~ntel~~enter ~~atrna~ GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. LANCASTER, APB3I 24, 1855. County Committee Meeting The Democratic County Conimittee of Lancaster County,.will meet at the public house of Emanuel- Shober, in North Queen street, in this City, on Wed nesday the 9th day of May ensuing, at 1 o'clock, P. MI, for the purpose of firing a time for the elec tion of delegates to a County Convention to select delegates to represent Lancaster County in the ensu ing §tate Convention of the 4th. of July next. - • A general attendance of the members composing the County Committee is desirable: - . H. B. SWAIM,. Chairman Co. Com. LANCASTER, April 24, 1855.. 1161— Dr. JOHN C. STANLEY is our regular authinized Agent to collect monies and receive snbacriptioru3 and. adveltising for 'the " INTEL LIG4CEIL" He starter out this week, on a collecting tour, along the line of the Railroad, all 419 way to Philadelphia, and we hope our friends and. the patrons of the paper, in the country and city, will' be prepared to give him a cordial reception when he calls upon them. W'He who neglects advertising, not only robs 'himself of his fair advantages in trade, but bestows the splits on his wiser rivals. I i The Anti-License' Zaw. Tiiis enactment is undergoing a severe 80111 tiny by the press throughout the State, and, with ! comparatively few exceptions, meets with . • very little favor. As to the policy of passing such a law; at this time, immediately after the people of Pennsylvania had decided against Prohibition, at the polls, there is very little room for a dif ference of opinion. It is true, this is not the Prohibitory law that was intended by the pre ceding Legislature, in submitting the question to the people ; but it is unquestionably A pro_ hibitery law, with perhaps more obnoxious features, in some respects, than the celebrated Maine law. The question which the voters decided upon last fall, was not, shall the 1L quor business be entirely, or only partially abolished ? But it was, shall the sale of li quo73 in taverns, restaurants, stores, &c., con tinue as heretofore, or shall it be entirely pro hibited ? A majority of the people having decided in favor of the old system, it was cer tainty treating with the grossest disrespect the popular sentiment, for the Legislature and Governor to pass a prohibitory law in open defia l nce of that sentiment. But will the abolishment of the license sys tem-put a stop to, or lessen in any degree drinking and drunkenness in the community? For, after all, this should be the aim and ob ject of the reform movement. We do not be lieve it. On the contrary, is there not danger that more liquor will be drank, and conse quently, more drunkenness ensue from the jug and bottle system which will now be in troduced, than would be the case under the old system. We shall be agreeably disap pointed if such shall not be the effect. But the community, we apprehend, will feel the injurious effects in another way, first in the depreciation in value of all Tavern prop erty—and secondly, in the increased price of boarding which the Tavern keepers, through necessity, will have to resort to in order to keep up their establishments. It is not ne cessary to argue these points, as their simple statement must be sufficient - for all reflecting We are in favor of temperance, and would go as far as any of our neighbors to lessen the amount of intemperance in the communi ty, but we would not, in attempting to cure one evil, inflict a greater one upon the com munity. We would not, to use a homely phrase, stop the spicket and open the bung hole. We would not prevent hotel-keepers from selling liquor by the glass, and permit grogshops, in the shape of groceries, to be established all over the country to deal it out by the quart ! /jarlt is hardly necessary to make another reply to the Lancasterian, on the subject of Corporal Gumpf's appointment as Aid to his Excellency, Governor Pollock. That paper virtually admits the "soft impeachment" that Col. G. did vote for Mr. Pollock last fall—and that is a sufficient answer to the allegation that he "is known to be one of the firmest Democrats in this city." The support of the Know-Nothing candidate for Governor may make the Col. a fine Democrat in the estima tion of our contemporary, whose own firmness is to be estimated, perhaps, by the same stan dard; but we beg leave most respectfully to dif fer in opinion with him on that score. The assertion of the Lancasterian that "nearly the whole wing Of the Buchanan De mocracy had gone into the Know-Nothing Lodges," is simply false, and the editor knew it to be se When he inserted the slander. But, perhaps, he did this to cover up the delin quencies of the bogus Democracy, whose mouth piece he is—nine-tenths of whom, it is well known here, are out and out Know-Nothings, and, in connexion with the Woolly Head Whigs, constitute nearly the entire body of the Nichts Wisser party. That several of those who heretofore act ed with the friends of Mr. Buchanan, in this , City, have joined the Know-Nothings, we do not deny, and regret that it is so; hut they only, constitute a drop in the bucket, compared with the apostacy of the almost en tire mass of the quondam Democrats •above alluded to. - Wno CAN TELL ?-IThen will the Legisla ture adjourn? This is a question which we repeatedly hear asked, but to which no satis factory answer can be given. We had thought that to-day, the 24th of April, would bring about the "consummation devoutly to be wished," inasmudh as this was the time fixed by the House for - the adjournment—the Sen ate having previously agreed. upon the 17th. But, it appears, we were entirely mistaken. The. Know-Nothing Solons, at Harrisburg, having voted themselves a salary of $5OO each, amounting to nearly twice as much as Legisr lators formerly received ats3 per diem, they can afford to spin out the session a while long er, the more especially as some of them have sense enough to know that it is their first and last experiment in legislation. SEir Governor Pollock has vetoed the bill creating the Mercer Comity Bank--not on the ground of any objection he had to the creation of more paper currency, but because the regu lar notice of the application had not been published six months He also vetoed the bill incerasing the capital of the York County. Bank, for informality in the public notice, The inference is fair, that if the notice in both cases had been regular, he would have signed the bills, as he has done. quite ,a num ber of others. His p.ractice, in. this particular at, least, is in striking contrast with the pro fessions be made in his inaugural ad.ilregs.— . Mr.Polloch is emphaticallithe Bank Governor, 'and the people of Pennsylvania mill long-have cause to regret his elevation tr., the Chief Ma gistracy. -A-We. direct attenti on to the advertise ment of P. THOMPSON, ;In another column.— Ws Rook and Station er y Stdre presents great attractions, and offers inducements to purcha cers not exceeded any establishment in Philadelphia, tte.. The oceultation of the planet Venus by the moon, was-witnessed on Wednesday eve, ning last by hundreds of s our citizens. The obscuration of the planet tools. place at about 8.1- I, o'clock,- and remained , so till near 10 o'clock. Speech of !Br. Buchanan at the SiManinVi Hospital &rasp Dinner in London. The thirty-fourth anniversary dinner of this most benevolent society - was given -.March 28th, at the London-Tavern, under the. presidency of the Right Honorable Viscount Palmerston , : Amongst the guests,. about ids. hundred and fifty .ns number, ~ Ilrere Mr. Buchanan, . the American -Minister, - Sir ,C. Wood,: M. A.dmiraillowles, Admiral Eden, AdmiralSirU. Napier, Admiral Sir George Tiler, Rev. Harris, (Chaplain: to the 'Hos pital,) and a great number of individuals connected with' the society. After the usual preliminary toasts had been responded to, the Chairman said : Gentlemen the - charitable institution, to ,sup port which we are assembled, is one in favor -of which it may be said that it is not exactly the representative of charitly., or, at least, that it carries its objects beyond theprinciple on which it was founded, for charity is said