--Drysdale, Miss Musser and Miss Gill, Rev. N. A. Keyes Primary Male School—Miss Reed, A. W. Russel. Primary Male School—Miss E. Cromwell, B. F. Shenk Primary Female School—Mrs. Sullivan ' R. Moderwell. Primary Female School—Miss • Brooke, T. H. Burrowes. Vine and Mulberry Street Schools. Secondary Male School—Twining, Mrs. Mailley and Miss White, J. Wise Secondary Female School—Miss A. E. Eberman, A. Smith & Mushier, M. D. Holbrook. Primary Male School—Miss Haz- • zard, C. GilleSpie. Primary Male School—Miss Myers, A. H. Hood Primary Female School—Mrs. Moore, J. Clarkson Primary Female School—Miss H. Cromwell, J. H. Reigart African School—Miss Voight, H. Stock Duke Street Schools. Secondary Male School—Row, Miss O'Donnel and Miss Diller, J. C. Van Camp Secondary Female School--Miss Russel, S. Smith and Magee, I. N. Ellmaker Primary Male School Mr. Nource, H. A. Wade Primary Male School—Miss Gilles pie, J. Zimmerman Primary Male School—Miss Stei gerwalt, Wm. Mathiot. Primary Female S cho o 1 —M iss Hoff mier, Dr. H. Carpenter Primary Female School—Miss C. Eberman, A.. Slaymaker Primary Female School--Mrs. Rein steine, F. J. Kramph Orange and Lemon Street Schools. Primary Male School —Miss Sam son, J. Metz gar Primary Male Scho of—Miss Wenger, P. McCo nomy. Primary Female School—Miss Boyd, John Bear Mrs. Gotta, Wta. Whiteside. Primary Male School—Miss Ben- ner, C. M. Howell Primary Male School—Miss Everts, H. Rotharmel. Primary Female Soho ol—Miss Eioholtz, N. 'Lightner. Primary Female School—Miss Walker, 11. B. Swarr Book Notices, tEr "Purrasou's MAO&zINE," for September, is already out, and it is, in embellishments and read ing matter, one of the best numbers that has yet been issued. The Fashion Plate is a beautiful en graving. fIX" GLEAsos's PICTORIAL," and BARN um's Ir.- LIISTILLTED News," are also going ahead in fine style, the pictorial department of each improving with every succeeding number. ILLUSTRATED NEW TESTAMENT.—Messrs. MUT ray & Stoek have received at their Bookstore, Nos 11 and 12 of this excellent work, published by G . Pratt, N. Y. Those who have the previous num hers, should by all means obtain these. NONINATION or JIID GS Kxox.—Alluding to the unanimity of the Democratic Convention in nomi nating Judge Knox, the Venango Spectalor, publish ed at his home, uses the lollowing decided language . " The Democratic State Convention, which mei at Harrisburg on Thursday last, nominated Hon John C. Knox for Judge of the Supreme Court, by acclamation. This is a rare tribute to the purity and worth of our distinguished townsman. It is an acknowledgment of his fitness for the high position he now fills, of which any man in Pennsylvania might be proud. " To us who know and appreciate Judge Knox as a jurist and as a man, this unanimity of the Con venues is not a matter of surprise. We should have been disappointed had it been other than a unanimous vote. The action of the Convention is also highly complimentary to the Governor, whose accurate knowledge of men led him to select Judge Knox to fill the vacancy upon the Supreme Bench. "The Northwest will sustain the nomination of Judge Knox by a majority unprecedented-iiipoliti cal annals. Here, where he .is knOwn intimately and well, he has no enemies, and none doubt that he is admirably qualified for the highest judicial po sition. Venango is good for one thousand majority for Knox." 137 - The Native American State Convention, which met in Philadelphia on Wednesday last, nominated the following state ticket: For Judge Supreme Court—Jacob Broome, of Philadelphia. For Canal Commissioner—Gen. David .MDonald of Northumberland county. For Auditor General—hseph Reigel, of Schuyl kill county. _For Surveyor General—Kimber Cleaver, North umberland county. OF TiElEoktilT_ In refeience to the recent "&rike on the .illlegheny Por. sage Railroad.' The undersigned met at the. Mountain House on thel3tb inst., for the pbrpose of inquiring into the - ceases which led A 3 the /ecept strike a mong t , he operative& on theVleglferfirinrlage committip w ' had been apponated that - % A isno amityved t r! in .attendanWand dy ' - ad every lac in their powetilb a lav iition. ?,.... 1-i; _64 , Y.l, tA N:74,1,_ . . 