Intelligetwer & Journal. GEO. SANDERSON; EDITOR.- LANCASTER, DECEMBER 11, 1854 i- Copies of this paper ILancesrsa aluaaosalas.) can be had regularly; at the "Noisy Carriers," San li!rancisco,,Paliforn'in. CoaitscrxoN.—ln the second titiagraph of our article last week, under the head of "Con estoga Embankment," a typographical error occars,.which sllpuhi be corrected. Speaking of the number of cubic yards of Embank ment for which Messrs. DELLET & Co., received payment on their final estimate, we are made to say "37,500." It should have been 39,350, as will appear in other parts of the same arti cle. We make the corection, so that full jus tics may be done all; parties. The President's Moisage -We have occupied our first page with the annual communication of the Executive to both branches of Congress, and bespeak for the Message a careful and unprejudiced peril sal. It is a plain, business-like, satisfactory State paper,•and reflects no little credit upon its distinguished au*or. Meeting of Congress Congress met on the 4th instant—a quorum present in both branches. The 'President of the Senate, Mr. ATCHINSON,' being absent, Gen. Cess was'unanimously elected to preside over the body. The General accepted the honor, but declined anything more than a temporary appointment for the day. The House was called to order by Speaker Bore. Both houses being thus organized, the Presi dent's Message was sent in about 2 o'clock, and read. In the Senate 10,000 extra copies of the Message, with the accompanying docu ments, and in the House 20,000 were ordered to be printed. On Tuesday, the Senate elected Mr. BRIGUT, of Indiana, to preside over the body until the arrival of Mr. ATCHINSON, who is not expect ed in Washington for two or three weeks. In the •House a variety of bills were introduced, or announced as in preparation. Among the latter one (by a Mr. TAYLOR, a Whig Know- Nothing Clergyman of Tennessee,) to repeal the naturalization laws, and another to pre vent the enlistment of persons of foreign birth in the army and navy! An interesting debate took place on a resolution of inquiry relative to the ministerial conference at Ostend. On Wednesday, nothing of importance transpired in the Senate. In the House, the resolution of inquiry relative to the meeting of American Ministers at Ostend, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The message of the President, at the close of the last session, vetoing the River and Harbor Bill, was considered and discussed, and on the question 'of passing the bill against the veto, the vote stood ayes 95, noes SO. Not being two thirds, the bill fell. Nothing of importance transpired in either branch on Thursday. In the House, the death of# member, Mr. Ewing, of Kentuckey, was announced. A report from the Committee of Ways and .11feans, •as read, and the Pension and Indian Approprition bills were submitted. Both branches adjourned over till Monday. The Reports The reports from the Heads of Departments are all of a satisfactory character, snit show that the Chiefs have made themselves thor oughly acquainted with the duties of their stations. Postmaster General C.tMPBELL's report is very long and very able. It will be gratifying to Learn that under his efficient management, the revenue of the Department, for the current year, show:s an increase of nearly a million of dollars over that of 18:53. r i.om it we also learn that the number of Post Offices now in the United States is 23,925—being a net in erease during the year of 1,228. The num ber of Postmasters appointed during the year was 8,618. Of these, 4,185 were appointed to fill vacancies occasioned by resignations, 1,977 by removals, 320 deaths, 294 by change of names and sites, and 1,842 on establish ment of new offices. SUPREME COURT.—The Supreme Court of the U. States, commenced its term,. on the 4th inst., at Washington—all - the members in at tendance. The Court is composed as idlows: ROGER B. TANEY. Chief Justice. JOUN M'LEAN, Associate do, • JAMES M. WAYNE. :g Juts CATRON, PETER V. DANIEL, • SAMUEL NELSON, ROBERT C:GRIER, BENJAMIN R. CURTISS, JOHN A. CAMPBELL, „ - KANSAS.—The election for Delegates to Con gress from this Territory, has resulted in fa vor of Gen. J. W. WHITFILED, by a large ma jority. Ile was•the candidate of the "Squat ters." The opposing candidate was Hon. R. P. FLENNIKEN, formerly of Uniontown in this State, and Charge de AfiAres to Denmark un der President Polk's administration. Whit field's election is considered a Pro-Slavery tri umph. A new Democratic paper has been star ted at Pottsville, by A. DUO & CO. It is pub lished semi-weekly, at $2,50 per annum in ad vance,--or $4, if not paid till the expiration of the year. The paper presents a neat ap pearance, and we wish the enterprise abun dant success. /XV°Jolts M. Sum.ivAN, Esq., of Butler, county, is to be Deputy Secretary of the Com monwealth under Governor Pollock. It is al so rumored that lion. FREDERICK WATTS, of Carlisle, is to be the new Attorney 6eneral. NEBRASKA CITY NEWS.—We have received - the first number of a new Democratic paper started at Nebraska City, with the above title, by Henry Bradford, at S 2 per annum. The editor has our best wishes for his success. IteL. Governor Bic LER passed through town on Thursday last, on his way to Philadelphia. He is rapidly recovering from his 'recent 1 ness. Ita— A petition for the pardon of Dr. BEALE, the Dentist, is being circulated in Philadelphia. The petition is receiving thousands of signa tures—many persons believing him entirely innocent of the charge for which he was con victed and sedtenced. *Thanks to WILLIAM H. WELSH, Esq. Pri vate Secretary to Mr. Buchanan, fur a copy of the Lwidon Time; of the 17th ult. DEEP SNOW.-At Rochester, N. Y. on Thursday, snow was 40 inches deep.on a level, and still continued to fall; and at Pottsville, in this State, on the same day, it was 18 inches deep, and more coming down. slay - Governor Reeder has decided not to or der an election in Kansas for a Territorial Le gislature this season. His reasons are "that no census has yet been taken to serve al a ba sis of representation, and that there_ii no fit place for holding a Legislative session." This determination, it appears, for some reason, has not pleased the demagogues of Missouri, and in consequence they are violently assailing the Governor. They evidently did not know the mettle °Nile man. ser PORK is selling at fi4,50 per 100 lbs in.Cincinnaii. The United State. Senator. When SrmoN Oexraorr was elected Senator in 1845, it was at the expense and over, the -,. prostrate body of the Democratic organization. The , Whig;party was then tiled by him .a 43 a unit; 'and . by corrupting ci'f small - numbir of Deniocrah3, he-was successful.. 'Be 'lda , de sires_ to use the Deinocratie organization for his purpeSes, and topurchaee a sufficient iIIIM7 ber of the opposition to secure his election.