Ittelligencer & Journal. GEO. SANDE - RECO ' , EDITOIi. Lancaster, Octitqter IS, Milt. cberres Ikragiw3i: . , ,This gentlemanthe independent candidate for County Treasurer at the late election--although defeated by a comparatively - small majority in fhe county; has the woad satisfaction of knowing that here, at home, where the people have known him longest and best, he is sustained in such a way as no candidate ever before was sustained in the city of Lancaster. The unprecedented majority of 1311 votes given him in a poll of 2359, shows the high estimation in which he isheld by his im mediate neighbors and acquaintances, and is a tri umphant endorsetnent of his character against the vile assaults and slanderous misrepresentations of his enemies. It always speaks welt for a man to run well at home, and were we Mr. Botfauxitu we would feel more gratification at such an en dorsement, than to be successful with so tremen dous a majority against us in the place of our res idence. We repeat, then, that. Mr. Botrarrsz has abun dant reason to be proud of the position he occu pies, and we are pleased to 'know that he duly ap preciates it, and feels grateful to his friends through out the city and county for the hearty support they so cheertuly gave him. UT The election for County Treasurer last Tues day, haademonstrated one fact very clearly to eve ry intelligent mind, and that is—that the Demo crats when united, aided and assisted by the disaf fected portion of the Whig party, can, at any time, beat their opponents by a handsome majority in the county. This must be apparent to every one who will take the trouble to examine the returns in today's paper. That they did not do so at the late election is, perhaps, in some measure, at least, owing to a want of confidence in their own strength and an over-estimate of the strength of the Whig party proper as at present organized. Had the Democrats polled thr it entire vote for Mr. Boutin- . Till, he would have been elected, beyond all question, by at least one thousand majority, and that, too, against one of the most popular candidates the Whig party could have selected in the county. Mr. REINHOLD is a strong man in the Whig party, but be would have been too weak to contend 'against s, united Democratic vote in con nexion with the disaffected portion of his own po litical friends. We trust our Democratic brethren will bear this in mind, and profit by the knowledge the official returns as abundantly furnish them. Bart Township. Bart is the banner township of the county, hav ing given Mr. BOOOUTER 175 majority. Several other districts in the county also did nobly—in tact every thing that the most sanguine could have ev pected; but Bart did much more, and did it too with a hearty good will. Other districts, such as Paradise, Colerain, Ful ton, Conestoga, Milleratown, Elizabethtown, Colum bia, Conoy, Marietta, N. Holland, &c., &c., perform ed their part nobly, and had others come up to, the work in the same spirit, Mr. Bournrran would now be the Treasurer elect by a large majority. We have no complaints to make, however, much as we regret the defeat of that gentleman, and bow with deference to the decision of the people. There is a better day coming, perhaps, and at the next trial of a similar kind, when it shall take place, we hope the popular verdict will reverse the decision of Tuesday last. 1311 MAJORITY FOR 130IIGHTER IN LANCASTER CITY The old city covered herself all over with glory on Tuesday last Who will dare to say after this that CHARLEY BOUGHTER is not a man of the peo ple? or that the vote of Lancaster city is not an item of some consequence in the elections of Lan caster county? 'Tis true it did'nt quite defeat the Whigs, but it frightened them awfully, especially after the South West Ward was counted off. Lancaster County. Judge. C. Corn. A. Gen. S. Gen Whig. 8829 8528 9179 9415 Dem. 5519 5968 6590 4745 aj. 3310 2360 The Whig majority may be considered that giv en on the Supreme Judge, as there was no cutting or trading off, so far as we know, on that officer. Mr. i3aiwtair suffered by the hands of Bogus Dem ocrats, and by strong appeals and misrepresenta tions made to the Temperance men. In that way he was cut some seven or eight hutidred votes in the county. Mr. Powa - Ar,r. was cut - about the same number of votes from the Whig ticket. Lancaster City. The Democrats of this City have reason to be proud of their work on Tuesday last. An average majority of 642 on the State Ticket shows what they can do nhen they undertake a job of the kind. 117' Hon. JoaN Y. MA lON, of Virginia, iaas been appointed by the President, Minister to France. An excellent selection,-and one which cannot fail to meet the approbation of the whole country. This is the fourth member of the late President Porat's cabinet that has been selected by General Pintas for high and honorable positions at home and abroad, viz : Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State, Mr. Bucaanan, Minister to England , Mr. Walker, Minister to China, (since declined,) and now Mr. Mason, Minister to France. A compliment trply to that brilliant administration. IL7 The professing Democrats who were solin dustriously at work in various sections of the coun ty, operating against Mr. BRAWLEY, must feel somewhat chagrined that their efforts have so sig• nally failed in defeating him. They are well known, however, and will doubtless be remembered by the true Democracy of the county for all time to come. If necessary, we may hereafter gives the names of some of the leaders in this political treachery, as also the name of the office in this city where the spurious tickets, purporting to be Democratic, were printed, with the name of Christian Myers, the Whig candidate for. Surveyor General, substituted in place of J. Porter Brawley. We are in posses sion of certain facts, which may be published here after, that will serve to show what kind of Demo crats these men are, and how little they are deser ving of the name they have assumed. Men here tofore holding high positions in the party, in this city •and elsewhere in the county, are known to have distributed the spurious tickets alluded to for the purpose of deceiving members of the poll com mittees and honest voters, and thus attempting to defeat one of the regular nominees of the party. • ID" The President has appointed Jona Hroaras, Esq., of New York, to be Consul of the U. States for the Port of Cork, in Ireland. 