lutelngo= Sr, .21ournal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster, February 14,1854.
Delegate Elections.
To the Democratic Freemea of the City and
County of Lancaster:
In accordance wittC.the resgrutions of the Coun
ty Committee adopted on Wednesday last, you are.
requested to assemble in the several Wards of the
City and Boroughs and Townships of the County,
on Saturday, the 18th day of February next, then
and there to elect not lees than three nor more than
five delegates to represent each District in a gener
al County Convention, to be held on Wednesday
the 22d day of February following, at 11 o'clock,
A. M., at the public house of Jacob Ziegler, in
North Queen street, in the City of Lancaster, for
the purpose of electing six delegates to represent
the Democracy of the County of Lancaster in the
Annual State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg
on Tuesday' the Bth
_nay of Much next, for the
nomination of candidates for bovernor ' reme
Judge and Canal Commissioner. In pulloutce o a
resolution of the Democratis County Committee
the Chairman would respectfully recommend the
Democracy of the several Districts to elect the del
egates by ballot.
The several Ward, Borough and Township
Committees are requrted to give early notice in
their respective Districts, of the time and place• of
meeting tor the election of Delegates.
11.B:SWARR,
, Chairman Dem.. County Committee
Lancaater, January 24th, 1854.
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Delegate Electlons.
The Democrats of the N. W. Ward, of the city,
will meet at Reese's Hotel, North Queen street, on
Saturday evening next, at 7 o'clock, for the pur
pose of electing five delegates to represent said
Ward in the ensuing County Convention.
-The Democrats of the S. W. Ward, at Fitzpat-
rick's Hotel, in South Queen street, at the same
time, for . the same purpose.
The Democrats of the N. E. Ward, at Miller's
Hotel, in E. Chesnut street, at the same time, and
for the same purpose:
The Democrats of the S. E. Ward, at Messen
kop's Hotel, in E. King street, at the same time,
for the same purpose.
By order of Executive Committees
frr The Democrats of Lancaster township, will
meet at the public house of Maj. Charles Nauman,
on Saturday afternoon next, the 18th inst., between
the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock, for the purpose of
electing five delegates to represent said township
in the ensuing County Convention. By order of
the Executive Committee.
The Delegate Elections.
We once more remind our Democratic friends
throughout the county, that Saturday next, the 18th
iTt., is the day fixed upon for holding the delegate
elections, and we hope to hear of a general atten
dance upon that occasion. The delegates elected
in the several wards, boroughs and townships of
the county, will meet in convention on the follow
ing Wednesday, for the purpose of appointing six
delegates to the State Convention of the Bth of
March. The latter pody will hale to make the
nominations for Governor, Supreme Judge and Ca
nal Commissioner—hence the importance of hav
ing Lancaster County fairly and honestly repre
sented upon that occasion, and also the necessity
of a strongly marked popular, expression at the
. 'primary, or delegate elections. We therefore, once
for all, urge the Democrats of the county to attend
their delegate meetings on Saturday next.
Governor Bigler
It is now, rendered certain that Governor Broxrat
will receive the votes of at least 120 out of the
133 delegates which will compose the next State
Convention, and we should not be surprised if his
re-nomination is made by acclamation! Indeed,
we confidently expect a unanimous nomination, in
asmuch as the opposition to him throughout the
State is now whittled down to the hide end o
nothing. Judge BLACK'S re-nomination will also
be unanimous. The contest Will be for Canal
Commissioner, as shere are several very worthy
men spoken of for that nomination. Col. Iviorx ,
of Pike- county, seems to have the inside track at:
present, and whoever is able to get ahead of him
will doubtless be selected.
Important Arrests.
This community was startled on Tuesday last
by the announcefrient that two of our most prom
sent citizens, Judge Q. B. VONDERSMITII and Gen.
GEORGE Fonn, were arrested by they. S. Marshal
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on the
charge of obtaining pension monies to a large
amount from the Government by means of fraudu
lent and forged certificates.. After being in custo-_
dy for several hours, they sued out a writ of habe
as corpus before Judge Long, who admitted them
to bail in the sum of woo each for their appear.
ance a! the next term of the U. S. District Court
to commence in Philadelphia on Monday next, and
discharged them from the custody of the Marshal.
The same individuals W . ere re-arrested by the
Marshal, on Friday evening, and gave bail in
$5OOO each for their appearance at the U. S. Dis
trict Court. WALTER 'G. EVANS, Esq., was also
arrested at the same time, and gave a similar
amount of bail for his appearance at Court. The
latter gentleman is the Magistrate before whom
it appears, the alleged fraudulent acknowledgments
were taken. It they are fraudulent, it is highly
probable the Alderman was imposed upon.
As the whole subject will come up fos investiga
tion before the prOpevriburral, we forbear making
any comments, so as riot to prejudice the public
mind one way or the other. If they are guilty
they should be made to suffer the full penalty o
the law; but, if Innocent (and we sincerely hope
such may turn out to be the case,) they should
have theiympathy of the whole community. -
Rumor (which is not always reliable) says that
other parties are more or less implicated in the
frauds, and several new arrests will shortly be made
We hope not for the credit of our city.
Hon. J. Glancy Jones.
At the special election held in Berks county, on
the 4th inst., to fill the vacancy occasioned in Con
gress by the death of Mr. Muhlenberg, Mr. AMES,
the Democratic candidate was elected by the fol
lowing vote:
.4jones (Derr.)
~..)zeeim (Whig)
At the regular Congressional eleetion ,in 1852,
when the same candidates were in the field, Mr.
Joicr.s' majority was only 530 ! The result on the
4th inst. must be peculiarly gratifying to that gen
tleman, as it is to his numerous friends throughout
the State.
E cr We observe by the Carlisle papers, that our
old friend, Judge STIJAAT, declines having his name
-presented to the State Convention for-the nomina
tion of Canal Commissioner, as recommended by
the Denibcratic Convention of Cumberland county.
The Judge is every inch a Democrat, and is unwil
ling by the use of his name, in any way ( to embar
rass the. delegates of his county, or the action of
the Convention. His name was presented to the
public, for that office, without his knowledge or
consent, and he has promptly withdrawn it.
THE ' INDEPENDENT WHID. S .-Mr. FENN, the
new editor, has made a decided improvement in
the appearance of his paper. The Independent
Whig is mow published in quarto form, printed
with new type and on a superior quality of paper,
altogether making it one of the very beat looking
weeklies in the State.
Mr Hon. WILLIAM Prrr FESSENDEN (Whig)
has been elected a U. S. Senator, by the Legisla
ture of Maine.
DONEGAL DEPOSITS Bs.ax.—The bill incorpom
ting the Donegal Deposits Bank, at, Marietta, in
this county, passed the Senate finally, on Friday
last, by a vote of 16 to H.
ID To-day is St. Valentine's Day
Prince Albert in a Eli.
