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smiiogitsoN, EDITOR
Lancasta; li(ove*iber 22,11135,3.
The Clerkship of thellouse.
We look upon it a settled question, that the
present Cleik oftbela, ~House of Hspresentatlyes
will be reelected with little or no opposition.; and
we regard such a compliment as due to Col. Fos
rrax,..forlhe admirside- - Wint*c in.which.he has
discharged all the ditties:of this very laborious and
responsible pot *deed, We think we axe fully
'warranted in haying; that no one-of his predecessors
kw ever given -more. genswal-satisfaction-an , clerk
of the House; .who his - attended inokittelligently
and . diligently. to its multifarious liicooliients ; or
who has proved more faithful 1117 4 the public inter
ests, involved, in no mean the proper ad
ministration of its duties:,
We are aware that:COl:Folmar has his enemies;
—and where.iii*lionest and capable officer who
has not his enitniesl—but, strange as it may ap
pear.do'the casual observer, they are principally, if
not entirely, to be found in his own party! To us,
however, there is no mystery in this. Col.Fonarrt
who has risen by his own efforts, like Gov. Bionzu,
Judge LEWIS, of the Supreme Court, and hosts of
others that we could name,from.a printer's appren
tice to his present dignified. poistion—is not over
popular with the aristocracy of his party on the
one hand, and the pot-house politicians, in whose
way they imagine he stands, on the other. But
like all valuable public servants,.who have the en.
ergy of charactei and the diSideillon to meet and
put down every material , aeiusation, his triumph
will be as summarynd complete as his merit is
eminent.and undoubted. -'
We have known Col. FOIINX; personally, for
many years, and we are free to say, that the longer
and more intimate our acquaintance has been r :tha
warmer hal been our attachment to-him, and the
higher our opinion of his manlY virtues and prin
'ciples, and his sterling abilities. It he e has a fault,
it is his open-hearted, confiding frankness, in deein
ing all as honorable and truthful as himself; but
we trust that his experience as a politicignondran .
officer, have corrected this errorptjOitriett.
The election of Co!.Fonsify:two years ago, was
hailed throughout this State, where he is known,
by the universal approbation of the press, not only
belonging to his own party—for that is a matter of
course with all appointments—but of the Indepen
dent and Whig press. We doubt, in a word, if any
man ever went into political office, under equally
gratifying auspices; and we are sure that his re
election wil be hailed witli, similar sentiments of
satisfaction from all quarters.—Germantown Tele
graph.
Col. Joseph B. Baker.
The Ebdtisburg Sentinel, speaking of Col. Marc,
of Pike county, in connection with the nomination
for Canal Commissioner, pays the following well
leserved compliment to Mr. Baker :
" We also perceive the name of J. B. BsEsn, the
present able and efficient Superintendent of the CO
lumbia Railroad, in connection with this nomjna
tion. We are not aware that Mr. BARER desires
this use to be made of his name, but will say that
his efficiency as a public officer, and his probity as
a man, entitle him to the confidence of the party."
DON'T Luta Ripublican—the organ of
York county Whiggery—growls like a bear with
a sore loot at the Judges of the Supreme Court, be .
cause they saw proper, in two or three appoint.
ments recently of Inspectors for the Western.Pehi
tentiary, to select Democrats instead of Whigs; or,
in other words, infuse a sprinkling of Democracy
where Whiggery ruled the roast for very many
years. The. Republican, thinks the Judges did very
wrong in appointing Democrats; but we beg leave
to differ with our contemporary, and think they
did exactly right, and we rather suppose that the
great mass of the people of Pennsylvania'will coin
cide with see in opinion. The Whigs have been
monopolizing the offices in both the Eastern and
Western Penitentiaries long enough,, and iris full
'time that a change was made for the better. The
Judges deserve credit for the good work they. have
done, and the Democracy of the. State will approve
of the act.
MASSACHUSETTS.--The Whigs have actu
ally carried this State! having elected a majority
of 54 in the Legislature, which will ensure them
the Governor %etc, failed in an election by the peo
ple. The new Constitution, which was supported
by the Democrats, is defeated by about 5,000
votes-the Whigs and Free-sailers generally oppo
sing it.
SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPR.—This Is the title of a
neat and somewhat interesting weekly paper, pub
lished by Partridge & Brttian, No. 300. Broadway,
N. Y., at $2 per annum. As its name purports, it
is devoted•to the illustration of spiritual intercourse,
about which we hear so much now-a-days: It is
unquestionably an able exponent of the peculiar
doctrines of the spirit rappers, and those who have
any inclination for that kind of study would do
well to snbscribe for the Telegraph.
M' The Hollidaysburg Standard has a very
strong article in favor of Col. HaNUT S. MOTT, of
Pike county, for Canal Commissioner. There is
evidently a strong current setting in vorable to
his nomination. No better man could be selected;
nor one more deserving of the honor.
137" Hon. CLIARI.E.4 G. ATHERTON, U. S. Senator
from N. Hampshire, died at Manchester, on Tues
day evening last, from a stroke of paralysis. The
deceased was a devoted personal and political friend
of Gen. PIERCE, and his death, it is stated, is seri
ously felt by the President.
137" ' fiIANKSOIVING DAY will be observed on
Thursday next, in obedience to the proclamation of
the Governor. We presume business generally
will be supended, and service take place in all the
c hurches of our city on that day.
Members of Congress are beginning to
wend their way to Washington. We see by the
papers that some have already arrived—amongst
others the several Candidates for the Speaker of
the House of Represktatives, for which post, we
presume, there will be quite a- contest.
GREENS'S - 1711G DEPIOCILLT.—This is the title of a
new Democratic paper just started in Greensburg,
Westmoreland county, Pa., the first number of which
is.before us and gives evidence of more than usual
ability. Messrs. KEZRAN & KLlNGswatirrn are the
editors and proprietors, and we wish them abun
dant success in the enterprise.
17 The Chambersburg Valley Spirit is out in a
strong article in favor of the nomination of Col.
HENRY S. Mary, of Pike county, as the Democrat
ic candidate for Canal Commissioner. It also brings
forward Joua Row., Esq., of Franklin county, for
the Speakership of the House of Representatives.
We cordially Indorse all the handsome things the
Spirit says of these gentlemen.
POST Op4sce Dneyrs.—We learn from Wash.
ington that the Auditor of the Treasury, for the
Post Office Department, has issued a circular nod_
tying contractors that from and after the first day
of January, 1554, - but one draft for the pay upon
each route, per quarter will be paid, or filed for
payment, in his office. This draft should state up
on its face that it is the only one for the quarter,
and the route is to be specified 'on which it is
drawn, and the signature thereto should be , ,attested
by the Postmaster at the place where it may be
drawn, and one other witness; and each assignment
thereof should be attested by two witnesses.
ci Fitzgerald's Lecture on Music noticed in
our last, will cone off on next Saturday evening
(Nov. 25th) M. F. is a good lecturer, and we hope
our Iriends will patronize him handsomely. Tick•
ets can be hall at'C'ither of the Book Stores. '
The Sandwich Islands
A few dayisinee, says the Baltimore Times, we
spokeOf the movement towards the anti ation'of
these-islands:to the United spot). pkitt. the sub
ject-
.„
has been very serigusly#Ftteted,:iiidemoristra,
ted by the corresponderiee-t - oT the . F.nglish — aed.'