113 Thoss persons desirous of procuring trees for planting, flower bulbs, &c., would do well to call at Mr. Jona ZonsERMA7I.' I II in North Queen street, and examiine his fine assortment. See ad. vertisemerq. [Cr At the recent election there were about 14 ; .789 votes polled in the County—at the election of last year 15,674.. f1:7" The Democrats of Chester county have elected two of the three members of Assembly, and also the Sheriff. I 13" The acquittal of Robert Swan for the mur der of Sprigg, has created great excitement at Ha gerstown, and indignation meetings have been held there and at Boonsboro', o in which the Court and Jury were severely denounced. Mif - Hon. Annasw BEM/MONT, a prominent Demociatic politician of Northern Pennsylvania, died at Wilksbarre, on the 30th ult., aged tlyears. J. Porter Browley. The re-election of this gentleman to the office of Surveyor General of the State, by a majorityriech ing probably .15,000, is one of the greateit tri umphs ever 'achieved by the Democracy of the gal lant old Keystone. .He has been, emphatically; one of the beef abused men in th e - Colimonwetilth'— having been assailed by all manner of foul and ma- Besot slanders and defamationon the part of the Whigs, with a small faction in his own party in open hostility, who resorted to any and every means to defeat him. But_he has triumphed gloriously over all opposition, and is yet more fully endorsed by the people than he was at his first election two years ago. We are sincerely rejoiced at this result for sev eral reasons. First, on Mr. Baiwzsy's own ac count, 'who is a true Democrat and an intelligent, faithful officer—secondly, on account of the Dem ocratic party, whose candidate he was—and thirdly, because his election consigns to the shades of obliv ion a 'renegade from our ranks, Christian Myers, who, three years ago, apostatized from the Demo cratic party and went over to the Whigs, for the sake of office. He has got his appropriate reward —a rebuke from the people which will keep him in retirement for the balance of his life. We have no objection to. a man changing his politics, if he does so from principle, but we have an utter con tempt for one who will do it for the mere love of office or emolumeat, as was the case with this arch. renegade who had the vanity to suppose the peo ple of Pennsylvania, the honest men of both par ties, would reward. his treachery by elevating him to the post of Surveyor General. NOTICE To Cbsesrx.—We give this timely no tice to all concerned, that owing to "circumstan ces" and the ''noise and contusion" of the sover eigns, on Tuesday last, we shall not want the ser vices of any Clerks at Harrisburg, during the en suing three years. For particulars see late- elec tion returns, or inquire of Hon Ephraim Banks, at Capitol Hill. We clip the above humorous paragraph from the last Chamberaburg Repository & Whig, whose editor is Col. A. K. M'CLVRZ, Whig Candidate for Auditor General at the late election. It will be seen that the Col. takes his defeat in good part, and bears up like a true philosopher. We rather sup pose he considered the whole thing of placing Whig candidates for the State offices, before the people, a farceas it really was—for nobody, of either party, save and except, perhaps, Christy My ers and Mosey Pownall, ever dreamed that they had the remotest chance of an election. The Col. is a clever fellow, barring his politics, anitzive are only sorry that "circumstances" placed him in a situa tion which was far from being enviable. Still, we are glad to find that the "noise and confusion" of the °sovereigns " on Tuesday last, has not, in any way, injuriously affected his nerves or his tempera ment, and that his general health and buoyancy of spirits are as good as they were before the election. Lanidaster County. In. another part of this paper will be found the official returns of the recent election, in this county —fiCim which it will be seen that the Whig ma jority is reduced greatly below what it was at the last General Election. The Presidential election might not be considered a lair test, and therefore we prefer taking the result at the October election of 1852, when the Whig majority for Canal Com missioner was 4298; now, for the same office, it is only 2560! That the Whig party of this county, from the corruption and profligacy of its present leaders, is in its decadence, no attentive, intelligent and un prejudiced observer can doubt. It has had its pe riod of youth and vigorous manhood; but its own excesses have enfeebled it, and already has the me ridian been passed, a premature old age is fast bringing on decay, and the period of its dissolution is already looming up in the distance to the view of the beholder. For nearly a quarter of a century have the Dem ocrats of this county beeh,forced to bear the inso lent jeers and taunts, and tyranny of an unscru pulous majority, and too mrsy i 4e are grieved to say, of those who set out in life Democrats, grounded their arms after a struggle or two and basely sur rendered to the enemy. But, notwithstanding the fearful odds with which they had to contend, there are still some six or seven thousand good and true-hearted men who have never "bowed the knee to the image of Baal," and the prospect now is that a brighter day is about to dawn upon them, and their efforts will, ere long, be crowned with success. Ma. TYLER'S Svsscii.—At a mass meeting of the democracy of Philadelphia, assembled in Inde pendence Square on the evening of the 11th instant, we find that Mr. Robert Tyler, at the close of his remarks, paid to President Pierce and his cabinet the following eloquent and justly-merited tribute.— Mr. Tyler said : We, his political friends, cannot easily be made to forget the honest pride we felt during the late presidential canvass, when contemplating his wise and felicitous deportment on all public occasions. We still remember with pleasure how frank he was on all occasions when required to speak—how dis creet when prudence and propriety enjoined silence —how plain, yet dignified, in his demeanor—how magnanimous and high-toned towards his oppo nents. I liked him for this, and I liked the rigid principles, yet buoyant spirit ; of his inaugural ad dress. I like his version of the laws of nation, his ideas of human rights, and his appreciation of American character. [Cheers.] I like his appoint ment of that honored and experienced statesman, James Buchanan, as Minister to England. [cheers] I like the official declaration that the great states man of Michigan, Lewis Case, might have filled the responsible post of minister to France, if he had chosen, and thus directly assisted in the delibera tions of the government. [Cheers.] I like his per lect freedom from sectarianism in politics and sec tarianism in religion. [Loud cheers.] 1 like his jealous watchfulness of the public treasury. And, in conclusion, I can only add that I moat sincerely trust hie administration may found itself in the pros perity and glory of the country4and to do this end he shall always have any little support I may be able to render him against fault-finding combina tions of factious men." The whole speech of Mr. Tyler abounds with sound democratic principles, enforced with:striking eloquence and power; and we regret that our space will not allow us to give to our readers the whole of his admirable remarks. graoaarA Eracriorr.—Complete returns have been received from all the counties in the State, and foot up as follovis: Johnson (Dem,) 9154 •Jenkins (Whig.) 8952 Johnson's maj Of 89 Senators elected so far as heard from, 46 are Democrats and 43 Whigs. To the House 67 Democrats and 56 Whigs are elected. The Con gressional delegation will stand 5 Democrats and 3 Whigs. • . WASHINGTON SENTINNIt—This is one of th best papers on oar exchange list, and, from course so far, eminently worthy of patronage. t is strongly Democratic, and 'adjur es every thing like Free-Soilism, Abolition and Whiggery. The Sentinel is published daily, weekly and tri-weekly, by 13.evaurr Tucuzu, at the following rates:— $lO for the daily, sr, for the tri-weekly, and 02 for the weekly. Caaerream—The Pittsburg American, alluding to the recent State Fair in that city, says a thatnot withstanding the immense number of persons daily attending—from 50 to 100,000 each day fora whole week, there was not noticed one single drunken man on or around the grotrtide—nor did a single fight or quarrel occur—nor was there an instance of an act of incivility occurring, that has come to the notice of any one, so fir as we can discover. [Mr Gamma W. BAKER : Esq., we are pleased to know, has been reelected Recorder of the City of San Francisco, by a majority of nearly 4,000 votes. Or The once celebrated TRISTAN Ronan; of Rhode Island, died at Providence, on Thursday lasts., aged 84 years. ; Santa Anna Emperor. - ' • Whei r on Santa Anna's late return to Mexico, au alarm'was_sounded respecting Mime secret en gagement alleged to have been entered into by him with Spain for thexeatoration - to that Powar of her 'former Viceroyalty, we su g ge s ted that it via much .