lintelligencer _GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. Lancaster, September 29.1853. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS: JUDGE OF SUPREME • COURT, JOHN C. KNOX, OF TIOGA COUNTY. CANAL COMMISSIONER, THOMAS H. FORSYTH, OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AUDITOR GENERAL, EPHRAIM BANKS, OF MIFFLIN COUNTY FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY, OF CRAWFORD COUNTY Jacob L. Gross. By reference to the correspondence in another column, it will be seen that this gentleman has yielded to the wishes of his numerous friends in the northern section of the County, by. consenting to 're-enter the campaign' and stand a poll as an :independent candidate for the Legislature. Mr. G. is a sound and thorough going Democrat, intelli gent and honest, and, if elected, would do credit to himself and his constituents. His great personal popularity, where he is known, may be judged of from the fact that a large majority, perhaps mull three-fourths, of the signers to the correspondence alluded to, are known'and recognized in their dis tricts as active and influential Whigs, who have heretofore always supported their party through thick and thin, and who will now yield Mr. G. a hearty and energetic support. We bespeak for him the support of our Democratic friends throughout the county, assuring them that he is meritorious and deserving in every respect. I! Col. BAKER; the Superintendent of Motive Power on the Columbia Railroad, has by direction of the Canal Commissioners, offered a reward of $lOOO for' the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who maliciously placed obstruc tions on the railroad, near Morgan's Corner, on the night of the 12th inst., by which the locomotive and cars due at 2 o'clock A. M., did not reach this city until 11 o'clock, having been thrown off the - track. THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTE,-ThiS body was in session last week, and its proceedings were more than usually interesting to the large number of our ns who attended the meetings. There has been a decided improvement over the session of last year, and the influence exerted will doubtless give a new impetus to the progress of popular education in this county. A number of gentlemen from a distance were in attendance and delivered lectures, and every thing passed off in the most satisfactory manner.— The Institute adjourned sine die on Friday evening. We shall, if possible, allude to the proceedings more at length in our next. 117 The celebrated NEAL Dow; the 'father of the Maine Liquor Law,' is to deliver a lecture in the Market House, in this city, on Thursday eve ning next. He is also announced to speak at Qum ryville, on Friday afternoon, and at night at Fulton Hall, in this city—on Saturday afternoon at Mari etta, and at night in Columbia. Operations with Nicholson's BIG TENT are also to commence in ;his empty, on the 27th inst., and continue at various points till the evening preceding the election. We shall have lively times for two or three weeks to come The appointment ot Col. STAMBAUGH to a Consulship to Talcuahano, in Chili, meets with uni versal approbation from the press throughout the State and elsewhere. '1 he Col. is deservedly pop ular throughout the Union, wherever he is known, and the President could not have made a more ju dicious selection. Our only regret is, that he did not get some lucrative station neater home, by which his valuable services to the party and to his friends could be retained. 135" A communication signed R. R. alias R. G.," containing some severe strictures on the conduct of the Principal of the Strasburg Academy, is received ; but its publication is respectfully declined for the reason that we do not wish to become involved in a controversy of the kind, especially as it appears to be b .sed entirely on a private difficulty between the Principal and one of his pupils. We have hand ed it over to the Examiner, as requested. Junox OrmoN.—We have received a copy of this very learned and able opinion in the Railroad case, and shall publish it at length, or, at least, make copioui extracts from it, in our next is sue. 11l Hon. A. L. HATES, of this city, is to deliver the Address before the York County Agricultural Society, on the 7th of October. A rich treat may be expected by our neighbors, as the Judge is one of our most learned and able men, and is well book ed up on every subject upon which he undertakes to lecture. Ea' The Yellow Fever is raging at Vidalia, Don aldsonville, Baton Rouge, and other towns along the Mississippi. On the 7th there were 70 deaths from the disease at Ntw Orleans, which is still a large figure in the thinned population of that city. PUBLIC SENTlMENT.—Resolutions approving of the administrations of President Pisnca and Gov ernor Brous., were passed last week at the County Conventions of Adams, Dauphin, Bradford, Schuyl kill and Clearfield. Vsnaroxr.—The returns from Vermont are still incomplete. There is no election of State officers by the people. The Whigs have a plurality on pop ular vote, and a majority in the Senate. In the House the majority will be against them if the Democrats and Free-Boilers should unite. At pres ent speculation points to such a union. It is sup posed that the majority will be opposed to the Maine Law. FOREIGN News.--The steamship Arctic arrived at New York, on Sunday, bringing Liverpool dates to the 7th inst. Breadstuffs are declining in price, both in the English and French markets. The Turkish question is still uns,ettled; and it is report ed that the French Emperor, indignant at the Sul tan for demanding alterations in the basis of corn promise prepared by the mediating Powers, has thrown up the business in disgust, and notified the Sultan, that, hereafter, he must. act on his own re sponsibility. V' A large and enthusiastic&neeting of the friends of Mr. BOUGHTZII, the independent , candidate for County Treasurer, was held at the public house of John Davis, in Rohrerstown, do Saturday eve ning last. • • ET Gen. McKay, of North Carolina, a promi nent member of Congress for the last fifteen years, died suddenly on Wednesday last. El 3" The Cholera has again made its appearance at Cumberland, Md. Twenty-two deaths had oc cured during the last week. irr Gen. BUIZLDS Li said to b elying dangerously ill, of fever, at aria, Illinois. Arrorarzn.—John Seachrist has been appointed Post-master at i ßohrertown—(Hempfield P. O.) The Wale of the Public Works. One of the most reckless and unfair articles that has been issued from the press, on this subject, ap peared in the Ledger of this city, some time since' and we regret to perceive that its false statements have founetheir way into some of the country pa pers. Its statements have been taken for troth and Candor, when in fact they area , series of most reek less misrepresentations—a most violent falsification of the records on this subject, calculated to preju dice the public mind against' our State improve ments and to make the people believe a lie. After a brief preface, the Ledger sums up the account with the Works for the year 1852, as follows : " To omit the expenditures of previous years, (which, perhaps, would sum up more heavily than is necessary to establish some proposition,) let us consider those of the year 1852. The Appropria tion Bill of that year amounted in round numbers, to ' $5,500,000 The expenses of the govern ment were 8258,591 Interest of public debt, • 2,000,000 Common schools, charitable institutes, and incidental expenses, 350,000--$2,608,691 Showing the balance of expenditures principally on . public moils to be $2,891,409 Or in round numbers, about three millions of dol lars. These figures, it appears to us, speak sufficiently for themselves. The whole ordinary expenditures for the government of the State were about $600,- 000; the interest on the public debt arising from the construction and ownership by the State of the