guttiligertar &lanai GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. LANCASTER, MARCH 27,1855 More Swam t By reference to the Legislative proceedine, published in another column, ifwill be seen that, on Tuesday last, there were no less than linen charters for new Banks run through the HOMO sial, several of which hadvrevionely ;passed the Senate! This is but, the "begin ning of the end"of Knovr-Nothing legislation. ..fc contemporary says truly, that ever "since I Gov. POLLOCK in, his inaugural, extended an invitation to every little knot of speculators within the State, to make application for ' banking privileges, the rush has been tremen dous."' And, "although the Governor did not invite the horde who live by their wits, in plain language, to seek bank charters, yet he opened the door so wide, that the dullest vis ion could not fail to perceive the chances in prospective." How different would have been the prospect now.had Governor litcaxa. been reelected. So long as that upright Chief Magistrate held the reins, of government, the people were secure against all such pernicious legislation. We may expect a state of things, in the course of a few years, similar to what occurred a short time after the creation of the batch of banks vetoed by the pure-minded, honest Democratic Executive, Simon Snyder. -First, we shall have a vast expansion of the paper currency, and a consequent diminution of specie circu lation—then a contraction—next in order, a smashing of the paper money mills ; and then hard times and failures of business men in abundance. At the present time, the Bank paper of Pennsylvania, taken as a whole is the best in the Union; but it will 'sot remain so long after these new Banks get into operation. For a few months, or, perhaps, years, every thing will go along swimmingly.; but look out for the revulsion that will inevitably follow. The people will have good and sufficient cause to remember the present Know-Nothing Ad ministration during the balance of their lives Mark what we say. "In Conestoga, it will be seen that JoaN MARTIN, Esq., 'who was removed by Judge Campbell, from the post office at Conestoga Centre, has beaten his successor, who was on the 'fusion' ticket, over two to one." ser-We clip the above precious morceau &Om the Lancasterian, o l f Wednesday, which also classifies Mr. Martin as a Case Democrat. In its anxiety to convey the impression abroad that this county was carried by the Mate Warners, as well as to mike a strike at Judge Campbell, that paper has forgot to state the whole truth. It is true that Mr. Martin was removed by Judge Campbell, and that Mr. Kendig was appointed in his place —but it is also true, that this same Martin is a regular built Know-Nothing, that he voted against the Democratic ticket last fall, and that he has been in the habit of cutting the Democratic ticket for several years past. But "a fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind." The ostensible editor, as well as the owners and controllers of that sheet, are known to be guilty of the same acts—hence their sympathy for Martin. From such bogus Democrats, the party may well be thankful that they had a safe deliverance. JOHN WlSE.—This gentlenian, the head and front of the .Nichts Wissers, in this City and County, is out in favor of an open organization of the Know Nothings. In a letter to the Le high Valley Times, he says :—Secret organiza tion done very well to get ready on, but its ne cessity has been fulfilled, and its aid, as such, can no longer serve a good purpose. The 'prin ciples which have superinduced the or ganization of an American party are now fully proclaimed, and efficiently developed, by the late elections, and those who es poused them for the sake of principle, are now also prepared to stand upon an open platform s where ; as you manfully say, all who still wish to espouse them may come up with out fee—without price—WITHOUT OATH:. M. We thought the Nicks Wissers denied being bound by an oath in their midnight as semblages ! 'Truth is mighty and will pre'Vail,' however, for even the Prince of Know Noth ings as been forced to acknowledge the corn. The people will now 'breathe free and deeper.' The last number of the Lancasteri an contains what we have every reason to believe a most false and wicked slander upon Wm 'mem RICE, Esq., Proprietor of the Pennsyl'ra ian. An intimate friend and acqUaintance of that gentleman, assures us that there is not a particle . of truth in the story from beginning to end. Our neighbor should be more cautious in his attacks upon respectable. citizens, and not permit his columns to be contaminated by the filthy and disgusting falsehoods of a boon companion. A„,. The Democratic friends of Gen. &ix WEIDMAN, of Lebanon, already begin to ex press their preference in his behalf as the Democratic candidate for the Gubernatorial chair. Gen. Weidman is a gentleman of fine talents and acquirements, such as would adorn any station in life. We clip the above from the Gettysburg Compiler, one of the soundest and most reli able Democratic papers in the State. It does no more than justice to Gen. WEIDX627 in say ing that he "is ,a gentleman of fine talents and acquirements, such as would adorn any station in life." • WHAT CONAISTENaY I—The national conven tion of the freesoilers in 1852, held at Pitts burg, over which body John P. Hale presided, passed the following resolution:— "Resolved, That emigrants and exiles from the Old World should find a cordial Welcome to homes of comfort and fields of enterprise in , the New ; and every attempt to abridge their privileges of becoming citizens and owners of the soil among us ought to be resisted with in flexible determination. , This resolution, it is said, was Deported by' Henry Wilson, the new senator from Massa chusetts. Both Wilson and Hale are now leading men in the new and proscriptive order of know nothings I Was there ever a more mercenary set of demagogues than the =bi- tious men who lead in the councils of this se oret political party ? As for Hale, we look upon him as a selfish arid unprincipled politi olan.—Hartford Times; THE WHEAT Caor.—The HC3Unger, tint. lishid at Hannibal, Missouri, learns from far mers that the prospect for a good wheat crop throughout northern Missouri are moss prom ising than they have been for souse years past. In Illinois the prospeotefor an abun dant wheat crop are 'also good. We learn from the Alton C'aurier, the editor of which paper has recently made a trip across the cen tral portion of Illinois, that, "power short the crops might have been last year, it has not deterred the farmers.of the State from seizing every portion of favorable. time during,the fall for sowing their wheat, and the result shows that there are at least twenty per cent more scree now in wheat than in anyprevious year. The winter has been exceedingly- favorable, and if we should be blessed with our ordinary spring,lllinois will have an amount of wealth in that single crop which it would be difficult to estimate." 11156090rn0i Pollookhas appointed Hon. thopme , B.; Bell, of Chester county, to be President Judge of the Monroe district in place of Hon. James M. Porter, resigned„ The Towstship Elections. We were in error last week in stating that Lancaster Township had elected Bnow-Noth; indofficers. The very reverse is the fact. The . AsseSsoris • our excellent Demociiitic friend,; . l, BE:AWN HIIIO . I, and also a Democratic Cott stable, trithrE.