- • . - - _ Mole probable-the Benanerito, deluding .; the Span lab governrrient with pfomises, to obtain its aid would play another card entirely, and end by , ma king,,or endeavoring. to make, himself Emperor. That prediction seems now not unlikely to be ful filled, and the beliefgrows, both in and out of Mex ico, that he is on the eve of. precisely such a de sign. He is Emperor already in everything ex cept the name, having assumed all the power of the State into his hands, governing by decrees,. which are simple emanations of his own will. The efforts he is making to raise aiarge army are, explicable solely on the theory of his having such an object in view. Mexico has as little need of a standing armyof eighty or ninety thousand men as capacity to sup port it. She is at peace with all the world—it we except the wild - Indians who ravage' the northern States,at pleasure; nor can she be supposed to be in danger of war 'mitt' any country but the United States, with which it is in her own power to elect to maintain pacific or compel hostile relations;and in a war provoked by her with the United States, it is obvious that no army she could raise, large or small, could avail to save her from speedy over throw. Snch an army, which is not necessary to repel the Indians, might serve very well—so long as it remained faithful—to bridle the several States of Mexico, and so maintain the usurper on his new throne; but in war, smarting under the defeats to which his usual ill-fortune or military incompeten cy must expose it, it. would only prove the more certain means of his own downfall. Santa Anna, who is utterly destitute of every thing like political principle, and to whom the sen timent of patriotism is as much unknown as it is to his countrymen in general,is quite capable of any scheme of aggrandizement having, like the present the,charm of novelty—which, to the sanguine, im plies the attraction of hope. He has tried every thing, in a republican way, and nothing has suc ceeded with him. The positions he has held entitle him to be called a great man; but of all the great men that ever lived he has been the most unlucky which means,of coarse that his talents have always proved inadequate to the stations he has filled.-- There is some resemblance in his fortune to those of Demetrius, surnamed Poliorcetes the son of An tigonus, who was so often driven into and recalled from exile, and who won and lost so many king doms, but Demetrius had, in all, the smack of a hero, which has always been wanting in the cock fighting valiente of Mexico. A sceptre may appear to him the true talisman of success. At all events, the enterprise will be something new; and he is just weak enough not to be capable of deriving a lesson of profit from the example of a former Em peror of Mexico, Iturbide, whom he did as much, or more, than any other man in that country to bring to the ground. A sagacious projector would perceive that, as a general rule, Emperors in the new world have been as utilucky a class as the race of patriots or benemeritos. Don Augustin Iturbide was, perhaps, an, abler man than Santa Anna; but, certainly, his position and all his antecedents were ,more favorable than those of the latter to a project of usurpation. He threw himself into the Revolution of Mexico, hav ing previously commanded on the Royai side, at a time and under circumstances which placed him at the head of the movement. It was his. acts which secured the independence of Mexico. in 1821 and he was the chief of the Regency and the army, the most popular man in the country, when,in May 1822, he seized the crown, having the address to procure it to be in a manner forced upon him as tie gilt of the troops, seconded by the wish of the populace and the vote of the National Congress.— The submission to him was universal; the country needed repose; and he displayed energy and some administrative ta!ent. It was necessary, however, in his case, as it will be in Santa Anna's, to raise money by exactions, confiscations, and other means which experience has proved. no people will long endure. The consequence was that his popularity was short lived, and that Santa Anna himself, then a young soldier occupying no higher post than that of a military governor of Vera Cruz, taking offence at personal slight, raised the standard of revolt, and in Match, 1853, ten months after his elevation, Itur bide was compelled to abdicate and go into banish ment. A year afterwards he was foolish enough to return, throwing himself on the coast, a /a Murat, almost alone, to recover his throne. The time be ing unfavorable, and no friends being at hand to re ceive him, he was immediately seized by the re publican forces and shot as a proclaimed traitor and public enemy. There is nothing in Santa Anna's character or the circumstances by which he is surrounded, to warrant the belief that his imperial speculation can have, if attempted, any better or less inglorious is sue.- He wants talents ; he wants popularity; he wants money. It will be.easy to seize the purple; but to maintain his power for any time appears to be entirely out of the question. The country is re duced to the last extremity of poverty and financial destitution. It is utterly without resources or rev enue. There are no public lands—or none that could be-made a source of profit by being laid open to emigration. All the unoccupied territories be longing to the State are mountain deserts or coast forests and jungles; and the institutions of Spanish America, besides, are fatal to all plans of attracting European population. There is little foreign trade and that is already overburdened with custom-house taxation; and the same is true of the internal com merce. The former wealth of Mexico was in her silver mines, which now yield but little, many of the best being ruined and abandoned, and the mi ning energies of the people destroyed by bad gov ernment. Some writers refer to the church lands as offering a resource to an ambitious government' and so they might be, supposing the clergy any more willing to be 'fleeced than other classes; but no one knows better than Santa Aura that he could not maintain himself for a minute with the church arrayed against him in opposition or enmity. In short, Mexico is in that doubly unfortunate state that, while she is incapable of existing as a free State, seems to be too poor and miserable even to be enslaved. She can sustain no government but a cheap one—cheaper than any she has ever had; and Santa Anna, in contriving an organization which must be expensive in a degree beyond all former example, is only preparing a means for his own disappointment, whether he intends to crown himself Emperor or remain content with his pres ent authority as President Dictator.