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GEO. SANDEALSOIf, EDITOR.
LANCASTER, MAY 15,.1855.
County Commit - Um Meeting..
A meeting of the Democratic Cot-MO.o6m
mittee of Lancaster County, was held pur
suant to the' eall of the Chairtnall, at the
public house of Emanuel Shaer, in the City,
of Lancaster, on Wednesday, kby 9th; 1855.
On motion, J. G. L:Brown WEtB appointed
- Secretary. •
- _
The following resolutions offered by James
L. Reynolds, Esq., were unanimously adopted:
iksolved, That, in the language of the
DergoCratic Convention of Allegheny Coun
ty, no man is entitled to a seat in this Com
mittee who is connected with any secret po
litical- society of whatever risme, and we
respeAfully request any person adhering
to the Order or association called "Know
'Nothings " to refrain from interferjng
with out deliberations. If any member of
this Committee has connected himself with
the so called Know-Nothings, and retains
his membership in this . Committee, we de
'flounce him as guilty of deception, falsehood
and frond. '
Resolved, That. the Democracy be request
ed . to assemble in the several Wards of the
„City, and Boroughs and Townships of the
County, on Saturday, the 2nd of June next,
then and there to elect not less than three nor
more than five delegates, to represent said
Wards, Boroughs, and Townships M a Coun
ty Convention, to be held at the public house
of Emanuel hober, in the City of Lancas
ter, on Wednesday the 6th of June next,
for the purpose of electing six delegates to
represent the Democracy of the County of
Lancaster in the annual State Convention, to
be held at Harrisburg on Wednesday the 4th
day of July next.
11. B. SWAMI, Chairman.
J. G. L. BROWN, Sect'y.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC FREEMEN OF
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LAN-
•
CASTER:
In accordance with the resolution of the
Committee adopted on Wednesday last,
you are requested to assemble in the several
Wards of the City, and Boroughs and Town
ships of the County, on
ON SATURDAY, 'the Ad of JUNE next,
then and there to elect not less than three
nor more than five delegates to repre
sent each'District in a general County Con
vention, to be held on Wednesday the 6th
day of June following, at 11 o'clock, A. M.,
at the public house of Emanuel Shober, in
the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of elect
ing six 'delegates to represent the Democracy
of the County of Lancaster in the annual
State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg
on Wednesday the 4th day of July next, for
the nomination of a candidate for Canal Coos
misioner.
The several Ward, Birough and Township
Committees, are requested to give early no
tice in their respective Districts of the time and
place of meeting for the election of Delegates.
The several Districts will each nominate
one person to serve on the County Committee
for the ensuing political year, and also nom
inate their Ward, Borough and Township
Committees, and hand them to the Chairman
of the ensuing County Convention.
By order of the County Committee.
H. B. SWARR, Chairman.
Lancaster, May 15, 1855.
,Vair From the proceedings of the County
Committee, published above, and the call of
the Chairman in pursuance thereof, it will be
seen that the first Saturday in June is fixed
upon for the delegate elections in:the different
wards, boroughs and townships of the County.
This, we think, is a judicious selection of the
day, as, about that time, farmers have a feW
days of leisure just prior to the dommencetnent
of the busiest season of the year. We hope,
therefore, that our Democratic friends will at
tend to the selection of delegates who will
faithfully 'carry out their wishes wheti they
meet in Convention.
It will be seen also that the Committee have
taken very decided ground against the pesti
lential heresy of Know-Nothingism, and the
sentiments of the resolution passed will, we
doubt not, meet with a hearty response from
the true Democracy of,the County. The same
course is being pursued in other counties: of
the Commonwealth, and it is only .by adopting
a decided policy, and then following it out to
the end, that the Democratic party can be
placed upon a proper foundation. The Coun
ty Committee have taken the initiative in this
matter, and have fully planted themselvos
upon the time-honored 'principles of the party.
We commend their proceedings to the careful
consideration of our Democratic waders.
PROMOTED.—We are pleased to learn that
our friend, THOMAS J. ALBRIGHT, Esq., has
been promoted fromi a first class Clerkship
($1200) itt the Interior Department at Wash
ington, a second 'class, ($1400) vice Capt.
Gunn, promoted. ielr. Albright is a young
Mao for whom we have the very highest es
teem, and this Mark of confidence on the
part of the appointing power is creditable
alike to wen! and him. That he has the
ability and industry to sustain himself in his
new position, there cannot be a doubt.
A FAMINE IN GEORGIA.-It is stated that in
Polk county, Ga., there is such a scarcity, of
provisions that many of the families in the
neighborhood are almost starving. The same
is the case in Floyd county, where a public
meeting has b en called to adopt measures of
relief. The partial failures of grain crops for
a year or two, the increase of the prices of pro
visions, and the stoppage of many grist mills,
are noted among the causes of this distress.
Dar. We have the full details of the
European news by the Asia. The cholera
has broken out among the French troops at
Sebastopol AO was raging fiercely. Som9
very suspicious messages are passing between
Austria and Prussia. The Vienna Confer
ence had broken up. Lord Palmerston had
announced in Parliament that in these confer
ences Russia had submitted no counter pro
posals, and simply rejected those of the Allies.
Tjle Telegraph, however, of a date subsequent
to this announcement, tells us of an addition
al conference, at which Russia submitted
propositions which were immediately rejected.
The telegraphic. communication between
London and the Crimea is now complete, and
a message has been received thereby. The
Emperor Napoleon is about to set out fur the
Crimea. ills camp equipage is said to have
already gone there. It in said that Gen. Pel
limier will supersede Canrober:.
Sotc!DE.—Mr. Eli Hershey residing in Re.-
pho township, committed suicide on Sunday
afternoon week, by hanging himself in the sec
ond story of his shop which stood near hib
dwelling. Mr. Hershey was a carpenter by
trade, about twenty-five years of age, in easy
circuntstunee , +, and .esteemed in the neighbor
hood for his many good qualities. His appear
ance and conduct on the day on which he com
mitted the act, were the same as usual, and he
left no intimation whereby the cause which
i nduced him to destroy his life could be known.
Theatrical Company has been playing
for nreral nights in Fulton Hall. Their per
formances are represented by those who have
witnessed them tribe 4 . editable to the actors,
and worthy of public patronage. .
Ws, The "Philadelphia Sun" appears irra
new tiros, and looks remarkably neat. Its
. visits In our sanctum, Inpfeyer, for the last
two or three months, have, like angel's 'visits,
• been "few and far between." Will'the hand
sometColonel see to this matter?