-Ttsaza._ ; The v ialancOX ticket is pretty much divided be - *eeri.the old. line .Whigs and- Demofrits. ism was not made a question= at ;all in the Township, although there may 14: - . 46 or three members of the Orderelected--but, if so, they were not elected= thakissue. The same thing may be said of a number of ether Townships. In several districts the issue wasinade by the Know-Nothings themselves, in a ,few of which they were successful—but in a majority of cases they met with a defeat. We doubt whether in, more than a dozen of districts out of the • fifty in the county, the Khow-Nothings were successful. After a care ful examination of the returns, we think the following classification will be found very nearly, if not entirely correct: ANTI-KNOW-NOTHING--Lancaster twp., Mae. nor, Washington,E. Hempfield, N. Ward, Co-_ lumbia, Mount oy twp., Eapho, Penn, Man heim twp., Elizabeth, Clay, E. Cocalico, Breck nook, Caernarvon, _ Sadabury , Strasburg bor. and twp., East Earl, West Earl, Leacock, Bart, Fulton, Colerain,. Providence, Pequea, Drumore, Martic, W. Lampeter and Warwick. KNOW-NOTHING—Manham bor., E. Done gal, Earl, E. Lampeter, Salisbury, Conestoga, Paradise, and perhaps two or three other dis tricts, all told. In the balance of the county, the tickets are of such a mixed character that it is impossible to classify them with any certainty ; indeed, there may be some admixture in the above Mentioned districts, but their general feature will be found in the main to be correct. Al it is, we are abundantly satisfied that Know- Nothingism per se is in a meagre minority in the county, and that the Anti-Know-Nothings, if united, could thrash them to death in the "Old Guard." The following article, which is very much to the point, we copy from the last Examiner : THE TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS.—PoIiticaI issues have not heretofore generally prevailed at the township elections of this county, nor have party lines been rigidly drawn. Local and personal considerations have usually controlled those contests, as the principles and practice of the old parties did not prohibit their members from voting for a neighbor of opposite politics for a township office. But the proscriptive and intolerant doctrines of the new element, which compels its adherents to support the candidates of the order under pain of instant expulsion, has wrought somewhat of a change —at least so far as the members of that order are concerned—and hence they forced a party contest on Friday last wherever they had any hopes of succ&ss. We have examined the returns of. the sever al townships with some care, and guided by the best information we have been able to ob tain respecting the issues decided in the vari ous districts, we have come to the conclusion that at the present time there is an effective and reliable anti-Know-Nothing majority in the county of from two to three thousand votes. The best sifting we can give the returns from the recent township elections, indicates such to be the case. If all who are opposed to allowing secret oath-bound societies to control the politics of the county will unite in support of the same candidates next fall, they can succeed by at least twenty-five hundred majority, and prob ably more. The K. N. flood has apparently reached its highest point, in this county; and although new members are occasionally added, the withdrawals and expulsions will be more numerous. One peculiarity, of the K. N. dis ease is, that no person has it twice. It re sembles the measles, in this respect, which nearly every body is bound to have once—but only once. The "sober second thought" is already be ginning to operate. Before next October, many proud and noble spirits which are al ready fretting under the bonds they so thought lessly self imposed, will have escaped from the tyranny of the order and joined the band of outside freemen. OPEN AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.-The Know Nothing paper in Boston has come out in favor of an open organization of its party, and decla res its belief that for thesafety and perpetuation of the American party such a course is an act ual necessity. With regard to the most prom inent persons now before the Order for nomi nation to the Presidency, as they are effected by the secret mode of operations, the Editor Sitys "An evil result of the secret action of a po litical party is its liability to sacrifice princi ciples to men. This is an evil from which the American party is in no wise exempt, as we propose to show "by way of illustration." In judicious partizans of a certain prominent man have so well succeeded in coupling his name with a term well understood by every member of the secret American party that the public outside, and many of the members with in, begin to look upon the / Honorable Sam. Houston as the head and front of the Ameri can party—as the only exponent of its princi ples—as its only eligible candidate for the Presidency. In a measure it has already be come, not a partyof principles, but the party of a man; and for the imperfections of that man' whoever he may be, the party must conse quently suffer. This state of things has natu rally excited he jealousy of the partizans of another prominent citizen, and we find that "Stockton Clubs" are being secretly organized in every part of the Union. This, of course, will arouse the friends of others, and unless the evil is checked, we shall soon find that in stead of working together, as a unit, for the advancement of important principles, the American party will be divided and subdivi ded into partizan clans for this, that and the other man, until its total disruption is acoom plished. Popular Music HORACE Weixits, the great Music Publisher, Manufactu rer and Dealer in Piano Fortes, of No. 838 Broadway, New York, has sent us the following sheets of popular 3itusic, published by him, with the information that any person seeding him $l, will receive the four pieces by mail, post paid. "Sparkling Polka"—By Thomas Baker, Price 35 cts. Certainly one of the prettiest Polkas it has ever been our pleasure to examine or listen to. The melody is of an enlivening character happily expressed by its title. The titlepage is embellished with a beautiful illuminated vignette of the interior of the Publisher's Music establish- ment. 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Not having had thaw to examine the Work, we insert the following notice of it from the Public Ledger, all oewhich is doubt less a compliment richly deserved: .Isom wind is known of the author's ability, and .es pechilly of his talent of presenting 'revolutionary reminis. lit % emcee the most interesting form, we expected a rich treat in fiction, as well as a fedthful embodiment of the of the refugees of New Jersey, f or have we been disa ted. The heroine is sketched most artis tically, al fairly stands before the reader a thing of life. One of ther t beauties of the story is, the characters are never tunuttiusli nor the incidents improbable; and yet, the minn,e descriptions thrown astound thenh the most thrilling interest is awakened. • The narrative spnws more and more absorbing as It proceeds. It is on all .hands prohonnced the ablest orienal- novellette v.v. llgisd he many years, and justly .acer its author at the mem head of the popular romance writers of the day in this country. This is saying:a gott-tlad, but we 'think the public, on the Reinstall of the story, will agree with' us that our commendation is not ottaiostted." PENNSYLVANIA. LEGISLATURE. Hiaamasao, March 20, 