.Intelligencer 8&_ Jountal.
LiEO.•SANOER§ON, EDITOR
Lancaster, September 5,• 1854.
FOR GOVERNOR:
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield Couiity.
I JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT:
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, of Somerset County.
. FOR: CANAL COMMIS?IONER
WRY 8, MOTT, of Pike County;
Office of the Intelligencer.
In Kline and M'Clure's Buildings, Duke
street, 3d door north of E. King, and di
reedy opposite the east entrance to the
new Court House.
County 'Convention
The Democratic County Convention will
meet at Ziegler's Hotel, in North Queen street,
to-morrow at H o'clock, A. M.
The follrwing delegates have been elected
as far ar heard from:
.021nmIda S. W.—Peter A. Klmblug, Adam 31axton, Ja
cob Hogendobler. John Stewart, Thomas Groom.
City, N. E. W.—William Cox, John Waldler, Newton
Lightner, John Ilamilton. James L. Reynolds.
S. E. TV... , —Dr. P. Cassiday, James H. Barnes, Wil
liam K. Leonard. Benjamin Schaum, Cyrus Winters. •
S. I r E W.—George Coonley. Wm. S. Amweg, Geo.
Sanderson, Nathaniel Fry, Gabriel Kautz.
N. W W—Adam Pellet, James Wiley, Edward
Kautz, S. 6. Musser, John Kale.
..IfonorAbrabam Peters, George-G. Brush, Frederick Se
nor, Bernhard Mann, (farmer) Conrad Krause.
Strasburg Bor.—W. F. S. Warren. William T. McPhail,
James Paul, Alexander M'Cloy, William Stacey. •
Onntatoga—Amos Sourbeer. John Rxii,p, James Rllde.
brand, Richard Roll, B. Middleton.
Elisabeth Redsecker, G. W. B ayer, Geo. Bardwell
A. Shrode. B. F. Baer.
Donegal W.—John Gross. Henry Funk, J. 8. Keller, jr.
Mount Joy twp.—John Sheaffer, Peter Kemerer, John
Peters.
Salisbury.—James H. Houston, T. W. Henderson, Isaac
N. Bowers, B. F. Houston, T. S. Meilvaln.
Bigler on The Stumps
Governor BIGLER was in the northern part
of the d State last week, and addressed the peo
ple at Montrose, Wellsboro', Wilksbarre, and
other places, at all of which points he was re
ceived with much enthusiasm, and his visit
made him hosts of friends.
.But where is 'Mr. Pot Lot's, whom the
Whigs boasted so much about taking the
stump with the Governor? Can our neighbor
of the Examiner inform us of his whereabouts,
and when he designs addressing his fellow
citizens. If he don't soon set out; be will not
have time to traverse much of the State before
the election.
Since the above was in type we learn from
the Pittsburg papers, that Mr. POLLOCK is to
make a speech there to day. We hope he will
not neglect Lancaster in his travels. The
people here are anxious to bear him defend
the principles of the new order to which he
belongs. We hope his political friends here
will "trot him out."
Die° The Free Soil State Convention—so
calledmet at Harrisburg, on Wednesday,
and paSsed resolutions withdrawing their State
ticket—l-Potts, their candidate for Governor,
among the restand recommending the sup
port of POLLOCk, the Know-Nothing Whig
cafididdte.
Just as every body expected. No one, fur a
single moment, supposed that any other course
would be pursued by the Abolitionists. Pot.-
LOCK sympathises with them, and it would be
Ungrateful in the extreme if they did not give
him their support at the ensuing election.
Speaking of this Abolition, Free Soil, or as
the Whig papers are pleased to call it "Free
Democracy" Convention, the Harrisburg Pa
triot has the following:
We learn frcm some of our exchanges that
those who boast of the above euphoneous title
assembled in this place, on one day of last
week, and resolved' to drop their regular can
didate for Governor, Mr. Parrs, and give
their votes to JAMES POLLOCK, the Know-Noth
ing-Whig candidate.
I'he first intelligence our citizens had of the
meeting, was`- in the shape of a, telegraphic
despatch to one of the Philadelphia papers.
We doubt, in the first plaCe, that there was
any such meeting; and, in the nelt-place, that
there were any persons here authorized to act
in the manner reported.
Where was the meeting held? In the mar
ket-house, in the street, in a Hotel, in a
Know-Nothing lodge, ur in iniaginatiou? Who
were present? Why was not their coming
previously announced? We have conversed
with a number of persons on the subject, and
have no,t yet been able to find a single one
who knew of anythir , in the shape of a pol
itical meeting inythis place, during the present
week, except the Whig County Convention.
rtgi..The proceedings of the .Conestoga
Democratic meeting will appear nest week.
ft y. WILLIAM W. BROWN, Esq., tas declin
ed the Whig nomination for the Judgeship.
The vacancl - ,on the ticket has not yet been
supplied, but it is supposed the selection will
either be A. HERR SMITH, Esq., or Judge
Buffington. The Know-Nothing candidate, it
is pretty well understoop, will be Hon. A. L.
ot;this City.
le' Next week we expect 'to be able to
publish the Know-Nothing ticket, for this
County. It will doubless hen rich affair, judg
ing from the list of candidates from which
those midnight conclaves were to make their
selections.
piir•We are pleased to learn that our for
met_townsman, E. JEFFERIES, Esq., has been
appointed Superintendent of the new 'West
Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, and has
entered upon the discharge of the duties ap
pertaining to a office. No better selection
could have be made in the State.
A KNOW-NOTITING IS TROUBLE.-Orr; (alias
"Angel Gabriel,") the street preacher, was
convicted at Boston, on Tuesday last, of dis
turbing the public pence, and fined S2O and
costs, and also required to give bond in $3OO
for his good behavior for six months.
James Kavana, one of the hell ringers
at the St. Nicholas Hotel, N. Y., has been ar
rested for stealing at various times nearly two
thousand dollars from boarders in that estab
lishment.
ZS— The City of New Orleans is -again af
flicted with the Yellow Fever in the form of
an epidemic. Week before last there were 118
deaths from`that disease, and last weekl2s. It
is also prevailing in Augusta: . Charleston and
other southern cities and towns.
ger. A great fire occured at Milwaukee, Wis
consin, on Tuesday last. which destroyed prop
erty to the amount of nearly $1,000,000.
par The steamship Washington arrived at
New York, on Friday—but brings nothing
new from the seat of war. The British Par
liament was prorogued by the Queen on the
12th of August. Mr. Buchanan was present
in his plain citizen's dress, whilst all the rest
of the Foreign Ministers were in Court cos
tume.
RE-ACTION.—A special election in WashingL.
ton City, has resulted in the choice of an anti-
Know-Nothing candidate for Council. ;
leir General W. S. Harney, it is said, has
received from the war office a furlough for
the purpose of visiting the scenes of conflict
in the East, and examining the military appli
ances of the armies engaged in the great con
test there. In the same manner, during the
Mexican war, European officers visited the
scenes of our struggles to study the art of war.
. INS. The President of the 11. States was at
Cape May last week.