— We object, as do the Democratic masses, to the whole programme. The Democracy of the State will scan closely the conduct of their representatives. Simon Cameron has rig just claim upon the Democratic party for consider ation for any post ; much less 'for so distin guished a position as that of Senator, were he possessed of the talents and information to fill it with honor to the commons ealth,,which no candid man will pretend. Irro name should not he considered within the recinets of any ~ Democratic caucus, where pa y principles, fi delity, or organization have; riend or suppor ter. As well might Wilmot, ickey, Penrose or Burden prefer claims to Democratic party support as Cameron. Should the outrage be attempted of giving him the Democratic cau cus nomination, it will-most signally fail. Be fore such an infamy can be consummated, we tell him and his retainers that there are a suf ficient number of faithful and reliable Demo crats who will Protest against it, and by reti ring from the caucus, absolve themselves from all participation in and responsibility for so damning a disgrace. Such a course will at least preserve the integrity of the party, and prevent his election. Wecondemned the Whigs when they lent themselves to this purpose in 1845, and what was then dishonorable in them would he as disgraceful in us now. He is play ing a bold game of brag. Some Democratic members and their constituents will be aston ished to learn with what confidence his friends claim, and even offer to bet, that representa tives high in the confidence' of the Democratic party, are to vote for him. If was but a few days since that one of the noisiest of his sup porters offered to bet in Harrisburg that Mr. Stockdale, of Green cu p would vote for him.— No man will-be snore astonished to learn this than Mr. Stockdale himself. It is a part of the brag game; here such Democrats as Mr. S. and others in the West and North are said to be for him, while in the West and in the North it is as boldly assefted that Mr. Good win, Mr. 'Brown, Mr. Wright, Mr. Baker and Mr. Carlisle, are his friends. None of these statements are true.. When the trial comes, it will lie found that no Democrat who values his own reputation, or the integrity of his party, will vote for him. It will be, as it ought to be, a- failure, accompanied with the usual disgraceful disclosures where even Cam eron is concerned, and the only votes he will get will he those of the small mercenary band who have always followed his fortunes, and such others as may be willing to close their political e;istence 'with this perfidy, and to rest under the imputation for the balance of their lives, of having betrayed their party, and sold themselves for thirty pieces of silver.— The RITMO Democrats who stood firm' and true at the last election,. neither seduced by faction nor swayed by fanaticism, desire no succeselhat brings with it dishonor, and would rather see the Commimwealth represented in the Senate by an honorable opponent, than a corrupt. disorganizing and treacherous friend. The effort of Simon Cameron. has always , been to ovate the impression both abroad. and at home, that he is necessary to the suc cess of the Democratic party. His position to our party has aluays been that of a guerilla, fighting for or, .against it as the prospect of booty presented itself. Ile is essentially a Cameron mazy and never arose to the dignity of a leader of the Democratic forces. Ili§ mercenary character is proverbial, and like all men of that:stamp, his own success is de pendent upon the assistance he can receive front others with a "fellow feeling." A divis ion of the profits is the necessary result of their join.t labors, and the select coterie are obedient to his summons, because, like Harry of the Wynd, they all "fight to their own hand." The mortifying speCtablo, we trust, will never again be presented, of a United Sates Senator from Pennsylvania. prowling about the Departments at 'Washington, in or der to discover an opportunity fn• contracts for himself and dishonorable associates. A .i.epntation of this sort is a synonym fiT' men dieity. The Washington gives publicity to statement, that Cameron and the friends of Mr. Buchanan have settled their difficulties, and that the former is now to be supported by the friends of the latter in the Legislature.— This is another of the petty tricks of a pitiful schemer: The telegraph has been used to transmit this piece of news all over the Union. and hence has become too transparent to de ceive. Cameron is sensible of his littleness, and is forever struggling to connect his name with some prominent men in the State or Na tion. At one time he is anxious to be clasged With Wilmot and Johnson as a candidate for the U. S. Senate. At another with lien. Cass or .James Buchanan. Ile feels that he is with out merit, and being unable to stand, acts up on the homely adage of "how 'we apples swim." Wilmot and Johnson, whatever else may be said of them, are meu of talent, and have some principle; but-he is destitute of bpth and has never made a figure in any other po sitions than at State Conventions where bri bery has been openly charged, and at the desks of the Departments at Washington arranging for contracts. Simon Cameron has been dabbling in poli tics for thirty years, and has occupied several positions, sometimes by Whig votes and never by Democratic, in which, it he possessed any brains beyond the ability to make a good bar gain for himself, he would certainly have made it apparent. We have known imbeciles pro ficient in the art of bargaining, and this very fact may have given rise to the maxim of "a fool.for luck.' It is the result of selfishness, and require the exercise of very little mind or gment. Trading is the antipode of men tal energy, or a fine nervous organization. Camer'on has had many opportuties to either write or speak upon subjects worthy of con sideration. Where has he ever done the one or the other? When has he written an ad dress, a report, ur even a paragraph in all those thirty years? His efforts in this line have been confined to two instances- . ---first, a speech that he had . printed and circulated while he was in !the U. S. Senate, as having been de livered by, himself; which caused even his most intimate friends to hang their heads with shame. The second was his letter to Samuel D. Patterson, endorsing Uen. Taylor's Democracy. This letter teemed with puerility, and while it stamped him indelibly with the mark of weak ness, established for him the reputation of a low intriguer, of doubtful veracity. He is now at his old business of playing with the telegraph•; but we doubt greatly whether it will avail him .—Pennsylvanian. • DELAWARE DIVISION DANAL.--We learn from the Easton Argus, that the tolls received on this potion of the State works during the fiscal yeat: ending 30th of November, amount ed to $319,362,63=being an increase of 35 per cent over the receipts of last year—and this, too, notwithstanding the large amount 'of produce drawn' of by the Railroads to the cities of Philadelphia and New York. IluslonistS Know-Nothlnglam..The Breach Widening. .The,clulsm which separates the Freesoil •knaioniste from the Know-Nothings is daily; . modening and becoming , : pore and more un *wade. Tite,latter a national organ: . ization, or course is fornied with Out reference to the question - of slavery, whickwitkthe foi mer islke all-lniall—the!