1855. Szttars.large number" of petitions, &c., were ptesenCed upon almost every variety of subject- irichiding a number Of. remonstrances' agiunist the extension of the. Trenton Railroad alone - Front _ . . . The committee to Whom wasreferred the* Monstrance of the ROman Catho li c Biphop,- of Pittsburg, upon the subject of Churckproper ty, aripinteksayerseWthereeili., The Honk bill to repealthli Ilium* taws Of the Commonwealth, was made the special or der of the day for Thursday next. Mr. Frick read in place a bill to authorize the: biironghs of Norrlstown and Allentown to Subscribelo the capital stocks of Railroads. Mr. Crabb'read mplace a bill to incorpo rate the Consolidation' Insurance .to of Philadelphia. Mr. Price, a bill to exempt from taxation theproperty - ofthe Union School and Children's Home. Mr. Hendricks, a. bill to extend the charter of the Forrest Improvement Company. The joint resolution providing for a final ad journment of the:Legislature on the 17tfrApril was taken up and passed. The bill to provide for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the revenues of the State,and defining the duties of the State Treasurer, was considered and passed finally. The bill to extend the charter of the Bank of Pennsylvania was taken up, and amended by inserting a provision for the allowance of $6OOO per annum, as compensation for the transfer agency of the Commonwealth, and as amended, passed—leas 18, nays 10. The supplement to the charter of the City of l ßeading paised finally; and also the bill relative to the recording of exemplified copies of deed's. The bill to incorporate the Mauch Chunk Bank was considered and passed finally—yeas 16, nays 12. The joint resolutions of Mr. Crabb, propo sing certain amendments to the Constitution, passed Committee of the Whole. The bill relative to the Agencies of Foreign Insurance, Trust and Annuity Companies also passed the Committee. The Senate then adjourned. Hocsz or REPRESENTATIVES.—A number of petitions were presented, and among them one from Mary D. Rich asking for a divorce. Mr. Steel read in place a bill to incorporate the Hdkvard Fire and Marine Insurance Com pany. • The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and the following, with a large num ber of other bills, were taking up and passed first reading : A bill relative to the estate of John M. Melizit; to incorporate the Western Bank of Pennsylvania; to incorporate the Ca nonsburg Bank; to incorporate the Bank of Conemaugh; to incorporate the Mechanics' Bank of Johnstown; to incorporate the Pitts burg Bank; to incorporate the New Castle Bank; to incorporate the Stroudsburg Bank; to incorporate the Anthracite Savings Bank of Donaldson; to incorporate the Bank of Mount Pleasant; to incorporate the Wrightsville Sa vings Institution; to incorporate the Mercer County Bank; a supplement to the act incor porating the Pittsburg and Stuebenville Rail road Company; relative to the salary of the School Superintendent in Berke county; to au thorize theepening of Pleasant street from Charles to Ninth street, Philadelphia; to ex tend the charter of the American Coal Com pany; for the appointment of Commissioners to ascertain and fix boundaries between Leb anon and Berke, and Lebamin and Schuylkill counties; to enable the executors of John Eck el to spll certain real estate in Schuylkill coun ty; a further supplement to the act incorpora ting the Pennsylvania Saving Fund, a supple ment to the act incorporating the Coal Run Improvenient and Wilkesbarre Coal Company; a supplement to the act incorporating the Broad Top Mountain Improvement Company; incorporating the Pennsylvania Central Insu rance Company; incorporating the Reading Insurance Company; to incorporate the Bitu minous Coal Company. The House then adjourned. Afternoon Session.—The following bills were severally considered and passed first reading: A supplement to the act incorporating the Schuylkill Railroad Company; to incorporate the Builders' Exchange company; a supple ment to the act incorporating the Allegheny Railroad and Coal Company; a supplement to the act incorporating the Leggett's-Gap Rail road Company, and a bill to regulate the meas urement of paving stones. The following bills, incorporating banks, were severally taken up on second reading, and passed finally by the vote annexed: Western Bank of Pennsylvania—yeas 39, nays 25. Conemaugh Bank—yeas 40, nays 26. Canonsburg Bank—yeas 44, nays 27. Mechanics' Bank of Pittsburg—yeas 48. nays 24. New Castle Bank—yeas 44, nays 27. Stroudsburg Bank—yeas 55, nays 13. York County Bank—yeas 43, nays 26. Anthracite Savings Bank—yeas 43, nays 24. Mount Pleasant Bank—yeas 37, nays 28. Wrightsville Savings Institution—without a division. Mercer County Bank—yeas 41, nays 31. The following bills were also considered and passed finally: A supplement to the act incorporating the Belmont Manufacturing Com pany; a bill relative to the Estate of John M. Melizet ; a further supplement to the act incor porating the Pittsburg and Steubenville Rail road Company; to change thename of a Church in Philadelphia; to regulate the measurement of paving stones in the City of Philadelphia and the county of Northampton; to enable the Executors of John 'Eckel to sell certain real estate ; and a supplement to the act incorpora ting the Pennsylvania Savings Fund Society, with sundry other unimportont local bills. The House then adjourned till 9 o'clock to morrow. Eleitaissuaa, March 23 SENATE. REPORTS OP COMMITTEES.—With a negative recommendation, the supplement to the char ter of the American Steamship Company ; to protect public and private meetings • appoint tax collectors ; relative to scales of weights and measures; to authorize banks to issue small notes ; to incorporate the Canonsburg Bank ; supplement to the charter of the De posit Bank at Pittsburg ; supplement to the charter of the Miner's Bank at Pottsville ; supplement to the charter of the York County Bank ; supplement to the charter of the Potts ville Life Insurance Company: supplement' to the act regulating banks ; to incorporate the Big Creek Improvement Co. REPORTED FAVORABLY.—A bill to prevent tresspass in certain cases, to determine titles to real estates; to incorporate the Consolida tion Bank of the eleventh ward ; to incorpor ate the West End Dimes Savings Institution ; to incorporate the Susquehanna steamboat Navigation Company : a supplement ;to the charter of the Lumberville Delaware Bridge Company: to incorporate the Edge Hill and Abington Valley Turnpike Company ; incor porate the Lehigh and Delaware Plank Road Company. BILLS IN PLACE—A supplement to the_At in relation to Mechanics' liens ; a stipplemEznt to the charter of the Cash Mutual Insurance Company ; to establish the boundary between Northampton, Carbon and Monroe Counties. The bill to repeal the law authoririzing the election of Superintendents of Common Schools in certain counties ; with the motion made generally,—was lr st by ayes 12, nays 19. The further consideration was postponed un til next week. Asa , Barroos- SassioN.—A number of private bills passed finally, among which was the fol lowing :—A bill to incorporate the Farmers' and'Machanies' Life Insurance Company of Lancaster. The bill increasing the capital of the York County Bank, was defeated. A motion to re consider was pending when the Senate ad journed. HOI7BE OP REPRESENTATMS.