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LANCASTER, MAY. 2.2, 1855
TO THE' DEMOCRATIC FREEMEN OF
THE CITY, AND COUNTY OF LAN
' CASTER:
i In accordance with the resolution •of the
Committee adopted on Wednesday last, you
ore requested to assemble 'in the several Wards
of the City, and • Boroughs and Townships of
gie County, •
ON SAILTORD/Clr, - theNdiof JUNE next,
men and there to elect not less than three nor
ore than five delegates to represent each
District in a general County. Convention, to be
held on .Wednesday•the 6th day of June fol
lowing, at 11 o'clock, A, M., at the public
hOuge of Emanuel Shober;in:the Cityof Lan
aster, for the purpose of electingEdx delegates
represent the Democracy, of the County of
=caster in the annual State. Convention, to
dayheld at Harrisburg on Wednesdaythe 4th
day of Jul y next, for the nomination of a can
didate for Canal Commissioner.
The several Ward, Borough and Township
ommittees, are requested to give early notice
n their respective Districts of the time and
, ,lace of meeting foithe eleCtion of Delegates..
The several Districts will each nominate
pne person to serve on the County Committee
for the ensuing political year, and also nomi
nate their Ward, -Borough and Township
Committees, and hand them to the Chairman
of the ensuing County Convention.
By order of the County Committee.
A B. SWARR, Chairman.
Lancaster, May 15, 1855.
The Independent Whig
This sheet once had some charactei for de •
cency and fair dealing ; but ever since it passed
pito the hands of the present ostensible Edi
tor, it has gradually descended lower and
t ower in the scale of respectability, and hi now
only noticed'by the public as a sort of conduit
pipe through which flow the streams .of bil
lingsgate and falsehood that daily emanate
'from the polluted fountain of its iniquitous
masters. Since the appearance of Ritner's
Wooden Nutmeg State Printer amongst us,
he Whig seems to be little else than a miser
able, rickety, Abolition, Know-Nothing con
6rn, through which the olfactories of the good
ieople of Lancaster county have been contimi
- bully regaled from the filthy cess-pool from
which it draws its sustenance. •
But, nobody suspects FENN for the author
ship of these lying and blackguard attacks
upon us and our neighbors. It would be a
slander to charge upon him that he concocts
Such dirty libels and clothes them in the lan
guage employed. No—no. They 'are pre
pared for him in South Queen street, and he
''s but the willing instrument ittthe hands of
older and abler men, who prepare• the doses
for him, which he gulps down with greedy
avidity. These bold, bad men are well known
'n the community, and any thing they write
nd have published by their automaton Editor
'll not•weigh a feather with the public: — We
eel strongly' inclined to dissect the .character
Vthese moral and political monstrosities—but
hall forbear for the present. We may, how
ever, provide ourself with a pair of tongs and a
'smelling bottle one of these days--and, when
thus armed against the noxious effluvia ari
sing from their carcases, amuse our readers
with a full disclosure of their hidden enormity
and corruption.
Jim The "Register," and " Independent
;Whig" are labeling hard to break the force
Id the recent overwhelming defeat of Know
othingism, at the School election in this city.
But it all won't do: They may misrepresent
nd falsify to their hearts' content; but " facts
are stubborn things," and every body - here
knows that they lie wilfully and deliberately,
when they assert, as they do for effect abroad,
that-the election of School Directors was not
made a test—and that, too, by the Know-
Nothings themselves. -
We admire an honest, fair opponent, who
will confine himself to truth in the advocacy of
his principles; but heartily detest the Editor
who, to effect an object, will resort to false
hood and misrepresentation to deceive the
public. Of this latter character are the edi
tors and publishers of the papers in question,
and any farther controversy with either of
them would be neither expedient nor desira
ble.
Appropriations.
The general appropriation bill passed by
the Legislature of this State, at its late ses
sion, contained in the aggregate appropria
tions amounting to $4,600,000; of which
amount $2,000,000 was for interest on the
public debt, $129;000 for expenses of the Le
gislature, $230,000 for the support of Common
Schools, $277,730 for the completion of thet
Portage Railroad, and $250,000 for re-laying
the South track of the Philadelphia and Co
lumbia Railroad.
LICENSES BY COUNTY TREASURERS.-T 4 At
torney General (Mr. FRANKLIN) has given an
opinion on the new Liquor Law, to the effect
that licenses for the sale of liquor must be
granted as heretofore by County Treasurers
up to July I—the tax licenses to run until
October. The tax will be the same as for a
whole year. Thus, those whose licenses are
dated after the 13th of April, will pay as
much as those who got licenses before that
date—the licenses in one case running only to
October, and in the other to April next.