public works amounted to two millions, and the cost of keeping the Public Works in repair, &c., to three millions more. Of the whole appropria tion of five and a half million dollars, little more than one-tenth was expended for the general ob jects of the State government. " The gross income from the Pnblic Works but $1,938,674, or about two million of dollars, show ing the proprietorship of the Public Works, after all the experience we have had on the subject, all the improvements introduced, and notwithstand ing the increase of trade, to be an expense to the State of about a million of dollars, or nearly sev enty-five per cent. of the real and personal taxes throughout the State. If the State could get rid of the Public Works, instead of raising $1,369,636 by taxation, $300,000, or thereabouts, would be suffi cient; and the State would thus be saved a million of money, besides the interest of that portion of the public debt, which would be extinguished by by the sale of the Works." Now, if these statements be correct, it is an end to the whole question. The Public Works cannot be given away, much less sold for a valuable con sideration. No set of sane men will pay their money merely to enjoy such a brilliant opportuni ty of becoming bankrupt. In a'subsequent paragraph, this same writer says: —"Our reasons in favor of a sale are the dimuni tion of the State Debt—the diminution of taxes!!" Now where is Bermum? This is more humbug gery than we can stand at this time. The man who proposes to sell a property that is sinking a million of dollars annually, to diminish the State Debt, should have a straight-jacket. If these state merits of the Ledger contained the truth—if they ex hibited the Public Works in their true light, we should utterly despair of finding any relief for the people from that source. But they do not. They are a fabric of fiction resting on a false foundation. The truth is, the gross receipts from the Public Works, for the year 1852, amounted to the sum of $1,896,811 42, and the expenditures to $1,029,. 341 23; leaving a net revenue to the State of $867,- 470 19, instead of a million of clear loss, as stated by the Ledger. They deduct from the whole ap propriation the ordinary expenses of the Govern ment, $258,591; for the interest, $2,000 000; for the schools, charitable- institutions, &c., $350,000; and then charge the entire balance to the I üblic Works. Will the author tell us where we are to find the $850,000 that was applied toward the completion of the North Branch Canal; the $250,000 used in the avoidance of the Planes on the mountains; the $377,000 that went into the Sinking Fund; the large sum paid on old claims, &c., if the whole appropri ation was used to pay the current expenses of the Public Works. But it is useless to labor this point. The truest account that can be had is that which has already been given; but say, in order to cover debts outstanding, that the net balance was only $BOO,OOO. This is a very important item in our present financial condition. if the Public Works are paying the interest on sixteen millions, they will command the attention of capitalists at least; but it losing a million a year, the State will have to keep them forever. Nor is . it true, as stated, by the writer, that "if the State could get rid of the Public Works, instead of raising $1,359,636 by taxation, $300,000, or thereabouts, would be sufficient." The truth is far otherwise. Il we were to take up the Treasurer's 'books, and wipe out the account of 1852 tor and against the finished improvements, leaving all else as it is, we would find a deficit of just $867,000, and that there would have been a necessity to bor row that sum to meet the interest and other expen ditures. Such gross misstatements, emanating from quarters heretofore respectable for truth, must have a most mischievous effect upon the public mind— must injure the value of the State Works, and crip ple the credit of the State. The truth on this sub ject—indeed, the brightest feature in which it can be made to appear, will be gloomy enough; but let us have. a candid discussion, a fair sale and full compensation. No true Pennsylvanian—no patri ot—will deliberately disparage the value of the State's property—her means of sustaining her cred it and honor.--Perinsykarrian. The Portage Strike., Every man in the community, who has had anything to do with politics knows the tricks and stories that are started to injure a candidate. One of these disreputable performances is now attempt ed to be played against Mr. Banks„the Democratic nominee for Auditor General. Of all men he is a bout the last whose integrity would be questioned by those who .ciicitv him. And yet a characterless abolition print in Philadelphia, has had the effront ery to charge him with unfairness in the discharge of his public duties, and to allege that he ign ,red the claims of the workmen on the Portage road, and afterward passsed them when they bad been sold to speculators. Any person who has the slightestknowledge of hotness in the Auditor Gen eral's office must know that this would be impossi ble, even if the officer was disposed to do so. Mr. Charles Conner, now a Clerk in the Auditor Gener al's office, gives the reckless editor a reply that will silence.him, and explains the position of Mr Banks to the satisfaction of every reasonable man. The following is Mr. Conner's letter : HARRISBURG, PA., Sept, 3, 1853. Mr. Binarsy your paper of the Ist inst., there appears an article, headed Ephraim Banks, Auditor General,' in which a distinct charge, of a very serious character, is made against Mr. Banks. It is stated in that article, that the demands of the workmen'on the Portage railroad were ignored by Mr. Banks and the Treasurer, and being forced by necessity, to sell their claims, at a very heavy discount, to speculators from Harrisburg; that now Mr. Banks audits these sole claims, and has them paid in full. These charges arise from an ignorance of the manner of doing business in this Department. The appropriations are drawn by the Superintendent of the road from the State Treasury, to suit his own convenience, without a warrant from the Auditor General, consequently he has no control over'the money appropriated for the payment of such claims. It is the duty of the superintendent to pay the bills and then preset them to the Auditor General, for auditing, and if properly receipted, sworn to, and certified to be correct, it is the duty of this depart. ment to receive them as vouchers,in the settlement of the superintendent's account, unless,there is suffi cient reason for holding them over. The bills to which special reference is made in 'your article, were brought to this office in the first instance by one of the clerks in the Treasury De partment; not being presented, however, in the usual and legal manner, to wit : by the Superintendent, of the road; nor receipted to Gen. Ross, to whose credit it was proposed they should be placed, but to F. R. West, late Superintedent, nor prepared in such a manner as to be settled conformably to the ap propriations, they were not then audited. Subsequently they were sent to the office by Gen. Ross, the present Superintendent, in proper form, and were there passed to his credit. 1 have thought the foregoing explanation due from me, the clerk having charge of the accounts presented by the disbursing officer 8f the Portage railroad, in Mr. Banks' absence, attending the couch of a sick son, that justice may be done one who has not, and will' not, when able to prevent it, see injustice done the laboring man, nor has.he held "collusion with swindling speculators," in the trans action of the business in this department. I also transmit a copy of a letter from Thomas Collins, the chairman of the committee, appointed by the workmen on the road, during the strike, which came to hand this morning. I am, respectfully yours, &c. ' • CHAS. CONNER. Peneurres.