to begin at home, but this institution extendi its benefits to the sailors of other nations, and the cense- . quences naturally hart been that the sovereigns anal goyernments of many foreign States have generously contributed towards .the re-, sources of this institution [cheers] a hand some and honorable acknowledgement on their part for the benefits which the institu tion has been the means of conferring on their subjects and citizens. I therefore pro pose to you the health of those sovereigns and , States which have contributed to this institu tion. [Cheers). If there had been present any person whom I could correctly desig nate as a foreign minister, I should have called upon that gentheman to return thanks. But I confess I can see none such. I however' rejoice to see on my right hand the most dis- I tinguished minister of the United States. [Loud cheers.] We certainly cannot claim him as an Englishman, but we will not ac knowledge him to be wholly a foreigner. [Cheers.] He represents, indeed, only another member of our family. [Cheers ] I trust that the identity . which prevails between us in that medium of ideas which is called language, may long continue to imply an identity of sentiment and feeling ; and that when he re turns to his native land he will be able to bear with him the expression of esteem, and admiration, and friendship which the people of this country entertain to his countrymen, and that he will diffuse among them those sentiments which I am confident they enter tain towards us. [Loud cheers. ] Mr. Buchanan (the American Minister), in 'responding to the toast, :observed—l can truly say that I do nut find myself a stranger in a strange land. [Cheers.] We speak the same language, we ',,read the same books—in both countries we worship God according to the dictates of our conscience, and there is hone to make us afraid. [Cheers.] A stran ger coming into England must be greatly struck with your noble charities, which are of the most munificent character. Providence has blessed you with immense, with unbound ed wealth, and has inspired the hearts of the possessors of that wealth with the desire to remember their poorer neighbors, and to re lieve poverty and distress in every form ; and in What more benevolent form could such a desire be manifested than in th P 'tr support of ' this institution ? [Cheers.] His lordship has mentioned the peculiar characteristics which distinguishes this charity from all others. It extends its benefits to the distressed seamen of every climate. Since the origin of the in stitution, in 1821, more than 1,500 of my own countrymen have been relieved by- your boun ty and munitieenee, and for this relief I beg to return you my most sincere and grateful thanks. [Cheers.] But there is another pe culiarity which I think distinguishes this from every other charity. Other charities require recommendations, and rules are prescribed for persons desirous of" enjoying their benefits; but here the view of the poverty and of the distress of a sick and disabled seaman is his recommendation, and your hearts. leap at once to relieve that distressed seaman, no matter from what clime he may come, nor what may be his past character. [Cheers.l I know of no country that ought to be more careful of her seamen than the mother coun try, and ourselves. We are certainly more extensively engaged in commerce than any other countries in the world, and I hope, whilst there must necessarily be competition between us, that that competition will be an honorable one, and that it will be a friendly one. [Cheers.] God knows the world is wide enough for the commerce of both countries. Let us, therefore, encourage each other, in stead of evincing a narrow and je.,ious spirit. [Cheers.] No other two nations enjoy half so much commercial intercourse, and if ever there should be a war between the kindred nations—which God in his mercy forbid— [loud cheers] the suspension of commerce be tween them for one year would injure both to a greater extent t i tian war has ever inflicted upon any other -nation. [ Hear hear. ] We have, therefore, every interest, every inclina tion, and every feeling to remain friends, and to preserve amicable relations forever. We sometimes complain of each other—we are in fact, both complaining nations, occasionally —[laughter]—l can say with the most perfect truth that there exists in my own country an undercurrent of kindly and gracious feeling towards the mother country, .and that, if ever the time should arrive when it will become necessary to develops that feeling, it would exhibit itself to the astonishment even of the people of England. [Loud cheers. ] It may be well enough to state, that Mr. Buchanan, at the_ close of his remaits, gave the Society a very handsome donation. Public Opinion bar Gov. POLLOCK'S inconsistent course on the Bank question, is the subject of just rep rehension all over the State. The indepen_ dent press speak of it with much severity, and even the papers of his own party cannot avoid expressing their displeasure. The Ger mantown Telegraph, a paper that has, until now, spoken rather favorably of the Governor's course, condemns his double-dealing in regard to Bank charters in the following forcible re marks: In this indiscriminate approval of new banks we do not conceive that the Governoi has carried out the principles of his inaugural, or those proclaimed in the veto of the Pottstown Bank. If there is any necessity, according to these principles, for the An tLracite Bank, the Tamaqua Bank, and the New Castle Bank, we cannot conceive upon what grounds the Governor vetoed the Pottstown Bank. Rather than he should have made such a distinction without a difference, he should have "put his foot down," and refused to sign any bill for a new bank. The argument used that banking capital does not add to the actual business capital of the State, should have operated with all its force upon a mind that we had hoped was settled upon this question. It is no ar gument that Pennsylvania has less banking capital than New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or any other State; the only true argument is, whether, in consequence of this deficiency, we have suffered in our business or substantial interests; and this we imagine it would be hard to show." The Pottstown Ledger lets off the following sharp shot at the Governor, which strikes right home into the weak spot he has exposed to the public attack: STRANGE CONTRAST.—Gov. Pollock has signed a Bank Bill to be located in Philadelphia where over one-half of the Banking capital of the State is centered already, and where his organs tell hips the people want no more—there he gives a half million of capital, equal to five country Banks of the capital of the proposed Pottstown Bank, which he vetoed. The more the circumstances of the case are considered and contrasted with the charter of other Banks, the more ungracious and unjusti fiable the vetoe, becomes. Da" The bill for the sale of the Main Line passed the House finally, on Friday evening last, by a vote of 79 to 15. The minimum price fixed is $8,500,000, The bill is yet to ba acted on ht the Senate. AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.—Governor Pollo/3k has appointed GEORGE P. PORTER, Esq., (formerly of this City and son of the late Gen. Geo. B. Porter) of Yreka, California, to be Commissioner of Deeds for that State. Or. The following law has passed the Le gislature and been signed by the Governor : Be it enacted, That from the 20th of Janua ry until the:2oth of October, in each and every year Hereafter, it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, kill or. destroy any pheasants or partridges, in the counties of York and Lancaster, under a penalty of ten dollars and costs for each and every offence, to be sued for :and recovered before any magistrate in the county in which the offence was com mitted—one half of the penalty for the use of the informer, (who shall be a competent witness, ) the other .half for the use of the poor of the county. The pews Of the new Methodist Epis copal Church, (Rai'. A. Cookman's) at Pitta burg, were sold on Monday week for $22,000 ; one assessed at $6OO, brought $7701 The poor, we suspect, will not "have the gospel preached to them" in that church, as has always heretofore been emphatically the case under the Methodist Ministry. Wnrcruis Riomr.