What Shoold-be Done I
This is a queation which will naturally force
itself upon the - minds of the Delegates to-mar
row. What is the best policy for the Con‘ren
tion to pursue—whether to settle a full Demo
cratic ticket, a part of a ticket-or no ticket at
all, and leaie the field of opposition to the reg
ular Whig County ticket open to independent
candidateafrom both the great parties: r The
question to be decided is, or should be, one
purely Of policy, and its decision may have an
important bearing upon the future prospects
of the Democratic party.
We are not quite prepared to say which of
the three plans suggested is the best one, or
which, in the long run, would he the best for
the party. Our Democratic friends through
ought the county are somewhat divided in
opinion on the subject—and we prefer being
governed by their action to-Morrow, thro' their
delegates, rather than obtrude any decided
opinion of our Own in advance. Much can be
said on all sides of the question, and we hope
the Convention will look at it in all its bear
ings, present and prospective, calmly and dis
passionately, and act in accordande with en
lightened public sentiment. If that body de
cides upon settling . a full ticket, or only part
of a ticket, we hope they will place in nomina
tion such men as will not only secura..the en
tire Democratic vote of the county, but will al
so commend themselves, by their honesty and
integrity, strongly to that portion of the Whig
party who are dissatisfied with the corrupt
management of their leaders.
Should a different course be determined up
•on, and the Convention decide not to settle a
ticket, it will then be for the people to bring
into the field an independent ticket. But this,
also, to give any hope of success, must be com
posed of the best material in - -the County,
brought before the public in a fair, open and
honorable way ;—riot such an one as has been
already fixed upon by secret, midnight con
spirators against the Condltiktion and laws of
the country—in other words by a coalition of
Woolly-Head,Whigs, Winnebagoes and Know-
Nothings, (all being members of the latter or
ganization,) and which is made up, in the
main, of broken-down political desperadoes
who have been kicked .Out of both the great
parties—many of whom, if they were to run
on their own merit, could not get five hun
dred votes in the county. If this is the enter
tainment to which the true Democracy of the
County are invited,. we for one, respectfully
decline the invitation, and would infinitely
prefer to see a regular Democratic ticket in
the field, composed of true and reliable men,
if it should get but two thopand votes. The
people, and by the term we mean the honest
and intelligent Democratic masses, must have
a voice in the selection of an Independent
ticket, or they will spurn it from them with
- loathing and disgust. The Democrats of Lan
caster county have not yet lost a proper sense
of self respect; and will never . .consent to be
sold to such a scurvy crew as compose the in
tolerant Know Nothing faction. Such an at
tempt on their part is a gross insult to the in
telligence and moral' honesty of our people,
and will be resented with the scorn and con
tempt it deserves.
The conspiracy above alluded to has leaked
out within the last week. And to show that
we are not speaking at random, we subjoin a
list of the nominations for the different offices
made in the Know Nothing Lodges of the
County, and from which a ticket is to be form
ed by the Grand Council, and afterwards sub
mitted to the people of the county as an lode
pendent Ticket! This list is copied from a
printed circular distributed in all the Know
Nothing Lodges, and may be relied Upon as
strictly correct. We see on the list the names
of a few good and true men, and we have no
doubt that they have been used by the broken
down politicians, who are at the head of this
Secret Society, for the mere purpose of secu
ring strength and respectability, but with no
intention of placing them on their ticket,
as we aide confident they will exclude from it
every honest and independent Democrat.
As a watchman on the tower, we have felt
it to beour duty to warn the Democratic masses of
the County, of the conspiracy formed to over
throw the constitution and laws, and- barter
away the liberties of the people; and having
done so, we now leave the question to them,
and close for the_ present by submitting a cor
rect list of the Know-Nothing nominations,
from which a ticket either has already been,
or shortly will be, cooked up, and the Democ
racy expected to gulp it down, unsavory as
it is :
CONGRESS.
E. C. Lambert, Mount Joy.
Anthony E. Roberts, New Holland.
Emanuel C. Reigart, City.
S
Jacob B. Amu - ake, City. .NATH.
John Wise, City.
Daniel Derr. Columbia.
John C. Walton, Fulton.
W. F. S. Warren. Strasburg. .
J. W. Fisher, Columbia.
ASSEMBLY.
Abraham Gibbs, City.
Jacob L, Gross, Ephrata
William R. Wilson. City.
John Rawlins, RaWlinsville.
George W. Reichenbach, City.
John 31. Dunlap, Manheim.
Joel L. Lightner, East Lampeter,
Zuriel Swope, City.
Samuel Henderson, Salisbury.
Joel W. Lightner, Paradise.
W. S. Barr, East Donegal.
George Beam; Conoy.
Emanuel D. Roth, Marietta.
William Hamilton, Paradise.
Dr. Adam Sheller, Mount Joy.
Elisha Geiger, City.
Andrew 31. Frantz, East Lampeter.
Jacob 31. Greider, West Hemp&ld.
Samuel 11. Price, City.
John Evans, City.
Levi S. Reist. Warwick. •
Adam Bear, ypper Leacock.
SHERIFF.
John Styer, New Holland.
Samuel D. Miller, 3lnrietta.
Henry F. Benedict, City.
Christian Shenk, City.
S. F. Albright. Donegal.
Henry S. Shenk. Rapho.
George Brubaker, Upper Leacock
Jonas Eby.
OTARY.
Samuel M. CIare,PROTHON East !lampfield.
John W. Brenneman, Donegal.
Frederick Baker, Marietta.
Joseph Bauman, Ephrata.
J. Franklin Relgart, City.
GISTER.
William T. M'Phail ßE , Strasburg,
Peter Martin, Elizabeth.
William Kirkpatrick, City.
John Shaeffer, 31anheim.
Samuel Evans, Columbia.
0. C. Hawthorn, Manor.
RECORDER.
Pusey J. Nichols, Paradise.
John Curly, Lower Leacock.
Martin S. Bard, Ephrata.
Anthony Good, Brecknock.
Daniel Wenatz, City.
David F. Young, Safe Harbor.
•
H. S. Book, East Donegal.
John M. Ensminger, Manitoba.
Harrison R. Hibshman, Brickersyille.
David Paul Brown, City.
CLERK ORPHANS' COURT.
Jacob R. Long, Mount Joy.
S. P: Lindemuth, Washiffgton.
Col. John Bauman, Ephrata.
Dr. A. N. Brenneman, Maytown.
James Wiley, City.
Guilford Claiborne, Columbia.
QAUR.TER SESSIONS CLERK
Adam S. Keller, City.
Jacob 0. Steinheiser, Upper Leacock.
Jacob Hildebrand, Strasburg.
David Fulton, Manbelm.
Richaad McFmiand,
COUNTY COMMISSIONER:
Joshua Jack, City.
Robert McFadden, Mount Joy.
Edward Hess, Safe Harbor.
S. D. McConkey, Fulton.
J. B. Hower, East Cocallco.
Cal. John 'Witmer, Manor.
Jacob Fry, Manor.
John Johns, Upper Leacock.
DIRECTORS or rak POOR.
Simon J. Young, City.
Michael Westheaffer, City.
William W. Evans, Little Britain.
Casper Hiller, Conestoga Centre.
William Gorrecht, City.
John Heller, East Lampetor.
Adam Snyder.
John B. llertzler.
PRISON MNSPECTORS.
John Btushong, East Lampeter.
David Bender, City.