—North amo-- Niw LONDON Aesnurv—This Institution is lo cated in a beautiful section of Cheater county, and offers rare inducements to parents and guardians for their patronage. The number of students at the last • session was 64, and still a larger num• bar are expected at the ensuing winter session which commences in: November. The Institution is under the control of a Board of Trustees, and the Instructors are—Jesus B. M , Dowsxx, Princi pal, and Assistants, JOHN A. Berm and J. RANKIN HALL. -See advertisement for terms, &c. READING'S PATERTCOHN SHELLELL—We direct the attention of our Agricultural friends to the ad vertisement in another column of D. LANDIINTEI, No. 23 South 6th street Philadelphia, who keeps a large supply.of this valuable invention always on hand. It has a high reputatipn wherever it has been used, and we recommend the farmers of this county, who happen to visit the city, to call and see the Sheller. Ir Eton hates M. Powren,Dem. hae about four hundred majority for President Judge of the dis trict composed of Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne countee. Hie opponent was M. M. MM. MOO, Dem. LANCASTER CITY RETURN& F FIF 4 IF'I : .Mturrasty.—The National Guards and Independ . - 1 2 1 A '0 .11 .. I :: ent Artillery of West. Chester, .Pa., will arrive in ' - - - .4 P S: this• City, on ThursdaY evening, 20th inst. The lki . 4 4 -"" 4 .'... '- chanan Rifle Corpi will parade in fall dress as their - . Judge Supreme Court • ' - • escort. - • . • John C. Knox d 258 4511278 491 1379 ' • - Thee A Budd to 187 242 159 137 725- XIII OIIT Jo: SIXINes - hmitruoa.—At a meet- Jacob Broom n 28 181 23 - 16 144- ing of . the stockholders of this Inistitution. held at: Canal Commissioner - ' i , ' Mount Joy, on Thursday last, agreeably to notice, Thos-H Forsyth d 273 3631200 491 1327 the following , named gentlemen were elected Di- Moses Pownall to ". 171 243 256 145 715 rectora . , viz : Henry Eberle, Dr. 1. L. Ziegler, Ja- BT C Morgan n 86 84 67 • 135 cob Dissley, C.S. Kaufman. EL M. North, H: B. Robert Mitchell fd . 2 - 2 Breneman,John Baker, G, W. Porter, Henry Shelf- Sudifor General ner, Benjamin Krider, A. N. Cassel, E. Cassel and Ephraim Banks d 266 344 278 490 1378 Dr. A. Garber. ' Aliz'i K M'Clure to 193 265 163 146 767 • • J Riegle n . '818 , 24 17 160 A NEW PROJIICT.—We understand that a num- Surveyor General ber of citizens have purchased the property Tamil-' J Porter Brawley d 248 406 261 460 1370 iarly known as Yourt's—late Mellinger's Retreai, Christian Myers to 200 274 164 150 785.. on the Conestoga, about four miles from this city. Kimber Cleaver n 33 86 24 20 163 'I he purchase is made of Jacob Bausman and Wm. --Cotton/ d 1 . 1 B:' Fordney, Esq , and consists of a grist mill, saw Assembly mill, lathe-mill, warehouse, tavern house, two sta. J Houston Mifflitt . p 190 251 154 10i 701 , ry tenant house and 15 acres of land, with all the 9 Smith Patterson p 194 256 137 106 713 Water-rights and privileges. The price paid is Cornelius Collins p 190 252 153 106 7011 $16,500. The intention of the company is to erect . John Miller p , 189 255 156 1011 701 a large Hotel, capable of accommodating 200 David Cockley p 189 244 156 99 688 boarders, immediately below the present house, to John A Hieatand to 189 179 123 941 535 erect baths. and make many other improvements Daniel Herr to 129 172 121 911 513 The subscribers are: C. Hager, $1.500; John F. Henry Gray to 129 177 128 91 5 . 20, Shroder, $1,0041; William Mathiot, $1,000; Chris- C L Htmsecker to 131 175 124 93 523 lain Kieff-r, $7.000; Charles Boughter, $1 000;" Da .- John Rawlins to 124 162 120 82 488 vid Longenecker, $1,000; W. B. Fordney, 162 000 ; ' Jacob L Gross i d 167 348'1951451 1661 Tenwitas Baumgardner. $1 000 ; Jacob Bausman. ' County Treasurer 1 $2,000; John Brenner. $l.OOO, John Black, $1,000; Charles Boughter ito 307 582 354 592 1835 Michael Barry. $1,000; Ricnard McGrann, $1,000; Benjlmin Reinhold to 171 191 1001 56 524 Michael Malone, $l,OOO. This enterprise is a Di,triet Attorney' • 1 • orthy one. We have no doubt it will be success- David W Patterson to 214128412071207 896 -'' tut. A commodious and well kept house, a few SENATE. miles from town, will be largely patronized. RaLIGIOIIts MEETXNG.—The Lancaster county con ferencefollows: of the old Pennsylvania Synod of the Luth I. Win. A. Crabb, WI 14. Jas. W. Quiggie, D eran church, met in Columbia, pursuant to aproint- Eli K. Price,lnd W. 15. *J. Cieaswell, Jr.,D. ment;on Monday week. At 10 o'clock, the con 2. S. G. Hamilton, Am. 16. C. A. Ruckalew, D. terence was organized by the appointment of Rev. Wm, Goodwin, D. 17. "Wm. M. Plan, D. Levi Foulkrod, D. 18. Byron D. Hamlin, D. W. Beates, o f this city, as President, and Rev. G. F. 3. Benj. Frick, W. 19. *Thos. Hoge, D. Krotel, of this sir as Secretary. The meeting was 4. Henry S. Evans, W. 20. Jas .-kinner, W opened with prayer, by the President, and singing 5. Wm. M. Hiester. D. 21. *John Furgeson. W —alter which, they proceeded to business. 6. Ed. R. Saeger, D. 22. Geo Darsie, W The condition of the Bainbridge congregation, was 7. E. C. Darlington, W. "J 11. McClintock, D taken up, and it was resolved, that they recommend E. Kinzer, W. 23. Mazll McCa.lin, D the re-union of the new congregation with the old, 8 Jno. C. Kunkle, W. 24. H. B Barnes, W and that in the mean time, conference supply the 9,1.17 m. Pry, D. 25. *Peter Clover, D old congregation with stated preaching. 10. E. W. Hamlin, D. 26. Eli l Slifer, W 11. *D. Mellinger, W. 27, Ji,hn McFarland, D-- • A resolution was then offered, that the conference 12. J. S. lialdeman, D. 28. John Hendricks, W recommend to theExecutivcCom mi . tee of the Home 13. *Sarni. Wherry, - D. I ' Mission Society, the establishmen , of a new mission field in this county, which was passed. New Senators marked Democrats 18, Wtiiga dent Whig 1. 3, American 1, Indepen HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEN. Allegheny, 1 Bedford, Cambria & Fulton, 2 Berks, 4 Bucks. 3 Carbon and Lehigh, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Huntingdon and Blair, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Northampton. Northumberland, Philadelphia county, " city, Schuylkill, Washington, York, 2 2 1 gain. 2 I gain 2 1 pain 2 2 gain. 1 1 gain. 7 1 consolida PHILADELPHIA CITY AND COUNTY. The tollowing city and county officers have been Mayor of the City—Charles Gilpin, Whig. Marshal of Police—John K. Mnrphy, Dem. District Attorney—William B. Reed, Whig. Connty Surveyor—D. H. Shedaker, Whig. County Treasurer—John M. Coleman, Whig. County Commissioner—J. S. Smith, Dem. County aluditor—E. H. Colladay, Whig. Prothonotary Com Pleas—J. G. Gibson, Dem Goin IN GREAT I BRITAIN.—At a recent meet ing of the British Association, Mr. Calvert, a geol ogist, from. Australia, read a paper of an' extraor dinary tenor, on the production of gold in the Bri tish Isles. He affirmed that gold was found in forty counties, and over an area of 50,000 square niiles. The ahriferous regions are the West of England, North Wales, Mid-England, Northumberland, Low land, Highland, Ulster and Leiaster. According to his statements, the only two gold fields which' had yet been worked bad yielded considerable amounts the Lanarkshire district from a quarter of a mil lion to half a million, the Wicklow above £lOO,- 000. The largest known nuggets were 3 lbs from Lanarkshire, and others of 2i lbs., from there and Wicklow. The importance of attending to this branch of the national resources was strongly urged- Mr. Calvert concluded by stating that he consider ed the clay elate formations of Canada would soo n be discovered to be 'a vast gold field. Tue NATIONAL HOUSE Snow.