ii - tittigei,cer 8& lournaL GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR Lanatao4. &liana* 1YM164. Couids Committee The Democratic Counit CommittoOf Lanus/ter Count), 'are requested to Meet at thqublic Bonne 01 Jacoo Ziegler:fn. theVity ofLancaWr , NIioDAY the 18M of January, 1854, at 11 clock A. M. A general and punctual atteddance is re spectfully requested. tiiB.AM B. SWARR, Chairman.' Lancaster, Doc. 20th, 1643. COUNTY COMMITTEE. City—H. B. Bivarr, Chairman. Adamstown—William Sloat. I . Bart—Robert Montgomery. Breckstock—Reuben Shober. - • Ceernarvon—Themas Edwards. Co/era:it—Ebenezer Jackson. Columbia B. W.—Joseph M, Waite. N. W.—H. M. North. Cocotte. Bast—Coll Andrew Ream: Countco West—eol. Jesse Reinhold. Conestoga—S. S. Welsh. ce Th ey--cyres S. Haldeman. \ . 1 Donegal East—Jacob B. Rote. 1 Donegal Witt—John Groas. Druusure—John MeSparren. • i Bart—Anthony Carpenter. Earl East—George Hochman. Earl West—H. R a il:LAI. Ephrata —Jeremi Mohler. Elcanoethtcnon—Benjamin F,. Bee r . &hap/an—John Elser, Neg. Pulton-Uliver Ca/dwell. Bentsfield East—Henry G. Imhoff . , Jr, Beatenesd West—lle. A. K. Rohrer. City N. Z. W.—James L. Rey no ld s . ~ S. E. W.—Thomas Dean. .. N. W. W.—Jacob B. Amwake. ~ S. W. W.—Col. Wm. S. Amweit, Lancaster Twp:—Hagh nDiutire. Lasipeter Bast—Heary Gara, LamPetcr West—George Raub, Sr. , Ltacuck—John M'iLlitips. Leacoek Upper—Mark Connell, J r . Lulls Erttain—Col.'James patteraou. ManAettn liar --N ban W or i e. Illenheint 21 DP. -- Be ismin Eby. Manor—Abraham etars. Manic—James • Pagan, Mumma—Le n Ma r n a , Mount Joy .Bon.—He.nry Shaffner. Mount Joy Dep. — John Shaeffer. Penn—Aaron Longene c k er . .Paradtse—George L. E c k ert. Rapho—Joseph Detwiler. baanOury—least Walker. ' Sattsoury—Jam es H. Houston, Strasaarg ttor—VV. F. S. Warren. stranourg l'wp.—Jacob Neff. Wartmcn—Sam u el E. Keller. Washington—John A. Brush. Deathof Mr. Dahlenberg. Hon. Haan: A. MOHLENBEIIO, (Representative in Congress from Berke county, died at Washing. ton City, on the evening of the 9th inst., after a pro tracted illness of about five weeks. He was attack- ed with typhoid lever a day or4wo after the meet ing of Congress, but bad penally,. recovered, and ix. ; as considered out of danger, when a relapse oc urred, and congestion of the lungs supervened, hick terminated his life. His remains were taken his late residence , in Reading, accompanied by a committee of Congress, where they were interred in the family burying ground, on Thursday last, attended by a vast concourse of his fellow citizens. The following handsome notice of the deceased we clip from! the Pennsylvanian of W,ednesday : Mr. M. was a son of the late Hon. H. A. Mira- Lawrie, who represented Berke county. with dis tinction in Congress for several terms, was 'Minister to Austria during Mr. VAN Btrass's administration, and at the time of his death was the Democratic • nominee for Governor of this State. The younger Mutilehberg inherited, in a large degree, the social virtues and intellectual qualities of his venerated sire, and bid fair to succeed to the high position of honor and usefulness which the latter achieved. In 1849, when scarcely 27 years of age, he was elec ted to the State Senate by the Democrat) , of his native county, and by industry, integrity, and abil ity in debate, soon took rank as a leading member of that influential body. After serving out ye lull term as Senator, he received the unanimous nomi nation of his party for Congress, and was elected by the usual overwhelming majority. His constitu ents looked forward with pride and pleasure to the period when he should take his place as:their rep resentative in the National Legislature, in the con fident anticipation that his career in that more en larged political sphere would be creditable alike to himself and them. But this was not to' be. He was Permitted to appear in his seat but once—on the day of organization—when - disease overtook and laid him prostrate, and alter weeks of alternate trembling hope and anxious fear to the family and friends who hastened to his bed-side, termihated in his death. Mr. Mukilenberg's mind was eminently of the practical order. He possessed great industry and • energy, coupled with an adaptability for public af fairs rarely manileated in one so young. He was also distinguished for that rare merit in politicians of the present d4--sterling honesty. He.waa never known to desert or betray a friend, nor to swerve from that courael of conduct which his judgment told him was right. He shared many of the char acteristics of the exemplary German population among whom he was born and reared, and with whose interests he was ever proud to be Identified. Blessed with an ample fortune, he employed it with a, liberal spirit, in the furtherance of the various business enterprises chiculated to advance the,ma serial growth and proiyerity of the city of Reading; and contributed mudhi by his personal efforts and influence,' to their establishment and successful prosecution. In every relation of life—as a husband, parent, citizen, public friend—he bore an exemplary character, and was honored and respected of all within the circle of his acquaintance. Berke county and the State at large lament the sad dispensation which has cut him off at the outset of a public ca reer full of bright Promise and golden expectation. Mr. Muhlenberg leaves a ; youthful widow and orphan son—an only child--into whose deep af fliction we will not obtrude our sympathy, further than to breathe the sincere aspiration-that He, who in His inscrutable 'Providence has bereaved them of their nearest earthly protector, will be to them "the widow's God and the Father of the Fatherless." 1:13" When the editor of the Democratic Union talks of 'sycophancy,' he seems to forget 'the re lations that once existed between a certain Charles B. Penrose and himself, after the latter had become a recreant to the Democratic party. 01 all the political editors we have ever known, there is not one against whom the charge would lay with so much of truth as himself. Still, personally, we have a high regard for that gentleman, and are pleased to find that thereris some.prospect of him return ing to his first love. After having boxed every point of the political compass, in the last twenty years, he perhaps now finds that, upon the whole, Democracy is the best—and it will afford us much gratification to have a co-laborer in the good cause. We shall think none the less of his talents however, nor will the public make any serious ob jection, we suppose, if he occasionally uses the scissors instead of the pen, and lets the Democrat ic readers of the Union know what is thought of President Posers and Governor .Broxr.u, in locali ties distant from Elarrisburg. A man's faith is to be judged of by his 'acts, more than by his pro fessions. •We haVe known some men who always talked right, but generally voted wrong; and it is no unusual thing, as our friend very well knows, -for pirates to sail under false colors, so that they may the more surely inveigle the unwary into th eir clutches. We-do not mean by this that the editor of the Union is now sailing under false colors whatever he may have done