Nathaniel Myers, Drumore.
F. W. Christ, Lids.
J. 31. Hess, Safe Harbor.
John L. Samson, City.
AUDITOR.
John Alleman, Ens Donegal.
Elias H. Rhodes, Ira
Jonathan Dermal, ty. ROYER.
Henry W. Hess, City.
James Hudson, Stifs Harbor.
Andrew Selvert,
'T. B. Beaty.
ASSOO4TE LAW nrea
Hon. A. L. &wog, ty.
The Central American iinestion.
rt is understood that the vrhdle Central
American question is under discussion be-:
tireen ottr!minister at Loition, Mr. Buchanan,
and the British secretary n Lord Clarendon.. We
somewhat:elaborately discussed this question
not long ago. We traced the processi by which
Great Britain set up claims in this quarter, 1,
To the territory about Belize, in Yucatan ; 2,
To Mosquito Shore territory, including San
Juan ; 3, To the colony of the Bay Islands.—
The three are somewhat distinct as to details,
but are alike as to assumption and impudence.
All have their train of events illustrative of
British annexation; and we demonstrate then,
from British admissions, drawn from original
authorities, that weaker pretensions-never
were set up.
The sum of the matter is that under various
pretences—just as occasion served—Greet Bri
tain set up a claim to nearly the whole coast
from Balize to New Grenada. Much of this
claim is of recent growth. 1. As to Yucatan,
all the British claimed down at least to 1762,
was the privilege of cutting logwood in this
province and taking it away, and this was
claimed only over - a district two thousand
miles square. By a treaty of 1786, this priv
ilege was enlarged to about five thousand
square miles. But in a London Atlas of 1840
it is laid down at fourteen thousand square
miles, and in Martin's British Colonies it is
described as sixty-two thousand. square miles,
or a surface larger than all Yucatan ! And
by this time it had'grown from a claim to cut
wood to be one of complete sovereignty. 2.
The claim to the Mosquito coast is one of the
most disgraceful in the annals of history.—
Nothing can be more discreditable than the
connection of Great Britain with the Mosquito
savages. It was actually begun by British
buccaneers; it was kept up by British smug
glers; and when Great Britain resolved to take
possession of the country, it hunted up a line
of miserable, ignorant, drunken beings, whom
British bishops anointed as veritable, legiti
mate kings, and bid them claim the country ;
and the British government then alleged that
it was obligated to protect them in their claim.
This is the British Mosquito protectorate—the
title to San Juan. We know not where to
look for such a chapter of annexation.
3. The "colony of the Bay Islands" . claim
is more preposterous still. These islands, six
iu number, lying along the coast of Honduras,
were claimed as "dependencies" of British
"colonies." In the first place all the British
rights Great Britain claimed, down to 1786, as
to Balize, were to cut wood and gather fruit
in limits prescribed by treaty; and. in the 1786
treaty it agreed to evacuate the whole country
and islands, and agreed to establish no colony.
So much for Balize as a colony. 2. The Mos
quito dignities are of more recent origin. We
need not do more than state that their territo
ry, down to 181,4, was regarded as appertain
ing to Spain; and the latter power was treat
ed with by Great Britain as to it sovereignty.
On Honduras conquering her independence
the sovereignty of the.coast and islands went,
with the rest of the country, to the republic of
Central America. The fact is that Great Bri
tain- wanted these islands, and in 1830 her
agents from Balize seized them. On the re
monstrance of the Central American states
they were then restored, but in 1841 they were
again seized: in 1848 Great Britain conquered
thee, and she has held them ever since.
It was while Great Britain, under such ti
tles, claimed the whole coast and islands from
Balize to New Grenada, and occupied a large
share of them that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
of 1850 was made. In this treaty she agreed
to withdraw her claims of sovereignty over
this coast, with perhaps the understanding
that she would retain her old logwood privi
lege in Balize: and she agreed "not to occupy,
or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise
any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica,the
Mosquito coast, or any part of Central Amer
ica." Such is the language of this treaty.—
How the American negotiator, Mr. Clayton,
understood it, may he gathered from a sen
tence in an official letter of 1850. "She can
neithevoccupy, fortify, or colonize, nor exer
cise dominion or control in any part of the
Mosquito coast, or Central America. To at
tempt to do either of these things, after the
exchange of ratifications, would inevitably
produce a rupture with the United States. By
the terms of the treaty neither party can pro
tect to occupy, nor occupy to protect." This
language both of the treaty and of the nego
tiator of it, would seem to bo strong enough.
The following British document forms a
curious comment on this treaty :—.
PROCLAMATION
Office of the Colonial Secretary,, 1
BALIZE, July 17, 1852. f
This is to give notice that her most gracious
majesty oun queen has been pleased to consti
tute and make the islands of Ruatan, Bonacca
Utilla, Barbarat, Helene and Morsh, to be a
colony, to be known and designated as "The
Colony of the Bay Islands."
By command of her Majesty's superintendent.
AUGUSTUS FRED. GORE,
Colonial Secretary.-
God save the Queen.
As it is after such proceedings, and on such
claims as these that Great Britain assumes to
interfere in the Grey town matter, this whole
question has assumed a practical importance
itnever before possessed; and hence facts in
relation to events in this quarter are of more
than ordinary interest. In what spirit our
minister at the court of St. James will deal
with this question, may be gathered from a
short sentence from his instructions, when he
was secretary state in 1848, addressed to
the American charge d'affaires to Central
America. "The independence, as well as the
interests, of the nations on the continent re
quire that they should maintain a system of
policy entirely distinct from that which pre
vails in Europe. To suffer any interference on
the part of European governments with the
domestic concerns of the American people, or
to permit them to establish new colonies upon
this continent, would be to jeopard their inde
pendence, and ruin their interests." Here is
the Monroe doctrine, and its necessity, put in
truly American fashion. How this matter
will be handled by an administration based
on the principles of the inaugural may be
safely inferred from what it did in the case of
}loss ta. It stands pledged before the country,
to maintain this doctrine, length and breadth ;
and the cabinet is composed of statesmen who
understand their whole duty, and know how
to perform it.—Boston Post.
7/ta. The Mexican Revolution seems to be
spreading in Tamaulipas. Several more 'towns
have pronounced for the insurgents ) and they
have been victorious in a fight near Matamo
ran.
Book Notices . , the. -
Gais►x's ALtosattaz, for September, is a capital number-.
beautifully embellished with an engraving representing
"La Fayette's Interview with Louis XV and Marie Anton
ettn" besides several plates representing Revolutionary
scenes, and "Fashions for the Month." It is also well tilled
with original and selected contributions from the perm
of some of our Most gifted wrlteraand in all respects is one
of the very best numbers that, has yet been lamed of this
admirable Magazine.
Grzesort's Picrosaat still continues ite attractions, and
appears to be growing better and better with every sun
reeding number.
Jar- THE Gueanwt, for September, comee up fully to any
previous number. The eontenta are:
The Volatile Treasure; The Bible; The Birds of the Bible;
Boble Position; My Meditation of Him shall be Sweet;
Music and the Heart; It Shall be my Lest Ball; Birth-Place
and Home; Jesus on the Sea of Galilee ; Jacob's Dream ; A
Dignified Silence; How Softly on the Bruised Heart An.
drew Jackson; God Is near, Professor Lee; Charles /Nekton,
ths Novelist New Books.