`alpha and omega" of political ends. Clayton, Filmore, .llllman and other National Whigs, or, as the Tribune contemptously calli them, the "Union savers," or Compromise.inen of 1850, have obtained the lead and management of the new secret order. They are making the most vigorous war upon the Seward or Fusionist. branch of the opposition party. The probability is that the Know-Nothings have already 'succeeded, in the Legislative elections in New York, in "crushing out," the hopes of Seward for a re election to the United States Senate. The secret order there also passed resolutions advising their adherents everywhere to pros cribe and discontinue their patronage to the New York Tribune the most influential Free soil paper in United States. John M. Clayton authoritively declares that the principle of the Nebraska Bill, that the people of the, Territo ries shall decide the slavery question in all cases, is a plank in the platform of the Know- Nothing party. The work of organizing affili ated Know-Nothing lodges in the slave States is going on industriously, and that faction claims to be as strong at the South as at the North. The chances are a hundred to one that Filmore or some other man opposed to the Fusionists upon the slavery question will he their Presidential candidate in 1856. ' These indications of the direction the Know-Nothing movement is taking, and its probable effect upon the next national election, have not escaped the attention of the shrewd and observant Freesoilers. The editor of the National Era, a leading Fusion paper in Washington, which has been for a number of weeks donouncing the Know-Nothings, in the last issue of that paper exclaims: "Shall the Republican movement be aban doned? Shall the issue between native and fiweign-born citizens be suffered to supersede the issue between slavery and freedom.? Shall the Anti-Nebraska movement stop midway in its course, satisfied with having returned a small Anti-Nebraska majority to the next House of Representatives, careless as to whe ther the next President shall be anti-slavery or pro-slavery ? Will t hose anti-slavery men who have uni ted with the Know-Nothing party, or voted for its candidates, continue their support to it, in the phase of "nationality," so called, it is now assuming under the influence of John _V. Clay ton, tend the Edmore men of New York?" "Danger ahead," says Dr. Bailey, and what that "danger is" he explains, by adding, which now threatens to check, if not paralyze the Republican movement, and to afford one more opportunity for the slave power to tri umph in the Presidential contest. If this country is to be afflicted with another pro-Slave ry President, it will have to thank the Know- Nothing party." John G. Whittier, the well-known Abolition poet of New England, in giving the National Era au account of the election id Massachu setts, which the Know-Nothings swept by the board, says of them: " Of the future of the new party we cannot, of course, speak with any degree of confidence. One thing, howeyer, seems certain. With its Southern affiliations, and slaveholding wing, it cannot be relied upon as the party of freedom. Among its prominent supporters are reckoned Millard Fillmore, black with the infamy of the Fugitive Slave Bill, and John M. Clayton, of Delaware, who, in a late speech, lays down as a plank of its national platform, the Ne braska doctrines of Pierce and Douglas.— These cue not /broiable indications." There can beTho doubt that the Know-Noth ing faction is destined in the future to encoun ter the active opposition of the Fusion Anti slavery party in the free States. Io is not possible, from their diverse principles, that it can be otherwise. The Know-Nothings are national—the Fusionists sectional. As well might oil and water mix as they harmonize in a Presidential contest. The Fusionists in Ohio and Indiana already see the mistake they made in the recent elections in throwing their influence into a scale so hostile to their inter ests. In N. York they were more wise—kept up their identity and elected their candidate for Governor, Clarke, not only without the aid, but against the active efforts of the Know- Nothings. We have reason to believe that in the next canvass in Ohio their error will be repaired by the nomination of a distinctive Fusion Anti-Slavery ttcket. All the political signs indicate unmistakably that there will be three parties in the field for the next Presidency. Their names will be the National Democracy, the Know-Nothings, and the Fusion Anti-slavery Whigs and Abo litionists. With this state of things, who can doubt. the result. The National Democrats in almost every State can poll thousands more votes than any other party separately, being in some of them as strong as all parties com bined. That the Presidential canvass of 1856 will result in the continued ascendency of the Democracy in the National Government, can hardly be doubted by any one who looks at the divided and harmonious opposition, which will endeavor to prevent such a result.—Cin. Enquirer. Viir The West Chester Republican, Monroe Democrat, Erie Observer, Pennsylvauian,Evo ning Argus and a number of other Democrat ic papers, disapprove of the call of the Chair man of the State Central Committee for the purpose of taking measures to "re-organize the Democratic party." They say, and say truly, that the Democratic party is not disor ganized, and, therefore, the project is uncalled for and unnecessary. We think so too. Our party was beaten in the State and- Union in 1840; and 1848, but it was not thereby disor ganized—the next succeeding years showing that it only acquired additional strength and power from its temporary reverses. So it will be again, if it is not too much tinkered with. If anything of the kind is necessary, which we cannot perceive, why call a State Convention for that special purpose, and thus put the peo ple to the trouble and expense of holding two County Conventions and attending two State Conventions during:the present Winter and Spring, when the regular State Convention of March next will answer every purpose? We hope that Mr. BONHAM and the Committee, when they meet, will come to the conclusion that one State Convention is enough for all useful purposes. The steamship Union arrived at New York on Saturday, with four days later news from Europe. Nothing new from the seat of war. Both sides—the Allies and the Russians —are daily receiving reinforcements, but be yond that nothing of importance had transpi red. Something definite with regard to the fate of SabastoiSol must soon be known. nook Notices — PETzlisON's Nenosn MAGAZLTE," for January, is scarce• Iy equalled by any of the previous numbers. It contains 25 extra pages and 40 embellishments of various kinds.— Among the latter are "Guardian Angels,","Colored Fashions for January," and "The Ctuldren's New Year's Party."— The contents are as follows: Guardian Angels, The Pious Dead, The Broken Heart, Rose Harrison, The Olden Time, Heart of Flesh, Twilight Memories, The Editor in his Sanctum, The Departed, My Old Bachelor, The Staten, The Diamond Ear-Rings, Lines to The Repented Sin, Gone, Quite a Romance, The Lost Winds, My Bride to Be, Marie Troyer, Sonnet, Earthly Love, Elsle's Wedding, Love, My Castle In the Air, Forget Not the Poor, Angling For A Good Fish, Linea, Jenny and Ida's New Year, Oh, NO! It Is Not Sad To Die, Pigtail; A Charade In Three Acts, To Eva, Rosa Blake and Her Lov ers, Angel Voices, How To Make One's Own Dress, Cap. Crown For Infants, Point Lace Stitches, Embroidered Bra ces, The Row of Charon, Mittten In Knitted Embroidery, Porte-Nonnale, Dice Pattern For Slippers, Point Lace, In sertion, New-Fashioned Slippers , Names for Marking, Jan uary, Bong, Editors' Table, Review of New Books, Useful Receipt', Fashions for Jetroary. 