linte4igenter
G EO. Sa 4 6l DERS 0N , EDITOR;
Lancaster. March 21, 15.54.
FOR- GOVERNOR:
I WILLI4M siquen.,
OF . CLELRFIELto COUNTY:
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT:
JEREMIAH 8. BLACK,
OF SOMERSET COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
MENRIIr S. MOTT O
OF PIS.F. COUNTY.
Col. Henry S. Mutt.
This gentlemen, who is now the Democratic
candidate for Canal Commissioner, is an honest, in
telligent and unwavering Democrat of the glorious
old 'Tenth Legion.' He was sleeted Sheriff
,ot Pike
county in 1838, by nearly two to one; but the Rit•
dynasty, on the principle of treating 'elections as
though they had never been held,' commissioned
'jai Whig opponent who was the lowan on the re
turn I The people were indignant, and, as a COQ
sequence, the very neat year Col. Mcrrr was eleci
ed Prothonotary and Cierk of the Courts, with but
eighty votes against him in the entire county, and
reelected by an overwhelming majority 842.
In 1851 he was elected a member of the Legisla
ture tram Pike and Monroe counties, without op.
position, and re-ejected by a nearly unanimous vote
in 1852. In 1853 he was prominently before the
State Convention kir the office of Canal Commis.
eioner—but as the eastern section of the State
claimed the moll, Mr. Forsyth was nominated. His
merits and the claims of his district were not for
gotten, however, and , at the State Convention of
the Bth inst., he received the nomination over all
his worthy competitors, on the second ballot, and
was thereupon unanimously declared the nominee
of the Democratic party for the ensuing campaign
That he will be elected by: an old fashioned Jack
son majority, is beyond doubt or'peradventure—and
we think we hazard nothing in predicting that he
will make an honest, energetic and popular Canal
Commissioner.
The Whig State Convention
Met at Harrisburg, on Wednesday last, and nom•
inated, on the third ballot, Hoh. jamis Pox.Loos.,
of Northumberland county, for Governor. For
Judge of the Supreme Court, they nominated Hon
beirtar. M. Sterne, of Montgomery, formerly of.
Adams county—and for Canal Commissioner,GEo.
Dam; Esq., at present a Senator from Allegheny
_county.
The ticket is emphatically a weak one—one of
the very weakest ever placed before the people 01
Pennsylvania—and will be beaten' by .more than
20,000 majority. Mr. Pollock, it is true, is consid
ered a popular man in his own county and district;
but, out oi that, he will fail to command the lull vote
of his own party. As to Messrs. Smyser and Darsie,
they will be nowhere after the elention. They can
not get the party vote even in their own districts,
much less can they do so over the State. The Dem
ocrats will have an easy victory next fall.
The Convention adopted a resolution strongly
denunciatory of the Nebraska bill—also one in fa
vor of the sale of the public works of the Com-
monwealth
New Hampshire.
The election in this State, which took place on
Tuesday last, was warmly and closely contested—
so much so, as to render it uncertain whether the
Democrats or Coalitionists will haven majority on
joint ballot in the Legislature. This is important,
as, at the next session, there will have to be two
U. S. Senators elected in place of Meagre. Norris
'and Williams. Mr. Bs n, the Democratic can
didate, is elected• Governor by over 1500 majority.
irr A correspondent of the Easton Aigua is very
severe on Senator BRODHEAD, for sustaining the
amen:ment offered to the Nebraska bill by Mr.
Clayton—and says, the bill as amended 'excludes
foreigners from the privileges allowed to them in
every other territorial bill, and is highly prejudicial
to their interests.'
He says further, that Mr. B. was 'the only North
ern Senator who voted for Mr. Clayton's amend
ment,' and without his vote it could not have been
carried. The following is the concluding paragraph
of the communication:
What will our German and other foreign popu
, lotion in Pennsilvania think of Mr. Brodhead after
this infamous course upon his part? That he of
all our Northern Senators, snould be the only per
., eon to sole for Mr. Clayton's amendment, is a sure
indication of his want of judgment, or of his moral
obliquity and Intention to do a wilful wrong; the
truth in either cane being sufficient to damn the
chiracter of a better man.
Coattecnos.—We see it stated in several of our
exchanges, that JACO . II S. Roar'', one of the dele•
gates from this county to the IThmocratic State
Convention, cast his vote on the second ballot
against Col. 'Mott, for Canal Commissioner. This
is in error. Mr. Roath, with all his colleagues
from Lancaster county, voted for .I.Ylott on both
ballots.
fIT We have another letter from our attentive
correspondent at St—Louis,. giving among other
items, detailed and graphic account of the burn
ing of the steamer Caroline. and terrible loss of life
on the White River, a notice of which apiears in
another column, but it came to hand too late
for insertion this week. By the way could not
'Old Guard' mail his letters ore day sooner, an, in
that case, we would be able to publish' them a
week earlier.
lc:7'Previous to the assembling of the Whig State
Convention, the Independent Whig, of this city, was
out fLt-footed against making any nominations
from that party, preferring to get out a volunteer
Democratic candidate, acme gentleman ofeacy po
litical virtue, for each of the three State offices.—
Wunder what Mr. Fenn will say now, since the
Convention has placed in nomination three of the
most uncompromising Federalists in the Common
wealth, real wool-dyed and hard' Silver Greys at
that 7 We shall see what we shall see.
CARPETS, &c.—Housekeepers visiting Philadel
phia, would do well to drop in at J. STEWART
DETOT'b establishment, No. 223 North 2d street,
and take a look at his splendid assortment of Cer
pets, Oil Clothe, Window Shades, &c, &c. See
advertisement in another column.
Eig - The Ptutadelphia Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, meets at Reading to•
morrow. The body numbers over 200 Ministers.
0:7- Hon. S. S. Phelps, United States Senator
elect from Vermont, has been ousted by a vote of
12 to 26, but received his pay and mileage. It will
be recollected that Mr. Phelps was selected to fill .
a vacancy by the Governor, and that the Legisla
ture subsequently met and failed to make choice
of his successor. The vote of the Senate establish
edthe precedent, that-an Executive appointment of
United States Senator cannot last longer-than the
assembling of the Legislature of the ✓;Cato.
MOUNT Joy HBRALD —We have received the
first number of a weekly paper just started at
Mount Joy, bearing the above title, by F.H.Stauf
fer, Editor, and Proprietor. It is published at $1
per annum payable in advance. We wish Mr. S.
success in his enterprise.
04r Subscribers changing their places of rest
f deuce, on or about the Ist of April, will please
make known their whereabouts, so that their pa
pers may receive a proper direction.
trMr. J. G. L. Brown has retired from the
Columbia Spy, and is succeeded by Mr. Coleman
J. Bull. The paper will herafter be conducted by
Messrs. Gramm & BOLL. To the retiring, as also the
in-coming, editor, we wish abundant aucceess.
(1:7-John S. RrcaAnns (Whig) has been elected
Mayor of the City of Reading.
An Important Message. •
The following special Message, in referencel l to,
the. Black Warrior affair, at .Cuba , has been sent
into Congress by; President haulm. It elicits warm
commendation from the press of all parties; Indis .
a truly patriotic'and spirited:document: .