The husband of the'Qoeen, it appears, has be
come unpopular in England, by the course he has
pursued in reference to the Russian land Turkish
war. - His influence has been potent in favor of the
former power, against'all the feelings and interest
of the nation; and it in said that bis conduct will
be the subject of Parliamentary investigation. It
is charged that he has gone so far as to betray se
crets of State to the Russian and Austrian - Minis
ten, of which he had possession by virtue , of the
relation he sustains to the Queen. Many of the
public journals are open and bold in their attacks
upon him, and, from being quite popular in the
kingdom, he has become odious to a large and
powerful party. His position hereafter in England
is likely to become extremely uncomfortable on
that account. Speaking of Prince Albert, the CM , '
cinnati Enquirer says :
By the English law and constitution he is a ci
pher in the government—no functions 01 a politi
cal nature devolving upon him. Heretolore he has
ap eciated his positionand kept within his sphere,
and h rice has arisen his popularity. The tact is
Pr Albert is a German, with. the predilections
of nation, having no English feeling in his com
position. He is a petty, third rate sovereign in that
country, and therein are his sympathies and prepo
sessions. He thinks much more of his German in
terests than of the true policy of England. This
has been a peculiarity of nearly all of the Guelph
dynasty, to which Queen Victoria belongs. That
family, before they came to the English throne,
reigned in Hanover, a small German state, and it
has since been their patrimony—constituting near
ly all of the possessions of England upon the con
tinent. :Tore than one long and bloody war has
been waged' by Great Britain simply for the pro
tection of Hanover, a state of no advantage to her
—but which has been regarded with peculiar in
terest by her sovereigns.
It has cost her thousands of lives and millions of
treasure to retain it for her kings. The ablest En
glish statesman, since the German family came to
throne, have denounced the policy which made the
interests of England subordinate to those of Han
over. The disastrous continental alliancea. which
have been Timed by England within the last cen
tury have had for one object the protection of Han
over to the crown. The fact that they were the
rulers of that country, and their frequent intermar
riages with German families, have prevented them
from becoming English in their sympathies. The
two first Georges could hardly speak a single word
in English correctly, and spent hall their time in
Hanover, and, if we are not mistaken, one of them
died in that country. This Guelph family have
never possessed but a small quota of brains, and
hardly any of them was ever popular in England,
although loyalty there is a great virtue and char
acteristic of the people.
George First and Second had but little intellect
and were most immoderate drinkers, if not absolute
drunkards. They were coarse, rough and vulgar
p erso n a ges. George Third Was insane during the
latter portion of his reign, and the Government was
administered in the name 01 his son as Prince Re
gent. George Fourth was an unprincipled rake
and debauches, who, if he had been a private indi
vidual, would nave been sent to the penitentiary.—
His character is well illustrated by his brutal con-
I duct to his Queen, which called lorth the burning
invective of Lont Brougham ' in a speech upon the
trial of the latter, when the King applied for a di
vorce in 1820, that will ever be considered one of
the best specimens on record of manly eloquence.
He did not spate the royal debauchee, but laid on
the lash most justly. His brother, William Fourth,
was a man of better character, and was more pop
ular with the nation, until towards the close of his
threatenedreign, when he theened to veto the Parliamenta
ry Reform Bill—a prerogative which no monarch
had used for a hundred and tiff) , years—a matter
which created so much. excitement that he did not
dare stem the tide . of popular odium which such a
step would be sure to create—and finally put his
signature to the measure.
The passage of that act, it is thought by many,
prevented a revolution that would have overturned
the monarchy. Thomas Babinglon Macauley, the
great essayist and historian, gave - utterance to the
popular sentiment when he exclaimed in the House
IA Commons, in reply to an opponent who said the
bill could not succeed—'Over or through this house
this bill must pass.' Queen Victoria has been by
tar the most popular member of the House of Han
over who ever reigned in Great Britain. She has
submitted herself most implicitly to the guidance of
her Cabinet counsellors, no matter what party
might be in power. She has had the reputation of
being an amiable personage, who confined herself
strictly to domestic matters--letting public con
cerns alone. Her intellect is probably of the most
mediocre kind—resembling, in that respectiPber
family predecessors.
It is now charged that under the promptings of
Prince Albert and his German counsellors she is
disposed to govern as well as reign. Her inclina
tions are not to join with France in maintaining
the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. She dislikes
Louis Napoleon as a parvenu sovereign ' and openly
expresses a partiality for the cause of the Bourbons.
Lord Aberdeen, the ihefficient Prime Minister,
whose Russian predilections are well known, has
had her countenance and,support. The English
court and the English nation are now opposed to
each other in regard to the policy of the country,
for the first time in many years. We have but lit
tle doubt which will be obliged to give way. Queen
Victoria will yield, as did her predecessor, William
IV, upon the Reform Bill, to which we have above
alluded. Prince Albert will be made to understand
when Parliament meets, that he has incurred the
censure of the nation by his improper interference
in governmental affairs, and England will be made
to assume that position in the Eastern difficulty
which her power and interests entitle her to take.
In the Field;
Quite a number of names are already mentioned,
in connexion with the Mayoralty of Philadelphia,
under the new charter which goes into operation
in June next. Amongst others on the Democratic
side we notice those of Hon. George M. Dallas ,
Richard Van; William L. Hirst, William C. Pat
terson and John G. Brenner—and on the Whig
side, Charles Gilpin, Esq., the present Mayor, Col.
A. G. Waterman, Gen. Cadwalader, and others. The
ealary:iss4ooo,land the new Mayer will have about
two : thousand appointments of various kinds to
make ! So tar as patronage is concerned, it will
be an office of vastly more importance than that
of Governor of the State.
GEORGE LrPrenn.—The Philadelphia Sun re
cords the death of this somewhat celebrated indi
vidual, which occurred on Thursday morning last,
in the thiity-first year of his age. Mr. L. had be
come widely known as the author of the ' Quaker
City,' and many other peculiar romances. He pos
sessed more than ordinary talent as a graphic wri
ter; and, although his effusions were in many in
stances marked with an erratic character, his style
was popular with the reading masses and his de
scriptions unusually and strongly picturesque.—
The last work from his pen was 'Eleanor, or Slave
Catching in the Quaker City,' now in course of
publication by the Sunday Mercury. He died in
extreme poverty—the fate of many a genius be
fore him. Peace to his ashes!
Bradford County.
The Democratic Convention ol Bradford county
has instructed its delegates to the State Convention
to support the nomination of Cinema Thomas, of
Towanda, for Canal Commissioner. Resolutions
of instruction were also unanimously adopted, in
favor of the re-nomination of Governor BIGLER and
Chief Justice BLACK. Resolutions complimentary
to Presideht PIERCE and Postmaster General
Caximam.,were likewise adopted without a dissent
ing voice.
Tin Eau WAR Or - Ea!—The prompt Action of
the Legislature in repealing the Franklin Charter,
and the no less praise-worthy promptitude of Gov
ernor Blinn in repairing to the scene of the dis-
turbance, has had the desired effect. The track on
both roads has been re•lafd, and cars are again
running. The two tracks lap at Erie, and facili
tiefs for changing freight conveniently have been
made. Order once more reigns in—Erie! and the
Governor has returned to Harrisburg.