1 I Ths Lin Wit 'Laws. . F It is very evident that in effort will be mad is** the next session of the Legislature fo ?the repeal of the Usury Laws of our Stale. Ite,want no repeal of our present bs#,:7 _ , a th e e ni to rural districts s nsa th tf tr e t l f enteri t€resm t - d ili rl : enough to compel the lx)ikower, toime eve exertion to meet the demand reqlifed to pa -the interest. Farmers I are not -, able tir' pa more than the present legal rate;' poor men who are forced to borrow are hardly , able pay even that. A correspondent of tee Phila delphia Argus, in answer to the propositio thatmoney is a mere article of merchandise says: "It is more than this—it is power—and thi is the practical and important attribute thii is in issue in the present attempt to remov restraints from it, and , to give it free scope= give more to him that has it, at the expense o those who are laboring to.obtain it ; and th certain tendency of the success of the attemp will be to make the rich richer, and the corn parativel3Frich poor, and the poor poorer still Money is power, and the temptation to abuse it has been put under restraint, as society inif poses restraints on other evil passions, and proL r tests the weak against die abuses of the strop and the sympathies and sentiments of man kind are in favor of the restriction, and in o position to the covetous, and the extortioner and the oppressor. Again: Money ispower and different from merchandize, as it place the borrower and lender on a different footin from that occupied by borrower and seller:= Does a borrower approach a lender with the same eate and confidence that a purchaser ap proaches the Seller of goods or lands ? On the contrary, in the latter case the purchaser has the air of ease and indifference and confidence which secures the most favorable terms, while in the case of the borrower there is a feelin, of embarrassment and apprehension iii ma king known his wants, which goes far tow ards placing him at the mercy of him who ha to lend ; and this illustrates the necessity t legal protection against cupidity and extor tion. "Another argument with the friends of rei peal is, that England has repealed her tisur • laws. But England is no example for Penn sylvania. England is the centre of capital an. monetary transactions. It is to the world wha the centre of commerce is to a State, and tits rate of interest there is so low from the im mensity of their cash capital, that the repea of such laws leave all former contracts as mud] undisturbed as if it had not taken place, an does not give to money any increase of powe over property or production. But such is b no means the ease here. When Pennsylvani becomes, like England, densely populated,an all our proposed improvements made, and ! in more demand for money Am there is money to supply, and interest is brought to the sail rate that it is there, then we may think of im itating hir esample. Then the time may have arrived whensuch a repeal will nut dis turb contracts, stimulate avarice, and couver our citizens into shavers and extortioners. But until there is a similarity in our conditiot the example is no precedent for us, and the or less derived from that source falls power less to the ground. The movement here i. premature, partial and unwise, and it MU hardly be supposed that the Legislature o Pennsylvania will adopt so disturbing and disi estrous a measure as the repeal at this tim, would assuredly prove." An Honest Opinion Some of the Whig and Know-Nothing pa pers are engaged in the up-hill business of tin derratiug the force and character of the Presi dent's Message—calling it a `common-place' document, a "tame and spiritless affair," &c. &c. The National Intelligencer, the great ceu trot Whig organ of the country, is of a differ ent opinion, however, as will be seen from th following paragraph taken from that paper() Tuesday last : 'Respecting the Message of yesterday, w are gratified to find that all which was prel, dicted.of its unexceptionable Character hai been substantially verified. It is certainly dirt tinguished by moderation of tone and a free• dom from all exciting ad captandunt appeals It is an unambitious and perspicuous accoun of public affairs, announcing an unprecedent' ed state of prosperity and progress at home and df peace and amity in our relations abroa. It totally disappoints all those who hoped I expected to find in it anyinflamatory appeal about Spain, or any "Young America' doc trines of progress and manifest destiny, , wheth er looking to acquisitions on the, .31exica 1 Gulf, or in the illimitable Pacific. Indeed, lie it not been for the godsend of our exploit , a Greytown, of which the President certainl makes the most, he would seem to haie bee.' embarrassed for any stirring topic for the heal' of "foreign affairs. Happy for the countr that this is so ! It is a new thing, and certai . 1 ly a subject of congratulation, to find the Dies sage ofa Democratic President so free from ap i peals to the passions of the country, so simpl clear, and unostentatious in its exposition o the administrative concerns of the Goveri ment, and so commendable for the justness 0, sentiment touching international rights ani duties with which the Message opens." 1 CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS Dedicaiion.—St. John's Lutheran Chure will be dedicated to the service of Almight Uod, on Sabbath, 24th of December, at 1 o'clock, A. M. The morning sermon will b preached by Prof. F. W. Conrad, of Wittenh berg College, Ohio; afternoon sermon by Rey, B. Sadtler; and evening sermon by the 11,pv. T. Storke, D. of Pbila. The public are invited to attend. Lectures on Marritige:—The Rev. Win. Phi lips, of Philadelphia, will deliver a series ó Lectures, in Fulton liall, on the subjects of proper Marriage Choice, and of Marriage Di I ties—commencing this evening. After all exl penses arc paid, six per cent, of the nett pro' ceeds are to be given to the Union Dorcas Si, ciety, for the benefit )of the Poor of this Cit Fisk's Patent ffelallie Burial Cases.—W direct attention to the advertisement of llenr • M. Miller, in another column. These case. are neat in appearance, and cannot fail, in a great measure, to take the place of the Wood en Coffins heretofore used. We advise our readers to call at Mr. Miller's and • examine the article. According . to announcement, Rev. Dr. DURBIN preached twice on Sunday last, morn ing and evening, in the First Methodist Epis copal Church of this city, to large and at tentive congregations, and took up the Annu al Missionary Collection. We are pleased to know that the amount received and subscribed was unusually large—about :3240. A gratify ing feature in the transaction was, that su scriptions were voluntary made, constitutin the following _persons Life Members of th Missionary Society connected with the Phil delphia Annual Conference of the M. E. Churc viz ; Rev. Dr. Bowman, of the Protestant Epi capal Church; Rev. Messrs. Nevin and Bald win, of the Presbyterian Church; Rev. Messrp Beates, Krotel and Crumbaugh, of the Luth eran Evangelical Church: and Rev. 'Messrs. Keyes and Harbaugh, of the German Reform ed Church. Also, Mrs. Benedict, Mrs. Siun -8011, and Carpenter McCleary, members'of the M. E. Church. slay-The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement of Messrs. LELAND, CLA & Co., in another column. "The Mustrat • Manners Book," which they will shortly pu lish, is well worthy the attention of the pub lic,:and will doubtless meet with a ready sale. They also publish The Dime," a beautiful il lustrated monthly; containing spirited an4o well written articles, at 10 cents per annun Address Leland, Clay & Co. Publishes, N . 11 Spruce street, N. Y. gig Visitor* of the Common Schools of this city for D comber, 1854. MALE DIVISION WEST. Reporting Director, High Schootale,) Secondary, wining,) Primary, & Airies,) Hamar& & Mayer John Metzgar. John Bear. FEMALE Isnialos WEST. Reporting Director, N. Lightner. High School (female) N. Lightner. Secondary, (Eberman,) C. M. Howell. Primary, (Eicholtz & BroOks,) H. Rotharmel. " (Moore & Cromwell,) G. W. Reichenbacb MALE Dri7SION EARL Reporting Director, . H. Rathvon. Secondary, (Warren,) H. Rathvon. Primary, (Nourse, Gillespie,) E. Geiger. (Steigerwalt & Reinstion, W. Whiteside. (Somson & Winger,) G. Kendrick. 44 (Benner & Mnrkee,) H. B. Swarr. FINALS DIVISION EAST. . Reporting Director,W. Binder. Secondary, (Russol) W. Shuler. Primary, Hoffmier & Ebermatid D. Cdckley. " Boyd & Rakestraw,) J. C. Van Camp. 'lr o d gea & walker.) A. W. Russell. African School, .1. 0. Clarkson. Night School Male, J. W. Jackson & H. Stook. Female. B. N. Shenk .k M. L. Mu.ble46erb% . • Abet:east. of the Treastury Repair. - NresHIRGTON; Dec: Senvftary of the Treasury, in his annual report;state,s the receipts of the fiscal yearzentrlng' the 30th of June, 1854, frown all eources, to be . 