—The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently decided that a ton so w Our city begins to present quite a live weight consisted of 2000 pounds and no more. 13, aspect.. A litge number of new buildings Since then the 11. S. District Court at Phila- j • delphia, decided that the legal weight of a ton ; are in process of erection, and, consequently, of coal is 2,240 pounds ! • I labor is in corresponding demand. This is the emit rallyingcry, tlib-bypocriti calwatcliword of the Know-Nothing party, says thetphiladelphia Argos. it - is an appeal,' of-the tisaions and prejndlces of the mob, and has no base or,uieaintiff*.tested either by-, niin coon - Onsi e nithe hi.sttir3r'nfour or present:' Bilt,Jit all tapes, preteuderifbaie2 lieen the most claitiorousin their protestations:. Judas kisiied his'master with tearful eyes, a thevery,...nioment.When his".hands:Jivereiibilixr with the price of ins Arnold rebuked his fellow-offieci for hike' warmness in defence of their country's rights, when, at the same moment, he was in league with the enemy, and had conspired to sell those rights to Eng land's King.. What is true with reference to these men, is exactly. correct, when applied to all thbse •irhoicliiim beexeessivelypatriotic, and arrogate to themselves all the virtue, the political knowledge, and the talent of this or any other land. It is upon this -Pharisaical platform the Know-Nothing party is . erected. It claims to be the only American party, and ostracises as unworthy or public trust and confidence all those who will not bow down - - - to the golden calf set up by this proscriptive order- Oaths are administered of the most horrid and blahphemous character, binding its members to vote for no• man who has not sold his honor; integrity, soul and body to everlast ing slavery; while, at the same time, the doc trine is promulgated that, despite the Consti tution of the United States, and the lesson and practice of great and good men who founded this Republic, a National and Religious test shall be established in the bestowal of places of honor and profit. Such is the wild tide of arrogance and proscription sweeping over our country, and gathering, as it flows, all the smaller streams of dissatisfaction and treason, which, until now, were hidden from sight.— Above the din and tumult.of the storm is ever heard, with harsh and forbidding note, the cry "Americans shall rule America." But how? Let facts answer the question. Shall Americans rule America in the man ner attempted in Cincinnati by this exclusive band of patriots? In October last, the Know- Nothings carried that city by a large majority, and in their usual tyranical manner, immedi ately commenced the work of proscription, both political and religious. This at once nerved the Democracy for a fiercer and- more deter mined opposition at the municipal election to be held in March. The day of trial came, the polls were opened, and from the unmistakable signs it soon became apparent that Know- Nothingism was doomed to a must signal and ignominious defeat. In the Eleventh and Twelfth Wards the tide was totally against them. The Democracy were bold, vigilant, determined and untiring. They could not be intimidated, bribed or bullied. Each man was a hero, and contended as if the contest depended upon his single arm. In the Twelfth ward, the J udges were ail Know-Nothings.— They had also a fair proportion in the Eleventh, hut despite all this, circulated a re port that an outrage had been perpetrated on a citizen at one of these localities, and then a general onslaught was made upon all persons at the polls of these two Wards. A riot was thus created by order of the Know-Nothing lodges, for the purpose of preventing an ex• pression of the opinion of Americans through the ballot-box. Ruffians banded with and up held by the Know-Nothings, broke into the election room of the Eleventh Ward, destroyed the ballots, and this was followed by a similar outrage in the Twelfth Ward. But notwith standing this unparalelled and monstrous proceeding, the Democratic city ticket was elected, and the officers chosen have been sworn in and are now filling their places.— This is one specimen of the manner in which Know-Nothings mean that "Americans shall rule America." The recent acts of Know- Nothingisin iu Cincinnati is a stab to our free institutions and to our government more dead ly than ever before received—more fatal than the upas-breath of Nullification, Secession, Abolition—any of the dogmas that endanger ed our liberties and our Union. It is the tearing away of the foundation on which our government was erected. It is trampling under foot and ignoring the great prin ciple for which our fathers fonght and bled. It is destroying, effacing, blotting out the very name of popular government, and making us a hissing-byword and scorn in the eyes of nations. 'let the very party by whose direction this foul outrage was committed, is still crying, "Americans shall rule Adkerica." But the principle, that "Americans shall rule America" has aiso received an interpre tation in the Oil Thy State. There the prac tices of the Twelfth Century are being revived, and religious tyranny with all its attendant hdrrors is made a matter of legislative care and attention. A committee is appointed to visit and report upon the condition of theolog ical seminaries, convents, and nunneries.— Under this free charter, a school for females, kept by their own sect, was broken into the inmates insulted, and their religious feelings trampled upon and outraged in the most mons trous manner. The Constitution of Massachu setts, which makes:homes and firesides sacred, and free from intrusion, unless' by due course of law, was never heeded by this band of exclu sive Americans. They had their orders from the Know-Nothing lodges, and thoie - were paramount, averriding their obligations as citizenes, and the oath each man had taken before entering upon his duty as a legislator. The examination now progressing before a Committe of the Legislature shows that every charge made against the peeping tom's of the Nunnery Committee is true to the minute particular. But will this expose stop that tide of fanaticism on which Know-Nothingism is borne along, or will the cry of "Americans shall rule America" be potent enough to still ' further enchain men's minds ar ‘ id judgments?" Thequestion ispertinent and shad receive the attention of all those who can see beneath the mark of Know-Nothing patriotism the grin nin demon of treason and infidelity. N Y earer home we have also a sample of how Americans should rule America, according to Know-Nothing principles. Look at our city government under their control. was there ever such public wistfulness and extrava gance exhibited in the affairs of any corpora tion'? Hosts of offices have been created, with most unheardof salaries, for the purpose of pensioning political favorites—contractfaward ed to parties because members of Councils have been interested in the same—the public works formed out to proininent members of the Know Nothing lodges, and used as a means of strengthening the influence of that order— while at the same time, taxation was increas ckty credit depreci.iting, and city indebt edness marching on with giant strides. All, this, it must be born, in mind is the work of that party which is marshalled under the motto of "AmeAcans shall rule America." and by 'their works shall they be judged. The prosperity of the city is suffering most severe ly under the misrule which is now pressing upon it. Public improvements of immense importance are delayed, in order that matters shall receive attention which may benefit the Know-Nothing order. All municipal legisla tion is matured in the oath-sealed rooms of this treasonable faction, and its members wear the coil:lee& servitude with disgusting meekness, and truckle to any prejudice that promises advantage to their order. In this manner "Americansrule America" in Philadelphia and we ask tax payers and property holders if they are willing