French representatives - at lionctinla.- - --On the Ist
of Septemder they addressed to the King a protest
against the-measure, basing.their complaints upon
the ground that tilaties made with 'their respective
governn:rV,,gave to their citizens the rights and
privirigesigranted to those of the most favored na
tions: Upon this basis they protest, and plainly
tell - his Majesty that their governments will not
look upon the measure of annexation will;indiffer
ence, - • --
• British and - French authorities: are' always -wide
awake to oppose anything like annexation of fedi
tory to this country, as was fully shown in the ne
gotiatiops with Texas, and by manifesting their op
position sometimes accelerate matters. What the
effect of ther interference in thisbusiness will be re
mains to be- seen. The immediate effect was to
draw out a declaration from the ProtestantMisS'ion
aries that they were not engaged in the scheme,
and from our Commissioner, Mr. Severance, a note
to Mr. Wyllie, the \ Minister of Foreign Relations,
in which he combats, as we think, very successful
ly, the position taken by M. Penin and Mr. Miller,
—the French and English Consuls. As this letter
gives .a good view of the affairs of the Sandwich
Islands, and of the approaching importance of the
subject of annexation, we give it in full below:
UNITED STA.Tig COMMISSION,
Honolulu, Sept. 3, 1853,.
Sir—l have the honor of receiving your commu
nication of this morning, in which you say it was
resolved by the King in Council, on the first day of
the month, that you should pass to me, officially, a
copy of the joint address to His Majeely by the
representatives ofrGreat - Britoin'and France, made
on that day, which you have done by enclosing a
copy, No, 17, of the Polynesian, published this morn
ing.
My thanks are due to the King and Council for
taking immediate measures to apprise me official
ly. of the exact contents of the address, which I per
ceive remonstrates against.the-extraaidintry Course
adopted by . some Amer - 161i' merchants, landed pro
prietors, and other citizens of the United States to
;induce the King to alienate his sovereignty and the
independence of the islands by immediate negotia
tion for annexation to the United States.
You are aware that the Government of the U.
States has never made any proposition to his Maj
esty's government to annex the islands, though the
matter has undoubtedly engaged the attention both
i of citizens of the United States and of the subjects
of the King. To me it is not surprising that the
'merchants and landed proprietors,' whether Amer
icans pr others, should perceive great commercial
advantages in such connection, considering that the
principal part of the commerce of the islands is
with the United States, and the islands must look
almost exclusively to the Pacific coast of the U.
States for a market for their products and themeans
of paying for their heavy imports. I perceive, there
,fore, nothing very extraordinary in the project re
monstrated against. And if now, or any future
time, it shall be found to be decidedly for the inter
est o both countries to unite their sovereiguites, I
am unable to perceive any treaty or moral oblige.
tions on the part of either to forbid the desired
union, or any good reason for foreign interference
-to prevent it.
French and English subjects might st 11 be en
titled to the privileges of the 'most favored nation,'
and.On the score of commercial advantages cannot
well complain of being subjected in these islands
to the revenue laws of a country which consumes
and pays for• French manufactures and other pro
ducts to the amount of forty millions of dollars an
nually, and of British goods to the amount of one
hundred millions annually-the revenue laws of a
country rapidly growing; and whose trade is now
of more value to Great Britain and France than
that of any of their colonies, if not indeed of all
of.them-added together, vast as the English colo
nies are. •
In view of these great interests, which would be
sacrificed by a disturbance of pacific relations, to I
say nothing of several hundred millions of Ameri
can stocks held in Europe, whose value might for
the time be seriously affected, it is not -to be sup
posed that France will insist on the little advan
vantage of importing into these islands silks,wines ,
&c; to the amount of a few tbousanes of dollars, at
5 per cent. duty es she now does by her construc
tion of the treaty of the 20th of March, 1846—a
treaty which, instead of being a valid reason why
the king should not transfer his sovereignty, is a
standing and powerful argument to justify hint in
doing so, since that treaty denies to him one of the
most important attributes of sovereignty—one in
the highest degree essential to all independent na
tions.
Still less is it to be supposed that Great Britain
will claim the privileges of the 'most favored na
tion' under the French treaty, since she has gener
ously thrown up her own treaty of the same date
and tenure, and substiuted that the 10th July, 1851
in accordanca with the American treaty of Wash
ington of 20th December, 1840.
The right to cede or acquire territory, or to unite
two independent nations by compact, is regarded
as inherent in all independent sovereignties. It has
certainly been practiced from time immemorial.—
The power which can cede a part can cede all the
parts. Modern history abinfridilii-ergraples, and
none more than English and French history. An
nexation is neither a new thing, nor rare in our
day, as the Turks and Arabs of Algeria, the Cafires
of South African, and more than one hundred and
thirty millions of people in India, can testify—peo
ple,. it is hoped, who may be benefitted by the
change; but whether so or not, I cannot admit that
annexation by voluntary consent is any more ille
gal or reprehensible than annexatian by conquest.
But whether it be done by one process or the oth
er the government of the United States can have
no colonies. Whatever territory is added is but
an integral part of the whole, and subject to the
I same national constitution and laws.
The expediency of union with the -United States
I do not propose to consider at present, for I have
no authority to say that the United States will con
sent to any terms that may be offered; yet I have
no doubt if they shall be offered they will be frank
ly receive and duly considered, but no sinister
means of accomplishing the object, however desi
rable, will receive:any favor from the U. States.
I am most happy to have your testimony that
the Commisioner and Consuls of the United States
have acted fully and faithfully up to the principles
declared by Mr. Webster and Mr. Clayton in the
communications referred to by you, and I am not
permitted to doubt that you v.-ill-have as little rea
son hereafter as you have now to:disturb the friend- -
ly intentions of the government and people of the
United States.
My regard for the King and his government,and
for the highly respectable representatives of Eng
land and France iu these islands, who have deemed
it their duty to interpose an official remonstrance,
alike demand the utmost frankness in the expres
sion of the sentimentc I entertain, which I am sure
they will appreciate.
The agreement or joint declaration of the 28th
November, 1852, that neither Great Britain nor
France .would take possession of these islands as a
protectorate or otherivise was creditable to those
powers.. The government of the United States was'
not a party to the engagement, ceither was Kame
hama 111., so far as appears. The parties to it by
their naval forces, had both made hostile demon
strations upon the King's sovereignty.
The United States has not, but. both before and
since, though their interests were far greater here
than those of any or all foreigrrpovvers, they have
constantly respected the govarnmeut of the King.
They have never sought to limit the right of his
government to frame its own system of finance, en
act its own revenue laws- '
regulate its own system
of public education, establish its own judicial pol
icy, or demanded any special favors, and they were
the first to recognise the complete and unqualified
national independence of the kingdom, by the trea
ty of the 20th December, 1849.