—The amend ments of the Senate to the charter of the Bank of Pennsylvania, were concurred in; and the bill sent to the Governor. The bill providing for the sale of the Main Line. was postponed for the present: and made the special order for next Wedneti,day morning, ten o'clock. The resolutions relative to the rights of for eigners, was taken up by a vote of seventy two to seventeen ; and discussed by Messrs. McClean, Carlisle, Morris and Smith of Alle gheny. T'he committee rose and. had leave to sit again at three o'clock this afternoon. A message was received from the' Governor vetoing the bill to charter the Banic of Potts toWn : ASTERNOON SESSION.-A message was re ceived from the Governor, and read s -return ing with his objections the bill to incorporate the Bank 'of Pottstown. It .was debated by various members, and the bill was then post poned for the present. The -resolntion relative to the, rights of for eigners was taken up, and Mr. Johnson con eluded his speech in opposition to them. Ad journed. eMtMM4M3 The following judicious-remarks on the subject'af the sale of the Main Line, we, ex , tract'frbm a communication' which appears in theArKeesport Standard.: li.produces unan serentbie arguments agains t the According to a report recently made, in ak-2 . - titier to a resolution of inquiry fninl the. See' rebarynf the Treasury , it appearatthe detik or Pennsylvania is among thigargast,,,i4 = , l the-Union; yet-her finances icanzeotte be in an unfixdrable comlltion. She hadinore money jailer treasury at the end of the fiscal year, than she had for several previous—her., state interest has been proMptly paid—large additions were made to bmivolent appropns- tions = her unfinished ppblic works will be; soon completed, by Means of Which the Veit mineral treasure of the 'northern part of the state heretofore entirely unavailable will find a ready avenue to market through the North, Branch Canal, thereby opening yqi new sour ces of revenue to the -State in the shape of , "Canal Tolls," increased state taxation, from' the augmented value' of the lands in iet re: gion. In fact, when you take into ,considera tion the immense value of her improvements, the vast and unlimited resources of her people the boundless wealth that flows annually from hermountains and hills, in the shape of coal' and iron,her state debt is comparatively insig nificant. ' With all these facts staring us. in the face this same debt must be made the, pretest by the "Solons," now assembled at Harrisburg, for giving away (as you can call it notbiug else,) the state works, which has requir4d large sums of money, and many years to com plete. The most astonishing thing in all this farcical movement, is the time selected for its consummation, and the manner used to hood-I wink the tax payers of the Commonwealth, by, making them believe the works entirely use less, and a burden to the state. What think you of the pioneer who with axe and grubbing-hoe in hand, goes into the' woods, locates a farm, erects a log-cabin, cow-: inences felling the trees of the forest, digging', up the grubs, cleansing off the ground, putting all under fence, and has it in most excellent order for sowing the seed in order to reap ant abundant harvest. This has of course required years of toil and labor to accomplish; mach', sweat has been spilled, and money expended ,to complete the task—one more effort and the goal is reached, one short season, and a boun tiful crop remunerates him for his toil—but no, he sickens at the undertaking, he gives it up,goes intothelanes, streets and public high ways proclaiming his farm for sale,, and in the very same breath he advertises his farm, he says it is utterly worthless, he tells the people the time and labor, ,and money he has spent on it to make it a good farm, butit won't pro duce a crop, the land is so poor, it is badly cleared, worth scarcely anything, and he would gladly take half the original cost of the land, if he could only get somebody fool enough to buy it. Now, tax-payers of Pennsylvania, you may consider the above a homely comparison, but it is nevertheless true to the letter, in relation to the State improvementa`. Next spring one hundred miles of new canal, known as an ex tension to the "North Branch Canal," will be brought into use. This canal penetrates the northern part of Pennsylvania to , New York State line, and is connected with the Chemung Canal, in the state of New York, and by va rious other connections, until it reaches the city of New York. By this canal is opened an immense coal field, equal in extent and surpassing in variety that washed by the "Del aware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal," which canal has paid into the state ,treasury eleven per cent on its original cost. It will not avail the friends of .this measure to argue,•the state will retain the branches and sell the "Main Line," as they are the most prof itable. Of what use, in the name of common sense, are the branches to the Commonwealth l l ' without the Main Line of Canal and Colum bia Railroad. The branches are mere tributa taries, depending entirely upon the'Main Lihe' for an outlet. Once let the 'Main Line' pass into the hands of a soulless corporation. I care not what guard you throw around the measure' that corporation will haunt the legislative halls' by day ant by night, until they get such legis lation' as will answer their purpose. The hig 7 , l tory of the past furnishes abundant evidence that they must succeed; then you behold the mortifying spectacle ,of the great state of Penn sylvania a niendicant before a mighty powe of her own creation, asking favors—asking the favor of freighting the commodities of her branch canals, over a company's line to mar ket. Army Appointments The President has made all the appoint : . ments for the four new Regiments, added to the army by a recent act of Congress. We are Pleased to see that the old Keystone has not been forgotten in making these appointments ? We give below the names of the Pennsylvani ans who have been appointed commissioned oft. &ere in the various regiments. They are men who will never turn their backs upon the dne mies of their country . TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRYRIYLEMEM. Captain. Brevet Captain Henry P. Clark, of Penniy -i t vania ; first lieutenant Bth September, 1847; second artillery. Brevetted for gallantry in action ; distinguished in battles of Monterey, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chepulteped: First commissioned, 1843. Ist Lieutenant William Clinton, of Pennsylvania ; second ieutenant volunteers in war with Mexico. 2d Lieutenant. Alexander Murray, of Pennsylvania. NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY—RIFLEMEN Captain Francis L. Bowman of Pennsylvania; major of Pennsylvania volunteers; distinguished in the action of La Vega in the war with Masi- Ist Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Henry M. Black, of Pennsylvania; second lieutenant 20th August, 1847; seventh infantry. First commissioned, 1847. 2d Lieutenants Williani Myers, of Pennsylvania, second lieutenant 27th March, 1854, fourth infantry. Active service on Indian frontier, First 'com-: missioned, 1852. David B. McKibben, of Pennsylvania. SECOND REOLMENT Or CAVALRY. Captain. Brevet captain James Oakes, of Pennsylva nia ; first lieutenant 30th June, 1851, second dragoons. Twice breveted for gallantry in ac tion ; distinguished at Medelin and battles of Cliurubusco and Molino del Rey; wounded in conflict with Indians in Texas. First commis sioned, 1846. 