873,549,- 4W, which, ..w4lt the balance in thtreannry on the?lat altill 1853'521,942;892, gtVe total for the, year of $95,492A97. :The woven forthe, yti . ar . have.'!been $l5 654030 leaving a balance in the treasury ;coon din Ist of July 0f420,137,967. Tlie'reCeipts Err the quaiter ending 'Sept: , 30th, 1854, are $21,521,302. The estimates for the remaining three quar ters of the fiscal year are $42,500,000. The amount of public debt outstanding on the Ist of July was $47,180,506. . • The Secretary anticipates a falling ; off in the Customs, owing to the Reciprocity Treaty and short crops. The tonnage of the. United States exhibits an increase, for the year of 395,892 tons. Theinworts fur the year are $20,321,319 in excess cif the exports. 'The folloWing state of the Revenue induces the Secretary again to call the attention of CongresS, to the propriety of reducing the rev enue ,from customs. He recommends but three rates of duty; 100, 40, and 25 per cent. in place of the eight schedules at present in use. The recommendation fur the repeal of the fishing bounties are renewed. The sub ject of drawback dutiT on refined sugar is' al so recommended tq the consideration of Con gress.. The Secretary gives a statement of the cur rency which makes the total amount of gold and silver coin in circulation on the 30th of September, 1854, at $241,000,000, against . which there is a total bank circulation of $204,689,209. He expresses an. opposition to the circulation of notes 6f small denomina tions. He 'recommends the continuance of the Coast Survey, and calls for further aid in pro tecting life front shipwreck on the coasts, and suggests whether the law should not provide greater security in the construction of steam passenger vessels, or leave them as now to the ship-owners. In view of the recent frauds by Collectors of the Customs at Cleveland, Oswego, &c., he calls for such additional legislation as may be deemed necessary. The balance of the report refers mainly to the Mint operations and the operations of the various departments of the Treasury. Do Not Americans Rule America 'When there is but a single foreigner 'in the Senate of the United States, :nal he General James Shields,'of whom Johntal. Clayton says had he a hundred votes he would east them for his return to that body, we ask .du Ameri raas rate.Ainerica When there is hut a single foreigner in the House of Representatives, and he sent there by Whig-ridden Rhode Island, why ask do I aes rode A 111,1ira Wholl there iS nor a single ftweigner as Judge in the Supreme It!ouTt of the United Sta. e , , why ask do Ani,rieame rule America. W nen President Pierce and his cabinet are Aloe:Man born eitizensulAmerican born stock why ask [lo 21.1 I I ericans rule Arneliea The Democratic party has placed nearly all these men in power, yeti some say that that party is not American violigh. It has always stood by your AmericaniConstitution. It has rallied under that doeunient and held it aloft as the sheet anchor of American liberty, wheneverand wherever and by whomsoever as sailed. Every triumph of the Democratic party has been under that Constitution, and its fierc est battles have been fought in defence of its provisions against the very men who under a different time, would destroy it if they could Beware, Democrats, how you assist your ene mies totear down the bulwark of your liberties behind which,: and on whose basis you have so often conquered your foes, and in defiance of their assaults, 'extended the landmarks of free dom from ocean to ocean.—Del. Gazette. Decline in Me Iron Trade.—The recent and unexpected reverse which has overtaken the iron trade—so prosperous during. the last two years, is, we are sorry to learn from the Read ing Journal, having its effect upon the iron establishments of that county. The Journal learn that the " Leesport Iron Company, and the Messrs. Eckert, have countermanded or ders for a considerable quahtity of machinery with which they intended to increase the productive capacity of their works, and are making preparations for a consider able reduction of their business, to meet the hard times which stare them in the face. We hope• it may be otherwise, but greatly fear that we shall shortly be compelled to no tice the discharge of many worknien from our manufactories; an event which, with winter at their very door, will be a peculiar hardship." The revulsion having its effect in other places. The Wilmington Republican says that "one hundred hands have been discharged by *one establishment in that city, twenty by an other, and rt few by others. The difficulty k of procuring funds to snake payment is assigned as the reason for this curtailment of the num ber of workmen." In Norristown, on Mon day morning week, Messrs. Thomas, Carson & West, reduced the wages of those in their employment 20 per cent. The Swede Iron Company have also reduced the wages of their hands to a like amount. A Goon TIME COMING.—The Harrisburg correspondent of the Chambersburg writes as follows, under date of the Ist instant: The pressure for office under Gov. Pollock is disgraceful. Not that it is worse than ever before, but it is humiliating to witness such a general scramble for the few offices within the gift of•the Executive. If all were put together from Governor down, the emoluments would not enrich ten men in a *hole term: and yet we see the whole State moving to influence appointments. Doubtless the greatest per plexity an Executive has to suffer is the d is tribution of his dozen or so of faces, and good administrations are often crippled in the start because the conflicting claims of competitors cannot be reconciled. I do not apprehend that Gov. Pollock is to be- seriously crippled in this way, but he will be more fortunate than any of Isis predecessors' if he is not dam aged to some extent. The Louisiana Courier says "a good deal of abuse has been puured upon the head of the 'Postmaster General for imaginary defects in the administration of his department. We have never perceived anything in his conduct that deserved the animadversion with which all his public acts have been visited, without discrimination, by persons who will never for give him for refusing to gratify their hanker ing after its' patronage, and who, being disap pointed in their unreasonable expectations, swore to.obMin revenge per fas aid nefas—hy misrepresenting and denouncing all his acts, whether right or wrong. The principal cor respondent of the Baltimore Sun at Washing ton, an intelligent man, who has favorable op portunities of obtaining minute and accurate information respecting the management of the Post Office, writes as follows, under the date of November 17 : "I have already stated that in spite of the increased expenses of the Post Office Department, such is the rigid economy with - which it is managed, that, with the in creased revenue from postage, it is expected that about four years from now, proilded that .the same economical administration of the de partment be continued, the revenue will cover the expenditure." Henry Stoek. Henry Steak D. Hartman. Effects of the Snow.