To the House of Represen tatives:
In compliance with the resolution of the House
of Representatives of the 10th instant, 'I herewith
transmir - a report of the Secretay of State, cent
taimng all the information' received at the depart
ment in relation to the seizure of the Black War
hot on the 28th ultimo. There have been, in the
course of a new years put; many other instances
of aggression upon our' commerce, violations of
the tights of American citizens, and insults to the
national flag, by the Spanish authorities in Cups,
and all attempts to obtain redreis have led to pro
tracted,„and atryet fruitless, negotiauoi 3 s. The doe
umeuts in these cases are voluminous, and, when
prepared, will be sent to Cougreis. Those now
transmitted relate exclusively to the seizure of
the Black Warrior, and present so clear a clue
of wjoug that it would oe reasonable to expect full
indemnity therefor as soon as this unjustifiable and
offensive conduct shall be known to ner Catholic
Majesty!, governinent, but similar expectations in
otter cues have not been realized. The offending
pa rty is at onr doors, with large powers for ag.
gression, but none, it is alleged, for reparation.
The source of redreis is in another hemisphere,
and the answers to'our just complaints made to
the home government are but the repetition of
excuses, rendered by inferior officials to their-su
periors, in rep.) , to representations of misconduct.
The peculiar situation of the parties has, undoubt
edly, much aggravated the annoyances and injuries
which our citizens have suffered from the Cuban
authorities, and Spain does not seem to appreciate
in its lull extent her responsibility for the conduct
of these authorities. In giving very extraordidary
powers to them, she owes it to justice and to her
friendly relations with this government to gOard
with great, vigilance against the exorbitant exer
cise of these powers, and, in case of injuries, to
provide for prompt redress.
I have already taken meatures to present to the
government of Spain the wanton injury of the Cu.
ban authorities ,n the detention and seizure of the
Black Warlior, and to demand immediate indem
nity for the injury which has thereby resulted to
our citizens.
In view of the position of the island of Cuba, its
proximity to our coast, the relations which it must
ever bear to onr commercial and other interests, it
is vain to, expect that a series of uniriendly
acts, infringing our commercial rights, and the
adoption of a policy threatening the honor and se
curity of these States, can long consist with peace
ful relations.
In case the measures taken for amicable adjust
ment of our difficulties with Spain should unfortu
nately fail, 1 shall not hesitate to use the authbrity
and means which Congrest may grant to insure
he observance of our just rights, to obtain redress
for injuries received, and to vindicate the honor of
our flag. In anticipation of that contingency,
which ?earnestly hope may not arise, I suggest to
Congress the propriety of adopting suchprovisional
measures as the exigency may seem to demand.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, March 15, 1854.
I.XXIEnd Congress—First Session.
WASEIHGTON, March 2.
Szfrezz.—Alter reading the Journal of yester'day's
eroceedings,
Mr. Pratt presented a memorial from the citizens
of Baltimore, numerously signed, praying - for an
appropriation for improving the navigation of the
Patapsco river, which was appropriately referred
to a special committee.
Mr. Everett presented a monster memorial, sign
ed by'three thousand and fifty clergymen, remon
strating against the passage of the Nebraska bill.
Mr. Douglas made some remarks in which he
denounced the memorialists ad impugned their
motives. He characterized their sycophantic oppo'
sition to the present measure as a breach of faith
anb denounced those who suspected his motives as
base cowards, and were lake, gotten up by design
ing men for political effect.
Mr. Houston replied eloquently and defended
the right of petition. It was evident that the peti
tioners believed there was something radically
wrong in the Bill. He had, he said, seen nothing
so monstrous in the memorial. He had himself
upon the floor of the Senate, denounced the Bill as
a flagrant breach of faith towards the ladleful and
towards the Compromise Treaty, and had predict
ed excitement in reference to it.
When three thousand ministers of the living God
thus solemnly protest against the bill, I would ask
said Mr. H. is there .no excitement. There will
sure be more of it yet, This is by no• means the
end, but only a small beginning of what we ere
to expect. It is a matter of deep seriousness.
Sirs we are bound to respect these remonstran•
ces—they can come from no higher goatee. It is
almost miamous to spnrn such petitions.
liiiuss. 4 —The House alter reading the journal,
proceeded to bnsiness.
Mr. Appleton presented the great clergymen
petition 01 over 3,OUU signers, measuring two hun•
dred and filly leet in length, against the Nebraska
bill.
Mr. Boyce objected. •
The Haase then passed a joint resolution aapla•
natory of the law regulating the number of Cadets
ai the West Point Military Academy.
Alter several ineffectual attempts to go into
Committee 01 the Whole, the Wisconsin railroad
bill was taken up and discuased.
New Counterfeits.
The following new counterfeits have recently
been put in circulation :
PHILADELPHIA BAHR, PHILADELPHIA, PA.-50's
altered from s's. Vignette on upper corner of left
end three figures, one holding a staff with cap 01
liberty on top—another holds some tilades of grain,
cnd the third a compass. On right end a female
holding a globe. The true 50's have for a vignette
two females; with a shield between them. Fair
mount Water Works at the lett of one and ship on
the right of the other. Penn . on right end and
Franklin on left. Head 01 Washington between
names of officere.
HAHRISBURO tARK, HARRISBURG, PA.-s's , al
tered\ from la, relief issue. Vignette, a marble
mason at work.
FARMERS ' •ND PLANTERS ' BANE, BALTIMORE
. Mn.-204, spurious. Vignette, agricultural im
plements, sheaves of grain, railroad cars.
LEAGUE OP FOREIGN POWERS AGAINST THE IT
STATxs.--Despatcbes received at Washington, from
Paris and Madrid, and iniormation received Irom
other quarters, leave little doubt that the French+,
and Spanish, and British Governments have enter
ed into engagements which amount to a defensive
league against the United States, of which the fine
object is to guarantee the possession of Cuba to
Spain, and the second to defend the integrity of
Mexico. The plan by which the latter object is
to be effected, is to surrender to Santa Anna the
British province of Honduras, and to extend to Mex
ico the advantages of a joint British and French
Protectorate. Santa Anna has acted under the ad
vice of his new allies, in selling to the U.. States,
at' a round price, the territory embraced in the Gads
den Treaty, and they acquiesce in the necessity of
parting with Lower California, and the Northwest
portion ot Sonora, for the additional aura of ten
millions ot dollars, as proposed by the contempla
ted amendment of Dr. Gwin to the treaty. The
boundaries established on the North by the treaty,
and on the South by the transfer of the British
claims to the northern districts of Central America,
are to be guarantied by the power of the three Eu
ropean Governments, which also combine for the
protection of Cuba and Porto Rico against the U.
States.
QT The following applications for new coun
ties are now before the Legislature:
"Madison'—out of Beiks, Chester and Montgo
mery.
'Conemaugh'—out ot Westmoreland, Somerset
ndiana and Cambria.
I 'Madison'—out of Allegheny,Armstrong, &Butler
, Ligonier'—out ot part ot Westmoreland.
'itekavrana'—out of Luzerne.
BO" The State Legislature and Board of Reve
nue Commissioners resumed business on Thursday
Week, after the long adjonrnment from the 7th inet,
There was not much done in the Legislature, but
both Houses, no doubt to make up for lost t ime,re
solved to hold afternoon sessions every Wednes
day and Friday. In the Senate, the bill to modifj
the Common School System was discussed at con
siderable length; and the House made the Senate
bill authorizing a sale of the Public Works the
special order for next Thursday. The. General
Appropriation bill was also reiorted in the House.
gg-Col. John Bankhead Magruder, U.S. A,
having obtained leave of absence, has' gone to
France, and is about to proceed to the seat of wbr
in the East as a member of the staff of the French
General•in•Chiet. He is a. man of great talent, ener
gy of character, gallantry and ambition. Wa pre
dict for him a distingutehed career under Napoleon.
The Homestead Bill.
•
The f t°Hewing are the provisions of the Home
'atai!dllo, as it passed the 11. S. House of Repre-
.statatives
Thehill provides, first, that any free site per
eon Who is at the head Oa family, or who has ar
rived it the age of twenty-one years and is a citi
zen or the United States,ehall be Sind* to enter
free of cost onequarter section of vacant and unap
propriated public land,..Which at the time of appli
cation may be subject to private entry, at one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per acre, or a quantity
equal thereto, to be located in a body io conformi
'ty with the legal subdivisions of the public lauds
afteethe same shall have been surveyed.