Sam and Uncle
_Sam.. . I
- The Know-Nothing party, says tha,Roak
ingham Register, is an orgaation .cam
posed of multifarioui and diettle — ,elements. --
Not the least remarkable of -these is the ele
ment.
of braggadocia. -.On the -centrary, this
is-theireatinodus of the concern to carryon
their. plani-,;.the .: , steam ?ewer Jiy
their machinery is propelled, :pry effect to
have hearts pulsating more strongly for
America and American interests than all
"the rest of mankind." They love to speak
of the intense devotion to human liberty,
which animates their patriotic bosoms, and
the cordial - rancor which boils up &Cm- their
inmost souls against everything that is foreign
in its character. Like that pompous and
boasting sect, never mentioned ftr- the Bible
butitibirms of the severest criticism, they set
up the ridiculous claim of not being "as. other
men are." In' strict accordance with their
native propensity to set up false claims and
to accomplish their nefarious ends by a sys
tematio course of braggadocia, is the ambi
tious and impertinent name by which their
Organization is known. Sam I Borrowed of
course, from Unele Sam. It is said that there
is nothingin a name—that arose would smell
as sweet by any other- name.. Shakspeare
was right, and he
—T ight have added, that a
' fish-geranium by any other name would smell
as diagreeable. The Know-Nothings think
differently. Shakspeare was a fool and they
intend to prove it Such is the arrogant con
fidence they repose in themselves, that they
fondly hope to impose upon popular Credulity
by affecting to be American in their principles
and even their name.. Such an aspiring cog
nomen as 'Sam,' if the name be consistent
with• their practice and principles, will cast a
gloom of suspicion upon their ambitious pre
tensions, and reveal the atrocious treachery
which lies at the bottom of their Organiza
tion. We have always been accustomed to
think • one person was named after another,
either on account of some resemblance, some
near relationship or family connection. If
this view is correct, we submit that "Sam,"
in the first place, cannot claim the venera
tion which is implied in "Uncle'. He is a
self conceited youngster not yet in his teens
in this country, of questionable ancestry,
proud, addicted to strong drink, proscriptive
and decidedly dandyish. "Uncle Sam," is
grave in his deportment, venerable in his ap
pearance, nut afraid of foreigners, not given
to wine, exce p t fortis stomach's sake, chival
rous in his bearing and inheriting great an
cestral fame. There is no relationship or fami
ly connection between these two gentlemen.
Nu more than between the Jew and the
Greek. "Uncle Sam" is the son of the illus
trous sires of the Revolution—the noble off
spring of an.oppresged people, determined to
be free! "Sam" was born upon a foreign soil,
and belongs to that genus of noxious plants
not indigenous to our soil. He is the son of
proscription, intolerance and persecution.
He is the puny offspring of a barbarous age,
and reminds us of the ancient Pigmies wa
ging war against the cranes ! The one belongs
to a family bold in the proclamation of its
doctrines, seeking no concealment and asking
no favors ; the other to a family covert in all
its movements, shunning investigation and
ignoring responsibilities. Uweteen "Sam" and
"Uncle Stun," therefore, there can be no
affiliation. ' They are separated as wide as the
poles un every subject. "Uncle Sant" looks
upon his name-sake with dignified disgust.
I.lle has nu language with which to ciinvey to
he precocious youth the burning indignatio'n
and blasting contempt which he feels fur him.
Gen. Washington and Religions Liberty
Those mi.guided bigotsand zealots who, un
der the influence of culpable prejudices and
blind fanaticism, would proscribe from the
rights of citizenship one of the religious sects
of this country; and call the persecution and
proscription an. "American" idea, ought to
read and ponder upon the following extract
from the writings of General WASHINGTON
which We give below. It indicates that the
Father of his Country, were he now upon the
stage of existance, would frown indignantly
upon the outrageous attempt to place upon a
certain body of men civil incapacities for their
religious opinions. Upon the platform which
General WASHINGTON and his compatriots
reared, stands the Democratic party of 1855.
Freedom and toleration to all religious sects is
the great American and Dem erotic principle,
from which we can never depart, without en
tailing upon the country all those evils and
misfortunes which have ever characterized the
struggles and animosities of rival sects. Here
is what General WASHINGTON said:
`To the General Committee representing the
United Baptist Churches in Virginia.
"GENTLEMEN: If I could have entertained
the slightest apprehension that the Constitu
tion framed by the Convention where I had
the honor to preside might possibly endanger
the religious rights of ANY ecclesiastical society,
certainly I could never have placed my signa
ture to it; and if I would not conceive that the
General Government might even be so admin
istered as to render the liberty of conscience
insecure, I beg you will be persuaded that no
one would be more zealous than myself to es-
tablish effectual barriers against the horrors
of spiritual tyranny, and every species of relig
ions persecution. For you doubtless remember
I have often expressed my sentiments that any
man conducting himself as a good citizen, and
being accountable to God alone for his relig
ious opinions, ought to be protected in worship
kg the Deity according to the dictates of his
torn conscience.
"I am, gentlemen, your most obedient serv
ant, "GEORGE WASHINGTON."
TEE CROP ix WiscoNstrt.—The Milwaukie
Wisconsin says : "We have waited to obtain
from all sections of the state, reliable intelli
gence, before we considered it safe to declare
that the growing wheat was as good as was
hoped, and as an excited imagination under
present prices, lads us to demand:- Our ad
vices from the Northern, the Southern, the
Western, the Central and the Lake Shore see_
tions of the State, are uniform, that the win
ter wheat has come up vigorous and stout—
very few fields are winter killed. In Wauke
sha Co., the wheat promisei better than in ten
years past. The recent rains have given the
plant that rich livery of green which so de
lights the farmer's eye.
The spring wheat is being Sown, and some
fields are already green. We estimate that in
this state, at least double the number of acres
will be sown in wheat beyond what was sown
last year. Some estimate it as high as treble,
inasmuch as labor is cheaper than it was last
Spring, and this enables the farmer to increase
his crop without additional expense.
• It is too early to say that the orop is sure to
be good, for the droughts of summer are yet
to come—but the prospects are such as glad
den:the hear, while they bin) uld produce a
fervent gratitude to the Giver of all good.
END OF THE QUITMAN EXPEDITION.—At a
meeting of the Cuban Junta, held at New Or
leans on the 29th ult., General Jour; A. QUIT
3IAN handed in his resignation as Commander
in-Chief of the expedition which has been so
long organized against Cuba. All the Amer
ican officers who held commissions in this
Quitman army have also resigned, and the
cause of Cuba is now.in the hands of the Jun
ta. Thus ends the QUITMAN expedition. an
end which, it is alleged, they attribute to the
determined opposition of President PIERCE
and his Cabinet.
Xtel.. We are indebted to. Hon. 'lsenoc E
HEISTER for sevaml important public &on
mente.
Gpne
. 4 last"-lhe Legislature; of this State has
adj ed,'ind - senato members and borers
gone hente,.. We' feel asihred the people will
become freer-and easier at
_this circumstance,
end thank . T . Gtid that reform Legirthifiefre,
which. the foulest deception anff-byrkiii r sy
ever pnicticed 4-any -oaiintry brought :into
power, did not, while perpetrating all man;
ner of rascality, deliberately "skin the people
alive." Never within the history of this State,
have such a set of men'been called together
by the public will. For, fraud, speculation
mid villainy, if.is without precedent, and God
grant it may have no fellow. We admit there
were men in both the Senate and House who
nobly stood-up for' the rights of the people,
but they , were powerless. The time is even
now - when their, efforts are duly appreciated,
and we mistake the public mind if they will
not be respected and esteemed as faithful pub
lic servants when those against whose schemes
of plunder they fought, will be discarded and
despised.