heretofore;—we hope not, and will not judge hastily in ihe matter. Still, we think, he will bear watching. Common Schools. We are indebted to the Hon. Cii.i.ar.ts A. Bram Esq., Superintendent, &c., for a copy of his very excellent report on the Common Sc:iools of the State. From it we learn that the number of schools open during the year 1853 exceeded 10,000 ; aver age time they were open was five months. Av erage pay of Teachers somewhat' increased over former years—that of males being $19,25 per month, and that of females $12,64. The whole numbered pupils in 'attendance (excluaive of. Phil, adelphia,) was alio& 480,000. In the City and County of Philadelphia there were 280 public schools, with 59,085 pupils, conducted at an ex pense of $411,303 85. Amount of school tax lev ied in the State, out of philadelphia; was $1,021,- 337 34. The Superintendent reports the system as work ing well, and the schools :in a prosperous condi tion. A New Project. The New Yoik Herald of a recent date s had 'ace editorial article in which it denounced Priilidential- nominating Conventions by *respective political polies -lifllte .v?tiuntry, and, tfilVOCnteil the 'tirOprietir et watt men' a zit' fre.e v fifild ' iiii;lBs6.:;ilt gave ,•4. , ~.. e;fitalofi 3 nome twenty pr ole cantlulatefOor tlut ofiiel ittigistracy4 thelleptdia, at that time, VihOm It:advised:Jo run Alhobt submitting their names at all to any C0ng,,.;!....- In order to re commend this political scheire toilie small States, 1 the Herald stated that under ite operation the con tee-would-1 evil - to - be decided by the - Ffonie — Of 'At resentatives, where Florida, with one Represents -1 five, would have au equal voice in deterixiining the result with Neil - York, which huis thirty-three, o Pennsylvania, which has twenty-five. No better argument, says tit 'Cincinnati-Enqui rer, was ever made in favor ;of th e propriety of cOVeritiona than tits eimple statement of this fact.. The worst i*se , of the nominatin system in not reflecting the wishes of the people h the choice of, a candidate is dhirable compared to such a method of choosing the President. It would be a'revival of the old Congressional caucus, so hateful to the country in its worst form. The majority of the people would not have the slightest chance of choo sing the highest officer of the nation. A small mi nority would pretty certainly always govern in the selection. It would afford an excellent field for corruptibn and intrigue, bargain and sale, and if any thing can overthrow the Constitution it would lie the the choice of a House of Repr n e u se m n b ta e ti r v o e f s Pr T es h i e dents un yis der it in elected two years previous to the time it would be called upon to choose a President ; it is not selected at all with reference to that event, and it is not likely that the people's wishes would be reflected in the matter. But when we consider thel the vote would be taken by States—when„..ifew York, Pennsylvania and Ohio would only count the same as Florida, Delaware and Rhode Island—we are struck with its gross inequality and injustice, It wo d be per fectly subversive of the fundamental pri iple upon which all our institutions are based, z : that the majority should govern, since the thr great States li } just mentioned—which contain more an one.third of the free white population of the ion, nd have more than a quarter of the whole nmb of elect oral votes—would have but three v '\tesitut of thir ty-one, if the Presidential-contest wa t be thrown into the House of Representatives. here were never but two Presidents elected by that body since the organization of the government—Mr. Jefferson , in 1801, and John Q. Adams in 1928. A mistake in the Convention, not requiring the Electors of President and Vice President to distin guish upon their ballots between those offices, and providing that the candidate having the highest number of votes should be President and the one next :highest Vice President, was the cause of the elec tion being thrown into the House in 1801. It did not seem-to occur to the framers of that instru ment that hotii parties would be likely to give their respective candidates for President and Vice Pres ident the same number..of votes, and that it would then be a question underihe,Constitution who was to have the first office and Who Abe second. All of the Democratic Electors, in 1804,-voted for Jef ferson and Burr for President and Vicia — President, each receiving 73 votes. The Federalists wer'dinore cautious—one of their Electors not voting for Pinkl ney, their candidate for Vice President, thus ma -1 king him fall behind Adams, whom. they intended I for President. The latter received 64 votes the former 63. So Jefferson and Burr were elected; and then it was first discovered that although it was the general un derstanding among the people that Jefferson should be President, it could not be so declared. There was an apparent tie, and the House of Representa tives had to decide the question. Not a member of that body was ignorant of the fact that Burr had not received a single vote from the people for Chief Magistrate, yet it required thirty-six ballots before Jefferson could be chosen—Burr obtaining a large supp.rt in the House notwithstanding that knowl edge. Had he been elected in defiance of the peo ple's wishes, no One man can say what would have been the result. It could pot but have been disas trous in its effects upon the perpetuity of the Gov ernment, which had then just gone into operation. The Constitution was immediately altered, requi ring the electors of President and Vice President to distinguish upon their ballots between the office riff question. Twenty-five years passed away beittre the election went to the House. When Mr. MO roe's Presidential term drew near its close, there were four candidates iu the field for the successton ' in General Jackson, John Q. Adams, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay.' The federal organiza tion having been disbanded, it was found impossible to unite the Democratic party upon a single nom inee, so all the persons above mentioned were can didates'before the people—not one, of course, as might have been expected, received a majority over all—but General Jackson was the highest in the number of electoral votes; he obtained 99, Mr. Adams 84, Mr. Crawford 41, and Henry Clay 37. As the Constitution restricts the House to a selec tion between the three highest candidates, Mr. Clay was thrown out altogether. After a protracted and vehement contest, Mr. Adams got a majority of States, and was declared President. This election, and particularly the ob jectionable manner in which it was effected, was very unfavorably received by the country, which has since taken good care not to have any more Presidential contests decided by the House of Rep resentatives. Thatimode of election has ever been deservedly unpopular, and cannot be favored by any true Democrat, who is desirous that the majority should rule in the choice of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. Among other difficulties attending it is the very serious contingency which is likely to happen, that the fourth of March might find that