. Second. The person applying for the benefit of
this act shall, upon application to the register of
the land office in which he or she is about to make
such entry, make affidavit before the said register
that he or the is the head of a family, of twenty
one years of age,and upon making the affidavit end
tiling it with the register, he or she shall thersupod
be permitted, to enter the quantity of land already
specified; provided that no certificate shall be given
or patent issued therefor, until the, expiration of
five years from the date of such; an at the expire
: tion of such time the person making such entry,or
it he be dead, his widow, or in case of her death,
his heirs or devises or in the case of a widow ma
king such, entry, heirs or devisee, in case of her
death, shall prove by two creditable witnesses, he,
she or they have continued to reside upon and cul
tivate said land and still reside upon the same, and
have not alienated it or any part thereof.
Then in such case he shall, or they shall be en
titled to a patent ae in other' cases provided for by
law, provided further, in case of death of both fath
er and mother, leaving an infant child, or children,
under twenty-one years of age, the right and the
fee shall inure to the benefit of said children, and
the executor, administrator or guardian, may, at
any time within two years after the death of the
surviving parent. it'd in accordance with the laws
of the State in which such children for the time
being have their domicil, sell said land for the ben
efit ol said infant, but for no other purpose, and the
purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by the
purchase, and be entitled to a patent from the
States.
Third. All land acquired under this act shall in
no event become liable to satisfaction of any debts
contracted prior to the issuing of the patent there-
Fourth. In case the person who has filed the af
fidavit required, shall have changed his or her resi
dence, or abandoned said entry for more than six
months at any one time, in that event the land so
entered is to revert back to the government, sub
ject to an appeal to the general land office. y
Filth. II any individual, now a resident of any
one of the States or Territories, and not a citizen
of the United States, but at the time of making
such application for the benefit of thin act shall
have filed a declaration of intention, as required by
the naturalization laws of the United States and
'hell become a citizen of the same before the issu
ing of the patent, as made and provided for in
this act, he shall be placed upon an equal looting
with the native born citizen of the United States.
Sixth. No individual is permitted to make more
than one entry under the provisions of this act,
and the commissioner of the General Land Office
is required to prepare and issue such rules and reg
ulations consistent with this act as shall be neces
sary and proper to carry its provisions into effect;
and the registers and xeceivers of the several land
I offices shall be entitled to receive the same compen
sation for any lands entered • under the provisions
of this act, that they are now entitled to receive
when the same quantity of land is entered with
money, one-half to be paid by the person making
the application, at the time of so doing, and the oth
er halt on the issue of the certificate, by the person
to whom it may be issued: provided, hoyrever t that
all persons entering land under this act shall, as far
as may be practicable in making such entries, be
confined to each alternate quarter section, and to
land subject to private entry, and provided nothing
in this act shall be so construed as to impair or in
tertei e, in any manner whatever, with existing pre
emption rights.
And provided further, that the provisions of this
act shall be so construed, as to authorise the class
of persons provided for who may not own one hun
dred and sixty acres of land, to enter free of cost
any puslic lands adjoining his or her farm, subject
to private entry at the minimum price in quantity
when added to what he or ahe now owns equal to
one hundred and sixty acres, provided he or she
anallcultivate the whole, or a part thereof.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
H•RILISBURO, March 17, 1854.
BarraTx.—The Speaker laid belore the Senate the
annual statement of the affairs of the'Delware and
Hudson Canal Company.
The following bills were reported :—A bill to in
corporate the Allegheny Wharf and Land Compa
ny; a bill to incorporate the Farmer's,Drovers' anti
Butchers' Yard, at Philadelphia; a bill to incorpo
rate the First African Union Church of Philadel
phia, with a negative recommendation ; a bill to
change the system of managemer.t of public im
provements; a supplement to the act incorporating
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Mr. Sager read in place a bill supplementary to
the act incorporating the New Hope, Doylestown
and Norristown Railroad Company.
Mr. Platt moved to proceed to the consideration
of the Nebraska resolutions.
Mr. Cresswell called for the orders of the day.
Mr. Platt moved to postpone the orders of the
day. Lost—yeas 16, nays 13, not two•thirds voting
in the affirmative.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the
bill amending the school law. The question being
taken on the first section, it was agreed to—yeas 24)
nays 12. The bill was then passed as tar as the
fortieth section. The forty first section led to an
animated discussion, and without coming to a vote
the Senate adjourned until 3 o'clock.
..47ternorn Session.—The following bills were sev
erally considered and passed finally : A bill to in
corporate the Attleborough and Bristol Turnpike
Road Company; a bill to confirm the title of the
First Presbyterian Church to certain real estate in
Spring Garden; to incorporate the Lehigh Moun
tain Turnpike Road Company; to increase the sal
ary of the Lazaretto Physician and Quarantine
Master of Philadelphia; to incorporate the Exchange
Deposit and Discount Institution of Philadelphia;
to incorporate the Jeddo and Carbon County Rail
road Company.
The bill to incorporate the Philadelphia and
Delaware River Railroad Company, was taken op
and passed Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
Houses—Several unimportant local and corpor
adion bills were reported.
The bill to increase the pay of the State Agents
on the Columbia Railroad was taken up. and after
a lengthy debate, was negatived—yeas 33, nays 46.
The House then adjourned until 3 o'clock. -
4fternoon Session.—The House re-assembled at
3 o'clock, when a number of bills were read in
place r among them one to incorporate the North
Pennsylvania Savings' Institution.
The bill to authorize justices of the peace to hold
Criminal Courts of special sessions, for the trial of
certain offences, was taken up, debated at some
length, and postponed for the present. . .
The bill relative to evidence was considered and
defeated.
The supplement to the act relative to roads,
highways and bridges, passed finally. Adjourned.
The Periodicals.
larrim.'s LIVING Arm still continues to sustain
its high character among the literary publications
of the day. We know of no work of its size that
contains so great an amount of interesting and
valuable reading matter.
GLEssoN's PICTORIAL' is progressing in interest.
Each s4ceeding number seems to be the result of
an effort'on_tke part of the enterprising publisher
to excel its predecessor, and the pictorial attrac•
tions are increasing every week.
Tax P3IIIIII2LYANIA ScnooL Jourtsraz., for
March, is filled with capital articles on the subjecr
of Education, proceedings of Educational Associat
tions, &c. Mr. Boaaowis is an adept at catering
for the wants and wishes of his readers.
ED- Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia, have jus
published a very useful little work, in pocket book
shape, entitled •Taz PHYSICIAN'S Visyrtma Liters,
DIARY AND BOOK OP ENGAGAMINTS,' for 1854.
This will be a great convenience to the Practition
er. With it in his pocket, he has always by him
his list of Patients, his Professional Engagements,
and hisDay-Book, as welt as a Diary, or Memo
randa: Copies can be had prepared for 25 or 50
patients per week. They purpose issuing it regu
larly at the commencement of every year.
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HASILIIIIII7I3.O, Mi ' kh 18.—Mrs. Susan Bigler' '
relict of the late Jacob Bigler, and the mother of
Gov. Wm. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and Gov. John
Bigler, of California, died this morning, at her res
idence, in Delaware township, Mercer county,aged
about 70. Gov. Bigler left this afternoon for Mep
car, to attend the funeral, which takes place on
Saturday. He will return on Tuesday.