2d Leiutenatot N. B. Sweitzer, of Pennsylvania second lieutenant 12th July, 1854, first dragoons. Service on Indian frontier, FIRST REGIMENT OT CAVALRY, Captain. Brevet Captain Geo B. McClelland, of Penn Sylvania ; first lieutenant Jtly 1, 1853, engi, neers. Twice breveted for gallantry, in actioh ; distinguished in battles of Contreras, Churu bunco, Molino del Rey, and Chepultepec., First commissioned, 1846. I ANOTHER BROADSIDE.—The Washington Union, in referring to the last "Spanish out, rage upon our flag," uses very emphatic and unmistakable language in regard to what it says the honor and interests of the United States demand, without submitting to longer procrastination. It does not hesitate to de clare, that we should have resources to coer cive measures, in 'the event of the efforts I t of the new Minister proving ineffectual, and adds, "When our Government resolves to adopt, Co ercive measures, it will do so with full expec tation thai they are to be prosecuted against the combined powers of England, France and Spain." Whatever may be the "expectation," we have no belief that that expectation will be realised. With even Russiaoff their hands they cannot desire—looking at the consequen ces in a commercial point of view—to beowne alias in a war against the United States. Theirjealousies of our national advancemeht, and their wishes for , our humiliation, no one can doubt; but the evils ind'results of a ch a conflict; especially upon England, will b a barrier that will shut out all other considera tions. • ' . ,z stir Snow fell kto ,the depth . bf: about ..; Inches, at Norfolk, Va., on Thtgsday last. .'Benton on ;ii - i.iior - eili'iPiriwe'sr:-' - ---•=.- Hon. Tacurss H. Ezaws, in conversation with'a friend of ours Saturday last, in a ve- 0 -excited'inanner, said, "If I were President the United States, sir, I would. ilreep beside mer4.pile of , blank vetoes. and is fast as the tanderhmbills passed Congress, I_would send n akieto I veto Itvetkl i ! sir, senitlll'aloito TraihiwAiin &in" . -I. • 1 • fr.:: The PnblicLedgerlint expitmiges the-is:Tulin conyiction, when it says that Mr. Hairroz<l* iight. Any-Piesiderit who:sheik- act arm ;his principle would make his Administration ithe most popular of any we have had for years. There are numbers of schemes for plundering I the treasury which come by regularly every Year. , Sometimes they are successful, as the appropriations for mail steamer service. If so, the amount asked is donliled next year,and so on in 'proportion till . public;patienee, ex hausted by each pitiful beggarly, such shame ful 'rapacity, and the corruption which it en gendersin the Legislative halls; insists that the beggars shall be kicked out ofCongress without a single penny'. Those who arb not successful dare by, no means discouraged. They concen trate their energies for operation at the next t session, and evenmake the refusal of one Con gress to grant their wishes (a strong presump tion that they did nut deserve such favor,) an additional argument to enforce a prompt acquiescence in their demands at the next suc ieeeding session. With this Constant and per severing assault upon the public treasury,.and this increasing disposition in Congress to listen to the appeals of interested lobbymeia, it be comes the duty of the Executive to interpose its power to prevent these scandalous robber ies of the people. The lobbymen have become - regular 'fixtures at the Capital, hatching all kinds,of schemes of public plunder. Whenev er one of these schemes passes throagh 4 Con gress, the President should clap the Presiden tial veto upon it. Know-Nothing Consistency A letter is published from Hon. W. P. Har ris, of Mississippi; on the subject of "Foreign Immigration, the Naturalization Laws, and the Secret Order of Know-Nothings," in which the following passage occurs: "It is now true that they [the Know-Noth ings] have got a glimpse of political power, and this has changed the whole face of the or ganization, and is destined to lead to its dis solution; and you will find that before vel?y long its members will be divided amongst them selves, and each separate faction, in desperate self'defence, -pandering to the very influences which they at first sought to destroy." This prediction (made on the 6th of Febru ary) has already been fulfilled to the very let ter, in our own State. During the recent struggle fur U. S. deflator, in which, as is well known, Gen. Cameron was the regular nomi nee of the Know-Nothings, he hadenlisted in his support a number of Catholics. To the astonishment of the public, anti unitiated, sev eral of these gentlemen were to be found at Harrisburg, for weeks, actively endeavoring to secure the election of this candidate of the sworn foe of their religion! This announce ment may strike some of our readers with sur prise ; but, nevertheless, such is the fact; and how these individuals got entangled in the meshes of Know-Nothing Cameronianism, is more than we can divine. Yet, such are the desperate shifts and inconsistencies to which the Know-Nothing leaders are driven, in order to prop up their wretchedly indefensible cause, and secure power and place for themselves— "pandering to the very influences which they at first sought to destroy." How long can such bare-faced hypocrisy and inconsistency be sustained by an honest and intelligent people? For the Intelligencer. Ma. Enrroa:—My last communication has raised the curiosity of the town, stirred up the gall of the "nichts wasters," and played old Harry with the immense self-im portance of the subjects treated. "Find me out that f-f-fal low, Jake, and I'll make you a wer-west,—Pil c-c-cow hidehim by— &c." That's what the short neck'd man said, on reading "Anon" of last week. I think that upon sober reflection he would hardly undertake tha latter, whatever he might be able to do about the "w w-west." lib best plan Is to be perfectly cool, pay his shot In the Council, change iris Dutch name, and keep "right on the g-g-goose question." Governor Pollock won't forget his case, Ill warrant you. A member of the Council states that Bully Gingle, Peter Sheepskin, Little Jimmy the ex-grocer, Old Dick, the Author of the Lamentations, crazy Benjamin, and the man whose "Daddy had honour," are moving mat ters so as to effect the expulsion from the Council, of the forty-five or fifty recreants who didn't vote for the honor able nominees last week. "Bully," one of the charter members of the Council, is a great genius. Brought up in a cake-chop, and having had the run of the market house, he. has grown to be a wonderful patriot. He has been found always ready to bear a hand in any rowdy movement, and "nichts-wissetism" just suits his calibre. He has just Intellect enough to fit him out as a fool for the Pharisees. Sheepskin—always a sneak—grows more sneaking daily, and since the defent of his "honorable" friend, the would be "'Squire," puts me in mind of the angelic "Grist lieep," the "umble individual" crystalized by Doz. The little man darin saddler whose nicely curled and pomatum'd locks shake and dance so in unison with the motions of his vain and empty little head, has been exerting himself much to make out the bearings of "Anon." "A Daniel come toj udg moat I" Let him stick to his wax—or his seat may want padding. An old Whig—one "Jack" of Walnut street, has broken off his connection-with the "Thugs." He capers like a bird freed from captivity, and thinks a long time shall elapse ere he again identifies himself with a herd of thieves. That's what he says at any rate. The election of Davies E. Bruner, as Justice of the Peace,- in defiance