3ntelligeriter St, Journal.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster. May 23,1354.
' FOR GOVERNOR:
'ORLI BIQLSS, of Clearfield County.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT:
JEREMIAH B. BUCH, of Somerset County.
'OR CANAL COMMISSIONER
HUEY S. MOTT, of Pike County.
Office of the Intelltgencer, at
No. 21. South Queen street, nearly opposite
the Second Presbyterian Church.
The 'Small Note Law.
Governor }hones has again done an act which
cannot fail to be popular with the masses. We
allude to his Veto of the bill consolidating the
snits brought against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Compaq, and other corporations, for violating the
law against the circulation of foreign notes of V.
less denomination than five dollars—a' copy of
which will he found in another column. The Gov
ernor's reasons are sound and to the point. There
is an usrepealed law upon our statute books, im
posing certain penalties for its violation. These
corporations have undeniably violated it, with a
full knowledge of its existence and provisions, and
they now modestly ask to be exempted from the
payment of the.penalties which they have incurred.
Individuals could • not escape the consequen
ces', and we know of no good reason. why corpo
rate bodies should. If it is wrong in one case to
violate the law, it must be equally so in the other.
The Governor will be abundantly austained by the
people in the position he has taken in reference to
this question.
Mr If any thing were yet wanting to convince
the most skeptical of the drift of the new isms and
factions that have sprung up in our midst within
the last two or three years, a perusal of the last
number of the Saturday Express, the so•called Tem-.
perance organ of this City, will abundantly satisfy
them that the whole thing is a scherrie to transfer
the government of the State into Whig hands.—
There are many of our Democratic - friends who
are sincere friends and advocates of the Temper
ance cause, who, we feel sure, Will not be vvillir i ig
to be thus bound hand ancifoot' by Messrs. Pear
sol & Geist, and sold to the Whig party ; nor will
they be convinced that it is their duty to op
pose Governor Bigler, because of the choice and pol.
fished epithets applied to him and Judge Campbell
by the writer for the Express.
But, be this as it may, one thing is evident that
the true Democracy of the State will have to con
tend against a formidable combination at the next
election, made up of the remains of Whiggery and
its new allies:Native Americans alias Know Noth
ings, Ultra Temperance men, Free Soilers, Aboli
tionists and disaffected Democrats—and they may
as well prepare first as last for the issue. There
is nothing, however, in all this to frighten Demo
crats. The same factions, although under different
names, were arrayed against honest Frank Shook,
at his second election in 1897; and . then,as now, the
disaffected in his own party, were clamorous
against him—but he was gloriously sustained by
the people, nevertheless, and a majority of more
than 17,000 attested-the strength of the Democra
cy and the weakness ofits adversaries. So it will
be again, and Governor Bigler will be triumnbant
ly elected to the post he at present fills vvitircuch
distinguished ability.
Tag Eata RD:amts.—We learn from the 'Erie
papers that Messrs. Killpatrick, Sherwin and Jack
appeared before the District Court at Pittsburgh
last week, and atter a brief hearing, were,given to
underitand that the prosecution against them
would be withdrawn if tire) , would pay the costs
already incurred This they declined to do.
They were then required to enter into recognizance
for their appearance at aviother a term. This also
they refused. They were finally permitted by the
Marshal to retnrn unconditionally ; as if their pros
ecutors were glad to rid themselves of further
trouble by any means. So that farce may be set
down as finished.
Zinc Onz.—Two splendid pieces of this metal,
taken from the Northampton mined, and presented
by Mr. John Keenan, to Miyor Kieffer and
Charles Boughter, of this city, may ba . seen in their
possession. The ore is very rich, of a 'fine quality.
and is but anothe'r evidence of the immense miner
al resources of Pennsylvania. The mines in ques-
tion have Veen worked for several years, and. the
proprietors, we learn, have realized a large profit
from the success which has attended their enter
prise.
U. S. SawsTons.—Mr. Gillette (Free Soil) and
Mr. Faster (Whig) have been elected U. S. Sena-
tors, by the Legislature of Connecticut.
jr A man and his wile whose names we have
not learned, whilst carelessly walking on the rail.
road Track, below Christiana, were accidentally
killed on Sunday last, by being run over with the
Express train going east.
Dtr The Military Elections for Brigade and
Field Officers, to serve for the ensuing five years,
will take place throughout Pennsylvania, on the
Ist Monday of June next.. All the military com
missions expire this year. Company officers are
to be elected on the third Monday,in August.
if 7 Hon . Thomas H. Benton is announced as a
candidate for re-election to the House of Represen
tatives in the St. Louis district, subject to the de
cision of the democratic party as expressed by A
primary election. The St. Louis Democrat says,
it is also authorized to announce that he is like
wise a candidate belore the people of the State at
large for re-election to the Senate of the United
States.
Tex Eca iss..An annular eclipse of the Sun,
as we have before stated, will occur on Friday
next, the 26th inst. commencing at 4 30 P. M.
111 The Governor has appointed Hon. Morrow
C. ROGERS, (formerly of this City, and for many
years a judge °lithe Supreme Court,) an associate
Law Judge of this district, under the recent act
of the Legislature. It is not yet known whether
he will accept the appointment.
117 Hon. EDWARD Evznrrr has resigned his
seat in the U. S. Senate, in consequence of ill
health—the resignation to take effect in June.
INCREASE or NEWSPAPER RA. TEL—The New
York Herald has yielded to the 'manifest destiny"
of the American newspaper press, and raised the
price from two to three cents a copy. This step
is induced in consequence of the great increase in
the cost of paper presses, type, material. and labor
of all kinds, which has recently taken place.
ip- We are indebted to Postmaster General
CAMPBELL for sundry documents, for which we
return him our thanks.
Inman Tex..erzas.—The commissioner of In
dian Affaiia, who has been engaged of late in con,
eluding treaties with various tribes of Nebraska
Indians, completed his work on Thursday, so
far as regards the delegations now in Washing}
ton. The treaty with the Imes was concluded
on Wednesday, and treaties with the Saes and
Foxes, and the Kickapoos, respectively, next. Five
more tribes are on their way for the same pur
pose, viz: the . Miamiee, Weals, Peoria", Pianke
shims, &c.
Rupture with Spain.
The policy of the Administration in respect to
Cuba is the subject of much diseuradon and Mis
apprehension. Washington Correspondents set afloat
contradictory :rumors with an equal, affection of
authority in every instance; and so the public mind
is bewildered by every sort of absurd story
rash speculation." Among the most industrious
shameless of these scribblers, is the X correspo.
dent of the Baltimore Sun, whose communications
are always unreliable in proportion as his state
ments are positive. This gentleman, cherishing
an equal dislike of Mr. Soule and the President,
has sought to propagate the opinion that while the
. -
• dministration is too timid to assert the honor of
he country, our Minister at Madrid is so rash as
needlessly and for .ielfish purposes to provoke the
anger of the Spanish government.