Ey" On Friday the 10th inst.,Mr. Hiester, mem:
ber of Congrea from this county, gave notice of his
intention to bring in a bill to prevent and ,expose
frauds upon the Pension Office and individuals, by
providing for the advertisement of the names and
residences of Pensioners. This is certainly a good
move and should be carried out at once by our van.
arable relative, 'Uncle Sam.'
Ilk. Buchanan's Triumph in Wand.
The Washington Union. m Tue . :day; gives the
following extract of a leiter from a distinguished
- American patriot in London to his friend in Waitt
ington. It will be read withintereil by ? all who
ars interested in the successful spread of :Sound re
publican views:
.- •
Lona's HOTZT r y New illtian SMUT!
February 24,1854. •
The simplicity of our institutionstand customs
at home has had a proud triumph within the last
week, at the pompous court of this' aristocratic
metropolis. It will be recollected that at the open
ing of Parliament, the American Minister was in
vited to be present at the ceremonies of the occa
sion, but in plain robe. The invitation was declined,
under the duties imposed upoa our representative
by the eminently judicious instructions issued by
Mr. Marcy in June last. This subject immediate
ly engaged the attention of the public mind and
the press, and, on the 10th inet., Mr. Roebuck; one
of the ablest members of either branch ot Parlia
ment, called the attention 01 Lord. John Russel to
it in the session ot the Lommons of that day, and
demanded an explanation as to the cause of the iili
sence of the Minister 'at the time; referred, to or,
rather, whether it proceeded from the chancier ot
the information transmitted to him. The reply of
Lord John was by no means satisfactory. ' The
matter now assumed a high degree of importance,
becoming a topic of as general conversation as the
Eastern question. With the exception ot a few sti:
pendaries of the crown—courtiers who value their
position according to the quantity of gold embroi
dery it enables them to put on;—eeery body ap
plauded the resolute purpose of Mr. Buchanan to
carry the wishes of his government into execution.
Thouseinds of the beet-bred men of the realm, who
had never been presented to her Majesty becluise
they would not sink themselves ICI low in their
own esteem as to put on the livery of her servants,
rejoiced in the reform which the United States, in
performing their natural character, wee calculated
to effect. The ministry soon became aware of the
sentiments of indignation which had amens and
were arising at its absurd pretension of attempting
to prescribe the dress of the representative of one
of the first powers of the earth; and, accordingly,
Mr. Buchanan was invited' to dine with the Queen
on the 20th, and to attend her levee on the 22d,
with the omission of the requisition as to the cos
tume in which he shoold appear. On both those
occasions be was in attendance, apparelled pie
cisely as he would have been at a President's din
ner and reception—in a plain suit of black, the
garb of a gentleman, when in society, in all civi
lized countries. You may be assured that he is a
head and shoulders taller in general estimation in
England than any foreign representative who ever
resided near this
. government. He has set an ex
ample which is eventually to cast into perpetual
shade the ostentatious displays attendant upon re
gal pretensions.
Thanks to the President; thanks to Mr. Marcy,
thanks to Mr. Buchanan, every representative of
the United States, of whatever-grade, in a foreign
country, who does not adhere to our usages at home
will be looked on as object utterly unworthy of the
place he fills. Nor can a'ny court in the universe
take exception to such adherence. There is no
piinciple better established in internationnl comity
than that a Minister should represent, and carry
with him the customs, as relates to apparel, which
are observed in his intercourse with the chief, of the
nation by which he is accredited. The population
of Washington would have looked with 'disgust—
the Piesident would have been startled—if the late
Miriister here had presented himseli there in the
garb which he adorned himself in when he waited
on the Queen; and yet the Czar would have re
quired his representative to wear the same dress in
his presence at . a levee that he wore at the Queen 's
The American representative who can - behold.
beauty and fitness in the gala of Victoria's officials
will readily behold beauty and fitness in the form
of government of which the is the embodiment,
and, accredited trom a republic,is unworthy 01 trust.
The name of Mr. Buchanan will live forever in
England, because he dared to be a true man--'a
republican in tact and in truth.'
Fur tne lateliegencer.)
Lecture on Mental Alchemy.
The inhabitants of Brownstown and vicinity,]
were offereelomething feebly pertaining to Men-I
tal Alchemy, - on Saturday evening last. There was;
nothing strikingly sublime in the mental analyze- i
tions offered by tne learned proiessor, who ere he!
electrified his science with an air of pretended pro-I
iciency, was completely wrecked in the atiallow
waters, upon which he ventured hisoverladen bark.
The early dawn of night gave evidence that th
whole affair would prove a failure; yea, the very
breath of 'old bore's' uttered rdd, articulation tra
the word humbug. .11 . there really is as much tan
gibility in the science as Dr. Williams mairitrunal
aad challenges to prove, it certainly is much to be
regretted that its sublime woridera are not back
ed by more substantial demonstration than that
which was adduced by this erudite prolessor.
did not advance a single idea in support of his po
•pion; he gave a formal introduction of the subject;
with the apparent conviction, that his audience;
would mould their opinions to conform with hie
own peculiar fancies.
He was fortified in his, premises by a lew notes;
the first grand endeavor being to establish faith,
and even bad the presumption to prothise that he
could electrify someat least 11 allowed a fair trial.
This was extended with a liberal spirit by the great•
er part of toe audience.
• Grasping the thumb-joint as- usual, they sat in
a motionless, half sleeping attitude for at least fill
teen minutes, the involuntary ndd evincing that
Morpheus would soon aid the professor in his ex
periments.
He grasped the hand, rushed out a volume l
of technical phrases with the impetuosity 0
a botspur, pressed the tronto•nasal part of the cm'
nium, strove to bring theocular investmeatintoabeyi
ance, and struck off with 'all right;' bdt it was no
go, the eyelids would not remain closed, nor the
hand immovably approximate to his own; Noth
ing daunted, he repeated the operation with the same
unsuccessful results. The vocilmous 'all right' was
now hushed, as the spirit of humbuggery was con
sidesably in advance of that which was to add hi
larity to the evening's entertainment.
In order to quell open dissatisfaction, the ready
services of one of 'Ham's' descendants were offered
up as a dessert. This 'darkey' attempted to shoW
off the perfective wonders of ventriloquy, but his
belly would not speak out, as a plenitude of whis
key claimed occupancy, and electrified his stunted
brain with'vulgar ideas, which found ready exit in
grunting guttural tones. This as 41 the case,of the
brain experiment, was only 'the shadow withoUt
the substance'.
Disapprobation was now openly manifest, regrets
were expressed- against this bamboozling scheme,
"the whistle' , was however—"paid for," and the
audience retired leaving behind the anxious pro
fessor to estimate the sum total of "fools pencil"
realized by his quackish undertaking.
Hereafter he must devise a more powerful mag
net, to draw forth the dimes; he would not succeed
again, with a rehash in the shape of a second edi
tion, if ho had a certificate as large as the Massa
chusetts anti-Nebraska memorial, to bolster forth
his alchemiatic pretensions.
A year ago all were in extacies about the table
moving wonders, now the mental alchemy move
ment is the rage; who can devise the next move, to
keep up a seasonable excitement.
THUMBHOLDER':
BURNING OF TEI STI/X.llll. C•IIOLINI—GFLI/T
LOSlcrc Lira.—The steamer Caroline, a Memphis
and White-river packet, was destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning, the gth inst., about, twenty miles
above the mouth of White river, whilst on her way
lrom Memphis to Jacksonport.
At the- time of the accident the captain had about
$5OOO in the sale, belonging to others, which was
entirely lost. When she had burned to the water's
edge, she straightened herself up and down the riv
er, and sunk in about 30 feet water. There was a
large number of passengers on .board, of which
but tew were saved. Out of ten deck hands but
two escaped.
Deck Passengers Lost.—Wife and clild of f J.