of the Council, has been a sore dig in its ribs, and set the whole of that in telligeut body to thinking upon the past, and considering the future. Little "Jimmy" has been bothering his head sorely to make out a plan for the reconstitution of the Council. He had hoped great things of it when first gotten up, began indeed to look into the great future when he should no longer be found behind the counter parceling out cod fish and calico but fill a place where people weuld'nt call him little 'Jimmy." lie will have to take a fresh start, and as he has some clever folks in his family, It is to be hoped he will do something of which he, and they, need not be ashamed. poor old Dick! He is going fast. He begins to see that there is no great probability of his being sent abroad, es a Minister, he had better make up his mind to go "West." The "author of the Lamentations" does not improve, his swagger is as great, and his frown tremendous as ever. It has been proposed to use him as a model for a statue of "Jove the Thunherer," to be erected on Tow-Hill; the stat ue to be of "brass" and erected upon a pedestal of Lime burner's coal. Old Dick, Bully, and the tallow-faced man, had an Interview the other day, with a recreant brother, and threatened him with the Infliction of wonderful pen alties, should he persist in his - lonturculcy. The brother, however, thinks that the "devil" they have evoked, is no longer under thelireontrol, and means to tear the magicians wha have railed him. He therefore concludes to take his chance with repenting sinners. There's common sense in that. I shall probably have some particulars of the grand expulsion that is to - take place, by next week; in ihe mean time I shall be wide awake to the capers, and didoes, of the honorable gentlemen I have noticed, and may drhw the outlines of some fresh characters. Our town to full of them. To those who are so anxious to Identify me, I would mere ly suggest the propriety of restraining their impatience.tlt is my intention, rather to be heard, than seen; felt, rather than recognised. I may say too, that I shall continue at my pleasure, to laugh at fools, pity the miserable, and scorn the malignant. ANON. COLITMEILfy March 22, 1855. For the Intelligencer. LANCASTER, March 21, 1855 MR. EDITOR :-Will you please to inform me, through your columns, whether Jacob Albright or John Wi'e is Mayor of this City. I have a faint recollection that Albright was elected last February, but when a trial for any offence comes off, John Wise expounds the Law to suit himself; so I am in doubt who is Mayor. A SUBSCRIBER. M.. Our 'correspondent knows quite as much about the matter as we do. Mayor AL BRIGHT is a gentleman of intelligence, and should be able to "expound the law" for him self. ' Perhaps, as Messrs. Wise and Hess (both very intelligent men, especially the lat ter!) are gentlemen of leisure, and spend much of their time in the Major's office, they assume a right to expound and explain the law with out the authority of his Honor. The question propounded rby "A Subscriber" is, however', an interesting oneto our citizens, and we are sorry that we cannot give him a more definite answer. Mr. Sanderson s—Belleving.ffon take a lively interest in the doings of old Maytdwn, I send you an account of an ad dress delivered before the Jefferson Lyceum. In pursuance of the following handed. In by J. S. Loath, President of the Society, It was unanimously resolved— , Whereas, We have heard with great pleasure, of the ar rival of our worthy friend, THOS. J. 'LLBILIGHT, Esq., from Washington city, and asb token of respect and esteem, • Resolved, That an invitation be given him , to address the members of the Jefferson Lyceum on next Tuesday even ing, the subject to be optional. osTlie evening haying arrived, Mr. Albright addressed the Society in a yen , eloquent =timer—the subject: "The present and future of America." He drew a vivid picture of America's greatness—her power and influence among nations, and described in a graphic manner, her future greatness should she continue her eventful career. Con cluding his remarks, with anappeal to the members of tbe Society, which consists of young men who met regularly for the past two winters, for their own imprOvement. B®" A tornado at Naahville, Tenn., has done damage to the amount of $lO,OOO, to public and private buildings. say -A heavy snow storm occurred at Ca huahia, S. C., on Thuriditywhich it is feared has wised great injurY to the Grope. --`-rte=~=covsTr--iT~a[e. Poet Office in this City is to, be removed this week to the new room fitted up for it in the City most excellent loca tion. • 106 Col,-Joam- W. Folarrvi Clerk of the S: liotise s h - Repnxisistittim, went a day or:two in .:this_ City last , ;yrielrion a visit to his`:mother. 'The CoL , hvise well, and was warmly TeceiviiiP - by ai hi - nerous friends here. • • -.3 _ GuAstmsqam, of-Kansas, now on a visit to the East, popped into our sane tnm, on Thursday last, quite unexpectedly. The Dr. looks hearty, and speaks in glowing terms of his new:-western home. 16 .The Anniversary of the Sunday School Union, will be held in the First M. E. Church, of this City, on Thursday evening, Addres ses will be delivered by Rev. Dr. KIDDER and others. Ta TEN HOUR SYSTRIL-A large meeting was -held in Fulton Halt, on Friday evening —Mr. Joint Sivenk presiding. The meeting was addressed by, R. M. Carlisle, of the State Legislature, and Messrs. John Wilde and S. Challenger, of Delaware county. A num ber of resolutions were adopted. gar David Limgenecker, Esq., has resigned the Presidency of the Lancaster Bank, and been succeeded in that office by B. C. Bach man, Esq.,late Cashier. John G. Fetter,Esq. has been eected Cashier of the Institution.— . Mr. Longenecker has purchased No. 2, of the Conestoga Steam Mills, the entire manage ment of which will hereafter be in his hands. SUICIDE.—Thomas McKean Hiester, a na tive of Chester county, and of confirmed in temperate and vagrant habits—confined in our County Prison as a vagrant—committed suicide on Tuesday morning last by hanging himself. He had taken a rope from his bed for the purpolle, and fastened it to the gas pipe. MILLINERY.—Mrs. Kerfoot, next door south of the Lancaster Bank, has enlarged and modeled her Millinery Store, and it now pre 7 seats a beautiful and attractive appearance--; equal, if i not syperior to any other establish; ment of the kind in this City. • Ste' The Philadelphia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church commen ces its session to-morrow, in. the First Metho dist Episcopal Church of this city. A large number of Clergymen connected with the Con ference are already in town, and„ more arri ving by every train of cars. IMPROVEMENT.—Mr. Sprecher has removed the old and unsightly stable on N. Duke st., nearly opposite the new Court House, and in its stead is erecting a fine brick two story building, to be used as offices, &c. APPOINTMENT.