to pay for ;the experiment? If acts be taken as exponents of professions, then "Americans shall rule America" means that violence, bloodshed, and attacks upon the ballot box, shall be ordered, when necessa ry, to further Know-Nothingism. That wo men shall be insulted, private rights and con stitutional provisions infracted, in order to feed that spirit of religious persecution which is the life blood of this treasonable order. That peculation, robbery and extravagance shall be resorted to as a means of replenishing the private fortunes of its friends. This is what Know-Nothing rule has done, and by these facts let the professions of its friends and ad herents be judged. - Book Notices, &c THE WAVE.IILY MAG/LZUSE AND LITERARY REPOSITORY is the title of a large octavo weekly sheet, published in Bolden by Moses A. Dow, and furnished to mail subscribers at the very low rate of $2 per annum, or $1 for six months. Sin gle copies 6 cents. See prospectus in another column. °DO'S LADY'S Boos, for May, is interesting like all the preceding numbers, both in its reading matter and embel lishments, with more than the usual amount of rich and admirable poetry. This periodical still Maintains its great and deserved popularity. The Court of 4;;Otarb3r SessionS met o inclrie.on Monday the 16th inst. Aftei or ,b-upaini the Grand Jury, swe,ring in dull; 4.ll;tista.l3-es, &c., a nwnber of person; prose-' - eptnrs'in.trifling.cases, ,tie bills weirs:, ignOssil by the Grand Jury lend by that body to pay thei cusbs, ere canna up and sentenced ziccoiaiinglY. Tlie - ,:',Caletider was then , taken upland disposed of-as follows: Commonwealth vs. .151. c ',Vickie,Verdict ui l ty. Sentence deferred. Commonwealth vs. John Hahustein. _As sault and Battery on Elizabeth 'Plasterer, ra- - ther a hard-Jooking Julie, gut drunk ard threshed Lizzie. The Jury said &Silty, and John boards six weeks at the expense of the county. Commonwealth vs. George Leader. Forni cation and Bastardy upon the body of Catha rine Homer. Verdict Guilty. • Commonwealth • vs. Alex. Anderson. Lar ceny of a quantity of wearing appael from a couple of Germans, at the first look on the Conestoga. Verdict, Guilty. Sentence . , eight months. Commonwelth vs. same. Plea, Guilty. Sentence, six months. Commonwealth vs. Joseph Aaron, et al. Five or six bills for Larceny were found against these defendantii, but as no evidence was submitted to the jury, u verdict of net guilty was entered on all the bills. Commonwealth vs. John Dorrick. Lareney of mackerel valued at 63 cents, from the store of Meyers alone in the borough of Washington. The stealing Wag proved, but as the mackerel were laid as the property of Meyers & Kaafman, a virdict of Nut Uuilty was entered though, the District Attorney ex pressed his determination to send up another bill. AFTERNOON SESSlON.—Comnionwerlth vs. Henry Kreider, Assault and Battery, on Ja cob Earhart. SentencedLto pay, a fine of $lO and to be imprisoned one month. Commonwealth vs. Catherine Johnston, continued till next court. . . The bill sent up against Dr. John Houston for administering oroton oil or tartar emetic to George Loring was ignored. The bill sent up on the complaint of E. C. Lambert, against John B. Shelly et al. for conspiracy was ignored, and the prosecutor ordered to pay the costs. Commonwealth vs. Lambert. ContinUed. Commonwealth vs. Samuel J. Shary. As sault and Battery on same, continued. Commonwealth vs. L. K. Seltzer et al. Assault and Battery on same. continued. Commonwealth vs. Joseph Donepha. As sault and Battery on same. continued. Commonwealth vs. John B. Shelly et al. Forcible entry and detainer of the premises of E. C. Lambert, continued. The jury in the case of Milldollar Fodders rendered a verdict of guilty, and. the Court sentenced him to pay a fine of one dollar and undergo imprisonment for ten months. In this case the defence was that the prisoner had received the eloverseed from Mitchell the miller at Brown's mill, and was under the impression that he was engaged in a regular and honest transaction, that he returned the money received for the : seed to Mitchell, and never suspected that Mitchell had not full authority to sell it. He also proved an unim peachable charaster heretofore. The other indicments against Fodders were withdrawn. Commonwealth vs. Kirk Brown. Assault and Battery upon Samuel Wilkinson. This case occupied nearly the whole forenoon and when the Court met in the afternoon the Jury rendered a verdict of guilty, :Lila' the Court sentenced defendant to pay a fine of $1 and costs. Commonwealth vs. William Foreman ; As sault with intent to commit a rape. The complainant is a very fine looking young German woman, who at the time of the offence was a hired girl in defendant's family, but has since ,married. She testified that about the Bth of December last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, after the wife and children of tile de fendand had gone to bed, he requested her to - go with him into the slaughter house and help to carry in some meat. She wont, but its the meat was too heavy for her to carry, she left it and went to go out when he fastened the door and attacked her in a manner too rude fur desciiption in a public print. She attempted to scream but was too 'much fright ened, but she defended herself. The attack ' was renewed two or three times, but she suc ceeded in defending herself till he abandoned his design, saying nothing was to be done with her that night. It was renewed again in a day or two afterwards, again failed, and the following Tuesday morning she left his house. The defendant is a butcher iu this city. The defence was, That on the evening of the Bth of December, defendant was not out of his house between the hours of 7 and 11 o'clock, in the evening. This wits sworn to by a witness who said he went there to settle with Foreman. Verdict Not Guilty, County for costs. Com'th vs. Jacob Doutrick.—Stealing two .horses from personsln ur near Sie Schawmp. Plead Guilty. Defendant was quite a boy, born June loth 1840, and not yet fifteen years old. Sent to House of Refuge_ Cum'th vs. Henry Stoutzenlierger.Mali cious mischief, setting fire to .a load of hay. Plead Guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $l, and to the county jail one year. This defend ant was about 19 years old. The first case Thursday morning-wets Corn monwealth vs. M. Welsh for keeping a tip pling house in this city. The defendant in this case is the proprietor of a small. grocery store, and it is said has been in the habit of giving out a small drop of the crayture to his customers for a couple of years , past. Be this as it may, the evidence was that on some Sun day in last month, four young cliaps and an old man went there and procured two or three drinks each of brandy, at a quarter for the five drinks, from the wife of Mr. Welsh, who being a . , very religious man, after his own fashion, was absent at church. The defence was that it was not shown that she was en-' trusted by her husband with this portion of his business, and as the commonwealth had failed to prove her agency in this respect, he was not liable criminally for her unauttHrized acts. The jury thought thii, was the right view of the law, so they declared Michael to be not guilty, and ordered him eo pay the costs. •, Corn. vs. Michael Welsh and Ann Welsh, his wife. Selling Liquor to minors. The ev idenc in this case was the same as in the last, and related to the same transaction. The verdict in this case was nut guilty as to Michael Welsh and guilty as to Ann Welsh. A motion was then made in arrest ofjudgment and consepuentially the defendant was nut sentenced. Corn. vs. Casper Miller. Surety of the Peace, on the complaint of Clara Marks.