Fanaticism has had its day and, there is in
this State such a revolution going on, as will
bury in graves so deep as to be beyond the
hand of resurrection those who have stood at
the head of all this political villainy. Well may
they cry out now when public indignation is
visible in every .quarter "Help us Caisias, or
we sink," but the deed has been done and
the responsibility is with them. Let them
answer to a betrayed, insulted and injured
people.
There is a disposition• in some quarters to
plaster up the late anti-license law, passed
by the Legislature, and make it appear as
the first step of moral reform in the State of
Pennsylvania. It will not do. Such a work
is an up hill business, and those who are en
gaged in it will find too soon that they have
mistaken the people of the "Old Keystone."
The Legislature which has just closed its
session, was hailed from one end of the Com
monwealth to the other as-a "reform Legisla
ture," and the people were taught to believe
that "milk and honey," without "money and
witlicat price," waste be profusely dispensed ;
butwhat has been the result ? There has been
more villainy perpetrated than can be undone
in the nest ten years, and the anti-license law
is a . fair sample. A law to make drunkards
by the wholesale, is a fit enactment to emanate
from men whose feelings of justice and right
have been effectually swallowed up by the
I meanest kind of fanaticism.
Once for all, we state that the people of
this State will not stand such laws. The
time has come for action. So long as fanati
cism merely introduced itself into the political
arena, a. 9 a kind of "balance of power" to
overawe and deter parties whose existence
was established upon broad, comprOhensive
principles of National and State policy it
was well enough. But now, that it has as
sumed the form of law, and the bone and
siaewo f the country are seeing the bad effects
of its workings, a condemnation as lasting as
it is deserving awaits those tricksters who
have basely traded off the public good, to
gratify a mean and sordid dispositian.
Men may laugh and talk, and say this it all
exaggeration. But we say in time to all, 'stand
from under." Long before the second Tuesday
of October arrives, there will be witnessed a
public indignation of such laws and law-givers
as will make even the boldest of them all
tremble. The honest yeomanry of the coun
try will not sanction the proceedings of the
late Legislature. They cannot do it, unless,
indeed, they countenance villainy in prefer
ence to honesty. •
To those members and Senators who have
nobly bn.ttled for the people, we say "well
done." Return.to.)..ur homes. An affection
ate welcome awaits you, and an honest con
stituency will reward you by requiring your
services again.—Democratic Unii n.
-THE MOR3fONS.—Brigham Young delivered
a characteristic address at the Tabernacle,
Great Salt Lake City, in February. We ex
tract the closing paragraph :
“The newiipapers are teeming with state
ments that I said 'President Pierce and all
hell could not remove me from office.' I will
tell you what I did say, and what I now say ;
the Lord reigns and•rules in the armies of the
heavens, and does his pleasure among the in•
habitants ut the earth. He sets up a kingdom
here, and pulls down anothea there at, his.
pleasure. He walks in the midst of the peo
ple, and they know it not. He makes kings,
presidents and governors at his pleasure;
hence I conclude that I shall be governor of
Utah territory just as long as He wants me to
be ; and for that time, neither the President of
the United States, nor any other power, can
prevent it. Then, brethren and sisters, be
not worried about my being dismissed from of
fice; for when the President appoints another
man to be Governor of Utah territory, you
may acknowledge that the Lord has dune it,
for we should acknowledge his hand in all
things."
The Mormons have their missionaries in
every quarter of the world, proselyting in eve_
ry principal city in Europe, Asia and Africa;
they are at work, and the Deseret' News con
tains communications from these laborers,
which exhibit great success.
SUFFERI NG IN KANSAS.—The Springfield
(Mass.) Republican has a private letter from
Lawrence, Kansas, dated April 21st, stating
that there.had been very little rain, and the
land was baked, so hard that ploughing was
impossible. The weather had been as hot as
103 degrees. Trains of emigrant wagons were
constantly passing through Lawrence to the
interior.
THE BRITISH ARMY. —A correspondent of
the London Times gives the following as the
strength of the British army before Sebasto
pol. Total strength 22,600 men. Of these
only about 6000 would be available in extremis,
and the ordinary strength of the whole army
it bayonets would not exceed 15,000.
ALL RIGHT IN MICHIGAN.—An extract
from a letter from Michigan dated 17th ult.,
says :—"Our township elections through the
State are just over, and they indicate a far
better state of things than we could anticipate.
They exhibit the most decisive triumph on
the part of the Democracy. The State is re
deemed, regenerated, disenthralled. We knew
the unnatural union and the dangerous and
anti-republican doctrines to which our tempo
rary defeat was owing, could not last long,
and that the sober second thought would comp.
It has come, and Michigan stands erect."
STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 'P t
he
State - Agricultural Fair will be bet Har
risburg, the citizens of that place having
subscribed the snm required to secure it. The
Annual address bofore the Society, will he
delivered by the . Hon. Frederick Watts of
Carlisle, its first President, and was one of
the earliest and most efficient members of
the Society. His selection is judicious, as
he possesses ability and zeal calculated to
inspire him in the duty he has assumed.
Governor Gardiner, of Massachusetts
has refused to remove Judge' Loring, at the
demand of the Know-Nothing Abolition State
Legislature, on account of his decision in the
Burns slave case.
sft Snow Tell in Livingston County, N. Y.
on Tuesday- afternoon last, to the depth of
about four inche4 !
le. Dr: Charles A. Peak, lately - impris
oned in Cuba, has been liberated and returned
to his home in New York.
,WTrate and Striking Picture.
'The'. %V ii shilig to n Sentinel publishes the fol.,
. .
liiiiingi as being in substance the conelusion
iiirSeitaillik_Dlgla: poWerftil- , SPO:o,,)feliiirl
weeks
(id ti;fe*t ago at a Democratic:ileeting
lield;iVitictiiiiond, Va. lit:is-ir,'; hapPYJnd
,fiarciblelppliention of an interesting incident,
to-Jhe.Vu/.l.,suraring denellitthe -..Kiniiv
Nothinge"in -ij
their several Councils: : 4
. 1.
"In canoluaron, my friends, if any of you;i
' under false - -allurements;haVe, at an`-rinhieki
hour, 0. teredlthe.Ktion - -.Notldng, Council : and
' easuined its obli,, , rationt,lcit Sao conjure' you,
you-revere the.tlinalmation and, love the UM
.
on, instantly, to withdraw your allegian
from a - Council whose forms of proceeding and
piinciples of ipolitical action are .ineonsisten
witliyour paramount , linty to your country
Let no false scruples in regard to the binding
obligations of unlawful oathsno timid dread
of the resentment of. idle, elliberal, and unwer r
thy associates, impel you; forward in a line of
conduct which ` your consciences cannot apt
_preire. ' Take' warning freer' the fatal example
of Herod, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures
That Monarch, we are told, in the - plenitude
of his power 4nd.his,pride, at a feast m honor
of his birth-day, became enanrurerwith the
charms and ',dancing of ,the daughter of hi
wife by her first husband. In thefullness o
his heart, and the delirium of his passion
he said to the damsel; 'Ask of me whatsoeve
you may choose, and it shall be given unto yo I
even to the extent of one-half of my kingdom.
