Intelligmer&lintrnal GEO. SANDERSO2I4'EDITGB.; LANCASTER, APRA 10, " 1855. Methodist Episcopal Conference. This bo.ly, after a session extending over nine working days, adjouned sine die on Friday rporning. d rot amount of business was transacted, and every thing was done in peace and harmony. The Ministers, during their sojourn amongstus, by their gentlemanly conduct and bearing, made a very favorable impression upon our citixens, and, at parting, we believe the regret was mutual between Preachers and people. The intercourse be tween so large and intelligent a body of cler gymen and those with whom they came in contact, cannot fail in producing the happiest resOts, not only to Methodism, but to the cause of Religion in general in this commu nity. An abstract of the proceedings of the body, in addition to what we published last week, with a list of-the appointments for the Confe rence year, will be found in another part of this paper. The Fruits of KnoW.Nothing Rule A. CITY BANKRUPT.—The reity of Philadel phia has applied to the State Legislature for the passage of an act authorizing a temporary loan, as an immediate and pressing necessity to save it from insolvency. The Pennagnanian says, the amount required by the City, to place her finances in even a respectable condition, is *Wong Million and a half of dollars ! And 'all this in a little over nine months' rule of Know-Nothingism—the party which was so vociferous in its prOmises of retrenchment and reform before the election. The tax-payers of Philadelphia, we apprehend, have got more than they bargained for when they elevated Mayor Conrad and his band of midnight con spirators to power. They will have to pay "dear, very dear, for their whistle." How it will turn out in the city of Lancaster and in the State, under the same kind of rule with Philadelphia, remains to be tested. We shall see what we shall see, in due time. A Grand• Pow-Wow The Grand Council of the Pennsylvania Know-Nothings, met in this City, on Tuesday last, and continued in session for two days. What particular business was transacted by these secret, Jacobinical conspirators we do not know, to a certainty : but we presume that as "Q in a Corner" is said to have re turned to the City again, we shall know something about their movements in a day or two. Amongst the distinguished conspirators in attendance, were SIMON CA.mraos, Rev. Professor TIFFANY and ox Governor JOHNSTON. Rumor says that Gen. Cameron failed in get ting the Grand Council-to endorse his nomi nation for U. S. Senator. .tippOintment by the Governor Corporal WILLIAM GIIMPH, of this City, to be an Aid to his Know-Nothing Excellency, with the rank of Limit. Colonel. We congrat ulate the Corporal on his promotion. He has long and faithfully served his country in a subordinate capacity, and has justly earned the new honor which has been conferred upon him. We make our best military bow to the Col onel, and trust that he may bear the honor meekly. That he is-every inch a soldier no oue will have the hardihood to dispute ; and when his country calls for his services in the tented field, we have every reason to believe that the call' will be cheerfully responded to, Cincinnati Election The papers from Cincinnatti, contain the returns of the election held in that city on Monday the 2d inst. for municipal officers. The footing up Shows that the Democratic ticket iselected by over a thousand majority. The Cincinnati Gazette acknowledges the election of Farren, by nearly five hundred votes, independent of one Ward, which gave him nearly six hundred of a majority. The contest was between the Democrats and Know-Nothings, although thousands of high-minded Whigs voted for the Democratic ticket. Last fall the K. N's. carried Cincinnati by majorities ranging from six thousand to nine thousands A serious riot occurred at the election, by which several persons lost their lives. The fighting occurred between the Know Nothings and Germans, and fire arms were used in the riot. The state Legislature The Legislative Solons at Harrisburg seem only intent upon granting -Bank Charters— very little else of importance occupying their attention, save an occasional effort to bestow the Main Line of the Public Works on some heartless Corporation, or to a batch of greedy speculators and adventurers from New York and elsewhere. The tax-payers of the Com monwealth will bitterly rue the day they ele vated such Know Nothing rapscalions to pow er. They bid fair to inflict a curse and stigma upon the State, which will attach to her escutcheon for many years to come. THE NEW YORK QUARTERLY.—We direct attention to the advertising of this periodical, in another column. We have seen the first number of the fourth volume, and, from a cursory glance at its contents, we are satisfied that it is everything which is promised in the prospectus. We commend it to public favor. SEW" Gen. WEIDMAN, of Lebanon, has been favorably spoken of as the next Democratic candidate fur GoVernor in this State. Gen. WEMMAN is a gentleman whom we respect highly. He is a man of talent and worth, and withal a sound and reliable Democrat. The Executive chair could nokbe filled by a better or more worthy man.—Dem Union. ta. The storm of yesterday week did im mense damage in many sections of the country. At the town of Progress, in New Jersey, the the new and extensive Glass Factory of Julius Netter, recently erected there, was blown down, and twenty five of the workmen buried beneath the ruins—some 8 or 10 Of whom were killed, and the rest seriously injured. Much damage was done to shipping along the coast, and several lives lost. tel,. An Act has been approved by the Governor, providing " that, in all cases in which, new townships, borough or election district shall be erected, or the bounds of any election district changed under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, the court of quarter sessions ereeting or changing the same, shall fix the places for holding elec tions until the same shall be changed according to the provisions of said act; and the said courts shall also appoint the officers for holding the first election in any township, borough or election district so erected." go- The Rhode Island election has resulted in the triumph of the Whigs and Know-Nod:Ll ings—they having elected the Governor, .Lieutenant Governor, and both members of Congress. VS.Neal Dow (the author of the Maine law) was elected Mayor of Portland, on Tues day last, by a majority of 74 votes over the Denviaratio candidate. He received the full Know Nothing and Temperance vote. • Deisth of Nicho las: In the London letters and in the English . and French newspapers the particulars are given of - the death. of Nicholas.. Though at first the feeling was one of irioredidity as to its being a nathial death, yet the accounts of his long,prior Illness, and the fact that he was seriously unwell for a fortnight previously, removed doubts on this point, - and the opinion is general that Nicholas died a natural death. The speculation as to the effect of his death is widely variant. Some see it in the herald of a speedy peace ; others see it in only new complications. On the reception of the news of the death, funds over all Europe, rose in value; arid this was supposed to indicate a settlement. The following, in the Paris letter of the London Times, gives the view after the sur prise of the Emperor's death had worn off:— "A re-action has already begun to 'take place ,in public opinion. The hopes were at once excited by the announcement of the Em peror of Russia's death that peace would be the immediate, indeed the first result, have diminished; and people are gradually opening their eyes to the fact that, however the disap pearance of so important a personage from the scene may increase the chances of it, yet that much has still to he