—Those who-admire beautiful paint ings should , step into the side room of the Swan Ho tel, where a number of pictures can be seen, paint ed by the talented artist, Mr. Mason. From the Harrisburg Union. The Sinking Fund and the State STLTE TRIC4II3I7HER'S OYZICE, - Hcrrrisburi. 1853. '1 To ISJLAZ licKumEr; Esq., Editor of the Demoritdic Union: Data Sin—ln Compliance with your request, I have the, honor to inform you that the aggregate operations of the Sinking Fund, since the first - of January, 1852, to present date, amounts to the sum of $617,659 59. This amount will be considerably increased prior to the close of the fiscal year. Very respectfully, yours, &c., J. PATRICK, Sec. to the Com. of the Sinking Fund. We have procured the foreging statement from the Secretary of the 'Sinking Fund' for the purpose of being prepared to meet and successfully to coml. teract the senseless clamor which the Whig press, iu all parts of the State, have simultaneously set up about the 'monstrous increase of the - public debt,' since the induction of Gov. Bigler into office. Some of these sheets have had the hardihood to assert that 'milllions have been added to the pub lic debt,' and that the 'Sinking Fund had been en. tirely abandoned.' It has long been agreed that this world, particularly the part of it composed of the ' Whig press, has been given over to much lying; but we have never before witnessed such an ungov ernable inclination to present the unadulterate Mun chausen stuff, as just afthis time seems to control Whig editors. Whether this inclination is to be attributable to their present prostrate, shattered and hopeless condition as a party, or whether it results froui the influence of the dog-days, or Ise long-tail ed comet, we do not care to enquire. 'Pa e facts are sufficient for us. We shall not, on this occasion, occupy space by parading the whole State debt, which can be found in the annual report from the Auditor General's of fice, and in nearly every gubernatorial message for the last fifteen years; but we shall come down at once to the point of ascertaining the increase in the debt. Every intelligent man knows that money cannot be borrowed by any administration without authority of law. In the winter of 1852, the Gov ernor was authorized to borrow $850,000, to se cure the speedy completion of the North Branch Canal. No other law authorizing to make a per manent loan, except to cancel old bonds has been passed, and we challenge the productionofany other. And now how stands the account with this loan. The $850,000 were borrowed in June, 1852, at 4i per cent. interest, and that would have been just that amoutit-of an increased debt, if nothing had been since [paid. But the $617,659 59, paid by the sinking Mild, as above stated, must be &ducted, which leaves the meagre balance of $232,340 41. But other deductions must be made. The Gover nor, last summer , by paying off the six per cent., bonds, and some $3,000,000 of the five per cents., that had' then fallen due, brought into the Treasury $134 000, in the shape of premiums, besides, leaving annually $20,800 in the reduction of interest. This saving alone it will be perceived, is sufficient to pay the interest on $425,000 of the North Branch loan. It is thus made to appear that all but a mea gre sum of the principal of this new loan has been repaid, and that provision has been made for the in terest on this balance, and nearly $200,000 in ad dition without exacting one farthing from the pock ets of the people. Now we know, and some of the editors who are abusing Gov. Bigler know, that this financial movement of his, is the only one that has ever been made in the State, that has honorably drawn money into the Treasury, without in some way exacting it from the pockets of the people.— How unjust and ungeneruuus then all their false accusations against his policy and measures. It is but candid to state, however, in justice to Whig editors, remote from the seat of goveinment and who do not understand this subject, that the last report of the Auditor General, though entirely right in itse.f, was calculated to leave the impres sion that the debt had been largely increased. This circumstance is accounted for in this way: The new bonds to the amount of five millions, to, pay off the old bonds of a like amount, had all or nearly all been issued prior to the close of the financial year, and these of course had been entered on the books of that officer, and the old bonds not having been received for cancellation, and _deduction, the apparent increase was manifest. They have misled certain of the Whig editors ; as for those in this neighborhood who have indulged in such mag nificent misrepresentations, we have for them less charity. They knew better. It is true, that by the appropriation bill of last winter, the Governor was-authorized to anticipate the surplus revenue to the Treasury, for the years 1853 and 1854, for the purpose of promoting a speedy completion of the new works, commenced by his predecessor, but this we are assured can nev er become a permanent debt. Besides our Whig friends are constantly telling us that this is the way in which Governor Johnson intended to complete these improvements. But, if the administration is to be judged of by the standard of temporary loans, we could prove that Governor Johnson's adminis tration actually increased, instead of ciecreased the State debt. To do this, we would have but to add to the permanent debt, the temporary loans out standing when he retired, say, some 6392,000, and that will bring him away behind, and square the books with the present anticipations of the extra revenues. But we have no wish to trifle with this subject; our only desire has 'been to give the people the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Gov. Bigler, in his last message, says, 'No per manent loans, it seems to me, should hereafter be made for any purpose whatever.' And then again, when speaking of the schemes of expenditure com menced by his predecessor, he says: 'I shall under all circumstances, resist the commencement of any new projects of this kind.' Here we have the fu ture policy of the administration in a nut-shell.— No increase of the public debt—no new projects of improvement, and a rigid economy in the use of the public money. We have not prepared this article with special reference to Governor Bigler, for he needs no de• fence, nor would it be fair to bring him to judg ment before his time. He has only served eighteen months, and any administration should have at least three years to develop its policy. But we know, and every intelligent man in the community believes, that the new song which the Whig press has just struck up with so much sanctimonious zeal, is intended, as far as may be, to affect the Democratic ticket at the coming election; and un der this impression, we have concluded to knock the props from under their hobby by a few blows of plain recorded truth. - Bounty Land Act. It gives us pleasure to lay belore our readers the early - efforts of J. Poarsa BHAWLEY, Esq. in favor of granting to the'officers, riendiers, seamen and ma rines in the war of 1312, the same amount of lands as was given by the United States to Canadian vol unteers. Mr. Bra wley was then in the State Sen ate, and was the first member that made a move merit in favor bf giving Bounty Lands to every spe cies of corps that defended our country in our war of Independence. He offered his resolution on that subject on the 15th of February 1850. The yeas and nays on the passage of the resolutions were as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Brawley, Brooke, Crabbe, Cun ningham, Darsie, Drum, Fernon, Forsyth, Frailey, Frick, Frilton, Guernsey, Daslett,Hugus, Ives, King Konigmacher, Lawrence, McCaslin, Malone, Mat thias, Mublenberg,Packer, Sadler, Sankey, Savory, Shimer, Sterret, Stine, Streeter, Walker, Best, Speaker-32. NAYS—None. All the other Stiles passed similar resolutions, and