CHESTER Cousrpr.—The Democratic County.
Convention of 'Chester has appointed :delegates to
the State Convention, and instructed them to sup•
port the re-nomination of Gdv. Brom and Judge
BEACH. Delaware and Mercer counties have also
instructed the same way.
1:17 - The Democratic Union is down 'tooth and
nail' upon the Canal Commissioners for issuing free
tickets tb Clergymen passing over the publicworks.
The Common Schools.
, We are opposed : to too much tamperingwith the
Common Schools of the State. Any glaring de
fects in the system should, it possible, be remedied
by wise and prudent legislation, but all reforms
should look to the general goed, and conduce to
the harmony of the whole.' Stich, we apprehend,
will not be the effect of the provisio4s couched m
the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sections of
bill, introduced by Mr. McClintock, and now pencl.:
lug in the State Senate. The sections read as fol.
lows:
SECTION 28. That if any common school is or
shall hereafter be endowed by bequest or otherwise,
the board of directors or controllers of the district
in which such school may be situated, are hereby
authorized to allow said school to remain under the
immediate direction of the regularly appointed trus
tees of the same, and to appropriate so much of the
district fund to the said school as they may think
just and reasonable. Provided, That such school
shall be open to the visits of the directors or con
trollers of the district and conducted in conformity
with the common school system, so far as the same
is applicable thereto.
SECTION 29. That when a free school of the:com-
Mon grade in any district shall be maintained un
der the care and direction of any religious society,
it shall be lawful for the directors or controllers of
such district to cause to be paid to the proper per
son or persons, for the support of such school, any
portion of the school funds of the district which
they may deem just and reasonable, not exceeding
the rateable share of the inhabitants whose children,
wards or apprentices shall be taught in such school.
Provided, That said directors or controllers shall
be satisfied that such payment is not injurious to
the common schools of such district, and that such
free school shall be opened to the visits of the di
rectors or controllers; and conducted in conformity
with the common school system.
:Now, we are strongly inclined to the opinion
that the above provisions are radically and funda
mentally wrong, and that, if enacted into a law
they would be the entering wedge to a total de
struction of the common school , system. It would
be, in tact, introducing a sectarian influence which •
was wisely guarded against by the founders of the
system, and which has proved to be injurious
wherever it has been attempted. If one church or
religious society has a right to establish a school,
and draW upon the general fund for a- "rateable
share" thereof, every other church and religious so
ciety have the same right, and would not be slow
in availing themselves of the privilege ; and thus
we should no longer have a system of common
schools, but a loose and disjointed system which
would be prolific only of heart-burning and jeal
ousies, and end in the total prostration of that which
has been the pride and boast of Pennsylvania for
the last seventeen or eighteen years. '
We hope the Legislature will deliberate carefully,
over this subject. It is above all others of tran
scendent importance. The common schools of the
State are in a flourishing condition, and the bene
fits resulting from them are beginning_to be felt
and appreciated by the people. One false step now
may lead to irretrievable disorder and confusion,
from which long years of subsequent legislation
might not be able to extricate them. The com
mon schools are emphatically the colleges of the
masses, and the people should regard, with a jeal
ous eye, any attempt to produce a fundamental
change, such as the bill in question contemplates.
ca. Since the above was in type, we have seen
it stated in one of our exchanges that the two sec
tions referred are literal transcripts of the'act of
1849. How this is we do not know, as we have
not seen a copy of that act before us. But, wheth.
er or not, in our humble opinion, they should be
stricken out of any law relating to the common
school system, as being impolitic, unwise and preg
nant with evil.
The Slavery Question.
As the discussion growing out of the Nebraska
bill, now pending in Congress, bids fair to open up
anew the agitation of the Slavery question, we pub•
lish below correct copies of so much of the laws
bearing upon the subject, as may be interesting to
our readers:
Missouri Compromise
The 3th section of an act, entitled 'An act to au
thbrise the people of the Missouri Territory to form
a constitution and State government, and for the
admission of said State into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, and to prohibit 51a•
very in certain Territories;' approved March Bth,
1821, contains the following enactment: 'provided,
that in all territory ceded by France to the United
States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies
north of thirty•six degrees and thirty minutes north
latitude, not included within the limits of the State
contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary
srrvitude, otherwise than in the punishment of
crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly
convicted shall be, and is hereby forever probibifei,
Provided, always, that any person escaping into th
same from whom labor or service is lawfully claim ,
St ed in any State or Territory of the United St es,
such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and con
veyed to the person claiming his or her lap r or
service, as aforesaid.'
-annexation of Texas.
The third article of the second section of the
'joint resolutions for annexing Texas to the United
States,' approved March Ist 1845, amongst other
things, prqvides 'that tiew States of convenient size
not exceeding four in number, in addition to said
State of Texas and having sufficient population,
may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be
formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be
entitled to admission under the provision of the
federal constitution. And such States as may, be
formed out of that portion of said territory lying
south of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north
latitude, commonly known as the Missouri Com
promise Line, shall be admitted into the Union
with or without slavery, as the people of each State
asking admission may desire. And in such
State or States as shall be formed out of said
territory north of .the Missouri Compromise Line,
slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime)
shall be prohibited.
Compromise of 1850.
c
The fifth proposition of entitled 'An act
proposing to the State of exas, the establishment
of the Northern and We ern boundaries, the relin
quishment by the said Sta of all rritory claim
ed by her exterior to said boun aries, and of all
her claims upon the United States, and to establish
a Territorial Government for New Mexico,' appro
ved Sept. 9th 1850, amongst other things provided
as follows: 'Provided, that nothing herein con
tained shall be construed to impair, or qualify any
thing contained in the third article of section sec
ond of the joint resolutions for annexing Texas to
the United States.' Approved March Ist, A. D. 1345
Slavery Section of Douglas's Nebraska Bill.
SEC. 21. And be it furthetenacted, That, id" or
der to avoid all misconstruction, it is hereby de
clared to be the true intent and meaning of this act
so far as the question of slavery is concerned, to
carey into practical operation the following propo
sitions and principles established by the compro
mise measures of 1850, to wit:
First, That all questions pertaining to slavery in
the Territories, and in the new• States to be formed
therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the peo
ple residing therein, through their appropriate rep
resentatives.
Second, That !all cases involving the title to
slaves' and 'questions of personal Ireedom,' are re
ferred to the adjudication of local tribunals, with
the right to appeal to the Supreme Coart of the 11.
States.
Third, That the provisions of the Constitution
and laws of the United States in respect to fugitives
from service are to be carried into faithful execu
tion in all 'the organized Territories' the same as
in the States.
