-diticUigenter JottritaL
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
LANCASTER, DECEMBER 19, 1854
Aar Copies of this paper (Learcesrza
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sursosxcss) can be had regularly at the
"Noisy Carriers," San Francisco, California.
Appointments by the Canal Comm'..
Col. Craus Ceatmozry has been re-appoirited
Collector of Tolls on the Railroad, at this
place, in place of E. P. Smith, Esq., who de
clined the appointment.
[Col. 0. has held the office nearly three
years, and it is admitted•on all hands that he
is one of the best Collectors that ever was up
on the road. His re-appointment will be no
less gratifying to his numerous friends of all
parties, then it is creditable to himself and
the appointing power.] '
LEWIS TREDENICK, Esq., of Columbia, (al
so a very worthy man,) has received the ap
pointment of Cargo Inspector at that place.
Let the People Know!
We have nothing more to say to the Lan
casterian on the subject of the Conestoga Em
bankment, after it, miserably feeble reply to
our-article of the sth inst. If the owners and
controllers of that Guerilla Know-Nothing
sheet desire any additional information, we
respectfully refer them to our neighbor, Mr.
JAMES CARPENTER, who was in the firm with
Mr. Dellet, at the Bridge ; and, whilst his hand
is in, they may as well ask him something
about the New Basin, a work contracted for•
and finished by Messrs. Dellet & Co.: over
which he was the Engineer in the employ of
the City. We should like to see all these
thing's (including the $24,000 bid for the Mil
lerstown and Safe Harbor Turnpike) probed
to the bottom, and if there was any wrong at
tempted or practised, let it he exposed to the
light of day. We hope there will be no back
ing out at this juncture. If a paper sets itself
up as an incorruptible advocate of honesty and
fair dealing, it becomes its duty (in order to
preserve a character for consistency) to expose
every attempt at peculation which is brought
to its notice. Let the public have light, no
Matter who may suffer from the exposure. if
we are not greatly mistaken, we apprehend
the paper in question will find more to censure
and - condemn—in other words, a better spec
ulation—than it did in its criticisms on the
second contract for filling at the Bridge. We
ask, in behalf of the public, for a searching
and thorough investigation of the first contract
at the Bridge, the contract for building the
New Basin, and the attempt to take $4OOO put
of the pockets of the stockholders in the Turp
pike above mentioned, for the purpose of giv
ing it to a favorite contractor.
The Treasury Full!
On the let instant, according to the report
of Auditor General Banks, there . tr,:s in the
State Treasury, of available fuucts, ger (i - M
MILILON TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AN D
TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND SEV
ENTY-TWO CENTS.
It thus appears that there is a full half mil
lion of dollars more in the Treasury now,
than was at this time last year.
This speaks well for the out-going Demo
cratic Administration. Wonder whether the
Treasury will present the same plethoric ap
pearance three years hence under the control
of the new Whig and Know-Nothing regime:
Newspaper Change
The " Denzecrutic Union," at Harrisburg,
has again changed hands—George M. Lau
man Li. Co. retiring, and Capt. JACOB ZrzoLER,
taking the chair. The new Editor promise s
fairly in his introductory, and if hettontinues
to pursue the course there marked out, we
think the change in the paper Will be deci
dedly for the better. We wish him success.
MORE GOLD !—The Steamer North Star,
from Aspinwall, arrived at New York, on the
Bth inst., with 81,384,000 in gold.
ANNEXATION.—The steamer also brings in
telligence that the King of the Sandwich Isl
ands has signed the treaty of annexation of
those Island to the United States. The only
difficulty that now remains to complete the
settlement of the subject, is, whether the Isl
andvhall be admitted into the Union as a
State or.Terrory.
The acquisition of these Islands will be of
immense advantage to the United States
layingas they do midway between the conti
nents of• America and Asia,—on the direct
route between California and China, and com
manding, in a great degree, the Pacific trade.
Their commercial importance to this country
can scarcely be estimated.
U. S. Senator
We clip the following paragraph from the
Harrisburg correspondence of the "Star of the
North," published at Bloomsburg, Columbia
" Cameron's friends are blustering in bul
lying style about his chances of success for
United States Senator, but better men have no
fears that the brag game of desperate brava
dos is to succeed. In 1553, Mr. Haldeman, an
ardent friend of Cameron, introduced a bill
in the Senate to change the time of electing a
U. S. Senator, from the second Tuesday ofJan
nary, to the second Tuesday of February. The
former time had • been the fixed law, since
1802, and if the change was made to give
Cameron a chance to feast the Legislature, oc
casionally, before the election, it was a trick
characteristic of.his clan."
SHORT MEASCRE.—MarshaI Wyaikoop, re
cently paid an official visit to one of our "mil
lers" concerning a deficiency in a number of
barrels of flour' transhipped to Philadelphia.
This is a serious charge; and it is a known
custom for many boatmen to knock in the
bottoms of barrels, and take therefrom some
4 or 5 pounds of the flour, to board themselves
and hands. We hope for the honor of our
county millers, it may prove to be so in this
instance.
The above article appeared in the Inland
Daily of the 9th inst„ the Editor of which pa
per has doubtless been imposed upon. lire re
ceived the folloWing letter from Marshal WY's:-
/LOOP since the date of our last publication :
"DEAR SIR—A notice in the Inland Daily
of your city, of the 9th inst., among its local
items, is, in every particle, gratuitously false.
" The article referred to states that I have
paid an official visit to one of the Millers of
your. county, relative to short weight in flour.
Now, neither myseW-nor any of my officers
have visited Lancastei county, and Ycannot
imagine any combination of circurnstances
which, in any event, could make such a mat
ter part of my official duty.
" I wish you, my dear sir, to correct this re
port through the - columns of the Intelligencer,
for the sake of the gentlemen whom it is cal
culated to injure."
Truly Yours, _
F. M. WYNKOOP
Mllon. A P. BUTLER has been re-elected
to the 11. S. Senate, by the Legislature of
South Carolina.
M.The Governor of Nova Scotia has is
sued his proclamation, admitting American
goods free of duty, under the Reciprocity
Treaty.
MORE GOLD !—The Steamship Northern
Light, from San Juan, arrived at New York,
on Friday, with 230 passengers from Califor
nia, and $BOO,OOO in gold.
A salute of 21 guns was fired on the 23d
ult., on board the Russian ship Zenobia, at
San Francisco, in honor of the gallant defence
at Petropolowski by the Russians, and the
failure of the allies at Sebastopol. The Rus
sian Consul and other guests were entertained
by a collation on board, and the Russian flag
run np.
Tam. Soule Correspondence.