Without pretending.to any peculiar opportuni
ties of official information, we may venture to al.
firm that neither is the Administration disposed to
submit to the insolent aggression of the Spanish
g overnment, nor does Mr. Soule in his remon-
strance and demands, transgress the strict letter of
his instructions
The public. ; have a very inadequate conception o
he grievances of this government against Spain
They have been repeated in detail through a suc
cession of years, until they furnish in the aggre
gate an ample justification for any retaliatory or
hostile measure. Here is a brief synopsis of such
outrages as this government has suffered from the
authorities of Cuba within the last four years:
'On the 22d of January, 1850, Charles Peter V.
Esnard, an American citiien,:was arrested by the
Cuban authorities, and incarcerated in the prison
of Havana; no charge having ever been advanced
against him. In May of the same;year, two Amer
ican vessels, the Georgians and the Susan Loud,
were captured at Con oy by the Spanish. General o
Marines and brought-as prizes into the port of Ha
vane, their crews were imprisoned. On the 25th o
March, 1851, John Salinero, an American citizen,
was arrested by the Spanish authorities, no accua
lion being made against him, On the 16th of Au
gust, 1851, the United States steamer Falcon was
fired into and boarded by a Spanish man-of-war
without any excuse or pretext. On the 16th of
February, 1852, The American schooner Lamar
tine was fired into by a Spanish vessel, also with
out assignable motive or pretext. On, the 3d of
October, 1852, the Crescent City was driven frorp
Havana, and prohibited from landing her mails
on the childish and frivolous pretext that the
purser spoke and wrote ill of the , Cuban author
ties on his visits to New York. In the March fol
lowing, the Ohio was detained three days at Ha
vana, under an unprecedented and ridiculous plea
that she ought to perform quarantine. On the 14th
that month the schooner Manchester was boarded
by a Spanish vessel of war, searched, and detained
twenty-four hours, without the shadow of any pre
text whatever. In February, 1853, and subse
quently, the United States mail bags were broken
open by the Cuban authorities, many of the seals
broken, and the privacy of American correspon
dence violated. On the sth of May of the same
year, three American seamen, belonging to the
American bark Jasper, were arrested on vague
suspicions of being concerned in the slave trade,
thrust into prison, and subjected to inconceivable
indignities and cruelties. In November, Pedro
Raices, a naturalizedcitizen of the 'United States, was
arrested in Havana, no crime being charged against
him; was tried and sentenced to a year's trans-
portation. Shortly afterwards another naturalized'
citizen of the United States, Isidore Richoux, was
forced to leave the island of Cuba, no motive being
assigned for his expulsion. The notorious cause
of the Black Warrior completes an imperfect cata
logue of the affronts we have suffered at the bands
of Spain during the last four years.'
We may safely affirm that from no nation of
greater prowess than Spain, would the U. States
have submitted to such injuries and indignities. If
either France or Great Britain lied displayed such
contempt for our flag and the rights of our citizens,
we would long since have been driven to some vio
lent retaliation. In the case of Spain, a feeling of
magnanimity has subdued our resentment, and re.
strained ns from measures of hostility against a
weak and contemptible empire. For a less prov
-ocation than any one in this catalogue of grievan
ces against the Spanish government, Great Britain
threatened to invade the little kingdom of Greece,
and desisted from its purpose only after ample apol
ogy and reparation. Nine-tenths of the wars that
have desolated Europe, were kindled by causes,
which, in comparison with the outrage to the
Black Warrior, were insignificant instances of in-
civility.
The time is come when this country can no lon
ger submit to the insolent aggression of the Span
ish government, and when some satisfactory atone
ment must be made for past insult and outrage.—
Emboldened by long impunity, and stimulated by
the officious interference of the Anglo-French alli
ance, the government of Spain has at last pushed
its violence to a point beyond which the United
States cannot retreat. The circumstances of the
moment are propitious to a final and satisfactory
settlement of all our difficulties with Spain ; and
the Administration has seized the occasion to initi
ate a negotiation which will terminate either in
war, or in the restoration of a stable and hono cable
peace. No timid or temporizing measure; no pa
cific policy of diplomatic expedients; no reluctant
apology or ambiguous explanation, will suffice for
the emergency; and the country may be assured
that the President will not accept any such satis
faction for our wrongs. The Adininistration have
sought an audience of the Spanish government with
the deliberate determination to settle now and for
ever every matter in dispute between the two na
tions, and to provide an adequate security against
the recurrence of the outrages which have provoked
the present rupture. That they will be successfu
in their patriotic purpose is our confident anticipa
tion; that they will not submit to defeat, and will
maintain thedignity and the hdnor of the country
in every crisis, and without regard to consequences,
we have every guarantee in the character of the
Cabinet, and in the, energy with which the negoti
ation is conducted. Whatever the result may be,
it will justify the opinion that the country stands
now on the threshold of some great event which
will affect its destiny to the remotest age.—Rich
mond Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, May 20.
THE NEBRASKA. BILL, &c.—The opponents of
the Nebraska bill held a caucus to-night, and de
termined to fight it out to the last, using the usual
'Parliamentary expedients,' and when the bill is
reported to the House, calling the ayes and nays,
On Monday, the fight will be renewed, and con
tinued throughout the whole of Monday night, up
to the hour on Wednesday when the Pacific Rail
road bill comes up as the special order. The op
ponents of the Nebraska bill, at least, are resolved
upon this course. The sensation in the Capitol is
at the fighting point. ' Sunday will most likely be
devoted to caucusing on a large scale.
The vote will not, however, it is supposed, be
taken before Wednesday, if so soon.
Mr. Richardsdn will oppose all amendments.
•
Orders have been sent by the Secretary of the
Navy to delay all vessels of war under sailing or
ders, and hold them in readiness.ior immediate ser
vice. This precaution has been taken in view of
our present 'critical relations with Spain.
t In a speech made by Dr. Lee, of Richmond,
at the Methodist General Conference, it was eta.
ted that the N. Y. Book Concern had made
$900,000 in fifty years, and that the Harper's estab.
lishment in thirty five years had made wealth
enough to lose, $1,200,000 hype without stopping
their business, or divesting them of capital enough
to carry it on, on as large a scale as ever.
ng" An adjourned Court of Common Pleas, for
his county, will commence at Fulton Hall, on
; Monday next,to continue two weeks.
' I Governor's Veto.
Of the hill for ermsoliziating into one the several suits
brought against the. Pennsylvania railroad and the
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad, or violating the
sintarttote law.
A bill was passed near the close the late session
of the legislature, releasing certain railroads and
canal companies from the penalties incurred under
the law of 1850, prohibiting the circulation of
es other states of a less denomination than
five dollars. The Governor, however, rouses to
give it his sanction, and has written out his objet
tions to it at length and filed them away with the
bill, in the office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth, with instructions to that officer to deliver
both to the next Legislature immediately after its
meeting . The following are his reasons :
The act of 1850 imposes upon every corporation
hat passes a foreign bank note of less denomina
ion than five dollars a penalty of five hundred dol-
lars, and upon every individual a penalty of twen
ty-five dollars, to be sued for and recovered as oat.
er debts are recovered, one half to the plaintiffoind
the other to the use of the county where the offence
is committed.
The bill now under consideration does not pro.
pose to repeal the law of 1850, nor is there any
thing in it from which it can be inferred that the
General Auembly believed its influence to be evil.