And as an evidence of his sincerity and dev
tion, he affirmed his promise by an oath a
solemn and. terrible us was ever adminiatere
in a Know-Nothing Council. ' 1
'.!The-dam‘el, after consulting her motheri p
said to tiered, 'I will that you give me, by
and by, the i head of John the Baptist in a
charger.' Herod was exceedingly sorry, for
he feared and loved John, and knew him to be
a true and holy man.
"My oath 1 my with !' he exclaimed, and in
obedience to that unlawful oath he directed
the executioner to bring the head of John the
Baptist in a charger, and , give it to the damsel,
who immediately presented it to her mother
in atonement of the mortal offence of having
said that her marriage to the brother of her
husband was unlawful. Let the example of
Herod be a warning to all men how they via
late their consciences in obedience to unlaw r
ful oaths. Are you prepared, my friends, at
the bidding of a Know-Nothing Council, to be
come the executioners of that great party
with whose organization y'ou were born, and
whose principles you vindicate? Are you pre
pared to become the instruments of a secret
cabal to bring in the heads of the Democratic
party in a charger, and to present them to
this del:wine Know-Nothing mistress, that she
in turn may present them to her mother fed
eralism, in atonement fin. the unavenged in
juries which, in former days, the Jeffersonian
Democracy have inflicted upon her pride and
honor? Better had it been for Herod, yea, a
thousand times better for his fame in this
world, and fur his salvation in the other, littkl
he acted in obedience to his own consciel . ie
! by recalling his unlawful oath, and preserving
the life of the holy man whom he -feared aqd
loved ! Better for you, yea, a thousand fold
better fur your' own reputation and honor, GP.
your children and your country, that yell
should act in obedience to your own conscien
tious sense of justice and right—that you
should instantly withdraw your allegiance
from these Know-Nothing councils, and prove
your fidelity to those principles for which you
cherish a hereditary reverence—fidelity to
that political organization whose triumphs
constitute the chief renown of this glorious Old
Dominion that gave you birth!"
WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER?—The Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, in the case of Bowen
vs. Taylor and other officers of Allegheny City,
a suit to recover damages for Opening a street
through pl an tiff's property, (without legal no
tice of the proceedings,)' recently decided
"That a publication of a notice like this its
not sufficient if made in a German paper—that
when an act of Assembly provides for notice in
a newspaper, it always means an English pa
per, unless some other be expressly mentioned.
The notice was also published three times in
Purviance's Weekly Advertiser. But this is
not a newspaper in any sense of the word:—
It was merely a sheet of paper covered with
advertisements, and distributed gratuitously
at the expense of the advertisers. It was a
hand bill rather than a newspaper, The pub
lication was the same as none.
The want of two was fatal to the regularity
of the proceeding, and the judgment of the
District Court was right."
Those haring legal notices to publish should
bear this decision in mind,
THE CHIPPEWA!' NATION.—The St. Louis
Republican thinks that there is reasonable
prospec of reclaiming • the whole nation of
Chippeway Indians from barbarism. The
leading feature of the treaty recently made
between this tribe enclitic United States, is
that as fascias individuals or communities be-
come civilized to a certain extent (of which
the united States Commissioners are judges)
they are to' be admitted to all the rights and
privileges of American citizens. The desire
to come under this condition is very general,
it is said, and large sums will be expected this
year, both by the Indians and Missionary so
societies, hi building school houses and in the
purchase of farming utensils. There are
more than two . hundred thousand Indians thus
waiting to, be civilized, and the experiment
is likely t 6 be tried fairly for ji est time
since the settlement f America, of extending
equal rights to the aborigines.
No PLACE FOR A Pooa MAN.—Flour is sell
ing at Montreal at $l4 per barrel, and at Que
bec it commands twelve and thirteen dollars.
At Quebec butter is quoted at 40 cents, beef
at 15 and 20 cents per pound, and pork at $25
per bbl. Labor commands 2s. currency; or
forty cents per day. '
THE KA ISAS OUTRAGE. —A letter frOm
Washington city, published in the Boston
Post, says
Tho evidence i. very good that the Missouri
ans who invaded Kansas at the recent election
were Know-Nothings. A writer of a private
letter from there speaks of their having secret
lodges and of concerted action. One thing is
sure, that they were enemies of the Nebraska
law. Why, that law didn't leave it to the peo
ple of Missouri to form the institutions of Kan
sas! It assumed, and justly, that the men of
Kansas were competent to make their own
laws. Therefore any obstacles put in the way
of exercising this right is the expression of hos
tility to that law. It is nullification, and. it
should he put down.
Ma—Another new Locomotive, named Bar
dolph was placed upon the State road last
week. It was built at the Lancaster Locotaci
tive works, and reflects the greatest credit
upon th.s builders.
The largest room in the world, under
a single roof and unbrOken by pillars or oth
er obstructions, is at St. Petersburg, and is
650 feet in length, and,lso feet in breadth.—
By daylight it is used , for military displays,
and a battalion can conveniently manceuvrlin
it. In the evening it is often converted into
a vast ball room, when it is warmed byMix
teen prodigious stoves, and 20,000 wairlariers
are required to light it properly. The red
of this constructure is a single arch of iron,
the bars alone on which it rests, weigiang
12.880 punds. •
LOUIS NAPOLEON tcNti, TEE UNITED STATES.—
Hon. John Appleton, Secretary of the Anieri
can legation in London', in a recent letter , to
the Portland (Me.)! Argus, of which he is he
accomplished editor, - speaks of the French Em
peror and Empress as follows :
"This will do, upon that topic. The diPlo
matic corps was presented to the Emperor qnd.
Empress at the French embassyyesterdr,
about 5,,p. m. The American legation had an
xcellent opportunity to tiee the distingnis, ed
sovereigns. The Emperor - received Mr. Buhh
anan with marked ability. He alluded tO, his
visit to New York; and; expressed the earnest
hope that America and Prance might remain .
always at peace. Thie hope, of course, the
American minister reciprocated._
'"The Empress is certainly a very attractive
person. She has perfect self-possession, pleas
ing manners, and a graceful person: 'J/ley
both speak English, but she was once) at
school in England, and speaks much, better
English than the Emperor." I •
,Speak,ir
. .
.'..q!:boti§Epta, May
male of
inning: iii Naithaeipton, county wag nit - Nixed
from theVianmi tt eti t.7onference and ad.pted.
The' bill to el:Watt:the Plirilegeof the Poinii
sylvania:-Latit and klarble.Conipanjwas Tama r .
ed. , " •-•
Az 11) o'clock Speaker Lleister religned the
ohair,,_With a feeling and appropriate address,
.The Senate then went into an election lin-
Speaker, -and on the. ninth ballot , William
Platt (Democrat) was elected.
The final ballot stood as fulloWs
For Wm. Piiitt—Messrs, Brown, Bue
r eresa; ell, FrY, Goodwin, Hamlin; Huge, Jam
ison,
,Meclintuek, Quiggle, Sager, Walton,
Wherry, Heister and Batt., (Democrats,) and
Messrs. Hendricks and Haldeman, (American, )
- ; .
For John C. Flenniken = Messra. Crabb,
Fereson,,Fraier, Frick, Jtirdan, Killinger.