4' , .imatter alien assnalecii•Moille %VI, `the - BOanraddiessed the following note 'to the com mittee :". - Monarsue Elonsz, July Bth, 1853. GENTLEMEN : The Board are now in session at this place, anclare.prepared.to receive -(and-invite) any communication which your committee may have to make in reference to:the recent difficulties between the operatives and officers of the State on the Allegheny and Portage railroad. Whatever charges you may have to prefer against any of the said officers you will plaaserstffillit in writing,eind name witnesses by - whom the charges areex pected to be sustained. The Board will afford every opportunity for a lull investigation; ad' if the re sult shall show that any agent of the Stale'has been faithless to his trust, he will be dealt' with accor dingly. , . Respectfully, yours, WM. T. MORISON, President. THOMAS Comas, Esq., and others, committee on part of operatives on Allegheny Portage rail road. To this they received an answer as follows: MOUNTAIN Roues, July Bth, 1853. W. T. Morison, Esq., President Board Canal Commissioneri SIR In. reply to yours of this date, we maize the following charges, and sustain them in the follow ing manner : Our first charge as set forth in the address;of the operatives of the Allegheny Portage railroad : That many of us have been in the, employ of the Commonwealth for month=, without receiving any pay. This charge we will prove by the following persons : By Daniel Brophy ; we will prove that at the time of the strike there was between fifteen and sixteen months' wages due him, and that every time he knew there was money paying by the su perintendent he tried to get it, but did not 'succeed. That William Shiets, do. eleven months; Harkins Ott, do between eight and nine months; Terrence Hudson, do. between ten and eleven months; Wil liam Kerns had fourteen months due him. We can give any number of names, it necessary, for simi lar periods, The second charge is: That hands have been compelled to sell their time at a discount. We will prove by Richard Trotter, engineer at the head of the plane No. 4 : That he had to sell three months of his time at a discount of ten per cent., at a broker's office in Hollidaysburg, after the passage of the appropriation bill. That Henry Downey and 0. H. Kelly sold at the same place, at the same rate. That Daniel . McManamy sold six months' time, amounting to three hundred and for ty-two dollars, and had to pay ten per cent. dis count; part of this was sold to A. M. & R. White, and the rest to Bell, Johnston, Jackson & Co.— .. Those persons are now present, and any amount of aames can be had of persons who were compelled to sell. But these we consider sufficient. The third charge is: That the check rolls sold to the brokers, &c., first find their way into the treasury. That M. M. Adams, a member of this committee, found audited in the Auditor General's books, a bill of his, which, from the time he sold to the date of his auditing, did not exceed two months. That it was for materials furnished for the road, and amounted to over elevenhundred dol lars. That he sold the bill to Bell, Johnston, Jack & Co., and paid ten per cent. discount on it. The fourth charge is : That there was $60,000 of bills and check rolls which found their way into the treasury, which had not passed through the su perintendent's hands. This charge was not made by the men on the strike ; but was told by Mr. Crawford, and also Gen. Ross. By a statement of Mr. C.Conner, auditing clerk, to two of this committee: That immediately after the passage of the appropriation bill, one of the clerks of the treasury office carried in two bundles ofeheck rolls and bills, amounting to between $76, 000 and $BO,OOO, whick were rece:pted to F, R. Wart, Esq.; late superintendent Allegheny Portage railroad. He said that some of them were audited, and the balance were sent back to the Superinten dent's office in Hollidaysburg, as they had to be re ceipted to Gen. Ross before they could be audited. They were sent back and properly made out, and all audited, with the exception ofa few bills. The next charge is : That men have been dis charged without being paid, and were compelled.to, call several times for their money. This is su.h a common occurrence on the road, as renders it al most useless to say anything about it, as every man wbo knows anything about the road, knows this is the manner of doing business on it. It has been as sei•ted that the officers of the road knew nothing of the strike. This is not true, as one of the commit tee, Cornelius Collins, had a conversation with Jesse R. Crawford, two or three weeks previous to the strike, and had told him that the strike would come off. Crawford said that the men on the road had not nerve enough to strike. These are all that I have been appointed to answer. Some of the oth er members of this committee have some charges to make, which will form a separate communica tion. Truly yours, THOMAS COLLINS, Chairman, &c Without attempting to review the testimony which was taken by the Board, in detail, it may be remarked generally, that it was abundantly estab lished that at the time of the F strike," there had been money due some of the hands for three, .six, nine, twelve, and some for even fifteen months. The effect of this was, that many of them were obliged to sell their claims at a discount often per cent. The board cannot too strongly condemn a policy which would lead to such a result. Most of theses laims were in the hands