-- A National Ex hibition of horses will be held at Springfield, Mass., on the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22d of this month, and the Committee announces that a large collection of fine animals will be exhibited for premiums and for sale.at that time. Lattas off acceptance have been received in answer to invitations trom numer ous distinguished gentlemen, among whom may na med Gov. Clifford, Hon. Rufus Choate, Hon. Ed ward Everett. Hon. William H. Seward, Hon. John A. King, Hon. Marshall'''. Wilder and others— The list of premiums is large and varies from $l5 to $2O. The Exhibition is a novelty in its say, and wili doubtless prove very interesting, and have a.beneficial effect in promoting the breeding of good horses. THE METHOD/6T CHURCH SU/T. — According to the N. Y. Commercial Auvertiser, and the Charles ton, S. C. Christian Advocate, the long pending law suit relative to the property and possession of the Book Establishment of the Methodist Episcopal Church is likely to, be submitted to Judge McLean, of the U. S. Supreme Court, for arfiitration,:bath parties in the dispute having agreed to such an ar rangement. The Judge is expected to arrive at N. York city in a few days to meet the'Commissioners of the two divisions of the Church. ' IMPORTANT EXTRADITION CABE.—We give, in another column, an able and interesting opinion delivered in the recent extradition case of w at. CALDER; which presents some points of •much im portance. Calder was arrested in New York chargd with being a fugitive from British justice, and his extradition was asked. Judge Edmonds, after due examination, decided the evidence insufficient to warrant holding him to answer. The counsel for the British government then moved that he be re manded into custody and hold mad time could be had to procure additional evidence from Great Bri tain. The Judge said it was out of his province to grant such a motion, and that the power to do so rested, if anywhere, in' the President, whereupon the British Minister preferred the request to the government at Washington. The question thus presented was to the power and duty of the Presi dent undor the circumstances. It will be seen that the Attorney General takes the ground that the President has no power and no duties in the premises, except those expressly' in ferred by the act of Congress. giving effect to the Extradition Treaty. Under an opinion of the Su preme Court, delivered last winter, it was held that the President is bound, upon application of a foreign Court, to issue a mandate empowering the Judicial officers to receive the complaint of the agent of said government. That the President did in the present case; and that'done, he had no pow er whatever to interfere with the action of the Ju dicial authority thus empowered. . The fate of the accused is left by the treaty and by Congrese en tirely in the hands of the Judiciary officers, who alone can decide whether the treaty does or does not require his extradition. If the Judge says the evidence is insufficient. the accused is freed from the complaint. If the 'Judge certifies that the evi dence would be sufficient to hold the accused for trial in the place where the examination is held, the President has no other power or dUty then to issue the order of extradition. Under this decis ion, of course, Calder was freed.—North.Americars. CONTRACT RE-Aw.sanan.—We understand that the North Lebanon Railroad Company have re awarded the construction of their Railroad, to run from Cornwall to Lebanon, a distanceof about six miles, to Messrs. Richard McGraw!, Sr., Mich'l Malone, Mich'l Barry and Richard McGrann, Jr., of this city, at about $BO,OOO. The contract here tofore alloted, was taken by Messrs. Carpenter and Dellet, also of this city. IKY The Ohio Democrats have carried tits State by some 40,000 majority. The prophecy of Dan iol.Webster will soon be accomplished., 117' BUTTES is selling in our market at 18 a 20 els per lb, Eons 18 al7 cts per doz. CITY AND COUNTY IT-EMS In reference to the case of flev.J. C. Barnitz, who has been on trial before conference for some time, it was resolved, that inasmuch as he had produced no evidence to exculpate him, his case be remand ed back to Synod, the original charges still stand ing p against him. A resolution was also passed that all the minis ters of the Lutheran church, in this county, be re quested to comply with the solicitation of the Lan caster County Bible Society, asking the establish. ment of auxiliary societies throughout the county. It was also resolved, that on or about the 30th of Ocmher, all the ministers of the conference; would preach a strrmori on the Re...11 - nation, and take up a collevirint for the Church Extension Suriety. 'the nest place of -neeting wasappointed in New Florhind, on the first Sabbath of September, 1854. fns v.ra ten —Our City was iii a stare at great tionn l'hursday twit Saturday last, in cMi-equence ot a -.Nike oil tits operatives at the Cotton Mills—not for higher wages, but to re duce the titne of labor hom thirteen hours tdeleven. Auerwatil- they reduc'pd the time to 10 hours.— Immense meetings, nurnbeiing thousand. of people of bosh sexes, were held on Thursday and Friday evenings, which were addressed by several speakers. Processions, mostly of hundreds of the female ope ratives, accompanied by a hand of music and ap propriate banners, were had each evening. Finally a p..tition was gotten up and signed by about eight hundred of the operatives, respectfully asking the Managers to comply with their request. The pe tition was presented by the Mayor of the City, and the Board, without hesitation, nrcedrd, and agreed that hereafter 'he working Ii mu shall be from 6i in the morni,. c . (itive.ol of ti) 12 0 clock at noon —then one hour of 40 minutes) for dinner —and work again from 1 until 6, (instead of '7 o'clock.) The operatives met again in the Market House on Saturday afternoon, to hear the report of the Committee, which was received, and the meeting unanimously agreed to the terms proposed by the Board of Managers, and consented to go to work again on Wednesday (to-morrow) morning. They then adjourned tine dig with 3 cheers for Mayor Kieffer, and three more for the President and Man agers and dispersed quietly to their homes. The Managers deserve no , little credit,ffir thus promptly accedirig to the request of the operatives, as soon as their wishes were made known to them in a legitimate and proper manner—and the opera tives for the quiet but firm determination manifest ed by them to insist upon their rights. Now that the whole difficulty has been arranged in a manner entirely satisfactory to both parties, we have .no doubt that every thing connected with the operations at the Mills Will henceforth be ad vantageous alike to the employers and the employ ees. Pennsylvania Election. The following are the official and reported ma jorities at the late election, so far as heard from: estimate is Made on the Supreme Judge, as there was probably less Cutting on that than any of the State officers. The Democratic majority in the State, judging from the returns already received, will not vary much from 25,000: Dem. • Whig. Phila. City and Co., 3,094* Barks 4,000 Lancaster, , 3310. Bucks, 1195° Bedford 100 Huntingdon, , 302° Franklin, 134* Cumberland, 350 Perry, 800 Chester, 200. Lebanon, 600 BPO York, 1000 Delaware, 400 Montgomery, 1100 , Washington, 300 Clinton, 200 Mifflin, 200 rie, 600 Dauphin, 300 Columbia, 1350 Westmorland, 1600 Northumberland, 900 150 Washington, 570 Mfintour, 200 Susquehanna, 1000 Tioga, 800 Clearfield, 800 Blair, 300 Wyoming, 500 Clarion, • 1100 Book Notices, GRAHAM'S MAGAZIRM, for November, is filled with more then its usual quantum of interesting reading matter, and the embellishments are very fine. The 'Woodland Swing' is redly a beautiful plate. Graham is undoubtedly one of the best pe riodicals on our exchange list, and it always meets with a hearty welcome in our sanctum. Tax PCNNSYLVABIA SCHOOL JOURNAL, for Oct°, ber, is a highly creditable publication, containing much that will be interesting and instructive to the friends of education generally. Tnosres H. Bun sows, Esq., of this city, Editor. I:17" TEE ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF ART, for October, is on our table, and an excellent number .it is, beautifully embellished, and highly interesting in its reading department. Published at No. 17 Spruce street, New York by Alex. Montgomery, to whom all orders should be addressed. Goner's LUDT'S BOOB.