The Guardian is edited by Bay. IL Harbausb, im4 pub.
lisha4 by John EL Pannal. an $1 per anima
Henry 13.3ffilti...A;Fi!dise Cha:•ge,ltefit -d.
t Wfi ... invite the especial attention of our , ,: -
4i - to - die. following' correspondence .be,• - en
the Democratic State Central Committee . , d
Col. Hzwa S. Mow,• the . Democratic , di
titte for Canal CompissiOnor, by which it
be seen that the latter, in a frank, free d
unequivocal manner denies, and at once i s
at rest, the idle and unfounded charge * 'ch
the Daily News preferred against him,l f a
fl
connection with the Know-Nothings. 4liho'
the accusation was a random one, totally ties
titute of foundation, and did not even pretnd
to specify the place when or the time w hen
Mr. Morr joined that order, we feel confident
that the Democracy of the State will rejoice
that every shadow of doubt as to his position
has been removed by this correspondence.—
How nobly the conduct of our State Cenirai
Committee and of Mr. M., contrasts with 'the
position of Judge Pomocs. The chlrge
against him, of having joined the Know-Nbth
ings, has been boldly made and reiterat!by
the DemoCratic press of the State for .;s me
lift
weeks past, yet he has er denied it, nor au
l
thorized any one to deny it on his behttlf.—
The only denial ever attempted was by the
Clinton Tribune, but that paper took cop ial
pains to say that its denial was totally u , 1 au
thorized by Mr. POLLOCK himself, and is t.bi l re
fore entirely worthless. Confident as wo *ere
of the' high character of Mr. Mori, anll i his
unswerving devotion to Democratic prindiflles,
the manly manner in which he has met this
charge will but serve to elevate him still high
er in the affections of the people of this Sfiste,
and endear him still more to the Demcictacy
of Pennsylvania. The shallow trick of our
opponents, in making this charge upoO blr.
M., for the purpose o? diverting public atien
tion from Mr. POLLOCK'S position, has recoiled
upon thorn. Not only is its 'entire fal t sity
shown, but the humiliating position of Judge
P. is rendered still more apparent by the. Ma
nner in which the two candidates of the two
parties have met the same accusation—the, one
unequivocally denying the charge, while i the
other allows it to rest quietly unnoticed for
many weeks, without an effort at contradi4ion,
for the very simple reason that he knows if to
be true.—Pennsylvanian. •
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18, 1854.
My Dear Sir has been rumored iii.cer
tain political circles, and insinuated inisome
of the newspapers f the day, that you' are
connected with a secret association, organized
for political purposes, commonly called "Kpow
Nothings."
Tho charge has been repeated witliJilore
distinctness in the Daily News of this city, of
yesterday's date, and although your friends
do not attach the slightest importancettstt.ese
allegations, as being founded in fact, yet it is
nothing more than right that they should be
met ,by a formal denial.
SIIG,I a charge, iftrue, would be derogalory
to your.political character as a Democrat, and
place it vnurself and the Republican part, of
which you are the nominee for an important
office, in a false position.
1 am therefore instructed by the Statelen
tral Committee to interrogate you on this ob
ject, not that we believe for a moment that
the charge, is true, but merely to havei3iour
denial in an authentic and unequivocalifiprin
forpublication. Very' respectfully, &c. I
(Signed) J. ELLIS BONHAM, Chairman.
Henry S. Mott, Esq. I
STROUDSBURG, Aug. 26, 1854.
J. Ellis Bonham, Esq., Chairman State i6'en-
tral Committee
DEAR SlR:—On my return home, aftdr a
considerable absence, I found awaiting imy
arrival yours of thelBth. In reply, I have to
say that I am not connected with a secret ; as
sociation organized for political purposes,' cbm
monly called Know-Nothings, and that INave
never made any promise, etibrt, or request; to
be admitted as a member, or given the least
intimation that I would do so. The only pol
itical membership to which I confess. is , that
of the Democratic party of the Union, bound
in the bonds of the constitution, and the glo
rious and liberal principles whichrdemonstrat
ed thc , prohloso ok oolf go,ormraonk, whiolnjhoo
made our country the beacon-light of freedom
for a wondering and admiring world.
In. the love of those principles I have always
lived and expect to"die.
Very respectfully,
11. S. Mott.
Washington vs. Know-Nothingism
In the Know-Nothing journals we find lone
of the principles which they profess, set 4wn
thus : " The doctrines of the revered WASH
INGTON and his compatriots." Perhapi it
would be well enough, says the Penn.Vva
nian, to briefly test the sincerity of this assu
med devotion by comparing the action of !the
Know-Nothings with the :conducti of 'Gen.
WASIIINGTON. Know-Nothingism declares
that no foreigner or member of a certain
sect should he trusted with any official position.
WASHINGTON, ifourmemory servos us, ttppoint
ed LAFAYETTE, KOSCIUSKO and HAMILTON,: all
of whotn were of foreign birth, and the :for
mer of whom belonged to the proscribed
church, his most favored aid-de-camps. l' he
had been blest with the wise counsel 4 of
Judges CONRAD and POLLOCK, of course; he
would have known better than to trust irisitch
important positions such dangerous men.
When he came to form his cabinet lie se
lected ALEXAYDER HAMILTON, who' was h l orn
in one of the West India Islands and ivho
never saw this country until he was about six
teen years of age, one of his prominent as4is
ers.
He chose as another THO3IAS JEFFERSON,
one of whose proudest boasts was that hc; Was
the author of the Virginia Statute guarantee
ing religious liberty, in which Know-Nothing
ism is attacked in direct terms by such Sen
tences as "that our civil rights have no dehen
deuce on our religious opinions more thanur
opinions in physics or geometry," and by the
provision that "all men shall be free to profess
and by argument to maintain their opifons
in matters of religion, and that the same shall
in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their cifil
powers." He also appointed at a later day
CnarmEs LEE, who had been born in England,
an Attorney General, so that it is evident he
did not approve of the Know Nothing tests,
but chose for the highest stations when, he
deemed them the fittest persons, not only for
signers, but members of the proscribed sect,
and those who like JEFFERSON, made attch
ment to the great principle of religious liberty
a corner atone of their political creed. Any
body; but a Know-Nothing can therefore pl ''n
ly see that instead of their principles ,bein in
accordance with the doctrines of the " revs ed
WASHINGTON and his compatriots," they are
in direct contradiction to them.
TERRIBLE TORNADO,--A terrific tornado
passed over the city of Louisville, Ky., all 12
o'clock on Sunday week. The Third Prespy
terian Church was blown down during service,
causing the instant death of twenty of: the
congregation and severely injuring ten or
twelve others. About one hundred other
buildings were unroofed and blown doiivn.
The total loss of prperty is estimated at SIOO
- The same tornado passed over Jeffer
sonville, blowing down four houses. The fol.
lowing is a list of the killed at Louisville.—
Mrs. Vildabee and three children, Mr. TaSilor
and child, Mr. Godry, Mrs. Salisbury, Miss
Headley, John McGowen, Mr. Sweeney, Mrs.