Lewis, Mellinger, Pratt, Price. Sellers, Shu
man, Skinner and Taggart-14:
For Charles R, iluckalew—Mr. Barra
For John Hendticka—Mr. Flenniken.
The contest was .terminated hy•Mr. Piatt
voting for himself.
. He was-coutineted.to the chair, and .then
addressed the Senate in a brief speech of
thailks.
The Speaker elect was then sworn in by Mr.
Flenniken, and at 11 o'clock the Senate ad
journed sine die. •
Rocs.--A resolution was introduced thank
ing Governor Reeder of Kansas, for his faith
ful adherence to the'old landmarks of Repub
lican liberty, in defending the purity of the
ballot box against a lawless mob of Missouri
ans, and bidding him a cordial welcome to his
family and friends.
After a brief debate, in which Messrs. La
porie, Chamberlain. and Cummings participa
ted, the resolution was agreed to unanimously
—yeas 75—nays none
The usual resolutions of thanks to the offi
cers of' the house were adopted.
A cummittfe was appointed to inform the
Governor and Senate that the House was . ea
tly to adjourn sine die at 1,1 o'clock. The
House then took a recess of half an hour.
On re-assembling, the Committee of Investi
gation relative to the deposits of the public
funds, reported that no facts had been elicited
t o c iminate any public officer.
A resolution, discharging the Committee
from the further consideration. of the subject,
was adopted.
The Speaker informed the House that the
Governor had signed the Appropriation Bill,
and also the bill for the sale of the Main Line.
The Speaker then addressed the House, and
an adjournment siair'li.• t. , ., 1; place.
Actuates local nature paused by the late
Legislature.
Supplement to the act to incorporate the
Lancaster and Marietta turnpike.
Declaring a certain bridge over the west
brancb of the Outorarit a county bridge.
Requ'iring tte assisor of East Earl town
ship to act as emistable.
A further supplement to the act to incorpo
rate the city of Lancaster.
Relative to the collection a taxes in Lan
caster city.
To incorporate the Conestoga and Beaver
Valley turnpike company.
For the preservation tif game in Lancaster
Ind her counties.
Supplement to the lii ter of the C,lunibia
and Chesbut llill tornHke.
T.. legalize the election trustees of the
Second Presbyterian church, of Lanimster.
Supplement to the charter if the Lancaster
and Matiheim Plank Road.
Supplement ti the charter of the Columbia
(;as Co.
To authorize the York Furnace Bridge Co.
to burrow money.
To incorporate the Dampeter and Bridge
port turnpike.
Supplement to the act to prevent fishing in
the Big Chiquesalungs.
Supplement to the charter of the Cornwall
and Phcenixville railroad.
To incorporate the Ephrata Mountain
Springs Association.
T.. extend the powers of the Directors of
the poor.
Supplement to the charter of the Ephrata
Monument association.
Supplement to the charter of the Strasburg
railroad.
In relation to certain duties of township
auditors iu Lancaster and other counties.
Relative to the Lancaster County Prison.
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, May 12, 1855
Broad street is rapidly becoming one of the most
beautiful streets in Philadelphia. The march of
improvement in it is extending northward so rapid
ly that building lots fronting on it command enor
mous prices, even for four or live miles above Market
street. Many of the handsomest residences in the
city have already been erected there and many . new
ones will go up this Summer. Rows of thriving
trees are planted on both sides of the pavements on
either side of the street, and as it is a very wide one,
the effect will in a few ;rears be very fine. It is even
now the fashionable drive of the city—the Hyde or
llegent's Park of Philadelphia, and a famous place
for fasktrofting.nitga.. It is amusing to witness the
performances upon it, as in fair spring weather, a
• continued series of extemporaneous trotting matches,
take place. All the equestrians soon enter into
the spirit of the scene, and after a few 2.40 or three
minute nags have commenced the contest, the riders
or drivers of the most miserable jades fire up with'
ambition and goad their poor steeds to their utmost
speed, and even the staid old country Quakers, on
their strong: but awkward farm horses, ply the whip
with lusty vigor, and for the time turn as keen
sportsmen as the oldest habitue of the turf could be.
The casual visitor to our city who remains but a
few days in the dingy old business localties or prom
enading Chesnut street, and then imagines he has
seen Philadelphia, is very much mistaken. Unlike
New York,'it is not concentrated and compressed
into a narrow and comprehensive spate, but it is
"lying around loose" in every direction, and miles
from the centre in almost every direCtion, in the
newer quarter of the City, there is much to be seen
that will prove gratifying to the lover of the beau
tiful.
A hunter Brought to the office of the Mayor, the
other morning, a large wolf, whioh he had recently
shot in the southern part of the city, to claim the
bounty of $l2, allowed by our laws for wolf scalps.
Ibis not exactly known where the animal came
from, but' it is supposed he escaped from some
menagerie, or the custody of some perambulating
showman. His captor had had quite a chase after
him, and this hunt, coupled with the valiant ex
ploits of our policemen in arresting all the goats
found running at large upon the outskirts of the
city, has given new intairest to our hunting grounds.
A large Temperance meeting was held tit
Concert Hall on Thursday evening, at which
Mayor cONRAD presided, to devise measures
fur the rigid enforcement of the new liquor
law. His Honor declared that "Su help him
God,", it.should be rigidly observed in Phila
delphia, and there is no doubt that he will do
everything in his power to prevent an evasion
or violation of it.
Governor Rollock is about visiting this
and the City Councils have made arraugemeats
to welcome him, He is also to visit the Pub
lic Schools and other institutions.
A new daily morning paper, called the
Times, has been started here to advocate the
principles of the American party. , It is edited
with considerable ability.
The United States sloop-of-war St. Lo_ is re—
turned to this port on the evening of the Bth
inst. She is commanded by Captain W.. In
'graham!, who won so much merited distinction
by his brave conduct in the Koszta
This is his first visit home since that 'occur
rence.
Our State Legislature adjourned on the Bth
inst., and a number of the member: , are now
in thin city on their way homeward. The most
important measures of the session were the
passage of laws entirely restraining the sale of
liquor on Sunday and preventing it from be
ing sold et any time in less quantity than ones
quart, or being drank upon the premises where_
sold—a bill for the sale of the main line of
State improvements, which fixes the minimum
price at $7,500,000,—the charter of a number
of new hanks; and re-cluirter Of many old
titilnre to elect a U. S. Senator—to
gethor, with the usual largo manta of local
legislation.
Our police have recently been i t husy arrest
ing as, "vagroms" the numerous! stray goats
and siline browsing upon the outskirts of the
- city, in consequence of a new ordinance per
,emptorily prohibiting thent from running at
large.'
4 , Nothing of especial interest is doing , at our
theatres. Mrs. Farren. is playing at the City
Museum, arid Miss Eliza Logan at the Walnut
to tolerably good bangles. • The "Star Compa,
ny" 'Of the'Arch continue very attrilotive.
Our markets hAfe not recently undergone ,
any important change. Beef cattle igell at th ri ,
exhorbitint rate 9f from $lO to •s'l2i: Flour`
commands $lO 50 to $ll - per - .barrel ; Rye
Flour, ; Corn Mead, $4,75, Wheat 13elle.
for from $2,25 to2,3o; , Rye i $1;48 ; Corn, 113. a
'll2c; Oats, 64450. • ' '•
gir The Supreße Court of this State is.
now in session at lictiTisbuig. - The 9itieiifry,m
Laneaster County will be disposed of -this
week.