Haskins . , Marshall county, Miss; tour children of
S. McMullen, Madison county, Tenn; Mr. Smith,
wife and a young lady with them; Mrs. Haley
and three chidren, Tippah county, Mo, John Hpr
ton, wife and two children, Madison county, Tenn;
Mr. Parrel, do., M. Martin, do., Miss Sussan
Pool, do; son of Mr. Hinshaw, do, Mr.—F--Shelby
county, son-in-law to Mr. Worthain; Mrs.
ter to above widow, and 13 children; Mists-4--,
sister to above; eight deck hands.
A S. Folger master, saved; Capt. Jas. Creigh
ton, pilot, lost; ' John R. Trice, lost; Sam'! Taylor,
saved; E. Elliot, clerk, saved; John Walker, mate,
saved, Charles Dewit, first engineer, saved, Samuel
Lauderdale, second engineer, saved; R. Pittman,
fireman, saved; Hildebram, saved; Wm. Ewing,
barkeeper, saved, Louis Pollock, assistant barkeep
er, lost. Eight deck hands are known to be load
The boat and cargo, and individual loss oftie.
sengers, is estimated at $150,000. The. boat as
insured at Memphis for $5OOO. Her - cost last slim.
user was $12,000.
Tax Noistaass.—The nominations made by
,the
State Convention are very well received,,in this 're
gion. 81811111, BLACK, and Morr are onrstandard
bearers. and we predict for them a majority lin the
Tenth Legion,lhat will be unprecedented. At last
ili
our claims to a member of the Canal Board h vh
been recognized, and Col. Mott is on the S ate
Ticket. (There is nothing equal to pervever ch
to accomplish an object, in the political, as Well
as the social world.) We will show by our vhte.
next October, that we know how to apprectdie
the compliment. Our democrats are united to
man on the ticket,—.Easton iirgue.
CITY AND COUNTY ,ITEMS..
Coons. being in session on yesterday morn
the death of Mr, hiargroseris announced by
~1 .Franklin, irherenpon, on Motion of Mt. Ste
• • ,it immediately adjourned till this Morning,
.r pacing ifeaolitiOn to attend the funeral in
a ody,
. . , .
STATtra.—garilendill statue of ROBIRT FIILTON
• on ThoMilay, placed in its appropriate niche
:ifulton Hall. It attracts much attention, and
cut by Kr. Cannon, of Philladelphiu.
UNCLI Tom's Comm.—This renowned Drama
will be performed at Fulton Hall,
,on Saturday
diiy night. • It bee had an immense rim Et'bila-
Olphia, Reading, Pottsville, York, Columbia and
odmr placm, and cannot fail to attract crowded
b uses here.. The scenery is new - and appropriate,
a d the Comptuiy have elicited 'commendation
heiever they have been.
Danicknon.—The new and beautiful Catholic
qburch in this City—St. Mary's-of-the-Assumption
was consecrated to the service of God. on Sup
day last, with appropriate ceremonies, by the Right
Reverend Mr. Newman, Bishop of the Diocese.
UT A joint resolution has paired bath branch
es of the Legislature, requesting. the Governor to
remove D. B. Votimtnarrrn, from the office of As.
sOciate Judge of this county:
ITea Msaurr tarrnirrioir.—Two meetings were
held in Market Square, on Thursday evening.—
The first was organi zed by - the appointment of
Capt. Heitzelberger, Chairman, and William A
Morton, Secretary. It was addressed by Col. Wjl.
tam S. Amweg, and a resolution adopted sustain.
ihg the Councils in reference ro the Central Mar
ket House plan. This meeting:was but a few min
utes in session.
rThe 'second meeting, which attracted a large
crowd of persons, was organized by the appoint
tment of the following named officers, viz : Dr. Ely
Petry, Chairman, and - J. M. Willis Geist, Secretary.
Bpeecties were made by Dr. Parry, John Wise and
Samuel , H. Price, Esq., when strong resolutions
against the project of Councils and in favor of
Ward Market Houses, were adopted.
ET Tax CoaceaT AT ST. MAIII . S CHIIIICH, be
the Heron Family, on Tuesday evening last. w,as
largely , attended—the spacious room being
rovvded, showing a liberal and generous responsy
Ito the object for which the concert, was given.—
The music was certainly very fine—the ladies espe
cially attracting no little attention by the volume
and sweetness of their voices, and the ease end
dignity with which they conducted themselves be
ifore the large and intelligent audience present.
ET Mr. JAMTS H. %rums, of Columbia, was
killed on tre Railroad, near Oakland, Chester co.,
on Tuesday last. He was on the top of a- freight
car, looking back, when his head struck a bridge,
which caused him to fall upon the track. The
cars passed over him, severing his head froth his
body. He leaves a wile and two children to mourn
their loss.
FATAL Accusscr.—On Wednesday last, Mr.
Job n R. Montgomery, son of John R. Montgomery,
'Esq., was killed by the accidental discharge of a
gun, near Colebrook Furnace. He was a young
man of excellent character, and leaves a large
number of friends to deplore. his untimely decease.
o .
ST. PATRICE ' S Dar.—Contrary to all rule, the
weather king ushered in Friday last. (St. Patrick's
Day) with a mild and balmy atmosphere and a
clear sky. As 'if to make amends, however, for
the mistake, towards evening old Boreal was - let
loose, the wind blew a perfect hurricane, and Over
coats were much in demand on account of the great
and sudden. change in the atmosphere.
Wax', Doxs, WARWICK I-At the Township
election held on Friday last, the following indepen
dent ticket was elected by a handsome majority
over the regular Whig ticket : [Those marked With
a • are Democrats.] Judge, Clement Geitner% In
spector, Charles R Kryder•,Supervisors, Abraham!
Coldeii•, Peter ICafroth•; Auditor, T. B. Tschifily;
Assessor, Henry Wise; Constable, B. MaCutcheon•
Township Clerk, M. Heibnei; School Directors,
C. H. Kryder*, Simon Hostetter.
Sraroul ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, Stephen
J. Hamilton of Drunnore township, while assisting
James M. Steele to start a drove of fat cattle to
Philadelphia, was thrown from his horse against
a rough stone wall, his head and 'right arm strik
•ing the wall about two feet from the ground. He
would inevitably have been killed had not he with
great yresence of mind thrust out his arm before
his head struck. He was carried to the residence
of Mr. Hess, when Dr. Raub of Quarryville yv'ets .
summoned, and his wouuds dressed. Upon exanima
lion it was found he had received a deep incision
in.the head—some of the bones in his right gam
broken, several of his ribs fractured, besides sus
taining some internal injuries. Notwitbstaling
the nature and extent of his injuries , we are gl d to
learn that he is in a fair way of recovery.
Cormsrars.--At an election for Borough officers,
&c., held on Friday last, the following persons were
elected :
NOSTH WAHD.—Judge—George I Wolf, Sr.; In
spectors—Charles Belize!, John Finger.
SOUTH WAHD.—Judge--.T. W. Hamilton; Inspec
tors—Lewis Tredenick, John Hippey.
Assessor—George Bogle.
Constable—John Gilbert.
s For the Intelligeneer.
Wooden• Nutmegs, &c.
Ma. SANDZISOI :—You are aware, doubtless,
that this is a growing city, and that there are some
great men in it—at least in their own estimation.
But, then, you• must reflect that we live in a pro
gressive age, and that our good old Dutch cityi is
not behind any of her neighbors in the spirit of im
provement. Latterly we have had quite an acces
sion from the 'land of steady habits,' in the shape
of an Editor whose vocation, it seems, is to
enlighten the natives by the brilliant scintillations
of his genius. Not content, however, with instruct
ing them in the arts and sciences, morals and liter
ature, his towering intellect has grasped other sub
jects, until
"At last the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew."