done before we arrive at the happy consummation. In the first glow of excitement, Prussia, Austria, and even the Emperor's journey to the Crimea were lost sight of, but, now that the fever has cooled down, and calm and sober reflection has re turned, it is evident that the political situation has, after all, undergone as yet no real change; and that until the French and English flags float over the bastions and ramparts of Sebas topol, peace is as remote' as ever:" As we can hardly suppose that the prevent Emperor of Russia, pacifically inclined as he may be, will consent to sign the order for the dismant ling of that fortress, which stands as a perma nent menace to Europe and Asia, and that without its destruction the main object of the expedition remains unattained, we must do the work ourselves." If the rumors contained in another remark able letter from Constantinople and printed in the Times be correct, the capture of Sebasto pol would only lead to new complications ; for this letter states that a partitien of Turkey by the allies is on the tapis ! This letter says— " The enthusiasm against Russia has quite passed away. If Nicholas came to Constar). tinople he could not do more than the allies have done. But Nicholas is thirty or perhaps fifty years from Constantinople, while the al lies already hold the capital and have estab lished themselves in some of the strongest points of the Sultan's territory. It is no un common thing for them to discuss the partition which they believe to • be approaching, and lately an idea has prevailed among men by no means bglonging to the populace, that a treaty for the dismemberment of their country has been actually agreed upon by the great pow ers." The change, of Russian officials are of an important character. Gen. Rudiger has been summoned from his post of command orthe army in Poland, to take the direction of the Russian war depart ment. He is characterized as a man of ex perience and of great firmness 'awl modera tion. He,figured in the Hungarian contest, entering into the negotiations with Georgey in 1849, which brought the campaign to a ter mination. Prince Menschikoff has been succeeded by Prince Gortschakoff, as the supreme comman der of the Crimean army, with General Osten Sacken as his nest in command. The latter is alh3wed - to be one of the best of the Russian Generals. Other changes are rumored in the Russian cabinet. Meantime vast preparations for war are going on ; troops are concentrating in va rious quarters ; and even now may be seen, in Poland, twenty regiments of Cossacks brought from the far off region& of Siberia. Connecticut Election There was no choice for Governor at the election held on the 2nd inst. The vote stood, in round numbers, as follows, viz : Ingham, Dem. 27,000 Minor, Know-Nothing, 25,000 Sutton, Whig, 9,000 • The Whigs and Know-Nothings united and elected the four members of Congress, 18 of the 21 Senatx rs, and 130 out of the 234 Rep resentatives. To show what the gallant Democracy of that State had to contend against, we make the fol lowing extract from the Hartford Courant, (the Whig organ of Connecticut,) issued a few days before the election : The election is of importance as a vindica tion of the stand which Connecticut took, last spring, on the Nebraska question. If the state recedes from the bold and manly position it then took, it will be considered as a triumph by the pro-slavery party and will be heralded as such by every Administration press in the country. The same friends of freedom who rose in mass, last year, to expres their abhor rence of the Nebraska outrage, and their deter mination to resist the extension of slavery, are needed this spring to preserve the position they then assumed. The Democratic party have openly enlisted themselves wipe side of slavery. To oppose its extension requires the same effort in 1855 that it did in 1854. 1 , Let no man, who values the progress of freedom in the land, vote for the party i'vhose interests and inclina tions are all on the side of the exension of the nation's curse. The election, then, is of im portance as a continued manifestation of the fixed opinions of Connecticut, on the universal reign of Freedom. All the candidates for Congress, in this State, nominated by the Know-Nothing party we know are right upon the Nebraska iniquity, the non-extension of slavery, the -repeal of the Fugative Slave Law, and the support of Tem perance. All the candidates of the Democrats are known to be followers of the Administra tion and to favor its pro-slavery tendencies.— The Whig party, by itself, is in a minority. It seems to us the duty of the whigs is plain. They obtain the measures for which they con tend, though not the men they would have nominated, had there been no third party; .KNOW NOTHINGISM—A FLA.azup IN PICILA- Dzuque.—From present indications, that miserable (to call it by no harsher terni) secret organization, commonly called "Know Noth ings," will shortly receive a proper rebuke at the hands of the old line National Whigs in "the city of Philadelphia: A few days since, a Convention of Delegates was called in that city under the title of "Whig Convention." At this convention, resolutions were introduced by Mr. Nicholas, denouncing Know Nothing ism, and animadverting upon the deceptions practised upon the National Whigs, by that body, last year, It was also proposed in the resolutions, that no persOn should be nomina ted by the convention "who was known to be. a member of the Anti American combination usually known as Know Nothings." These resolutions, however, were hooted at by the convention, and laid upon the table by a vote of fifty two ayes to twenty nays. At this juncture, the twenty voting in the minority ' immediately withdrew from the Convention. They subsequently held a meeting at the Court House, and adopted resolutions which express the honest convictions of a large number of the Whigs of Philadelphia, and indeed, .we may say, throughout the State. Rather than submit to the dictations of a clique whose tions are hidden from view, and whose organr ization is encompassed with oaths and pledges, they allege a fusion with the Democrats, whose actions have always been characteristic of openness and frankness—would be more con genial to their feelings. THE TAVERN LICENSE LAW.-At Harrisburg on Wednesday, the Senate took up the bill to repeal the tavern license law. A motion was made to except hotels and taverns from the operations of the bill, but it was lost—yeas 15 —nays 14. On motion, the bill as amended was ordered to be printed. Cuba and in. Federal Hzdon. years,Tfurty two yea rs, ago Jam Q. Adams as Se pretiiii of State under Mi. Monroe, addressed an official letter' to Mr. telsOri, our minister-to Spaip; in regard - to 4he iMpoitine.e tlictac quildtion of Cuba, which ought to be carefully read at the presentjime by every American contains a remarkable prediction, which seems likely to be on the eve of falfilriteet. He said, that "in looking forward to the prob able course of events, for the short period of half a century, it is scarcely possible to resist the eonviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic ticill be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union it self."Uuder existing circumstances, we cannot perform a more valuable service than to repro duce the following fall and interesting extract from Mr. Adam's letter: Washington Union. ' "D EPARTMENT OF STLTS, "Washington, April 28, 1823. "In the war between France and Spain now commencing, other interests, peculiarly ours, will, in all probability, be deeply involved.