—The storm of Sunday week,-was severe over a large 'section of .the Country. The fall of snow was very heavy both at the East and West, and very seriously obstructed the travel by railroad on Monday, On the Lake's, and along our coasts much damage, was done to the shipping, from on on boar& of which, it is feared, a number of lives have been' lost.' A large amount of prop erty io known to hays been destroyed. The General Poet Office !, Land Ocoee Report. The facts;,it contains are briefly these ring the yeftr — vidipgArtne 30th, there were 7,o3s,oooaVrettAt`oldi:Wititsh; 3,402,000 loca ted by land warrariii, am 114,000 by other car- Aifloetest . ll,ooW3ol:kreperted as swamp' . ands,,. aid I,7sl,ooirfor:internal impAremente—,. inaking a totalhof 23,238,313 acres. ]'Or the last quarter, 4,780 ; 000 acres were disposed of. I:leing , .altog.etheritni i increase of sales amount ing to - s,6oo,oill3faere9;over the previous year, thvgli there a diminution of 2,000,000, inr eluding land warrant and swamp transactions' —the difference being caused by the fact that , the most of the. grants for bounty lands, laavvamps, railroads, &c., had previously been disposed of. The sales for the third quarter of the current calender year are more than twice those for the corresponding quarter of the previous year, though the locations are less numerous. From the 30th Sept. 1853, to the 20th Sept., 1854, 9,384,464 acres were surveyed, chie fl y in Wisconsin, lowa, Minne sota and Florida, and 8,199,917 acres were brought into market. This is exclusive of the surveys in California, Oregon and Washing ton, amounting to 1,686,451 acres, which haVe not yet been proclaimed for sale. The Corn missioner says, on an average, full one-third more business has been done this year than in the preceding,; of the. 26,543,760 acres embra ced by the land warrants now issued 22,235,- 880 acres have been located—leaving only 4,- 307,880 acres to be satisfied. PENSION OFFICE REPORT The whole number of pensioners, June 30, 1853, was 11,867. Annual amount payable to them, $1,070,059. Same, June 30, 1854, 14,- 065, and annual amount payable to them,sl,- 172,651 63. Number of Revolutionary soldiers on the roll, June 30, 1533, 1,395; June 311: 1854 1,096. There have been taken from the rolls of the Army Pensioners during the year ending June 30, 1854, by death, 643; by trims fer to the Treasury Department, as unclaimed pensions, 873—total, 1,526. Of the New Pen sioners for the year ending Sept. 30, 1854, 24 are reported de. A, and 38 transferred to the Treasury Depar mlent as unclaimed pensions. M=El The Patent 0 ice Report states the arroara ges in business m that office havc , been well pushed forward iy increasing the number of examiners. Since the Ist of January 1,600 patents have been ilssued and the whole num ber (Ur tho year will reach 1,900, or double that of 1853. The principal recommendations of Mr. Mason are that the examining three be permanently augmented, that better provision be made for taking testimony in cases of ap peal, and a new rate of fees established. I=l From the Report of Commerce and Naviga tion, it appears that there have been built within the present year 264 ships and barks, 69 brigs, 435 smaller vessels, and 121 steam boats, registering an aggregate of over 340,000 tons. The total registered was 5,661,416; Uni ted„States, on the 30th of June, tonnage of thereof which 2,333,819 was employed in for eign trade; 2,622,114 in coasting; 146,965 in cod fishing; 181,001 iu whaling, and 677,613 in steam navigation. Mr. AViseN Letter of Acceptance Mr. WISE accepts the nomination of Gover nor of Virginia, made by the Democratic party Time Mllowing is his letter of acceptance, ad dressed to the eonimittee: RICII3IOND, VA., December 4, 1654 Gentlemen : I have received your communi cation, that the Democratic Convention lately held at Staunton, have nominated me for the office of Governor of the State of Virginia. I am grateful to the convention for this honor, and, with a due sense of the responsibility, ac cept its nomination. I have such abiding con fidence in the Democratic principles and the Democratic people of Virginia that 1 fear not defeat of either on the sacred soil of "the glorious Old Dominion." But the friends of our faith must remember, that whilst they have conferred honor upon their nominee,they have imposed a tat* upon him in the perform ance of which they must assist with their uni ted strength. I promise to devote my best en ergies to uphold the hopes of our ancient faith And I will spare no honorable efforts to defend the Virginia citadel of republicanism, which was never so assailed, from without and from within, as at present, and which, we must all bear in mind, has never yet surrendered. That memory will insure victory, or we will prove recreant to the past. With acknowledgements to you, individual ly, gentlemen for the expression of your kind ness, I am your obliged friend and fellow-citi zen, '1 HENRY A. WISE. To Messrs. Charles Irving, of Lynchburg; W. R. C. Douglas, of New Kent; Edward Ken na, of Kanawha; George Baylor, of Augus ta; J. R. Smith, of Pittsylvania; R. 11. Glass of Campbell; R. Kidder Meade, of Peters burg; L. J. Bell, of Accomac, committee. It is understood that Mr. Wise will thor oUghly canvass the State, and that he will ad dress the people in all directions, previous to the election for State officers. Ile will have ample time. lliscompetitor, it is probable, will not be in the field until some time in Feb ruary or March. The Sim-in.—A correspondent of the Boston Traveller, 'writing front West Fitchburg, Mass., Tuesday 11000: "We have had one of the most severe snow storms ever witnessed in this vicinity. The snow is from 12 to 1$ inohes deep, and drifted as badly as we have ever seen it. Travel both on town roads and railroads, is almost entirely suspended. The morning train from Boston, yesterday, did not reach here until 3.4 o'clock, six hours late, and went on as far as Ashburn ham and retdrned in the evening, having been unable to proceed. Seven locomotives have this morning gone up over the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, but nothing has as yet (noon) come thwn. The snow drifts about as fast as it can he cleared from the track." A correspondent of the Boston Journal, wri ting from Keene, N. 11., speaking of the storm of Sunday, says:-- 'The storm commenced about noon, with moderate snow. It increased gradually, wind east, until about eight in the evening, when We had signs of severity. By ten, it blew al most a hurricane, with snow. Many of our citizens did not go to bed until one, two and three in the morning. 'The houses shook and trembled, as if they would he taken from their foundations, while for hours, objects could scarcely be seen three or four hundred feet.= The gale did not subside until nearly three this morning. Much damage is repoxted, but fortunately no lives, that we have heard of, have been lost. The tops of about fifty chimneys have been prostrated, breaking in roofs, &c. Several barns have been shifted from their founda tions, and roofs of houses partially injured.— The Cheshire house lost two chimney-tops, and the portico was nearly crushed ; the Ea gle two; the Emerald one; the High School one. In one case, a chimney crushed through into a room where a man and his wife were in bed, but the timbers so fell as to save them. large trees have been torn up by the roots, and some pine forests of timber almost levelled with the earth. rtEa... The Know-Nothings had a ratification meeting at Worcester, Mass., on Monday eve ning, the2Othult. One of the principal speakers was W. J. Watkins, a colored man, and one of the editors of Fred. Douglass' paper. De stated that nearly all the colored men in the State voted the Know-Nothing ticket. That, says an exchange, fully accounts for the ex traordinary strength of the Order. PORGERIES.-A number of forgeries, perpe trated by a master house carpenter, named Jacob F. Kridler, and amounting to $6,000, have been discovered in Baltimore. His total liabilities in borrowed money and other fraud - - ulent transactions, amount te about $40,000. He has left fur parts unknown. AND YET ANOTHER.