In my 'consideration of the subject, I start, there
fore, with the assumption that the law forbidding
the circulation of small notes from other states is
a necessary and wholesome regulation, and that
the penalty for its violation is required to give it
force and effect. When the Legislature were deal
ing with the subject, if they had not supposed the
act which they found in force, to be just and nec
essary, they would undoubtedly have repealed it at
once and forever. But the bill belore me not only
contains no clause of repeal, but expressly provides
against any inlerence which might impair its fu.
ture force. Here, then, is a law, based on princi
ples undeniably sound, containing provisionaneces.
sary to protect an interest so vitally important as
the currency, called for at the time of its adoption
by public opinion, consistent with the true rules of
public economy, passed by one Legislature and
after four years of experience solemnly sanctioned
by another. Shall such a law be executed? To
ask the question is to answer it. The affirmative
must be the universal response.
This bill declares that 'where several suits have
been brought against railroad or canal companies,
to recover penalties incurred by violating the 48th
section of the act of Thal, the suits shall be con
solidated into one, and judgment be given by the
court for only one penalty, together with costs of
all the actions to the time of the consolidation,
and all other penalties heretofore incurred whether
sued for or not, shall . be remitted, released and dis
charged.'
This means simply to legalize all the offences
which a railroad or canal company may have com-
mitted except one.
But why should one offence be reserved for pun
ishment while the rest are remitted ? If the law
has been violated an hundred times, and each time
under the same circumstances, the excuse which
should free the p .rty from ninety-nine penalties
ought to be equally valid for the hundredth. If the
law be right in one case, it is right its all, and it
it be wrong in any it is sheer cruelty to let a per
son suffer under it at all.
But the bill not only creates this difference be
tween similar offences committed by the same cor
poration, but a still more unjust distinction is made
between corporations of a particular class, and all
other corporations, officers, brokers and citizens.—
None but railroad and canal companies are to be
loomed uy the impunity which this bill provides.
All other persons and bodies, public and private,
natural and artificial, must take the consequences
which their misconduct has drawn upon them. I
am sensible of the importance and u , efulness of
railroad and canal companies, and I certainly have
no inclination to prejudice them in the accomplish
ment of the legitimate ends for which they were
created. But when we are dealing with them for
an infraction of the law, justice looking at the
question of guilt or innocence, is blind to all differ
'
ence between them and others. She is no respec
tor of persons or corporations.
The penalties which it is proposed to remit
were incurred (if incurred at all) by the infraction
of a plain law of which the offenders had full no
tice; and I cannot resist the 'Conclusion that it
would be degrading and humiliating to the State
to denounce a j.unishment for an offence, and, then
refuse to execute it while insisting that it was just.
It does not consist with her aignitY and honor to
compromise with transgressors against her stat
utes. She has threatened and shall she not exe
cute? %lie haspiomised and shallshe not perform? If
the statute in question were cruel, unjust or use
less, there could be no objections to its total repeal,
and a full remission of-all penalties incurred under
it. But the General Assembly themselves, who
passed this bill, held a contrary opinion, and on
this point I concur with them.
And again, the demoralizing influence of the pre
cedent this bill would set should not be overlooked.
If this kind of legislation be once begun where is
it to end? The railroad and canal companies may
violate the act of 1850 again and again, and with
more confidence than ever expect to be again ab
solved by the legislature. Omer corporations will
claim equal favor with quite as much justice. In
dividuals will have good cause to complain if they
should be punished when corporations are not. It
this bill be right, I know not on what ground we.
can refuse to pass similar acts whenever applied
for. 1-low shall we extend so great indulgence and
lenity to corporations and refuse like relief to the
destitute individual who may be arraigned for pass
ing the only note he had. It would be be better
to repeal the law than thus to trifle with and de
grade it.
I object to this bill for another reason. Some
of the penalties it proposes to remit are already
sued for, and the suits are now pending. I am
bound to Intel this from the words of the bill. All
legislative interference with the regula administra
tion of justice, it must be conceded, is wrong, and
is calculated to exercise a most pernicious influence
upon the morals of society. It has excited com
plaint wherever practised, and has generally pro
duced great evil and no good: The legislative and
judicial departments of-the government must be
kept separated, and each allowed to perform its
functions without interference tram the other. The
one indeed is not fitted to do the dutieS assigned to
tlsq other. By this bill the' Legislature would step
in between a judicial tribunal and its suitors, and
in substance say to the court—you may suspend
your deliberations on this case—cease to examine
the law, and stop the investigation of the facts,
for we have determined to dictate the judgment
without hearing the parties—without know
ing the facts and without caring for the law.
And this we do, not because we would change
the law on which the suit is founded, for we think
it wise and salutary, and it shall not be repealed,
but we interfere for this case alone, merely as a
matter of special favor to the present defendants.
I submit that such proceediug would be wholly
improper and unjust.
The cases contemplated in the bill may be sur
rounded by mitigating circumstances and there
fore seem to impose hardship; but the open degra
dation of the law, and the pernicious tendencies
of the precedent proposed to be established should
.be held above.any private consideration, and cer
tainly above the most liberal immunity due to
transgressors. It is to be hoped that the parties
may not suffer more than the ends of justicued
the vindication of the law may manifestly demand.
Certainly I take no pleasure in their misfortunes,-
but I cannot consistently with.a sense of duty to
the State, approve the bill for their relief.
It is to be hoped that the inconvenience in the
use of the currency, which is pleaded as an excuse
in these cases, may be speedily removed. An uni
ted effort on the part of the railroad companies,
banks and individuals, to introduce small gold and
silver into channels of circulation, it is confidently
believed, would accomplish this desirable end.
The fact that the adjoining State of Ohio at the
lata session of the Legislature, has interdicted the
circulation of notes not issued by her institutions of
a less denomination than ten dollars, would seem
to suggest the necessity and utility of a common
effort to remove the difficulties in the way of the
administration of our law of 1850...5uch an effort,
I believe would succeed in nearly all pants of the
state; and succeeding would exercise a most whole
some influence upon the character of the currency,
the interests of commerce and trade, and especially
upon the rights and rewards of labor.
WM. BIGLER.
I. OA F.—The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
met, at their Hall in Philadelphia, on yesterday
week. The election for officers resulted as follows:
Grand Master—Thomaa Helm.
Deputy Grand Master—Caleb. E. Wright.
Grand Warden—Dr. Francis Condie.
Grand Secretary—William Curtis.
Grand Treasurer—F. Knox Morton.
Grand Representative—Wm. H. Lamberton.
ID' The first Lutheran Church, of this City
(Rev. Mr. Krotel's was re-dedicated on Sunday last.
Exercises in the morning by Rev. Dr. Mayer, 01
Philadelphia, and in the evening by Rev. Mr. Sheaf.
fer, of Germantown. This Church has undergone
- extensive and costly repairs, and its interior, for
beauty and comfort, will now compare favorably
with any other church in the State.
XXX.II.Id CongreSS---First Session.
WeasracTON, May 18.
SEIIATZ.—Mr. Brodhead presented k memorial
from A. J. Mocha, prayirik to be allowed a claim
rejected by the late Board of Mexican Pommis
'loners.'