of meritorious men who had served the State faithfully, by night and by day; and it is a humiliating admission that a great State like Pennsylvania should permit her honest creditors to sacrifice a portion of their claims in such a manner ; and the Board earnestly .hope that there may never be a recurrence of this kind from any cause, or combination of causes, what ever. This brings us to the inquiry, How was this state of things brought about 7" In answer, it may be stated, in the first place, that the appropriation for repairs and motive pow.r expenses, on the Por tage road, for 1852, fell tar, very far, below the actual amount expended. By reference to the late report of the Canal Commisners, it will be seen that the expenditures exceeded the appropriation the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six dollars. In other words, there was, at the end of the fiscal year, Ist of December, 1852, an actual reported debt of the above amount. •A portion of this debt was caused by the road being kept open day and night, during the winter of 1851-'52. A double set of hands the whole time was indispensible, yet the measure seemed to be demanded, as well by the public sen timent, as a due regard to the accommodation of the travel as the trade. To this enormous deficit, it is apprehended, may be added a large sum which had not been reported by the late superintendent at all. Should the apprehensions of the Board, in this respect, be realized, they cannot conjecture how it happened. The moat charitable way that it can be accounted for; is to say that it was the re sult of inexcusable negligence. Should any officer hereafter be guilty of similar conduct, and it be discovered while he is within reach of the Board he will be made a public example of at once. The appropriations to pay the debt on' this road, and the current expenses of the present year, were not made until the 19th of April last. Thus it is apparent that the disbursing officer on the road had no means within his reach' to pay this debt, from the the time of its creation, in 1852, until, after the 19th of April,. 1853, nor had he the means of pay ing the current expenses of the present year. Un der the act of assembly, the superintendent can on ly draw thirty thousand dollars •it one time. He must then disburse that sum, return his vouchers to the Auditor General's office, and have them au dited before he can draw any more. It appears from the books of the State Treasurer that the superintendent had drawn between the 19th of April, 1853, the day on which the appropriation bill passed, and the 19th of June, the day on which the " strike " occurred, the sum of $ 161,886 58, all of which had been disbursed. This was a much larger sum than had been dis bursed in the corresponding period of last year, if indeed it be not more than has ever before been paid out on that road, in the same length of time. Of the above sum, about $82,000 had been purchased by sundry persons, from laborer* and others, at a discount. In the opinion of the Board, these claims shOuld not have been paid at the time. They had been purchased on speculation, and should not have been paid until all the claims in first hands had been fully discharged. The propriety of this course is now the more ob vious, since it is known that the appropriation,will be exhausted before the whole debt will be liquidated, and thus the parties who, purchased these claims at a discount, will have - been.reimbursed, while many of those meritorious men who had served the State faithfully night and' day (and some of.them too in limited circumstances,) will have to wait, perhaps another year. It is due to the disbursingofficer, owexer, to say that at the time these claims were paid, it, wassbe. Belied the appropriation would cover the entire in: debtedness of the road. The views of theßiard in regard to the future "course of all suPerintendents, as well as stirpervisors, in this respect, are s,uffici• ently indicated in the resolutions which were in formally considered at Pittsburg - in June, and after ward adoped by th4Board at Johnstown, on the 12th They are in these words: , jentsErovr,is, July 12, 18fi3. Resolved, That the superintendeate of the Philo del .hia and Colima .ia and Alle: hen Porta: e rail icia.s,- ... i. - enperittiors-e• - . - --v• - iiiiiiicine of the Pennsylvania canal, be directed in the dis bursement of money for the payment of debts in i ALL cases to t i ri, xsi kr thou creditors who have performed t a , Ittstitribo CASE to:, pay any check roll or o lance of debt in the hands of sec* par 'es, un . 41ierdebts in the first has . • ..... ii ry.s. been f ~ i - OW --, 1.. r. :„. 'i'Tha -, d 7, -'. .. tendents and sure ' .- • , 1 , ved, ..... . -,.. . -.. be : , direct --.... .. 4 , • ttom the treasury, at -..'., 'est 1., ": i cticab '.-.....ent, as much money as ~'.