The letter of Mr. Mason to Mr. Marcy, in,
reference to the French Government's course
towards Mr. Soule, is publishel, with the cor
respondence between him and Dronyn de
l'Huys. Mr. Mason says, as soon as he heard
of Mr. Soule's prohibition from entering
Fiance, he despatched Mr. Piatt, Secretary of
Legation, to London, to see Mr. Soule. The
order forbidding his entering France was
wholly unknown to Mr. Soule, and he assured
Mr. Mason that neither by deed nor by words,
uttered or written, had he afforded a shadow
of excuse for the wanton measure which, in
violation of his rights as a citizen of the North
American Republic, and of his privileges as
one of its accredited ministers, has interdicted
to him a passage through France on his way
back"to Madrid. Mr. Mason regarded this
exclusion as a - lumiliating indignity, deeply
injurious, and hoped' that the French Govern
ment, "finding that it had acted on erroneous
information, will at once redress this grievous
wrong." If disappointed in this, he Tye, "I
must consider this incident of such grave im
portance, that it is not impossible I shall re
gard it to be my duty to terminate my mission
by demanding my passports." Mr. Mason
then addressed the French Minister/of Foreign
Affairs aletter, in which he requests the reasons
for this exclusion. He says :
"Mr. Soule is a citizen of the United States,
accredited as an Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from his country to
the Court of Spain. He had, in executing the
orders of his Government, visited Paris and
London, and was returning to his post at
Madrid by the most usual and convenient
route through the territories of France, when
he was thus arrested in his journey. He had
received no notice of the determination of the
Emperor's Government to deny him a privi
lege awarded by all nations to citizens or sub
jects of friendly powers travelling under their
protection; and especially those who are
clothed with the sacred character of public
ministers—for he was actually arrested in his
journey some hdurs before I received the inti
mation in regard to him, which you did me
the honor to give me in the afternoon of the
24th inst. If authorized by the Emperor's
Government, it cannot but be regarded by the
Governilient and people of the United States,
not only as a most unusal and humiliating act
towards the minister personally, but as a na
tional indignity ofvery grave character, only to
be extenuated by facts established by conclu
sive proof."
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Drouyn de
Flluysi in reply, says the Minister of the In
terior lad to give directions that Mr. Soule
;should not be allowed to penetrate into France
without the knowledge of the Government of
the Emperor. That functionary did not in
vite Mr. Soule to embark again for England ;
he left him perfectly free to remain at Calais
until he should receive orders from Paris,
which he was about to request. It was simp
ly a question of waiting patiently for one day
at the utmost ; but Mr. Soule. after saying
that he did net expect any regard on the part
of the French Government, and that besides
lie did not care for it, preferred to go back to
England immediately. The instructions of the
Minister of the Interior were as follows :
"If Mr. Soule presents himself for the pur
pose of entering France, you will give him to
understand that the Emperor's Government
does not authorize him to sojourn there, but
that it makes no opposition to his passing
through in order to go to Spain; and you will
offer him to vise his passport for that destina
tion."
Drouyn de PHuys says :
"You perceive, sir, that the government of
the Emperor has not sought, as you seem to
believe, to prevent an Envoy of the U. States
from traversing French territory, in order to
repair to his post, and acquit himself of the
commission with which he was charged by his
government; but between that:simple passage
and the stay of a foreigner whose antecedents
(I regret to say it) have awakened the atten
tion of the authorities whose duty it is to pre
serve public order among us, there is a differ
ence, which the Minister of the Interior was
hound to appreciate. If Mr. Soule had been
going directly to Madrid, the route by France
was open to him. If it was his intention to
come to Paris, with a view to remaining here,
that privilege was t uot accorded him, It was,
therefore, necessary to consult him as to his
intentions, and it was himself who would not
allow time to do so. Our laws are strict with
respect to foreigners. The quality of foreigner
on the part of Mr. Soule, placed him within
the scope of the measure of which he was the
object—all that remained was to reconcile this
measure with the public character with which
he was invested. Mr. Soule, who has no mis
sion to fulfil near the Emperor, and who con
formably with the doctrine sanctioned by the
law of nations would need, on account of his
origin, a special agreement to enable him to
represent in his native land, the country of his
adoption: Mr. Soule, as a simple private indi
vidual, comes within the pale of the common
law which has been applied to him, and he
cannot lay claim to any privilege.":
Mr. Mason addressed an answer to this let
ter, in which he says, the order of the Com
missary presented no other alternative to Mr.
Soule than to return to England, as he could
not, consistently with his dignity, remain on
the frontier of France. Mr. Mason says he is
pleased to find the order presented no impedi
ment to a free passage to Mr. Soule through
France. As Mr. Soule's intention is to reside
in Spain, Mr. Mason says he forbears enter
ing into the examination of the reasons for de
nying the American Minister, a residence in
France. He receives with pleasure the assur
ance that the French Government has at heart
relations of friendship and esteem with the
Government of the United States. There the
correspondence ends.
Great Fires in Philadelphia
On the morning of Tuesday last, the City.of
Philadelphia was visited by a treniendous con
flagration. Cornelius, Baker Si . Co.'s Chan
delier and Gas Fixture Factory was entirely
destroyed, together with about fifteen or twen
ty houses. The factory was located on the
north side of Cherry street, above Bth, wherein
the fire originated, and the flames soon spread
to the adjoining buildings carrying destruc
tion all around. The loss is estimated at about
$175,000.
Another destructive conflagration occurred
on Thursday night, which destroyed property
to the amount of from $400,000 to $500,000.
The fire originated in the fourth story of the
five story building, No. 171 Chesnut street.—
It was totally destroyed, together with the ad
joining building west, and the large building
east, at the corner of Chesnut and Fifth streets
—as also the block of buildings on Fiftli street
running north to an alley, half way to Market.
The old State House, on the opposite side of
Chesnut street, was at one time in great dan
ger, but through the exertion of the firemen
was saved , from destruction. The large and
magnificent building, erected by the firm of
E. C. & J. Biddle, , at the cornet of Fifth and
Minor streets was seriously damaged.
The principal sufferers are W. H. Safford,
who kept an extensive Curtain store ; George
J. Henkele, of the Cabinet and Furniture man
ufactory: Wm. Carlyl, Curtain store; E. L.
Walker, Piano and Music store; Thomas W.
Price, Bookbinder, &c.: Stayman & Brothers,
Musical Instrument store; E. F. Hensell, Sur
gical Instrument Manufacturer; Lacey & Phil
lips, Harness Manufacturers; and George W.
Smith, Gentleman's Furnishing Store. The
buildings on Fifth street were owned by Mr.
Fotterell—those on Chesnut by Mr: Geo. Ed
wards. All insured to soma extent.
Several of the firemen were dangerously in
jured by the falling of walls, timbers, and
it is feared that one or two lost their lives.
Both the above fires are supposed to be
the work of incendiaries.
Iffic. A Prohibitory State Convention wUlbe
head at Harrisburg, on the 17th of January
next.
-- . Mtellarliesti'forrNote Shaverie,
Every body now is ha!vlting bills ptiyable
around the streets, and the capitalists era
growling in most bear-like tones to keep ii;
the pressure ; they have. obtained an ursine
hug upon the time, and will squeeze the breath
out of commercial credit, if they can only
keep the carcass for collateral. Money at the
rate of from eighteen to twenty-four Per Cent.
a year, is as dear awhildle tobay as are thous
and dollar • shawls' or brocades of untold
magnificene at mythical prices. There should
be retrenchment and reform in the article of
money as in any other luxury. There is no
business which can afford such exacting usu
ry, and there is no good reason why money
should be worth more, than legal interest.—
Want of confidence, it is said, begets the de
mand but what is there 'should induce the
loss of confidence quicker than en offer to sell
a note at any great shave? If a business man
is so pressed that he has to pay exorbitant
prices for the temporary use of money, would
it not be more honest and more manly to sus
pend at once, If 4 the entire mercantile com
munity equally feels the pressure, 'it is clear
that they are only playing into the hands of
bill-brokers, and those Banks which instead of
pursuing their legitimate vocation and as
sisting business, are loaning their money to
remorseless shavers at 6 per cent., and divi
ding the profits of the villainous usury, which
is ruining the entire community. The Mar
chants,.Farmers, Mechanics, Manufacturers,
Traelesmen, and others are supposed, from the
names of our banks, to be the objects of
their care, but it is somewhat singular that
application has never been made to the Legis
lature to charter a " Broker's Bank," and let
it pursue a legitimate above-board line of dis
counts! Our men of business, whether selling
linen or leather, broad cloths or broad axes,
lace or lumber, pickled pigs or pig iron, have ,
made themselves the slaves to the Banks by
giving them a position as masters instead of
servants. We daily hear of infractions of
Banking charters by taking illegal interest,and
daily see all signs hung out of the banks but
, the proper barber's pole ; still there does not
seem to be one man independent enough to
take the initiative steps fur arraigning such
proceedings before the bar of investigation.