Mr. Douglass submitted a bill, reportedifrom the
Judiciary Committee, to enlarge the Judicial sys
tem of the United States.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of
the resolution, offered some days since by Mr'
Bright, authorizing a contract with the publishers
of the Sentinel for the publication of the debates in
the Senate. • I
A motion was made to refer the resolution tot
the Committee on Printing. •
Mr. Hunter spoke apon the resolution. He en-t
dorsed the President's coarse in violating the In
.i
sane bill, and alluded laVorably to the NebraskS
bill.
He said the President might have erred in ih .
distribution of his. patronage, but none doubted:h .
purity and patriotism. f
I I
Mr. Bright followed.
Messrs. Hunter and Badger supported the prop,
sition.
• Mr. Johnson, in a speech of considerable length,
defended Mr. Rives, and read from tables submits
to Congress to show thSt his publication of H e it
Congressional Globe and appendix had resulted in
an actual loss to him of a large sum annually. I
After further discussion, the motion to refer the
subject to the Committee on Printing was re
jected.
The first part of the resolution, as amended, pr
siding for the printing of the debates of the Senate
in the Intelligencer, Sentinel and Union, at $4,56
per column each, was then negatived—yeas 18,
nays 21. I .
The second part of the resolution, providing irk
an increased subscriptionto the Congressional Globe
and Appendix of five:thousand copies, was then
adopted—yeas 2% nays 7.
The Senate then adjourned.
House.—The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the State Department, trani
mitting copies of the correspondence with other
governments in relation'to the rights of neutrals.)
The House then went agsln into Committee of
the Whole , and resumed the consideration of the
Nebraska bill.
Mr. Banks, of Me., spoke at length against the
bill.
Mr. Miller, ofMo., followed in support of the
bill.
Mr. Wilcox denied that the passage of the bill
was a violation of Indian treaties. He spoke with
feference to the Missouri Compromise as a solenin
compact.
Mr. Parker spoke of the fact that he was elected
on the Compromise oflBso, over a candidate who
advocated its repeal. He believed it was a mistake
to suppose that this bill would drive agitation frim
the halls of Congress. He contended that this did
not contain the principle of popular sovereignty,
and declared that the effects of its passage would
be to break down the present barrier, which ic4pit
slavery out of these territories, thus allowing it Ito
go there.
Mr. Peckham followed against the bill':
The House then took a recess until 7 o'clock'.
Evening Session.—The House re-assembled 'at
7 o'clock, and resumed, in committee, the ado
eideration of the Nebraska bill.
Mr. Taylor, of Tenn., spoke at considerable
length against the bill, opposing it upon variolu6
grounds, and especially regarding it as a violation
of a solemn compact.
Mr. Wentworth, of Mass., followed against the
bill.
4 ,9 o'clock—The House is still in session,Mr.
etcher speaking, principally on Custom House,
and Railroads.
Ma. BUM:Lk/UN IN LivzarooL.—The LiverpOol
.1
Journal of April 29th, publishes the following
under the heading of 'Talk on 'Change:'— 1
'His Excellency, the Hon. Mr. Buchanan, ihe
American Minister at the Court of St. James, %gas
on 'Change on ,Thursday with his worship the
Mayor. The talk was, that he bad been stopping
since Tuesday at the Adelphi Hotel; his visit ;to
Liverpool being for the purpose of receiving his
daughter, Miss Buchanan, who came yesterday by
the Atlantic; (Mr. Bubhanan was never married;
the lady is his niece: Miss Lane,. who sailed troin
New York in the Atlantic, on the 15th ult. to jinn
het uncle in London,) that owing to questions 01
delicacy now pendingbetween America and En
gland, he wished his visit to be private; Iliac in
avoidance of all poatical or national displays, be
declined with great reluctance, to accept the y
or's hospitality; that he went out only once, to.
meet a few select Blends at dinner, at the n an.
sion of Mr. Bramley Moore—Mr. Bramley Mu re
I eagerly reciprocating the kindness he so amplyex
perienced ou his recent visit to the,United St res.
1 The harmer talk was, that the AmeriOan Min
i ister is one of those large minds which stand lout
LIT the ranks of intellect in the •States; that study
1 has made him a lull man, and experience a wise
one; that he has d,pne the diplomatic at St. Peters
burgh, and knows the Czar well; that that knbw
, ledge is adverse to a belief in a speedy peace, that
the policy of Russia is' obstinacy, and that the un
commercial character of the country render her ad
equat*to a long endurance of war; that just at this
moment the presence of Mr. Buchanan in this
country is a fortunate incident; that his clear head
and honorable mind are a guarantee against 1 the
small policy by which some of the public met in
America are influenceo that they will be for ma
king capital out of the war. in order to coerce us
on the fishery question—but that the American
Minister is not the man to countenance such vile
ness, or to deceive the American people as to !the
character of this country; that he knows, no Peril
would commit us to a sacifice of dignity; and that
we Lever give way but to justice and right.
Tea STORM. or WEDNESDAT Ninetz.—Frorri ev
ery quarter, says the. Philadelphia Sun, we hear
of destruction from the storm which visited our
city about 9 o'clock on Wednesday evening, [ At
Wheeling, it did great damage to property. rfhe
magnificent wire suspension bridge over the Ohio
river was destroyed, being blown doWn and turned
completely over. This bridge was erected orJy a
few years ago, at a cost of over $200,000. Its span
I
measured over 1000 feet, and was one of the ong.
eat in the world. Its destruction is regarded as a
great calamity by the people of Wheeling.
At Buffalo, the wind blew . a perfict hurricane.
A house at Block Island was struck by lightning
during the storm, and demolished.
In Baltimore, the north wall of the wareJouse
of Michael Lorsey & Co., which had been Inined
a few days before, was blown down. .A large' por
lion of the bricks and mortar fell upon the small
office of .M'Elderry & apyd's lumber yardi and
crushed it to the earth, burying in the mill two
highly respected citizens, Wilson L. Lloyd, of the
firm of the firm of M'Elderry & Lloyd, and Henry
Atkinson, their principal clerk. When taken out,
Mr. Lloyd was dead, and Mr. Atkinson died ih 20
minutes. Both left families. No other p4sons
were injured, though there were some narro es
capes.
At Washington city, the lightning struck the
dwelling house of Mr. Samuel C. Rmmmle, a the
corner of K and Eighteenth streets, killing hismife,
aged about fifty years. Mrs. Rcemmle survived a
few moments only after the fall of the resistless
blow. She was standing at the time in tie trnid
dle of the floor of the lower room of a two stor,
frame addition, in the rear.of the principalre
ling, the lightning having perforated the roof mt
f
king an aperture of a couple of inches or so n d
ameter. Mr. Rcemmle appears to have been a rue
on the bosom, which, with one shoulder, so(
became livid and blackened.
Honnizrz Monnaa.—The Petersburg Va.
press contains the following letter, giving tge
tails of a dreadful tragedy recently enacted ih Ac.
a
comae county
Acconuc C. Mayjil.