RLILROAD MOTEXENTS.—We learn from the
Baltimore Sun that application is about to be made
to the Legislathres of Pennsylvania and Maryland,
to allow the parties interested to consolidate the
railroad companies comprising the lines of route
between Baltimore and Harrisburg, with a view to
a more effective and economical administration of
their operations. The companies constituting this
line are the Baltimore and Susquehanna, York and
Maryland, and York and Cumberland. Under the
new arrangement money can be raised on the credit
of a consolidated loan to complete the road to
Sunbury without delay, and to build the branch
road to Canton, and also to double-track the road
as fast as the trade demands such an expenditure.
CC:r STRANGE !--The Free Soilers or Soft Shells
and Abolitionists, are now great sticklers for the
Missouri Compromise It is not long since they
denounced it in unmeasured terms. lint anything
to raise another Abolition excitement throughout
the country! as without that they will soon sink
into obscurity.
CITY AND. COUNTY ITEMS
City Election.
The following i* the result of the telection4bi
Municipal officers, held : in this City on Tuesday
last
NORTH EMT WARD,
Mayor—Henry Gorrecht,
Christian Kiffeer,
Michael Vl , Grann,
William Shuler,
High Constable—John Myer. . 226
John Conner, 158
City Constable—William Grubb,. • 183
- , Philip F. Baker, 218
Assessor—Willliam Demuth, 146
John Carr, , 190
Garret Everts, • 82
Judge—Robert King, 182
Henry Baumgardner, 224
Inspector—Samuel Rupley, 176
Robert A. Evans, ; 229
, •
Select Council—Hon. E. Schaeffer, ' 195
John Wise, 208
Common Council—William Cox, 170
John Weidler, 170
Thomas Cox, 175
Daniel Okeson, , l7O
Thomas C. Wiley, 225
Samuel H. Price,l 229
Joshua W. Jack, 234
J. J. Springer, 218
NORTH WEST WARD.,
Mayor—Henry Garrecht, 104
Christian Kieffer, 437
Michael McGrann, 17
William Shuler, 36
High Constable—John Myer, • 274
John Conner, 316
City Constable—George Huffnagle, 556
Assessor—Michael Bundel, 587
Judge—William B Wiley, 589
Inspector—James Chambers, 579
John M Wertz, 16
Select Council—George Wilson, 452
Wm Gorrecht, 116
Common Council -David Reese, 592
Dr. H E Muhlenberg, 593
Henry M White, 991
John Troyer, 590
' George Haughman, 690
SOUTH EAST WARD. •
Mayor—Henry Garrecht, 157
Christian Kieffer, 203
Michael MeGrann, 20
William Shuler, 4
High Constable—John Myer, 304
John Conner, 83
City Constable—Jacob Gundaker, a 331
George Leonard, 47
Assessor—P J McCollum, 199
John Rock, 120
Jacob Foltz, 54
Judge—Waiter G Evans, 357
Inspector—John H Reigart, 363
Jacob Wertzel, 15
Select Council—James Black, 272
Charles Gillespie, 101
Common Council---Jesse Landis, 360
H F W Fedderson, 345
William P Brooks, 362
SOUTH WEST WARD.
Mayor—henry Garrecht, 64
Christian Kieffer, 227
Michael M , Grann, 16
• William Shuler, l7
-High Constable—John Myer, 267
John Conner, 79
City Constable—George Hinkle, • 154
John Kuhns, 192
Assessor—Samuel Huber, 333
Scattering, 2
Judge—Michael Withers, 315
Scattering, 6
Inspector—Henry W. Gantz, 191
Henry Shaum, 82
M. H. Locher, 48
Select Council—Charles Gillespie, 365
James Black, 51
Common Council—George M Steinman, 282
Wm Mathiot 329
George Eichelberger 340
John Kautz. 47
RECAPITULATION
FOR MATOR AND HIGH CONSTABLE.
Total.
Pi 3.s
• . .
Henry Garrecht,-1 136 104 157 84 481
Christian Kieffer, I 221 437 204 227 1088
BlichabliSPGrann, 36 17 20 16 89
William Shuler, 22 36 4 17 79
The candidates elected are as follows, and were
all on the regular Democratic tickets except those
marked with a *, (Independents,) and the Whig
candidates tor Inspectors and Judges marked with
an t.
Mayor—Christian Kieffer*.
High Constable—John Myer.
City Constables—Jacob Gundaker, George Huff
nagle, John Kuhns,* Philip F. Baker.*
Assessors—Michael Bundel, Samuel Huber, John
Carr,* P. J. M>Collum.
Judges—N. W. W., Wm. B. Wiley ; S. W. W.,
Michael Withers; S. E. W., W. G. Evans; N. E.
W. H. Baumgardnert.
Inspectors—N.W. W., James Chambers, John
Wertz ;t S. W. W., Henry W. Gantz,Henry
':baum ; S. E. W, John H. Reigart, Jacob W rt
ze t; N. E. W., Samuel ' Rupley, R. A. Evanst.
Select Council—N. W. W., George Wilson ; N.
E. W., John V‘'ise*; S. W. W., Charles Gillespie.
Common Council—David Reese, Dr. H. E. Muh.
lenberg, Henry M. White, John Troyer, George
Haughman, Jesse Landis, H. F. W. Fedderson,
William P. Brooks, George M. Steinman,William
Mathiot, George Eichelberger, Thomas . Wiley*,
Samuel H. Price*, J. W. Jack*, J. J. Springer'.
co- The new City Councils were sworn in and
entered upon the discharge of their duties on Fri- .
day last. NEWTON LIGHTNER, Esq., was re-elected
President and JAMES C. CARPENTER, Clerk of the
Select, and Dr. H. E. MErfILENBEEG, President ant;
BEN.T.LEIIN SCHAIIM, Clerk of the Common Council.
Both branches then adjourned till Tuesday, (to-day)
when they will meet again for the purpose of elect
ing Street Commissioner, Regulators, Collector,
Treasurer, &c. &c.
Now that they are fairly under way, we hope
one of their first acts will be to look, at the condi
tion of some of our streets, including Centre Square,
and see whether a decided improvement could not
be made in them. Enough of City Tax is levied
each year, in all conscience, to make the streets
what they ought to be, and we see no good reason
why the work of reform should not commence
without delay. There is a goodly sprinkling of new
members in the Councils just organized, and as "a
new broom always sweeps clean," we have strong
hopes that something will be done to render the
streets and crossings passable to pedestrians in wet
weather. 'Will our City Fathers see to it.
Dxurcanorr.—On Sunday next, the 19th inst.,
the First German Reformed Church of this City
(Rev. Mr. Harbaugh's)will he formally dedicated
to the worship of God.
11J H.tianamirr & SPRING'S Nightingale]Min
strels will give one of their grand concerts, at Ful
ton Hall, on Saturday evening next, the 18th inst.,
on which occasion they will offer an attractive
programme. They are very excellent performers
and will no doubt draw a crowded house. For
particulars see small bills.
Yoram Letnas' Issrcrova.—The'Quarterly ex
amination in this excellent Institution took place
duriug a portion of the last week. Business pre
vented Ss from attending; but we learn Irom sev
eral who were present, that the examination was
alike:highly creditable to the gentlemanly and ac
complished Principal, Rev. Mr. Local, and the
young Ladies under his charge. We are pleased
to learn that the Institute is in a prosperous con
dition, steadily increasing in patronage and influ
ence.