Now we contend that our business men owe
it to themselves and to their creditors to de
mand the most searching inquiry into all these
rumored frauds. It is monstrous that bank
officers should, like vampires, suck the blood
of the community, and that bill brokers should
be the tools to hide their misdeeds. If banks
refuse to do their legal business, and drain
their vaultS for railroad speculators, hind job
bers and note shavers, instead of restricting
their accommodations to the wants of business,
they become a curse instead of an assistance.
Philadelphia Sun.
The Foreign New■
The news by the steamer Pacific, which ar
rived at N. York on Wednesday, (says the
Pennsylvanian,) though not what the public
mind expected, is yet of considerable import
ance. Sebastopol still remains in the posses
sion of the Russians, who are adding greatly
to its fortifications. No battle has been fought
since the bloody one of Inkermann, and each
party appears to be diligently at work in
strengthening their means of defence and of
fence, and bringing up reinforcements for a
final conflict for the mastery of the City. The
disasters .n the Black Sea have been terrible,
accompa)nied with a serious diminution to the
English forces, by shipwreck. About forty
vessels are reported to have been lost, or much
damaged. Four of the British steamers, whose
names have become familiar to our readers
since the invasion of the Crimea began, have
been greatly damaged by the hurricane. The
names are, Sunspaieil, Brittannia, Agamem
non and Sampson. The latter escaped by
throwing overboard all her guns. The French
ships Henry the Fourth and Pluto were en
tirely lost, and the Prince and Sea Nymph
foundered at sea with all on board. It seems,
that even the elements aid the Russians. Ru
mors prevail that the Russian fleet had left
Helsingfors, and captured several English
cruisers. If this be the case, it will touch the
pride of the "mistress of the seas" far more
than the loss of her light cavalry corps at the
battle of the Alma. The British Payliament
assembled on the 12th of December. A loan
of ten millions sterling was talked of, and
there is every probability of a war loin being
levied. It is said that legislatien will be asked
to enable the Government to ,make a levy en
masse. The greatest activity prevails in both
France and England to reinforce the army be
fore Sebastopol. All Russian subjects are
ordered out of France. Bokhara has been in
vaded by the Russians, and a victory gained
by them over an army of 50,000 Bokharians.
This opens the door to the British possessions
in India, on their weak side. We shall prob
ably hear during the next summer campaign,
of an army of Russians in alliance with the
Affghans, penetrating to the borders of British
India. With such a force threatening her
empire, and the Seiks again in arms, there
would be much more for England to do than
she could well attend to in that quarter.
However much the British and French
presses may attempt to hide their disasters in
the Crimea, sufficient appears to convince ev
ery intelligent mind, that their forces are in a
very critical condition. The diversion spoken
of in Bessarabia, cannot, we think, save the
Allies from defeat before Sebastopol.
XXXIII CONGRESS.-2d Session
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15
The Senate is not in session to-day, having
adjourned over until Monday.
Housx.—Mr. Houston, from the Committee
of Ways and Means, reported a bill making
appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ex
penses of the Government for the year ending
the 30th of June, 1856, which was referred to
the Committee of the whole on the State of the
Union.
Mr. Eddy introduced a bill making appro•
priations for continuing the piers and con
structing theßreakwater at Michigan City, In
diana, and otherwise improving the harbor of
said city. 'Referred to the Committe on Com
merce.
The House then went into Committe of the
Whole for the purpose of considering private
bill.
The first bill on the calendar was the bill
extending the Colt patent.
Mr. Edgerton moved that the bill be passed
by, as the Select Committee on that subject
was not yet ready to make report.
Mr. Jones, of Tenn., thought the House had
better dispose of the bill at once.
The motion of Mr. Edgerton was agreed to.
%The bill for the relief of the heirs of Gen.
De Kalb was considered and pdssed with
three or four others, and the House adjourned
till Monday.
New Books, &c
Tnz U. S. Lanaw, for December, is on our table, and we
find in it the following table of contents. Many of the
articles are written with great ability:
Whig principles. What is left of them, Strength, Prag
mata, Reconciliations; a little Southern Drama, but no fic
tion, the One Lone Star; a Song, piratic and philanthropic,
Drift-wood, The Inselites, Cradle-Song, Revolutionary Re
minlscances, Human Nature in Chunks, continued Chunk
No. 3, Modern Philanthropy, Human Nature in Chunks ;
No. 4, Spirit Rapping, Doch-and-Durrish, Spring-Song,
Chapter on Names The Welcome day, Life-Real, Our Cham
pion; The Immortal Ganders a communication most cheer-
ing to Columbia; from her vigilant and invincible defender,
Items consolatory to American Anglicans, Academy of Sin
gle, Notices, Amusements.
The Bram 4 issued monthly by LLOYD & Bgeurag.n, 80
Nassau street, N. Y., at $5 per annum for a single subscrip
tion—Clubssf 3 for sl2—of 5 for $l5.
° Tex PKINSTLYLNI& ScnoM. Jommat, for December, is be•
fore us—containing its usual amount of useful and inter
esting articles on the subject of education.
Edited by TRONA! H. 80A80117.8, Esq., Lancaster, at $1
per annum.
/01 - - The CErateniN Natoli Mkaum, (published month
ly by Jas. H. Fria & Co., N. Y., at $1 perannum,) for De
cember, is on our table, filled, as usual, with excellent read
ing matter, and embellished with a number of handsome
engravings.
Ayr Chiatwee Maosxutz, for January, iS truly a romp:di
icent number rich in its reading matter, and richer still
in its embellishments. "Mercer, Mortally Wounded at
Princeton," and the Frontispiece are superb, and the other
Engravings are also yery
Terms, $3 per annum--amongst the cheapest of the
chea
ed p.
elphia. Address, %mesa /3. Oa Co,lo6Cheennt street,
Phil
Reisort of the Ilaitret•wy of War.
,
Theactual strength of the army is only te.
• thousand seven hundred and forty-five. Th.
- whole authorized strength is fohrteen thousan
two hundred and sixteen:. The deficiency_ is
fast decreising by more rapid enlistment&
statement of the changes made in tliedislith
tion of the army during Nit year is . made.
tl
The removal from_Florida of the renthaiito
the Seminoles, has received the attention uf-th4
Department, but its efforts have not been v
successful. Better firttme. is expected n
~ .
year, through the instrumentality of the ne
plan of operations. The Indian difficulti ,
elsewhere are alluded to. The massacre o
Lieut. Gratton and men by the Sioux is nar: l
rated, and the fact stated, that the army forc
is quite inadequate to the protection of o
frontier, and to punish Indian aggressiona. .1
Our entire loss in Indian actions during the
year is four officers and sixty-three men killed
and fopr officers and forty-two men wounded.