The treaty having been faithfully observed,there
is nothing in the policy of the United States tow
ards these islands which requires concealment, or
demands explanation—nothing to disturb the har
mony which happily exists between the U. States
and the great commercial powers of Europe.
Lest silence on my part, after the publication of
the joint remonstrance should make a different im
pression here or elsewhere, and considering the dis
tance from the seats of gorernment of Europe and
' America, it may be advisable to depart from the
usual course in such matters, and to publish this
letter'also, to go with the remonstrance of the Brit
ish and French representatives.
I have the honor to be, with-great respect, your
obedient servant,
LUTHER SEVERANCE.
His Excellency, Robert CriChton Wyllie, Minister
of Foreign Relations. &c., &c.
pi On Tuesday week, a man called at Sprin
ger's Brewery, in this city, with two little girls
apparently three and five years of age, and after
drinking a glass of beer, went out, and left the chil
dren behind, saying that he would come back for
them soon. He has not since bern heard of.
*Free* of SPeete , in.the U. States.
A greaOeii is said by the Whig pttditicians and
the-Whig press atstillt the aver impoitations_ot the
country and the sending away of a11 .. .0ur specie to'
pay for, them. But the following :table, says the
Democratic Union, made up from what is believed
to be reliable data, seta this matter right and shows
that we have now more §pecie in our country than
at any period in our history. Gold amounting in
value to the enormous sum of tivo hundreralid
three millions dollars has
.been - deposited in the
mints of the United States since the close of the
war with Mexico and the acquisition of California.
Seventy-frve millions of this amount have been ex-
Ported within - the time named, leaving a- net in
crease to the_substantial, the constitutional carrell'
cy of the country, of upwards of one hundred and
twenty-eight I:nations of dollars. These large fig
urea will surprise many, and serve to show how
great have been the "excesses in speculation and
commercial adventures," in the laiignage of Gen.
Dix, creating in the midtt of ench abundance of the
precious metals, a tight money market.
_ .
The article we find in the "Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin," as follows:
"On application at the United States Mint we
have been politely furnished by Col. Snowden with
the following statement of the deposites of Ameri
can Gold at that institution, and all the branch
mints, Irom the date of the discoveries in Califor
nia 'up to July 30th, 1.353:
DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA COLD AT TOE MINTS
Philadelphia Mint.
In 1848
In 1849
In 1850 •
In 1851
In 1852
In 1853, (to July 30)
Branch Afints
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853, ; (1p.41y 301 h).
669,921 00
4,605,592 00
8,998,865 00
4,131,076 83
1,674,215 29
Total 20,080,794 . 12
Add deposits at Phila. Mint, 172,033,231 85
Total California deposits to July
30th, 1853, 192,115,025 97
Subsequent deposits at Phila Mint
August, 1853, $4,669,000 00
September, 1853, 2,975,000 00
October, 1853, 4,327,000 00
Total California deposits to Oet
31, 1853,
"We have thus the amount of gold of California
production received at the mints up to the Ist of
November, except the deposits of the last three
months at the branch mints, which are not likely
to have been of sufficient magnitude to make them
material to our purpose. The next thing to be con
sidered is the amount of specie exported from the
United States, and this we are enabled to exhibit
with sufficient accuracy. Official documents show
that the entire exports and imports of specie, from
1846, (the amine year) to 1853, were as follows:
Imports. Fsports.
1847 $24,121,289 $1,507,739
1848 6,360,224 15,841,620
6,661,240 6, 601 616
4,628,792 7,522,994
5,453,592 29472,752
5,503,544 43,674,135
Total : , ,f52,718,681 102,823,336
52,718,681
Net exports of specie for six years, " 50,105,207
Add l / 4 %ports for first ten months of
1853, as ascertained from returns
and estimates, say
- Total exports of specie 75,105,207
"The whole question may then be briefly stated
as follows :
Receipts of California gold to
October 31, 1853,
Exports of specie from 1847
to October 31, 1853,
Net increase of specie
INTERESTING STATISTICS.- - The N. Y. Daily
Times of yesterday, contained a large and valuable
table, for which we cannot find room in our col
umns to-clay, showing the number of the white pop
ulation of the several States classified by ages. By'
this it appears that in- the State of Pennsylvania,
when the census was taken, the white population
was of the following classification of ages:--Under
one year 31,929 males and 31,017 females; between
one and five years,'l3o,26B males and 135,990 fe
males; between five and ten years 157,099 males
and 154,424 females; between ten and fifteen, 135,-
633 males and 133,258 females; between fifteen
and twenty, 116,773 males and 124,483 females,
between twenty and thirty, 209,438 males and2o6,-
801 females; between thirty and forty, 144,039
males and 133,072 females; between forty and fifty
07,558 males and 89,451 females; between fifty
and sixty, 58,632 males and 53,919 females; be
tween sixty and seventy, 31,841 males and 32,22'i
females; between seventy and eighty, 13,15 S males
and 13,869 females; between eighty and ninety,
3344 males, and 4033 females; between ninety and
one hundred, 333 males and 406 females; of one
hundred and upwards, 20 males and 31 females;
age unknown, 664 males and 446 females; total 1,-
142,734 males and 1,115,426 females. By this it
seems that the male population in Pennsyly,ania
out numbers the femals, and the same is the case
in the States, generally, as it appears that there are
10,026,402 white males to 9,525,666 white females.
The exceptions to this rule are New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, from
.which States the male population is greatly de
creased by- emigration, while the female popula
tion remains at home and finds employment in the
factories which abound there.—N. American.
CY . The Police Board o f Philadelphia, have
adopted the' system of uniforming the police, and
prescribed the dress. It will take effect on the first
of January. The frock coat is to be of Navy blue
cloth, single breasted, standing collar, nine bright
gilded metal buttons on the right breast, two on the
hips, and two on the bottom of the skirts; pants of
dark grey cloth or cassimere, blue cloth cap, with
the name of the proper Police division placed
thereon in metal letter. These coats to be worn
from Sept. to May, inclusive. In other months, of
the same style and material, but lighter—the coats
to be worn buttoned when on duty. The Marshal's
uniform is to be double-breasted. The Lieutenants
of the City and Districts, are to wear a star in
front, in addition to the name of their divisions.
Irr We learn from New York that eight immi
grant vessels arrived there, on Tuesday, from Eu
rope, having on board no less than. 2473 passen
ere. Daring their voyages one hundred and forty
of the emigrants died of something resembling
cholera, and the deaths were distributed among the
vessels as follows:-75 on the American Union,
from Liverpool; 27 on the Gottenberg, from Ham
burg; 25 on the Statesman, from Antwerp; and 13
on the Centurion, from Liverpool.
The British mail steamship Africa sailed from
New York on Wednesday at noon, for Liverpool,
taking out seventy-nine pessengers and $500,000
in specie.
THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD AL
MOST ContrzirrEn.—The Pennsylvania Railroad is
now completed from Pittsburg to the west end of
the Tunnel, and is in daily use by a train that car
ries bricks and lumber used in the construction of
the tunnel. The only unfinished parts now, are the
sections between Altoona and the Tunnel, and the
Tunnel itself. Mr. Seabrook, the Engineer, is still
strong in . the belief that the entire road will be
ready for use on the Ist of next January.
Ocassr Pokerecrs.—lt is said that the Postmaster
General will recommend a reduction in the-rates of
ocean postage generally. The arrangements which
he has made wish the German State , by which
the rates of postage by the way of Bremen have
been materially reduced, are generally being ex :
tended over all Northern Europe.
•High Prices anflPrinting.
There is a vast amount of finth - nild good sense
in thelclllowing article which - we'-copy from-the
last Meadville Democrat :
Every body seems to be realizinj the very high- -
est,price lor their labor, except-the Printer. The i
Farmer, with good crops, is getting better prices,
and in cash, for everything he can produce,: than
since the famine year in Ireland. This rise seems 1
to have effected almost everyother branch of bus- I
iness but our own. We are feelingly reminded of
this fact by a letter from our Paper Maker, appri-
zing us of a material advance on our next lot of
pairs equal to 12 per cent. Notwithstanding this
stgte of things we are astonished to see some of our
contemporaries reducing the price of their subscrip
tion—others increasing the size of their papers,al
though already respectable in their dimensions.—
.Every man is presumed to know his business. best
and has the right to adopt such measures to pro
mote it as he nlray deem proper, but we must be
permitted to say, we do not understand the wisdom
of their. course. It seems natural to us, that while
every thing around us is advancing in pric.F., true
policy would dictate that the Printer should. follow
the example set before him, or at least stand firm
ly by his old prices. We consider the practice of
those who are pursuing a contrary course as fool
ish antrimpolitic. They will be convinced of this
before a twelve-month passes. So far as we are crin
cerned, we do not meditate any increase in the
price of our paper. But we shall hold on to our
old rates, and only desire that our 'friends be more
punctual in their payments. Before we increase
the size of our paper, or lower its price, we shall
very likely give up the business and go to farming
or something else not so troublesome as printing,
and that would pay better. The business, never
very good, is being ruined by 'the mad rivalry of
country publishers, who are content to live from
hand to mouth.' in 'order to ape the size and pri
ces of the over-grown establishments in the large
cities.
$44,177 00
• 5,481,439 00
31,667,505 00
46,939,367 00
39,821,490 00
ErTHE "LATE" WHIG PARTY OF Gum—The
result of the recent election in Ohio, intensely grat
ifying as it is to the Democracy of that State and
of the whole Union, is, of course, regarded by the
Whigs with feelings of a diametrically opposite na
ture. If their defeat had been of a less overwhelm
ing character, they might have found some "balm
in Gilead" to assuage the mortifieation occasioned
by the disaster, but the Democratic victory was so
brilliant and so complete, that no consolation is of
any avail. Whiggery will not be comforted, and
its lamentations are truly sorrowful. Hear the la
mentation of the Buffalo Express:
"We refer to the Whig party of Ohio as of things
past. It is pretiy much obliterated. We recollect
something of that party in Ohloin otherdays, when
it inscribed upon its banners its triumphs by ma
jorities that astonished the world, and seemed tobid
defiance to all attempts to overthrow it. 'A few
years have rendered it prostrate and powerless,
without any apparent recuperative energies. The
late election left it with but free Whigs in the Sen
ate, and fifteen in the House of Assembly—but twen
ty in the entire Legislature. This is a lamentable
picture of a great and powerful party now fallen
and helpless. We hold the Whig party of Ohio up
to the political world as a warning against the en
tertainment of side issues. It is a victim of abolit
ionism and cold water, and by the two, left as bare
as nakedness itself, and as weak as imbecility.—
Abolitionism bad nearly skinned it alive, when by
'
a fatuity inexplicable, it turned to the aine Law,
which dealt the fiuishing blow.
38,080,253 85
172,035,231 85
51,12 00
203,8813,025 97
A MYSTERIOUS Lenll.----The last Caliternia
steamer brings accounts of the discovery 01 the
ruins of certain cities, embosomed in the
Mountains, in the vicinity of the Mormon settle
ment of Utah. These cities were passed through
by Capt. Walker, in 1850, who with the exception
of Lieut. Beal, is the only person who has accom
plished-so great an exploit. Capt. Walker has re
vealed many interesting particulars in regard to the .
locality, which cannot fail to elicit great attention
and awaken profound interest. He found there the
ruins in a state of great perfection. The streets
were well defined, and many of the buildings were
in a remarkable state of preservation; the stone and
brick having the appearance of being glazed, as
though they had been passed over by a raging con
flagration. Capt. W. also asserts that he discover
ed in that section a race of Albinos, who are prob
ably the descendants of those who erected the
buildings. Here are indeed prolific sources of rep
utation, either to prove Capt. Walker a humbug,or
to discovet who were the posessors of these cities:
when they existed; and what caused their. destruc
tion.
25,000,000
6203,886,023 97
7.5,105,207 00
129,780,8 IS 97
BANK Fononns Al Yonn, Pe.—On
( Tuesday
week a stranger presented at the counter of the
York (Pa.) Bank, two checks, amounting to about
'Ku), which purported to have been signed by
Abraham Hiestand, Jr., of HeWirn township, in
that county, and endorsed by J. Sampson. The
checks were cashed, and the stranger, who is de
scribed as a well dressed person, about thirty years
of age, and of the medium size, pocketed the funds
and departed. The Press says he is supposed to be
the man who called at Mr. Heisland's miii, the
day before, and represented himself as one of the firm
of Buckner & Walters, commission merchants of
Baltimore and solicited his custom. In the course
of conversation the stranger requested the use of Mr.
H's desk for the purliosn of writing a letter, which
was freely granted. While the letter was being
Written, the stranger was left alone, when he ab
stracted from the desk two blank checks, which
he filled and used as above stated.
➢lunnsnsn SEATENCED.—Thomas Slyder, a ne
gro who murdered Peter Cork, also a negro, some
months since, in Chester county, by putting arse
nic into his whiskey, and who confessed his crime,
and at the first trial was found guilty of murder in
the first degree, obtained a new trial on account
of some informality, which terminated last week,
in the rendition of a verdict of guilty, of murder in
the second degree ; upon which he has been senten
ced to serve eleven years and six months in the
Eastern Penitentiary. The jury deliberated three
days and a half before finding a verdict, and ,lu
ring that time made several applications tole dis
charged, which the Court refused. A very excited
state of feeling existed during their deliberations,
and some hard words were passed. -
FELIX LACOSTE, Consul General of France,
for New York, died on Monday week at the age of
59 years. He died in the arms of M.. Louis Borg,
Vice Consul of France, and of M. Nictor Delaronay
The deceased was formerly an Aid of Marshal Ge
rard,—was in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo
In 1815, he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier
of the Legion of Honor. Upon the. downfall of the
Empire, he came to the United States, and spent
some time at Bordentown with Joseph Bonaparte,
Count of Survilliers. Subsequently he fixed his resi
dence in New York, and at one time was connect
ed with the editorship and proprietorship of the.