—The November number of this Magazine is already published. It contains one hundred pages of reading and sixty-five engra vings, included i.t which are some new and beauti ful patterns for ladies. The success of Godey's Lady's Book, which has been published over twen ty-three years, proves the energy of the publisher, and his fitness to cater for the wants of his readers May hjs success in the future be even greater than it has been In the past, is all the harm we wish Louis A. Godey. &nits Conyry.—Charles Van Reed, the Whig candidate for County Treasurer in Berks county, is elected by some 1600 majority foyer the D. mocratic candidate. There were only two candi dates up for the office, and the Democratic nomi• nation proved entirely unsatisfactory to the body of that party, insomuch that the Reading Adler open' ly opposed it. RAIN WATER a PIIIMINTIVE OP CHOLBELL.--Mr. John Lea, of Cincinnati, in a long communication to the Gazette, states that 'cholera never becomes epidemic in any district or city where rain or pure soft water is used; and supports his statements by many important facts. He also states that, during five years past, not one well authenticated _fatal case of chu g had occurred where rain water was exclusively used. From the San ffr am : is _Herald of 29 . 1 h .Bugust Balloon Ascii:us - 14n at Baliland. DAFIL3O.4.I.III.PROBSIIII 11,kilit'ASCIVIT OF A 1013211 Testeiday was a:delightful._ day and hundreds persons repaired to' Oakhiudj , ori the opposite aide 01 the Bay,- attracted by- the announcement of a grand balloon asceriiiion, as well as by the desire to enjoyth e country air -. Three steamers plied be tween the city and that plabi_earrying over a full complement of passengers at every trip. During the early part 01 the day the visitors amused the'm selves in strolling through the pleasant groves oT Oakland, whilst the process of inflating the balloon slowly prokiessed, under the management of Mr. Kelley, who was to have made the ascent. The balloon with the necessary apparatus was confined in a small yard on Third street, near Broadway, and was open to the inspection of all. It was a fine silk one'of large dimensions, not less than forty feet in circumference. The process of inflation was very tedious' and uninteresting, and the spectators, alter waiting some hours, came to the conclusion the ascension would be a failure: To relieve the monotony, small pioneer balloons were sent off at intervals, and a voluntary collection was taken up for the benefit of Mr. Kelley. At half past three o'clock:, the balloon was a lit tle more than half filled with gas, and it was an nounced that Mr. Kelly was about to undertake the voyage. A dense crowd collected round the bal loon, and the mrial - voyager took his seat in the car, which was released from confinement, and away went the balloon, nut into the upper air, but along the street in a southeasterly direction, banging Mr. Kelley against the ground in anything but an agree able manner, lied knocking up a - dust until it was captured—Mr. Kelley retaining his position in the car. A man at lighter weight then took his seat, and another attempt was made, but with no better success. In its progress along the ground, the bal-t loon came in contact with the limbs of a tree, bu escaped uninjured. In order to lessen the weight as is presumed, the car was taken off the hoop, and a small board was placed across from one side cgs the hoop to the-other, and lied fast. Upon this-a• man of soft less weight took his seat, and was car ried, a lew feet from the ground, a distance of some fifteen or twenty yards. By this time, the excur slim was looked upon as a good farce, and of course a total failure. Several persons appreciating the fun, asked to be permitted to take a ride, supposing, as a matter of course, it would be only for a few yaids. Among them was a youth of six teen years of age, named Joseph Gates, known by the familiar appellation of ••Ready." He had gone to Oakland to sell oranges—his avocation—and was in for all kinds of sport. Without reflection, he was told to jump in. : Turning to his compan ion, he handed pis basket of oranges to him, and i.sked him to hold them, immediately straddled the board which had been fastened to the hoop of the balloon. Those who" had hold of it then let go, and it moved slowly upward, the weight of the boy depressing the hoop on one side, and throwing his back against the ropes which attached the hoop to the balloon—his legs hanging suspended in the air. As he was about rising, Mr. 'Kelley called out to him to pull the valve-rope when he wanted to come [limn. He took hold of it with a view to descend, when some of the boys cried out to him to go on. He men let it , go and gradually rose, moving rapid ly aang in a south-easterly direction. With the exception of this information as to the use of the valve-rope, he was entirely ignorant of the manner of managing a balloon. Having ascended some thirty or forty feet, the balloon was carried along by a gentle breeze in a south-east course across au arm of the Bay'south of Oakland, and rising as it proceeded to a greater height, until it was conceal. ed from view by some light clouds. It was then met by a counter current of air, and moved along, gradually ascending in a north-easterly direction, to appearance immediately over the crest of the moon tams. In the comae of half an hour it had attain ed a greater attitude, and still its course was on ward and upward, until at a few minutes past 5 o'clock it was lost to the view in the distance. It was about fifteen minutes. before 4 o'clock, when the boy took hls seat on the board. Although the result ol this extraordinary mrial voyage must remain in doubt for some time, scarce ly a hope of the safety of the darling youth can be entertained. Had he known how to control the balloon, he would unquestionably have opened the satety-valve, alter nroceeding a mile or two, and have effected a descent. It is to be presumed he was either ignorant of the manner in which the valve is used, or that the rope, by which it is open ed, and the gas permitted to escape, had broken or become entangled. Be this as it may, his course was onward and upward to what seemed to be In evitable destruction. When last seen the balloon was at such a height as to preclude the hope that he could be alive. The danger of his ladling oft the board was of course imminent, and as he ascended into the higher regions, he must necessarily have become benumbed by cold, and may have fallen to the ground and been crushed to atoms. In the event ol his escaping this death, however, another.equal ly terrific awaited him—that prodeced by the rare faction of the