- : i. .- .7 Isar • 4 .. :! :., all back debts due to la-. '..-:'' ik,-- - gin'.. , " ~- .. Y'.:i:- 7 - S , .ds in the emplo; , \ ':, 4 the 'Commonwe th, and the. , .ereafter said parties be paid monthly, so long as, •e appropriations for that purpose may lalrt,----- 1 In, this connection it- is proper to state that a numberof•the-tbe,o(ficers...., the road "with speculating in the wages of the op eratives," &c. The committee, it is true, made no such allegation, yet the publicity which had been been given to the suggestion by the pess, induced the. Board to investigate the matter. They there lore propounded to every witness who had any knowledge of claims having been sold, the general qttesgopampu_ltnow of any officer of the State having , been concerned `, of itithie:aty,, in the purchase of - check riallt l / 4 'br . othei'evideriees of debt &pink' the Commodivaalth I" To itiii - tt negative answer was given in oVeil initance.' The Board being desirous to do justice. toall parties con cerned, deemed it proper to call upon the bankers whO had, purchased the claims referred to: TO this end they went to Hollidaysburg; and addressed a note to Messrs. Bell, Johnston & Co., and also to Bryant, Gleim & Co., requesting their attendance. Mr. Johnston representing the former - and Mr:Gard ner the latter firm, appeal-alb compliance with the note. The Board then put this questiOn to each of them: "Has tnere been, or is there now, any ar rangement between your house and any'officer of the State, by which such officer is or was to receive any portion of the profits arising from the purchase of these claims ?"- These gentlemen both answered, unqualifiedly, that "no such arrangement has 'ever existed;' and Mr. Johnston, with whom Gen. Ross deposits his money, stated in answer to another ques tion, that "Ross receives no compensation whatever, on account:of the money being deposited with them.' Mr. Robert J. Ross; of Harrisburg, who had.pur chased 'a considerable portion of these claims, stated snbstantially the same thut Messrs. Johnston and Gardner had said:' The Board will barely remark on this point, that they rejoice that the evidence ex culpates entirely every officer in the service of the State from all participation in these speculations. 'Whatever difference of opinion may exist with re gard to the propriety of the traffic in these claims by others, no one, 'it is believed, would attempt to justify - a disbursing officer of the State, in either di rectly or indirectly prostituting his position in such manner. During the progress of the investigation, a por tion of the committee laid before the Board a second Communicatiou, as follows: Si;umm July Bth, 1853 Wm. T. MORISON, Eeq., _ _ President Board Canal Commissioners Sin: We make 'the following charges against Maj. V. Phelps, and will give the names of witness es to prove the charges: That at the 'time Maj. Phelps was acting as as sistant superintendent of the old Portage railroad, he was partner in a contract to furnish cros,s-ties for the new road. The'cross-ties which were taken up for the old road, and charged to the old road, were seen by the man who took them on the new road. That the hands from repairs, and other men in the employ of the Commonwealth, were engaged in loading and unloading thoSe ties, and the time while they were so engaged was 'charged to the Commonwealth. The mines of the persons by whom we expect to' prove these things are Robert P. Linton, Jesse Patterson, Antes Shannon and William Rainey. Very truly yours; DANIEL BROPHY, HENRY L. DOWNEY, ANDREW PURCELL, DANIEL McMANAMY. It will be observed that the committee charge: First, that Mr. Phelps, while acting as assistant su perintendent of the Portage road, was a partner in a contract to furnish cross-ties for the new road, &c. This charge was sustained, and it was also shown that the foreman of the machine shop at Johns town was a parther. The contract price of these ties was thirty.five cents per tie. it appeared in evidence that some of these ties had been purchased by the contractors from other parties, at from twenty-three to twenty-five cents. But there was no et/Welke to show that, at the time the allotment' was made, there was any bid below thirty-five cents. Notwithstanding this, the Board feel called upon, publicly to express their disapprobation of the prac nee of officers of the State being contractors for furnishing materials, or otherwise. The Legislature has very properly provided that no member of either branch of that body, nor ,Ca nal Commissioner; superintendent, or supervisor shall have any interest in any contract whatever, on the public improvements of the State. The spirit of this wise provision, it seems to us, would apply with equal forceto all those holding of fice under the Canal Board. It is believed that no 'officer connected