Our community has again been thrown into a
state of intense excitement by one of the mo 4 ho -
rible murders that has ever come to my know
ledge. A young man (a minor) named lames
Am a, on Saturday last got into a difficulty with
Mr. George East, his step-father, and seized a gun
to shoot him, when his mother, Mrs. East, induced
him to put it down. He thereupon drevirjout a
huge butcher's knifeaharpaned like a razor, Which
it seems he had been' carrying for eighteen months
past and gave chase to East, who had started to
run. Overtaking Dist he stabbed him repeatedly
behind till he fell, when the assassin got upop and
literally cut him to pieces--ripping out th.e bowels
from his breast down—itutting him in the breast
eying open his heart On inchor two, and staring'
and gashing him in a number of places. And o cap
the climax, atter the blood-thirsty monster had
left him, fearing, as he says, that he was no dead
he returned, propped; up the body againit 0:4 fence,
and cut the throat from ear to ear, the wound ex
tending entirely through the windpipe, and die
jointing the neck. '
He then returned to town and delivered himself
up, saying he had been intending to do it !for a
long time; and if East was not then dead, he
would go back and, finish him. He alleges bad
treatment of his mother as the reason; but it is
thought to have -been on account of property be
longing to his mother, and which by the marriage
vested in East. , r •
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS
ODD FELLOWSHIP IN LANDLESS,. Conarm—The
tolldwing IS taken from the semi-annual returns
made on the let of April, 1§54 :
Lastussisu Loos; No. 67.- 7 N: G. John Evans;
V. G. John Dellinger; S. J. M. Westheaffer, A. S.
C. F. Luise; T. C. M. Erben. Contributing mem
bers 360; amount paid for rally &c. $651,50.
Fovron! LODGE, No. 454.-- , N. G. Sainuel D.
Reim; V. G. Edwin H. Brovvn; S. Geo. Sanderson;
A. S. H. Blickensderfer; T. Walter G .; „Evans. Con
tributing Members, 56.
Pam* Lopez, No. 161.—N. G. Henry W. Gera
V. G. JosePh H. Lefevre S. Joel L. Lefevre, A. S.
Jacob Brut; T. Charles J. Rakestraw, Contribu•
ting members, 45, paid for relief $lO.
MONTICILZY LODGE, No 242.—N. G. George S•
Ball; V. G. &lapel B. Mussleman; S. Philip T
Sbeaff;; T. Henry M. Miller. Contributing mem.
berm, 154; paid for relief, &c. $194.
KOSCIUSKO Lunar., No. 374.—N. G. H. O'Neil;
V. G. John Alexander; S. Mifflin Elliot, A. S. Geo.
Taggart. Contributing members, 71; paid for re
lief, $£47,50.
Coca Taco Lonoz, No. 40S.—N. G. Abraham
Kline, V. G. John Bard; S. E. H. Rhodes; A. S.
Clement Rixter; T. Andrew Ream. Contributing
members; 92; paid for relief, $39.
NORTH STAR LODGE, No. 166.—N. G. H. Arm
strong, V. G. John W. Rambo; S. B. Phenninger;
A. S. M. P. Walton. ' T. J. N. Bower. Contributing
members, 55; paid for relief. SIUB
Mousx Joy Lonex.—N. Q. Robert 31Fadden;
V. G. Adam Sheller; S. James Mooney; A. S. Hen
ry Shaffner; T John Keller. Contributing mem
bers, 43; paid for relief, $6l.
ONEGAL LODGE.—N. G C. A. :Shaffner; V. G.
John M. Waller; S. E. D. Roath; A. S. John Nay.
lor; T. John - Auxer. Contributing members, 49 ;
paid for relief; $39.
Lirrcx Barran( Lonot, No. 420.—N. G. Geo.
Toflinger; V. G. William Wood; S. John C. Lewis;
A. S.-James M'Call; T. Robert Patton. Contrib
uting members, 70; paid for relief, $78,58.
ELIZABETHTOWN Lonny, No. 126.—N. G. Geo.
Redecker; V. G. F. S. Bryan; S. Benjamin F. Baer;
A. S. J. C. Stiyder; T. S. Keller. Contributing mem
bers, 55; paid for relief, $ll5.
EARL Loma, No. 413.—N. G. William Setley;
V. G. Solonion Weaver; S. Hamilton Ayres; A. S.
Isaac Holl; T. William Barstler. Contributing
members 62; paid for rslief, $3,50.
STRAilltfllG Longs, No. 361.—N. G. William
T. M'Phail; V. G. William Clark.. S. Samuel Au
-ment, A: S. Robert Downey; T. Jacob Hildebrand.
Contributing members, 50; paid for relief, $7.
CONESTOGA LODGE, No. 334.—N. G. Benjamin
Middleton; V. G. William Bishop; S. C. J. Rhodes;
A. S. John Robertson, T. Jacob Sourbeer. Lon
tribut ing members, 100; paid for relief, $162.
SUERLIIEHENDA LODGE, No. 80.—No report.
.11
numbered at the previous semi-annual report, 130
members.
lir The somewhat celebrated Heron Family
are to give a , Concert at Fulton Hall, on Monday
e caning next the 29th inst.
RULRO/D LETTING.—The letting ni the work
on the North Western Railroad took place on last
Wednesday, at Butler. The whole work was let
to Messrs. Malone, Painter, Gunder & Clark, e
company of reliable and responsible contractors of
this city, who will push it along vigorously. The
first thirty-five mii•-s from Blairsville to Freeport.
are required to be done by the first of May, 1855;
the whole road will be completed by the first of
May, 1856.
117 - Governor But= has appointed FHA:gm
1311ADLET, Esq, Notary Public, In r Columbia, vice
Amos S. Greene, whose term of office has expired•
BIBLE PRESENTED.—The ladies of the First
Lutheran , Church, of this city, have presented a
handsome Bible to the First Presbyterian Church.
in return for the .use of their church while the Lath.
eran buildingwas undergoing repairs.
[la - The - new Anthracite Furnace, at Columbia
owned by Messrs. Brooke & Grubb, is now in auc
cesstul operation.
THE READING RIFLES.—This fine looking body
of men numbering nearly 100 strong, Capt Ancotia,
(accompanied ky an excellent band of Music,)
reached this city, on their return from Washington
on Thursday afternoon, and were received at the
Dillerville station by the Buchanan Rifle, Capt BAR-
Ton, and escorted to their q uarters at COOPER'S
Hotel. In the evening they partook of a costly
and excellent supper at Fulton Hall, firnishd by
the Buchanan Rifle and prepared by our friend
WILLIAM T. YODART, ofthe Exchange Hotel, who
knows so well howto do up such things in the high
est style ofthe' art. During the evening speeches
were made, songs sung, and rich music discoursed
by the Band. During the forenoon ofFri day they
marched through the principal streets of town, at
tracting much attention all al on g their route. At,
about half past two o'clock they left their quarters
escorted by the Buchanan Rifle, and marched to
the Railroad depot, where they took the cars for
Philadelphia.
The - Rifles, during their brief stay amongst us,
showed themselves, by their orderly and gentle
manly behaviour, to be deserving of the kindness
and attention of our citizens—and we are gratified
to know that their visit -was highly agreeable to
themselves, and that they were well pleased with
their hospitality and kindness shown them during
their sojourn in our midst. We hupe this visit,altho'
their first, will not be the lest they will make to
the city of ,Lancaster.