—WiIIiam P. Sackett, the Receiving Teller of the Market Bank of New York, has been discovered to be a default er to the amount of 325,000.. Verily, swindling and rascalities of various kinds and degrees, appear to be the order of the dayl. IS—We haVe received from W. H. Span gler, a pamphlet copy of the sermon delivered by the Rev. Dr. WADSWORTH, of Philadelphia, on. Thanksgiving Day. It is a very able dis course, and deals out some strictures upon the conduct ; of political Preachers. We advise our readers to call at SPANGLER'S Bookstore nod procure.copies. , is.. TAVERN Licviass should be published at faithest by next week; to bring them with in the law. , ~.. , , Staling' CS pentacle's. Election in Ranier Territer-y—Reafg. Wkirjtelddected Del t4 e , ! ~ e. .. Reedirte-Nebreska—Morida— a aigi.- ! • , '* ,, L - a—, Ga.--Triazof Jackson, fie. ~... • . . . • ._, - . Sr. oma, ee. 4,11354. The election in - Karieu , erritory for a Delegate to Con gressOadue off ma :the Z • ult. There were several mull dates bottom the maple. i .. Whitfield ran as the Squat ter caldidatet, hi mild to . ~ Ut netted settler—a proilutery =UM; formerly from the i- tet of Tennessee, and a Demo crat of the old lide Dem. - y. Hon. It. P. Flenniken, of layette county, Pa; was e :n. Whitfield's competitor; he le said to be an anti-slavery i. •n, and supported generally 1 ... by the Noel:44nd Abol lord-Its. Both candidates were, on the stump. slid ,onside ble feeling and excitement was manifested in the canvass There wee no convention held, but each candidate rah upon his own Individual merits, and the result is that Gen.lWhitteld is the successful man, leading Flenikeu; and "coming home" with an overwhelm ing majority. There word eeveral other. gentlemen /nth* field, but their vote to vert small. Gov. Reeder has at last become a target for-Bmm" of the Whig editors to tire at. They say that Gov. Reeder Is a speculator, and that ho hak neglected his Of11:altel duties in searching the territory foil land for his indivillbal benefit —that he has purchased hundreds of acres of land at • mere trifle, for the pof, speculation and Imposition upeu the emigrants—that the settlers are dissatisfied with his conduct, and express hemselves, in terms not to be misunderstood, that he is not the man to administer Jule lice to the people ' of a new untry, be., be . This Way to be urpot o expected, and i the only wo der is, that they did not let the hounds loose upon his trail long Shwa that he might have been hunted down, and devoured by the hungry wolves that infest the borders of Kansas Territory. From various and reliable sources. I lean that Gov. Reeder Is much be loved.by the settlers generally, for the great luterwst he has manifested In their smitten, and that his official duties have been discharged allcreditable to himself and his constituents. It le natu for Whig editors to condemn proper or not--of li those who entertain sluts nt and sounder doctrines than themselves. • An association calling t emselves the ..Itheneters," hay ing recently visited Kan. s with' a view of making a set tlement in that territory, have reported a location made there of 100,000aeres, ald that they intend going upon it at the earliest possible time. Acting 005. Coming, of Nobtaska. issued a proclamation or a day Of Thanksgiviugiand Prayer, which was strictly observed by the settlers orb the '.iuth ult. Thu ele ction In this territory Mrs Delegate to Congress and members of the Legislature.. will Ltke Place about the 15th lust., and the Legislature will mama. on about the SW ofJanuary.— Gov. Coming Is pushing t logs ahead t 1.4 rapidly as possl- 1 , ble. and thus tir has acne Iplished more than wits expected of him. Were the settle r4to determine who' hould be the successor to the; late Gov. "Suet. they would declare, almost unanimously in Savor of ' R. Cumin. The census returns of Nebraska territory are now being returnmi, and it is thought that, the population will far exceed the expeetationteot those supposed to be well posted. The pepulation of the tertitery withiu the district of the ottoe and tenaka cession secrets two thousand. The Legislature of Flor Lia will, stand thee lbenucmtic majority in Ile- Senate, met five in the llouss One Whig has lasu elected to the Louts. and be Is pledged to vote for a Democratic! D. lt...Sen der. and for the "Little Giant," of Illinois. for President, against the world! ' Maj. Phelps. the only Lemocrat elected to Congress In Missouri. was in our city a few days since ou his way to Washington City. Senator Geyer has left for the Capital. In the early part of the week it was announced In this city that the steamer Grand Tower struck the same rock, near Cairo, upon which to St. Nicholas ran and sunk, a Lil short time siuch. ' th e nd Tuiver Is a total wreck, hav ing broke in two, and so turit of her cargo as will be ob tained, will be considerab y damaged. The boat was val ued at S-10,000, tied insured in this city for the guru of $25,00t1. The Pacific. about the elute time. struck a snag lu the Letter :Mississippi. near atutphis, cud sunk. It is thought that she eau be raised. S tne had a Dill eat e,u, all ofwhich wit either he lost or recoted in a &alleged state. liar value is not kuowu, but • e was insured in different di es in this city fir $1:4.00d. It is said that twenty lives were hoot by the sinking of the Grand Tower, but I think this is incorrect, as !loath g further luta been reported from thew reek. Ou Tuesday last, the e deeds .uf Cairo, 'situated at the mouth of the obis, river, were in a high state of commo tion. It appears that ale ;re man, named Speueer,kept a bolirding house on a whar =teat at that place, and that he had committed some misdemeanor, for which he was sum moned to appear before a. notice of the Peat, lie entered the court room with a art elver in his hand, and a keg of powder, with the head kutcked out, and swore If they did not give him justice he whuld blow up the house and all that was in it. Severed attempts Wen• made to get the pistol and powder from hint, and he finding himself over powered, broke Mr his boa, hotly pursued by the infuria ted crowd, but he gained his boat unharmed, and atm 'fleeced tiring upon the crowd on shore: they lutlirmedhitu if he did not desist theywould burn his boat and him with It. Rut he continue , and the exasperated crowd set tire to the boat--cut her I a rse and started her adrift, the negro still firing inmu hi. pursuers. As the boat floated down the stream, and th • names gaining upon him, he swore he•would not be tak neither dead or alive, and when it became too hot for his Majesty to stand it any longer, he ran down into the car, and shortly appeared upon a deck with store plate. w 'tithe deliberately, and in eight of ail on land; and mold shouts and hurrah., tied it around his waist, sprang werlsourd. and sank to rise nu more. Five men were shut from the boat, rind one of them, it is believed, mortally. On the last trip of the U and Turk to this port, from the Ohio river, there; was a lunatic passenger on board, atid when within 150;miles of his city, he imagined that the tither passengers'weio aboat to take-1118 tire, so he seized a young German pasdeuger nod threw him overboard, and nut withatanding'overy effort was made to save him, he was lost. Thu lunatic theh grasped a hammer and struck several of the passengers oh the head with It, wounding one dangerously. Ile the attscked the clerk, but at last was overpoweredand tied. I.lpon his arrivalhere hewashand ed over to the police, by whom ho was sent out to the c ty Hospital, to be placed in le wards appropriated for t insane. Three gentlemen left tits city about a. week since o limiting excursion, and lc re itbsbut several days. T y brought home with then, 15 ducks, 25 geese and 30 swans Game is very abundant tit s season—there