no President at all had been elected, and the gov ernment might come to a stand. If, for instance, we should have no Presidential Conventions in 1.856, and the lists before the people should be open to all competitors, there would be a dozen cnndidates run at least. No one would be likely to have a majority over all the rest, and the election would be thrown into the House to decide between three highest. Now it is quite probable that in the House neither of the candidates would have a majority ovei both the others, and if the supporters of each were deter mined no choice woald be made betweeri the four teenth of February, when the balloting would corri mence, and the fourth of March, which would tex,• minate its official existence. We have seen the House spend six weeks in electing a speaker,which is not near as important an office as the President, and which would not begin to elicit as much con tention. Should the next Presidential coutest go to the House, the people would witness any arnountto intrigue and corruption that would be disreputable to the country, and' the result would quite reconcile them to the present.method'ot nominating Conven tions. We cannot bet*, however, that there is the least danger of such an event taking place. A linos Bospran.—We learn from the Wash ington Star, of Thursday last, that on the previous Monday, no less than 942 bushels of 'dead letters' which had accumulated in the Post office Depart ment, were taken to the neighborhood of the Na tional Monument, when and where a bonfire was made of them according to s the usual custom.— Previous to being consigned to the flames, these letters were all opened and examined by the Clerks to , see if anything valuable was contained in them —a pretty big job, we should say. And then, what a variety of epistolary effusions they would exhibit ! Just think of it. Tax Fisnaurss Quasuorr.-0n Wednesday last, at the request of the House of Representatives, the President sent in the correspondence, naval orders, &c., on the subject of the Fisher es. The docu ments are voluminous, and'explain fully all occur rences of interest in that connexion transpiring since the fourth of March last. Raz is READING:A great fire occurred in Reading,- on Sunday week, which destroyed the workshops belonging to the Reading and Philedel phia .Railroad Company. Ten locomotives were more or less injured; and the loss in machinery, &c. Is said to be over $50,000.. The fire, although quite destructive in its effects, will not, it is said materi ally interfere with the operations of the Compan'y. I 7 Governor Liao', of. Maryland, was inaugu rated at Annapolis, on Wednesday last. The Georgia Democracy. Apra' cement of great importance and signiftctucit has Ilien made in Georgia. Its democracy, eciriaiist. =mg iintly,pl represeientatives2in thetegislainit; both* thittiattrights branch aktirthe union btanieh` of th4.arty, itiimble4in the 19th 4f; in public meeting, in the:representative cltembei?The - piesiz, deritOlon. John D. Selliiresi*of tliitenate4x; preiied hiti"eiritificatioit at uniting witigemocratie friends in promoting the great interests and har-_ mony of the democratic party. A resoldtion passed inviting Gov. Johnson to be present at the meet ine and the speaker - of - a Hoilit;J'aiii'k.'Weid, presented these resolutions. ,These resolittions, furthermore, originated with the ablest dem ocratic leaders of both sections of the , who concurred_ in them :previous to‘theit• plet sedtaticin. , These filets are stated to slipcir the cher . actetot the meeting. The resolutions are brief but emphittic. They pledge the democracy of Georgia to the support of the national administration; and 'give a clear expo sition of-tile s- democratic doctrine as to the Wilmot proviso. They are as follows : Resolved, That the principles and sentiments de clared 'by the national democratic convention of 1852, remain in unimpaired streagth ills the bond which draws together the democracy of every sec tion of our country in sympathy and union, and that the democratic party of Georgia avail itself of this occasion to reiterateits cordial acquiescence in them. Resolved, That we recognize in President Pierce long tried, patriotic and consistent exponent of. - ..the principles and sentiments—that his exposition of them in his inaugural address and recent message to congress kneets'with our full concurrence, and having unabated confidence in his fidelity to them, we pledge to his-administration our cordial support and view its friends as our friends, its opponents as our opponents. Resolved, ,The democratic party of Georgia, em phatically avows its construction of the Baltimore platform of 1852, in reference to the slavery ques tion, to be a distinct repudiation of the principles of the Wilmot proviso, in any future organization of territory now in our possession, or hereafter to be acquired, and that we cannot recognize any one as belonging to the democratic party who shall seek to enforce, or shall advocate this principle so repudiated. Resolved, That while our warmest sympathies are due to those northern democrats who, amidst the storm of fanaticism on the slavery question, which has raged in past years in their section of the union, stood firmly by the rights of the south; we recognize as democrats all our fellow citizens of the north who now stand firmly with us on the platform of the national democratic party, and are therefore pledged to defend the south-from any fu ture assaults upon her institutions. Resolved, That to the ascendancy and integrity of the national democratic party, based as it is up on -the principles recognized in its platform, the people of the south can confidently look, as a guar anty for the preservation of the reserved rights of the states within the union, and especially of their constitutional rights with reference to the institu tion of slavery, The speech in which Governor Cobb sustained these resolutions has not cone to hand. It is char acterised as one of the most masterly speeches ever delivered in the Georgia capitol. The spirit of it was as admirable as the delivery was eloquent.— The democrats of every wing of the party, through out, were addressed as a united brotherhood, bound together by a common bond Of principle, having a common interest and a common fate. The Geor gia Constitutionalist states that 'they were wrought up to a pitch of enthusiasm we have seldom seen ' ~, s , n rpassed.' Another journal states that nothing cobld.be more satisfactory than the views express ed in 'reference to the present - differences among. democrats and to our future policy. It was a frank comprehensive,, and timely effort, reflecting the highest credit on'itadistinguislied author.. The 'above resolutions, lIRARMOUBLY adopted— this splendid speech cordially welcomed alike by the union and state rights presses—speak volumes for the position of the united democracy of the south. The Georgia Telegraph, a states rights journal, in remarking thatthe resolution were pass ed by men 'who have differed widely upon subordi nate issues,' regards these as 'the platform of the Georgia democracy.' It says 'we congratulate our friends upon this demonstration. It was opportune and effective. It brings us all together for a com mon purpose, and gives to the administration . of Gen. Pierce another and powerful bulwark against the assaults of factious opposition.' In the same iissue of this journal there is a warm and just trib ute - to Gov. Cobb for his patriotic cyrse in rela tion to the recent senatorial ‘ nominatton. It frankly avows its preference and friendship \ lor Gov. Mc- Donald, but states that 'in the manner with which he bas borne this defeat Mr. 