Courrier des Etats Unis, which paper contains a
handsome tribute to his memory. He was ap
pointed to the post of Consul General in 1850.
Conte AND WHEAT rte Ouio.—The Cincinnati
Railroad Journal, iu the course of a carefully pre
pared article on the agricultural products of Ohio
says:
• Averaging all seasons and all lands, Ohio pro
duces, uniformly, sixteen bushels of wheat, and
thirty-five bushels of corn per acre. In a good sea
son, on the two million of acres of wheat, we shall
have over thirty millionss of bushels; ana on the
corn lands, seventy millions. We have raised more
than that in wheat. At the rate of the last three
years, we have raised wheat enough (at the Euro
pean allowance,) for four millions of people, which
is double the Staets population. Our corn and cat
tle are in proportion. So that, somwhere in the
world, we feed two millions of other people. One
million of these people, fed by Ohio, are in New
England, to which we sell a million of barrels with
pork and lard to match. We can feed a million
more, and those will be in Europe chiefly. With
out at all infringing on a proper portion of woods,
meadows, pasture and fallow. Ohio might cultivate
twelve milliots el acres in arable ground. At our
present averages, this would give a eighty mil
llions of bushels of wheat, and one hundred and
sixty millions of corn—full enough for the support
of twelve millions of people.
TuzarnxcAt•—"Uncle Tom's Cabin” was per
formed last night to a large souse, and will be re
peated each successive evening this week. It is
the great moral drama of the day, and it will no
doubt draw crowded houses during the week. The
company is an excellent one, and equal to any
which has visited this city.
•1.0. or 0. F,.—The Members it( the Order . both`
City and County, are respectfully invited to be prei
ent at a meeting of Lancaster Lodge, No. 67, LO.:.
of a- F. on Thursday evening, November. 24th,-
(Thanksgiving Evening) when a Lecture will be
delivered by Brother P. G. M. M. Mooas..
UiThe Court of Quarter Sessions for Lancaster
*County, is being held this week, at Fulton Hall,in
this city—Judge Lose presiding.
irir The MOUNT Jo: SAVINGS INSTITUTION iS
under w•ay. It commenced receiving deposits on
Tuesday last: •
g 3r The bell for the new Court House, arrived
in this City on Saturday week. It was cast in•
Philadelphia, and weigh 1,034. pounds.
irr The Canal Conuniesieners have re-appointed
Maj• Jews ,Cummrsos, Cargo Inspector at Cotuni
bia—and U. SECLEFER, Esq.,lnspector of Care on
the Columbia Railroad. '
Otr- A correspondent of the Lmicsaterian recom
mends Mr. CHARLES KELLY. of Munetta, as a suit
able candidate for Canal Commiiiiiiiiner • and the
'Marietta correspondent of the initial : laity brings
torward the name of Mr. Lewis MARTIN, of that
Borough, for the same office
- The Turnpike from this City to Oregon will
he completed this week. Messrs. KAirra & Run e
were the Contractors and have evinced commend
able energy . and industry in the prosecution or the
work.
Iteuxxn.—We learn that Mr. William T. Youart
has rented from the owner, John N. Lane, Esq. the
Exchange Hotel, in East King street, formerly
known as the Bull's Head. It is now kept by Hen-
ry Bear, who, we understand, intends leaving this
City. Mr. Youart is an excellent and experienced
landlord. He will keep a good and popular house
He will take' possession on the first of April next
IL7- The School Board at their stated meeling on
Thursday the 10th inst.; resolved:
That the Board provide a room, with light and
luel for the meeting of the Teachers' Associatioa
of the City; and that it is the wish of the Board
that every Teacher in their employ become a mem
ber of the Association.
That -a revised copy of the Rules and Regula
ions of the Schools be reported and printed, and
hat each school be provided with one.
That an amendment be procured to the City Din
.
trict School Law, reducing the number constituting
a quorum to thirteen.
CoNcr.e.T.—The Philharmonic Society of this
city, will give a Concert on Thursday evening of
this week, the 24th inst. The Society is about
6150 in debt, and the members are anxious bz this
Concert to clear at least that amount, that thermay
be relieved of the burden. The Society has never
been in a very prosperous condition, because it has
not received from the public the encouragement it
deserves. It has been of service to the city in cul
tivating a musical taste, and would do much more
in the way of getting up choice Concerts if they
were suitably sustained by public patronage. It is
hoped that they will have a lull house at their next
Concert, and that the hardworking and unpaid
Philharmonics may be cheered with a substantial
evidence of public favor—lnland Daily.
ACCIDENT ON THE RAILROAD.-A keight train
passing down the Columbia Railroad met with a
serious accident, when near Hestonville, Thum
tidy last. It was caused by the breaking of the axle
at the runt car, by which several of the hindermost
card were thrown of the track and down a steep
embankment,— making a complete wreck. Two
of the cars were tilled with live hugs for market,
WIC of which was completely demolished, and the
other so much injured as to render it useless. A
large number ut hugs were killed and injured. An
other car laden with produce added largely to the
mass of destruction. We have heard of no one be
ing injured.
CITY WATEIL WORYO3.—The new double action
ur suction pump, ordered fur the works, was put
in operation on Friday last, and worked admirably.
Et is of larger calibre than the one built by Morris
& Co, of l biladelphia, and which has been running
since the works were established. The new pump
is capable of forcing into the basin 400 gallons of
water per minute.
It was built at the foundry of Mayor Kieffer, un
der the supervision of J. & 11. Fellenbaum, and re
flects the highest credit upon them as skilful and
accomplished machinists.
They have also cast at the above foundry during
the past week, the bed plate for the engine of the
new Locomotive Factory, which Aeighs over three
tons, and said to be the largest and most difficult
casting ever made in this city.
COLUMBIA un OCTORARO RAILROAD.—The Com
missioners of this Company met on the 11th., at
Henry Bear's in this city, and organized by electing
Hon. John Strohm Chairman, and Geo. W. Hensel,
Esq., Secretary. Mr. S. W. Mifflin, who had been
appointed to make the preliminary survey, reported
at length. Three Committees were appointed, of
two persons caeh, to open books aid receive sub
scriptions to the stock. Messrs. Dr. Bitner andJos.
Shock, both of Washington borough, constitute one
committee, E. C. Darlington and William Carpen
ter, of this city a second, and Henry S. Evans and
Mr. Thomas, of West Chester, the third. The Re
port. Which is a highly favorable one, is to be print
ed. , The engineer estimates the cost of the road at
$1,800,000, its length from Columbia to New Cas
tle deing about 60 miles, and thinks it wiil pay 15
per cent., and probably 20 per cent, on its cost,—
He reports two routes as practicable, but the South
ern route, which will pass near Quarryville, as be
ing the more practicable. The meeting then ad
'ourned to meet at the call of the Chairman.
SALE or REAL ESTATE.—The property of Semi
Nissley. in East Hempfield twp., containing 129
aci es, was sold for $lB,OOO. Samuel Smith, of N.