— Case dismissed by the Court. Corn. vs. William Gallagher, Samuel Lock- and and John Dorwart. faircency of locomo tive pipes from the depot at Columbia. Plea guilty. Sentence, 18 Months each imprison ment. Com. vs. Michael Kent. Murder of Eliza beth Johnson. The Court proceeded to im pannel the jury, each juror being asked on coming to the stand the usual questions—as to whether lie had formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, which would influence his conducb as. juror in the case, whether he stood perfectly indifferent between the commonwealth and the prisoner, and whether he had any conscientious scruples against rendering a verdict of guilty. where the punishment would be death, if law and the evidence warranted such verdict—with the following result, six gentlemen, viz : Emanuel D. Roth, Simon C. Groh, Daniel M. Martin, Samuel Groff, John K. Barr and John S. Gable were sworn as jurors in the case; three wire challenged by the Com:non wealth for cause, twenty by the prisoner for cause, and six challenged by the prisoner per emptorily, when, the pannel being exhausted, ; the Court awarded a special venire to the Sher-. iff to fimumon twenty-four jurors, returnable; at 9 o'clock Friday morning. 1 FRIDAY, April 20. The . Sheriff, upon the opening of the Court, returned the special venire issued yesterday, and the. Court proceeded to complete the jury. Out of the twenty four speCial jurors five were challenged by the Commonwealth . for caiiie, ten by the prisoner for the cause, five were challenged:by pprisoner peremptorily, and four; viz : William Kirkpatrick, - Henry Layer, Wil liam Wright and John Metzgar, were sworn or affirmed as jurors in the case. The Court then awarded is tans, the doors were shut and the Sheriff prodeeded to call jurors from among the persohs present. 0 those called five were challenged by prisoner for- cause,.one by ComMonwealth, for cause, and two, viz . : Luther Ilichiwas and John R. Shnitze, were sworn asjurors. - The Commonwealth thee' proceeded - to ca witnessed in the murder Theirst fcr, 11 7 fistart . ift'.W' r e att4-To -1 ';' - vi elts es e isappearatice ofElizeileth Thomas, all of shay . ..tilrelitiY been 'published in our it- SI the testimony given in the Case of the ,Mon wealth vs. • Samuel Johnston , who at liter court was convicted orthii sane - nit ,i. - About,ll o'cliotlt_the Hrtind July:csnite.. .oust awl presented the fidlo*ing *OA : , ,,,s,oad byAhe clerk. • , -.P., -; -, :::.:. 7 Rtri/RT Of-TRZARANO Jthllt • t,' . ' ' ' ' have paesed;upon. 11 bills preseilted to Idlistiose.lnf all other business legally' ht before us, and , have paid the usual till the ,Jail and Poor House and Hospital ound them in good order, and the unfor ke inmates well provided for We return ihallkii to the 'Honorable Court and 'the re concerned in the administration ofjus for their promptness, conrt&ty and fideli -1 thediSeharge of their-duties. PETER MARTIN, Foreman. helmet:Bard, . Henry. Dickenson, ~ S. Mann, _ John Gemperling, . cob elitist,- - • - Jacob R. Hess - ,• .IL Kreider, • Hiram Kendig,. : cries M. Brown, Abraham Miller, ;ho D. %ring, John Wilson, enry Breckbill, Moses Steffy, ibert Baldwin, . Simon N. Fil 1 auser: AFTERNOON SESSION: Sete dohnson, , sworn.—l firt met him in Strtisburg. ,I wits talking to some showman in-Strasburg. He wanted me to go with him. I told him I would not go. He said. ou must have some great . engagements. Aro'you_ en gag d to marry any person or not. ' He said do i fs 1 done--marry her and•then run off. I said no ;. ',would not do it. I would marry hert o live with her. Kent was not present. The the showman and I went out into the street. I met - Kent. He said what is your stut y. I told him I was studying about this maarlage. He said it's not worth your while to study about that, because I have been talk ing Ito her on last Wednesday evehing, and milting someerrangements with her. I didn't ask him What <they were, and hedid not tell me. Th next day, Saturday, going home from Stras burg, he asked me if I would be at home' on .nek. Tuesday evening. I told him I did nut knh • that I would be at home ; I want you to be at home for certain, said he, and meet me at t4lr. Moderwell's dam. I told him I would. On ;that eyening I went there but he had not juit came then, but he came shortly after I got th4e. We were standing about there talking for two hours. He said, now Sam, there is one' thingl want you to help to do; this is wli t I got you here for. I want you to do it too ; you must. I said I would do it if I could ; Ij uld do anything for him or any body else. Iked him what it was. He said I want you a.. to' elp to drown Elizabeth Thomas. I said the , by all that's good and bad, I'd' never tak the like of that on my hands just for your owthsake. Just as I said that he put me in thel water ; I came out ;mil asked him what he doe that for? Because I want you to gn and do 'chat I tell you. I'll be damned if you dont I'll kill you dead on the spot. He said you must do it. I coaxed him nut to-do it, and I got hilt to say . he would not. There is one thi ig yet 1 want you to do, and that you must dol tii to Lizzie and tell her that I want you and her to get married to night. I agreed to do it just to pacify him., If Hi*y ask v.-u where you were, tell them you were at Char leyi Bolyer's. If they ask you what you went there for, tell them you went . there for a pis til! if they take notice of your being wet, tell them you fell in the run on your way ho Me. I still agreed to it. I went 0:1 home • she, Liz, was standing at OM ' , ate in front if the house, she said, Is t.lit Mike went up the road? I said yes, it wi s: she replied, then I am going to him ; I sailsa hold on a while, I want to tell you, He W.: o rs you and me ton, and get married to riLht ; she said, no I won't ; 1 tint going to halve anything to do with you; she went on in the house, and then,,l followed her and told her to get ready ;' I heard her ask Nancy Moderwell if she should put out the light; shb did not do it : I did not go up when she di go tip ; I went up shortly afterwards, and then I heard her walking about in the room ; I did not go to bed then at all ; she staid in aihile and came in the garden ; she went on down stairs, then, and went out ; she did not bOar me till after I got out of the door ; I went out of the gate and she called me back apkiin ; she told me a third time to come back, mid then I' stopped ; she went on to Kent, W in was standing at the corner of the breas t of the dam; they spoke very friendly, 0 I thtnight then, on which he started across the (him; I thought that, was a very difficult road for him to go at that hour•of the night. She went on about half way or a little more so, and she was right close to him. He stopped end turned; he struck her and knocked her &two and dragged her into the water. When I got to him he was standing holding her tin der water. I caught hold of his sleeve, and , said, Cruel Mike! what have you done this fin.? He made no answer ; he rose on his feet then and came out ; he then struck at me; Iturned round, and he caught me by the buck of the neck, by the jacket, and jerked it off: lie said, If they, ask where she is, tell them you don't know; just tell them the. , , words I told you, and that will clear all. That Was the last he said then, until the Ist day of .October. .Pretty soon after, he asked if any bbdy had found her, at the meeting. When they do find her, if they find her at all, just , y l ou tell them what I told you, and never tell onyourself nor nevor tell on me; if I ever know you to tell on me, I'll ruin you the first time II get a chance, or see you. If you do tell Upon yourself or tell on me they will hang y l ou ; they cannot detect me, because I am wt. - going to have anything to do with it. I asked him what he done'it for. He said that is' none of your business? now I am done. 