— Whatever may be tne issue of this war, as be tween those two European powers, it may be taken for granted that the dominion of Spain upon the American continents, north and south; is irrecoverably gone. ButA° islands of Cuba and Porto Rico Still remain nominally, and so far really, dependent upon her, that she yet possesses the power of transfening her own dominion over them, together with the posses sion of them, to others. These islands, from their local position and natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a mallitude of considerations, has become an object of transcendent importance to the com mercial and political interests of our Union.— Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India seas; the character of its population ; its situation mid way between our southeren coast and the island of St. Domingo ; its safe and capacious harbor of the Havanna, fronting a long line of our shores destitute of the same advantage; the natnre of its productions and of its wants, furnishing the supplies and needing the returns of a commerce immensely profitable and mu tually, beneficial, give it an importance in the sum of our national interests with which . that of no other foreign territory can be compared, AND LITTLE INFERIOR TO THAT WHICH BINDS THE . DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THIS UNION - TOGETHER. Such,'indeed, are, between the interests of that island and of this country, the geographical, commercial, moral, and political relations formed -by nature, gathering, in the process of time, and even now verging to maturity, that, in looking forward to the probable course of events, for the short period of half a century, it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself It is obvious, however, that for this event we are not yet prepared. Numerous and formidable objec tions to the extension of our territorial domin ions beyond sea, present themselves to the first contemplation of the subject; obstacles to the system of policy by which alone that result can be compassed and maintained, are to be fore seen'and surmounted, both from at home and abroad; but there are laws of political as well as of physical gravitation; and if an apple, severed by the tempest from its native tree, cannot chose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connexion with Spain, and incapable of self support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union, which, by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom." 13=13=21 The Philadelphia Ledger says :—The Har risburg Telegraph, a Whig paper, and sup posed to be the organ of the new administra tion, states that there are some eighty applica tions for new banks pending in our legislature, covering an aggregate capital of betwen nine teen and twenty millions of dollars I Every bill yet reached by the House, has passed that bo dy. Four or five millions have already been added to our banking capital unasked for, save by speculators. Nine bank bills, with a capi tal of $2,200,000, have already been presented to Governor Pollock. One of them he has sign ed, one vetoed, and the others remain in his possession. About one half of the enormous increase of banking asked for is for in this ci ty, and the balance for the interior. All eyes throughout the Commonwealth are now turned to Governor. Pollock. He enjoys a most envi able position, and if he but stands true to him self and to his constituents, may make himself a name and a fame as proud, and as enduring, as that of the most honored of his predecessors. With the Assembly there is no hope even with the veto, and barely hope in the Senate. Let him courageously veto every bank bill presen ted to him, and he will meet cordial support at the hands of the people Let. The wish of the Ledger has not been gratified, nor will it be. The Governor has ve toed one at Pottstown, and another, somewhere else, but he has signed nolessthan five! So, we infer, that the Executive approval will be in the ratio of five to two ; in other words, of the eighty applications spoken of by the Harris_ burg Telegraph, some sixty will be chartered in accordance with the wishes of Governor Pollock! We hope for better things, but our Worst fears predominate. Know. Nothing Movement.. The Know-Nothings in several States are dividing off into several cliques and • coteries. In New York there are three factions : Ist, Baker's party, called Hindoos ; 2d, the Al len party, called Originals ; 3d, the Utica organization, called bogus or Seward . Know- Nothings. In Massachusetts, New Hamp shire and New Jeriey there are two factions in each. All this is weakening. 'Unless they unite in each State, and then in all the States, they will be demolished by the rag ged democracy.—N. Y. Herald. It is indeed probable, says the Pittsburg Union, that Kuow-Nothingism is destined to meet a fall as speedy as its rise has been. And when it begins to go down, we shall probably see the Herald among the first pa pers to denounce its illiberal principles. In deed, there was a time when the course of that paper seemed to be anti-proscriptive. But it has the art possessed by some others, of sailing with the popular current, and of seeming to create the tide on which it rises. As soon as Know-Nothingism began to be successful, there were any number of journals, previously prominent for their liberality to foreigners, and for their advocacy of religious liberty and equality, that became suddenly convinced, that Know-Nothingism and Dem ocracy were identical. Some have come out boldly and nailed the banner of intolerance to their mast heads, while others dodge along more quietly, publishing every day, matters calculated to excite indirectly opposition to foreigners and to men of peculiar religious views. In another year or two we shall see the total annihilation of the falsely styled "American party." The horde of disappoint ed office-seekers who crowded so eagerly to embark their chances on the new craft, will make the first rush to desert it as the time for the explosion draws near ; and about the same period the papers that have been taking especial pains during the last year, to bring into distinct relief every Irish or German fight, will become loud in their praises of Kossuth, Montgomery, and Lafayette. Some people think that the newspaper is omnipotent. But the reputation of possessing extended influence is most commonly obtained by those that go with the stream' instead of stemming it. Sir The new Court House is now complete ly finished, and the scaffolding has all been taken down. The Court room has been carpeted, and the painting and frescoing with the magnificent chandeliers' and the tasteful drapery at the Judges' Bench, windows, &c., give it - a rich and splendid appearance. Take the bifilding all in all, the interior and exterior, and we doubt whether its equal is to be found in the Union. It is certainly a credit to Lancaster County, and to all concerned in the erection of it. Mahe Custom . House receipts at New York, Boston and - Philadelphia for the first quarter of the present year, show a falling off of $4,062,290, as compared with the corres ponding period of last year. Gen. con:on .g.no;r4rothinigism.: ~.:11*.telleiying letter from Gen. Cep -to Eit&i . lets B. PI!A BODY, Esq.; of Concord, New gittnpOire, appears in the. Neel Elamilehire Patriot of the 10th u It: . . v. . WiSEEINGTON, Fruiay, Jan. 26, --. -Dissiz SIR:-I' have rodeived, - your Jotter asking me, on behalf of the Democratic State Oinamittee, to visit my native 'State aid ad dress the Deniocracy upon the great topics which are now pressed upon the attention and action f our party through the 'whole country. I should be glad to do so if I could with propriety. Early associations have not lost their force ; indeed, they are yet powerful„ and bind ins to the land of my birth by bonds which can never be broken. I am proud of the character of its people, and I am grateful for the education which its Institutions awe me, and which laid the foundation of what ever usefulneis may have attended me through life. But