'Cobb has evinced a fidelity to democratic usages and principles, which when it becomes well understood, will give him an impregnable position in the confidence of the dem ocratic party' The simple statement of the facts of this fine and opportune demonstration of the Georgia democra cy will give joy to every friend of the national ad ministration and of union principles. It will be curious to read the objections that a national dem ocrat of 1850 can make to this Georgia platform of 1853. It clearly and admirably covers the whole ground. It recognizes as sound the national dem ocratic platform of 1852. It renews and re-affirms all the compact in that platform. But the Georgia deinocracy go further. They recognize the admin istration as standing on this platform, and the friends of the administration as their friends—the enemies of the administration.as their enemies.— 'Some of us'—says the Georgia Telegraph—'pre ler Gov. McDonald to Gov. Cobb, and some of us prefer Gov. Cobb to Gov. McDonald; but all if us prefer Gen. Pierce to any of the thousand par tizans who have raised the howl of disappointed avarice and ambition' Let the spirit of the Georgia meeting be the spirit of the democracy of the Union, and it will carry through in triumph the national administra tion.—Boston Post. THE CLOTHN FOOT Exroszn.—The following ex tract we make from the independent Whig, of Tuesday last, and re-publish it for the purpose of showing our Democratic readers the game that will be attempted by at least a portion of the Whig party, in the ensuing campaign : 'We consider the present as the moat auspicious peiiod that has occurred for the Whigs of Pennsyl vania for years, and if it is properly improved, and wise counsels prevail, there can be no doubt of suc cess—but this success cannot be exclusively Whig it must proceed from a union of all against the present State and National dynasties.' 'lt is of little consequence to the Whigs who Ike candidate is that is to run against the organized 'powers that be;' and it is of less consequence to them how he se brought forward, provided he be suc cessful in the election; and it is far better for them to support even a 'de mocrat' who is with .them on the question of the sale of the Public works, and other measures of Reform so much needed, but who has heretofore acted with the 'democracy,' than to support a 'good Whig' with whom they are certain of defeat!. What objection therefore can be to taking up a man without a nomination, whom the 'national denoeracy,' or any portion f them are willing to support and elect? If success is the object, it should be remembered that it cannot be obtained under an =Wive Whig banner, or Whig nomination.' The idea is, to nominate some apostate •Demo crat, like William F. Johnson, for Governor, and then rally the fag end of all factions under his ban ner, on which will be inscribed " Sale of the Pub lic Works and other measures of Reform." But this disguise won't do. The people understand the movement, and will set .their seal of condemnation upon the tricksters by reelecting our present Worthy Governor with at, increased majority. We shall have more to say on this subject hereafter. frr Wismar H. Muria, Esq., of Perry coon. ty, son of the late Jesse Miller, has been appointed Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, at Harrisburg, in place of P. C. Sedgwick, whose term has espi ed. Mr. M. is a young man of undoubted talents; and will make a capital officer.. • • AV' We have on file two important veto mesa ges froitioveinor Bums; which we sball.lay be fore our readers next week. The Allied Fleet at Sebastopol. most interesting feature in the foreign T aws is the' intelligence thatlhe allied fleet haye co y Black . *plank Sea, bound'itksbilzp?l„4- This , ;great Russian naval depot Wildaces. Nts ;;;-is not large, and consistWaboni , lye ;sand resident resident inhabitants.: 4 bl u ar t ge mt isalsrsys 84ationed, here; frill this numbers as high as thirty thousatad ; and as merchant vessels are excluded, the whole busi nese of the place is connected with the government Its bay is long narrow and dee2 with large docks constructed of snow-white limestone, intersiieriea with graddie.! : The extensive foieits which , toyer' the mountains of Crimea furnish timber for its dock yards. A ukase of Alexander declares that ifinerehant vessel! aredfiven,int4 .lebititvol by storm oiother miskirtune, they Must not trade or carry on any commerce, Atli -ANAL - samain no longer in port than is necessary to finish their re pairs. It is to the Russian naval depot that' the al!ied fleets are bound. It &also stated that they go on a peaceful errand ! They go to. that port .oaly to make a friendly call! The clreurnstances of the position of the quasi-belligerents recall those that preceded the last great naval battle—that of Nay arino. Ibraham Pacha's Turco-Egyptian fleet (1827) had. his rendezvous at Navarino; and thence it sallied forth into the Morea, dealing death and destruction to rebellious towne.of Turkey. In this way he committed frightful havoc around the Gull of Coron, destroying Greek ships just as an over whelming Russian force issued from Sebastopol and destroyed the Turkish convoy. The Russian French and British admirals determined to put a stop to these excursions. There were three modes to do this: by continuing through the whole of the win ter an expensive blockade of Navarino, subject to have their squadrons dispersed by a violent storm any day; secondly, to unite the allied squadrons in the harbor of Navarino and keep the Ottoman fleet inactive; thirdly, to take position in Navarino and tender Ibraham an armistice. The hitter course was adopted. Before doing , this the three admirals signed a Protocol,' and this was theirstatement of the reasons for their course : The proceeding to take a position with the squadrons in Navarino, in order to renew to Ibrahim propositions which en tering into the spirit of the treaty, were evidently to the advantage of the Porte itself.' These three sagacious, orpocritical, admirals; stated in the protacol, `unani usly,' that thismode migbrwith out effusion of bl od and without hostilities, but simply by the i osing presence of the squadrons,' ... 'l). , effect this peacef I object. These were words used to conceal thing . The admiralswanted a fight.