with the improvements now, has any contract for furnishing materials, either for repairs Or new work; nor has the Board any knowledge of such contract having existed the present year. It is true, that'some dl the ties referred to were delivered in May last, but it is alleged that it was done under a continuation of the contract • which had been entered into last year, It may not be improper to state, in this connec tion, that shortly after the organization of the Board, as it is now constituted, a resolution was adopted, requiring the superintendents of the railroads, and the supervisors on the canals, before contracting for lumber or other material, for the repairs of the rail roads and canals, to give public notice by handbills, that sealed proposals would be received tor furnish ing such materials as might be required; and that, in all cases the allotments should be made to the lowest responsible bidder,Ac. Had, it occurred to the Board that an officer, in any manner connected with the improvements, would 'become a bidder, they would have directed that their bids shOuld be rejected. Every thing having even the appearance of collusion between officers of the same department of the public service, ought to be discountenanced. There are men enough, wholly - disconnected with. the Canal Board, who would at all times be willing to furnish any quantity and at as low rates, at least, as they would be furnished by officers of the State. Besides, if there be any profit in this business, it would be more appropriately di;tributed, among those who receive nothing from the State, in the shape of emoluments of office, thin those who 'do. The Board cannot close this brief report without assuring the public generally, and the operatives in• the service of the State especially, that Alley will bring the difficulties is hich have been so justly cow-i planted of to the attention of the Legiiltiture,iin their next annual report, and will urge upon that depart ment of the government the absolute necessity of providing at once for the payment of back debts on this, 'as well as the other lines of improvement throughout hie State; and will also urge the pro priety of appropriating, at an early day, a sufficient sum to meet the current expenses of the next year. We knqw that such a recommendation will be cor dially concurred in ,by our worthy.povernor, whose sympathies are always with , the laboring classes., That the Legislature will reapond promptly, to the suggestion; we will not doubt... Let this begone, and the hands can be paid at the end of every month, and we shall not again be subjected to ,the. mortifi cation of knowing that honest and industrious,cred itors of the State have been compelled to sacrifice one.tenth part of their earnings. WILLIAM T. MORISON, 1 • SETH. CLOVER, WILLIAM HOPKINS. CANAL Commusionza's OzZldi, • , Harrisburg, Pa., Jqly 314, 1833. . ANOTIINIt RAzimoan Ace/mum—Engineer Kil led and a Fireman Badly injured.—Another horri ble accident took place-on the New Haven Rail road on Tuesday night, by which the engineer was killed and a fireman badly injured, and the loco motive, tender and baggage car smashed to pieces. At half past 1.1 o'clock, the express train to New York, when near Portcheeter, was thrown Ml' the track, by an avalanch, of rock, which had fallen 'a short time before the arrival of the train, and com pletely blocked tij) thc road. The night was moon. light, but the unginier.was unable to reverse the engine in time fm .prevent the catastrophe. The engineer, Mr. Theodore Amphrey, was instantly killed. His body was dreadfully mangled and was hardly recognized. James Mallet,. fireman, . was badly injured, but not to suchanextent as to ren-. der his recovery doubtful. , , r: • • TALE JAPAN. Paszorrrou.—Ther . Squadron under command of CoMmedereiPerry,.COnsisting of the steam frigite"eusqui3heniia; i oeni;:BkitaAan, (4e , steam frigate kaiseisSippi,iCom., tose,..and the sloop ef.war ,Plyrnooth s dapt. John .waa at last ac counts, May .7th, in. the harbor at Shanghai. The squadron was expected to sail shortly for Japan to be joined-thereby the other yessels. Cenottodere Perry ie'accOMPOiled bjepr. S ten ton, ae 4terlireter.„ The peruvian barit:.-Caprice has been-chartered by the. Commodore:ea a dis patch veuel to:the Japan squadron. • - '• • respondence. EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. \Vulture-mit, D. C. August 12th, 1853. The read ' l 'the latie'elei" tion in Tennessee is not yet Juni!, noisn,:hotenough has been received .7 , in this ,city,.. , . om reliable sources to warrant the belief2hat the Hon. Andrew Johnson, democrat has k eekefectedlky several thousand majority over Mr. :en ' ' Whig; Goveincir ol that people. This re .