He has undertaken to regulate the action of the
City Cduncils, the Post Office employees, and last,
but not least, the Railroad officials. The two lat
ter classes especially are the peculiar objects of his
attention. The Post Office Clerks must be more
obeisant to the commands of his wooden nutmeg
lordshim—not daring to curl the lip when he is
about; and as to the Railroad officials, (which
menns, I suppose, Switch Turner and Dispatcher,
Weigh Master and Collector,( he has told them,
in en authoritative tone, that their duty is to keep the
boys off the ears and locomotives/ as they pass thro'
town, or else they will incur the sore displeasure of
all Yankeedem.
What a blessed thing it is, Mr. Editor, to live is
such an age, and that we have so learned and dia.
tinguisked a citizen in our mullet whose irisaa-sor
aria -ALL-13000 propensities are so strongly devel
oped. AN OUTSIDER.
PHILLDILPI/IL rat '4O AND 's4.—From the Moo
ey article of :'aturday'e Ledger, we clip the follow
ing :
Oor city was probably never more crowded with
business men than at this time. Our hotels are fill
ed. with strangers, our business streets blocked up
with bales and boxes, and,our railroads overloaded
with freight and passengers. A striking fact is pre
sented in the business of our city at
.this time, as
compared with its banking capital, and the busi
ness of Philadelphia fifteen years ego, compared
with its banking capital then. In 1840 the trade
of this city was probably not half, perhaps not a
fourth, of what it now is; and its banking capital
then was over fifty millions of dollars 1 Now with
•business doubled, perhaps quadrupled, our banking
capital is a little over ten millions of dollars! And
we venture to say there never was a time when
business was more satisfactory or more profitably
carried on than at this preseet moment. There is
no flagging of improvement of any feasible en:
terprise for want of capital, and there is even less
demand'tor any increase of banking facilities now
than then. The great public have learned that
banks dO not increase capital—they expand credit
to their own profit, and very generally'no the loss
of those who rely on them most. Gov. Hisicsa
has done much in his messages and in the `standhe
has taken against any increase of banking capital
to bring about the - present wholesome condition of
public sentiment, and 'we trust he will run a
pin through this paragraph and present it in his
next answer to those few persons who hold to the
obsolete idea that banking is essential to business.
Foreign Items.
The Royal mail steamer Arabia arrived at Hal.
ilex on Wednesday, with Liverpool dates to the 2d
inst.`
The Turkish question atilt agitates European cir
cles, and a general war is confidently anticipated at
the opening-of spring. Tne , severe weather and
heavy snows had suspended hostilities.= the Dan
!Ale and in Asia. , -
Austria has joined the western Powers in a
league offensive and defensive against Russia. It is
believed that Prussia will also join the confederates
and thus leave Russia to contend single handed in
the war. •
The Emperor of France opened the Legislative
bog" on the 2d inst., with a warlike speech. All
Europe seem to be arming for the conflict.
Spain is in a state of revolution. Madrid is in
a state of siege.
Breadstuffs have fallen considerably in price.--
At Liverpool, on the Ad inet, Wheat had declined
ild; Flour 24 and Corn . AL
St.l. (Udall! Coreespoinittence.
Sr. Laths, Arch 4, 1854.
Navigatioffto alfpointais now resumed, and our
merchants are actively ehgaged, ih their different
lines:of hi/sinewohr levee at thiawriting preadult
quite a different alipeefirorn that of a monthlgo
haibOr is crowded . With steamers, all freight.]
ed with _Variotui . of merchandise. The men],
cintile 'ommunify expect a heavy and profitable'
business the approachiatspring.
Our — City is drill'of - local intelliience. The city
authorities extended an invitation to the Governor,
members of the Legislature, Judges of the Court,
Mayors of the different cities, &c, Of Illinois. to par
take of ; a . dinner, for the noble manner in whick
the Legialature of that State pushed through that
body the bill for the right of way to the St. Louis
and Term Haute Railroad. They were received
here on the let inst., by the military and city of,
liciala, and escorted to the Rotunda. The follkiw•
mg day they partook of a sumptuous dinner—
spread In the new hall of the Mercantile Library
Association—and in the eveninic of the sam9 day
a grand Ball was given at the Varieties Theatre{
which was thronged with the beauty and faehion
of our city, and all seemed satisfied that St. Louil
was a great, flourishing and genirous city. The
citizens, with the Chamber of Commerce subecri.
bed $5,000 towards defraying the expenses of the
festival, and the city will foot up the balance--;
about 82,000; the total expensesn will not exceed
$7,000.
Our city was the scene of quite an excitement a
few days since, caused by a brutal and
,unwarrant•
mf punishment inflicted upon one 01 our German
citizens. The facts of the case, as near as I can
learn, are as follows : Wm. O. Hoffnian, a German,
who, some years since, edited a German paper in
Harrisburg, Penn., but who has. been residing in
this city, was most cruelty and barbarously cow
hided and otherwise ill-treated by four or file in
human wretches, in the northern part of the city.
Hoffman' was the Advertising Agent of a German
paper of this city, and, as it appears, became ac
quainted with the wife of a man named Baker
who kept a cuffs house in the Sixth Ward. Baker
thought, so the story runs, that Hoffman was rath
er too intimate with his 'better hall,' and accord
ingly sent him a note to that effect, and forbid him
the house. A few days since, Hoffman received a
note purporting to come from Baker's wile, inviting
him to visit the house—(but whether this note was
anonymous, and sent for the purpose of carrying
into effect the villainous outrage inflicted on Hoff
man, is not yet known, as the vie= is too seri
dusty injured to appear against the inhuman
wretches.)„ However, be this as it may, Hoffman
went to her room at the time specified in the note,
and found her indisposed and in bed. .What tran
spired between him and her has not, as yet, been
made public. She, however, fired two shots of a
pistol at Hoffman, neither of which took effect; but
the report of which soon brought three men to the
spot, who, it seems, were awaiting the signal.—
They caught Hoffman, tied him down to the bed
with a rope, sent for Baker, who was not tar dis
tant, he procuring two cowhides, and lashed the
poor, helpless creature with them until they were
both worn out. But they did not stop here—Baker
took his knife and perpetrated one of the most bar
barous, outrageous and disgusting acts upon the
person of Hoffman. The latter was taken to the
hospital, where he now lies in &critical condition,
beat almost into a jelly. The ruffians were arrested,
bur I am sorry to say, are out, under bail, for their
appearance at the examination. The citizens of
the Ward were greatly exasperated at the conduct
of these beasts in human shape, and it was feared
violence would be committed; whereupontt strong
police force was sent up to quell any outbreak of the
frantic citizens in the vicinity. An 'indignation
meeting' was held last evening.in the weird, and
several inflammatory speeches were made, and vio
lent and strong resolutions adopted against the per
petrators of this diaboliCal act. The Mayor was
present and addressed the meeting, which was very
large and respectable. He told them to desist from
any rash act and let the law take its course, which
tie knew would do justide to tbe.injured , party. It
is generally presumed that Hoffman was deceived,
by this note—that it was anonymous, and that it
was a plot planned by these men; although several
letters from Baker's wile were found in Hoffman's
trunk atter his removal to the hospital. The ex
amination, I hope, will be searching and thorough,
and should it appear that H. was deceived by an
anonymous letter, which he no doubt was, these
worse than brutal villains should receive a punish
ment to the full extent 01 the law.
Dr. Parker, and Mrs. Neel, the mother of the
young matt I spoke of in a previous letter as beibg
very ill, arrived here about a week ago, and found
tier son much improved in health, so much so that
they lett for Lancaster three or lour days since,
with a fair prospect of his speedy recovery.