York, purchaser. This farm is located in a min
eral region of the county, and is supposed to con
tain valuable deposits of lead and zinc ore.
The farm of Moses Whitson, deceased, in Sads
bury twp., - containing 1631 acres, sold for $70,25
per acre. William Spencer, purchaser.
c Also, a tract of land belonging to the same es
tate lying in Lancaster and Chester counties, con
taining 5S acres, for $37 per acre. Jeremiah. Moore
purchaser.
The property of Joshua C. Lee, consisting of 10
acres of land with improvements, in Providence
twp., was sold at Sheriffs sale for $l,OOO. S.
Strohm, purchase.
The property of Bernard McGrann, dec'd., con
sisting of two unimproved lots, each containing a
front of 21 feet 2 inches, on East Orange street,
was sold for $l2OO. John McGovern, jr., purchaser.
A lot of ground containing 3 acres and 161 perch
es, adjoining the Safe Harbor Rolling Mill, was
sold on Saturday week for $3,425. Reeves, Abbott
& Co., purchasers.
The term of Mary Baker, widow, deceased, situ
ated in East Hempfield twp., on the Manheim and
Lancaster Plank Road, containing 110 acres, was
sold on the 26th ult., at $121,25 per. acre. Samuel
Martzell; purchaser.
Tne ivianheim Sentinel says, this the first farm,
situated on this road, that was sold since its com
pletion, and judging from the price paid, we think
that purchasers• July appreciate the convenience of
such improvements running by their property.
Our Book Table.
TUE FORGED Win.; OR CRIME AND RETRIEU
TIOR.—We are indebted to T. B. Peterson, No. 102
Chesnut at., Phila., for this latest and last work of
Emerson Bennett, Author of Clara Moreland, Pi
oneers Daughter, etc., etct.
The scenes, principally, of this most captivating
novel of 300 pages, are laid in the city of New
York ; and in glowing colors does the adthor pic
ture to the reader how the guilty may, for a time,
escape the justice of the law, but only to feel the
heavy hand of retribution sooner or later; how
vice may, for a time, triumph over virtue, but only
for a time; how crime may be concealed, until its
very security breeds exposure ; how true virtue
gives way to no temptation, but bears the ills of
life with patience, hoping for a better day, and re
joices triumphantly in the end. In short, the "For
ged Will" is one of the most thrilling productions
we have ever read, and the incidents are so true to
nature, so life-like, that the reader can scarcely re
alize the fact that he is perusing a work of fiction.
We cordially recommend the book to all our readers
as possessing an unusual amount of merit.
We are also indebted to Mr. Peterson for a copy
of the work, in two volumes, entitled "THE Romezr
TRAITOR; or, the days of Cicero, Cato and Cala
line." By Henry Wm. Herbert, Author of “Crom
well,";"The Brothers," etc., etc. This historical ro
mance is powerfully wiitten, filled with the thril
ling incidents which marked the darkest period in
the history of republican Rome, and the lovers of
excitement will find its pages ample food to gratify
a taste for the darker phases of life's drama. -
Price for the complete work, in two volumes,
making nearly 500 pages, only $l,.
Tue PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.—This is the title of a
new monthly, just commenced in New York, devo
ted Co Agriculture, Mechanics, Science and Useful
Knowledge. From the specimen number before us
we have no doubt it will be a very uselul and in
teresting publication .
. For terms,' &c., see Pros
pectus in another column.
"Tun 'non RULE; OR, TERMINI IN THE Mon
noon,"
is the title of one of T. S. Arthur's bee
novels, just published by the T.B. Peterson, Phila
price 25 cents. The name of the author is sufS
cient to ensure a large circulation for the book.
A copy of it should be in every family, as it may
be read with profit by every body, old and young
The Patent Office.
The following description - el - the Patent Office at
Washington City, we take from the People's Tour;
nal New York:
The Patent Office at Washington is already one ,
of the most magnificent -structures in the country,.
and when finished upon the original design it will
be second in extent and grandeur, only to the Cap
itol in the same city. The principal (south) front
extends; on F street,- 210 feet, and is seventy feet
deep. Vertically, it is divided into a high basement
and two' stories above: 'ltentiatnicipal portico of
this trout faces down Eightoi :heet, and is,in all re
spects, afar simile of the celebrnted portico of the
Pantheon, at Rome, forming the, (64,54 striking fea
ture of the edifice, as seen on thatjt*, The grand
entrance to the building is, of course,;thnt through
this portico, which is reached by a flightni.granite
steps. The visitor passes from the porticoAnta a
large' hall, from whence, in the rear, by a splendid
flight of marble steps on each side, he may ascend
into the grand galleries above, which occupy the
whole of the upper story. Midway of the depth
of the bitilding, ere reaching those steps, doors lead
into spacious passage-ways, running east and west.
The chambers communicating directly with the
eastern passage-way have long been occupied as
business offices of the Commissioner of Patents, and
his various assistants; and the passages to the west
communicate with the large and main model room,
wherein some of the specimens of American me
chanical genius which have been patented, are'
stored in ranges of glass cases, with passage-ways
between them.
The basnment is designed precisely after the story
above, and is used for business offices of the estab
lishment, and of the national Institute, which is af
forded a place there by order of the government.—
The upPercriost story of the north wing is thrown
into one grand saloon, and, beino ' used for the safe
keeping of various specimens of home manufactures,
subjects of natural history, and works of art, brot'
hither by the late American exploring expedition,
commanded by Captain Wilkes of the U. S. Navy,
is very properly styled the National Gallery. This
magnificent hall is 294 feet long and sixty-four wide,
with a general height of thirty feet. For ornaments,
this halt has a double row of huge stone doric col
umns, which, with their entablature, are twenty
feet high to the spring of the arches resting on them,
which, in turn, reach in height to the ceiling of the
chamber, and thus Corm a beautiful platform.
Precisely in the centre of this grand gallery, a
cylindrichl arch or dome, of forty feet span, rises
above the rest of the chamber, from the top of
which the light of heaven is admitted by an apes-
Lure thirteen feet in diameter. Besides the contents
of this hall mentioned above, it is the repository of
much valuable property belonging to the several
departments of the governmeht—treaties, jewels,
military and naval relics, &c.—which, with the rest
of its treasures, are arranged in glass-cases, for the
inspection of the carious. Recently the east wing
of the edifice has been erected, and it is just being
finished. It is also 270 feet long, by 64 deep, and
of the height of the front described above; being di
vided into as many stories, each of which are again
divided and finished as. are the stories of the build
ing we have explained in detail. The grand gal
lery of the highest story of this building connects
with that of the other by a lofty archway. As tlt.s
wing is constructed entirely of white marble, (the
other being built of granite and sandstone,) its ap
pearance is much more pleasing. It is being de
voted, also, to the accomodation of the business of
the Patent Office, which is so rapidly increasing its
legitimate demands for space. An efibrt was made
at the last session of Congress to have it perma
nently appropriated for the accommodation of the
Department of the Interior, which, fortunately, fail
ed, though unfortunately, the department named
was permitted temporary occupation; and as "pos
session is nine points of the law" it will probably
not be removed for a long time. The foundations
of the west wing have been commenced, and its
erection, rin a plan similar to that of the others,
will be completed in a -- few years, when the grand
gallery in the uppermost story will extend quite a
quarter of a mile in length, forming an architectu
ral promenade such as is to be found nowhere else
on this aide of the AtlantiL When completed the
Patent Office will entirely cover the double block
bounded by F, 7th, G, and 9th streets.