I have duties to perform here which I cannot neglect, and I could not' accept your invitation without the hazard of being absent duringtb,e discussion and decision of import ant subjebts, some of them locally interesting to the people of Michigan ; but your election follows so closely upon the adjournment of Congress, that the intervening period will not be the time for public political discussion. I must therefore, beg you to excuse me for declining to visit you. I cannot- flatter myself that any views I could present would furnish any information to the Democracy of New Hampshire. Long and unflinchingly, and I may add triumphant ly, have they supported the principles of our party, the political faith taught by Washing ton, and Jefferson, and Jacksen, and by.a host of patriots whose names adorn the fairest pa ges of our history. I will not believe that they are now prepar ed, when experiment has become experience, and when the ascendency of our party and the policy it inculcates have aided in impelling our country onward in all the elements of power and prosperity with a raMof progress before unknown.in the annals of the world—l will not believe that, at such a time and under such glorious circumstances, that ascendency is to be relenquished and thatpolicy abandoned for new combinations and fur. a strange and startling creed. Fortunately, our national progress has proved the truth and Wisdom of our principles, while these have exerted a most salutary influ ence upon that progress. Let us not remove our ancient landmarks, but hold on to the po litical inheritance which has descended to us. And I earnestly hope that the New Hampsiiire Democracy will remain as firm as their own everlasting hills, becoming a monument at once of patriotism and fidelity to the constitu tion. If others iu the States around them yield to sudden and dangerous impulses, so be it. While we regret, we cannot prevent it.— Soon the excitement is sure to pass away. In the mean time, by zealously adhering to our tried course, we shall hasten this desir able period, and shall stand absolved from all the consequences which this unfortunate state of things may bring upon the entry. I am, dear sir, with great respect, your obe dient servant, LEWIS CAS'S. FRANCIS B. PEABODY, Esq. Concord, New Hampshire. For the Intelligence, Mr. Editor :—Since firing my last squib, things have been going on amongst our honest folks, tolerably smooth. Still a little fever, however, among the "Thugs." They will not soon forget the late election. That is a sore spot. The "Council" has not yet purged itself of the scamps who broke step, and I think, and so do other folks, that the august body of talent referred to, is afraid of the job. It will not work well, to throw away ode's crutches even if they are cracked, iu case one has no solidity in his pedalo. What an odd thing it to be sure, that men should be ashamed <their associalions—should meet like thieves by night;—dodging down this alley I peeping from that coart ! sneaking around for a chance to go unseen to the place of congregation I Why, men who have griev ances to redress, ought . certainly not to be ashamed of doing it publicly ! Only imagine Jefferson, and Hancock, and Adams, and Lee; in short the "fellers wot fit," sneaking around like whipped hounds, hiding in out of the way dens, and curtained chambers! But the fact is, that our shrivelled "Benjamins," and " hairy tailors," and " peeping Terns," and "Jerry sneaks" are not just the kind of mate rial out of which patriots may be made. Buut a truce to this—l am moralizing: I must paint another character. It is "Slip pery Elm, Esq." A few weeks since a very active "Thug;" he has from pone cause, become( a kind of human dormouse. You should see this specimen—but I guess you have, and if so you will remember that fact as long as you live., lre is a great moralist—is "Slippery Elm, Esq;" a kind of factitious Horace .(ilreely, whose manners he apes. He has not however, either the white coat, or honesty, of then "Tribune" man. He does not walk through I the world, he glides—goes about quietly—l creepingly—slily—oh how slily ! He watches the board and cup of his neighbors, notes any approach to excess in their eating and drink ing; warns them, lest they should run riot, and waste their substance. And he hopes that in return for this, he shall receive honor one of these days! So he shall, when Columbia erects a monument to the memory of Arnold- He loves to be wade umpire in questions of Law, History and • Statistics, 'and almost al ways succeeds in convincing his appellants of one fact, that he is a—fool. Fond of scribbling, he is a bore to the Printer; for his syntax is I as crazy as his judgment is weak. But his I name is characteristic; "Slippery Elm, Esq.'' The author of the " Lamentations " chews his cud rather fiercely, and that, you know, for a member of church is desperately wicked! He asserts, about -the corners, that he has identified your correspondent, "could wheeL,l him out," &c. The beauty of his diction, I am sorry to say, precludes the possibilitrof quoting him in full. It is extraordinary and worthy of note, that notwithstanding, the immense importance of this "sun of York," . our sun has not gone into mourning; rain falls, and the course of nature goes on just about the same as usual. There maybe some change, should he keep on at his present speed, but we hope, not much, important in character. The "Thugs" were a little fussy for a few days last week. The great convention of the assassin tribe, in your city, was the moving cause. The "Hairy Tailor," "Sam Hercules," and a great expounder of the "Fee Bill," seemed to take a great interest in the matter. "Benjamin," the beloved, was to be seen run ning about like a boy with a pain under his waistcoat, picking up the odds and ends, of what was doing at Lancaster. The result did not however, satisfy him, nor his brethren ; the man who is "all right on the goose ques tion" showing much acerbity of manners—or rather temper, for he left his manners, in York county when he came thence. Little "Daniel," sticks to his wax now, and a rumor has gone abroad that he intends to curtail his locks of their lair proportions.— That would be a ridiculoue.movement indeed, and cause a serious loss of pleasure to all bEr holders: What! shear a Lion's mane? Prepos terous ! outrageous ! Let him beware of the sad consequences—that's all, COLUMBIA, April 7, 1855 New Books, &O Tag SLAVE or Tau Lear.— We. have received from the Publishers, 11. Long & Brother, 121 Nassau St. N. Y., a copy of this thrillidg and admirable Novel, just issued from the press. It is William North's last production and se a work of originality of thought ancLgepitutf it is une qualled in writings of fiction. It le emphatically a romance of life ; for there Is many a Slave of the I Lamp now liv ing, who could tell a tale with as much immestness, and just as full of feeling and sorrow. The book is neatly printed and btainci, contains oven 400 pages, and is sold' by T. B. Peterson, Phil., andeby Murray & Stook. in this City, at $1 per copy. , THE U. STATES RETTEW.—Tbe April niimi.er of this excel lent monthly is before us—filled with such to instruct the political and literary reader., Amongst other articles, a strong one on "Russia and the Anglo-Fiench Alliance" is given, which, of itself, is worth the price of the number.' There are also several pieces of choice ppetry, the book is' embellished with an engraved portrait of .7. A. McDougall, M. C. from California. 