The odcurrences on the frontier furnish - de
plorable proof of the insufficiency of our *di.'
tary force, and of th e absolute necessity for i '
increase, which was urged by the Secretari
last year; Otir effective force does not excee
11,000 men, which is entirely inadequate foi
the purposes for, which wemaintain a standing
army. Its immediate increase is urged, at a
cost sufficient to give some degree of seeuri '
to the Indian frontiers, for which purposeth
regular force is the most efficient, cheap, pro
er, and constitutional means.
. ,
The increase pay to enlisted men induced th
enlistment of 1005 men in October and SeP
tember last, against 300 men during the cor
responding months last year. The number of,
recruits required for the service of the ensuing
year will probably be not less than 6000. He
recommends the use of 'camels and dromeda
ries for military purposes again, and asks ad
appropriation to test their usefulness. An iti
creased pay for officer's is urged as an . act of
justice and necesshy.
Additional legislation is - asked to place the
widows and orphans of the officers and soldier's
of the army on an equality with the widows
and orphans of the officers and soldiers of the
Navy. The necessity of a revision of our mil
itary legislation in some important particulars
is pointed out, in order to prevent conflicting
claims in regard to rank and command,which
now give rise to much inconvenience and troh
ble. One great puree of difficulty is the double
rank recognized by our laws; to remedy thiJ,
it is proposed to give effect to brevet rank only
when the President may see fit, and forbid the
I exercise of brevet commissionsin the regimeOt
troop, or company where officers are mustered.
Elaborate suggestions for re-organization of the
staff corps are presented, and compared wit
European systems. It is proposed that ther
be nine Brigadier Generals--one for each D
partment—one for Quartermaster General,on
for Adjutant General, and two for Inspecto •
General—being an addition of three to tlios
who now, by Brevet or otherwise, have ran
1 and command as Brigadier Generals. Othe •
I marked changes in staff,appointments, rank
and duty are proposed.
1 Reforms in the organization of regiment •
are also suggested. The Expediency of gene
ral promotions by seniority instead of merit i f ,
doubted by the Secretary--and the establish
ment of a retired list again urged. Professor
ship.. of Ethics and of English studies at the
Military Academy are recommended.
Many other subjects.are treated of at con
siderable length.
The Willisbarre Slave Case. , I
This case, which grew out of the arrest or
the United States Deputy Marshals engagel
in the attempted capture of Bill Thomas, an
alleged fugitive slave, at Wilksbarre last year;
has been before the Supreme Court of this
State, and Chief Justice LEWIS gave the de
cision of the Court on Tuesday. It will b:.•
remembered that the officers engaged in the
attempt to capture the slave were arrested on
a bill of indictment found by the Court of LT
zerne county, for assault and attempt to kil ,
but that Judge Kane, of the United Stat.l3
1.
District Court, discharged. They we
re-arrested by order, of the Supreme Cou ~
and while in the custody of the Sheriff we
taken before the United States Circuit Cou 1 t
on a writ of habeas corpus, and on hearing t +
testimony Judge Galen 'ordered the Sheriff to
discharge them. He obeyed the mandate.-1-
The present action was for an attachment
against the Sheriff for contempt of Court.l
The decision declares that the United Stat e
Circuit Court has no jurisdiction, and that t e
Sheriff was guilty of contempt in obeying e
order for the release of the officers, but as .
acted through ignorance the attachment is n.t
granted.
The opinion of the Chief Justice is admi!
ted, on all hands, to be a very learned an d
able one, which reflects great credit on its diJ
tinguished author, and will add, if possible,
his already exalted reputation as a profoun'
Jurist.
Russian Wealth and Resources
The following extract of a letter to Profes
sor Morse, of Poughkeepsie, from an Amerl
- gentleman in St. Petersburg, is worth all
the articles published in the British journa '.
It comes from a disinterested observer of t l e
Public feeling in Russia, respecting the w' r
and its probable duration:
"My Dear Friend :—Many times =have
thought how agreeable it would have been, f
i
you had accompanied me. ' Many times ha s
our Minister, Gov. Seymour, and I, talk d
about the first despatch ever sent by the 1' -
egraph—" IV hat bath God wrought t" S e
often talk over together, your trials at Was -
i t
ington, and Mr. Seymour enjoys the cony (-
sation as well as myself. This is Sabbath ell
ning, at 6.P., at which moment you are pro, -
ably at church. I am here alone, sitting h
a snug fire, writing to my friends in. Amerida,
occasionally casting a glance out of the whol
dow at the glittering domes of one of t 'e
churches. The gold on the domes of this chur
amounts to fifteen bushels of solid metal, f
millions of value. When completed, I am told
that this church will have cost at least t
nd
hured millions of dollars J ' I thought Ih'
seen the greatest wonders of Europe, but in
comparison I had really seen nothing. lin
some of the churches, the railings are of olive.'
and gold, and gold is seen everywhere. ; I i
"As to soldiers, there are thousands up 4
thousands. By spring there will be one mil
lion five hundred thousand ready for servicl3.
1
The war, I pso far as Russia is concerned, w l
'
never end, until Russia succeeds. The peop e
arc warm.for the Emperor, and he never will
give up. i lie has no trouble in procuring sdl
diers—indeed, he has to select from thousant
that offer.: More offer their services than e
at present needs, and he can easily add ail
other million if necessary. The Church feels
a deep interest in this war, and with the p • .
plc it is a . war of Religion. The feeling .f
Religion is at the bottom of it. I am su e
of these facts. All the gold from the (lona*
of the chUrches, and, from their interior, a. d
every dollar owned by the people, will be is; -
rificed ere they give up. Such is their e.-
thusiasm. These you may be sure are facts "
THE OOLLINS STEMS - M.—Rumors have
reached here from Liverpool that the thre
Collins steamers are wanted by one or more Of
the belligerent governments of Europe, for
transports and war steamers, and that intiniii
tion has been conveyed to the agents in Livdr
pool, Messrs. Brown, Shipley it Co., thht
something'. like £140,000, or $700,000 each,
could he had for them. It is even said that an
offer to sell at any rate, not exceeding £lBO,-
000, or $900,000 each, making $2,706,000 fpr
the whole line, might be considered in certain
high quarters.
The rumor has not taken shape, to dema
either confirmation or contradiction from
Collins Company here, but we do not und:,.
stand that all knowledge of such intimatio
nas been disclaimed.
The government has been liberal. It h
reserved the option of six month's notice
dissolve the contract. Such notice was in i
mated by one branch of Congress the sessi n
succeeding the amended contract, and it is li -
ble, at anrtime, to be formally given by the
national legislature, with or without the 4.
commendation of the Poitmaster General, who
now complains of the pay under the , contraet.
The line, with the government bounty, hasnpt
been a profitable concer,n to the owners.— .
Y. Times.
klia..TheiPresident's Message has been •
ferred to the different standing committees .f
the House; land they are actively at work
,p ‘-'
paring business. The committee of ways a.d
means havl already reported three of the r-
War appropriation billi.
CITY AND MINTY-IMM
say - The Secotid Anniversary Celebration
of the Ist M. E. Sabbath School, will take place
on Monday evening next, (Christmas,) at 6i
o'clock, in the Church. The exercises will
consist'. of singing,' ' speaking, and dialognee,
and will be very interesting: Price Of admis
sion 123: cents, Which will go towards replen
ishing, the Library of the Schet:d.