Nzw ELECTION Durrarcra.—The following act
has passed both Houses of the Legislature, and is
now a law :
An Act relating to certain Election Districts
Sect. 1. That the township of Pequa, in Lancas
ter county, be and it is hereby erected into a sep
arate election district, and the elections shall be
held at the public house now occupied by Benja
mtn Rowe, in said township, and that John Me
eartney as judge, and Michael Zacher and Abra
ham Snavely as inspectors, are authorized and ap
pointed to hold the first election therein.
Sect. 2. That the township of Providence, in
Lancaster county, be and hereby is erected into a
separate election district, and the elections shall
be held at the public house now occupied by Mary
Miller, (Blue Bell tavern) in said township, and
that Samuel Huber as judge, and John K. Rohrer
and John Miller, jr., as inspectors, are authorized
and appointed to hold the first election therein.
ACCIDENT.—Mr. John Witmer, of Manor town
ship, was severely injured on Saturday morning
weok,-near DoerstlerPa mill, under' the following
circumstances: He was returning from meetings
driving a spirited horse attached to a light wagon,
when by some means the snaffle bit:broke, and in
attempting to get out and arrange it, the horse took
fright—throwing him to the ground and dragging
him .a considerable distance. The wheels of the
wagon passed over him. His wife was in the ve
hicle at the time, and when thelorse started threw
herself from it; fortunately she fell to the ground
without sustaining any injury. We are glad to
learn that Mr. Witmer is slowly recovering.
State of the Xianoaster Banks.
LANCASTER BANX.
• I Nov.t 7,, 1858. -
-
Capital'' • . . . . $403900 00
laterest'anci discount, . . '1,084 48
Profit and loss, . 4 . . 78
,719 74
,
Dividends,' . , 19,122 21
Due t:5) bauks,• • . I . , 124,787,46
Certificates of deposit, . . 62,207 19
Due to State Treasurer, . 84,221 45
Do. depositors, . , 851,262 03
. • $1,682;603 56
dit , Nov. 7, 1853.
Bills discounted, . . $1,256,573 97
' Do. receivable, . . 20,040 00
Bonds and mortgages, . . 43,000 00
Banking house, . • • 13,280 85
Conestoga, Steam Mills, . 59,000 00
Lanctister Bank stock, . . 4,155 00
Notes and checks of other banks, 92,093 66
Specie, . . . . 96,676 21
Due from banks, . . . 97,784 50
LASCABTER COUNTY BANK.
DR. Nov. 2, 1853.
Capital, . . . . $179,595 00
Notesin circulation, . . 531,725 00
Dividends unpaid, . . • 13,289 56
Contingent fund, . 12,699 54
Due State Treasurer, . • . 6,455 84
Due to banks, . . . I 16,000 00
Certificates of deposit, . 45,067 07
Depositors, . . . 131,161 32
$940,907 44
CA. Nov: 3, 1853.
Bills discounted, . . . $653,858 60
Bills under protest, . . 29,254 16
Mortgage,2o,ooo 00
. . .
Judgment bond, . . . 3,579 70
Bond discounted; ' . . 356 15
Real estate, . . . 8,603 26
Gold and silver, . . . 83,454 14
Bank notes current, . . 18,414 00
Do.. uncurreut, . . 29 00
Cash checks and bills, • . 23,445 62
Expenses, . . . . . . 10 78
Due from banks, . '. . 101,000 80
FARMERS' BANK OF LANCASTER.
DR. Nov. 1, 1853.
Capital stock, . . . $350,000 00
Notes in circulation, . . 610,530 00
Dividends unpaid, . . 1,281 50
Discounts, . . . . 28,084 07
Exchange, . . . . 1,495 17
Interest account, . . . 3,596 70
Profit and loss, . . . 26,944 22
Due to State of Penn'a, . 2,792 70
Do. " Treasurer, . , 354 . 94
Certificates of deposit, . . 6,644 83
Individual depositers, . 210,342 44
Due to banks, . . . 8,000 00
$1,250,850 34
Nov. 1, 1858.
Bills discounted, . . $824,178 61
Bills protested,. . . ' 51,628 97
Banking house, . . . 7,000 00
8.111 , 1,5 and loans, . . . 79,698 90
Sate of Pennsylvania, tempor
aryloan, . • . . . 20,000 00
Farmers' Bank stork, . . 39,700 00
Penn's Railroad company, . 15,000 00
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and
Middletown turnpike company, 2,559 00
Lancaster Locomotive Manufac
turing company, . . . 2,500 00
Expenses, . . . 2,494 61
Notes and checks of other banks, 26,523 67
Specie and specie certificates, . 76,038 09-
Due from banks, . . . 102,000 00
Cuuacu Bp.m.s.—Messrs. Jones & Hitchcock, of
Troy, N. Y., have been engaged to lurnish a chime
of eight bells (weighing about 8000 lbs.) tor the
First Lutheran Church of this City, of which Rev.
Mr. Krotel is the Pastor.
Da - The store,of Mr. C. Baker, in Mt. Joy, was
broken into on- Saturday night last, and robbed of
nearly a hundred dollars worth of shoes. Four men
were arrested, upon whom the stolen goods were
found.
Suicide—We learn that a man named Pennel
Hickman, residing in Drumore township, commit
ted suicide on Wednesday morning last, by placing
the muzzle of a loaded rifle against his head and
discharging the same by means of a withe attached
to the trigger. When found he was lying near a
lence, a short distance from Conowingo Furnace,
quite dead. He is supposed to have been deranged.
—lnland Daily.
A CHARGE of Thas.—On and after to•morrow
the pagsenger cars will leave as follows:
EMS=
A. M. P. M. P. M.
950 230 850
10 40 3 05 9 40
Columbia,
Lancaster,
GOING MAST.
A. M. P.M. P.M.
•
W. Philadelphia, 7 15 2 00 10 15
Lancaster, 10 15 5 12 12 50
A ed.RD.—‘ THE UNION DORCAS SOCIETY' Of
the city of Lancaster,, take this mode of tendering
their high esteem oipand their warmest thanks
to Dr. B. Brown Williams, for his services on the
evening of the 2d instant, at the benefit lecture for
the, poor, the proceeds of which Lecture were
handed over to said Society, by a Committee of
Gentlemen, appointed by them lot that purpose,
amounting to 3240; realized as follows, to wit:
Tickets sold $195
Subscriptions by persons at Lecture—
Dr. B. B. Williams
C. Hager
C. Boughter
W. Blathiot
David Shultz, Esq.'
Peter Martin Heitter
A. W. Bolenius
C. D. Mehaffy
• To C. Kieffer, Esq., W. Mathiot, Esq., Frs. •H.