'ibis - was the last day I saw Kent; I saw eat the first time in Strersburg- on the 22d nd 23d of September at a show ; I was there 11 night ; Kent and I went home together ; ',. I e didn't tell me what his object was in meet ig me at the dam.: lie put me in' the dam ,1 ecause he and I got quarreling about her; ,1 O ur talk was tolerably loud. She started in i,. the house first ; I saw Miss NancyModer s ell ; Liz went up first;; she, Liz, went down Stairs through my room ; she was down stairs lefore iI started ; she had got to the kitchen li - iefore I gist down : she was outside the gate ; was just croSsing the small bridge above the =aw mill ; 'there was no noise made by Liz Thomas. .The road across the dam leads lii a very rough place, but you can get around Ott: a great many Stones arc quarried there; I I vas with Kent at the meeting all the time, but most of the time other persons were with him. I saw my jacket the first afterwards on lie 3d of October. Liz Thomas's bonnet lwas a green pink one ; it was a sun-bonnet; iii heti I pielied the bonnet up I took it to the house. I leftit either - MI the bench or on the ,window. I went to bed. My pants were wet and were still wet in the morning. ' I saw no dampness on the sheets when I got up. Kent told me he had connexion with Lizzie Thomas many a time about the sgw mill. He told me this in Strasburg-on the 22d. We had never any conversation about her ,condition. He said the child is not yours but ( mine. Kent and I had dinner on the Sunday of the meeting at Catharine Brovin's. She, .hor, mother, asked me if I had heard'anything of Lizzie Thomas. I said no. I was on the meeting ground that evening and staid all night at home. It is about three miles from Moderwell's dam to Kirk's, as near as I can ' say. I was engaged to be married to Lizzie Thomas the first Sunday in October. Kent did know of it. I. thought I had mentioned it to him a couple of days before. I don't know where it was; it was at a meeting a couple of days befor I saw him at Strasburg j one night. ° it The meeting was at the same place Mt.' Zion on Wednesday night before I went to Strasburg. The showman I talked to was one of the-keepers; he told me to do as he did, marry the girl and run off.. He said you can get clear of that for 5 dollars'l don't khow that I told Mr. Scott that he was an oy sterman; I saw Mike in the street going along; I overtook him; in the crowd that went .home from Strasburg were several persons ; Mike Kent and I went with them out, Vincent Kent along: Mike and I started from' Strasburg together; Vincent was at George Jackson's, and then we three went on together and overtook the rest at the White Oak; it was about 7 o'clock I met Kent at the head of the dam ; limas dark ; he came down the road; we stood at the head of the dart before the race started in, in the road. We moved about some. • • He then asked me to coax her out ; I wasn't much afraid he would kill me; I left him standing on the road about SO yards above the breast of the dam; I was wet np to the waist; I did not tell Squire Evans in prison that I caught hold of a twig, there was no twig there, '.'l told .stns Kent caught ' hold of a twig,or a small brush - When . he linked me' in. I was enga ged to be married to her about a week; • she had never told me the child was mine. About _two weeks before she told' eit waemine, I then en-' gaged to marry her.- I 'never had connection with her. She slept in the next room to me all the time, 1 I lived at Moderwell's., I engaged to marry her for peace sake; I intended to run off; I was '2O yards -from Kent when she went-out; the :witness was here i shown a draft of the place., Before the Coroner'sjory, I swore to a lie; and I - swore to a-lie about thejecket.' lien the truth new ; I told several persons I was going .tojnylTY her.. 4 hooked some person I, woui d . wait and . see if. the child Rooked like me, and then I would marry her, ..Ibadmo icoxuaeation: iiiith.her,.. - _llthoughts. thathee. causerwe lived tag. dr, she deeping_ in one room to giptlia,'lntido Irt , ons rootnitO . / in thi trust;' or fiv the 41 whie pat I'Coffr the dir.; 1--wh VISL tun. our offi, it-gatoit loot Die.- if the child looked liko me, I would marry bar. swore to a lie lams . the Coroner's:lMT about falling into arms and.w*rwg,gty panta-,1 Sava only told two different stoden apoß thismsttere. I don't mind that 'told Dr. Duncan, 3fistrillodirwell and others, that Kent told me in Strathuulo kill her. I said before the: Caroni - Ifs Jury; I had no great love for her. It was II little after 10 o'cloek when I followed her to, the dam. She was up.. edairs shout half an hour. I told her Mike Kant wanted her to dress her up and go and get married. Kent lives with tr• woman and has severatishildien. As near as I can say, Kent and I were two hours at the dam. I don't know what else we talked about: I have forgot it I I was about three-quarters of an hour in the kitchen before she went up. She want up about half an hour, in all an hour and a quarter. I oonld not help swearing to a lie beforethe inquest, because so many men were speaking at ones— Iliad a suspicion from the first that I would be taken prisoner. . After that night I thought of the jacket several times. I knew where it was but did not go for it. I don't know whether it was moonlight or not on the night of the 26th of September, the evening of the murder. I swore to some of the ilea beearuse I was told to do so. I expected they would know that was my jacket. I wanted the jug to know I Was lying about the jack et. I can't give any =steer to the question why I venter:lth= to know I was lying about the jacket. I did net, tell Lizzie Thomas that Mike Kent wanted to drown her, because she owould'nt hear to me at first. I would have told, •but I made no offer to tell but at first. We were three-quarters of an hour in the kitchen. SATURDAY, April 21 Commonwealth vs. Michael Kent. This case, upon the Commonwealth closing its tes timony, lost much of its interest, as it became very apparent there could be no conviction on the evidence laid before the jury. On Friday evening the defence examined several witnes ses, whose testimony went, in some degree, to prove an alibi, though it was nut su clearly made out as would have been necessary had the Commonwealth presented a stronger case. It was shown that Kent had been thrashing all day, and had only got his supper at the time Johnson says-they met at the dam, which allows Kent no time to have walked three or four miles. This morning the defence called the follow ing witnesses, alter having put in the record of Johnson's conviction: Robert Evans-, Esq.—Sam lohnson told me, at the time he made the confession to me and Dr. Duncan at the prison, that Kent told him to coax her out and that he did it. He told me she chine out of the room where she was, and said I am ready to go. They went 'on together to the data breast : Kent before, Elizabeth close to him, and Sam behind. When they got about the middle, Kent struck her on the mouth, knocked her down, threw her into the water and got upon her with his knees. That at the same time Kent took hold of him he caught hold of a bush to keep hint from sink ing in, and in doing so pulled off his jacket.— He did not say anything about having scuffled with Kent when they were in the road or near the dent. Dr. Hobert Duncan.l was present when Johnson made the confession. lie said that Kent drowned her -first, then came out and pulled off •Johnson's jacket and threw him in, and that he went to the bottom. Isaac Sharp „testified that Kent was subject to sudden attacks of rheumatism, that some times he got over it in a day or two, and some lim he ay for weeks. Defence eloged The District Attorney then read a number olauthorities, attempting, to showthat the jury might convict on the unsupported testimony of an accomplice ; after which ilr. Dickey commenced his address to the jury, 'which occupied the remainder of the forenoon. His argument went to show the weakness of the testimony adduced against the defendant on the part of the prosecution, and was a fair exposition of the law relative to such eases.