.___~. ...w _ _ , .~
The^Oafrs;e - Oorpsria mated aaortfee of.
Our: readinf, ate filflnveeire Unit a ttitl
pending
. .befure-, the- 1. - ",egi t 'slattiro, for several'
eiiiths,:pi , the sitleTiifitiel7Main Line of oin:l
t ' W
e • the time to
txacetheiiiist f l ! ry of this 'billfrom its itittepth,u
tai its•einsuititnationlnita notice. of line or;
tWo points- wilt enable-11M reader to under
..
aPind the 'n'lllfele •
• The bill fOr the sale - al; iiii.tsilsed the f LiuSe,
eriginaltv, flied the initilintun Price at eight ,
and it half When it went to the
senate, that body reduced the price to eight
millidns. sit t added to the effect that if the
the Pennsylvania Ilailriind Ciimpany should
become the purchaser, they should ou the
payment Of an additional million of dollars,
he release , l from the three mill t :In
posed upon the tannage of Litt- if E.:A.:. Tim i ,
House nun-concurred in the muentim,:.c
Senate, and a committee m . cothleimmc
appointed, whoie duty it was to adjust , the
points of difference. This commit ee, after
one or two unsticeessful e.Tirt«, Iw:lir, oil
the laXt night of the session, agreed upon
repurtWhich was submitted to two the [louses.
The ..xtritortlitiary diameter ,of this report
astounded both the friends and oopinientoid
the sale. Instead of adjusting the difference
between the two' Houses as to whether the
minimum price should remain at eight and a
half millions as .fixed by the House, or eight
millions as fixed by the Senate, the commit
tee took the unprecedented responsibility . of
fixing the amount at seven and a half millioni§,
or if the Pennsylvania Railroad Uumpady
should become the purchaser, at eight and
a half millions and the tonnage tax repealed.
Now we take the position, - first, that the
action of the committee was a palpable
usurpation of power, not delegated by parli
mneßtary rules, or precedent in
but in derogation of both ; and seeouilly, that
the adoption of the report by the two Houses,
and the bid becoming a law by the siguatu e
of the Governor, shuts out all eiimpetition
the shape of rival bidders—that there can be
but one birlderand that one the Pennsylva
nia Railroad-Company
We deem it unnecessary to elaborate upon
the first proposition. We chalenge the friends
of the bill to produce authority or precedent.
which could warrant the committee iu redu
cing the price below what hail been fixed by
either House. But our stationd proposition
does not rest upon parliamentary;rules ur L 0
islative precedent. It is a plain matter of
fact, and is as susceptible of emoustration as
any problem in Euclid. Then for tine proof.
In order to arrive at a proper understanding
on the subject, we remind our readers that the
acts incorporating the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company imposed, by and with the consent, 01
the Company, :qua of three mills per ton per
mile, on all twinge carried by the Company
between Harrisburg and Pittsburg. This tax
amounted the past year, as shown by the re
port of the Canal Commissioners, to one ,
hun
dred and thirty-six thousand dollars, equal to
the interest at five per cent, on two millitins
set - en hundred thousand dollars. The provis
ion in the bill, authorizing a sale, proposes to
repeal this tax upon the payment, by the Com
pany, or one million Of dollars. In other
words it, give.: the Pennsylvania Itailristd
Gm:pasty the ads :Image. Over all o,knpetitors,
of the difference between one million, the bon
us fixed in the bill, and two millions seven
hundred thousand dollars, the actual o:finial
which the tonap tax represented the last year,
to Say nothing about the immense increase
which will follow the completion of the Aettl
track Of the Central road, and its cat:et:64ns
with the various roads extending through the
vast West. It is confidently believed by
many intelligent gentlemen, who have given
the matter their attention, that before the ex
piration'uf the period fixed for the last pay
ment. in the sale bill, this tonage tax will be
worth at least five million of dollars, and that,
ultimately, it will be worth more than the en
tire Main Line, and yet it is proposed to gife
it away for one million, an amount greatly :bt
loW half its present value.
This, honest - tax payers of Pennsylvania, is
a specimen of the reform Legislature, controll
ed by Know-Niithings. We shall have more
to say about their acts of reform hereafter.—
Harrisburg Patriot. •
• Mn. EDITOR :—During the last week a company of
Dramatic performers have been playing in Fulton
Hall to very good houses. The gentlemanly Mana
ger, Mr. Edwards, has evinced his good taste in se
lecting such Actors and Actresses, as fully sustains
his pledge of having here a "Star Company."
Mr. and Mrs. Butcher are here in their different
casts, what they were at the Chestnut Street Thea
tre, in Philadelphia. All those connected therewith
are equally meritorious—and especially Mise Win
throp, who at her age is a prodigy. Whether in
Tragedy or Comedy she acts remarkably well, and
as a nonsense she has few equals.
The Orchestra consisting of Mr. Keifer and his able
assistants, appear to do their part as well as those in
the larger cities, who have the advantage of much
more practice. This Orchestra is, of itself, a matter
that the citizens of Lancaster may well be proud of.
Their interludes appeal to us most happy efforts, and
even aside of the first class acting, would be an in
centive for such ones as love recreation to go and
hear.
As the Company intend remaining for some time
we will, as occasion demands, more oritically no
tire their performances. EUGENE.
May 15th, 1855.
PEAS AND STRAWNERRIES.—We learn from
the Norlulk Argus that peas and strawberries
are in the Norfolk market from gardens in the
vicinity of that city. Peas, $3 per peek ;
strawberries, $2 a gallon.
Kt-Postmaster Kendall, of New Or
leans, has been again arrested un another
charge—that of robbing a letter fruil, Ualves
ton of $5OO.
AN EXTENSIVE FAanna.--Michael L. Sall
vant, an Illinois farmer, it is said, is about to
plant 10,000 noes of land in Corn. Ile was
formerly one of the hugest • farmers in the
State of Ohio for many years, and, according
to a.eoteraporary, he could ride in IL direct
course fifteen miles through his own corn fields.
KENNEDY'S BANK NOTE AND COMM ERCIAL REVIEW':
by Kennedy et Brother, 72 Third st., Pittsburg Ternts .
Monthly, $1; Semi-monthly, V; Weekly, t,12 per sonuto.
This is an excellent and useful publication, and
should be in the hands of every merchant, shopkeep
er and business man. Each number gives a full and
correct account of all the genuine and counterfeit
bank notes in circulation, not only in the United
States but-also in Canada.
JEANIE MOILLtISIEV ; OR, 'nu Discuu st: OF LIFE.
By •the Author of "The Pastor's Fatally;' Published by
Robert Carter & Brothers, New York.
This is an admirable little volume of 348 pages,
handsomely bound and embellishedwith appropriate
engravings. Its reading matter is of that high-toned
moral character, which should make it a fayoritd in
every christian family. Price only 75 cents.
This book is for sale at Mouser .!‘ &OBIS'S Book
store, in this city ; where may also be seen a com
plete assortment of nearly all the moral and religious
works published by the Messrs. o.4krza—including
all the commentaries now extant upon the Old and
New Testaments.
"THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL."—This in
teresting volunie is frOm the Lame source with the
"Morning and Night Watches," "The Words of
Jesus," etc. etc. The Author has evidently made
free use of the many valuable works in relation to
the history of the great Apostle to the : Gentiles
that have recently appeared--especially that of
Conybeare and Hemel. This had been done, how
ever, with so 'Much jridgment , and skill as to chal
lenge the thinks of the public that the substance of
.;
numerous and : expen4ve volumes,'on so iniportant a
smbject, - have, - at alow. price, and in an attractive
form; been placed within the reach of yoilnger stui
dents and - general reader. The book ought to be
in the hands of every intelligent layman. It is
one of a very ':•,i:uge number of the publications of
the CAXTERE I ,I now to be seen on the ehelves of
Money b Moak, and which are worthy of special
notico in these days of so much trashy and even
corrupting literature. •
. .
IND.: A smart white frost ,occmzed in this
vicinity on Thursday and Friday mornings of
last week. We dO not suppose,:however, that
any damage was: done to the fruit *which is so
promising. • '
lleti.ldr. Tom • Wi,sz 'has resigned his
seas in the Select Council of this City,
owing to some i difficulty -in - that body.
His resignation -was - unanimously accepted..
Nais • or 'Tilt ; name.
of this ',man icilled-: . by the collisiop-on the
Railroad at Columbia, on WetineidaY last,
was Maga= Veins, a resident of New York
city, where he had a family. ' •
Truly, Yours
For the Intelligeneer.
Theatrical.
Editor's Book Table
: - sr. L0v45.410 P
•
The Eclive±Ereitlait
—A .Day o_lLTAtz.a.
More of the .4114:sioa .
j i
-Great Exe f roma
Arsso liarnored ILO
• Litminark--flis M a
--We have been enjo , :
my laSt date,-and Sere
have fallen, which-were ..
ty: - Vegetation has . e
growing crepe of fruit a , .
dicate a bountifulyiet. „
but we heir of no comp!.'
The rivers are all low,
high, which prevents . e
at this period cif.tho sdi •
nothing of inteiest has
dant for all legitimate .
On Tuesday evening
sublimest spectacles of qu
the Moon. In the early . .
clouds hung over us, and I I
panorama would pass 'ans.,
the time of the hrst black
the pale Moon, the plouils ;
bright orb, leaving nothin
the scene was ;trial? , glee
Steadily and slowly thol t
the fair face of the Mill'. .1
ESPOBIDERCE. .
f . tito City--Ch.otera
stung—Gov. Gorman—
.llldo—Oits Man Killed
'he •Plartte Country in
ing of the - Editor of the
.Letter, 414,
T.-Loots, Map i, 1805.
'delightful weather since
copious showers of rain
•h needed in this viaLui
• a fresh start, and the
grain in all quarters in-
Business is not so brisk,
to from our merchanta.—
d consequently fright is
usual amount of shipping
.n. in monetary . alleirs,
nspired. Money is aban
qes of trade.
, we witnessed one of the
whole life, the Eclipse of
part of the evening heavy
was feared that the grand
en in this latitude, but at
oak touChing the face of
ispersed from around the
to obstruct the view, and
d beyond description.—
srnished mark passed over
orb, and about 10 o'clock
ids
t
the observationl was at , height. At no time,
strictly speaking , was it tal. This great phenom
enon of the heavens wits the admiration of all our
citizens—the windows , d is, and side-walks were
r
filled by the anditory, thousands of bright eyes
peered into the deep bl a ky. Hundreds left Thea
tres' and other laces o musettient, to witness the
grand and sub ime spect ;Ile that was presented to
their view in t e free and open sky, and all seemed
I .
to wonder at the immat le doings of that Divine
1 :,
power whi.h fashioned universe of worlds.
The abstract Of deaths i our city for the past week,
shows a slight increase v r that of last. The whole
number of interments ill up 97. There has been
'seven.' cases of'Cholern an our city, and we heard of
one or two of our !toque:in ces dying suddenly in
the past two or! three dry A printer by the name
Church, died a few otrs after he was taken ill.
It is, however, by no meafis, considered an epidemic ,
as yet, but it is feared the preaching warm weather
will again britig this 1409., dreaded scourge into our
midst. _Emigrants on the rivers are suffering and
I
dying from itpartioulhr y un the upper Mississippi.
At the town of ! Bonapatt , lowa, and also at Bur
lington, several deaths ha -e occurred. At Jefferson
Barracks, about, 12 miles slow this city, the cholera
has made its appearance and about seventy of the
U. S. Soldiers were attac ed, out of which number
some twenty-fii - e have Id ed. There are from 12 to
1500 persons stationed' it that point, collected front
, all parts of thej country, o that it is natural to ex
pect that disease should p veil among them to some ,
extent.
this State, has issued a
the 31st day of May, as a
illation and Prayer, and
`eased with health, nti
d that we may not bo vis
ec, -or civil strijc. It is
the citizens of Missouri
day, for their participa
!.nduct at the election in
however, to be devoutly
tiou may have a good et
Gov. Sterling Price, '.oi
proclamation setting app
day of Thanksgiving,
hoping that we; may be b I
fulness and prosperity, a
ited with famine, pestile I
my opinion that some, of
have groat need of such
tion in and ontrigeouti
Kansas Territory.. It list
wished, that tke procialui
feet.
It is rumored here tlla
sota Territory, :is to be
ulating in the public lan
Shields or Mr. I.lreckenn
Qn Saturdayt last, the t
souri mob for the evacua
Messrs. Park Patterstin
from their place of reside
Various rumor have reac
proceedings of this gang
that Park was pursued
severely lynched, and lh
tents, burned to the grou)
warns both Park and pa
town after thmtime space
thoseiwhd consi 4
terials of the Luminary
Missouri river,.. are delerr
in like manner in the sr
Gov. Gorman, of Minna
aoved, on a charge aspec
ts, and that either General
tge will be his successor.
ue appointed by the
11
' Mis
on and final departure of
: editors of the Luminary,
ce—Parkville—expired.—
eti our city relative to the
' highwaymen. It is said
to Kansas, captured and
s dwelling, with its eon
41d; and toe Platte Arg - us
T it rson not to appear in that
i ed by the Missouri bandit
6ed the Press and the ma
r office to the bottom Of the
lined to bury theinowners
me grave—a large majority
•,, .
.....--
of the people sanction it, and it will be COMFUM7II4.•
tell." A large and cud usiastic Meeting has been
held in Clay county, and committees have been ap
pointed to wait -upon' and warn off all abolition
preachers, and to report tb an adjourned meeting the
replies and deerminatio4 of the parties called upon.