;;Rev. Mr. Elsna.suores Sermon,`` on
Thanksgiving D q, before the Lancaster Coun
y Bible Society, will be found on our first
page—to which we invite the attention of our
maders
Mir ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, in this
city, will be dedicated on Sunday next.
MX. At the - Fair held by the Ladies of the
Protestant Episcopal Church on Friday even
ing for the benefit of St. 'John's Free Church,
the sum reali;ed was over $3OO, after paying
all expenses.' This sum will go to assist in
paying off' the debt of the Free Church.
pfd A meeting of thejYoung Men's Christ
ian Association, will be'held this evening, to
commence at 7 o'clock, in the Lecture Room
of the Second Presbyterian Church.
Mr. CORNELIUS HF.RRON, of Drumore,tw.,
who was recently committed to Jail for the
murder of his child and lEL black woman, died
in prison, on Saturday week, from injuries re
ceived at his own hands !since the commission
of the murder. ! .
II(-" MAY " P. 0. ha.i been restored by the
P. M. General,lolts for Mer location, and Hi-
RAM BEAVER, Esq., re-appointed Postmaster,
vice Elwood H. Paxson.
TWELVE Honas.—The Board of Directors of
thk, Conestoga Steam Mills,have giveu notice to
the operatives 'in their employ that they will
be required . to work tzcelve hours iu the day,
instead of 10i, as heretofore.
The new Market Houses are nowrcom
pleted, and. Butchers and Market people from
the c,ountty have commenced occupying the
stalls.
tla r . JESSE LANDIS, Esq., is recommended
in several of the city papers, for the Mayoralty.
"Judge W. L. HELFESTEIN, of Shamo
kin, has contributed $lOO, to be distributed
Among the poor of Columbia, in this county.
j new BANKING /10LI8E is shortly to be
started in our immediate neighborhood, at the
corner of East King and N. Duke streets.—
The store room, formerly known as Kline &
M'Clure's, has been leased for the purpose.—
From the wealth and well-known business
qualifications of the firm, we have doubt of
the success of the project.
John W. Forney, E.
This gentleman thus triumphantly refutes
a vile slander upon his character in the follow
mnnunication to the editors of the Wash. ;
ington Star
followiug amide is vopiod from t ho Neu .
York 11. of Friday, and lush ei brief Sp co iu your yupOr
refute It :
1 /;,,,ve Land Speculation—Douglas and For-
vin's interests in Nebraska
From the Cleveland Lead,. Dec. 1.
Everybody likes late news, fresh news, startling, Immense
news. Well. we have an "item" that may make some people
stare :old pull their eyes open some. Our sources of informa
tion are direct, and we believe reliable. The collateral and cir
cumstan tie] evidence thoroughly confirms Its truth.
It seems that a copartnership was formed last summer be
tween Stephen Arnold Douglas, cif Illinois; Bird Chapman,
enspecial mail agent Foruey,editor Washington ❑nion.and
(leek of House of Representatives; Joseph W. Gray, Post
matiter of Cleveland, and William Greco, of Elrnyrii. Ohio,
and one other party whose name - we forget.
This companyof political brethren and immaculate patriots
have secured the refusal of a $30,000 purchase of Indian mis
sionary reservation lands in Nebraska territory; $5OOO have
been paid down as forfeit money,in case the company should
not pay the residue at the time stipulated. Since the death
of Gov. Burt, his Secretary, Cumming, is acting governor
pro tem, until the President fits the vacancy. The influ
ence of the laudjobbers afuresztid is being concentrated on
the President to Induce him to appoint Cummins permanent
governor of the territory. The understanding or bargain is,
that in case the company aforesaid succeed in having him
returned as Governor, he agrees to locate the seat of govern
meat at the village of Belleville, on the lands purchased by
the company, which, as a matter of course, will 'rattly en
hance their value, to the emolument of the said Douglas.
Gray S Co. The honesty and morality of the bargain and
sale is a matter we will not stop here to review. It is enough
to know that it is par excellence democratic, Sc.
In the first place, I have entered into no co-partnership
for any such purpose, with any of the parties named, or
with any others. I never conversed with Judge Douglas
in reference to the subject alluded to, or to any similar ob
ject. I never saw Mr. Gray, of the Cleveland Plaindealery
in my life; know him but by reputation as an able editor.
I never saw or met any such person as "William Green, or
'Eamyra, Ohio." A gentleman named Gel. Barton Green
bore a letter of Introduction to me from acting Governor
Cumming, and while In this city, as one of the party es
corting the remains of Gov. Burt, I raised $3OO for hint, to
assist him In defraying the expenses of the removal of those
remains to South Carolina, for which he gave a draft upon
Gov. Gumming. Not a cent of money have I advanced, or
contracted to pay hereafter, in connection with any such
co-partnership or "scheme." So flat as acting Gov. Cum
ming Is concerned, I regret that he is not hero to defend
himself, and to sustain this statement. That he will be
able to repel all aspersions upon his official and personal
character I firmly believe. He has written to me freely in
reference to his responsibilities and to his arduous duties,
and not a line that he has Tritten sustains, even by infer
ence, the charges now preferred against him. His last let.
ter says—
"l never desired the office of governor. I became acting
governor by an act of Providence, and I intend to do the
duties of the office honestly and fearlessly, so-that during
nay administration no friend need be ashamed of me."
Pursued by calumny, and hunted by men I never iu
jured In my life, I have refrained from noticing the myriad
slaudert, of my enemies, but this fabrication Is too gross to
be passed Crier. Your. truly,
IVezhington, Dec. 9, 1854
Doctrine ofLiens
During the sitting of the Supreme Court,
last week, the following important opinion re
specting liens, was delivered by Justice Woon-
WARD. It is a matter in which lumbermen
and others are deeply interested:
But the second error is, we think well as
signed.
The account filed shows that of the mate
rials furnished $25,53 worth only were sup
plied-within six months before the lien was
entered—all the rest were furnished beyond
that period. Where materials are ;furnished
under a special contract, as for the brick or
lumber of a particular house, the lien may be
entered within six mouths after the delivery of
the last items, for that is the completion of the
contract, 7 11, 341 ; but a contractor who goes
to a lumber merchant r and obtains lumber as
he needs it for the job in hand, makes a new
contract at each purchase, and the statute
bears all of the account more than six months
old at the filing of the lien. Such seems to
have been the case here. No special contract
was Chown, and there is no allegation that all
the materials were furnished within six months
as in 211 56, and Ibid 16:. The copy of the
account filed shows that they were nuts and
therefore, for so much of his claim as repre
sents materials furnished before that period,
the plaintiff ought not to have had judgment.
The Judgmentis reversed, and judgment is
entered here for plaintiff for $25,53, with in
terest from lst , July, 1854, and. costs.
POST OFFICE REFORM.—In the departments
of the Interior and of the Post Office, the en
ergy and the activity of those who control
them, challenge criticism . and anmparison.—
Washington Union, Bth.
The foregoing is extracted from a long ar
ticle in the Union, eulogistic of President
Pierce and'his Cabinet. The Union has un
questionably hit the nail on the head in its
reference to the Poet Office Department., The
"energy and activity" of Postmaster General
Campbell, ao not only "challenge criticitm,"
but . they defy "comparison." The depart
ment has proved itself invulnerable to "crit:-
cism," and has nothing to fear from challen
ges on that score. Legitimato criticism can
neverlopa to penetrate the depths of unmiti
gated imbecility and worthlessness—the de
partment reached twelve months ago. Mr.