- Their progress towards the harbor and entrance in to it were hostile acts; and they knew that their conrse could not do otherwise than lead to a battle. And now, in 1853, if the allied fleets enter Se bastopol, it is with similar peaceful objects. France and England are not at war with Russia ; and their fleets only go to Sebastopol in order to prevent war! Such is thi tenor of the intelligence. -It remains to be seen what will be the issue of this peaceful errand. It is, however, characteristic of the whole course of this contest. What could be more peace ful and Christian-like than the earliest protestations of the czar as to the Greek church in Turkey ? What could be more emphatic than his repeated abnegation of all aggressive designs on the integri ty of Turkey ? Did not his armies ente r Moldavia and Wallachia expressly to prevent hostilities?-- Is not Nicholas the most anxious man in the world on paper, to preserve the-peace of the world? And thus he can take no offence at the appearance W the allied fleet before Sebastopol I His fleet went into NaVarino -in 1827—his armies went into Mol davia and Wallachia in 1853—with prOcisely the" same objects in view! Let the peaceful avowals go for what they are worth—it is gratifying to see Great Britain and France beginning to act as thong they were in earnest. 'This movement may he characterized as a peace movement in protocols, but it may prove to be a very different affair in the long, narrow bay of the Russian naval depot.. For who can doubt as to the results if the allied &lets enter Sebastopol? It will be a hostile act.— lt is intended as such, just as much as the entrance to Navarino harbor in. 1827, and the Danhbian principalities in 1853 were intended to 'be hostile acts. Either the Russian fleet or the allied sltltiad tons will be destroyed. It is the significance of the results that will startle the world. It will be the opening gun of the long-foretold striggle be tween constitutionalism and absolutism—between civilization and barbarism. The flag of the czar represents the latter—the a)ht:l flavepreaents the former; and to doubt the issueVfliild be to believe that the wheels of time can be made to move back ward.—Boston Post. Old Soldiers , Convention. We were present on Monday evening of last week, at the Convention ot.Old Soldiers of the war of 1812, held in the Chinese Museum, Philadelphia. We have no means of knowing the number of those time-honored veterans who were in atten dance, but should jUdge there were from six to seven hundred present. Generally speaking they were a fine looking body of old men, upon whose locks the frosts of forty winters'ad set their in effaceable mark; but still they seemed to be ani mated by the same spirit that induced them to leave the pleasures and endearments of ,home, and participate in 'the dangers and difficulties, the trials and privations of the second war Of 'lndepen dence. We saw several of them in the 'old uni forms of that period, and some had the same old swords dangling at their sides that served them when encountering the enemies of their: country. It was a sight well Worth seeing, and we spent a few hours very agreeably in listening to several of the speakers reciting their own experience and the gallantry of their brethren in arms, as well as the hardships they encountered on our northern and western frontiers. , The object of the convention was to induce Con gress to place the soldiers of the War of 1812, on the same footing as to land with the soldiers of the Mexican War, and also to extend the provisions of the pension law to them, in the same way that they are made to apply to the soldiers of the Rev olution and their widowa. A series ofresolutions embodying their sentiments were unanimously adopted, and we sidcerely hope that Congress will no longer delay to grant them their reasonable re quests.. It is asking nothing more than sheer jus tice from the conotry they so gallantly defended and we are sure the Representatives of the people, now that the Nation is rich and pdosperous to an extent never before realized, will noeisesitate to act promptly in behalf of these veterans. Many of them are no*, in the evening of their days, strug gling with poverty. Age, and infirmities autterim . dewed by exposure when in the armies of the Re= public, have rendered them unable to make a [iv- . ing for themselves—hence the urgent necessity (to say nothing of right.) for relief from the Govern ment. STATE TRYIIIOIIE6.- -JOSEPH BAILEE, Esq., of Perry county, recently State Senator from the Cumberland district, received the caucos•nomina tion for State Treasurer, on Friday evening last, and was, doubtless, elected on yesterday. He is a good Democrat, and'will make an honest and ca pable officer. MEM! QT The following are the officers Of the idedi cal Association of this city and county, appointed at its last meeting:' President, Dr. Patrick Cassidy; Vice President, Dr. Henry Carpenter; Secretary, Dr. Robert Dun. - can; Tre.asurer, , Benjaunin Mublenberg. irr Hon. JOHNA J. Carrrzwins, elected United States -Senator fronc'Kentacky, will not •take•his seat until March 4, 1856, when the term of Mr. Dixon, who declined a re-leection, Will expire. CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS. CityWILLILX Gauss will be a candidate for City Constable. in the North Eait Nynni;soldeet to pettecision of Democratic ilottunatiLng Teel: nig: 1r.. , - -...- , V 7 4-" : - - -' 4 -.., ' •-• - les, '.: 5 . it v .e • Ltikurei rt ot" Dr. ' P •tunifat 1 7 lon I alF,4fe . lar dy&Wilda!, an to ' t i greagileal , I• interest in . colitpunity. .- • e "rnepts,in tlireockw . .Maqiill Al - . " eititillorttc seerig• 'I '' `Kr The citizens of Colerain and Drumore twps, in this county, are in a state of 'alarm and excite ment in consequence of several letters haiing been sent-it-different persons, in which threatrattre Mats that at certain times their barns si ould be destroyed by fire. The villages - engaged in this work are sup posed to be part of the gang , who for years have troubled the people in , the vicinity of the Gap. We hope they may be detected before they :shall have an bpportinity , to execateltheirickol threats. • s _,Y4TAL,Acclppg i ,t. ragovmecils* Walton,. who was engaged m hailing oreC from the Chesnut Hill mines to Muiselmae's Furnace; nearlMarietta, was killed on Saturday week in the following man ner: While his team wan descending a hill near Johnson's• Mill, he attempted! tci mount the saddle horse. He slipped and fell-under ithe wagon, which passed over his body, causing alMost instant death. Mr. W. was a single man. ' W.IBIIIIIGTOI.I ENCAXPXIIIT No. 11, I. 0. or 0. F.—The following were installed as officers of this order, for the current term : C. P., Dr. Henry Car penter, H. P., 7. R. Bitnelr; S. W,., John Dellinger; J. W , Benjamin F. Cox. This Encampment meets od the second and fourth', Tuesdays of every moot' at the, Odd Fel lows' Ralf, and numbers a b sut 170 members. The Grand Encampment of this State have ap pointed P. C. P. John Lippincott, D. D. C. P. for the county of Lancaster. ELEOTION.—At a meeting, atJno. W. Gross' n Ephrata, of the Ephrata Lancaster County Mining and Inventing Company, the 'following officers were duly elected : President ~ ; Jacob L. Gross; Managers, Henry Kemper, Jacob Hart, Henry B. Germam, Charles Bauman, Geo. See ker, Henry H. Keller ; Secretary, J. E. Plants; Treasurer,. Jacob Kemper, Esq., term 'one year. IS„ The following officers were 'on Friday evening elected for the Humane Hose Compa ny, for the ensuing year: President, John H. Remley ; Vice President, John F. Remley ; Seoyetary, Jacob Snyder; Treasurer, Goo. M. Steinman ; Plug Directors; Joseph Brilhart, John Haute, Geo. Ackerman, Jdhn Kuhns; Hose Directors, Jacob Brock, John Miller Henry W. Gauss, Henry Seitz ; Pipe Directors, Frederick Space, Wm. Sheets, Wm. Rich, Geo. ELECTION.