~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