Martin, (wife of John N. Martin, saddler;)
Mrs. Wicks, (niece of Mrs. Martin;) Mr. Bar
bour, Mr. McClelland, Mr. B. Davis, (a resi
dent of New Albany;) and Mr. Mcßride 4nd
child. It is thought one or two others were
killed, whose names have not yet been learitd.
Air We see by the Court Records, t hat the two counter
fetters, White, of Buffalo, and Lawrence, of Epping,
have been placed under ten thousand dollar bands, each,
for making and selling, imitations of Arsz's emcees Tsc
rout. This is right. If the taw should protect men
from imposition at all, it should certainly protect tliem
from being imposed upon by a worthless counterfoil of
such a medicine as Ayre's Cherry Pectoral. We can
Only complain that the punishment is not half eaMiTh-
The villain, who would for paltry gain, deliberately trifle
with the health of his fellow man, by taking from their
Bps, the cup of hope, when they are sinking, and substitu
ting a falsehood—an utter delusion, should be punished at
least as severely as he who
_counterfeit' the coin of, the
founit7o.4lram• tb, Baew, Vara% Ait.
Philo:a/ph* of Huovir-NothLitglam.
Under this caption a viriter in the Richmond-
Enquirer thus forcibly expresses himself on
the subject of Know-Nothingism. Speiking
to them of the principles they inculcate, he
says :'
But year action excludei not bnlY all foreign
era, 'l:idt all Catholics from offices of govern
ment. lam neither a,foreigner nor a Catho
lic . reared as I have been among good old
&Alone& Methodists and Baptists. But is
that any reason why "nothing good can come
out of Nazareth ?" ~,Arni to be told that the
faith of a Christian is a matter over which he
has such control that he can alter it as circum
stances require? This may suit time-servers,
but the true Christian holds his faith as his
life, and would sooner be deprived of the one
than recant the other. All history has
shown, that no matter what faith a man may
profess, if temporal power be given to it, he
becomes a persecutor of those who do not
think as he thinks, or act as he advises. Even
those first settlers of this country wh'o fled to
enjoy quietly their religimis belief, form no
exceptions to this rule. And what do you
propose but persecution when you wish to
exclude Catholics from office? Would you
have him to aid in the defence of your country
in filling your treasury, and in sharing your
burdens, and at the same time exclude him
from your privileges? "No matter what his
merit, no matter whi.lt his claims, no matter
what his services, is he to be nominally a citi
zen, but really a . slave?" I cannot forbear
quoting from a distinguished orator who, "on
a similar occasion, thus expresses himself.—
Speaking of Catholics; he says :
"Suppose he sends his tap, the hope of his
pride and the wealth 'of hig heart, into the
army; the child justifies his parental anticipa
tions; he is moral in his hahns; he is strict in
his discipline, he is daring in the field, and
temperate at the board, and patient in the
camp; the first in the charge, the last in the
retreat, with a hand th achieve and a head to
guide, and temper to 'conciliate; he comfines
the`-skill of Wellington with the clemency of
Caesar and the courage of Turenne; yet he can
never rise—he is a Catholic. Take another in
stance: Suppose him at the bar. lie spent
his nights at the lamp and his days at the th
rum; the rose has withered from his cheek mid
the drudgery of form; the spirit has fainted in
his heart mid the analysis of crime; he has
foregone the pleasures of,his youth and the as
sociates of his heart, and - all the fairy enchant
ments in which fancy may have wrapped him
Alas ! for What ? Though genius flashed frbm
his eye and eloquence rolled from his lips ;
though he spoke with the 4ongue of Tully,and
argued with the learning of Coke, and thought
with the purity of Fletcher,
he can never rise—
he is a Catholic ! Merciful God! what a state
of society is this, in which thy worship is in
terposed as a disqualification upon thy Provi
dence !"
But it is armied that, inasmuch as the Cath
olics acknowledge the spiritual supremacy of
the I'oi,d 7 , it must be dangerous to our institu
tions t intrust them with power.
If there were any just apprehensions on this
, u,;joct,founded upon any action of the church,
thc,c might be good cause for distrust. But,
if 1 mistake not, while a large portion of Eu
rope acknowledges papal supremacy, there is
no monarch with a smaller domain, ur to
v.-hose opinion, in, temporal matters, they pay
less, respect. 1, thereture, conclude, that it,
in his immediate vicinity, he cannot subject
those countries to his power, and that, too,
where the Catholic religion is the establisheu
church, it would be still inure difficult at this
distance, and where every one is permitted to
worship God as his conscience may dictate.—
But all this is upon the hypothesis that Cath
olics are nut patriots. For my part, I believe
that any attempt at temporal power, under
the authority of the Pope, would be spurned
by the Catholics themselves. They would re
member that, as the head of the church, his
office is spiritual, and to that alone they will
.
yield.
But I have always looked with entire un
concern upon the apprehension, that any one
sect or denomination will ever become in our
country sufficiently powerful to control legis
lative action. The very attempt, (if any were
unwise enough to attempt it,) would create a
union amongst- all other sects for their preser
vation; and the day of its attempt would be
the day of its discomfiture and defeat. I hope
lam ordinarily cautious. I hope I am as anx
ious for the perpetuity of our institutions as
any man. But i cannot cry "wolt; wolf,"
*hen there is no wolf. I cannot be an alarm
ist wneu unoro to ' F fluse for alarm.
But, let us now suppose fur a moment, that
the Know Nothing party is in the ascendant.
Eschewing, 'as they do, all the old party lines
of Whig and Democrat; elected, as they would
be, upon no principle but Know Nothing,
what kind of a legislature would that be? A
celebrated French philosopher in his wild
theories, speaks of the benefit of a legislature
of mutes. I presume it would be upon a par
with the "Know Nothings," with no settled
line of policy, either State or Federal, by
which its action is to be governed; elected
without any reference to its political opinions,
it would form an amusing spectacle to behold,
but one from which I imagine the State would
derive but little benefit.
One member would approach another with
the questiOn "aro you in favor of appropria
tions by the State for internal improvement 2"
Answer, I Know Nothing. Shall we legislatefor
the benefit of Southern cities,or shall we make
tradeleave them for Northern cities? Answer,l
Know Nothing. Shall we elect Mr. Hunter a
Democrat to the United States Senate, or shall
we elect Mr. Rives, a Whig? Answer, I
Know Nothing. It would be a legislature,"soy
checkered and speckled; you would put to
gether" a piece of joinery so crossly indented
and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so var
iously inlaid; such a tesselated pavement with
out cement; here a bit of black stone, and there
a bit'of white; patriots and courtiers, king's
friends and republicans, whigs and tories;
treacherous friends and open enemies; that it
would be a curious show, but utterly unsafe
to touch and unsound to stand on." The mem
bers would "stare at each other, and be obliged
to ask, sir, your name ? Sir you have the ttd.
vantage of me, Mr. such-a-one. I beg a thou
sand pardons." It would so happen, that per
sons would have a single office divided between
them who had never spoken to each other in
all their lives, until they found themselves,
they knew not how, bedding together, heads
and points in the same truckle bed. Ephe
meral your ascendancy must necessarily be;
its success would be but the harbinger of its
dissolution.