Carpenter, C. Boughter, Esqr., Hon. D. B. Von
dersmith, Colonel W, S. Amweg, Edward Hubley,
Luther Richards, Esqr., and Col. William Gleim
—who so efficiently acted in their particular pla
ces, and so faithfully performed their duties as the
aforesaid Committee—the Society extend their
most hearfelt thanks, satisfied that the unreserved
interest manifested by them in procuring the
means wheraby the wants and necessities of the
unfortunate poor of the city of Lancaster, can be
alleviated, will be 'one of the most pleasant
remunerations they could receive.
IL — r - The Farm Journal for February is an ex
cellent number, filled with instruction to the far
mer and reader, and very fully illustrated with en.
gravings. Every number of this work seems to
be a little ahead of its predecessors. Any farmer
who reads it one year cannot very well do without
it the next. Price, one dollar in advance. J. M.
Meredith, & Co., West Chester.
Tnz ISlnntra Rzonqz.n..—The February no. of
thin valuable work has been received. It is filled,
as usual, with much interesting and instructive in
formation relative to minerals and mining opera
tions. Published by W. J. Fenny, New York.
WASHIICOTON, Feb. 9
ArcoraTIIIENTS CON iIIINED.—The Senate to-day
spent some time in executive session on the notni•
nations of Ministers and Charge d'Affaires, &c.
Ex-Governor Vroom, of New Jersey, was con
firmed as Minister to Prussia.
Daniel E. Sickles, of New York, was confirmed
as Secretary of Legation to London.
F. Augustus Irving, of Connecticut was confirm
ed as Secretary of Legation to St. Petersburg.
J. J. Seibels, of Alabama, to be charge d'affaires
of the United States to Belgium.
James S. Green, of Missouri, to be charged'at
faires of the United States to New Granada.
august Belmont, of New York, to be charge (rat
faires of the United States to the Netherlands.
Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, to be charge d'af
faires of the United States to Austria.
Henry Bedioger, of Virginia, to be charge d'af
faires of the United States to Denmaik.
Philo White, of Virginia, to be charge d'affaires
of United States to Ecquador.
John M. Daniel, of Virginia, to be charge d'af
fakes of the United States to Sardinia.
, John W. Dana, of Maine, to be charge d'affaires
of the United States to Bolivia.
Robert Dale Owen; of Indiana, to be charge d'af
faires of the United States to the Kingdom of the
Two Sicilies.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 11.—New Orleans papers of
Saturday and Sunday last are received. They con
tain full details of the late fire. The loss of life
was greater than at first rdported-24 slaves on
board the Charles Belcher all perished, and the to
!
tal number burned was about 40.
One laassenger on board the Belcher, who had
lost his mother and sister, became frantic and fa
tally stabbed himself.
The cargo of the Belcher was valued at $20 . 0,-
000,
The loss of the steamer Eagle, which was burnt
on the Cattahooche on the 29th ult., was $lOO,OOO
Pcneittylvania Legislature. '
. Hinaisatrae, Feb: 9, 1854,
Saaats.—Tha Speaker laid before the Senate
the annual report of the Institution for the Educa
tion of the Deaf and Dumb.
Mr. Crabb presented a number of petitions from
citiieos of Philadelphia, asking for the repeal: of
the.existinsr Militia law.
M
• r. Goowin, :from the Committee on Corpbr
ations, reported a bill to incorporate the Common.
wealth Insurance Company.
Mr. Buckalew; from the committee to whom the
subject had been referred, reported a bill appropri
ating the sum of $3OOO in aid of the RosineAs
aociation of Philadelphia.
Mr. Darsie reported a bill to exempt coal.and
lumber- passing over the Pennsylvania Railroad
from the three mill tonnage tax.
Mr. Darlington reported a hilt to extend the pro
visions of the general manufacturing law to the
mining of coal.
Mr. Quigg le reported a bill erecting a new county
to be called Madison, out of parts of Allegheny,
Butler and Armstrong.
'lle Senate then, on motion of Mr. Kunkel, pro
ceeded to the consideration of the jo.nt resolutions
offered by him yesterday, as follows:
Whereas, Efforts are now being made to effect
the - passage of an act of Congress to organize the
territory of Nebraska, with provisions allowing the
existence of involuntary servitude north of 3deg.
30 min.; and whereas, in the judgment of the Gen
eral Assembly of Pennsylvania, the passage of such
an act would-be inexpedient, and a manifest vim.
tion of the Missouri Compromise, approved March
6; A. D. 1820; .ffierelore,
$1,682,603 56
Resolved, That the Geneml Assembly of Penn:
sylvania earnestly and solemnly protest against the
repeat of that section of the act of Congress tor the
admission of Missouri into the Union as a State,
which prohibits involuntary servitude north of 36
deg, 30 min.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to
transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to each
of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
Mr. Kunkel advocated the resolutions in an able
speech, and strongly candeinned this feature of the
bill now pending in the United States Senate, as
an open violation of the compact of the States. The
debate was further continued at some length by
Messrs. Buckalew, Quiggle and ethers in opposi
tion to the resolutions, and the question then being
taken upon the resolutions, they were negatived.—
Yeas 15; nays 17.
The bill tu divorce Thomas French from his first
wile and to legalize a subsequent marriage, was
then taken up on its final passage, and after further
debate was negatived—yeas 11, nays 18. The Scll
ate then adjourned.
Hotisr..—The House met at 10} o'clock, and,af
ter some little unimportant business, resumed the
consideration of the bill from the Senate, authoris
ing a new hearing by one of the Judges of the Su•
preme Court, of a motion 'for a new trial in the
case of David Jewell, under sentence of death in Al
legheny county tor murder. The bill was debated
at great length; several members participating iii
the discussion on both sides, and %%as finally nega
tived—yeas 44, days 45.
Several purely local bills were considered and
passed. The House then adjourned. °
$940,907 44
The principal subjects which occupied attention
in the Senate on Thursday, were the Nebraska bill
and the bill for indemnifypg the sufferersbyFrench
speilations. The latter bill having been further
amended and briefly discussed, it was laid aside
till Saturday. The Nebraska bill was then taken
up, when Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, occupied the
the floor for mere than an hour in an able and ar
gumentative speech against the bill. He did not
conclude his speech, and may be expected to re
sume it to-day.
The House of Representatives brought its busi
ness of the pact few days to an unexpected result.
Alter considering in detail and agreeing to the va
rious amendments to the Deficiency bill reported
from the Committee of the Whole, the bill itself
was rejected by the decisive vote of 93 to 57. A
motion to reconsider this vote was laid on the ta.
ble by the casting vote of the Speaker. So that the
subject can only come up again through the Com
mittee of Ways and Means.
$1,250,850 34
Oae of the amendments adopted by the Commit
tee of the Whole was an item of ;$530,000 for the
purchase of the buildings in the dity of New York
now used for assaying and refining offices. The
buildings are now leased by the Secretary of - the
Treasury for the sum of $54,000 per annum,
amounting in fifteen years to : $795,000. The
Secretary had reserved in the ',lease the privi
lege of a fee simple purchase, within two years,
for the amount proposed in the bill--as undoubted
measure of economy.