Mr. Park has publish a letter, giving a full
statement of his course,' and culls upon the law
abiding citizens to protect him from the ruthless
hands of an exaspemlec mob. It is a manly and
dignified appeal to the ht nor and patriotism of Mis
souri, and the good a ti. law-abiding ptople of that
portion of our butte shoe d protect the life and prop
erty of a man, who hat added so much reputation to,
and taken so much interest in the welfare and pros
perity of its people, asi itl appears from all accounts,
Mr. Park has done. • :Bilt, as his letter shows what
he intends, in the face of the resolutions you have
already published, 1 dean it justice to that gentle
man to allow him to speak for himself, and clip the
following paragraph front his able and fearless letter:
" I love the South. and have spent the best ever;
gies of my life to advance her interests and her
glory. The battle field+ of Texas are eternal evi
dences of the fact; whermindividual enterprise gath
ered around the gallant (Houston, and by incredible
hardship and almost superhuman exertion, the inde
pendence of that vast dountry was achieved—now
one of the brightest stirs in the constellation of
States; and I refer to my fellow citizens to attest the
fact, that, while I hate resided in Missouri, I have
labored unceasingly td p mote her interests.
I love the North, too; ever, while life lasts, shall
I forget the green hills f Vermont, where rests the
grave of my mother; nor the deeds of the men of '76;
nor the virtues and en ies of the men who have
made those States a be cou-light—the wonder and
admiration of the worlffiland I shall ever look upon
their glory ak the cOmMon inheritance of every
American eitiien. 1 I
With regard to leavingthis community, I would
~,d.
do so cheerfully, as stain as I could dispose of my in
terests here, were I sails' that a further residence
was not agreeable; but t leave the grave of my - wife,
the home i Wive toiled years to embellish and im
prove, and many interests interwoven with the
growth and prosperity tf the country, and flee fur
no offence, like a base ulprit-1 cannot. I would
rather prefer death at my own home, amid the flow
ers and trees pl,/uated add consecrated by affection,
and upon the soil of , e country 1. have toiled to
build up. Our press It been thrown hitt, the Mis
souri river—l may be uried there too—an humble
individual is in the pow r of hundreds of armed men
—but his death will lso destroy the freedom of an
American Press ! hide endunce of thought and ac
tion is inherent in the, 60m of every freeman, and
it will gush up like a perpetual fountain forever !
God has impressed (minis universe the principles of
truth andjustice, andithey da'dst prevail.
It' there is no securit Y in the land of Washington
—if an American honle , affords nu protection—if the
time has arrived when , his. Union must be dissolved,
and ail its kindred ties and mighty interests broken
and destroyed, and otr and drenched with fraternal
blood, then let me be ibUried beneath the turbid wa
ters of the Missouri, rather than live to, behold such
a scene. God save our country !"
This letter! was written on the 23d of April, and
since that 'time, rumo says, he was pursued into
Kansas and lynched:t is also rumored that Mr.
I L
Park is now in our city but this is probably a mis
take. 1 1 1 .
The latest accounts Atom the Missouri river repre
sent great exeitement;in all the river towns, and that
immense assemblages' the congregated for the pur
pose of carrying out the' war. The army is to be di
vided off into squads.( One company is to be sent to
Kansas City for the purpose of destroying the Amer
can Hotel, where the eabtern emigrants and settlers
put up at on their arrill. Another to proceed into
Kansas Territory and b eak up and burn kiss "Her
ald of Freedom" Office; iand others still are dispatch
ed into different parts of Kansas and the Missouri
river towns, as guerrilllo, to watch the movements
of the peaceable settlers; and visitors to the country.
One of these parties lwent to the town of Leaven
worth, called a squatter meeting on the let of May,
and excitement ran limy high. During the session
of this meeting inflanlitatory and incendiary . speech
es were made, and mite confusiounray.ske. /hiring
the delivery of one of.k.bese -are-eating addresses, a
man nainted meuren, a lawyer, and an Aitti-Slavery
ite, called Clark, a ProiSlavery man, a liar,—Clark
struck him and knocked him down, whereupon the
latter drew O revolver and shot Clark dead on the
spot. hicCrea attempted to escape by swimming the
Missouri river, but was captured and locked up in
the guitrd helm, at tle Fort, by his friends. The
mob assembled around the Fort and demanded a de
liverance of the prison , and if the request was not
complied with in asp ( fled time, they would attack
the Fort, tear down it e building, and lynch the
prisoner.. In the meaatlme, the mob got out a hand
bill, calling . upon thelfriends of Clark to avenge the
blood of their fellow Men. This handbill was circu
lated all over that poll on of country, demanding of
every Pro-Slavery men in the State to meet at that
city to adopt, measures ' of proceeding in the present
crisis. This . docruneny is signed by several promi
nent men in that seclidn. Such was the state of af
fairs, when. the boat that brought this intelligence
left that city. What Will be the result, God only
knows. The war ha4Ljust commenced, and it de
volves upon !the United States Government to lose
no time (if our State ' , authorities will not take it up
on themselves to check) this banditti in its mad ca
reer,) in subduing did outrages and unlawful pro
ceedings of this self-styled "Self Defenswe Associ
ation'—composed of men unfit to control their own
passions, and unworthy the protection or aid of our
law-abiding and peneetible citizens. If decency and
common 'sense, and thci esteem and respect they owe
to their fellow men ddes not prompt thetteto a full
sense of their duty—el duty they owe to the State,
the Nation, 1 and the -laws of the country—let the
carbon roar and the' steel iltush in the brilliant rays
of a morning san.on . ; i the ones peaceful and happy
shores of MiSsorixi. - muchran such an 'event is to
be regretted ) it is alset 4 a
source of deep regret that
the outrageslalready perpetrated have not found our
Governorin the line of his duty—in the diaaharge of
his official and , int*pitive duty. The proclamation
for a day of thanksgiying anti prayer will not Cheek
the'thirat for blood, arid., the destruction of properly
by a band of itliftanskoblle.igued together for acts of
violence and the yieetration of fraud wren the
ballot box and the ri fits of it, people. it 13, in
deed, deeply to be de gored , that this mob cannot be
arrested and made ail nable to the laws of oaf State,
without resorting to f and the bayonet; hut we see
no other reniedy b hich peace and quietude min
be restored on theborders of our State, and it is the
more to be lamented hen ,we consider the eons&
quenCes of - each an engagement—the loss of life, and
the vacant !alit in many a family circle. If this
civil war continues• ni h longer, without the inter
- femme of the Govern r of this State, or the proper
authorities it Wash* n, it will require a much
stronger army than S , u, might suppose, to conquer
and subdue the Pro. averyites, now engaged, and
about to enlist:lU di. rate/Dated straggle against .
Freedom in' the ,Te f ry CT Kansas.. - Every day
adds new recruits tcl eir number, and iri fact the
whole Plattii oonlitu. e'in arms against any.att4impt
'to Make Musses a F i State. We look for bloody
news by-the next arri hl from the MissourPriver.
It is said, land from alluccounts - with i saine.resem
blame' of trath,:th4 Gen. Atchison is playing a
i
quiet game in this d 'cable and higthandadArans
lation.—*lgU,ght ,theirmidst; . and we ieMito in
stance where he - has . ed his hand to prermit the
destruction of life ' • prospetit3i; aril we hive every
ali tirn
reasdn to believe 0 tonanoes analmicetragril the
damnable - conduit those those Missourians who took
'charge of ths m
zi lolls Kansas at the repent : election
i
—and it Is ter &voted himself. This might
or might ne bet hie! but we. WA Ctn. 4Lichiffigi
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