air. The youth has, we understand, a father and brother living in this city. We await with some anxiety the result of this most extraor dinary affair. A few moments after the balloon had parted company wi'h the earth, and when at the distance of half a mile, one of young Gates' companions shouted to him to know if he "would not have an overcoat ?" ' The crowd around enjoyed the joke :heartily, little thinking that the brave boy a ould in less than half an hour be shivering With intense cold. We may remark that he was very lightly clad. As he ascended, and before the outlines of his figure were lost to view, in the distance, his back was turned to the crowd, and we did not ob serve him make any attempt to look back on the world he was leaving, we trust, but temporarily. His deportment was, however, entirely composed, although his seat was a most uncomfortable one. Iwo or tone ropes against which he leaned his tack, and a frail board which he straddled as a child does a hubby-horse, were all that 'separated tam from destruction, when last seen. Upon this iragile support he swung to and fro withouttalling, altnouh we were prepared at any moment to*see him drop to the ground. When the balloon had attained a considerable elevation, its movements became very regular.— There were no gusts or puffs cd wind, and the move ment was so gentle that the progress of the mro naut could only be marked by observing its rela tive position with other objects. The direction that taken was a little to the eastward 01 San An tonio. At this point it,was that it encountered the counter current of air, and made the curve which carried it to the north-east. After having , struck the counter current, the distance was so great that the figure of the boy could no longer be distinguish ed. The boy and the baliuun presented a single dark object to the view; and born this time until it entirely disappeared, the 'diminution ot its size was very gradual. It was, however, throughout the whole time seen with- the greatest distinctness. The atmosphere Was universally pure, and after the balloon had floated past the low clouds behind it, it was concealed within the first ten miles from view until it had passed beyond the range of un aided human vision. Even when it disappeared, it did not seem to have been concealed by the light fleecy clouds in the background, but gradually dwindled to a speck so small that it could no long er be discovered. At first the spectators seemed to have been in sensible of the danger attendant upon the voyage. They regarded it merely as a good joke, and a pret ty spectacle—so beautiful did the balloon rise, and so gracefully did it float along high above the tcps of the mountains. It was only when it became scarcely perceptible, rising higher and higher above successive belts of clouds, that they began to en quire into the circumstances of the ascent and the name of the daring boy, as well as to who might be to blame for permitting or countenancing the rash act. Much anxiety was entertained to know whether he had fallen from the board. A glass was obtained and it was ascertained that a heavy sub stance was still attached to the balloon. This must either have been the boy or the board—scarcely the latter. Kelly,started on,horseback in the direction the balloon had taken, but there is no probability he could have kept in sight, for when last seen it must have been beyond the mountain, and this was but a short time before sundown. When the balloon first attained a position above the line of the mountain, it seemed to be about five times the height of the mountain--when last seen, about eight times, It then appeared to be at an angle of about eighteen degrees with the base line of the earth. The distance from the place 'at de parture, and the height above the earth, must of course remain a subject of conjecture. The direc tion in whicn the balloon was going, when last seen was that of Sacramento. The balloon was distinct. ly seen throughout its progress, by the citizens of San Francisco, and the additional distance" added by the Bay appears to have varied the appearance of the object but slightly. , From the same paper of the 30th of August. SAFETY OF THE YOUTHFUL tERONAUT • WONDERFUL FEAT. It is with great pleasure that we announce the safety of Joseph Gates, theyouthful aeronaut, whose fate has excited so much interest in the communi ty within the past twenty four hours. He came 'down last night on the steamer Antelope from Be nicia, in excellent condition and fine spirits. He states that for two or three minutes after he shot up, his head grew dizzy, and he had to cling con vulsively to the'cords and shut his eyes to avoid falling. This soon wore off, and he proceeded to look around him perfectly sell-possessed. He en joyed his ride wonderfully—somewhat cramped from straddling the narrow board.: The scene presented from his lofty perch,le.represents as magnificent. The mountains: bay, ocean and plains, all extended i n one grand, panorama before him. Several times the plank, which was but loosely resting upon the hoop, seemed disposed to tilt, while at others, the balloon propelled by a gust of wind, would swing to and fro, rendering it somewhat difficult to keep his seat: :He preserved his presence of mind; how ever, and managed to keep things in position. • He sailed leisurely along for some miles before a gen tle breeze, until he struck the countercurrent of air when the course of the balloon was changed to the northwest, and he was swept along at a much more rapid pace. As heJnoved with the wind, he was only conscious of his progress by the rapidity with which he passed over objects upon the earth below As he continued to ascend, he began to experience a chilly sensation s . although at no time did he imf fer severely from the cold. To welds own expres- Sion, be enjoyed himself first rate,' and his only fear was that he might land in some remote place in the mountains: away from the settlements and exposed to the attacks of the 'grizzlies.' When he had gone asiar as he thought agree able, he took hold of the valve rope to let off the gas, in order to descend. He pulled it with all his force, but it would not work, it appeared to have got entangled in the cords extending from Inc globe of the balloon to the seat upon which he was resting. This somewhat alarmed him - He tug ged and jerked at the rope, and it broke! Imagine now the cm dition of the gallant boy, floating miles above the earth upon'a frail unsteady plank, in a , balloon over which he had lost all control. The fate of the ship in the vortex of the maelstrom could not have seemed more hopeless. When his last stay parted with the rope, he clung for a few minutes to his seat. and collected his thoughts. Was he to float forever in the air, a wonder to the birds and a spectacle to men, or was he. to be percipitated from that fearful height upon the mountain beneath Finally, the conviction forced itself upon him, that he must puncture the body of the balloon in some manner, if he would ever descend in safety. He therefore determined to climb up the ropes which extended from the hoop to the balloon, and cut it —and this be actually did! He took his knife out of his pocket—opened it and held it in his teeth— then cautiously raised himself in a standing posi tion upon his unsteady seat, fimly clasped the ropes. and, to use his own expression, commenced to 'shin it' up to the balloon. His weight thrown on one aide, caused it to tilt slightly, but he managed to make his way up a distance of