The total amount of the appropriation bill, as
amended in Committee of the Whole, was over
three millions of dollars.
THE NEBRASKA TERHITOBT.—The immense
territory of Nebraska—the Indian name for the
great river running through it under the French
name of La Platte—has the States of lowa and
Missouri on its Eastern limit, and on its western
the Rocky Mountain Ridge, which separates it
from Utah. On its Northern limit is what is known
as the North• Western territory, and a portion of
Minnesota—and its Southern boundary is thegame
parallel of latitude as that of Missouri, 36 degrees,
30 minutes North—the territory is at its eastern
extremity, about 350 miles from. North to, Sohth
—at the Western end, about 200 miles, and having
an average width of about 240 miles.
It is estimated that there Me about 'l2poo
Indians in the country. They are the Cherokees - ,
On part) the Osages, the Cherokee Reservation,
Wyandottes. Pattowatomies, Ott*vvas and Chippe
was, Peorias and Kaskaskias, Wears and Pinka
shaws, Shawnees, Kansas, Delasvares, Kickapoos,
lowan, Sack and Foxes, Half 'breeds, Ottoes and
Missourias.
At Fort Leavenworth, on the western side of
the Missouri river, there is a reservation of nine
square miles, belonging to the United Statas Gov
ernment. Here is centered the entire white popu
lation of the territory, which varies according to
the season of the year, and the demands of the
army. It comprises officers, soldiers, civilians, in
the service of the government, mechanics, farmers,
teamsters? &c .The whole population varies from
tour to twelve hundred persons, and ordinarily the
number does not exceed six hundred. About seven
ty votes were polled last year for a delegate to
Congress. None of these votes came from Fort
Leavenworth, and most of the white residents did
not vote at all.
In regard to the physical character of the coun
try, a recent writer, who speaks, we infer from
passages in his work, from personal observation,
says the valley of the territory westward from the
Missouri, is a rich loam. The valley of the Platte
nearer the Noithern boundary is low, bnt for
some two hundred and fifty miles is very fertile,
when it changes into a deep sand. The two great
ridges, between the Arkansas and Kansas, and the
Kansas and the Platte, are a mixerloam and sand
or gravel, which makes a delightful soil to till and
returns heavy crops. The ridge between the Kansas
and the Platt°, is more beautiful and fertile than
the other, The valleys are tolerably supplied with
timber. There is also timber along the Missouri
river, and a slight growth is found along the small
streams. Coat has been found of a superior quality
at several locations, and there are indications that
an abundant supply will be found for the whole
territory.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Times.]
French Intrigues about Spain—The Duke of Alba
on the Throne—The purchase of Cuba by U. S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7th, 1854.
Information has been received here, that , :esigns
are seriously entertained by those in power in
France, of putting the Duke of Alba upon the
Spanish Throne. This person is the brother, it
will be recollected, of the Freud/ Empress, and
has lately become famous in his duel with young
Soule. He is about thirtytwo_years of age and
with very fair, natural capacity; he is now a 'fast
man' about Madrid.
France has natural yearnings for influence in-
Spain. The wealth and the present weak con
dition of her neighbor, invite France temptingly
to look with yeaining eyes upon her. Spain is
behind every other nation in Europe in all ele
ments of modern civilization; she has no schools
for popular education, no railroads, nor none of the
commercial facilities and advantages of any of the
other continental nations. She is scarcer although
Christian,. further advanced than even Turkey.
Her debt is about seven hundred millions of dollars
and she is unable even to .pay the interest upon it.
Her bonds, in the English market, whose par val
ue is one hundred dollars, are worth but forty one.
She has none of the capacittes ,independent of the
want of unity in the support of the present dynasty
which fit her for self-defence.
In this 'situation she is an inviting, and would
become an easy prey to French ambition. It re
quires but the will of the Emperor of France to
take possession both of the country and the capital
of Spain, and to place another monarch on its
throne. The design is certain; ii it ripen, it will
certainly succeed. '
In this event this matter will be important to .
us. Spain will be obligedtto withdraw her troops
from Cuba, and she will realize fully her inability
to still remain its owner. She will feel that she will
be,Obliged to sell it; and although her pride may
prefer another poychaser to us, yet circumstances
will compel her to sell to us. If events should fol
low in the train indicated, as well informed persons
here prophecy, they venture to predict thatin less
than eighteen months Cuba will be ours by ptir
chase. Let the fruit then ripen. Let us have no
more fillibustering; it is due tosour self-respect to
crush it, and it is our true policy.
Congressional.
;,', I...Liouls Ctorr • spondence.
~.! 1 , BT. Looril, Jan. 31, 1854.
We have very little change, tie report in the bu
sinessof our city:— Navigation is still suspended,
and our levee the-picture cifidespir—with scarcely
a dray -track to remind one of the excitement and
bustle 'that usually prevails in that locality...—
Teams, with heavily 100 ed wa ono are still cross
ing the ice, which is abo a to tin thickness.—
The weather for the plis wo r three days has
been mild, and the ice a djsnovil in our streets has
almost disappeared, leaviii, our thoroughfares M a.
wretchid condition. A leFlays more of this mild
weather,will nave consid inble effect oril
v
he ice.—
Some • twenty miles ahoy this city the ice is hea
iv
ily gorged; the river at t l point has recently ris
en upwards of nine feet, ai d it is stated that the
1
ice there is from twelve Reed feet in thickness
—gorged to the very bottodi of the river. Should
this great body of ice remain until the usual fresh
et in the spring—when the great Missouri ' Illinois
and Upper Mississippi rives and their tributaries
send forth their immense Times of water, which
must necessarily be the res It upon the opening of
spring— we cannot but expect high water and much
injury to and great loss o property. The large
number of steamboats now lying at the levee 'are
in imminent danger of being broken to pieces or
carried away with the flood; their
,commanders
are holding..daily meetings to deiise some plan.by
which they can protect their boats, but as yet they
have done nothing. • i
Thousands of our citizeni are daily on the ice—
d great number of wham) are ladies—amusing
themselves in various wayet—skating, sliding, ri
ding on sleds, tatting dowta and getting up again.
On Saturday they struck; u a dan a i r e—gentlemen
and ladies participating. ! evertil I ge tents have
been pitched upon the ice d t which can be had all
kindi of refreshments, espe6ially! old 'red-eye' and
all that. They appear to be doing a good business.
in our young days we Mad to enjoy the sport of
skating," and Felt perfectly! at home when upon the
ice, so we concluded, wittil two { others, to mingle
in the crowd on Saturday last. Atter skating about
with the masses, three of s determined on going
down the river to the townof Carondelet, which is
i
six miles by land and abou nine or*ten by water.