11.7 - The following horrible case of parental cru
elty is detailed in the St. Louis Intelligencer of the
sth inst. It says :—A. shocking case of this char
acter came under the observation of Mr. Brown,
County Coroner, (lay before yesterday. The parties
are a German and his wife, and a little girl between
two and three years of age, who is his child by a
former wife. They live near the Garondelet road, a
few miles below the city. Mr. Brown had heard
on several occasions Irvin the neighbors of the Ger
man, of the manner in which he and his
wife were accustomed to to indulge towards
her, and on Thursday he went to their house to as
certain the facts for himself. Ho found the child
very weak and ill, lying on a bed upon the floor
Her whole body was almost black with bruises
and marks of pinches she had received, and seem
ed to be both ill-fed and ill-clothed. She betrayed
extreme fear at the sight of her father and step
mother, and screamed with terror when either of
them approached. Mr. B. was informed that the
father had further practised a means of torture
which none but the most unnatural malice could
have devised, and that when drunk he had been
known to take the child's tongue in his fingers, pull
it with force, and cut it repeatedly with a pair of
scissors. , His neighbors had resolved to take the
child from him, and did. so perhaps on yesterday.
They had also determined to procure the arrest and
prosecution of the unnatural parents.
INSANITY ATTIIBUTSU TO QUININE.— The True
Delia, of New Orleans, remarks the fact that, al
though no people are usually less liable to insanity
than the Irish, yet now scarcely a day passes that
some Irishman is not sent to the Insane Asylum.—
We quote the rest :
Physicians who are opposed to the use of qui
nine in yellow fever cases give it as their opinion
that this new development of a tendency to insan
ity is the result of a too general use of that subtle
and deadly medicine. Public opinion attributes not
a tew of the many yellow fever deaths, which have
of late so terribly swelled our mortuary annals,-to
the unwise use of quinine, and if to the supposed
death dealing qualities of . quinine, be added the
production of deafness, and blindness, and swollen
limbs, and insanity, how great must be the respon
sibility of those who have so freely, in fifty grain
doses administered it!
But the new outburst of insanity is not wholly
confined to any one class of our population. Every
nationality contributes its victims, upon whose brain
the 'written troubles' of quinine have been traced ;
for all those who have recently become insane hive
but a short time since had their names recorded in
physicians' books as among the lucky ones who
were cured of yellow fever.'
LIVING IN PH/LADELPHIA.-011 Saturday the
Markets were well attended, with very little change
in prices generally, though Game was more plenti
ful, and a shade cheaper. Turkeys sold at 873 a
$1 12i each; Geese, 75a$1 each; Ducks, per pair,
62ia.1 25; Chickens, 623a87i; Squabs, 28a31# cts.
Partridges 314a40 cents, Quail, 30a373- cents;
Squirrels, 127 cents each, Rabbits, lOals cents
each; Canvass Back Ducks, $1 25a$1 50 per pair;
Red Head do. 62ia75 cents; Black Head do. 50a
62i cents; Pheasants, 75 cents per pair; Woodcock
.40a45 cents per pair. Terrapin are more plenty,
and sell at ssalo per dozen. Venison, 20 cents per
pound. Oysters were never better, ranging from
s2alo per thousand. Meats show but very little
variation. Beet, for roasting, sold at Sal 6 cents per
pound; Corned Beef, 7a153. cents; Veal, 10a12i cts
Mutton, Balo cents; Lamb, 10a12icts., Pork, salt
ed and fresh 10,124 cts.; Beet Tongue, 45 cts. each
Beet Kidneys, Balo cents each. Butter, a superior
article, was worth 25a30 cts. per pound. Eggs,
20a23 cts. per dozen; Lard. 1.0a12i cts. per pound.
Apyles are quite plentiful selling at $2 50 per bbl.
Cranberries sold at 12a15 cts. per quart. Vegeta
bles were abundant—Cabbage telling at from $350
a 7 00 per huudree, or 3alo cts. per head; Common
Potatoes, 70a80 cts. per bu. ' Turnips, 25 cents per
bu.; Tomatoes, scarce, 75a87-.1 cts. per basket; Li.
ma Beans' scarce' 123,a1.5ct.5. per quart; Beets fife.
per bunch; Celery, 3asicts, per stick; Parsnips, 10
cts. per quarter peck; Green Peas, 20 cts. per hal
peck.
THE FASTEST HORSE OP THE WORLD DEAD.-
The bay gelding,who performed on Saturdayweek
the most remarkable feat of speed and bottom ever
recorded in the history of the turf; died on Satur
day week, in New York. After he had performed
that unprecedented race against time, going 100
miles in 8 hours and 68 minutes, he was taken to
the stable, where he was bled, and then covered
with six or eight thick blankets. It is the prevail
ing opinion among horsemen, that this superabun
dance of covering, while in an exhausted state, caus
ee the death of this noble animal. The Tribune al
so learns that the celebrated paces, Hero, is very
low, and it is feared that he also will die.
Is there no law to punish the worse than brutes
in human form, who, to gratify their vile gambling
propensities, inhumanly murder the poor animals
that are infinitely higher in the scale of created be
ings than they?
LOBBIINO EPArl*llltlti OP COROH2BI.
destined to have stitioned in Washington d g
the approaching session of Congress, froaohirly to
sixty ex-mem - hers, who come to sell theit.penonal
influence for hard cash on the nail and•contingen
cies; their influence aforesaid for such consideration
.to be used to get through Congress any 'legislation
whatever desireit-to put money in the pockets of
the payees. Some 01 these gentlemen have follow
ed this business for years past, until they are - *ell
known around the halls of Congress as 'lobby mem
bers. Their former position in the public ser4ice
gives them at all times an entree into both , chair
berg, which a ff ords advantages for electieneeift
for schemes on the treasury fur which speculators
pay liberally. Their knowledge of the rules gov
erning the transaction of business in Congress also
makes them somewhat desirable agents. Thessead-
I vantages, backed by the fact that they are ifibtbri
ously less scrupulous in theii means of ctirrYing
their points than most others, have up to this time,
rendered them so successful as professional legiala
tive.drummers, that they have among them shared
much-of the public money,whichneverahould have
sett the Treasury of the United States.• Little good
it does - them, however, as, in spite of our laws' and
the offorts of-our police, faro banks still 'flourish in
Washington. We have reason to believe that a
heavy force of this description is already engaged
to work through Congress the Netk York Pacific
Railroad scheme, through which at, itiAnsigned to
get the Goverment to build the roekW-Am vir
tually make it a present to a dozen or-so: speeula
tors in nearly every State in, the Milne. These ex
members are to be paid for-theirservices here in,
stock, provided they cri4the project throtigh. We
shall have to keep our attention fixed upor*m
affectionately. — Ais they show their handi-Wiriltiall
inform the public, and more especially-honest mem
bers of Congress, what schemes on the Treasury
each may have in hand, so that they may be be
ware of the plots of these gentlemen. The rules
of the House and Senate should should promptly
be so amended as that ex-members, claim agents,
or drummers, shall be excluded from the halls, as
other claim agents are excluded—Washington Star.