-At a meeting of the Union En gine and Hose Company, on. the evening of Tan. 6, the following, fficers were elected for the ensuing yelir:—President, N. Lightner, Esct.; Ist Vice do., J. L. Reynolds, Esq.; 2nd do„ C. W. Cooper, Esq.; Secretary and Treas urer, Geo. K. Reed ; Chief Engineer, H. C. Demuth ; Assistants, M. H. Locher,' Gonter Eberman, jr.: Directors of Engine, N. Lightner, Esq., C. Silvine, J. L. Reynolds, Esq., Jno. P, Myer, Jacob Bear; Directors of Carriage, W. B. Harman, R. R. Carson, H. Parry', H. E Slaymaker, Peter Wager, jr.,: J. Wilhelm, G. K. Reed, Alex. Shertz. LIST OF JURORS To serve at the January Term of the Court of Common Pleas, commencing ;on Monday, Jan uary 23rd, 1864 . Samuel Ankrim, Drumore. • John Baker, RaphO. David Bender, West Earl. Robert Baldwin, Salisbury. John L. Benedict, City. Philip Holey, Manheim, George Bogle, Columbia. William K. Clark, Bart. James Dysart, City. John J. Evans, Little Britain. Benjamin Eshelman, East Lampeter. John Eshelman, West Lampeter. Nathaniel Ellmaker, Salisbury. John S. Gibbon, Columbia. ' John Gemperling, City. James G. Henderson, Salisbury. Levi Hoever, West Lampeter. Isaac Harman, Ephrata., Isaac Hinkle, West Hempfield. Robert W. Houston, Columbia. • Henry Hoffman, East Hempfield: • John W. Irviin, Salisbury. Isaac Kuhn% Conoy. Samuel Kurtz, Earl. John Killian, East Cocalico. Martin R. Kreider, WlndLampeter. HenryH. Mellinger ' ~East Donegal. John McCammant, Salisbury. John Peoples, Providence. William Reese, Columbia. Simon Heist, Manheim. Samuel Slokom, Salisbury. Jacob Seitz, Manor. John B. Spence, Providence. Samuel Strohm, Providence. Christian Wise, Warwick. LIST OF JURORS To serve at the January Term of the Court of Common Pleas, commencing on Monday, Jan uary 30th, 1864 : Wayne Baie, Leacook. • ' Frederick Bletz, Columbia. Daniel Bushong, East.Lampeter. John H. Brenner,. Mount Joy. ' Isaac Bushong, Upper Leacook, Christian Bare, Conestoga. David Brandt, Mount Joy. Henry Becker, Warwick. Joseph H. Black, Columbia. Morris Cooper, Bart.. John Dutt, Penn. , Hiram Erb, Elizabeth. Jacob Eshelman, West Hempfield. William Fawcett, jr., Elizabeth. Samuel Foltz, jr., East Earl. Christian Greider, West Hemptield, John B. Good, Bredmoolt. Christian R. Herr, Pequa. Cyrus H. Jacobs, Cternarvon. Charles Kreider, Warwick. Jacob G. Kemper, West Earl. - Tobias Kreider, West Lampeter. Isaao Lichty, Ctermarvon. John L. Lightner, Leaceok. Jacob H. Landis, Manor. John Long, seer., Drumore. - Christian Li chty, Caernarvon. Peter Leib, Penn. Jacob Nissley, Mount Joy, James Patterson, Little Britain. William Pickle, Bart. Daniel Palumbecker, West Cocalico. David Reese, City. Samuel Stence, Marietta. Henry H. Shirk, East Cocalico. r.,ANCASTEII CO, LIGISLATION.-WO clip from the Harrisburg correspondence of the Intend Daily th 4 following notice of bills introduced, relating to LtMcaSter county:. Mr..Hunsecker, a bill erecting into a separate School District, called The. Union District ,of Warwick and Penn township," that part of these two townships, which is bounded as follows : be ginning at a corner stone between lands of Jacob Miller, Moses Widder, and the lands ofthe Mora vian Society at Litiz, thence -upon the' liner of - lands of Moses Widder, Tohn Kemper,Christian Longenecker, jr-,John M Mari Levi Fdr ney, I rad erick Keller, Peter Longenecker, John Keller John Heist, John Zug, Widow Hostetter, Jacob Grossman and Jacob Miller to the place of begin ning. The election of directors is provided for, to serve one, two and three years from the fourth Friday in March. and annuallythereafter. Mr. Herr, a bill to incorporate a company with a capital stock of $60,000, divided into Shares of $6O each, to construct a road From Coltimbia, thro' Reading - to Allentown, the road to be commenced in five year. and completed in ten. Mr. Hiestand, a bill for the registering - and pro jection of doge, and declaring them the subject. of Larceny in Lancaster county. It requires the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions to procure a docket, at the expense of the county, in which the owner of any dog in Lancaster county, who shall furnish to the Clerk a description of his or her dog as to the breed, color, height, and such other mark as he or she may be able to give, shall have these particulars entered at length, and the clerk shall give the owner a certified copy of the levy, for which the clerkaindl receive a . fee of --The owner may, on selling, transfer such' certifi cate of registry to the purchaser, whe can have a note of the transfer made on the docket, on payitig the clerk twenty-five cents. All ; doge or slots reg istered according to the provisions of this act, are declared to be personal property, and as Much the subject of larcepy as any other kind of personal property, and'every person steilieg nth dogs shall be liable to proseintion arid indictment in the Court of Quarter Benin: Every peradir'who milicionsly poisons, shoots, maims or otherwise •Injures. any dog so registered, shall be liable -to prosecution and indictment for malicious mischief.- Mr. Herr, also read in place a bill toi incorpo. rate. the Susquehanna Steamboat Navigation Com pany. It is the same bill,waittiffered last winter. Mr. Hiestand,also read in pl,ar,e, a MI; to,,ingor parite Safety Compsny,to be located in the city of Lancaster, with a capital stock of 1500,000, divided into shares of 860 each Demoiratic :Harmony. r , Tali Coster - .': '' --': msocnadr is Con nassmi:—Thr fai, iir. , utting's recent move ment in the m - *Sich it occurred, harsal rtone'mucti sta.kArisarmonizing the 410:IN stratiityi in , Orktkof Congress. Up to h a : ... 1 ,..t,...e, was het% y6 . _ any that there was seriorif .., .. ; nto thenkinbinistration. This view , Afte eagititucof„ . there, was urgetkvvi it t ;-1 I nsiiilh yeti any outside gentlern: • , who are anxious to have ge take that turn, as to induce half a dozen members not from N. York, who are certainly mucledliposed to be disaffected,' to "cut up" extensively in. the position they took ila•Pritle.c9lSVc4attli4&t %ma Poliries.Laflains. They ledi men of the' press stationed h to fancy that n their resolution at heart, would ooze from their fingers l ends. So those not behin the curtain, very generally - thought that the -Administration would be subjected to serious embarrassment from back :habde&blowe from nominal friends on all passing occasions. The delusion, however, has already I passed away. The gentlemen IN'ar"--wefe to have atigentruliiiii iiiigislitnerhe - Pinsidelit,liViil-' ready abandoned that intention, and will be found carefully ! seeking to register their names on every qiiestionlin his favor, lest by failing so to do, they may strengthen the hands. of rivals at home, who are watching to make capital against them, on the ground that they are using their seats in Congress to embarrass rather than to strengthen the Demo , cretin party and its policy,: 'This entire abandonment of them by 'those on whom the anti.administration Democrats of -New York relied implicitly for backing up Mr. Cutting's movement, it strikes us, will have the effect of in during them (those New Yorkers)• to abandon all idea of opposition; more especially as a majority . 