Campbell is certainly safe so far as criticism
is concerned.' In that regard his position is
as impregnable as the rock of Gibraltar.
But, strong as 4 is in this particular, he is
still stronger when "comparison" is bro't to
bear upon him. Here he is more impregnable
than Gibraltar, Cronstadt and Savastopol all
put together. He can't be compared to any
thing,excePt himself. None of his predeces;
sors were at all like him. The history of the
postal service in the old world furnishes no
parallel. Postmaster General Campbell must
be coMpared With Postmaster General Camp
bell. There is no other alternative. Hence
his friends of the Union may safely challenge
" coniparison" on his accountl—.Pirisbuty
Union.
A Governor for Utaketppointed.—The Pres
ident has appointed Col. Steptoe, U.S.A. Gov.
of Utah Territory, vice Brigham Young,
whose term of office has expired. Col. S. is
at Sett Lake'City, in command of a detach
,
mout;of 11. O. troops.
ztue afiflalcimainza.l
Desperate Affair-Ai Rneounter with the Rus
sians at the Point of the Bayonet.
The - cOrirpondent- of the London Times,
writing fronitheLfield
,of battle on the sth,
says:--
"And now commenced the bloodiest sting.
gle ev f or witnessed since:war cursed the earth,
It has been' doubted by military historians if
any enemy,could stand our charge with the
biyonehnibut•here the bayonet was often the
only weapon employed in.conflicts of the most
obstinate and deadly character. We have been
prone to believe that no foe could ever with
stand the British soldier wielding his favorite
weapon, and that at Maids alone did the ene
my ever cross bayonets With him; but, at the
the battle of Inkermaun,not only did we charge
in vain—not only werele a sperate encounters
between masses of men intained with the
bayonet alone—but we were obliged to resist
bayonet to bayonet with the Russian infantry
again and again' as they charged us with in
credible fury and determinatton,
The battle of Inkermann admits of no de
scription. It was a series of dreadful deeds
of daring, of sanguinary hand to hand fights
of desperate assaults—in glens and valleys, in
brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden
from all human eyes, and from which the con
querers, Russian or British, issued only to en
engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy, so
rudely assailed, was triumphantly asserted,
and the battalions of the Czar gave way be
fore our steady courage and the chivalrous fire
of France. No • one, however placed, could
have witnessed even a small portion of the
doings of this eventful day, for the vapors,fog,
and drizzling mist, obscured the ground where
the struggle took place to such au extent as
to render it impossible to see what was going
on at the distance of a few yards.
Besides this, the irregular nature of the
,ground, the rapid fall of the hill towards In
kermanu,where the deadliest fight took place,
would have prevented one under the most fa
vorable circumstances, seeing more than a very
insignificant and detailed piece of the terrible
work below. It was six o'clock when all the
head-quarter camp was roused by roll after
roll of musketry on the right, and by sharp re
port of field guns. Lord Raglan was intbrm
ed that the enemy were advancing in force,
and soon after seven o'clock he rode toward
the scene of action, followed by his staff, and
accompanied by Sir John Burgoyne, Briga
dier General Strangways, R. A. and several
aids de camp.
As they approached the volume of sound,
the steady, unceasing thunder of guu,and rifle;
and musket told that the engagement was at
its height. The shell of the Russians, thrown
with great precision,. burst so thickly among
the troops that the noise resembled the contin
uous discharge of cannon, and the massive
fragments indicted death on every side. One
of the first things the Russians did, when a
break in the fog enabled them to see the camp
of the second division, was to open fire on the
tents with round shot and large shell, au.l
tent after tent was blown down, torn to picees
or sent into the air, while the men engaged in
camp duties, and the unhappy horses tethered
up in the lines were killed or mutilated.
In darkness, gloom and rain they had to
lead our lines through thick scrubby bushes
and thorny brakes, which broke our ranks and
irritated the men, while every pace was mark
ed by a corpse or a man wonnded from an en
emy whose position was only indicated by the
rattle of musketry and the rush of ball and
shell.
Sir George Cathcart, seeing his men disor
dered by'the fire of a large column of Russian
infantry which was outflanking .them, while
portions of the various regiments comprising
his division were maintaining an unequal
struggle with an overwhelming lorce, rode
down into the, ravine in which they were en
gaged, to rally them. He perceived at the
same time that the Russians had actually
gained possession of a portion of, the hill in
rear of flank of his division, but still his stout
heart never failed him foi a moment. He
rode at their head encouraging them, and
when a cry arose that au) ammunition was
failing, he said coolly, "Eiaye you not got your
bayonets ?"
As lie led on his men it was observed that
another body of men had gained the top of
the hill behind them on the right, but it was
impossible to tell whether they were friends
or foes. A deadly volley was poured in our
scattered regiments. Sir George cheered them
and led them back up the hill, but a flight of
bullets passed where he rode, and he fell from
his horse close to the Russian columns. The
men had to fight their way through a host of
enemies, and •lost fearfully. They were sur
rounded and bayoneted on both sides, and won
their desperate way up the hill, with dimin
ished ranks, and the loss of near 500 men.—
Sir George Cathcart's body was afterwards
recovered with a bullet wound in the head,
and three bayonet wounds in the body.
In this struggle, where the Russians fought
with the greatest ferocity, and bayoneted the
wounded as they fell, Colonel Swyny, of the
63d, a most gallant officer, Lieut. Dowling,
20th, Major Wyane, 68th, and other officers,
whose names will be found in the Gazette, met
their death, and Brigadier Goldie, of the 57th
regiment, received the wounds, of which he
has since died. The conflict on the right was
equally uncertain, and equally bloody; In the
light division, the 88th got so far into the front
that they were surrounded and put into utter
confusion, when four companies of the 77th,
under Major Straton, charged the Russians,
brake them, and relieved their comrades.
Hl=
"About half-past nine o'clock, Lord Raglan
and his staff were assembled on a knell, in the
vain hope of getting a glimpse of the battle
which was raging below them. Here General
Strangways was mortally wounded, and I am
told that he met his death in the following
way :—A shell came right in among the staff
—it exploded in Captain Somerset's horse,
ripping him open; a portion of the shell tore
off the leather overalls of Captain Somer4et's
trousers, it struck down Captain Cordon's
horse and killed him at once, and then blew
away Gen. Strangways' leg, so that it hung
by a shred of flesh and a bit of cloth from the
skin.
'rho poor old gentleman never moved a mus
cle of his face. He said merely, in a gentle
voice, "Will any one be kind enough to lift
me off my horse ?" He was taken down and
laid_on the ground, while his life blood ebbed
fast, and at last he was carried to the rear.—
But the gallant old man had not sufficient
strength to undergo an operation, and in two
hours he sunk to rest, leaving behind him a
memory which will - be held dear by every offi
cer and man of the army.
At one time the Russians succeeded in get
ting pp close to the guns of Capt. Wodehouse's
and of Captain Turner's batteries, in the
gloom of the morning. Uncertain whether they
were friends or foes, our artillerymen hesita
ted to fire. The Russians charged them sud
denly, bore all resistance down before them,
drove away or bayoneted the gunners, and
succeeded in spiking some of the guns.