eight or ten feet, un clasped one band, took his knife and ripped a large hole in the silk. The gas immediately gushed out, and the balloon commenced to descend very rapid ly. He succeeded in reaching his seat again in safe ty. It was now about six o'clock in the evening lhe balloon rapidly approached the earth. He pre pared himself, and just as it was about to strike, he Jumped off and was once mere upon terrafirmu In the leap, however, be slightly sprined his ancles. The place where he laruied proved to be. in Suisun Plains, about fifteen miles from Benicia, and five miles from the nearest house. No sooner had he leaped off, than the balloon, lightened of his weight, shot up again like a rocket into the air, darted off and was lost. Young Gates walked to a house about five miles off, where be was kindly received, sup. plied with a good supper and a bed, slept soundly and awoke next morning greatly refreshed.. He started off and walked to Benecia, Where he remain ed until the Antelope came by last night. Atogeth er it is the most extraordinary balloon ascension on record. The escape of the boy is, under the cir cumstance., almost miraculous. He is certainly a hero. The above statement embodies the facts gath ered from severrgenllemen who came on the boat last night and conversed with him. He is now at his lather's house it the neighborhood of the Hos pital, and was too indisposed last night to give any further account of his adventures. EXPANDING Tut GUEST.—The Scienhfic alintrican says, that those in easy circumstances, or these who pursue sedentary employment within doors, use their lungs but little, breathe but little, air in the chest, and thus, independently of positions, con tract a wretchedly small chest, and lay the foun dation for the loss of health and beauty. All this can be obviated by a little attention to the manner of breathing. Recollect the lungs are like a blad der in their structure, and can etrech open to double their size with perfect safety, giving a noble chest and perfect immunity from consumption. The agent, and only agent required, is the com mon air we breathe, supposing, however, that rio obstacle exists, external to the chest, such as twi ning it about with stays or having the shohlders lie upon it. On rising erom the bed in the morn ing, place yourself in erect posture, with your head thrown back and your shoulders entirely off from the chest, then inhale all the air that tan be got in then hold your breath and throw your-arms off be hind, hold your breath as long as possible. Repeat these long breaths as many times as you please.— Done in a cold breeze is much better ' because the air is much denser, and will act much more pow erfully in expanding the chest. Exercising the chest in this manner, it will become flexible and expansible, and will enlarge the capacity and size of the lungs. ACQUITTAL OP ROBERT SWAIL—The imposing farce played off in Hagerstown in the trial of Rob ert Swan, charged with the murder of William 0. Sprigg, has resulted in the acquittal of the accused, as was expected. For our phrt we could not con ceive a different result possible under the circum stances; and had tlie crime stood out in bold relief, without a single extenuating•fact, we judge that even then a conviction for murder in the first de gree would have been beyond the power of theiaw. The judge was a mere automaton—made so main ly by the law of the State, but completely by the unwillingness he manifested to exercise any restraint upon witnesses and attorneys. He did nothing, said nothing, and decided nothing, save to throw open boundless latitude to everything. It may be that he was right—we do not say to the contrary—but we cannot forbear the remark that either the Court or the law was shamefully defective; and under such tribunals crime may run riot in detiince of legal restraint. The character of the testimony, too, is without a parallel. The case of the State was made out entirely by disinterested witnesses, and was marked so plainly that the nature of the offence could not be doubted or honestly contro verted. On the other hand the main testimony' for the defence came from men intensely interested in the issue; and in several instances from those who had openly goadal the prisoner, by their jibes and blustering, to commit the horrid deed. Men who had deeply shared the silly feud, and who bad told Swan to "kill the d—d rascal" or remain forever disgraced, were the men who came into the Court, bound by the strong tie of an accomplice, to testify for his acquittal. From the minuteness of their story we might think they had been omnicient, and they were prepared to ;prove the prisoiser sane or insane, as might best serve their purpose. The jury, too, was quite below the average of intelli gence—probably because all men who were capa ble of forming and cherishing an opinion, bad done so with regard to this case. Upon the whole there fore, considering the tremendous appliances at work in behalf of the prisoner, .and the peculiar circum stances under which he was tried, the verdict will excite little surprise. It is not to be denied that Mr. Swan committed a deliberate, and most cowardly murder. The man who loads himself with weapons and assails an other, who is unarmed and ignorant of his inten tions, and kills him when retreating, can plead no excuse in justification of his conduct. True, Sprigg acted a part, and gave a provocation that no gen tleman could have been guilty of, and what no or dinarily brave man would have failed to resent on the spot; but he made an apology in good faith, and in the very terms and manner dictated by Mr. -Swan. That settlement Mr. Swan violatedlsy pub lishing the apology with offensive eimments, and a war of words led to murder. We conceive that no offensive words can justify murder. They might modify the crime if they were resented in the beat of passion, and death should ensue, but when he deliberates for days, arms himself to the teeth and falls upon his victim when he can have no chance of escape or defence, morally codfritiered it is IBM. DXII.—DEEIBBRATE m.tramEß! Chambasburg Whig. DOI:10136 THE Lritoon LAW.—In Indiana they have a stringent liquor law, but it is not so severe that it cannot be evaded. At a camp-ground, a couple of bloods were seat on a log in the woods, lamenting the scarcity of water and absence of any thing stronger, a chap walked up to theth and of fered to sell them a watermelon which he held un der his arm. They told him they did't want it; but he insisted that it wag a good melon, well fla vored, and finally thrust it under their nose, at the same time removing aping to show them it was good. The effect was magical. It was instantly purchased, and, von examination, was found to contain about a quart of the pure juice of the corn. Melons advanced. Loursvatm, Oct. 3.--The Salt Lake mailar rived at Independence on Wednesday last. Mr. J. Bernhisal, Delegate to Congress, was among the passengers. The emigrants had all passed Salt Lake. - The Indians had been very troublesome in Utah, killing many persons. The Governor has issued a proclamation calling all the military forces of the territory into service. He had also ordered a. wall to be,built around the city 20 feet high and 8 feat thick; with a ditch on the outside. A body of 50 armed men had been out, but no captures had been made. Hot work is anticipated. Major Fitzpat rick having . distributed the goods to the Indians at Fort Laramie, would retain loon.
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