—Mr. Robert Beatty, of this City; has been appointed by Governor Pollock, Sealer of Weights and Measures for Lancaster county. LANCASTER YOUNG LADIES We direct attention to the card of Rev. W. . LOCKE, in another column. The Instituti over which he presides is in a most flourishi g condition, and bids fair, in a short time tob come one of the best educational establis - meats in the State. A public exaihination f the Seminary will take place on Friday ne t at the Lecture Room of the 2d German Re formed Church, to close with a public enter tainment in the evening, embracing a variety of exercises, with an Address from the Rev. Mr. Harbaugh; of this City. , Philadelphia Correspondence PHILADELPHIA March 24, 1855 The English Government having by its improvi dence and neglect sacrificed thousands and tone or thousands of the lives of the brave troops sent to the Crimea, and having failed in its scheme of enlisting foreign mercenaries on the European Continent, has resorted to the strange and desper ate expedient ut opening recruiting offices in the United States. Uur city papers are publishing an advertisement stating that "The Lieutenant-Gover nor of Nova Scotia is empowered by the British Government to raise anynumber of men which may be reqaired to serve in the Foreign Legions.— Depots are established at Halifax," and directing applicants to inquire for further particulars at flti South Third Weer, where they are furnished with money to pay their fare to Halifax. I do not know hiw successful this movement has been, but in the'dearth of employment whieh has existed, some poor unfortunates may have em braced this desperate proposition of exposing them; selves to the sharp fire of the Russian armies. and the keen privations of the badly furnished British camp. It is a sad commentary on the arrogance of proud John Bull, that he should be obliged to seek soldiers upon the shores of Brother Jonathan, and wheh we consider how peculiarly sensitive he is at the idea of the formation of military compa nies to fissist the people of any other nation, he should have eonsadered whether his example in this instance, may not be imitated on some future occanioa in a way very disagreeable to him. Some of our old counterfeiters recently resorted to a new and curious dodge to palm of their cPuri ous currency upon the public., They accidentally met an unsophisticated and not very prudent cler gyman from the country, duly decorated with a wnite cravat, and proposed to him that as they were all unskilled in the ways of the world, and had a number of purchases to make, it would be a great favor if he,would go out shopping with them and assist them in their selections, as well as visit different places of amusement, at the same time generously. offering to pay all his expenses, and they had ptity of money. Ile wills ly accepted the proposition, and his sanctified a d really honest air warded off the sus picion of the shopkeepers, and the rogues were enabled to palm off quite a number of $5 bills, re ceiving at each place a few trifling articles and the balance in change in good money, until finally they pushed their fortunes.into too keen a quarter, where the whole party were arrested. The eaten ithment of the duped .clergyman may be more eas ily imagined than described. However, some of his filends managed to rescue him, and he went on his way rejoicing. One of the rogues managed to escape on straw bail and the other will probably be tried.il The book-bunters and literati generally ei s title.. s and neighboring cities, are attending , to. groaV !lumbers, the sale of the library of the late Edward D. Ingraham, which comprises over 20,000 volumes of choice and rare works, besides an immense number of engravings, autographs, and other lit erary curiosities. The novelties of the collection ' excite.tively competition, and old books which have grown rare, or are embellished with valuable autographs, are bringing treble their originalpqat. An original copy of "Poor Richard's Almanac" sold for 62 della& A copy of Cicero's Cato Ma jor, printed by Franklin, sold for $2l; Wm. Penn's Great Case of Liberty of Conscience, with auto graphs, he., sold for $4250. The sales will con tinue throughout this week, and the collection will no doubt yield a large amount of money—probably over $20,000. The Grand Jury have recently had under Inv, s tigation an assertion in a pamphlet lately issued by the friends of Dr. Beale, (the Dentist, convicted some time since, of an outrage upon a female!pa tient,) that propositioris had been made to them to secure his pardon if $lO,OOO could be raised The allegation is that some of our lawyers Were intriguing for this amount, as a reward for their services as pardon brokers, but neither our pres ent nor late Executive are implicated in it in any way, the Grand Jury exonerating them from all blame,but condemning in severe terms, the prac tice of the employment either of professional or non-protessional agents to assist in the procuration of pardons, as calculated to engender suspicions against all concerned. A week or two since a healthy young child some ten months old, neatly attired, was found deposited in a basket before the door of a wealthy but child less couple. A well written note in the baiket expressed a wish that they would adopt it, as they had no children and promised that it never would be reclaimed. The head of the faniity, however, seemed somewhat incredulous as to truth of Tupper's assertion that "a babe in house is a well-spring of pleasure," and pere p torily refused to receive the little stranger. It was then given to the policemen, one of whose wives concluded to adopt it, and there the matter would probably have ended, but the mother of the child, or a woman who asserts herself to be such, has come forward to claim it, asserting that' her husband had taken it away from her without her consent. The policeman's wife refuses to.:give it up, and appeals to the Guardians of the Poor for their decision in the matter, and I suppose they will finally decide it with it a degree or wiadom only second to that evinced by Solomon in the somewhat similar cue, in whieh he pronounced his celebrated judgment. Our markets have not recently undergone any important change. Beef cattle sell at the exhorbi tant rate of from $lO to $l3. Flour commands $9,12 to $9,25 per barrel; Rye Flour, 6; Corn Meal $4,120 Wheat sells for.from $2,18 to $2,•0; Rye $1,26; Corn, 90a92c.; Oats, 55a56c. Truly yours, • • • For the Intelhgeneer Ite,..The Know-Nothings have been com pletely routed , at the Township Elections, in Chester County. The Democrats and Whigs united have swept the board pretty . clear. The same thing could have been done in Lan caster county, - bad there been generally a con cert of action—as it is; however, the Know- Nothings have nothing to boast of in the "Old Guard," notwithstanding' the . efforts of the Inland Daily, Independent Whig, Lancas terian, and Register to falsify the record, and induce people at a distance to believe that the IVichts l'Fissera carried the county. , ' I#l,..The steamship_ George Law, from As pinwall, arrived at .New York, on Saturday with. California dates to the letinstant . ---but no, news- of, impottance. ;She . over $300,000 in gold. _,_ ~ —.. Ali Sorts of Paragrapho. iiirPuratiiittHealee4 the 4 '.llliirderer ofPoole. —Notwithstanding all the Stories and reports' to the contrary,lwttew to . put the officers off the track, it is*ovi,Rpttywelliscertained • ' that Baker did .aail fiii"Paliiiii in the brig Isabella Jewett; and the clipper.bark Grape shot-I:ailed oxi Satut4 te it night - last; - in pursuit of hir4andis' eptx? to arrive at' Palmas , before - . the . .:il'ewel:t,' which is slow vessel. The Grapeshot is 'fully quipped with apicked crew and officers. ' f m flyer goes m her. Thii Grapeshot goes by the noble 'and gratui tous offer of George Dar, ksq. stir Singu/ar Occurrence.