A HORILIDLE TltkOEDY.—Thomas Board was
hung at Phillips, Barbour county., Va., on Friday
the 28th ult., for the murder of his nephew, a child
six years of age. A correspondent of the Sun gives
the following account of the horrible manner in
which the execution was uccemplished :
Arrived at the place of execution the prisoner as
cended to the platform with apparent alacrity, and
was seated in a chair, and covered with a blanket,
to protect him from - 14irain which fell incessantly.
The Rev. Henry Stevetyc i t9f the M. E. Church;then
addressed the immense tbrollg for about twenty min
utes in a slow and impressivh inahner; ealculated to
move the hardest heart. These service's:huller!, com
menced the most horrid and appalling tragedy that
ever disgraced the annals of public executions.—
The prisoner stepped upon the trap, the Arpe was
adjusted about his neck, and secured to the arm of
the gallows, the sheriff then asked him .if he was
ready to die 3 he answered that he. was, he touched
the trigger, the trap fell, and the prisoner-dropped
--to the ground, the rope breaking at the arm of
the gallows. A shudder, a suppressed cry of horror
ran through the vast multitude, which Was not les
sened by heaeing the poor wretch on the ground
cry out, -Oh Lord, Murder !Murder ! The sheriff
immediately loosened the rope about his neck, and
then might have been heard the gurgling, arangling
sound, made in the effort to regain hie-.breath. He
was cal vied to the scaffold, and seated chair,
and while the sheriff was endeavoring terl te-adjnst
the rope, the prisoner, with a convulsive effort with
his leer, which were tied together, precipitated him
self to the ground, the intention ol breaking his own
neck, arid thus end his sufferings. For a while life
seemed extinct, but the vital spark returned and he
Was again carried up to the scaffold, and the rope
being adjusted, the drop again tell and the prisoner
in his white shroud, covered with mud and dirt
hung, and as was apparent to all by his straggles,
strangled to deaih. At the end of twenty-five niiin
utes he was lowered into his coffin, arid the vast
multitude dispersed. Are these public executiPna
right? I wish every man who thinks so had been
present at this, for it seems to me that the heart of
every sensitive, reflectins man would invariably
have cried out against such a display.
I.l:7The Rahway (N. J.) ✓ldvocatc tries to be tun
ny over the defeat of his Whig friends in that Stats-
Hear what he says about the election :
We have no apace this week, if we hail-the incli
nation, to gb into any review of the late contest. It
we had we suppose it would be put down to the ac
count of blubbering over spilt milk, and- we don't
train in that company. It the cow choosea to kick
over her own mess, let her'-go to thunder." Pub
lic notice is also hereby given, teat if any body in
these parts wants to fight Whig battles in New Jer
sey, they can take our chance at a- very small pro-
mium. We respectfully beg leave to back down,
only reserving tne privilege of kicking up an oc
casional row with a loculuco on our own hook.
N. B--Until "something turns up," we desire to
define our present position tOr the relied of anxious
friends. We arc a Hard-Shelled-SoftAMeated-Demo
cratic-Whig, of the Jeffersonian school of Federal
ism—we believe in the resolutions of '9B, so tar as
they allow us to spit upon the Baltimore Platform,
—we regard Slaughter-House Conventions as an in
vention of the devil, to lead innocent people into
bad scrapes—and filially we regard ourself as pret
ty thoroughly "hoed out,',' individually and colleCt:
ively, and we nail our banner to what there is left -1,
of the mast-bead, inscribed with the motto, 0 Tens.
pora, which being rendered into the vulgar vernac
ular, means—"Wito's Avv.Ann."
TaeSesnwicn Iscesips.—The Sandwich Islands'
project of annexation', is thus spoken of in the Wash
ington Union :
The question of the annexation of the Sandwich
Islands has not originated wilh our government.—
The influence of our example has been operative,
citizens of the United States, in the prosecution of
their lawful schemes 01 their lawful schemes of en
terprise as individuals, may have exerted an influ
ence upon the question. But our government has
taken no step tobring about the result twhich now
seems to be nearlp ripe for consummation. If the
islanders make up their minds to seek the protec•
tion of our flag, our government will not hesitate
then to take the subject under consideration. This
is the natural course of things, and it shows that
we need no filibusterism to bring about those ex•
pansions of territory which all intelligent men' sea
must, sooner or later, be accomplished.
Although our government has had nothing to do
in bring about the state of things which seems like
ly siton to result in an application from the Sand
wich Islands for annexation, we are assured by the
doctrines of President Pierce's Inaugural, as well
as by the American sentiment of the Administra
tion, that the application will receive prompt con
sideration. We cannot fora moment suppose that
the measure will be seriously embarrassed by the
outrageous pretensions set up in the protest of the
French and British consuls. The answer of the
American commissioner, Mr. Severance, is a lull
and conclusive reply to these pretensions, and we
have no reason to doubt that his sentiments will
be cordially approved by the Administration.
LATE FROM MEXICO
Famine Anticipated—Mail Robberies—lndian Mur
Nsw ORLEANS, Nob. 16.—The Picayune, by the
arrival this morning of the steamship Texas, has
received dates from Vera Cruz to the 9th.
The country appeared to be in a deplorable con
dition.
Great fears of a famine were anticipated, owing
to a failure of the crops.
Straggling parties of Guerrillas infected all the
principal highways, and on several occasions the
mails had been robbed.
Indian depredations continued. Twelve persons
had been murdered by-w band of Indians.
The cholera continued to rage at Jalapa, and
many deaths had taken place.
• EMPERANCE VOTE.—The Harrisburg Crystal
Fountain, a Temperance paper, gives the following
as the temperance vote in the counties where there
were seperatc Temperance organizations :
Berks, 2998
Bucks, . • 2117
•
Blair, 1016
Clinton, - 958
Cambria, 630
Dauphin, 1487
•
Delaware, - 1702
Fayette, 2051
Huntingdon, 976
Lancaster, 4291
Lebanon, 828
Mifflin, 1295
Montour, 599 •
Monigomery, 3869
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Monroe, 470
Northumberland, ' 209
Northampton, 292
Phil'a. city, 4269
Phil'a. county, 7024
Potter, 649
Schuylkill, 1336
Westmoreland, 1769
Wyoming, 261
York, 1769
In the above counties the aggregate vote is near
ly forty-three thousand. In about forty counties
there were no regular Prohibition candidates inthe
field, in some instances one of the two parties nom:
mating temperance men.