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TEE SCHOOL JOURNAL, for April, is au extvedlngly Inter °sting number—one of the very best that has yet been I sued by the talented editor, Thomas H. Burrower., Hag- Proceeding : l ithi 'Philo • elphia Annual • IL. Conference: _ ?USW DAY. nrnment. BushipW4digh ;Haig: nut Reprices by3L'ldiller. On motion thia'restiding Elden were :appointed tliii - ComMittenJon Mindons. • ... L . -The..mounitudion of, Effective ,Elders, was then :7: Castle, [Presiding Eider ef Ninth ...Philadelpf;ia District, gavb a' brief account thefiaidition of his District, relaxed, was'repre.sented, and his character passed. The folios ing were than examined and. passed, via : F. Hodgson, •D. W. Bartine, W. Erie, J. A. Boache, G. It. Crooks, P. Coombe,W. Barns, J. Y Ashton, W.R. Elliott, A. Mart.ship, ,,it, W. Major, J. J. Jones' G. D. Bowen, IV.' W. lhf . linhael, J. Thompson, Townsend, G. Quigly, D. R. Thomas, Greebbank, J. H. Boyd.M. H. Sisty, J. L. Taft, J. A. ilia:don, J. R. Anderson W. B. Wood, J. F. Boon;, J. P. Durbin, and J. Cunningham. H. S. Anitore's character was passed, and through his Presiding Elder, J. Castle, he asked - and received a location. • T. J. Thompson, .Presiding Elder of the Sonth Philadelphia District'„ . gave a brief account of the conditien of his District, retired,- was represented, and his chOacter passed. . The following were then examined and passed, viz: W. M. D. Ryan, 11, Colotazer, .H. D. Rints, A. Johns, P. J. Cox,E. Miller, 'J. W.OMecaskey, J. McCarter, I: T. Cooper„ IY. Bishop,. W. Cooper, S. Patterson, S. R. Gillingham, H. M., Johnston, C. Thompson, D. L. Patterson, C. r. Turner, J. Dickinson, H. Sutton, H. G. .King, and L. C. Pet tit. The narml.'of J. Sewal being called, a letter from. him dated . January 13th, 1815, was presented by J.. T. Thompson, resigning his pastoral charge at Wharton street, Philadelphia. His Presiding Elder also stated that in another letter received since, he had asked a location, which was on motion granted. The character of G. W. Brindle passed, and- on motion a supernumerary relation was granted' him , on account of ill health, I The report of the Biblo Cause being the order of the day, it was on motion taken up. ._ Bishop Waugh, being called out of the Conference on business, requested F. Hodgson to take.the Chair during his absence. . The report was read, and,,after an address by M. L. Scudder, General Delegate of the American Bi ble Society, it was adopted. T. Carlton, Gen. Book Agent, addressed the Con ference with regard to tlfe business of the Book Con cern, and thanked the brethren for their prompt ness and kindness in the transaction of his business with them. The resolutions priposing changes in our Discip line, to be recommended to the General Confbrence, which were offered by T. J. Quigly.on Wednesday, and laid on the table, being the order of the day, were on motion, takea up and considered by items. Tho first and second items, after discussion, were, on motion, laid on the table. The consideration of this subject being suspended,it was on motion, resolved that when we adjourn, we adjourn to meet at three o'clock this afternoon, for the purpose of taking the statistics. The Appeal of Abraham Poulson, a local preachir from Smyrna Circuit, was made the order 01 the day for Wednesday morning next, at 8 o'clock, with closed doors. The following was on motion, adopted, viz : Resolved; That Dr. J. I. Cooper be and he is hereby requested to furnish a copy of his Missionary Sermon, preached on last Saturday before the Con ference, to the Managers of the Missionary Society of this C2nference for publication. AFTERNOON SESSION. Conference met according to adjournment at o'clock. J• T. Cooper in the Chair. Religious services by L. C. Pettit. The taking of statistics being the special business of the session, the Secretary proceeded to call the list. Most of the preachers were present to make their reports, but far too many absent, and many of the collections had not been taken at all. The calling of the list being concluded, the Con ference, on motion, adjourned at B o'clock, and -was dismissed by singing the doxology and with the benediction by the President. , MEZEE Conference met according to adjournment, at 8 o'clock. Bishop Waugh in the Chair. Religious services by J. Lednum Journal rend approved. Bishop Licotkin the Chair The itaolutions proposing changes in our Diseip i ine came up in ortle , , having been under considera ion at the adjourmn yesterday. The .3d item, ref( rring to provisions for trials, was read, and after I. full discusiion, was referred to a committee of live, t be considered and reported up on at the nest Comm once. Tue 4th item, refer:ing to Baptized Children, was read, and, after bein discussed to some extent, its further consideration was on motion suspended for the purpose of taking up the Report of the Commit tee on Education. , The whole of the above report having been 'read, that part, referring to Dickinson College .was, on Motion, taken up, and Dr. Collins, President of Dickinson College, addressed the' Conference. The Report, after having been amended, was adopted thus far, after a.most ample and thorough, kliscussion. The balance of the Report was then [laid on the table for the present. The Report of the Committee on the Tract Cause, was presented and read, when Dr. J. Peck, Corres rtiding Secretary of the Parent Tract Society, very briefly addressed the Conference. On motion the whole Report was adopted. Bishop Waugh, presented to be entered on the !Journal - , the 'Lama. of the Preachers ordained Dea ',cons by him in this Church, and also the list of Dea- I cons ordained Elders by Bishop Janes, in the same place on Sunday last, April Ist 1855. TRAVELING DnecoNs.—Joseph S. Lame, Wm. M. .DalryMplr, W. M Warner, Robert W. Todd, James B. Merritt, Thomas Childs, George A. Phoebus, and Samuel Dobson. Local, Dne.coxs:—.Joshua Boulton, Wm. J. P. Ingraham • Francis C. Pearson, Benjamin T. Sewall, John C. Ingraham; and Jacob Heller. TRAVELING ELDERS—James, N. King, George W. McLaughlin, John F. Meredith, Wm. C. Rob inson, Joseph Gregg, Daniel Titlow, James W. liammersly, Henry A. Hobbs, Samuel IV. Thomas, I. Snowden Thomas, Thomas W. Simpers and Joseph S. Cook. AFTERNOON SESSlON.—Conference met according Ito adjournment at 3 o'clock. W. Cooper in. the chair. Religious services by T. J. Quigley. The consideration of the resolution, referring to Baptized Children, having been suspended this morning for the purpose of taking up the report on 'the Tract cause was resumed, and on motion laid on theta ote table which the. thepresent . The Conference adopted the report of the Committee tin the Tract cause, having 'been reconsidered this morning, that report was taken up, and after a long and full discussion of each item it was adopted_ with the following addi tional resolution viz : Resolval, That William Cooper be a Vice Presi dent of the Parent`Tract Society. Adjourned. SEVENTH DAY LANCASTER, April 4th.—The Conference assem bled and commenced its business, with Bishop Scott in the Chair, at 8 o'clock, A. M. The appeal case of A. Poulson was taken up. We understand that the party appellant was, at the 'time of expulsion, a. member of the Quarterly Con e on ;Smyrna Circuit, Delaware, and a lay eachef*ithin its bound. The appeal was acted on and the judgment below reversed and he restored 'to his former Standing. Samuel Annear,—had his case considerd by a committee of the onference, and upon their recom endation his name was ordered by a vote of the body to be stricken from the minutes. Dr. W. M. D. Ryan, late pastor . of . the M. E. Union Church, Philadelphia, has been transfered to the Baltimore COnference, and appointed to the . genoy of the Metropolitan M. E. Church, Washing ton, D. C. No more touching scene occurs perhaps in the • utine of business transacted by this body than the etirement of aged and worn out ministers from the ffective ranks of its ministers. §uali a scene occur red this morning. Eliplialet Reed, who is fast verg ing towards seventy years of age, and who for alinost wo score years had pressed forward, shoulder to 'shoulder, with those engaged in the arduous labdlt's of dhe itinerant's life, this morning took his leave of dhe .effeclive,ministerial relation, and desired his name entered on the list of the superannuated. A purse of more than a hundred dollars was raised in la few moments by the members of the body after !they came to know from some of his friends his cir cumstances and which the old man accepted, re icognizing it as an affectionate testimonial of their 'confidence and regard. AFTERNOON SESSION.