—We learn from the Wilmington Journal, that on the 9th in stant, the house of Amhs Wooten, near that place, was struck by lghtning, and one of his children, a little bo y, instantly killed, and the whole family, wit it the exception of Mr. Wooten himself, more r less injured. Two loaded guns, which. w re in the house, were discharged at the same time. One of t he guns appears to have been elted at or near the breech. , • DWI Fatal .gravii4o., A man named Sted- 4 man, a cabinet-make; at Aurora, Portage -- county, Ohio, orie day N ek before last, remark ed to a humcepathic physician there:—"l could take any quantity of your pills without inju ry." The Doctor rep 'ed—" If you were to take such a quantityf this," pointing to a 4::ro special medicine, "it uld kill you.' 2 The foolish man swallowed the mei:l/eine' tofore he could bo Oevented, an died the sanrday. . 10— Advises jivne .rco report that Santa- Anna has defeated e insurgents, -under Moreno, and also compelled the main body of the rebel army, un or Alverez, to retire, after a desperate battl , and he had returned'. ' in triumph to the cap ! 1. Why he did not f t pursue, capture, and e terminate ,thd rebels, is not stated. His returaing in triumph to the city of Mexico, after defeating Alverez, smells rather fishy. I . Ater Senator Wade Of Ohio, one of the most ultra, and uncompromising Abolitionists in the United States—had come out in a letter saint the Know Nothings. He declares that the "American party istpro-slartry," and hence he washes his hands of it. Others equally as important, and more of them pronounce the ornanization as an aboition scheme. ,per' More "Independence."—Dispatches from Ceylon state that:the people of Australia had revolted. and declared their inependence of the British home Goiernment. Troops had been sent to put down! the insurrection, and sanguinary engagements had ensued. Mel bourne was in a state of siege. This move has been looked to for some time. I Death ofJoseph Hume.—The Pacific brings news of the death of Joseph Hume, M. P. for Montrose. Having reached the good old age of seventy-eight years;. there can be no sur prise felt at hearing of the death of this emi nent man ; but he will be sincerely mourned by a large party in England, as well as by liberal men in all parts of the world. llEfil.-The Emperor of Austria, at the present moment, is dedicating his time almost exclu sively to the army. 'll)he greatest activity pre vails in all the depUtments of the War Office, to which the Emperor' gives his personal at tention. Francis Joseph hes signified his in tention to head his army in case of a zoneral European war. fl A young Girl, living with Mrs. Win kett, in Vernon tosimithip,prawford county, fell through a hole in the hay loft, week he fore last, and was found suspended there by the arms, dead. It is supposed that her clothes caught over her head, and some hay also falliug upon her, Occasioned her death by smothering. Relief of Doctor kane—The New York Shipping List states that the propeller City of Boston, four years old; 400 tons, late a packet between Philadelphia aild Boston, has been purchased by the Government for $50,000, to be fitted out and dispatched for the relief of the Kane expedition. . flialr N. Powers, of Fayette county, lowa, lately drove into Dubuque with a load of game, consisting of 1000 quails, 1000 prairie chick ens, 100 rabbits, 8 deers, 5 wolf skins, and 2 bear skins. oar The Spanish government has signified its willingness to pay damages ,in the Black Warrior case, on the production of the neces sary proofs. gr. It is said that'orders are to go out to Havana for our naval' force there to seek rep aration for-the El Dorado outrage. 7- par The number of volunteers in Cuba is stated officially at 103,000. If the proof pro duced on the. trial of the condemned prisoners may bo believed, the alleged conspiracy was not so much of a 'fiction as is generally thought. rteir Governor Reeder has ordered that the voters for members of the Legislature of Kan sas, must be actualuKtd permanent residents. leiir Governor Pollock has issued an official order that hereafter all applications for pardon must be , preceded by at least five days' notice to the District Attorney of the locality con cerned, and ten days' notice in a newspaper. Urea.—There .seems to be some doubt whether Col. Steptoe will accept the appoint ment of Governor of Utah. Ile is at: the Salt Lake, and has received notice' of his selection, but has not signified Whether he will accept or decline. At the last..dates Brigham Young still remained Governor, and Col. Steptoe,with other non-Mormons, had signed a memorial to the President in favor of the re-appointment of Young. (TAPE Of GOOD HOPE.—Acivices from the ,Trans Vaal Republic say that a grand andde oive 'battle between the Boers and the Na lives had occurred, hi which the slaughter of the latter was fearful; no less than 2000 hav ing been left dead on the field. The Boers had but a trifling loss in killed. This blow is expected to produce salutary effect in secu ring the tranquility of the country. In Brit ish Kaffraria, all was quiet. M. G. W. `Lacy, a constable of Illinois, was shot andikilled on the 9th instant, by a man named Evans, whom he was about to ar rest. also wounded a, man named Hil burn, and then fled. I The murder took place on an island in the Mississippi, to which Evans had fled. Last Year's Emigration.—No less than 460,494 immigrants arrived in this country in 1854. Of these ;206,054 were Germans. The immigration from Ireland is falling off: that from Germany is increasing. The Irish immigrants amounted to 101,606. Arrest of Gipsy, Swindlers.—Mr. Jasper Butcher, of Lewis county, Va., was a few days ago swindled out of $1315, by a party of strollingzipsies: The swindlers were subse quently arrested, at Piedmont, and $1225 of the money recovered. The Difference. --Nine hundred and fifty three fires 'took place in London in 1854. This is almost as ninny as New-York. Still London is not quite; smart enough for us yet. London is only fair' times as large as New- York. le— Dutch Newspapers confirm an an nouncement that tho Government of Holland is preparing to send an extraordinary em bassy to the Emperor of Japan, in order to take advantage of his friendly disposition to wards Europeans. A man, named John Robinson, re siding near Steubenville, was killed by Wil liam Roe, on Sunday . week. The suspected Robinson of improper intimacy with his wife. lie made his escape. Mk. The Rev. Dlr. Graves, editor of the. Nashville Baptist, who was on a collecting tour in Missouri, Dearly opposite Hickman, Kentucky, was found murdered, a few days ago, on the roadside. • THR MIDLOYHJ COLLIERY EXPLOSION.- BALTIMORE, March 21. The Richmond Des patch contains further particulars of the recent terrible explosion at the Midlothian coal pita. 34 persons were instantly killed, including 28' negroes and 6 whitSs; and 15 Degrees and 5 white persons were So badly burnid,that but 3 or 4 can possibly rebover. The pita were con sidered perfectly safe, and free from foul air; but in making a blest, an old shaft sink was accidentally;ertisbed, from whichpoured forth an immense'volumel of gas, that instantly be came ignited, mush% an explosion that shook the earth for miles around. Over one hi/mired white miners were fortu nately out of .the pit at the time. Every effort was immediately Made to rescue those still alive: Theddead were found. with no flesh on their 'hones, iholdinl - shovels, piclie,,and drills in ,their - hands., , The 'flesh of those rescued alive is buried.t4tho p#'3,as if *tea., The pits are 750 a feet deep. =
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