'Westward the star of empire takes its way!' I
learn that several companies are about forming in
some of the Western States for the purpose of eiii•
igrating to Nebraska in the spring. From present
appearances there will be a large - emigration into
that territory during the spring and summer. Ne-
braska territory contains 136,700 square miles,
and would make seventeen States as large as Mas
sachusetts. A sprightly paper, called the Democrat,
is now published at Nebraska City—a place des
tined to be one of the greatest cities in that terri
tory. The Fremont County (Iowa) Journal says:
'Already claims.have been made upon all lands
in Nebraska Territory within five miles of Nebras
ka City site. This speaks loudly for the importance
attached-to this embryo city. We do not consider,
however, those who have thus made claims have
any right upon the soil, and 'we think their action
in the premises, entirely too hasty, and calculated,'
in a measure, to retard the ratification of the trea
ties at Washington.'
Illinois, the 'Sucker: State,' is rapidly ascending
the ladder of fame, and is fast becoming a State of
magnitude and importance. During the past year
about a million of the State debt has been Liquida
ted, besides the pro rata dividend of the two mill
tax; and the Governor anticipates that one-third of
the State debt will be paid during his term of office,
and the interest fully paid on. the balance. The
bill for the grant to the St. Louis and Terra Haute
Railroad passed the Illinois Legislature after a des
perate and bard fought battle, in-which the deni
zens of our neighboring city (Alton) were badly
detested. Alton has always opposed the interests
of St. Louis, and takes every occasion to give us a.
dig under the rib: The passage of this bill bast
given to St. Louis .a speedy and direct communi
cation with the eastern and sea-board cities, which
will secure an immensity of the trade which now
finds a channel via Chicago and the Lakes. Chi.
cago, too, as a matter of course, is strongly oppo.
sed to everything in the shape of railroads that will
benefit our city, as each and every one will detract
a large portion of the trade from that city.
The completion of the Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad was celebrated at the latter place, on the
22d ult., with great enthusiasm. The road is 181
miles in length, and was put under contract in Oc
tober, 1851, and finished in a little less than two
years from the time work the was begun.
The Hon. John Wentworth, generally known as
'Long John'—editor of the Chicago .Democrat, has'.
recently sold a lot in that city, 96 by 150 feet, for
$30,000, making about $lOO,OOO worth of proper
tyffie has sold within a year, and 'has more than as
muah still on hand. Certainly, he is one of the
lucky editors!
Tne node enterprise does not exist in Missouri
as that of Illinois, although there is an abundance
of good and fertile land in this State, and which
can be had on easy terms, and at a low price; yet
those in want of land seek their future habitation
in other States. I can give no other explanation for
thisfact, than this sirdple reasob thatour constitution
bears upon its lace the curse el Slavery, which, so
long as it holds the negro in bondage, will lose
many of the thousands emigrating to the western
country, who might, were it otherwise, select their
location in our State.
I notice that a mammoth Oz is about to be tit
ian through our State on exhibition. It is said to
be the largest animal of the kind in the world. I
am not able to sly whether he was raised in' this
State or not, but he must certainly be a monster
and is worthy of note. He is 20 hands high; weighs
over 4000 Ibs; is well proportioned; five years old,
and still growing. Yours, Osc.
OLD GUARD.
DARING ROINZRT OP THI PITTSBURG CUSTOM.
Hoosa.—On the night DI the 10th, about '7 o'clk.,
John Hastings, Collector of the POrt, was knocked
down in Allegheny, and robbed of $250, a gold
watch, and the keys of the ( c ustom House doors
and the safe. The robbers then entered the Cus
tom House and stole a bag containing $lO,OOO in
po gold pieces. Mr. Hastings is in a precarious
condition.
In relation to the above robbery the Washington
Star says
`We learn; on inquiry, that the Secretary of the
Treasury, with his usual foreiight, some time since
authoriztd the 'Designated Depository' of the pub
lic monies at Pittsburg, Pa., to employ constantly.
two armed watchmen to. guard the public funds
entrusted to his custody: It is not kuown at the
Department whether they had been so employed,
or what they were about when the robbery occur
ring on Friday night was committed. They, as
yet, know no more concerning the affair than is
stated in our telegraphic oolutnn to-day. We may
add, that the Department is not yet informed
whether Mr. Hastings had removed the money in
his charge into we new Custom House building.'
LOLTIVILLLE. Mai ch 17.—We have intelligence of
the4inking. of the steamer J. L, Avery, below Nat
chez, on the night of the 9th mat., by which 60
pinions won drowsed.
Arrival of the
Na
The steamer •Washington
'ng from Havre, via Soothe,
the let:inst.
Ewaus.Jr
The British squadron at S
ler forty said. A third Fren
,
'formes, consisting in ten sa .
frigates, 'and fifteen corvett
thisteet will join the Brats.
Lord Raglan left London
n order to have an intervie
The English force in the
men. A. second ditachmeut
bark.. ' *
In the House ot Lords, of
deen stated that a bill wl
creasing the English militia
and raising 30,000 in Sc
Ireland.
It is rumored that the c "mbined fief
head would be reviewed by Queen V
the Emperor -Napoleon plor to their
fot the Baltic.
Sir Charles Napier's appuintment to the com
mand of the fleet is ooneldered as Indic ri ve ot the
moat severe measures against Russia.
The French government bee prohibit the ex
portation of arms, amunitibn,&c.
Route.—A telegraphic despatch, de ,
tersburg, 15th ult., states that Prince P
had been appointed to the r :chief emu
Danubian army.
Orders have been forwa rded to the El
in the Black Sea to neither Leek nor ev
eion with the allied fleets.
The Russian army ot the Oxus had
marches north 01 Khiva. The Khans
end Khiva had been brought to terms,
tensive and defensive quadr uple &Bien(
concluded between them the Bossism
Mahommed.
The French Ambassadortdemanded ti
in the same way, but the tizer express
to see him. An interview took, place, di
be was invested with - the iseignia of t
St. Alexander Mowsky.
TURLII.—The Shenk El Islam ha
100.000,000 piastres to the Sultan of
prufferred further assistande it needed.
One English and two French office]
appointed to actual comlnd.on the I
It is announced from C nstantinoplo
ty bee been concluded between the Po,
land and Franei — relative] j to future
with Russia.
Ml.llOll TIIIINPIKL COMPANT.-At
held at Milleritown on Wednesday,
following persons were elcted officer
pany tor the ensuing yea,: Manager
Patera, Jacob Peters, Jacob Shenk; Ja •
John Lintner, Jacob M. Frantz. Pres
Harman; Treasurer, Chales Bought-
➢lAttatAl,iktl.
At the residence of Gitt L .on Smith,
field township, on the Ifit inst., by t
Strine, Tobias Kauffman of East He
rah M. Smith of West H4mpfield.
By the same, Rawline MeLune,
Susan Keller, of Conestoia.
On the 2d inst., by 'lne Rev. Mr.
Benjamin H. Sides, to Eleanor C. A
Drumore township.
On Saturday night las t , after a brie
illness of a few hours, f.ILLIMI 51..
in the 35th year cif hie age. ITho fun
place this afternoon at 4 o'clock, frog.
idence in South Queen street.]