IMPORTANT TO SOLDIERS, &c.—The late acts
making appropriations for the support of the
army contains a provision which enables the
President, with the consent of the Senate, to
confer the brevet of second lieutenant upon
such meritorious non-commissioned officers as
may, under regulations to be established, be
brought before an army board, composed of
four officers in rank, specially convened for
the purpose, and be found qualified fbr the
duties of commissioned officers. All officers
thus promoted are to be attached to regiments
as supernumerary officers, according to the
provisions of the fourth section of the act of
1812.
The same bill also provides for an increase
of the pay of soldiers employed on fortifica
tions, in surveys, in cutting, roads, and other
constant labor, of nOt less than ten days, to
twenty-five cents per day for men employed
as laborers or teamsters; and forty cents per
day when employed as mechanics, at all sta
tions east of the Rocky Mountains, and to
thirty-five and fifty cents respectively when
the men are employed at stations west of those
mountains.
LATE FROM EUROPE.-By the Europa, at
Halifax, on Wednesday, with foreign advises
to the 19ih ult., being one week later. The
allies, it appears; have at length commenced
operations. On the ith and Bth, the French
expeditionary force was landed on the island
of Aland, and, at the same time, the Englsh
and French marines landed south of the fortress.
On the 12th the fortress was invested; on the
14th the Russians made a sortie, without suc
cess; on the 15th the French carried a redoubt
of Bguns and on the 16th Bomarsund surren
dered, with 2000 Russians as prisoners. The
Anglo-French force consisted of 12,000 men
supported by the fleet. A deipatch from Paris,
of the 18th, states that orders have been is
sued for the Austrians to enter Wallachia, and
they have commenced crossing the frontier. On
the Danube the Russians continue to fortify
all strategetic points. The British troops in
camp have been decimated by the cholera.
The expedition to the Crimea was deferred for
that reason, but nevertheless there were re
ports of the bombardment of Anapa, and /he
landing of troops at Balailawa. A Turkish
treaty has been made with•the Circassian chief
Schamyl Bey, acknowledging the independence
of Circassia. Schamyl is said to have gained
a great viotory over the' Raisins.
Important Corr, spoadenee:
The National Intelligence; a Tew days
since, publishelseveral*acts from the very
interesting coirciOondence on the subject of
the Rights of Neutrals,. &c., which sometime
since took place between Mr. Buchanan and
Lord Clarendon, in 'London, and . ,Mr. Marcy
and the British Minister, at Washington.
We subjoin two' f Mr. Buchanan's letters
to the Secretary of State, -which she* the
part he took in bringing about the iniptittmt
concession from the British Ministry,' that
"free ships make free goods":
.Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Marcy.
LimATION or Inn lINTZED STATES,
LONDON', February 54, 1854.
But: • • • 1 then inquired of his lordship! [Lord
Clarendon] whether the British Govermnent had yet deter
mined upon the course they would pursue during the im
pending war in. regard to neutrals whether they mould
adhere to their old rule of capturing the goods of an ene
my on board the vessel of a friend, or adopt the kale of
free goods:" observing that it was of great Im
portance to my countrymen engaled. in commerce thit they
should know the decision on this point as speedily ns pos.
able.
Ile said that the question wasithen under consideration
of the Cabinet and had not yet been decided, but I should
be the very first person to whoin he would communicate
the result. Intimating a desire to converse with me, in
formally and unofficially, upon the subject, I Informed
him that I had no instructions whatever from myyl,,,--3
tiovernment in relation to it, but, as an individual; I was
willing frankly to express my opinions. From wiistipu se d
between us I should consider It a breach of .nddeuce in
me to report his private.opinioni on a question stilt pend
ing before the Cabinet Council, and on which Its members
ore probably divided.
1 can, however, have no objection to repeat to you the
substance of my own observations.
1 said that the Supreme Court of the United States had
adopted in common with their own courts, the principle
that a belligerent bad a right, under the law of nations,
to capture the goods of an enemy on board the vessel of
a friend, and that be was bound:to restore the goods of a
friend captured on board the vessel of an enemy. That
from a very early period of our g history, we had sought.
in favor of neutral commerce, to change this rule by trea
ties with different nations, and, instead thereof, to adopt
the principle that the Sag should protect the property un
der it, with the exception of contraband of war.. That
the right of search was, at beat, an odious right, and
ought to be restricted as much as possible. There was
always danger from its exercises of involving the neutral
in serious difficulty with the belligerent. The captain - of
a British man-of-war or privateer would meet au Ameri
can vessel upon the ocean and board her for the purpose
of ascertaining whether she was the carrier of enemies'
property. Sin% individuals, eepecially, as their e'r,rn in.
terest was deeply involved in the question; were not al
ways the most competent persons to conduct an investiga
tion of this character. They were too prone to feel !might
and forget right. On the other hand, the American cap
tain of the vessel searched would necessarily be indignant
at what he might believe to be the unjust and arbitrary
conduct of the searching officer. Hence bad blood would
be the result, and constant and dangerous reclacuatious
would arise between the two nations.
I need not inform his lordship that our past histr+y had
fullY justified such apprehensions. On the other hand, if
the rule that "free ships shall make free goods" sere es
tablished, the right of the boarding officer would he con
fined to the ascertainment of the simple facts whether the
the flag was bona tide 2unerican ' and whether articlbs con
traband of war were on board. lie would have no Investi
gation ,to make into the ownership of the cargo. Ifisuper
added to this rule, the corresponding rule were adopted
that •vneuty's ships shall mane enemy's goods," the bel
ligerent would gain nearly as much by the latter es )ie bid
lost by the former, and this would be no hardshipun the
neutral owner of such goods, because he would place them
on board an enemy's vessel with his eyes open and fully
sensible of the risk of capture..
I observed that the Government of the United' States
had not, to my recollection, made any treaties recently ou
the principle of -free ships, free goods," and the only reas
on, I presumed, was, that until the strong maritime na
tions, such as Great Britain, Prance, and Russia, should
consent to enter into such treaties, it would be of little
avail to coucluths them with the minor Powers.
This, 1 believe, is a fair summary of all I said. :it differ
eta times, iu the course of somewhat protracted concur.
smion, and 1 hope it may meet your approbation.
1 shall tot be astonished if the British Government
~Itould yield their lung-cherished principle and adopt the
rule that the ' shall protect the cargo. I know positive
ly that bwedeu,:Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and
erussia are urging this upon them; but what 1 did not
Knots until the day bsiore yesterday was that the Govern
ment of France was pursuing the saute course. e s a
In this connexion I feel it to be my duty to say that th
correspondence of Mr. Schrceder, Our Charge d'Affaires a
nns:Aholny a gentleman pith whom I am nut personall,
acquainted. has furnished we the earliest and most s, e . nr
ate information of the proceedings of the Northern Power
on questions which limy affect the neutral interests of th
United States.
Lord Clarendon referred to our neutrality law (of April
O. lots) in terms of high commendation, and pronounced
it superior to their own, especially in regard to privateers.
They are evidently apprehensive that RILSSiaII privateer:,
maybe fitted out illthe ports of the United States to emitse
against their commerce, though in words his lordship ex
pressed no such apprehension. Would it not be ads 'sable,
after the war shall have fairly commenced, for the Presi
dent to issue his proclamation calling upon the proper of.
tidal authorities to be vigilant in executing this law f
This could not Mil to prove satisfactory to all the bellig
erents. * * * *
Yours, very respectfully,
lion. W. L. 111.iner, &c.