At twelve o'clock the battle of Inkerman
seemed to .have been won, but the day, which
had cleared up for - an hour previously so as to
enable us to see the enemy and meet him,
again became obscured. Rain and fog set in,
and as we could not pursue the Russians, who
were retiring under the shelter of their artille
ry, we had formed in front of our lines and
were holding the battle field so stoutly edit
tested, when the enemy, taking advantage of
our quietude, again advanced, while their
guns pushed forward and opened a tremend
ous fire upon us.
General Canrobert, who never quitted Lord
Regina for much of the early part of the day,
at once directed the French to advance and
outflank .the enemy. In - his efforts he was
most ably seconded by General Bosquet, whose
devotion was noble. Nearly all his mounted •
escort were down beside and behind him.
General Canrobert was slightly wounded.—
His immediate attendants suffered severely.—
The renewed assault was so admira ily repul
sed that the Russians sullenly retired, still
protected by their crushing artillery.
The Russians, about ten, made a sortie on
the French lines, and traversed two parallels
before they could be resisted. They were
driven back at last with great loss, and as
they retired they blew up some mines inside
the Flagstaff Fort, evidently afraid that the
French would enter pell-mell after them. At
one o'clock the Russians were again retiring.
At forty minutes past one Dickson's two guns
smashed their artillery, and they limbered up,
leaving tumbrels and one gun-carriage on
the field.
Penney/vania Railroad.—The Pittsburg Gra
zeqe states that the last rail has been laid up
on the double track over the mountain divisiOu
of the Pennsylvania railroad, and that the
whole line between Altoona and Johnstown
is complete ; and ready for business, with all
the nectslia sidelingi and wide work'.
-.-.- .7-:lst.thids.o ~ ei , rudenoe.
The Pr eri deni' 'Naive- ••, • Indian Murders on the Plains
—Kansas Eketion—Gen W h afield Triumphant—The
Usury Low qt Aftmouri . .IndoW Steamboat Sunk—rifrs.
Niehola—Ron. John O. Jeller—Afies Ximburly, the Andress'
rt-JaclaiM - dointtitect.... , - ,- '', • ,
...
- . '-- -•- . 'Sr. Loma, DeC..ll, 1864.
lab° message of Preeliden, Pierce Irani issued in "extra"
fonn by same of our city papers on Thursday last, and
published in the morning on Friday. It is an able
and'elignlfied document, well as interesting to all who
take =interest id the of the country. It wall de
-4r
5er,.....„......... t everywhere reeeives—not on
ly from the Democratic p , but papers of rail parties, as
wallas allirms, speak of It n thehighesttermet and many,
very many, are agreeably tHeapPolnted in the sentiments
of President Pierce upon Impious questions touching our
Foreign Relations. He bay in 'this message made clear
many points that he hasbeen previously . censured for.and
It is to be hoped that threat who have misstated his sup•
posed views will make the ammule • honorable.
The Salt Lake Mail smirk' a few days ,sincs, bringing
the sad and melancholy stabs of the murder of four or Wm
persons, by the. Sioux Indians. On tho lath of November
the U.S. Mail, under charge of John Jameson, coming in
was met by a party of Indians near Dripp's Trading Post,
abo nisi: miles this side of Fort Laramle,and the mall carrier
with all the men in company were murdered. the mall
bags rided of their constant* and the letters tore epos.—
Chu. A- Kincaid, a passenger, was shot and pierced with
three arrows, and left upon the ground for dead—ha was
the only one that survivedlin the company , but he- found
himself robbed of $10,400 in gold. 'Some of the mules were
driven away and others killed upon the spot by the
ept,ln
dians. The names of th killed are Jsunesou, James
Wheeler and Thos. Backe r. The party in- charge of th e
November matloat, pass a spot on the 17th, and found
that some traders had bu ed the dead bodies and taken
•
in charge their effects.
Is it not high time that he authorities at Washington
re
we making some provialoitfor the safety of life and the
security of property, as well as for subduing the lawless
bands of savages that Infest our frontiers? There is scarce
ly a month passes but the we are called upon to record
one or moremurders anddepredations committed by the
1
Indlruu. But now that t 1 Tis
ey have attacked `Tisch) Sam,"
in the robbing of the mall , It is to be hoped that no time
will be lost In ferreting ou the p.irputratort of this whole
sale robbery and butchery/ re
The Indians, as I have peat
edly' remarked, are apparmftly dissatisfied with:the treat
ment they have recently dived at the hands of Uovern
merit, and lose so time I taking the blood of plundering
our citizens by way of re lation, and unless a sufficient
force be stationed at the various poets on our frontier bor
ders, they will continue their depredations end slaughter
upon all who cross their pith. It la now reduced to a cer
tainty, that a war with th 6 Indians is luevitable,and lfthe
C. States authorities do net protect those Whew business
id
it is in that locality, an it cpendrut many will take upon
themselves the responsibi ity, and carry it into effect. We
will no doubt hgve some inleultY with Mormons of Utah,
and the President should it OLIN, appoint a successor to
Uov. Young, and take thelmanagement of that territory
out of the hand.i of that troublesome class of people. 'Who
ever it may be that sm,•ereelis tier. YoungS will, 1111
prob
ability experience dinictiltfr with the Latter Da•• Saints,
and its that event a force of anus will be resorted to In that
quarter. It is thdight that thousands of Indians will
take sides with the Morint s--witu at present appear to be
friendly to each other—an give us warmer work than la
generally supposed.
The returns of the late ection in Kans. Territoryhave
not all been received, but ufflcient to indicate the election
of ern. M hittield as Delegate to Congress fruits that Terri
tory. So fur as heard front lien. Whitfield km Usk, major.
itp. Mr. Fleuhiken, the r Abolition candidate. is badly
beaten, and it is thought he will return to his old home
in Fayette co. Pa. 1
A memorial is now befoile the City Council in relation to
the Usury Law of the State of Mi,,,tiri, praying that body
to memorialize the State tgislature, at the approaching
session, to repeal the prese t too in regard to interest in
money. The law calls f.:. lix per cent per annum,. but it
is violated in almost every ,instance where money is loaned
for it cannot let obtained ie this city under In - 0 et-, audiu
nine cases out of tau IS Anil 20 `E.I et., is oftener demanded
sail paid than ten. This taw is violated with Impunity,
and will continue so to be lung as the present rate, es
tablished by law, exists. n all probability this memorial
wilbrecuive the sanction and approval of both Boards of
the City Council; but whether it will ur not, a strong er.
fort will be made to repeall the present law, and If It can
not be accomplished, then to re-establish the old law of
1545 which allows ton per keen per annum.
We have to record the liking and total loss ei another
western steamer in the Mi sissippl. The Chancellor, So. 2
struik a snag about a tulle and a half below Cairo—in sight
of the wreck of the timid I'uwer, the loss of which I have
mentioned In my last—on Thursday morning last, tearing
a large hole in her hull. She Wert run ashore as quickly
as quickly as possible, and the passengers about sixty in
number, made good their elicape. when she went down lu
about twenty feet of wateri--it coming several feet over the
, 1
cabin floor. Thre e were a argu number of cattle on board,
and the concussion cause by running her against the
bank, tumbled a number f them into the river., but for
tunately they all swam out. Many of those that were tied
and unable to break their fastenings, were drowned. Mr.