— When he concluded, the Court adjourned. Court met at 2 o'clock, and, after hearing a few current motions, Mr. Dickey moved that the Court make an order to pay the defen dant's witnesses their fees out of the County Treasury. This order the Court declined ma king at the time, but subsequently allowed it. The District Attorney then commenced ad dressing the jury, and continued .to speak for about an hour and a half. "When he concluded His Honor, Jodge Long ; gave a very clear and impartial charge to the jury, telling them that if Johnson was nut corroborated in some ma terial point, they should disregard his testimo ny After the jury retired, the Court pro ceeded to the consideration of applications for tavern licenses, and, after calling over the list, all old stands not remonstrated against were granted till the first of October. The jury in case of Kent came into the Court and rendered a verdict of Not Guilty. JOHNSON SENTENCED Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock the sen tence of the law was passed upon Samuel Johnson for the murder of Elizabeth Thomas, by his honor Judge Hayes. The sentence is that he be hanged by the neck until he is dead. The time for the execution will be fixed by the Governor. Y AND COUNTY ITE By a card in another column, it will be seeu that Dr. S. WELCHENS has purchased the Drug and Medicine Store, formerly owned by Dr. Ziegler, in North. Queen Street, and will carry on the business of an Apothecary in connection with Dentistry.. The Dr. is an active, energetic, correct business man, and we hope will receive a full share of public pa- 1211181 teL.Tile LANCASTER Acco 11110DATION TRAIN has been again placed upon the Railroad. The Train will leave Lancaster at 6, 30 A. M. Lemon Place 7 , , 00 " Gap 7, 16 " Parksburg 7, 43 " and arrive at Philadelphia, corner of 11 th and Market Streets, at 10, 10. Returning same day,will leave Depot, 11 th and Market, at 4, 00 P. M. Parksburg 6, 46 " Gap 7, 06 " Lemon Place 7, 15 " and arrive at Lancaster, at 7, 50 in the evening. Phis will be a great convenience - to our citizens, having business to transact in the City which will require but a short time—as they will have about six hours to spend there between tho arrival and departure of the Train. go_ The RAZOR POWDER man was in town last week, and did a smashing business. If any one'desires to see and hear a rich speci men of the live Yankee, they should be pres ent when there is a crowd about him. Ilis powder goes off like hot buckwheat cakes. BUILDING LOTS.-Still a few of them re maining unsold. Now is the time to become possessed of a home at a.very low price. The opportunity may soon be gone. bee adver tisement of Messrs. Breneman and Landis, in another column. DONEGAL Bea:L.—The bill elablishing this institution, at Marietta in this county, passed the House finally by a vote of to 36. Mr. North voted for it, and Mr. Gross against the bill. PRESENTATION OF A WATCH.—The work men of the Lancaster Locomotive Works, presented a handsome Lever Watch to Mr. Ucorge O. Rakestraw, one of the workmen, us a testimonial of their regard for him as a fellow workman and as a mull. Mr. Rakestraw was appointed by the.late Methodist Con ference to the Safe Harbor Circuit, and the above testimonial was presented to him on his taking leave of them to enter upon his new sphere of more important duty. The watch was presented by Mr. Buckley with an appropriate address, which was replied to in a very handsome manner by Mr. Rake straw. The occasion was an interesting one, and the ceremonies impressive. Hon. Isaac E. Mester has purehased the handsome three story dwelling, in North Duke street, from Chief JustiCe . Lewis, and is fitting it up in excellent style. Hon. JAMES CAMPBELL.--Barkesdale's Mis sissippian, of a recent date, has the following well merited compliment to our excellent Postmaster General:'- The Post Office Department has never been so efficiently conducted as at present While the management ofJudge Campbell has been characterized by considerations of economy, and a. detniination, to protect, the paha treasury against the exactions of. grasping mo nopolies, he has always consulted the conve nience and best interests of the community at large. Here in MissiesipPi we ha.vellir better mail facilities than' we have ever before had; and experiencing a :lively sense of the Post-. master Geueral's:.desire to , accommodate us with other greater.advantages, itis. with more than ordinary ideasure: that we- Copy and `endorse the'deferice of him; which'ive bid in a late WaSbington Union. • c i AirSOTti . OtaTgitiiiiiii. DEATH OP A COHYL TINDEE'rE "HEIGH OP Tea aoa."--A.eerresponde tinf l t a g us, lays the Read ing Gazette, thetfiliatica, list,.who was one of the sufferers u nder thiSeleigat" i d John Adams, died -meths 4th insailm - his pi= neer. Sellersville, Bucks • county, at the advanced iageior 92 leers, 2 months imi 10 days.- MidGetratini with a number of others, :Was convicted, under the odlo t iis " sedition law" of 1198, - . for I.ospeakirtg diarespec idly. of the. Govern ran merit," o r . i n o th er .w o r d e „ ex : g that right of every Am:irican, freedom orsil ech. ;John Getman, one of his ielatives, an 9. kwo in re, ', were condemned 'llia hung ;, He suffereda lig punishment, hav ing been sentenced, in` coMmuly with some twenty or thirty victims of the' same tyrannical law to a fine of 9100, and six montlisizriponment. Ho was a Man of strong mind and habits, and died as he had lived, respected by his L inighbors. I I • ODD FELLOWS' COLLEGE.—The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Virgihia , haskdopted the Martha Washington Female 011ege, at Abingdom, and will take measures to insure its cpletion.. It is con templated to make such arran gements as will insure to the indigent daughters of every deceased Odd Fel low the benefit of a g)3d education. DEATH OP AN AGED 'REVOLIITIONARY PENSIONER. —The Washington Mien s tates that intelligence his been received at lie .Pensipn Office of the death of Hugh Harris, a soldier of the Revolution. Be died at Jonesboro', Tenneeti f on the' 14th of February, at the extraordinary age of one hundred and ten years. He was married to hislast wife, who is now in receipt of a pension* his widow, in the ninetieth year of her age ! , I I ' Tar. COURT or CL4pp3.—All three of the Judges of this tribunal are nosy in Washington, Judge Lump kin, of Georgia, having finally concluded to accept the position tendered M him by the President. „ LACKAWANNA COUNT Y.—A • ' , bill has passed both branches of the Legislature erecting a new county out of Lucerne, to be called Lackawanna. It corn- prises the northern, orlupper portion of the old coon ty. .Scranton, we presume, will be the county seat. Lackawanna and Sayder.ara the only now county projects which hare sacceede4 thus tar in passing both houses, though quite a number hare passed ono or the other branch: Btoun.—The Buffalo feepuilfc doubts the neces sity of the fears about, the scarcity of dour at present in this country, and states that it is in possession of information which fully warrants the expectation that the following quantities will arrive At that port this season : Fromlake Michigan, 650,000 barrels; from Detroit, 123,000' barrels;) trom Toledo, 100,000 barrels; from -Cleveland, 50,000 barrels—making a total of 925,000 barrels of abut- to come forward be fore harvest, "exclusive of Canada." The Republic adds that - it has no means of estimating the amount that will be received from Cabada, but learns from gentlemen whose means of information are extensive, that it will not be less than a quarter of a million of barrels, and may be four times that amount. THINGS IN RANses. l .—A letttir from Rickapoo city, Kansas Territory, under datee March 28th, 1655, says the streets are being rap ly graded, the labor ers receive $1,50 per diem, and thut the following are the usual prices for proviinons :—Pork, 6 cents per pound; beef, 7 cents; veniAm, 9 cents; mutton, 7 cents; chickens, $2 per dozen; turkeys, 75 cents per pair; geese, 25 cents each; eggs, 129 cents-Per dozen; dour, $4,50 per one hundred ipouudb; wood, $2 per cord, delivered. Competent Ibrickmakers are par ticularly wanted. ' ' ~„ I FLOUR FROlt CA.NADA.