Mr. Buchanan to M. Marcy
LEGATION OF TIIE UNITED STATES,
LONDON, March 17, 1854
Sir: Lord Clarendon sent for me yesterday, and, in com
pliance with his promise, read me the declaration which
had been prepared for her Majesty, specifying the course
she had determined to pursue towards neutral commerce
during the present war. it announces distinctly not only
that the neutral hag shall protect the cargo, except in ca
ses of contraband, but that the goods of neutrals captured
ou board au enemy's vessel shall bo restored to their own
ers. It fully adopts the principle that "free ships shall
make free goods," and also secures from contii.vation the
property of a friend found on board the vessel of an enemy.
'the declaration on the subject of blockades, so far as I
could understand it from the reading, is entirely unexcep
tiunahle and in conformity with the doctrines which have
always been maintained by the Government of the United
thatc,
Tier Majesty also declared that she will issue no commis
sions to privateers or letters of marque during the war.
His lordship then asked me how 1 was pleased with it
and 1 stated my approbation of It in strung terms.
' t said that, in ouu particular, It was more liberal towards
neutral commerce than 1 had ventured to hope, and this
was iu restoring the goods of a friend, though captured on
the vessel of an enemy.
lie remarked that they had entbuntered great difficulties
in overcoming their practice for so long a period of years,
and their unvarying judicial decisions•, but that modern
civilisation required a relaxation in the former serene
rules, and that war should be conducted with as little In
jury to neutrals as was compatible with the interests and
safety of belligerents. lie also observed that he had re
peated the conversation which he had with me on these
subjects to the Cabinet Council, and this had much influ
ence in inducing them to adopt their present liberal policy
towards neutrals.
He then expressed the hope that their course would
prove satisfactory, to the Government of the United States:
arid 1 assured him that 1 had no doubt it would prove
highly gratifying to them.
/ asked him if 1 were at liberty, in anticipation of the
publication of her Majesty's declaration, to communicate
its substance to yourself; and he replied certainly, 1 was,—
. c It had not yet undergone the last revision of
the Cabinet; but the principles stated In it had received
Weir final approbation and would not be changed.
/lour shipping interest in the United States should feel
as tiIIEIOUS upon this subject as American owners of ves
sels in this country, you may deem it advisable to publish
a notice of the practice which will Pe observed by Ureat
Britain and France towards neutrals during the continu
ance of the present war; and to this 1 can perceive no ob
jection..* *
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES LILLIIANAN
Hon. Wm. L. 31.ts.cr, SecreLtry of State.
THE OBJECTS, of THE KNOW NOTHING LEAD-
Eits.—The Washington Union, in commenting
upon the objects by which those who obtain
the leadership of the Know Nothings are ani
mated, says :
The great points which the managers seek
to establish, and through which they expect
to control are,—
1., The managers, who are usually whip,
think for the fraternity, who are bound to act
in conformity with their thoughts.
2. The freedom of speech in relation to the
political and religious schemes of the managers
is denied to all those who have been drawn
into these anti-freedom traps.
3. The freedom of action is expressly pro
hibited in all cases where the managers may
order their subordinates to perform a specified
act, however wrong or illiberal it may be.
4. No member of these societies is at liberty
to follow the dictates of his own conscience;
but he must yield everything to those who are
the great men of the concerns, and who profit
by them, even if he violates natural affection,
his own sense of propriety and right, or the
duties of religion.
5. lie must wage war upon religion and
those who profess it, if its formalities are of a
particular kind, whether comformable to the
doctrines of revelation or not, and whether its
professor is honest, pure, patriotic, and blame
less, or otherwise. Such are some of the char
acteristics of this new secret society which has
been brought into existence to retrieve the
Artunes of defeated whig candidates, whose
published creeds have received the condemna
tion of the American people.
What do these skulking, tongue-tied patri
ots want?. The answer is plain. They desire
office, which they cannot obtain from the votes
of freemen, who canvass their merits, and act
with fearless independence. They can only
act by machinery, which enables its managers
to control the" votes of others, who blindly
consent to act as their bondsmen, and who are
incapable of thinking and acting for them
selves. Will an American freeman consent
to have a master tell him how he shall act and
vote, or what religion he shall profess ? Never.
Still, this cunning contrivance has no other
object than enabling the managers to control
and give the vote of their subordinate and
submissive brethren as they shall direct—and
all to give the leaders the offices within reach.
Those whom they use in their -unholy work
are in no way to be benefitted by becoming
the instruments of the-managers.
It is offices, and not patriotic and corn men
dable measures, that they seek to control. In
the name of liberty, they deprive their follow
ers of their right to think, act and vote, and
subject them to the Slavery of obedience, or to
the endurance of the penalties which they
have contrived for the disobedient. This is
one of the most stupendous inventions ever
contrived to destroy libertyof thought and ac
tion that has been discovered to the world.—
But it is becoming harmless. The poor hum
bugged member must mind his master or re
ceive a dreadful punishment. Is this the free
dom of which America boasts? Is he who
votes rie others direct a freeman ? Om such a
craven-spirited man be a Democrat:
CITY AND
was admitted to praeti•
ff3P-M is in SamtemPlation, wo balm, to remove the
County Offices the Ow Court lionise . building sometime
movduring 'the present week. The Sheri S's office Is alrealiy re
ed. • 2
Tar BIM EXITS OAST ADVERT, in other column.
His establishment, at e present time, Is really an attrac
tion, and his 'samples Mt You:Liars and other ware cannot
be equalled In this City, nor excelled , any where in the
State, for beauty of style and elegance of finish.
Mr. G. is one of our Most enterpriting and industrious
mechanics, and deserves liberal enaluragement from our
citizens. lirery body Should call atlhls stand in South
Queen street--sign of the Big Pitche ` y—and take a look at
the specimens of bautiful and fashionable ware which are
there to be seen. Ile charges nothing for the sight, and
will.take pleasure In showing hisgools, whether you pur
chase or not.
lirar - Mr. Lire, a boartr at Mr. CoOnt.'s Motel, had $5O
stolen from hint on W nesday last , -some rascal having
broken open the bureau in which ho died the Money du
ring his absence.
i
REPORT OF TUE GRARD ERT.—Wantiof room prevents us
from publishing the retina in full, wq shall thoretbro give
ti t
a brief synopsis of it. ' he Grand Jury Lauient the unusu
al number of Lases brou ht before them, mostly of a trivial
nature, arising out of use of intoiicating drinks. They
also deplore that tha t+mpermace reform is exceedingly
slow," and attribute the increase of :crime to the great
number of drinking sh 3 commonly ;rand, -Lager Beer
saloons."
• 1
In regard to making ore suitable provision for the indi
gent insane, they two mead, theefection of a new And
suitable building for tla t use and plirpoae, on a reliable
Plan to be tarnished b); .somo SCioullOo man."