Thus has fallen, in the very prim
hood and uselbluesa, a citizen whose I
irreparable. Of unbounded popularit i
,
amongst bis tellow citizens, with a
pect before him—the idol of his lami
—he has been suddenly . takeu from i
this community has lost ne aim i
sing and valuable membeia.
tt
w
Mr. Mattnot was a sue ail and
well versed in the learnt ig of the pn
possessing a judgment c , pable . at a ,
almost unerring accuracy the prams'.
to the individual cases asi they arose
seated to his altention' 'Hu Mud the
sce of Prosecuting Attorney 'unt
Snunk; also the appointment of Co
Bankruptcy, until the repeal of the
He was for many years d member o
Council of thig city, for most of whi
the presiding officer of tee body. •
memeer of the [Sward of school three
sf the Gas Company, and for a lung
Chairman of the Denim:Mile County
post of great and commanding iii 1
party.
In all these highly honorable ami
position% his conduct was marked
est integrity and energyand we a
timaiing his great wortk and Wulff
that no man of nig age ever occup
degree el influence in Lancaster cum
its Pace.
TAJLeAiiiiatme.ai
MEM!
Flour is without denahnd and d
decline, and standard and good st
are offered at $7,25 per barrel, in
buyers to any except either ibr expo
Rye Flour and Corn !Weal are nor
former quotations, witbtut sate. Gr
and Wheat is held at fur Re
White; buyers offer lesis. Rye is no
whitih is a decline. Coin is lower,
bushels good yellow sold at 70 hen
72 cents afloat. Vats—i-,No sales,
In Groceries tnere Lam bustues
and iiolassea at steady [prices. 1.
and firm, with tree sales of Rio 11 a
time. The Provisihn trade is qu ei
about the same. Ironfirth with
Cloverseed continues d II and drou ii
to-day-at $5,25 per Inihel. Whis e;
tionery at 27 centaihr both Mids. et
CATTLE' 51./akwr.—The offerin :
for the week were abobt 1200 hehdl,
selling)rom 9,511 to $10,50 per 10
There were about 300 an market,
to $45. Calves are selling at 5
live weight. Sheep selling at Si t.
Hogs—Selling at from 7 to $7,50
G" -F.
illreiannut, *ll.l
Law. Office in ''Y est, King dt.
er's Hotel. ;;Lancaster, ma.
Uncle Town. li:abln.—le T IL fON HALL.
Proprietors and Managers; 5 eisrs:MARTIN
MASON and Mi. titalf.Ll). Sa urday evening,
March 25th 1654. lioOrs open at } precisely.—
Cards of Admission 25 cts.; Rase veil seats 37i
cts. I ' r.
The great moral lesson of Uncl Tom's Cabin I
Embracing the whole !work writt by Mrs. Har
riet Beecher Stowe,which has bee visited by thou-.
sands of the first citizens of New drk, Philadel
phia; and Boston ' inclbding the e'rgy, Parents,
Guardians, Schools, Teachers, th Press and tbe
People.
Rose Merrifield I tha t
great orig
represented by her flier one hu dd
Philadelphia, fifteen consecutive
ing, fourteen in Pottsville, eight i
teen in Columbia to overflowing
audiences. Little Cla ice_eappet,
Angel Child, (whose ft ti
ustraon of
(
is as surprising as it is beautiful,)
song—'Eva to her Papal ,
No Theatrical performance witl
Cabin.
Bank Notic
r LIE Stockholders !of Die Len,
JL }SALM are required!, by a redo!
of Dtrectors, topay in an instalmen
payable on and atter the bth day
tßuisEßl' I
march 21 71-9 J
e 2300 Wantell . on be
tip of Apra neat, tor one or four
a Mortgage on a fine Farm, uni
erty four miles from I:ancestor cu
'Thu is a good investment. elnqu
J. FiIADIKLIII
march 21. 10-91 Fulton 11
.8.50 Wanted Ounedl
'W ner in the sale of an tannic fo:
Patent have been granted, and
may be.reahzedin onelyear. Engin'
LIAN REIGART, Fulton Hall, •
can now be seen and 'r.atisfactory
en.
EOLate of Ckrisfieux Brubaker
sad IN Be,--10 th ., Court of C.MELIOU Pleas for
;Lae County of Lancad er. Wherea , amutil Cruiles
assignee of Christian Brubaker a. d wile, did on
the 6th day offdarch,llBo.l, file in the Office of the
'Prothonotary of the said Court, hi account of the
'said Estate : Notice id hereby gay Ai to all persons
interested in the said estate, that the said Court
have appointed the 17th day of A .11, 1854, for the
Iconfirmation thereat, Unica, exce l , ous be filed.
Attest, !JOHN K. B. 'ED, r rotity.
Pretties office, Lanpaster, Mar. h OM, leb4.
mh 21 I 4t-lit
For Sale.—At the Fulton
North Queen, et. end the Ka
;modern bats BRICK OUSES, in I
}street, two stories and attic, occu I
Alfred Nevin and Mre. Wager.
possessioa giien let if April 185 1
4 ,1,
If not sold private] before 27t I
they will be offered Ncly at
lot 8 o'clock same ev ning. I
For particulars °minim of M
!Lancaster, Pa. i 1
1
ashln.
Year., Ma l
rived here I
. rdon, wit .1,
his even•
dates to
ithead'will
squadron
of the lin-
.on num
had.been
fourteen
• that
thead.
. Itzta sup;
fleet at Sp,
.12 the 25thl
with Na. !
Eastis to
as prapar
for Paris,
Non.
, a 30,000
.g loam-
I .rd Aber
loduced in
-1,000 men,
110,000 in
the 28th, I
. lo be in
force to 12
,tland, and
to at Spit
ctorta and
doparturo
ed St. Pe
. ski ewitch
end of the
%mien fleet
id a collie•
..alted two
.f Bolthara
and an ot
!e Ina bean
and Doat
be treated
d the wish
ring which
,e order of
advanced
u rkey, and
a have been
I anube.
that a trea:, - .
t.) and Eng
' negotiations
the election
th inst., the
of the com•
Abraham
.b Bauman,
.ent, Denial
In W. Hemp.
e Rev J J
i pfield, to Sri: •
A Maroc, to
Rutter, Dr.
og, both of
but severe
MOT, Esq.,
ral will take
his late res.
1 of his man-
loos is almost
land influence
I rilliant pros
' y sod friends
19. midst, and
:chit euierpri-
0 1 1 e, lawyer,
[ lession, and
o the
plyingl
wliatwh
l
nd were pre
linportant of
er Governor
lIIIIMUIIer in
silk' upt Law.
the Common
h time he was
o was also a
• orld'resident
erred of time
Commit tee, a
uence in the
responsible
h the strict
not over-ee•
hen we lay
a greetof
. linguacat
18, 1859
I at a Wilier
Eviiiivg brands
[bout finding
t r howe use.
Izialiy held at
al is unsettled,
and slt.,bo for
144 at 96 cti.,
at about 5000
s in store, and
D 4 nu ,bange.
d • ing in Sugar
...es are active
If cents, on
and prices
'.ilerate bales.
g. We quote
im about. ta-
61 Beet. Cattle
I. Beeves ate
lbs. Coeva—
-1 sold from 22
'it per lb., tor
6* cts. per lb.
1.06
orney at
below Coop
, ch 21 2m-9
nal , Toper as
dred nights in
thins in Read-
York, and lour
nil lashionahle
as 'Eva,' the
he 'Gentle Eva ,
nth an original
Uacle Tom'■
mh 21 11-9
(STEIL COUNTY
tenet the Board
ut IP per 'bare,
May out.
Cashier.
ore the lit
11 ears, fur winch
cumbered prop
(, be given.
e of
. .
LIGART,
Al, Lancaster
l l tely—A Part
'which
,Lettere
i which $6OOO ,
e or J. FRAN/t
-here the model
limmolation giv
.i. arch 21 10-9
. ouse Hotel, ob .
road—tvr e new
North Duk e r a
ied by Rev.l2
erme !say, and
of May ensuing,
elFulton House,
. A. Jtrissnio,
[mush 111(41