Kr The barn of Joseph Gensemer, occupied by
Moses Miller, in Ephrata township, was struck by
lightning on Wednesday el' ening week and entire
ly consumed. Fortunately it was nearly empty,
there being in at the time only about two tons of
hay, two and a half barrels of flour, a sett of car
riage harness, and a mule in the stable, all of
which were burned.
SAD ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon last, a
child of Mrs. Groff, widow of the late Israel Groff,
deceased, aged about 3 years, fell into the Cones
toga creek, at Witmer's bridge, and the drowned.
Benjamin Herr, Daniel G. Baker, Henry S
Myers and Isaac N. Ellmaker, Esqs., of this city
were last week admitted to practice law in the SU
preme Court of Pennsylvania.
4170 u Tuesday last, .1 daughter of Emanuel
Long, dec'd., aged about 7 years, living with her
mother, in Manheim, wa4so severely burnt by her
clothes taking fire, that she died from the effects on
the next morning.
The Periodicals.
tY el-
THIRTY YEARS VIEW ; OR A HISTORY OF TM
la-
WORKING OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR
di- THIRTY,YEARS 3 FROM 1820 TO 18504 BY THOMAS
ek H. BENTON.—This elaborate and highly useful and
100 interesting work is now published, in two royal
octavo volumes of 760 pages each—price $5 for
both. No work of this age has been so extensive
. ly circulated and read as this will be. It will be
e. invaluable to politicians, and no reading man of
either party should be without a copy.
Ma. JONATHAN DOW:VANS, of this city, has pur
chased the Agency for Lancaster county, and is
engaged in taking subscriptions.
itr GODEVIS L4DY's BOOK, for June, is vet) ,
handsomely embellished, and peculiarly attractive
in its reading department.
PETTIIsON'S LADIES' NATIONAL MAO...TINE, for
June, is a very attractive number. Its several
plates of fashions will make ft indispensable to
the Ladies. We are pleased to learn that this
Magazine is in such a prosperous condition. A new
volume commences with.the July number, there
fore now is the time to subscribe.
STOCKTON'S GREAT Wong.. —We have received a
specimen number of the forthcoming work of the
Rev. Tuostas H. Srocroroa, viz : The Holy Bible
in separate volumes; or the Book of Books, in its
sixty-si x parts.' For the plan and details of which
see prospectus published for some months in this
paper. The specimen number before us, being the
First Epistle of John, is beautifully and hatefully
gotten np—the type, paper and general appearance
being everything that is promised by the distin
guished Editor.
Address T. B. &NeXT° N, No. 68 Lexington st.,
Baltimore.
' N o w York Correiwondeuee.
I '. - . ..nor YORE, May 16.
New York is ca m ping out! The morning May
drum _ beat, the great city struck its tents, -*nu
the annual march was made by set of the May
day sun. This vast:Bun:tin army pitched their tents
wtthtn the alloted lines 01 their new hornet; a fort
night sinCe,hut the officer of the day is still Gene
ral-Corduzion. tilattraer and sofa, curtain and `cor
nice, crockery and calico are chaouzed from line: .
meat to attic. Old Gotham and Young K i ri i k
oi ii.
he downlosfeep together in the little hti ,
waiting till the paintersurrendera the larger am
hers. Biddy throw, her bunk down on the best
parlor carpet, and the young lemale silks do up
their Mayttme love dreams in the lourth story.
.New York is encamped. It cannot .go into
quarters till that boisteruas young roisterer, spring
has got over his 'blow out.' What a vim of a fel
low they have sent us this year as a representative
01 the seasons ! wind and' sleet, Trost and snow !
By Boreas ! he's one of the Propellers! And no get
ting rid of him, they say, till he has helped that
charming widow, madam Moon, to tote her real
estate across the fiery lake of Old Sol on the 26th
inst.
, In consequence of these domestic troubles, we
are requested to apologize to all unmarried coun
try clergymen who have suffered disappointments
in attending our anniversaries. As the parlors are
in - such a state of confusion, our young ladies and
their mentor mammas have been unable to carry
out thiir programmes of conquest. The camp be
ing thus demoralized, no strategical mauceuvr es
could be executed, and all army movements are sus
pended unfit atter the'lst of June.
At that time, as per a vermillion edict, matri
monal operations will be resumed. An extracity sea.
sonis to commence,combining financial,literary, pa.
moue social and religious novelties, to continue
until ritil of July. The summer fashionable Hegira
is interdicted until that time. It is hoped thi.t This
arrangement will enable milliners, clergymen, silk
houses, waiting maids, expectant mammas, and
baby jumpers to fulfil the hopes which this rowdy
spring has so rudely' postponed.
This is peculiarly an age for woman. The preset
prominent City topic is another phase of woman's
rights Madam de Grandfort, aladyot French descent
trom New Orleans, has lectured twice upon the
true rights and influence of woman. be Maintains
tat home ~lone is the true sphere of woman's ac
on; that she should have 'no other strength that
tears, no other power than her weakness, no other
happiness than that she can bestow:
Per contra, twenty thousand people assetnbleii in
Broadway on the 9th of May, to witness the entree
of the Fairy Light Guard, a corps of Young Ama•
zoos nom New Jersey, who, it was said were to
march up Broadway, a to mit:Zaire, armed with
lances, and radiant with beauty. They didn't come,
however, greatly to the disappointment ol the ex.
pedant multitude, but are expected certainly during
the summer. It is understood that a Miss Cherry
Airlon is the chief of these Amazons and peripa•
tetic philosophers. Her theory is that 'wuman's
progress' consists in a better physical culture and
developement by ircsh air, exercise and diet, and
that •the love, the devotion and the deep sensibility'
(which constitute Madame de Grandloris belle
ideal of woman, are only Rite precious buds, gran.
ed on a dying tree, unless you ieonvigorate the
tailing constitution of the sex. Madame de
Grandtort is French, 01 the must spietheelle style co
ueauty, lectures in the Stuyvesant Institute, in the
Fresco language, to audiences guardenly select,
and of the most approved hat-house japonica qual
ity. Cherry Aaiun is Young America all over,
slid prefers a paysical demonstration in Broad.
way, with all the woild as an audience, to ad the
lectures in Christendom. The Fairy Light Guard
has decidedly the must popular side o' the ques
tion.
But this is a mere seven days' bagatelle' and next
Neel; Gotham must have a new excitement. A
drama runs but a week on this great stage of ever
varying incident. A iew weeKs since the great
Fitemen's Death Tragedy threw the city into
giuum. The next week the splendid pageant and
intellectual least of the re-opening of the Crystal
Palace attracted gay and happy crowds. Last
week the moral plays of the anniversaries brought
new scenes anu Actors beture the public, and tnus
the curtain continually rises and tells upon novel
ties and varieties that give a racy spice to city
Me. Yes! highly spiced , is the draught of lite here,
but therefore the sooner later. Better tar the Iran
quit hauls and calm enjoyment 01 rural scenes 111111
simple pleasures! Less Edna to the soul, a longer
lease to the hie, and a surer hope for the spirit's
parting hour ! - 9
But ham! the Atlantic's guns as she steams up
the harbor. Fresh news tram Europe. London
dates to May 3. Breadstutl goof demand.—
Pork and Cotton dull! Bombardment of Odessa
by the English Fleet! So much for Europe.
