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.
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•
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of this MS latest and best production, and perhaps the best
historical novel ever written in America. 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
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lit %
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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. =