The ice was-Tough and a s wind pressing against
us; we, however, arrived t here in good time, where
we found our old friend, Mi. Josiah Cross, former
ly of Lancaster, with whOm we occupied more
time than we should have who m
night overtook
us before we reached the city. We were among
the first that ventured so tar upon the bosom of
the great 'Father of Waters,' is ith innumerable air
holes on either side, and &tilt as pitch, so that we
hail to move cautiously and slowly to escape a
'ducking,' and we are plea* to 'state that 1110 acci
dent occurred. That was our first adventure on the
ice in the Mississippi aftei night, and it will no
doubt be the last. We did dot know the danger we
were in until it was all over.
There is nothing of intd,resi stirring. We are
much annoyed by the irk Futurities of the mails,
but at this season of theyeerit is difficult to remedy.
How gratifying it must' be to 'Gen. Pierce,,as
well as to every good De mocrat who prides him
self upon the advocacy of sound principles and the
success of his party, to learn that all the Demo
cratic State CenVentione th4t have been held, have
-mphatically and feadleaslY endorsed the preient
administration in terms ihtid and strong. The State
Convention of lowa was !held on the 9th inst., to
nominate a State ticket. be voted for in August
nett. The action of this! Convention was entirely
Harmonious, and the result has presented to the
Democratic party of thauState a ticket which can
not fail to unite the entire Democracy, thereby car
rying the State with an overwhelming majority.—
As the proceedings of this body are purely and
thoroughly Democratic, the give below some of
the general resolutions wbich were unanimously
tulopted,..to show to the Iprger States that 'Little
lowa' has spoken—that .he has proclaimed to the
world her intention to stand by 'the National Con
',lento:in—to sink or swim Upon the haltimors Plat
form of 's'2: L •
Resolved, That we, th e delegates of the v
counties of - lowa, in State Pemo'c . ratic Cony
assembled do hereby re.alEtm and pledge out
to the principles of the Balhmore National C
tion of 1852, that we hold! and '.consider consider th
constituting the true platform of the Dem(
party, and as fundamental l and essential' w
true democrats.
Resolved, That we look hpon out selves as mem
bers of the real National Democratic party, , party
radically identical in all parts of the Union; that
we have no sectional view to gratify, no selfish
designs to accomplish; but are wholly devoted to
the union, harmony and sdccsssi at the cause; we
therefore reputliate all,disatrectit on sectional or
;personal grounds and knoun
,e all bickerings
among ourselves, and most earnestly recommend
union, harmony, concession and compromise,' as
a maxim for universal obeervatice.
Resolved; That :xve hi.ve ivcreased confidence in
the talents, integrity and patrioliism of Franklin
Pierce, that his adminstration of the Government
has been distinguised by Wisdom, firmness and an
unwavering adherence to , ound:democratic princi .
pies, and that he ban fully redeemed the pledges
given to the American People, previous to his
election. I • I
,
Resolved ; Thdt in the re c icent development of the
grand political truth of th sovdreignty of the peo
ple, and their capacity and ; power for self govern
ment, tee feel that a high dnd str;cred duty is devol
ved with increased responibilify, upon the demo
'cratic party of this country it 4 the party of the
peopic, to sustain and advance among its constitu
tional ' LIBERTY, ERU.LL ' TT, and FRATEHEATY,'
by continuing to ;'esist all monopolies and exclu
sive legislation fo'r the ()mut Of the iew, at the
expense of the mthy, add by alvigilant and con
stant adherence to those principles and compro
mises of the constitution which; are broad enough
and stiong enough to embrace and uphold the
Union as it was, the Unionr as ads and, the Union
as it should be, in the Mill expansion of the ener
gies and capacity of this great arid progressive pe
ogle.
The following excellent ticket was then nomi
nated, and better and more competent gentlemen
could not have been selected: '
For Governor, Curtis 13;.tes; Secretary of State,
George IN. McCleary; Treasurer, Mat tin Morris;
Auditor, COL J. L. Sharp; Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, J. D. Eads; Attorney General, David
C. Cloud. ;You will therefore perceive that the
Democracy of the West to rallying under the Na
tional standard—the SaltiMore Platform as their
guide, and the bone and sinew their shield. Democ
racy is onward and must Over triumph.
Some people in the eastern States are under the
impression that the Western and North-western
States are occupied withlndians and wild beasts
of the prairies, and that tde few ' white inhabitants
who have found their way into them, are 'poor, ig
norant farmers.' Allow me to correct this erron
eous idea entertained by r te 'learned,"talented' and
'enterprising' citizens'of so e of your neighboring
States and princely cities . I will cite as an argu
ment
ment in favor of the Weste n States the simple fact,
that lowa, as young a Sta e as she is, contains and
supports within her borde , three daily papers; -I
tri-weeklies; 39 weeklies and three monthly peri
odicals—making a grand total of 49 publications.
In Illinois—dailies 20; itri-weeklies 7; weeklies
118; semi-monthlies 1; monthlies 4; and bt-month
lies 1. Out of this nuMber Chicago has 7 dailies;
2 tri.weeklies; 15 weeklies; I semi and 4 monthlies.
Grand total in. the State; 154.
In Michigan—the home; of Gen. Cass 6 dailies;
2 semi-weeklies; 8 monthlies; 2 tri-weeklies; 65
weeklies and 1 qua: terly—making in all, 84 pub
lications. 4 •
In Wisconsin there are 80 publications. These
lour States contain•and support 367 publications,
and yet thiy are considered by some folks 'away
down east,' as being of no I account. I might add,
'.a• these papers are conducted with spirit, talent
and enterprise,; and many of them will compare fa
vorably with those issued in the eastern cities.
The 'Pilot,' the new paper I mentioned in a pre
vious letter, has made its (debut; the first number
was issued on Stiturday (Lit. It makes a fine ap
pearance—is published weekly. It claims to be
the only Democratic paper lin St. Louis—supports
the National Administration, and professes to stand
1 ,
on the Baltimore Platform Its editorials are writ
ten with spirit and . ability and it will no doubt
take the field in opposition to the 'Missouri Demo
crat' and the re-election o COL Benton to the Uni
ted States Senate. i
There is, a great discount on politics in this city.
Every effort has been made to unite the party, but
it appears to lie. in vain; The post of question
is not settled yet, and conch depends upon how
that matter is' decided. The present incumbent as
clevera gentleman as he is sioofficer, desiresjachange,
but the administration has not yet determined who
shall be his successor; eo te must wait patiently
and see what weshall see. - OLD GUARD.
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CHILD Facmcs To llsaTn.—A little daughter of
Wm. Diehl, in Adams Cduhty, Pa., was frozen to
death last week. She sta#eil to school, bill in cros
sing a ploughed field becaMe exhausted
.and was
found there frozen to death. The account says
that the little sufferer cried aloud for help, and was
overheard by several persons who were passing
not far from the place, bu little or no attention
waa paid to her cries, and he unfortunate little suf.
serer was doomed to remai in that horrible situa
tion throughout the day, and finally overcome with
cold and fatigue, she laid down upon the ground to
sleep, and before she was discovered she had fro
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zeu to death. I -
00- Among the Naval promotions confirmed by
the Senate last week, We find that ofour fellow
townsman John H. Memiersmith, to- be a surgeon
from July 18th, 1853. '