1 of them really sympathize most earnestly with 1 each and every point in the Administration's policy not immediately connected with New York affairs. For instance, Messrs. Cutting, Walsh and Wel. bridge, will certainly be found voting With the Dem. ocratic party on each and every emocratic test question not immediately appertaining to N. York politics. Perhaps we maY , say 'quite as much for Messrs. Wheeler and Oliver. As for Mr. Lyon, the eccentric member of, the present Congress, he admits-no indentification with the Democratic party. When recently in the New York Legisla• tore; he seemed to delight in voting rigorously first with one side and next with the other. Indeed, so far, he has voted after the same tashion here, throw• iog his votes against the Democrats or, nearly ev ery question which (the latter consider) involve a test of the member's political position. On the whole, we ate now able to nay confiden , • ly, that there is to he no Democratic opposition of .the least moment in either House. More or lees of those counted on recently in tue Senate as likely to essay' trouble for the Administration, have never entertatted the least idea o, doing anything 01 the sort: Others, on seeking explanations on points in which they had personal 'grievances, have discov ered that they are themselves in error. While the rest were bent on getting up a "muss all around," find that they must lose tar more than they can make by any ouch thing; so, of course, they have changed, their tactics.— Washiagion Star. OPERATIONS OF THE MINT.—The coinage ot gold at the Philadelphia Mint, during the mogul' of December, was $1;,671,572, a fair proportion of. which, was in quarter eagles and dollars. The amount ot gold' madti into bars was $2,619,561. The silver coinage amounted to $914,260, inclu ding over $600,000 in dimes and half dimes. Of copper, $15,312 89 cents, and $lB5 57 half-cents were coined. Where they all go tti, is as great a mystery as the total disappearance of the immense number of pins constantly manufactured. The deposits of Gold from California fog the month were s4i39s,on,)and from other sources $50,000, making a totafsMi $4,445,000 against $3,650,051 the previous month. Silver bullion deriosited, $160,000. The total coinage at the Philadelphia Mint. in 1853, was as follows : PIECES. VALUES. Gold, 7;253,576 $51,888,882 50 Silver, 55,751,068 7,852,571 60 Copper, 6,770,825 67,059 73 69,775,469 $59,808,513 98 The total deposits of gold during the year 1853, amounted to $53,337,522; being 52,307,270 more than in 1852, The deposits of gold at the several Branch Mints for the past year, up to the Ist of December, were $2,384,888, making an aggregate of $55,658;440, • Mueisrea To Caurs.—lnformation has been re. ceived of Mr. McLahe's (oui: Minister to China) arrival in France. He has appointed Mr. Edward Le of New York, his Private Secretary, who accompanies him. Mr. McLane embarks on board the U. S. steamship Saranac, at Marseilles, in com• pany with Mr. Carroll Spence, onr Minister. Resi. dent at Constantinople. The Saranac will proceed to Constantinople at once, and there land Mr. S. Whether the ship remains, or goes on to Alexan dria with Mr. McLane and his suite, will depend upon the exigencies of Eastern affairs on her ar rival. If she remains, Mr. McLane will take the French steamer to Malta, and go thence to Alex andria by the British East India Mail steamers. It is Mr. McLane's intention to proceed direct to Can" ton, and go thence to Nankin. He will then return to Macao, and embark.on iboard the Susquehanna and go with Corn. Perry to Japan in the spring. • ERIE RAILROAD.-A Bill has been introduced in the Senate for the, incorporation of a Company to construct a ,Railroad from Erie to the Ohio State line, through Erie or Crawford county, or purchase any ioad already constructed. Mesita. John W. Geary, Chambers McKibben, George M. Lauman, Wm. F. Packer, W. T. Morison,. John 0. Rocka fellow, John Snodgrass and R. Colman, are named as corporators, with a capital stock of $500,000, but with power to increase the stock to any amount deemed necessary to complete thei road—the road to be commenced within one year from the passage of the act, and completed within three years. The tolls authorized to be collected are the same as on the Harrisburg and Lancaster Road, in this State, under a proviso that a discrimination of twenty five per cent. shall be made in favor_of trade sad travel passing to Sr from the Sunbury and Erie Rail roads. The bones the corporators propose. to pay the State for the privileges granted, is $250,000. The road is to be built subject to the General Rail road Law of 1849, which .authorires the Directors to fix the page as they may deem proper. A SHARP RETORT.— Tne New York Tribune has 'a way of its own' for rebuking the impertinences of correspondents. See what a •sockdolager' it ad ministers to one who' foolishly imagined,like many more of his class—that subscribing for the paper gave him the right to contribute to its column : 'A MrsTAKE.—W. S. writes us. that he lately sent a dollar ,(as a subscription) and a communi cation for our columns—that the dollar was retain ed and, the paper seat, butrhe article not printed— wherelrom concludes :that 'money ,is in better demand in your .market than brains.' If that were true, it would not be amazing,us Fathoms are sup posed to have more brains than money ; but his conclusion is not justified by his premises. • The num* was genuine; the brains bogus.' 89A111.1 or CANAL COMMISSIONIIIB.—Hon. Thom as H. Forsyth, the new* elected Canal Commis sioner, entered upon the discharge of his doles on the 10th inst."' 'The 'Board, consisting" of Messrs. Clover, HoplrinsArla:Foregth, organized on the said day by the appointment of Gen. Seth Clover as President, and Thomas L. Wilson as Secretary. • Wm. T. Morison, Esq.,the late President of the Board, has, during.his official term, earned a high reputation as an able, faithful and courteous officer, and carries ihto his retirement the best wishes of a large circle -of friends 'for his 'future prosperity. On Monday last, his colleagues passed the follow ing resolution, which was not intended-as an un meaning compliment : ' • • Reaolved,,That the thanks — of the junior mem bers of the Board a'e' due tb the' Hod..Virm. T. °Morbion for'the kind and gentfeinanfy manner in Which' he' has diachafged•the' detien 'of President of the Board, ind that' he carries with •him into his retirement their beat wishes for his future health and prosperity. ',, ....COAL TRADE or 1853.