transmitted them to Congress. It was in con• sequence of this general movement in all the States of the 'nation, that the Bounty Land Bill was re ported to the two Houses of Congress. It was uni versally expected that the bill would grant 160 acres to all who served in the war. But as it progressed through the House and Sen ate, the Bounty Land Bill was so mutilated as to give only 40 acres to most of those who served in the war of 1812—for very few served more than eight months. It having been discovered, however, sin.ci the pas sage of that act, that recruits that enlisted to go' to Mexico, and woo only served for a few weeks, received 160 acres, a new effort has beed made, and is likely to be successful, to so modify the present Bounty Act, as to give to all who served in any of our wars 160 acres. It is to back and sustain this proposi tion, that so manymeetings have recently been held in Philadelphia and other portions of the United States. Our main object now is, to thank Mr. Brawley for his early motion in this matter in our State Senate, in favor of the original Bounty Land act, and thus do justice to the veterans of 1812. If his proposition had originally prevailed with Congress, our soldiers would not now have to be making re newed exertions to obtain justice.—Pennsy/vanian. RAILROAD Accuicsx.—On Wednesday evening last, 140 A instant, as the passenger train was cros sing the railway bridge, about two. miles. East of Sunbury, on the Sunbury and Philadelphia railroad it was thrown off the track, and the whole train was dashed over a precipice from 15 to 20 feet, rolling the cars, and their thirty passengers, over and over. Nearly all the passengers were seriously bruised, but fortunately escaped instant death, as the train was crossing the bridge at a rapid rate.— We regret to learn that two of our citizens were severely bruised. It seems as if our railway bridges had been to slaughter as many, persons' as possible.' Isitkere no remedy to prevent this.—/n. land Daily. Chronicles of Whlggery. CHAPTER HI L And there was sore distress in the land -4,4 Whig-dom, such as had not been.felt since theti!iys that - Bas.rA.arir surnamed CrulieSkss was appoint= ed to make laws for the people... - _ .2. And the hero of tbefiery crest, the Chief Cap tain of the Silver Grey host, summoned a council of the great Sanhedrim, for thcPurpose of devising . ways and means to bring to nought the-devices of tfie enemy. • 3. And the Sanhedrim assembled on the sixth day of the ninth month, and when the door were shut, the Chief Captain, who was a mighty man of valor, addressed them as follows: 4. "I have summoned you together, my worthy lords and captains, by_ direction of our young sov ereign Isaac, for the purpose of hearing your re ports from the different divisions of the army, as wed to counsel with you as to the best means for crushing the rebellion oft - Values the Isvractar.s." 5. And he continued to speak to the council of the Sanhedrim, and said: "I have gone in and out before you for many years, and have not ceased day and night from serving my master and promoting the interests of you my faithful subalterns, then why should you not listen to the words of patriotism and wisdom which flow from my lips. 6. "My voice, then, like the patriot of old, is still for war, and it behdoves us to waste the territory of the enemies of our lord the king with fire and sword—to tread over them and hew them to pieces like unto that which betel our ancient foe, the Am elitish king. 7. "Go to, therefore, let us utterly destroy our Woolly Head enemies from off the lace of the earth —but their great chieftan THADDEUS and his first Lieutenant Caainas, we will take alive and bring them before our master, who will have them hung and quartered as a terror to deserters from Whig dom for all time to come. 8. "And our other enemies—the Locofocos, Odd Fellows, Masons, and Recaabites, who are aiding and abetting the renegade Cirdtara.s, and who are assisting to defeat our well-beloved and trusty-friend Besardura, and thus deprive us of our control of the money chest, I hereby proclaim as a set of intract able out-laws and cut-throats who are unworthy el any mercy at our hands, but are deserving of the gibbet for presuming to give countenance to the se dition of the Woolly Heads." 9. And the sayings of the Chief Captain pleased the Sanhedrim well, and almost with one accord they rose up and gave a shout for the war-worn hero of the fiery crest, and bound themselves with an oath that they would follow him wheresoever he shonld go, and make war upon the savage tribes from Dan even to Beersheba. • 10. But there were id the Sanhedrim two of the Ishmaelitish tribe, Jotter surnamed DITLOW and GEOlllit surnamed BRIFBAILEII, who dissented from their brethren of the Council, and would not obey the mandate of the Chief Captain. They were men of peace, who could notlook upon the blood and carnage threatened bym with composure. 11. Whereupon thsprathof he the fiery crestwax ed hotter and hotter, hd his face glowed with indig nation against these tWo Ishmaelites, who thus dared to stand up against him; and he commanded his faithful subalterns to bind them with cords and scourge them, and it that did not suffice, then to erase their names from the chronicles of Silver Grey Whiggery, and thus make them a by-word and a reproach amongst all their brethren. 12. And he said further—"let us erect a gallows, high as Hannan's, and let all deserters who may hereafter be taken with arms in their hands, be hanged thereon, ar,d thus the reproach be wiped away from the Old Guard." And the Sanhedrim assented to the wisdom and eloquence of the Chief Captain, and straightway adjourned. 13. And it came to pass, about this time, that a battle was fought, at a. place called Hempeld, be tween a division of the Silver Greye, commanded by Joner, surnamed HIESTAAD—and the Woolly Heads, under the direction of EDWARD the CONTE'S soa. The contest was long and fierce; and finally, about the going down of the sun, the Woolly Heads made a desperate charge at the point of the bayo net and completely routed the Silver Greys, who were forced to retreat from the field leaving their dead and wounded behind them, to be cared for by the tribe of Locofocos who were witnesses to the combat. 14. Li. nd the troubles of Whig-dom increased, and sore distress prevailed throughout the entire valley ot the Conestoga, and extended even to the going down of the sun. 15. And Issac despatched messengers to the South and to the:North, calling upon them to stand up valiantly for their king—and gold and silver in abundance were sent to the captains and heads of families so that the people who rallied under the Silver Grey banner might be fed and clothed, and strengthened for the great work which is beforethem. 16. And EDWARD the Chief Counselor, and De vro the Keeper of the King's Treasure, and Baas.!- MIN the Recusant, and ISAAC the chief captain, and the chief scribes and elders all departed at the bid ding of,the King, for the purpose of sounding the war cry among the tribes residing, along the banks of the Conestoga, as also the Pequea, Cocalico and Conawago. 17. And a great army was raised, composed of many tribes and kindreds and peoples, all of whom took the oath of allegiance to ISAAC heir youthful sovereign, and bound themselves by a solemn oath that they would visit his enemies with fire and sword, and utterly exterminate all his foes from the face of the earth. They also determined to take Casaxas surnamed Bouoirran. alive, bind him with strong chains, and bring him before hese, so that he might do with the rebel that which seemed good in his own eyes. 18. But Casaxas the Invincible, tothing discour aged at all by this preparation in the camp of the Silver Greys, continued to perfect the work of dis cipline in his own army, and also daily received ac cessions from the camp ,of the enemy. Wary in all his movements and watchful of his foes, he was able to circumvent their designs against him, and was more than a match for the Chief Captain of ISAAC. 