—The Conference met ac cording to adjournment. Wm: Barnes in the chair. This session was 'understood as a /specs]. ono, and in tended merely to hear the report of the board of Stewards. The amounts received during the last year have arisenTrom 700 to 1000 dollars above the former year, notwithstanding the' pressure in the money market, and what more, far more militated against it, the lateness of the time when the appoint ment of the ministerial and lay stewards was re ceived, indicating the amount to be raised in each pastoral charge. The amount is considerably over $5OOO we believe fo: the past conference year. The business having bees. gone through, the conference adjourned. EMITEEM32 The anniversary of the Philadelphia Conference Tract Society was helu last evening. Rev. Dr. Hodg son presided: The exercises were opened by singing and prayer by Rev. Mr. Torrence. Rev. James Cunningham, agent, was then intro duced to the audience. He delivered a sound and energetic argument in favor of the general distribu tion of a sound evangelical literature. T. T. Tachen, Esq„ of Philadelphia, was then 'introduced, and de livered a most interesting address, illustrating by numerous instances the usefulness of tracts. Rev. Dr. T. T. Peck, Secretary of the Parent Tract Society, was then introduced and gave an exposition of the plans and measures of the Tract Society, and nu merous facts showing the moral power' of the enter prise. A liberal collection was thenziven by the audi ence, and on a proposition of Rev. Mr. Massey, Rev. T. T. Tachen was made a Life Director of the Parent Society, and Mr. Tachen then-gave $25 to constitute Rev. Mr. Massey a Life Director. The amount con ' tribnted was $B3 25. The audience was large and the spirit of the meet ing was excellent. A summary of the doings of this organization for the entire 4 period of its history, about one year and a half, we believe, gives one hundred and fifty agents and colportetirs, whose labors extend in this country from Maine to Oregon, and in Europ . e m through Bre men, Bremerhaven, Oldenburg, R burg, South Germany, Saxony, Prussia and Austria. They are engaged in Spreading tracts and tract vorumes, rear ing Sundayschools, and supplying with Sunday School books, collecting funds fbr theSociesy, visiting and praying with and supplying the Bible to desti tute families!. This cause is doubtless one whose in fluence must become greatly influential for good in all the lands whither- its agencie s may extend their beneficent operations. EIGHTH DAY. . _. Conference niet,:acixfrding to suliournxnent at 8 o'clock, -Bishop Waugh in the Chau% Religions serviois by 8. Toftsend. letruttl cead ailed approved, • The chair presented resolutions from Wisconsin North Ohio Conference, - asking 00IIMUTIIIIC0 in re commending certain ithimicain our diacipline to.the next general Conference °alba ratliject of Slavery, which were reak:and laid. on :the table until 11 . . The committee on Missions presented their report which . l*hig read was on Motion adopted. The report ofthe committeeen Education was on mo tion takeuup,and" that part referring tothe Dickinson Seuninartand Wesleyan Fe:Stale Colter was adopted after a full disiukuon,.yeith the following additional resolution via : , Resolved, That J. A. Rwhe, P. - Zomba, and F. Hodgson be a committee to represent the Confer ence imraLUM,g if possible, the $l5OO not bane sub scribed. The order of the day viz : the resolutions of the Wisconsin and North Ohio Conferences were on mo tion taken up. The resolution of the Wisconsin Conference was read as tbllows viz : Essayed, That we request the next General Conference so to alter the general rule in our Dis cipline on Slavery, as to road "The buying, sel ling or holding a human being as a slave." On motion, the Gonferenee refused to concur by a count vote of one hundred and thirty to none. The North Ohio.liesolution was read as follows, viz : Resolved, that we recommend. to the next General Conference, so to amend the General Rule on Slavery, that It shall read as follows : “Th e buying or selling of any human being, with an in tention to enslave such person ; or holding any per son in Slavery when emancipation can be effected without injury to"the slave." Qn motion, the Conference refused to concur by a count vote of 124 to 11. T. J. Thompson from a committee appointed some yearsrago, to have erected a suitable monument over the remains of Bishop )Vhatemate, reported tat the monument was ready to put up, bat there now was a deficiency of $lOO in the amount, and on motion, H. E. Gilroy was appointed to collect that sum. On motion,. the Conference adjourned at a quarter before 1 o'clock. Notices were. read, and the oonferenoe was dis missed with the Benediction by Bishop t3cott. I(Y' The different sessions . held on Thursday and on Thursday evening were, mostly taken up with reports and statistics, which we have not mom to give. On Friday morning (the ninth day) a short time wasroccupied in closing the regular business, when the following appointments for the year wore an nounced by Bishop Waugh, after which the Confer ence adjourned sine die. The next suasion of the Conference will be held in Philadelphia, at Trinity Church, commencing on the 26th of Marc*, 1855. Appoint inento North Philadelphia District.—J. Castle, Pre siding Elder; St. George's J. A. Roche ; Trinity, to be supplied ; Eighth Street, Charles Cook ; Filth Street, Pennell Coombe ; St. John's, Wm. 11. El liot; Kensington, Anthony Atwood; Sanctuary, James B. Ayres; New Market Street, James 1. Ashton ; Twelfth Street,''Thos. C. Murphy ; Bed ding, A. Manship,—Warner; Tabernacle, Ste phen Townsend ; Cohockaink, J. Jones ; Emory, J. it. Andersod; North City Mission, to be supplied ; Summerfield, C. J. Crouch; Port Richmond, - David R. Thomas ; Zoar, to be supplied ; Milestown, Gas away Ormond ; Lehman's Chapel, G. W. McLaugh lin ;. Doylestown, J. P. Graoy ; Bridesburg, J. N. Boyd ; Bustleton, John Shields ; Ilolmesburg, to bo supplied ; Bristol, J. F. Boon ; Attleboro, J. L. Taft; Newtown, S. Irvin; Allentown, 11. A. Hobbs; Easton, Wm. Bishop; South Easton, Michael A. Day ; Richmond, W. B. Wood ; Stroudsburg, J. C. Meredith; Cherry Valley, E. Townsend; Paradise, to be supplied. South Philadelphia. District:—William Coo per, Presiding Elder ; Union, Francis Hodgson, J. Dick erson; Nazareth, H. Colclazer ; Ebenezer, Wm. Urie ; Mariner's Bethel, E. J. Way ; Wharton Street. M. D. Kurtz," St. Paul's, James McCarter; Salem, G. D. Bowen ; Western, H. F. Bern ; Broad Street, C. F. Turner ; Young Men's City Mission, to be Supplied; South City Mission, W. M. Dal rymple ; John Wesley, to be supplied ; West Flint., (Asbury,) Wm. Barnes; Mantua, W. Major; Had dington, to bo supplied ; Monroeville, W. W. Ale,- Michael'; Radnor,—Wataon ; Marion Square, L. C. Pettit; Village Green, H. G. King; Crozierville, I. T. Cooper; Lancaster, (First) D. W. Berlina, (Second), J. L. Killgore ; Safe Harbor, J. B. Den •nison ; Kelly Mission,--; Columbia, J. W. M'Casky ; Marietta, H. N. King ; Mt. Joy, Thom as Montgomery ; Harrisburg, J. D. Curtis ; Dau phin and Humnielstown, V. Gray ; Halifax, H. B. Manger. Reading District.