They also recommend the appui4tment of a regular
Chaplain, with an mica ate salary, to t atteud to the spirit
ual weltare of the inmates of the bounty Prison, Poor
house and Hospital. 1 i
In conclusion they kongratulate ;the -Court and the
citizens of the county, IT the prospect of won being in
possession of oue 01 the ost spacious And convenient coun
ty buildings, that theni Is in tae 6tAti!."-11runitner
•
united State and Greiit Britain.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Courier anti Enquireri says he learns
from an authenticland anthuittive source thai
au important corr spondence : has taken place
between Mr. Butt tittan and iord Clarendon,
relative to the por of San Jnan and the,Mos
,
quito protectorate s and gives the following
synopsis of it:—
-Mr. Buchanan ) took' early occasion, after
entering on his mission; to inform the secreta
ry for foreign allits that [M
ir I government de
sired to resume a d bring to conclusion all
questions respecting Centrall America which
were pending when Mr. Everett retired, trom
the state departnOut on the 4th of March;
1653. lie stated the views dud expectations
of his goverumet t at some length. Lord
Clarendon replied in a statedidnt embodying
the claims 'of Urea' Britain, I !lid advancing on
her part pretensions which were supposed to
have been yielded by the Clayton and Bulwer
convention of 1850. Mr. Buchanan rejoined
iithat counter stathment, in Which herevieWed
the controversy liin its 'commencement, and
stated with cunvi ciug strength and argument
the position and r ghts of the United States.
L t
He declared in e.vdicit term that the Amer
ican government 1 .,0u1d not tiecognize any In
dian claim to territorial jarisllicuun over any
part of tins (aamant, and therefore could not
admit the validity et any .prdtectorate ur guar
anty of such claims. Illle titallumnichtlen is
understood to comprise tl}e ultimatum of our
government on the Central Anierican question,
and is believed to require not only the aban
donment of the protectorate over tne Mosquito
coasts, but the relitiquishmen OA the settlement
at the Belize, and 'the discontinuance of the
colony of the Bay of Islands on the coast of
Honduras as formed in P,52!
The rejoinder Ithis significant state paper
has not been received,
.011, aio(probatily none will
lie given. Though on the side of toe British
cabinet the correspondence aiipears to be con
ducted by Lord Uihrendon, it. is undoubtedly
managed. by Lord iPalinersto4, the home Se
cretary.
. TUE MISERIES of NEW YURR.—A number of
hotels and restaurants make '4l. practice uf dis
tributing the fragments of fobd collected from
the tables, to the Poor, at regular hours,every
afternoon. By obsttrving howl this is done,any
curious person can readily obtain sonic insight
into the miseries of the cityl By the same
process, a partial 4lue May bp had to the so
called "mysteries'i of New-lork, which ,have
always afforded a prolific theine for scribblers.
The place 'where these bounties are to be dis
pensed, is indicateki some tine in advance by
the throng of wrbtehed looking people who ea
gerly crowd arounkl, with baskets, aprons, &c.,
in which to bear away the expected gifts. The
bloated inebriate, tottering creatures enfeebled
by disease, as we 4 as many Young giris,acting
as agents for others who remain in their own
garrets and cellars—all are represented. On
the first appearance of the iirovisions, which
form a complele chowder of broad, meats, pas
try, lobster, fish and vegetables, a general rush
is made, which ha,', often to lie forcibly repell
ed. With a large Scoop, broken plate, or some
thing of the kind, a quantity of mixture •is
thrown into each vessel or other receptacle ex
tended to receive 4, with all possible rapidity
—the crowd meanwhile preening
.closer and
closer, until again) forced int 4 the back ground
Every device is resorted to, in order to se
cure a double portion. A coMmun trick is to
have a basket plaCed on onen side, into which
each fresh instandent is deposited, until no
more can be procdred. Auu;ther will have a
capacious apron kir bag suspended from the
waist, secure from) observatii, while the eon
tents of the extended baske4or dish are slyly
thrust into it unnpticed. 84me, iu this man
ner, obtain the lion's share, the weak,
sick or deerepid, 'are turned off empty. The
scene would bear to be trauffferred to canvass
with an artist's peucil.—.N. Y. Jour. of Com.
JAMES BUCILkSA:s;
THE MILK TR.I.4E Is NEW VORIL—The City
Inspector of .New York has just submitted to
the Councils, quite an elaborate Report on
"the Milk Trade " It charges that two ini
quitous systems are carried on among our
neighbors, namely', the prodUction by manu
facture, of poisonolus milk, aud the raising of
diseased beef! It lestimated that 750 persons
and companies ar engaged ill serving milk
in and about the city of Nqui York. About"
250 of these claim !to sell pure milk, that is
free from extraneous substanbes except water
and salt. The balance 4 ur ablmt 500, furnish
milk which is deleteriously' lidulterated; and
the use of which fin greatly calculated to im
pair the public health. This, ,on being analys
ed, has beed founto contaisi the diseased se
cretion of the swill and slop ;fed cows penned A
up in the milk stables of tweity, magnesia
t
and chalk to disguise its blueness, stale eggs,
dour, molasses and burnt sugar to supply toe
desideratum of a dreamy an4l yellow color.
The deVelopements made by . investigation
of this matter, alto l gether shoW that the adul
terations practiced ] by a large', majority of the
milkmen, supplying New York with what is
called milk, are of the most ; scandalous and
villanous character; and ilm4 at present, the
offence should be promptly Made indictable
and punished by Übe and imprisonment.
We have no dou'A but thatsimilar mixtures
are sold by many of the milkinen of Philadel
phia, who perhaps may not even be behind
their compatriots if IN ew York; and it is main
ly with this view that theseJ.tacts are pub
•
fished, in order t.
placed on their g
irum those known
man town Telegrapi
We fare now t
Treasury receipts
30, 1854, which
for the fiscal year;
Customs,
Lands.
Miscellaneous,
Total receipts for the y.
June 30, 1854,
Do. do. June 3
showing an increa.. of a $1: 2 42426
We have omitted the cents and other frac
tions, which will not very materially vary the
result. This give us the means of approxi
mating to the total of the dutinble imports for
the last fiscal year, as follows,ithe total for the
last year being calculated from the duties:
Dutias. Dutialge Imports.
$64300p50; V 236,505,113
73,5)0,000; 284,008,822
Increase la dutiable mporte, 1 $47,313,709
The free goods, bout half of which arere
ceived at the port o New York, will not prob
ably show any inciease, as the total at that
port for the_ year ending Julie 30, 1854, was
only $12,791;055 against $13357,173 for the
preceding year. 'A.king them, however, at
the same, we have [he followipg comparative
statement of the toad foreign 'imports into the
United States for • a fiscal year ending June
30th: - i
Du'table goal,
Free goods,_
--Spode,
Total Ism%
f COUNTY ITEMS.
k week, Willieun A. Atlee,
Fag,
Inw 'ln the'seeeral Courts of our
iat tie inhabitants may be
ward, and
,pureliaae, only,
Ito be honest men.—Ger
i __ _ a ,
•
the United States.
he official statement of the
r the qua;ter - ending June
nables us to give the total
Re venue o
$64,424,189
, 5,470,797
054,714
r ending
$73,549,700
, 1053, 01,3'37,574
1858. • 18K
$238,595,118 1284,001m00
27,182452 27,009,990
- 4 , 20 /# 38 2 • 5,00 , 3A0
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