19. And the "noise and confusion" was great in the land, and men ran to and fro wondering in their minds to where all this would lead. Thus endeth the third chapter of the Chronicles of Whig. gery. ANOTHER Wain LIE.—We do not know why it is that Whig editors cannot retrain from lying. They are always ready with falsehoods of every description; and as soon as a Democrat is nomina ted for office, we are sure to have any nuthber of false and infamous stories circulating through the federal press. As a sample of this kind of politi cal rascality, we clip the following from a whig journal: • "J. PORTER BRAWLEY.—At a Locofoco meeting in M'Conneleville, Fulton county, one or the speakers unbosomed himaelf of the following:?' You have heard of J. Porter Brawley—our can didate for Surveyor General. Re is a man that I don't like, but I intend to vote for him. They say he drinks—that he is bloated, and fat with whis key, and Ido not doubt it, but that is no reason why he should not receive the firm and cordial sup port of every 'Democrat in the State!" • Now, every sensible man will immediately per ceive that the above extract is a lie. There is not a speaker belonging to our party in the State fool enough to utter such disgusting trash; and we can only pity those poor knaves who are weak enough; to fancy that they can gull democratic voters by such impotent balderdash. We do not know anything about Mr. Brewley's habits; but we do know that he has performed the duties of his office in the most able manner. He may drink—or he may be a strictly temperance man; but we think the whigs had better remain quiet, particularly after swallowing as much whis key as they did when voting for Gov. Johnston.— People, living in glass houses, should be very care ful how they throw stones.—Carlisle Democrat. Naw YORE..--Our Democratic friends in the Empire State are at loggerheads as much as ever. Last week the State Convention, at Syracuse, had a regular built split, and formed separate state tick ets, with the exception of Judges. The following are the candidates : HARD SHELL TICKET. SOFT SHELL TICKET. Secretary of State. George W. Clinton. Isaac A. Verplank Attorney General. James T. Brady. State Treasurer. Winslow C. Watson. Francis Segur. Comptroller. James E. Cooley. Robert Kelly. Canal Commissioner. John C. Mather. Andrew J. Yates. .Engineer and Surveyor. John D. Fay. • W. H. Bristol. State Prison Inspector: Miles W. Bennett. Wm. C. Dyer. Judges of the Court of Appeals. C. H. Ruggles. long term.. C. H. Ruggles. Hiram Denio. shcirt term. Hiram Denier Clerk of the Court of Appeals. Samuel S. Bowne. Albert Edgerton. 117 The Colombia Spy states that the geneial health of that Borough has been very good the pre's .ent season. We are Pleased to hear that Such is the fact,'and promptly adiPit that our information of an opposite character, which we published last week, was entirely incorroot. CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS Itatratoan AccrnsatT.—Aa a man named Chas. Hunter, a brakesman on a car run by Mr. Bletz, 01 Columbia, was attempting , to put on a_brake at Bird:in.Hand, on Thursday last, he fell fronithe and had his arm badly crushed up_ to thiishoulder. He was taken to the Hospital at Philadelphia, .but Was not expected to solvive. . - 113 — The attention of capitalists is difected to th advertisement for the sale of valuable real and per sonal estate in the borough and township of Stras burg—theproperty 01 Mr. George Diffenbacb. A rare chance is here offered for good and profitable investments. See also other adveytieements. _ 113 %muse on the result for County Treasurer seems to be the order of tbe day amongst our Whig friends in this city. We heard of several bets made last week, one of which is to the amount of $2500 a side, on an even election. Immediately upon the acceptance of this.by the friends ofMr. REINHOLD, the friends of Mr. Bonewraa put up 65,000 and challenged their opponents to cover it; but this, we understand, has not yet been done. Judging from the readiness with which the friends of Bounama offer to bet large sums, we suppose they feel confi dent of his election, as they would hardly be so lavish of their money if they thought there was any danger. We give the above as an item of news, and not that we favor betting of any description. We have always regarded it as a system of gambling, which should not he encouraged in any community. We, therefore, merely announce the-facts here stated, to show what the feeling is, especially among our Whig friends—as almost every thing else, with them, seems to be lost sight of in the zeal mani. tested on the subject of the approaching election for County Treasurer. HARUISTOWN SABBATH SCHOOL CSLIBRATIOBI. —This Sabbath School, under tae superintendence of Mr. J. V. Eckert, held their celebration in a beautiful grove, on the premeises of Mr. Henry Eckert, on the 10th lost. The day was rather cool and damp for the full enjoymtnt of such-out door festivals. But, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the attendance was respectable. And the writer thinks, from the remarks of many pies cut, and the observable manifestations of satisfac tion, that a holy influence was thrown around, anu deeply engrafted in the hearts of the audience, through the very able addresses on the occasion. The school met at the school-house at 10 o'cl'k., from whence they marched in solemn procession. led by the Committee of Directors, and Clergymen to the grove. On entering the grove an aliptri ate hymn was sung. The procession arc ed around the table, which was beautifully and richly adorned, with all the dainties that the skill and kind ness of the ladies, and the season could produce.— After being seated on the place prepared for the audience to hear the addressess, and a hymn being sung, and prayer offered to the Great Giver of the blessings, the congregation was dismissed to par take of the bounteous provisionh. After dinner the congregation became seated again; a hymn was sung by the Teachers and =l iken alternately, and prayer offered, when the Rev. E. Y. Buchanan proceeded to address the children "on the importance of maintaining a christian character." He said that all our success in lite in any respect was ; even in an earthly sense, com paratively nothing, without the true honor anu dignity of the chnstian. That upon this alone can all our hopes for future prosperity and greatness depend; that they only are truly great, who are the humble servants of the Redeemer. An appro priate anthem was then sung by the choir. The Rev. H. Harbaugh then addressed the adult part of the audience. His theme was "The reli gious nurture of children." He proceeded to show, that children are interesting; that their religious nurture should engage the attention of every parent and christian ; that they can be pious from infancy, which he proved by scripture examples, as exhib ited in the history of Bing Samuel, the Prophet Jeremiah, John the Baptist, &c., thus proving the fallacy of the infidel proverb "that the young must sow their wild oats;" that God had made provision under the Old and New dispensations for their be ing brought into covenant with him; that God will fulfil his covenant engagements with all those chil dren who have been brought into then, in sincerity, as he did with Zaccheus and others; that the youth ful mind is more impressible than the adult, con sequently their religious nurture the proper way to secure them for the Church of Christ. In a word, his whole discourse was fraught with such appropriate illustrations and forcible aguments, that the writer thinks, the impression made upon the minds of the audience will be lasting, and redound to the benefit, and eternal welfare of the rising 'generation in this neighborhood. The Managers, 'leachers, Children and friends, return their sincere and heartfelt thanks those Rev. gentlemen for their kindness in attending, and so ably addressing their school, on the important sub ject of the religious instruction of children, at their celebration. GEN. CABs AND THE ADMINISTRATION.