„", It ' as*raled the inablic,,knowing that but a as ~.w . th*ago, , ,ga. Inajority , o the voters of Ten n ' v 'Tor General Stott, the candidate 01 the n t abd nis , for Presidint" We rejoice to learn, 1 that ,returning sense of duty to the Constitution of the Ll:States is bein ,, now so favorably expres sed in the success of Andrew Johnson. The Con grasinonslelectiou as INCiVediipinAttflaile enough in the - returns, to decide the result. Gen. Church well is re-elected, and perhaps five other democrat ic members. The Congressional elections in Kentucky has re sulted in the return of free democrats, t 6 five whigs. This is the same as last Year. Maj. Breckenridge, the talented representative of the Ashland district, being re-elected over Gov. Letcher, is the triumph stimMers political campaign.— has achieved . a 'victory that no other democrat could have done, in that hitherto invincible Whig district; -and, until he took the field againit whig gery, the district - tar always been considered the Gibraltar of whiggery in Kentucky since the defec tion of Mr. Clay in 1825. Being now redeemed, af ter el - earful - ebntest; all hionor is due to the indom hable,Breckenridge for this noblevictory. The dem ocratic party of the whole Union, will weave for him a civic crown, as a memento of the victory of August 1853 ;—and, long maybe wear it, as our ' happy Republic moves on in her greatness and glory to that eminence, superior yet than has fallen to the nations of the earth. . . In North Carolina the democratic success has ex ceeded our most sanguine expectations. There, too, we hhve increased oufdemocratic delega tea hiCon " ' ress. Old Rip, has " wakened up" in earnest, for the time is not tar distant, when a majority of her delegation in Congress will be of the democratic school. Another such victory, and North Carolina wilt be redeemed from whiggery.' To the present Secretary of the Navy, much of this great tri umph is due. For it is to his personal exertions and powerful arguments, so freely and so candidly expressed during the late Presidential contest, that the people of North Carolina were brought to change their cotes in favor of Franklin Pierce the democratic nominee. It is, to that lever which was so well adapted to the contest Vy Mr. Dobbin, that has worked so well in result in the contest of this month. Let it still progress, it will be the means 01 rooting out the ram from the body poll tic from the, soil of the "old North State." In Missouri, we have not done sawed. The de. fection of Mr. Benton from the democratic party, has worked much mischief in that state. However, the Benton party there, is, now in its last contest ior "1, Thomas H. Benton,"—and wish the elec tion of Senator in that State, the Colonel has'staked his all, for self, and nothing for the success of the democratic party. We shall rejoice to learn, that he will be thwarted in his plans, in once more ob taining a seat in the Senate. From Alabama, all looks favorable; the result in that fine State will be much the same as the last Congress. At least, we should judge so, from the partial returns received, and from our knowledge of the true democratic principles, that so largely par take in the qualities of the good citizens of that State. The news from Cuba has created some , excite ment in this city. It appears, that Great Britain has of late, entered into a secret Treaty with the. Government of Spain, in relation to the liberation of the slaves in that Island. What will'be the up shot of this intrigue, it is impossible to foretell, yet we may look out for a squall, if we find that the British authorities have been playing false to us in their Treaty obligations. The Pacific Railroad scheme for some time, has been quite the leading subject among the papers. My advice to the friends of the measure is, to wait until the surveys are completed, before they decide the Road is to be made: It will take some time yet to finish the surveys. Our friends in Maryland,have nominated a strong ticket for the fall contest. T. W. Ligon, for Gov maor, is a host within himself. 'He isa gentleman of fine talents, and will .sweep whiggery far and near from the borders of Maryland. Mr. Pinkney Whyte for Comptroller and Mr Roberts for Com missioner are admirable selections for their diffe rent stations. We hope Pennsylvania will Ce-nom inate your present able Governor; if so, you will see the two States teach a lesson to whiggery this fall, that will not soon be forgotten. , Things are moving pretty much as formerly.