have boon more deer killed than for severe pa re.previous. Our market Is now well supplied with al 1 ., descriptions of wild fowls and quadrupeds. Pigeons ate rouglit into our city by the wagon load, and are sellin at 30 and 35 cents per dozen. The trial 4if Wit,. A. Jackson for the oftirder of.l. B. Laid law, is still pending In theiCritoinal Court; the arguments in te case will proliably qiumence to day. Jackson has but a slim chance for his lire, but it appears almost au Im possibility-to get a jury Ow -a-days to convict a man of murder In the first degree—no matter what the evidence / ill the case might be; the Awe be not astonished If he should be acquitted—no hing but the appearance of the ghost from the grave. rill convict a min of murder in St. Louis, notwithstanding they are almost a daily or currenco There 1 - ''itelest tier, is nothlug of int+st going ou iu this city. Hiss Kimberly commences au engagementat the People's Thea tre this evening. y 1 r. .1415 4 eisport is at Bates' 'tie Intelligenov newspaper since Its expulsion front the old Whig party, has been Cruising around in deep water, sounding for a safe amine go. It Is at last compelled to gu body and shut--yes. tla -footed—over to the Know-Noth ings, and it is questlunald ',nether they will recave such ..hungry wen - into the or. EIMMENI shall Considerable property h s I,eun destroyed by fire In this city during the past week.l A sttpng north wind has been Wowing for several days. {Thu weather is quite sold—the rivets very low, and freights unusually high. Yours, 01.1) UUARL. I omitted to state when speaking/of the Haunts election, that a quarrel anise at one ol the polls, one man was killed, and several others more or less injured. U. 0. From our KR+ll Correspondent 44VENiORTII. KANbAS TERRITu., Novulnlmr. lUth, 1854 i.e.,. Sanderson, Esq. - Dear Sir:—tin the 20th inst., the people of this Territory will decide who shall lan thdir nest delegate to Congress, that being the day timed upontly Gov. Reeder fur the election. There are tow but two prominent candidates in the field(the 31b.souri candidates having backed off the track,. the Mon. liobert P. Flenniken. late of your state, and Lieu. Whittiald au Indian Agent, an appointee of the Govern ment residing iu the Territory. lam for Col. Flenniken -tooth and toe milli" and had 1 übs been before, the course 11 emir d Missourians pursued yesterday by throians at this place would have driven eto hisl support. tieu. Whitfield some tw . weeks ago Informed a gentle man that his friend.. in 3 beamri Were coming to Leaven worth to hold a conv m entio to nominate him for Congress; i that there would be a thodsaud men there from Weston, Westport, independence and St. Joseph, who would bring their tents with them and camp on the ground. The lith the day appointed for the convention came, and with It not one thousand :11itiSoUrtiiiiS, but at least three hundred. lien. Whitfield made a speech, which In my estimation was a poor ...lair. But there were many of our own citizens al so prof...tit, why did not 111,. the Missouri movement and acre indignant at It. ' , earful that some of his tire eating friends among the settlere would not support him If he were nominated by Platte 'ounty, he announced that he would not aubmit his dal to a convention but would run On hie own hook. This stop ped the whole affair, and many of those who had come froa distance telt as If they had won sold. Still the meeting was.organizedo. 3lissouriau being in the chair, and aMither Secretary: A resolution ices offered by a prairie jiielolLegipill lawyer from the same statenamed (Itchier, conel ed In what 1 regarded es being disrespectful language to t uv. Roeder, and demanding of him to convene the Legis him p etty steep " Myra forthwith. Several fire eaters'-pitched inn, which met the ap proval et the.three hundred above mentioned; but their ar. dour was cooled somewhat when your correspondent mounted the stump and tied them some home truths In plain language. His remarks met the approval oral] the Na tional men, inert who ansul by the principles of the tieing lass bill, an' the ground. 't he rest Ices that the resole. thm was...edified and had, none but the settlers been al. lowed to vote, it would havebeen lost, for they, with but few exceptions, voted agair at it. 'To-day the Committee appointed by this Klesouri meet ing waited on the Governor, tlivinner beihg the spokes- Lana. The fellow' has a Mal a in Kansas but resides In Mai, still ho claims to be a -rattler." Uov. Reeder knew this and asked him where he resided in the Territory. He re. plied on Salt Creek—but allinitted he had no house maids claim. -Ica, - mid the U4vernor, -1 have your residence In my pocket,' at the multi time taking from his pocket. a card which was the tray tf diamonds. On one side of It was written -E. tilvinner' • claim," and ou the-other bi— b-1-1-='d games, (I-9-,-11- 1 9 games, July 17th, 1854. Poor iiiviuner blushed and stammered as' he recognized his -claim," which Ito will dollbtlesabe permitted Le preempt. -1 think sir," continues'he Governor, in a very seri ous manlier, that it was v ry un*lse In you to leave this upon your claim, for if so one would have happened to come along with a fours t your claim would have been gone. This was too much for him, nod ho and the rest of the Committee vanaosed the rancho well satistied.that the ouly Governor &turas hail, is, Andrew U. lteeder. We have reason' to tie proud of him. lie is an able, hat, true hearted man, with the firmness of Jackson and possessing the sterling ropublicaulaqof Jefferson. Ha la kind and courteous to all, and he' sem.is the confidence and re gard of our people. The • ntimonts he Uttered In his in. ception speech we all reap laded to heartily, and - Kansas born of the popular will, it- she was, will I feel assured, prosper under his adminir tratiou.."rher sous of the old Keystone who are here tend there are not a few) are deco ted la hive, for he is certainly one of her,noblest sone. tat me here remark with reference to Clivinner's.claitn," that the card was placed in the hands of the. Uovernor a few moments before the arrival of the Committee by a gentle- man who found it, when tin Salt Creek, gaining. A new paper has jest been started called the "Kansas Pioneer." It is, published at Kickapoo, City, and is pro- slavery. Another paper in the Southern Interest will soon be under way: • Col. Wm. 11. Hotter, of the Easton Argus, whole now on a visit to this Territory, has it is rumored purchased the "Kansas Herald" establisllinent, and will move here. , The Col. is absent In the lute 'or, where he and Maj. Robert Klotz, et Carbon county, ve gone to look at the country. 1 sincerely hope this repo Is true, for Col. Hitter Is lute able writer and a Natio llemodrat, besides being a warm and devoted friend. .. More , non. ......._ KANSAS. Bible affords us about as Irality as the mushroom In Leviticus, 19th chap- I ses, we find the follow .roper treatment of for. FORtiIGNERS.-Th: goods lessons in in. 8010 u -ions of our day ter, na and 34th vs ing tlirOions on the signers: ruh 'with thee in your him'; but the stranger u shall bb' Unto you as :r i d thou ehaltlove him strangere'in the land of thy God." g'think tiley can patch han'thie• - ' "If a strange - soj land, ye shalt not that dwellethl with • one born among you, as thyself, for ye we. Egypt. I are the L. The KnouLNothi• • up something better c. 7.4--Wm. P. MeGirek, n Bank,= I . 4ergen; N. J., havir4." embezzled $50,- as tcHilizcarreste4 here it a requisitiO'n framthe Columbia, S. C., S the Teller of the Oee who is char gOil with 000, in October last, and committed to a • EizoOutivo of Now J
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