---The following from the Washington Union of Sunday week, goes to confirm the report that Gen. Cass has written a letter in approval of the policy of the President: General Cass has not been silent; he has watch ed the course of President Pierce with deep soli citude; he has witnessed the assaults made upon him for recognizing as national democrats all who took their position honestly on the creed of 1852, and he has expressed his own concurrence in the policy adopted by President Pierce in the most un equivocal terms. We make this declaration with a full knowledge of the facts—we speak by the book when we say that General Cass cordially and thoroughly approves the policy of the administra tion. We say, further, that he will come into the senate the warm, ardent, and devoted personal and political friend of the President. This is not con jecture—not mere inference—but with that frank ness and fearlessness which have ever characterised the greiit statesman of the northwest, he has given. his unqualified testimony; and if his friends in N. York have any respect for his opinions, they may be fully assured that whilst he regards the position of President Pierce as having been environed with unprecedented embarrassments, he is satisfied that his policy has not only been wise and patriotic, but in fact the only policy which could have.pro ved successful. The course of the Detroit Free Press, from which we have published many able articles, Night have been referred to as conclusive in regard to General Cass's approval of the policy of the President; but having the fact in a shape even more imposing, we choose to avail ourselves of it." LANCASTER, LEBANON AND PINE GROVE RAlL soAD.—During the past week, the engineers have been engaged in locating this road above our Bor ough on this side of the river. Our object in no ticing it at the present time, is for the purpose of calling the attention of out citizens to the import once of giving this enterprise their early attention. From intorination in out possession, we are satis fied that the road will be made—and in all proba bility, a portion of it will be placed under contract this fall. The road in fact, although under another name, is a mere continuation of the Pennsylvania Railroad—that company having resolved to have a direct line of their own, and no longer subMit to the inconvenience of having to pass over the State works. The road will either cross the river in the neighborhood of Phcenixville, and pass down on this side, or continue onthe other, into the city. We think it requires but little reflection as to the poli cy our citizens should pursue. Now is the time to move. A town meeting would be proper for the purpose, adopting resolutions inviting them to pass through our Borough with their road. This would at least open negotiations, and be the means of bringing matters more to a focus."—Norristown Watchman. DEL/it/RED.—The New York Tribune ,says it learns that the new Democratic organ which was to have commenced its career in that city on the Ist proximo, under the editorial control of Colonel Forney, will not make its appearance at the time appointed for its debut. The event is believed to be indefinitely postponed, and though no reason is assigned, or publicly known, why this resolution to adjourn the publication of the paper nominally until the next year is adopted, yet it is conjebtured that the perturbed and threatened condition of the party, as disclosed by the p.oceedings of the Syracuse . Co nvention, has had a good deal to do with the matter. Martin Grover. Pram PROOPECT.—.MISSOURL—The Lexington (Mb.) Express says : We hear of no speculation in hogs this season; the stock or 'crop,' as is now the term in Kentucky Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, is much larger than it has been for a *number of years past. In this. State the number of hogs has also greatly increased since last season. INDIANA.—The Brownstown (Ind.) Democrat Hogs appear to be plenty all over the country and prices low. Stock hogs are bald at $3 gross, but there are now no dealers at that price. Some lots have sold at $2,30 gross. Some of our farmers have heen trying , to engage their pork, but, so far, have received no bide; and not one pound of pork has been engaged in the country this season, so far as we can learn. Efforts have been made at all the packing points near. here to engage, but no bids were offered. . Corn in the field le not sellingat any price and the farmers seem very much.ditooureged. Decision ofBuprome Court. Henry Omi!, thalq_nromon wealth of Pennsyl vania. CertiorariM.Tuatiie Kline of Harrisburg. The opinion of the Court, was read last week, at Pttlsb urg - , by Wood'Parkl The . defendant stry convicted and fined by Jus tiet Kline; HarriArirg, for selling liquor on Sun_ dai.to travellet . iiiimed Wright, in accordance with the first see . tiort of 'the:provision of an Act of Assembly "for the prevention'of vice and immoral ity, and of unlawful gamifig, and to restrain disor derly sports and dissipation," which is in the hal lowing words: "If any person shall do or perform any worldly employment or busihess whatsoever oo the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, works of necessity excepted; or shall use or prac tice any unlawful game, hunting, shooting' sport or diversion whatsoever, on the same day, and be convicted thereof, every person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit and pay tour dol lars, to be levied by distress, &e., &c.," with a pro. viso annexed excepting the dressing of victuals in taverns, inns, bake houses, private families, the tray aping of milk carts, the ferrying of water passen j gers, &c., &c. The defendant assigned two errors : Ist. That the sale of liquor to the traveller (Wright) was not an offence against the het ; be cause it was within the proviso. 2nd. That the act is not applicable to persons licensed to keep an inn or tavern under the act of 11th of March, 1834, and its supplements. The Court assumed that the ',Hence was not a work of charity or necessity, because the defendant does not allege it was, and because the conviction characterizes it as contrary to the act of Assembly. The Court decided that the offence did fall with in the act, as the proviso excepted only the dress ing of victuals in taverns, &c. In regard to the second error advanced, the Court decided That six days enjoyment of the licensed mo nopoly would suffice to provide strangers with that measure of accommodation which the community were bound to furnish. But if not sufficient, some other plan must be devised. Sunday could not be given up, strangers and travellers had not right to demand hospitality at such a price. Rest one day in seven was enforced by the precept and example of the Author of our existence, and gov ernment, acting on the Divine appointment, nad made it a civil institution. It wa contended that the-license gave the right to sell for each of the 365 days of the year; and hence it was interred that the act of '94 was repealed to them. As well might it be argued that a contract of hewing for a laborer to work on Sundays, or that an auctioneer who is licensed for. a year, might pursue his business on the fifty-two Sundays in the year. The Court regarded the sale of liquor on Sunday by licensed innkeepers as worldly employment, within the prohibition of the act of '94, and did not tall Fwithin the proviso of the act, and therefore was not ;lavviul to be done on Sunday. The conviction of the defendant was proper, and judgment was affirmed. Judge Lewis read a dissenting opinion, but his arguments were founded on several technical er rors committed by the Magistrate, and did not en terupon the merits of the case. • From the Pennsylvanian. MEETING. OP THE SOLDIERS OP THE WAR OF 1512.