— Some lew more of the Whigs are being appointed to office, by our democratic friends. But, that has ceased to be a wonder. The Cabinet has donn lull favor to whig applicants leaving their democratic friends in many instances, to enjoy the recent vic tory with the largest liberty. The news from New Orleans is truly distressing. The Telegraph this morning says, there is no abate. ment of the fever. Hundreds dying daily. The hand of Providence is invoked for their aid by many a pious heart. Yours, WYOMING. For the lutellignmer. LANCASTER, August 13,1853 Mr. Enrron :—I was one of the large number present in Mr. VAN Witonnes "Big Tent," on Thursday evening last, when that gentleman saw proper to make a furious onslaught upon two ohm tain ministers of this city, who were well known to be -the Rev. Mr. BISHOP, of the First Methodist Epis copal Chnrcb, and the Rev. Mr. BALDWIN, off - the First Presbyterian Church. These gentlemen, it' appears, had given mortal offence to this itinerant Temperance Lecturer, by intimating from their re spective pulpits on the Sabbath previous, that it was the firstduty of their members to attend Church on that - holy day, rather than stroll away to hear a Temperance lecture, with its concomitant vulga risms and out of place anecdotes-especially as they would have an opportunity of attending the Tem perance meetings in the "Big Tent" every night through the week, if they were so disposed. Now, whether these reverend gentlemen did right or wrong in taking that position, the public, am'- espe cially the Christian public who ought to have a suitable regard for the obligations imposed by the Fourth Commandment of the Decalogue, must de termine. For my own part, Mr. Editor. I have no doubt of the correctness of their conduct, and all the intemperate denunciations of Mr. Vap Wagner ; or any other' one idea" man of the same kidney, cannot change my opinion. We are commanded in the good Book to " remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy "—and we have been always taught to believe that, as christians, in order to carry out the obligation, it is our duty to be found in our seats at Church, and otherwise attend upon the means-of grace. If this be not our duty, then the Churches and Church orgrnizations are of no account, and wemay as well do away with them en tirely, and permit each one to set up his own standard.of duty, and make a Temperance Tent, or any other place the Medina of our pilgrimages on God's Hot.; Day ;—in other words 2 the church and its ordinances, the drenching of " Christ and him crucified," are to occupy a secondary position for the tenure and "Big Tents' , and intemperate Tem perance Lectures are to be the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and ending, the first and the princi pal, and nearly the only duty of Christians upon the Sabbath. From sucn fanaticism I pray kind Heav en to deliver us. It is as wild a vagary of the imagination, as ever influenced Peter the Derma, in the time of the Crusades, when exciting the pas-. stone of the multitude in Etirope, to recover the Holy Land from the dominion of the Infidels. The principal part of Mr. Van Wagner's abuse, on Thursday evening, was evidently aimed at the Rev. Mr. Btsator, who was not present to defend hit:itself, being necessarily out of town ,in conks pence of the death of a near relative. This was a cowardly attack, to say the least °fit, and I very much doubt whether such a course is calculated to benefit the Temperance cause, however much it may have gratified a few ultra " Big Tent" men who have not a particle more of good common sense than the law will allow them. But. Mr. BISHOP is able to defend himself.- That gentleman requires no assistance from any quarter —and it is perhaps well for the fame alms assail ant that he was not present. I am, therefore, dis posed,, to leave his defence in his own, hands, knowing that it will be managed with vastly more ability than I could bring to bear Open it ; and will only remark, in conclusion, that as a Tenalierance man, and a friend to a Prohibitory Law,.l am sin cerely sorry that the cause has been entrusted to each intemperate hands, as now have it in charge. If they do not kill it dead, it will not be their fault, but owing to its inherent power and efficacy, and the fast hold it has among the people. . A CHURCH MEMBER, gz?- We publish the foregoing communication somewhat reluctantly; but the attack complained of was Wuncalled for, that it is right and proper some notice should be taken of it. We therefore give place to the article, premising that it is from the pen of a gentleman who, himself, is a strong . and ardent friend of the Temperance cause, and who would :‘ nothing extenuate, nor set down aught. in malice." It is also proper for us to say, that on the next evening Mr. Van Wagner publicly retrace ed all he had said respecting the Ravi 114 r.. Bishop- admitting virtually that he bad been egregiously misinformed and imposed upon by others with ref erence to iheposition of that gentleman. gi;r: Ajyery handsome entertainment was gotten up is NOW York, for Mr. Buchanan, on the eye. ring piaviouslo his departure, by Mr. Augusta, &hell, a proniMent and Riding Democrat of that City. '' '
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