Tne New York money market . is easy and get
ting easier. ADIEU.
For the intelligencer
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
Mll. EDITOR:—Since the passage of the new
Common bCIIOOI Law authorizing the election , of a
County Superintendent by the School Directors of
each county, I in common with ail who love the
common school and desire to see it occupy its pre
per postuon amongst our glorious republican inst.-
Lotions—of which it should be the brightest orna
ment—have been casting round for a proper per
son to vote fur. I confess the choice is very diffi
cult. Many requisites seem to be indispensable,
and unless they are all met in the camp person,
lent the office will not effect that degree of un-•
provement which we all hope for.
As I comprehenu the law, no person except an
experienced practical Teacher, and one too, wno is
capable of teaching the higher branches is eligible.
14 the next place, to enlist the confidence and sup
port of both Teachers and Directors, he must be
a man well known over the county, not only as a
teacher but as an ardent friend of the schools; and
as a person of skilled sense and good address. 1/ e
must also be an efficient man, possessing not only
zeal and enthusiasm, but such a knowledge of hu
man nature as will enable him to temper his zeal
and direct his enthusiasm so that the .right point
may be reached. Then he must possess such a
degree of bodily vigor as will enable him to attend
to the drams of one of the most difficult and
laborious offices ever instituted amongst us. . And
finally. he must be a good writer and a ready
speaker and lecturer, to enable h.m to‘piepare his
numerous reports and documents and to partici
, pate in the educational meetings and teachers , as
sociations will soon become a prominent feature in
the system.
There are, no doubt, many persons in the coun
ty possessing all these requisites, if we could find
them out, but I know only one who has practically
shown that he possesses tnem, and as this is a mat
ter in whidh we cannot afford to try experiments,
lam ler taking the tried man. I shell therefore
cast my vote for J. P. WICKERSHAM, Esq., of Ma
rietta, satisfied that, wiM bun in the office of
County Superintendent, there will be little danger
of lallure. He is an eminently successfol practi
cal teacher; a man of good education arid nature.
parts; a gentleman of fine address and large heart;
and one who has been, perhaps, more than any
man in the county, connected with all the move
ments made for the improvement of our Common
Schools. He is accustomed, too, to the task of
examining Teachers, being frequently employed
by the Hoards of Directors for that purpose. Ii he
can be induced to serve, he shall receive the vote
of . r DIRECTOR.
May 16,1854.
FRIEND SANDERSON t—ln .your paper of this
week I observed a paragraph headed " An Error
Corrected," in which you remark that Post Mas
ters receive a higher compensation for the delivery
of papers published in their own county than for
those printed in other sections of the State.
I was under the same impression -until a few
weeks ago, when _I received official notice from
the Auditor of the Post Office Department, inform
ing me of the error. For the. delivery of 231 free
papers per quarter, the Pmt Master receives 46
cents, which'is at the rate of two mills per paper,
not two mills for each delivery of aLlpaper in the
quarter. The Post' Masters, therefore, do not re
ceiveso large a compensation to r freerpapers as
would appear from the statement in your paper,
for which reason they should, of cource, be favor
ed with a copy from each publisher, — free of charge,
for their trouble. We receive some from several
liberal publishers in your city, but not from all.
W. E. KREIDER,
Assistant P. M. for D. Kreider, P. M.
fix The Anniversary of the Diagnothean Liter
ary Society of Franklin and Marshall. College will
be celebrated, at Fulton Hall, on the evening of
Friday next, the 26th inst. The exercises are to
consist ofa Prologue, an Anniversary Address,three
Orations, and an Epilogue.
A general Convention of the officers of the Rail-.
road Companies 'between New York and Mont
gomery, Ala., was held at Barnum's Hotel in this
city to-day. Nineteen •Railroad Companies from
all parts of the country were represented. Resolu
tions were unanimously adopted that the compan
ies represented would not submit, under any cir'
cumstances, to the terms of compensation for car
ryiog the U. S. Mail, indicated by the Post Office
Department in the bill now before Congress, and
providing for the appointment of a Committee to
memorialize Congress on the subject. The Com•
mittee then adjourned gm die.
St. Louts Co
Staking of tie Pike—.
Barker—Stampede in
Death of 2 hos. Ila
Presidency.;
S Louis, Mr) , 15, 1854.
.
The wreck of boats ..d the loss .t life seem to
.. be a regular subject fo• me to wri a upon. The
history ot the Western w tersol the ast six months
is horrible to contempla e—the loss ol lite and de
struction ol property h ye been ir. mente, and it
appears from the almosdaily repots of our river
intelligence, that the ca logue is no complete, aqd
II any change whatever h s taken place
that every day adds an ther to the . !ready !right
ful list.
l a
in the management oL he boats o our western I
rivers since the new 1 eamboat la • has been in
torte, it is for the wo —acciden s.are ol more
trequent occurrence an the loss of a uman lite has
been greater. There a e many dei.cts in this new
law, shown upon tat cent exam nations ot par
ties arrested under sa t law, and t now remains
tor Congress to remedy these del cis as soon as
possible. I will give jou a brief account 01 the •
sinking of the steam - Pike, one ol the regular
Mail Packets, plying between this fly at d Louis
ville. She left our port on Thursda • afternoon last,
having on board about 'lBO passe gers and crew;
at 1 o'clock on the same night, hen 100 miles
below the city she struck a snag, which tore out
her bottom, causing her to go do 'n in less than
three minutes—the Wa l ter coming into the ladies'
cabin. At this moment the shriek of the women
and children could be heard thro ghoul the boat
—Ministers seeking, on their kne s, the aid and
protection ol God. When the boa struck she ca.
reened, filling the berth before the rccupants could
get out. Two persons jumped ose board atukwere
lost—three others sprarig, IrOM the .oat, supposing,
no doubt, that she woirld capsize, vho, also, sank
to rise no more. Feen persons are known to
have drowned, but a midst the co tustoo that Ere
veiled, the exact num er lost is tot known and
probably never will be. It is the . pinion of some
that were on board, ail( not less t au lorry or fifty
perished by this calam ty, but 1 t.ink the former
estimate is more cor n ct. The - Ilpossession of
some of the passengers nd the off ers ut the boat
contributed in saving , any lives. Not more than
tour of the cabin passengers war - drowned—one
lady was rescued iron a watery grave by being
hauled out by the hair of her hear. The passen
gers were all in their night clothes, and great quail
tines of clothing were floating abo t the boat. The
life-preservers' that the Stearnboa Law compells
each boat to carry, are said to have been utterly
useless for the purpose they are it tended. 1 have
always thought these articles wer mote for effect
than availability. Some inquiry mould be made
into this matter, and eomething b tter adapted for
lift. -preservers should be substitute The boat is a
total loss, with the waier up to he hurricane deck.
She was valued at $22 1 1 000 arid ins red tor $lB,OOO.