—The amount of coal sent to market in 1853, from Sch4!kill county, inde pendent of the Pinegtove region, was'as follows By Railroad, Canal, Sent in 1852, Increase in 1852, only enosylvania- , glAlature. The Speaker 'announced the following as the standing 4mittees for the session: Inc*i-Messrs. Bnckalew, Derain, E W Ham lin; rabkend MFarltuid. indiciari—Meatirs: Heker, Kunkel, Quiggle, Pria and Platt, Sager, Barnes, Wilet , rY ,va b res ti' a c n k a M. Esc es h ra. ;a - t E s- 4? M an; essrs,•B D Hamlin, Hen driekpfresswell, Price and Foulkrod. Pensions and Gratuities—Mosul, Barnes, Ham-. ilton, Ferguson, Fry and Hoge. , - Coffolagicris-1-MeTssrs. Goodwin, Darlington, Haldeman, M'Clintock and Mellinger. Library—Messrs. Jamison, Cresswell and Kin zer. Public Buildings—Messrs. M'Fariand, Skinner and Piatt. Banks—iMessris. Haldeman, Crabb , Buckslew, Hendricks and Fiy. • .Canals and Inhand Navigation--Messrs. E W Hamlin, Hamilton, Hiester and Fou lkrod. Railrbads—,Messra. Quiggle, Slifer, Goodwin, Kunkel and .IWClintock. ' Election Districts—Messrs. Sager, Skinner,Jam ison Hamilton and _Wherry. Retrenchment and Reform—Messrs'Cressw ell, Mellinger, E W Hamlin, Kinzer and Sager. Education-4tesars M'Clintoek, Evans, Jamison Darlington and ilieider. • Agriculture and Domestic Mahufacture—Messrs Skinner, Wherry,: Frick, Haldeman and Ferguson Militia--Messra. Fry, Crabb, INFFarland, Hen. dricksiand Jamison. • Roads and Bridges—Messrs. M'Farland, Barnes, Ferguson, Hoge alnd trick. Compare Bills—Messrs. Foulkrod, Furgeson, Wherry, Mellinger and Fry. Vice and Immorality—Messrs. Slifer, Goodwin, Mellinger, Hoge and Pr A e. Private Claims! and Dlmages—Kinzer, Cresswell, Darsie, Foulkrod ;and B D Hamlin. Public Printing—Darlington, Evans, B D Ham lin, Mellinger and Foulkrod. New Counties+-Messrs. Piatt, Slifer, Kunkel, &claim and ()niggle. The Speaker has announced the following atand ing, Committeeb Ways and Mea4s—Roberts, Hart, Patterson, Hip pie, Hall, Rowe, Eldred and Moser. j, Judiciary—Lowrey„Knight, Monaghan, Cook, l'armlee, Davis; Clbamberlin ' Hamilton and Pensions, &c' 1W right, Johnston, Caldwell, Stew art, I Miller Sidle and Adams. • . _ Claims--Fry, Beck, Gibboney, Hillis, GilmOre, Crane and Wheeler. Agriculture—CarHere, Gallentine, Gray, Wilson, Sallade, Simonton and Cummings. • Education—Monaghan, Daugherty, Putney, De- France, Stewart, McKee and Foster. Domestic Manufactures—Baldwin, Calvin; Ham• ilton, Abraham, Rawlins, Sallade and Groom. Accounts—McKee, Barton, Eldred, Perk, Sidle, Caldwell and Horn. 'Vice and Immorality—Cook, Gibboney, Byer, Smith, 01 Crawford, Muse,. Putney and Gwin. Militia Systeut—Byer, Hills, Jackman, Herr, Boyd, Hunsecker 'and Hunter. Election Districts—Manderfield, Bush, Athar-, ton, Gray, Cumniings„Edinger and Gilmore. Banks—Foster, Ziegler, Fry, Sdott, Daugherty,' Passmore, Cook,;Fletcher and Ellis. Estates and Escheats—Bright, Struthers, Bing-• ham Johnston, Hiestand, Shirk, Stockdale and Ziegler. Roads and Bridges—Laury, Gwin,Groom, Beck, McCoombs, Smith, of Bucks, and KYII.III. Corporations—lStrathers,,,Barton, Strong - , Hum mel, Moore, McGee, Montgomery, Carlisle, and Lowry. Local Appropriationtilgore, Line, Parmlee, Maguire, Parmlee, Shenk and Simonton. Lands—Moore ? Palmer ' Collins, Eckert, ftaw r - line, AdilMB and Divorces—Stockdale, De France, Chamberlain, Smith, of Berke, Evana, Jackman and Huett. New Counties; and County Seate—Dunning, McConnel, Deegan, Beane, Porter, Byerly and un ter. Compare Edinger, Bush, McColl nal and Ellis. Library—Patterson, Roberts and Hen. Canals and Inlbnd Navigation—Scott, Hart,Col line, Killgore 7 Dugan, Strong, Wickloin, yerly and Atherton. Railroad—Rovie, Davis, Downing, Laury, Pau more, Hippie, Wright, Montgomery and Bingham. Printing—Moser, Eckard and Miller. Public Buildings—Wicklein, Linn and Gallan tine. Mn. EDITOR notice in the Inland Daily that a correspondent 'speaks_very highly of our friend CoNNER as a police officer, strongly recommending him for High Constable of the city. Now lam pleased to see any of our city officers well spoken of; and therefore. would beg leave to continue the subject by "reconimending for that responsible of fice our esteemed fellow citizen, hondst, JOHN MYERS. Mr. Myers has invariably performed his dutiei faithfully and with much satisfaction to our citizens, and indeed with credit to our city. i•ie has been respected for . his goodness of heart, honesty of purpose, and humanity, and he served the citizens with active fidelity when the salary would not al low any other to.aspire to the office. The young Shanghais .may now crow very lustily, but they have a good deal to learn before they can frighten the old Rooster off the track. Let the faithful of who has the confictince of our citizens be once more re-elected for thi good he has done, and the peace of our city will be preserved. THE Biocaa Conompt.—A writer in the Pius burg Union thus gums up the Delegates'to the State Convention at Harrisburg : Adams, Armstrong,. &c., Beaver, Sm.,' -Bedford, &c., Berke, &c., Bradford, Bucka, Carbon, &c., Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, &c;, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Greene, Luzerne, Mercer, &c., Montgomery, Northumberland, Northampton, &c., Perry, Philadelphia city, " county, Schuylkill, , Somerset, Susquehanna, 4c Tioga, Union, &c., Washington, Wayne, 11 . - 3 The above 75 are Representatives delegates: and the Senatorial as far as heard from, are all for Gov Bigler, with the exception of 1 in Chester, 1 in Bucks, and I in Westmoreland, which are doubtful and there are 6 Senatorial yet to be elected, togeth er with several Representative delegates from Al legheny, Lancaster, and five or six smaller coun ties, making 25 Senatorial delegates already sure for Bigler, which added to the above 75, makes 100 of the 133; the whole number that compose ottr Slate Convention, and shows a majority of 67 for' Bigler, In the event that all the doubtful, and those yet to be elected,!should go for 'a new man.' which will not be the Case; but on the contrary, not less, than 14 of them will be added to the 100 already for Bigler, leaving only 12 of the 133 in doubt. HANDSOME TiIiATMENT.--The following in stance of liberality on the part of the proprietor of the United States Hotel, at Philadelphia, towards those of the D. C. Delegation to the Convention of Veterans of 1812, who put up at his house,- is de serving of the highest commendation. On the del egates calling for their 'bills, the following qccount was banded to them: Capt To U.S.. Hotel', Dr. For three dayi , boarding $6. Received pay ment in full by gallant service in' the war of 1812. C. H. MILLER'. PHILADELPHIA ,! Jai:Wary 10, 1854. The patriotism.'and gentlemanly feeling of the action speaks for itself.— Washington Star.: - . A Nswerteso wNsnassu.s.—Tbe publication of a newspaper called the Nebraska Democrat, has been commenced at Old Fort Kearney, in the un recognized territory. It strongly urges the passage of the territorial bill by congress, and says that should this be done now, a flourishing city Would immediately spring up at th!,place where the Dem ocrat is published) In the U S. Supreme Court, a "feiedays. ago, an attorney at law was idmittid to practice, whose residence was officially i announced in the ptoceedings as Nebraska. 1,582,211 tons 888,869 " 2,471,080 2,450,950 20,130 tons. High Constable. FIDELITY
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