—A large meeting of the Soldiers of the War of 1 1812, was held on Saturday evening, at the Court HOuse. It was the 10th of September, and they convened to commemorate Perry's splendid victory on Lake Erie, achieved forty years ago. General Adam Dil ler, was called to preside, assisted by a large num ber of Vice Presidents. Among the number were Messrs. Cooper, J. C. Montgomery, Major Bozarth, COlonel John Thompson, Captain Fisher, L. C. Jud scin, and Mr. Curry. Peter Hay and John H. Frick acted as Se c cretaries. The meeting was opened by an appropriate speech frOm the Chair. After which Messrs. Judson, Mont gomery, Sutherland and others addressed the meet ing. Their speeches were received with rounds 01 reiterated applause. Their speeches were full of interest and deeply exciting. • The following resolutions were then read and unanimously adopted: • 1. Resolved, That the return of the 10th of Sep tember brings back to our memory a proud and vivid recollection of the splendid victory achieved this day forty years ago, by the gallant perry , and his brave associates on Lake Erie, where for the Britt time since the formation of our national Gov ernment, our gallant tars had an opportunity of demonstrationg their superiority to their enemy, fleet to fleet, as has already teen done by Hull and Decatur, ship to ship, and after a most sanguinary battle, caused the star spangled banner to float tri umphantly over the broad bosom of the Lake, un til the close of the war. 2. Resolved, That we learn with great pleasure, from all quarters of the Union, that the proposition to hold a National Convention of the Soldiers of the War of 1312, and their sons, in this city on the Bth of January next, is received with much favor, and that delegates will be sent from them all, to revive the recollections of that war, and to adopt such measures as may be deemed necessary to press on Congress the claims of those who stepped forward to defend their country in its hour of peril. 3. Resolved, That we regard ^the selection of the Bth day of January, for the meeting of the Nation al Convention, as a just compliment to the gallant band of volunteer citizen soldiers, and their distin guished General, who closed the war in a blaze of •glory. 4. Resolved, That we deem it altogether unneces sary to reiterate the arguments urged on former oc casions, in favor of the grant of 160 acres of the public land to all who served or suffered, on laud or sea, in any of the wars of our country, and will OIL: ly add our firm conviction, strengthened, as it is, by the action of public meeting and conventions ha va rious sections of the Union, that the passage of a law for that purpose, by Congress, will receive the cordial sanction of the whole nation. 5. Resolved, That the volunteers who marched from Pennsylvania to Baltimore, and those from Western Pennsylvania, who served under Generals Tannehill and Mead, are especially requested to elect delegates to represent them in the National Convention to be held in this city, on the anniver sary of the battle of New Orleans. 6. Resolved, That it istath just and proper that the defenders of our country, in the war of 1812, who reside in Philadelphia, should take the incipient Steps to bring together their friends from the inte rior of our State, when it is remembered that du ring our great contest with England; not less than live thousand country troops rushed to our city and joined six thousand soldiers here, and marched to :the shores of the Delaware, to defend our city from the constantly expected assaults of a most power tul enemy. 7. Resolved, That delegates who were in our na val service, be requested to meet in our National (Convention—as we believe they are also justly en titled to 160 acres of land. 8. Resolved, That we adjourn to attend at our 'National Convention to be held here on the Bth of January next. 9. Resolved, That editors of newspapers favora ble to the cause, throughout the United States, be 'requested to publish these pioceedings. Ilg - A most singular case of somnolency has en gaged the attention of several of our physicians in ] Harrisonburg for the last 10 or 12 days. Miss Ara minta, daughter of Mr. Fielding S. Ragan, of this place, aged about 14 years, without complaining at all of being sick, went to sleep on Tuesdey ,the ult., and has continued in that situation with scarce ly any intermission, ever knee I She has eaten nothing of consequence since the appalling stupor !came over her senses-and has spoken but once or twice since she went to sleep. Once, on the first days e was taken, animation seemed entirely sus pended. It is with extreme difficulty she can be a ] roused from her slumbers, but when awakened she seems to know her friends and acquaintances, al though the power of speech seems to be destroyed. She occasionally labors under high fever, and some times moans as though she were in great pain, bat 'all attempts to ascertain thecause of her illness and of her stupor have as yet proved fruitless. Her physicians never saw or knew such a- case, and are, of course, utterly at a loss to prescribe a remedy. The case is a most singular and distressing one, and has excited the sympathy of all who are ac quainted with the worthy family in which it has occurred.—Rxkugham Reg. MAIN/ ELECT/cwt.—Port/and, September 13. Our additio..al returns of the election do not affect the results indicated last night. No Governor is chosen by the people, and neither of the prominent political parties have a clear majority in the Leg islature. It will probably be some days before the result is known.., 0 o'clock, P. AL—Further returns of the election yesterday render it certain that there has been no choice or Govetnor by the people.. Gov. Crosby's vote is much larger than it was last year. The vote for Mr. Pillsbury is considerably smaller than that cast for Mr. Hubbard, the regular Democratic candidate of last year, whilst Mr. Morrill's vote is less than that'of Mr. Chandler last year. As be tween Whigs.and Democrats, the House of Repre sentatives will stand about the same as last year; but the friends of Mr. Morrill (Dernocrat),will hold the balance of power. • A plurality of Seiatitors elect ed are probably Whig, but the final complexion of the Senate will depend upon the !selections hereafte to be made by the House of Representatives. Correspondence. To Jecon L. Gnoss t Emit :--The undersigned cit izens of Epltrata township, have learned with re gret that you have withdrawn from the field as an Independent candidate for the Legislature; and, believing that the people of Lancaster county de tire an oppOrtunity to decide at the ballot box up bnthe manta of men, and believing, by your For, mer manner, teat you possessed the integrity, abil ity, independence and honesty necessary to make a good and faithful legislator, we respectfully ask your,, consent to re-enter the campaign and give your numerous friends an opportunity to elect you as their representative in the next Legislature. John G Bowman Samuel Smith Elias A Schraniz Samuel Rapp Solomon H Weaber Samuel Klabr Samuel Hull H K Killian H Reemenyder . George Frantz Albert N Varns David Bowman Jacob Harter Isaac Stroh Jeremiah Hahn A Konigmacher Jacob Wenger John Funk Edward Cooper E Konigmacher Martin Holsinger D Shirk Michael D Schnader Lewis Gettle T G Bach Lewis Fraser J Eichelberger Jacob Hacker Henry Sheeler Samuel Schlott Valentine Koch J S Hacker John Nisaley Isaac Beck Inane Widden M M Urich Jacob llarbrort H B German Obed Bauman H ft Nagle Henry Binkley John Streffon L R Nagle The undersigned citizens of Manheim township concur with the above John K Zook Benjamin Eby John Barr Abraham Shenk Chrieban Leib John Leib Allied Leib Joseph Wisner David Reab John Fenstemacker John Dunkle, Jr Daniel Lint David Fitzgerald John Long William W banyan David Rattew Aston - Rattew James Evans Live Schlott John Schlott . C Frankhauser Henry B Link John W Sowers Henry Howetter Martin Hamoright Samuel Stromp George K Bower Jacob Kuhn Henry Hambright John Glees Peter E Snyder George Schlott EPHRATA' TOWNSHIP, Sept. 16 GINTLEMEN—Your letter inviting me to re-enter the fie l d as an independent candidate for the Legis lature was handed me yesterday. I find much to encourage me in their intelligence, respectability and influence. After considering the matter Maly, I have concluded to yield to yOur Terefore, I announce myself as a candidate, and will remain so, until the people of Lancaster coun ty shall have deposited their ballots on the 2d Tuesday in October next. . . If elected, livid, to the best of my abilitA, rep resent the interests of the people, without regard to party or faction. Your Fellow Citizen, J. L. GROSS To J. G. Bowman, Abraham Shenk and other Trial of Bishop Doane. CAMDEN, N. J. September 151h.