Several eastern gentlemen were •ti board at the
time: Mr. Wellington Hart, of N w York; Lieut.
Chapman, U. S. A ; Sr. Cole P iladelphia, and
Gen. L. B. Swan, Rochester, N. '., Whu returned
to our city from the s4reck.
Jarvis Barker, charged with ir
wards for resisting thc U.S. aul
trial a few days since and acquittr
On Thursday last as the convi
(III.) Penitentiary were returning
wall to the shops, four' ol them urn
by throwing a long heath against 1
ed it and sprang oll! The office
and a large number of the cilize
over the blufls and through the w.
ed in capturing them SII. The ft
rendered willingly, as he was r
Iroin lons of blood. When the se
ken he turned upon ( ;his pursue
nuge knife, threatening to kill t i
proached, but he WKS soon knot
stone and secured. The third w
who, also, showed fight, with al
session. The fourth,i who elude.
some time, was finallk discovered
a sins -hole, armed With a knife
stone in the other.
Mr. Thus. Hamar, of East Not
county, Pa., died in cott co., .lo
.1t., - in the 33J year hi his age.
The territory ut kninebuta is
fled, and we may show y expect
mg for toe dignities a,5 late.
this territory is now estimated , ai
Paul, the principal c ty, ale pub
and three or Idur wP•kly tenepa
give some idea 01 th , importune
ut iquinesota.
Jackson, the murd rer of Lad
arrested, and is Ilsouiht to have
cape, A reward of 2uo is offe
neusion.
Our local intelligence of the p
interest to your readers, and 1
don me for departing trues it alt!
to other localities. :The dittereri l
of the Western States are grown!
coming of such vast importance
train from occasionally alluding
tine, lowa, is situated at the al
Western Bend in the Mississippi
above St. Louis, 450 below St.
and 3U east of lowa City—was
town in 1839, chartered a city
present contains a population of
lis growth and commercial pi
very great, and it now bids lair
tropolis 01 the State.' Vacant
business part of second street) a
100 to $5OO dollars ; and tuna i
cultivation at trom 8 to $25 per
ber land at from 10:to $2O; pr i
acre.
Property in the different town
out the entire State is going up,
to the immense emigration th
State the past year. I
The most discourging accou
all quarters of the effects of the I
upon the fruit trees in bloom.
Indiana, lowa and A/185011r
the early fruit is all killed.
Co., a few miles below this city
in strawberries alone at about $
mg of the damage quis to the p
berries are now selling in our ci
lon.
The up country p
making a survey of
kuk. (which have
I t
r i4
h.
lwa
boatmen and an ob truciion tu
that the work of i proving the
commenced. Glad of it, and by
be completed. 1
The Galena (111. j Jeffersor , i a , Democratic pa.
per, has hoisted to its mast hea the name of Taos
HAAT BENTON, of Missouri, as he Democratic can
didate for the Preinbency in 1 8 6! 1 think this an
nouncement is altoietner prem lure , and the editor
should have added- 1 -, 'subject to the decision of the
National Democratic Cuuventi n !'
Col. Benton will,ffevond all d ü bt,announcs him
self as an independelsi candidate in 's6—that is to
say, should be tail In beingsen back to the U. S.
.Senate next fall Irain this Slat . The August elec.
tion is fast approaching, and t e polilical- lever A
beginning to spread through theOtate. Col. Ben
ton's book of 'Thirty Years' will add much to his
I
cause in the August campaign I although there is
a strong oppositionito him in e cry sectioa.
The loan for 81,290,000 w a carried by over
3,000 majority. 'lbis money ato come out of the
pockets of the tax payers fur t e purpose of com
pleting the Pacific flailroad to e ff erson city.
A ;pouter calfisb, weighin one hundred and,
thirty-five pounds, ii;vais a few d ys since caught up
on a hook, in the Mississippi ver, opposite Bur
lington. This would nave Dee a terrible snag for
a steamboat to enchunter.
Wheat is sellinglat $1,55 to Li
this city—these are nigher fig
reached, and the p r obability is
higher.
'Fur tha Intalligencer.
!Ariz, May 18th, 1854
BATTLE WITH THE ANDIAII:
boos place on the 80th of Ma
Taos to Santa Fe,' in New MI
p any 'l2 of United States Dra.!
the and Eutaw ltldiai s. Tlaj
manded by Leut. bavideon.
Indians lay concealed among
party approached 'apparently
Lieutenant Davidlion's comma,
confident were they that the
hostile demonstion, were a
this condition hel a parley w
proacbed. Suddenly, by a
made by a chief; tree hundr
a volley of balls and arrows f
upon the troops, doing frightll
The dragoons thus caught off
at the first moment, charged
them back. The force of dra;
b•LTIMOIX., May 19
bered about seventy In th- action forty wer
killed, and seventeen woun.ed. Most of those
who were killed, fell at the ft t fire of the Indians;
the latter, from their place of concealment, taking
aim at the soldier!. Lientenan Davidson,. and As.
;sistant Surgeon Magruder we e among the wound
ed,`deither mortally. The n ..bet of the enemy
killed is unknown , owing to .sir Invariable cus
tom of carrying unknown,(
dead o i the Sold.
respond
of •Ltf
dcquittat qf
ta— he !Vert
Illinois
aeon, and alter
homilies, was on
cis of the Alton
from the dig
I ertook to escape
Ithe wall, mount
is of the Prison
/
is pursued them
i ads, and succeed
st overtaken sur
f
, Imost exhausted
oral was 1./qtrl.
a, brandishing a
I.e first that ap-
I. ed down wits a
s then arrested,
futile in his pos.
. his pursuers for
at the bottom of
.11 one hand and a
inglaam, Chester
'a, on the 28th
, eing rapidly set
o hear 01 her ank•
pupolauott QI
IoO.Utio. At St.
'shed three (Jut!) ,
,ers, which will
anti rapid growth
has not bean
ade good ma es
ied for his appre-
st week is of no
ie they will par•
briefly alluding
towns and cities
so tact,- and be
that 1 %pool re
o thern...P.Musca
a or the Great
flyer, 300 miles
aui by tne river,
ncorporated as a
in 101, and at
about 3,000 souls
sperity have been
to become the me
te'(except.on the
e ceiling at from
the county under
acre. Wild tim.
me, 4 to $0 per
: and land through
owing, no doubt,
t has flooded the
is leach us hour
to storm and frosts
n Central Illinois,
it is believed
lessrs. Sigeison
estimate their loss
2,00 u, to say noth.
act crop. t,.traw
y at $3,30 per gal.
e contractors are
the Rapids at Keo
a terror to steam.
navigatton,) and
will loan with be
, pe it may speedily
halms say t
the rocks of
.Iways been
151,60 per bushel
res than it hes ever
that it will be still
Yours tiuly,
OLD GUARD
—A bloody battle
h, on the road from
xico, between Corn •
_001:111, and the Apa
former were corn
! e main body of the
e rocks, ihd a small
u communicate with
nd. The latter, so
ndiane designed no
dismounted; and in
!th the few that ap.
Ipreconcerted signal
Indiana poured M
.rn their ambuscade
Ily fatal execution .
heir guard, mounted
e savages and drove
none engaged num-