—J. Ctraningham, Presiding Elder. Reading Ebenser J. B. McCullough: Rending (St. Peter's) T. A. Paley; Pottsville (Ist Church) T. S. Thounaa; Potts ville )141 Church) A. Longacre, Pottstown, A. Freed, Pine nisville, S. It. ; West Chester, P. J. Cox; Nor' ristown (lot Church). M. 11. Cisty ; Norrlstown(2d Church) J. E. Meredith; Bethel and Erausburg, L. Beckley drove Circuit, J. Carlisle; Mauyunk (Mt. Zion) R. M. Greenback; 31auyunk (Ebenzer) J. H. Alday ; Germantown, N. Heston: Chesnut 11111, H. E. Bodine; Springfield, J. Turner and Liudemuth; Waynesburg, S. G. Hare and Denham; Lebanon and Rock Furnace, James S. Cook and one to be supplied; Tremont and Pine Grove, W. H. Burrel, Minersville, J. Humphries; Port Carbon, J. W. Arthur; Schuylkill Haven, J. Dare; Viddleport, to be supplied; Tamaqua, Allen JOhu: Mauch Chunk, D. S. Patterson; St. Clair, S. W. Hurts. Wilmington District.—T. J. Thompson, Presiding Elder. Ashbury, Joseph Mason ; St. Paul's G. B. Crooks ; Uni on, J. B. Means; Seventh Street, C. F. Lewis; E. Zion, to be supplied; New Castle, T. W. Simpers; Delaware City, John Ruth; Middletown and Cantwell Bridge, R. H. Patti son'' Newark, B. F. Price; Elkton, J. Flannery; Bethel, Wm. Rink: North East, T. Sumption; Port Deposit, IL E. Gilroy; Zion, H. Sanderson; Oxford, J.- B. Edwards; Fulton, J. Cummings and Miller; Strasburg, 11. Sutton and M. Bailey: Cochranville, T. Newman and A. Howard; Brandy.' wine, George Lybrand; E. I'. Kenny; Chester, Wm. Mullen: Chester Circuit, Henry Calloway; Mount Lebanon, James Hand; Mount Salem, T. W. Simpers. Easton McCoinbe, Presiding Elder. Smyr na' W. C. Robinson; Smyrna Circuit, S. M. Cooper; Dover, C. Carsner; Camden. J. S. Willis; Frederica, T. P. Merritt: Vernon, R. Owen; Milford, W. L. Gray; Denton, J. Bell and Clark; Greensboro, S. D. Thomas; Wye, M'Gee: Talbot, A. W. Milby ; Easton, W. H. Brisbane; Cen treville, O. Hill; Kent Island, W. B. Walton; Saddbarville, G. Haycock; Millington, J. Y. Ashton; Kant, T. J. Qulgly. Snow Hill District.—J. P. Hazzard, Presiding Elder.— Seaford, Pah:fetter S. Dobson; Federalsburg, C. S. Stein man; Dorchester, R. E. Kemp, J. L. Hysinger ; Church Creek, J. A. Brindle; Cambridge, J. H. Lightburn and Tamer; Quanantico, J. B. Quigg; Saleburg, J. A. Massey; Princess Ann, Smith; Annamessex, J. IL Merrill ; Accomack, John Allen ; !Northampton, A. Wallace; New Town, J. F. Chaplain; Snow Hill, J. Smith and S. Layern; Berlin, W. Merrill :` Worcester, to be supplied ; Lawson, J. Hough; Georgetown, J. Pastertield; Laurel, J. Hargis. LANCASTER, April 3, 1855 At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lancaster County Bible Society, convened In the Lecture ROOM of St. Paul's Church, the President announced that the Board was convened to take some appropriate notice of the death of Mr. Robert D. Carson, for many years the Secretary of this Society, and to express to his ibmily our sympathy for them in their heavy affliction. Whereupon the follow ing preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: WIIEREAS, God, in bin holy and wise providence, has re moved from this world by sudden death Mr. Robert Carson, who has been for many years the Secretary of the Lancaster.Ccamty Bible Society, having called him to pass, in a few hours, from state of health and the cares of business Into the eternal world; therefore, Resolved. That it becomes us to recognize the hand of God in this event, and to bow in humble submission to his holy and wise providence. Resolved, That we here record our testimony to the esti mable character of our departed brother and fellow.eolabo rer, and to the fidelity with which, for more than sixteen years, he has served- the Bible 'cause, as Secretary of the Lancaster County Bible Society. Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed brother in this season of deep affliction, and assure them that our prayer to Gud fur them is that he would sustain them by hie gtace, and cause this afflictive event to be so over ruled as to nrove to them a manifestation of his faithfulness and love. Resolved, That as a Board of Directors we, iu a body, at tend the funeral of the deceased. That this expression of our regard for him be entered upon our minutes; that a co py of the same bo sant to his bereaved family; and also in serted in the papers of our city. Dr. John Miller, and Rev. Messrs. lielfenstein and Krotel were appointed a committee to transmit a copy of the above to the family of the deceased. . N. A. KEYES. Preeldeot of the Lancaster Co. Bible Society Gico. SPUGIIII, Secretary pro tom. THE MILITARY STRENGTH OF THE UNITED STATES.—Captain Maryatt, speaking of the military "strength of this country, Said that twenty thousand regulars could march from one end of the Union to the other without much serious resistance ; but he added a most important hint and it was, that he doubted whether a single one of the twenty thousand would ever get back! His idea was that, be ing without ap standing army, the country taken by surprise, with no time to concert plans of resistance, the twenty thousand reg ulars might by a.rapid movement traverse the whole length of the Union; but, in attempting to return, they would find the aspect of things materially changed. The whole land would literally be bristling with bayonets. The captain took a correct view of things. The Republic is got up on the principle which dis tinguishes the mysterious architecture of an eel-trap—very easy to get in, but mighty di icult to get out of. If you doubt this, consult those who undertook to subdue New Orleans. HISTORY OF WHEAT II: AMERICA.—Wheat was introduced in the North American 'Colo nies in 1595, on the Elizabeth Island'On Massachusetts, by Grisnold, at the time he explored that coast. That has been upwards of two hundred and fifty years ago, and since that time, so great has been the increase of alit cereal, that in the year 1849. according To the census of 1850, the product amounted to 100, 503,899 bushels. Up to 1610, 'and perhaps later, England supplied the colonies wiih the greater part of their breadstuffs. oThe Directors of the Lancaster. County Bank, at their meeting on Thursday last, unanimously elected Wiimem L. PEIPER, Esq., Cashier of the Institution, in place of R. D. Carson, Esq. dec'd. They -also elected BEN JAMIN CHAMPNEYS, Jr. Esq., First Teller, to fill the place vacated by the promotion of Mr. Peiper. These are excellent selections, both the gen tlemen being admigbly qualified for the sta ., . Cons - to which "lliey . have been promoted.— The post heretofore held by Mr. Champneye has not yst been filled. ST..LOIIICORItESPONDENCE. Business—The :4etto lb _ . ; DeigThree Tick- L ... ets in the ,fi j, ~ ohn; IL .4ghtner—Knou; Nothings refsiriy—Piernin g of the steamer :Bulletin=eqty to thirty lives lost—Kansas r.E lietio ti,:it'v , 47. e. • -Sr . 'tali:April-2, 1855. Ti The weather Uring e paat week has been unusually cold for thi period of the season, but ,'pleasant. Busin in..all.tleparuments has improved, and mney has become more plenty. Countryy m m ere an are daily arriving and our hote:s itre thr igel:' To day our municip I election takes place. Excitement is kiumaing high , though no indi cations of a riot have y t psented themselves, and it is to he !hoped Lee .will. Parties are so situated that it wold be absurd iu MC or /I an v other person to sa y who will be the Suc cessful candidates. The Know Nothings have an exclusive ticket of their own, whilst the Anti Know Nothings :ire. divided. Mr. John H. Lightner stands at - the head of the Demo cratic ticket, and tho Anti Know Nothing Whigs very foolishly nominated Mr. John Hogan, thus di'yiding the Anti Know Nothing vote, and giving the i Know Nothings two chances to their one, aid in all probability the election. But it is sup used, and with a great deal of truth, ;too, tit t the few Whigs now left desire the election' a Know Nothing in preference to a 'Deinue at, be he who he may. Mr. Lightner's ability phi competency for the impestant position of chief Magistrate of this great and flourishing, City is admitted by all: yet he as a Deinuerat and the Anti Know Nothing Whig S and Catholics would prefer to be crushed and prosedibed by this intolerant and bigoted organizatien, behire they could possibly support a Del locrat har any office. It is to be hoped that they will yet get their thserts; for the very men who stand up in their defence, and use their influence iu their behalf, are thOse most !denounced by them. Mr. Lightner has addressed the Democracy during the last week !in the different Wards, and on Saturday night addressed a 'mass nteetiti , • of the citizen in the Rotunda of the Court House, and was listened to by thousands') His speech was to the imint, and it'the enemies of Know Nothingism {lO their duty to day at the pulls he will be ouk next Mayor. Should he fail in this .contest,i it will certainly be nu disgrace to the,maur or the cause, for the am blued forces that are operating against the Democracy of St. Lo Lis, would warrant no other result. if he staLacc.!