—ine reciprocity treaty is rapidly developing its good etfects in the large re ceipts of produce, lumber,&O., front Canada, since the opening of lake navigationfa Among the receipts are 66,000 barrels of Canatlia9 flour. hiltaligeLcer. Mn. EDITOR :--"A gooil shertis sack, . quoth hon est Jack Falstaff, "bath a twerfold operation in it." Old Jack was right—but he might, without the least danger of impropriety, have aped, 'a good digestion bath also its virtues. That ho did not, is plain from the text; fhe cause of his sad omission, as yet occultbut generally placed 'to account of , Avant of reflection.' A good digestive hpparatus, is then, Mr. Editor, a 'sine qua non'—the bluer comfort and foun dation of a good fellow. Without it, mau, in most cases, grows morose, eccentric; erratic, and ill-condi tioned. He is predisposed to a species of insanity— a kind of 'rabies melancholia'treams of Adder s lurk, and Inidd worm s sung, Lizard's leg. and owlet's...wing." Chased by horrible phantom, ho becomes a out purse, pick-pocket, highwayman, suicide; or. of which we have examples, a Thug. These are but natural results—not to be deemed, in, the least degree, sur prising. The effect varies in intensity, in different individuals of the same species. .In one case it pro duces violent intlaminatory action—pompous diction tremendOus up-heaval, and display of mental file works; with a disposition to Smash things ! In an other, sullenness, abstraction; of mind,—the victim being, at times, in a semi-cataleptic state,—imagin ing himself a fully :charged) and primed patriotic rocket, awaiting only the pulling of some sort of trig ger, to set him off ! In a third case, the symptoms may again vary, exhibiting a/disposition to excessive slyness—a love for secret and hidden movements— night work, and a passion to] be thought cute—sur prisingly cute ! Alt:this arises, as I have before in timated, from one cause—indigestion. Some of our Magistrates, and Pettifoggers, are se verely affected by this disorder,owing, perhaps, to the sedentary character of their occupation; or what should occupy their attention, the pursuit of knowl edge. Or, it may be owing—Who knows f—to a dearth of honest employment; by which the activity of their minds might be diverted into a proper chan nel. Be that as it may, theido give to Fancy won drous scope—think that the I world views them as drivelling perjurers and villains-,appropriaters of what cannot, even by Thug logic, be made to appear their own, and honest only! when rascality fails of serving their purpose. I =inclined to believe that in many cases, this Fancy paints the Tact. These are model Thugs—of, the star pattern, who spout Pol itics, Physics, Theology and , Logic—very excellent themes—in the very ,worst grammar. They imagine, innocent fellows, that the body politic would fall to pieces, incontinently, did it/ fail of receiving from them this pabulum—this qudiatessence of Thuggish genius - ' and so, perhaps, it wohld,—lacking this fund of food for merriment. In this light, i view them as great public benefactors—something to be classed w th the things which "knli up the ravelled sleeve of Care," such sea Punch and Judy—organ grinders —dancing dervishes, &a. , And now for a word on a new theme—Virtuous Indignation ! And' a very excellent thing is virtu ,mu indignation. You may think this a digression. It is not, sir. What lam about to do, is to establish a foot, no less than this, that with the Thugs now under consideration there exists a great passion, or affection for this very thing—virtuous indignation ! It serves instead of Honesty and Candor—is rather a strong card, sometimes successfully played—some times not. It assumes Protean forms—comes some times "in questionable shilpe." In the case, for instance, of an old '‘Drab,", the most remote, refer ence to the past is resented. with 'virtuous indigna tion r the vocabulary of 'Wapping' scarcely sufficing to supply the nice •set phrase, necessary to her pur pose. Its success here, depends in some measure up on circumstances, the verdancy, or sophisticated character of the auditory, sometimes materially af fecting the result. Has it not occurred to yoti, Mr. Editor, that there are political drabs—as well as those considered as such in a moral sense? Of course it has ! Well, we have in Columbia Thugdom', a profusion of just such snateriel—several particularly line specimens of the political prostitute, in a high state of preservation. My terms may seem coarse, ' -rather ungenteel, and all that; but no others may tio well servo the purpose —so down they go-,-political prostitutes ! Thoy are, almost exclusively,'snobs—have snobbish airs, and a desire forpolitioal elevation , land, being by nature to tally unfitted for the object Oftheir ambition, become sad objects of pity and contempt, should they by . any chance be lifted above their natural position in so ciety. With these; as with the*"Simia" tribe, ele vation but serves to displaylin a ludicrous light their weaknesses. They, poor fools, mistake for admira tion, the smiles induced byi the figure they cut, and join in the merriment caused by their own follies They affect a horror for unmanly action—whilst like thieves, they hide from the world, with treache rous intent, their midnight schemes and traitorous plot tinge against their fellow men. They, with double tongue, plead against that which invades, or trench es upon, the sacred, dignity of character — whilst they would sacrifice upon the altar of their Moloch, purity itself. They assume the air of men of honor, whilst villainy, written upon their every lineament, stares forth their mendacity. They counterfeit modesty, whilst with the impudence of a harridan, they swag ger through life,—the standing jest of the sincere,— the Buffoons of the political, world'. Of such stuff, is Thugdom composed. There—l have had my say of Thugism—have pictured some of its local heroes—its war-gods, comically—perhaps severely; but nevertheless, truth fully. O'er my head have hurled in harmless fury, the Thunders of Thugish Wrath ; "The hells dogs and all, Tray Blanche and Sweet-heart, ace they bark at me."— Their bark has however, "no pith in t," and 'Anon' shall not probably, experience any serious inconven inece from its effect. I shell do, as I have before done, speak also and write of them, and their fantas tic capers, as they are, - with every gale and vary of their Masters, As knowing nought, like dogs, but following." Old "Kant" knew something, when he said that— a saucy roughness, has been mine—an honest, saucy roughness—one they shallfeel, upon all fitting occa sions. The green goslings whom they teach to cackle, are not my game—l - leave them as prey for the "little foxes." I shall keep you posted, as to the movements of "villanY", under its new cogno men ; shall not spare its wire pullers, nor its tools— let them grumble as they, may. Those who have evinced contrition for their offence—and shun the filth with which the "third story" be-daubs its vota ries are more to be pitied than despised—and I shall treat them accordingly. I COLUMBIA, April 11, 1855. Philadelphia porreepoudeace, FRILAD ., I ELPHIA, April 21, 1855. The Bth Annivirsary of the battle of Cerro' (tor• do was appropriately eeltibrated by the returned volunteers of the Mexican war, by dedicating the new Scott Legion Monnuient, erected by the 'State in (Redwood Cemetry, to mark the last resting place of a number of their gallant companions who have already "shuffled off this mortal coil" and where too, will find their last earthly resting place. About one hundred and fifty of", them were m the proces sion, moat of them still quite youthful in their ap pearance,. but deeply Rigged with the bronze' hue of a Mexican sun. They, were accompanied !by a large military escort of our volunteer companies, forming a very handsome display, and Dr. Joel B. Sutherland delivered an appropriate and eloquent oration at the Cemetry. ii The U. S. sloorof-wat St. Louis, coliundnded by Captain Ingraham, who was warmly lauded for his brave conduct in reference to ICossta, a few years since, is - daily expected 'at this port for the purpose of being' refitted.! The Captain is one of the noblest ornaments of thu Navy, and it is. at pity it does not oontain more of the same sort. • ~ Considerable difficulty is found •to obtain - a fall crew for the ships settin ant from this port for the, Polar region forlthe relief.of Dr. Kane, and a fine chance is thus o p enfor Young men whowant a nice, or rather an ice berth . just now, as the thermometer has' by some strange freak hand its way .4 . above 80 degrees, there is something rather g in the idea of deolnesa, an the.jOurney does:not wear SO terrible an . aspect. ,__H ;: • .• ~ '{ ' . " A geittleiiitnlroni 71 gipia weErribbi.d of 011000 by a fat, ngly,Att blacklilt vsidnaft*ith ',whom i. he had been having so el cable, ootitikpiation, in an alley, in the negr quarter•orthe city. .Se
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