—The Court of Bishops re-assembled at 11 o'clock this morning. Great anxiety was manifested to learn the result of their deliberations on Wednesday. It is stated, on good authority, that Doane, to his speech on Mon day, made various admissions touching the charges, the substance of.which were that he had acted in discreet, but disclaimed solemnly any dishonest in tention. After the debate on Tuesday, the Court appointed a Conierence;Committee of seven, com posed of Bishops not members of the last Court.— Dais committee met representatives from both sides, Delancey representing the defendant. Bishop Doane was requested to put in writing the admissions he had made, which, it is said, he did. Rumor has it that some, or all the Presenters contemplate enter ing a visite prosequi; but the result is not yet known. Bishop Putter is making a speech to-tfiy, under stood to be in favor of a trial. Bishop Donne, in his speech on Monday, fully exculpated the Pre senters from unworthy motives in making the pre , sentment. SECOND DESPATCH CAsnizar, N. T., September 1514.—The Court of Bishops have adjourned sine die. Bishop Doane hay made a concession to charges, they have been dismissed, a trial not being insisted on. CAraor.x, N. J., bept. 15th.—The following is the statement submitted in writing by Bishop Doane to the Court of Bishops : The undersigned, in prosecuting his plans of Christian Education in connection with St. Mary's Hall and Burlington College, tound that the expen ses of the enterprise greatly exceeded his calcula tions—while assistance, on which he had confident ly relied, perhaps too sangutuely, fell altogether short of what he deemed his reasonable expecta tions. In this condition of things, being entirely left alone and without advisers, every step which he advanced involved him more deeply in pecuni ary embaraesments. He admits that he made rep resentations which, at the time, he believed to be correct, but many of which turned out in the end to be erroneous. But he was also led, by his too confident reliance on anticipated aid, to make prom ises which he fully expected to perform, but which experience has taught him were far too strongly expressed. He was also induced, for the sake of obtaining money to meet his necessities, to resort to methods by the payment of exorbitant interest which he did not suppose were in contravention of law, and which common usage seemed to him to justily. He also, in entire confidence in his ability to replace them, made use of certain trust lands in a way which he deeply regrets; and although they have long since been perlectly secured, he does not now justify. The embarassments here referred to, were lollowed by a long and well nigh latal sick ness, which, withdrawing him from business which he had carried on alone, was nearly instrumen tal in the entire failure of his pecuniary affairs. - Tne perplexity arising from this failure, with the protracted infirmity which followed his sickness, made him liable to many errors and mistakes, which might easily bear appearances ol intentional misrepresentations. In connection with the assign ment of his property, he set his name and oath to an inventory of his goods; and also to a list of his debts, which he believed so be correct; an act which be grieves to find has given rise to an impression in the minds of some that he exhibited an insensibil. ity to the awful sanctions of the oath of a Christian man. But while he laments tne impression, he de clares that this act was only done under legal ad vice and in the firm conviction of its correctness. Some time atter his recovery from the illness above alluded to, but while he was still in the midst of perplexities, smarting under. his heavy disap pointments, surrounded by imputations to which in some quarters he was subjected, the letter of the three bishops came to him. He has no disposition to ascribe to them any other than just and proper motives in their addressing him, but at the time when he received the communication he received it otherwise, and under the strong excitement of the moment be penned a pamphlet, part ol which he does not now justify, and expressions in which in regard to these brethren he deeply deplores. In reference to his indebtedness, he now renews the declaration of his intentitth, which he has con. stantly made and has acted on to his utmost ability thus tar, to devote his means, efforts and influence in dependence on God'e blessing, to the payment of principal and interest of every just against nim, an expectation of which there is reasonable hope of having fulfilled, since a committee of the trustees and friends of Burl.ngton College, have un dertaken an enterprise which is nearly completed to discharge the whole of the mortgage debt, and, thus secure the property at Riverside. and St. Mary's Hall, with that of Burlington College, to the Church forever, for purposes of Christian education. This done, the Trustees have further agreed to appropri• ate during his lite, the surplus income of both Insti tutions to the liquidation of all his debts in carry ing on said institutions. That in the course of all these transactions hu man infirmity may have led him into many errors, he deeply feels. lie does not wish to justify . or ex cuse,:them. Ii scandal to the Church and injury to the cause of Christ have arisen from them, they are the occasion to him of mortification and regret.— For these things, in all humility and sorrow, before God and man, he has always felt himself liable to, and willing to receive, the friendly reproofs of his brethren in Christ Jesus, and especially the Bishops of the Church. (Signed) G. W. Domes, Bishop of New ✓eriey. Periodicals, &c. GonarPs Lakivts Booz, for October, is more than usually attractive in embellishmeats. "The Mourners," and the Plate of Fashion's, are pecu liarly fine. Godey is hard to excel, Inasmuch as be is careful to keep up with the progressive spirit of the age. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, for August, from the American re-print of Leonard Scott tk Co., N. Y., is made up of a variety of very able produc tions from the pens of some of the most gifted Brit ish writers. For sale at the Bookstores in this city. THE Portrtsit EDUCATOR, for August and Sep tember; have been received. This is a monthly periodical, of quarto size, containing 48 pages of excellent reading matter, happily adapted to aid the teacher in his important work. Price 121 c ca. per number. A. Montgomery, N. Y. Publisher. THE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE, for July; Anirtlit and Septemberiare received. They are very inter esting numbers. Among the striking illustrations 'of the September number, it has Bartolonici," the Charlatan, addressing the Crowd—The Palace' of the Emperor of China at Nankm--Lorenzo de M. dici Receiving the Exiled Greek Phirosophem— Chit tennaugo Falls, &0., &o. Published at No. 17 Spruce At., N., York, by Alezudir Montgomery.
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