Foley of this city had ten pairs of match horses, for the
:\ eve Orleans market on board, valued at SLOAN) and they
were all lost, 218 wore also- l number of other horses and
mules belonging todifferent parties. Very little of her
cargo will be saved. The insurance on her freight is not
known, but the boat was insured in different companies of
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this city for $ll,OOO. The at is a total loss,though some of
her machinery may be ro ccured. While the boat was sink
ing loud cries were beard rum some one on the lower deck
when one of the officers t kan axe, and immediately over
the place where the smut . was heard, cut a hole, and when
made sufficiently largo, a little boy about eight years old
who was staudluain water up to his neck in one of the
berths, crawled out. A few moments morn and he would
have found a watery gritql.
Mrs. C. 1. li. Mchols, late editress of the Windlnun Co.
Defuocrat„at Brattleboro, Vt., delivered a lecture in this
city on Saturday evening
`set before a large audience.—
Subject--The claims no dal responsibilities ,uf Wouian, as
the Uutirdian of Home and the Ltimattion of the race."
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The Mayor has appoinhal a number of persons who are
now engaged in taking tub census of the city.
Miss hiniberly, the talMited young Alfieri.. Actress,
commenced au engagenietd at the People's Theatre on Mon.
day night last, ono has Been well received in this city,
and her performances are iaightly attended by the most
fashionable of our cituens Miss Warwick is also at the
Peoples'. •
As was expected, /tithe •li contrary to the evidence giv
en in tile case, and contra y to .popular opinion, the jury
in the case of
Was. A. Jac soul_r the murder ol J. B.Lald
law, the Scenic Artist of the Peoplep Theatre, rendered a
verdict, after 24 hours serious dents...num et ••Not Uulity"
of the dreadful crime for which he had been arrested and
caarged with committing t i This trial occupied the time
of the Criminal Court for Len days, and the testimony of.
fared, with Jackson's own admission that he committed
the murder, but us he stated in "self defence,' nil went to
show conclusively that heiwas the murderer. yet the Intel
ligentjua acquitted him bf the crime. To show the Intel.
Arent reader the plea Jackson set up fur his defence will
strike the mind as very it/surd-1.0,V he and Laidlaw
took tills aut 'ride tam the country kfor it was a fatal ride
to poor Lsidluw,) Jacksonidrove up to the &mot a Justice
of the Peace, Wont In, and enquired Ma Lawyer Effie would
be justified in shooting a man that drew a pistol upon him
he was immediately intented that he would: begot in the
euggy and they both rode out to the P.iairie house, where
Laittlaw_becatue very druttk—so much so that he could
scarcely getinto the vehicle to.return Jo the city, On the
way in Luldiaw was killed in the buggy zind thrown out
close to the road. When he was found en the following
day, the wounds proved that he was shot in the back part
of the head with two balls. , Mormver a pistol was found
in Laidlaw's pocket loaded, therefeor the plea that L. at.
tacked Jackson was not proved, but the other facts were
testified and sworn to. An'd in the face of all this evidence
a jury of twelve men returned a verdict or ••Not Uulity,"
notwithstanding Jacksonckuowledged that ho was guilty
but that it was in twit def nee.
It is said that after the verdict was rendered, the jury
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repaired to the Jail—for hat purpose nu one knew—and
lu Jackson's cell wasfoun liquors of different kind, where _
,the intelligent and moral jurymen quenched their thirst
at the murderer's expeut It looks as though they had
en Intimation that thin tr t was in readiness for them.—
It is also avid that the jury and the murderer caroused
about the streets—some them Intoxicated, visiting the
different coffee houses, as also the theatre together. Thu
public prints, with one Lori two excepthius, and these dare
not say their souls their Men, etrougly censured the Jury
fur their verdict, v and the jdissipatiou afterwards indulged
in. This was a preinedit ted kind a cowardly murder ou
the part of Jackson, andtimes the celebrated Ward mur
der a hundred per cent.— be former was premeditated, the
latter committed in passion. Tie jury Its the Jackson case,
no doubt, feel the stigma branded upon them, as they have
made all kinds of eacus s to clear their skirts of the
scorching rebukes they re eive In all quarters.
The trial by jury In thl section is but a inuitury, and
the sooner it is abolished (he better for hutnaulty. :several
matinees are still fresh in our memory, where the wretch,
whose hands have been imbrued in Moment blood, etas
escaped the punishuieut 'o, f the law. Better, tar better,
abolish this system and establish the code of Judge Lynch '
Ills system worked wunderous well iu Calilornia, and Mite
swirl now esquires something of the sort to arrest the too
frequent shedding of hnuilin blood. Jacksou Is now turn
ed /VU,I, upon the etanniubity, and who Isis neat victim
will be, time will prove—tipd another jury disprove Diets,
and circumstances, testified to under oath, and before
their (Ind.
PENNSYLVANIA IN '76.—By reference to the
Declaration of Independence it will be seen
that nine Representatives from Pennsylvania
signed that document. How deeply their pat
riotic constituents of that era were imbued
with Know-Nothing ( istu may he judged from
the fact that of thos nine, jbur were not born
in this country, viz ~ Robert Morris, who was
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born in England, J mes Smith, and George
Taylor, who were b nin Ireland, and James
Wilson, who was b ru in Scotland. Of the
remaining five, at le st two, Benjamin Frank
lin, and John Morton, were the children of
foreign parents—so that six out of the nine
signers of the Decliiration of Independence
from this State did nt possess the Know-Noth
..ipg requirements, a dour of them were dOwn
fight foreigners ."f peoplea of Pennsylvania
at that time seem to have had none of the
new-fungled churoh-burning "Americanism"
whatever in their cdmposition. What a pity
the shining lights 'of Khow-Nothingism did
nut then exist to watn them of-the danger of
"foreign influence" :n sending such men as
Morris, Smith, Taylor and Wilson to the Con
tinental Congress. 1 . ,
Serious Accident.' An accident occurred at
the Shawnee Furnace on Saturday last, by
which three of our Citizens were quite serious
ly injured. Criah IFindley, Jacob -Metzger
and Samuel Atlee, with several other work
men, were engaged in the erection of the in
clined plane now in progress. Whilst arrang
ing some of the tambers at an elevation of
about twenty-five feet, the scaffolding gave way
and they were precipited to the ground. Find
ley had his hip and shoulder dislocated and
his foot broken; Metzger, his ankle bone frac
tured and knee crushed; and Atlee, his ankle
sprained, and otherwise bruised. Several of
our physicians wee called in, who afforded
them the proper aid. We learn they are all
doing well, althougia their injuries will neces
sarily keep them Confined for some time.—
Co/urnbia Spy.
Another Stoindle.LTlM.Glendon Iron Mill
Company, near Boston, has failed, and the Su
perintendent, Brevgi.rt, has left for parts• un
known, having de uded the Company to the
tune of $23 . 0,000 !
Messrs. Cutler, Br i dhead & Clapp, Exchange
Brokers in Boston, ave also failed, with "full
pockets" no doubt.
And Yet Another, !—The Treasurer of
Holmes county, Ohio, has abecondod with
$38,000 of the public funds. His name is
John M. Shrock, arid it is supposed he has
sailed for Australiai
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Philadelphia, - 13.--In the U. S.- dis
trict court to-day, J hn W. Boileau was con
victed on eleven bills for fraudulently obtain
ing treasury warrants.' On the rendition of
the verdict the prisoner fell in a fit and raved
like arctadman, but was finally restored to non.
scionaneas. Sentaxo wait defitteil;?.-A:
mo
tion vraa alai) fora ew trial.