-, it will be one of the greatest triumphs ] ever achaeted by any man in or out if'a the atate or Missouri. The editor 01 the German (' ace Democratic) paper has taken a hold stai 1 agains,,Mr. L. why, no :mu knows, and c . lain! ) , no one cares.— an independent ticket ate liar Mayor, thus df noeratic rote, and also fig the Deowera* party. The editor has put fui with the Whig vidiug the 1) tile Ustiiiiiie cute, leat•i will show them battle we will euthe. at them it new and picked Hints nutreh en as usual in administering to the Aulitary and alone, win to the last—if ,lethatedj at the nest election ici —if victorious, we the Democratic ranksj interests of the eity an l cduntry a wholesome and prusperous govern nent. To clay's sun!sliall set is the west either for victory or defeat to the Anti Know Nothing Democratic patty. result ut this day's work I will report to you in my next, when 1 hope to biable to announce the sucrose ()tour able and talented standard bearer, Joins IL LIGIITNER. The steamer Bulletin took fire and burnt to the water's edge beloir Lake Providence a short time since, and twenty to thirty lives were lost. She bad on board 3,500 bales of cotton, all of which, with the bat, - is a total loss.— Maj. J. B. Williamsoil, of New York, was one of the sullerers. 'the boat was insured for $2(1,000. The election in lianshs took place on Friday last fur members of the Legislature, and the Pro-slavery ticket in evJe, ry presinet triumphed by huge majorities. • Not an anti-slavery man has been elected. The election passed off quietly. The Emigrants returned to Inde pendence, Mo., and had a grand jubilee over. their victory. 1 I stated in my last that the earthly remains of Mrs. Thomas II Benun had arrived in this city, accompanied by Cul Benton and his daughter. The funeral took place on Monday last, attended by a lar e concourse of our cit izens, to the Bellefounmine Cemetery, wherel the remains of this es matte lady were laid to rest by the side oft o other deceased mem bers of the family. -. The lion John J Ciitteridun accompanied by his lady, was in thicity a few days since. Our new Coubty Col ector gave bonds a few days ago in the sum o $500,000, which was approved, and he will ! enter upon the duties of his office to day. Tide is no small amount when the signatures hive to be raised. The salary of this °thee has been - reduced from about $25,000 to slo,lti per annum. It is an important iesitionCo hold. Mr Couldock, the tragedian, is now filling an engagemenVat the People's Theatre. The Varietie's Theatre re-o erred on Monday night last, with Miss Louisa Howard and Mr Henry Farrell as the leading haracters. The Double Circus of Rogers & Spaulding have been on exhibition in this city .luring the past week, with a full canvass every night. The Camp bell Minstrels are also &lighting our citizens with their inimitable negro melodies. Bate's Theatre has not yet ophned. Our city is remarkaßy healthy ; the total number of interments for the past week is only eighty one. The scarlet fever is quite preva lent, and a large numbhr of ehildren are dying from it. . I The new steamer, Mayflower, built by Capt. Brown, of this City, is just completed. She is said to be the finest boat that ever floated upon the western waters, and decidedly the hand somest one I ever beheld. She is magnificently furnished and richly ornamented ; cost her owners $120,000. She started on her first trip—for New Orleans, ion Saturday last with 1500 tons of freight 2nd a pleasure party aboard. The state rooms are taken at $75 for the round trip, both w.ys. Miss Maggie MitcheL, the star of the West, and Mr. Buchanan, the tragedian, are shortly expected in.this city; the former at the'People's and the latter at the Varietie's 'Theatre. There are shout thiity candidates for the office of County Jailor; made vacant by the death of Mr Hempstead. Tho County Court makes the appointment The steamer Huntsville, with five thousand bales of cotton, was deStroyed by fire on the 24th ult., ten miles aboVe Savannah. She was a new boat, No lives were lost—full partic ulars not received. The cotton shed of Nlessrs Nixon & Walsh on liatchie river, con fining 1200 bales of cotton, was consumed py fire on the 24th ult. The steamboat Heroine exploded her boilers un Tuesday week on the Bigbee river. Three persons were killed and several others injured and missing. As this is election 4y I have but hastily and briefly reported the current events since my last date—simply sttiting the facts without entering into details upon any subject, as your correspondent desires to see what is transpi ring about thepolls; consequently, I hope your readers will overlook 1 any defection in the above report. Yours, &c., OLD GUARD . KNOW NOTHING OUT AGES IN CINCINNATI.- Our cheek mantles with shame fur our coun trymen in recording this most unparallel ed and monstrous proceeding, for we have no name harsh enough to ]distinguish it. Only a few hours 'previous, it ; had been our painful duty to record the destruction of the Eleventh Ward ballot box by the ruffians banded with and employed tiy the Know Nothings: and that disgraceful act is followed up by the destruction of the poll books and ballots of the Twelfth Ward. N 9 plea of excitement can be introduced for this eechnd. gross and glaring i outrage. The votes wre counted, and it was discovered that the majority was sufficient to elect the entire Demo retie ticket. Without this ward and the Eleventh, whose thirteen .ysi. hundred rotes had been disfralichised the day bejbre, the Democrat were - to be in the mi nority. The Judges of election in the Twelfth Ward were all Know °things. At first it was given out that the e had been discovered in the ballot bok fifty wo ballots more than the number.of names oh the poll books, audit was confidently] assertdfil that the vote of the ward would be thrown out. Finding thatthis would not do, or I.sitiO it merely as a cloak to prepare the mind for something more flag rant, they arifteand e. nipped, and proceeded to the Twelfth ard, vhere as it is said; 'the judges of election, quietl resigned the poll books mid ballots, carping th • .r destruction, and they were accordingly destro •, , ' f . - ... • EIANDOOME Dome:nett --Professor Wagner of Philadelphia, hds made munificent contribution to the scientifictieasuresiof Philadelphia.' Hahne devoted many of the befit years of his life Co the study of mineralnky,'ges ogy and botany,a.ed:has made larger collectiona tp illmtsate those 'deices, than can be !mnd in and private. cabinet; in, the world. He has given th a freely to the Institute, besides propertylworth 50,000. And.this is not i ii all. He secures to it the whole of his property (which is large) after hie tdeath. . ' "
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