" DAILY FREE PRESS."—This is the title
a new candidate for public favor, in the shape
of a daily penny paper, just started in this
city, by F. rt. CARPENTER, Esq., Publisher,
and - Editor.
. The paper is a joint stock concern, gotten
up, so report says, by the Tavern Keepers of
the city and couty, inainly-to advocate their
peculiar interests. The first number was issu
ed on Saturday morning, and presents quite a
neat appearance. We have no doubt the new
daily will be conducted with spirit,--but
whether it will pay is another thing. The
"Inland Daily," it is said, is a losing concern
to its stockholders ; and if one won't pay, it
is hardly probable that two will. However—
go ahead; there is nothing like trying one's
luck.
BUILDING LOTS.—The attention of our read
. ers is respectfully directed to the plan of the
lots embraced in the Chestnut St tract, now
offered for sale by Abraham N. Brenemart
and Jesse Laidis, Esq. They are located in
the eastern pOS of the City, and bound upon
some of the principal streets. For cheapness,
\these lots never were excelled : and if persons
desiring homes let this opportunity pass by
without improving it, another may never be
presented.
057 - The rains of last week have given a new
impetus to the growth of wheat, grass, Am., in
this region, and there isevery appearance now
of an abundant harvest.
XIS. A correspondent of the Harrisburg
Patriot strongly recommends Col. JOSEPH B.
BAKER, of this County, as a candidate for the
nomination of Canal Commissione.r.
PROHIBITION IN DELAWARE.—The Maine
Liquor Law went into effect in Delaware on
the 31st inst. An increase in the price of
boarding at the hotels went into operation at
the same time. A general storing away of
liquor was observable for several days pre
vio"•.
24Nit-Govortpr Pouciox visited the Public
/zankull•—•!TiPhiladelphia.
e Publee 'Works — of PezutsjavanYlo-
Sale of the Malin Line-.An Outline of
the Bill,
The Bill for the sale of the Main Line of
the Public Works,';as it passed both bratiUhes
of the Legislatnru, has received the signature
of the Governor, and is therefne. a law.: It•
is " a " measure of much impOrtance, and a brief
outline of its principal provisions. will be rued
with l inteiest.
1; Thefirst section makes it-the duty of the.
Governor, within ten days after.his approval
of Act, to cause to be advertised daily
until the day of sale, in one or more news
papers -of—Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Harris
burg, Boston and New York, a notice that
the Main Line of the Public Works will be
exposed-to sale at the-Merchant's Exchange,
or at some other public place in the City of
Philadelphia, on a day to be7selected by him,
not more than ninety days after the passage
of the Act. .
2. At the time arid place so selected, the
whole Main Line, namely to wit : the Phila
delphia and Columbia Railroad, the Canal
from Colambia to the Junetion at Duncan's
Island, the Juniata Canal from thence to
Hollidaysburg, the Allegheny Portage Rail
road, including the new road to avoid the
alined Planes, and the Canal from Johnstown
to Pittsbirg,mith 'all the property thereunto
appertaining, shall be offered for sale.
3. It shall be lawful for any person or
persons, Railroad or Canal Company, now
incoporated or which may hereafter be incor
porated, to become Ate purchaser of said Main
Line, for a sum not less than seven and
half millions of dollars; provided, that if the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company become the
purchasers, they shall pay a sum of not less
than eight and a half millions of dollarb, but
on the consumination of the arrangement, so
much of the Act incorporating the said Com
pany as requires the payment of a tax upon
tonnage passing over their road, shall become
null and void.
4. The purchaser shall within ninety days
pay ten per cent, of the purchase money, and
the residue thereof in ten equal instalments.
5. Besides the lien on the said Works,
provided in the Act, the purchaser shall as a
further security, depOsit in the State Treasury,
State Loans to the amount equal to the cash
payment for one-fourth of the whole purchase
money.
6. All payments to the Commonwealth
by the purchasers for the principal, shall be
made in certificates of State Loans at par,
and the interest shall he paid in cash annually.
7. The purchasers may at any time before
the maturity of the bonds given, pay off and
satisfy the principal, giving due notice.
8. As soon as the bonds and security shall
be given, the whole Main Line shall be trans
ferred.
9. All superintendents and other officers
of roads and canals, shall continue to dis
charge their duties Until removed or re-ap
pointed, and their official bonds shall enure
to the use of the purchaSen. So also of all
moneys received by them.
10, The prirchase money unpaid, shall he
exempt from the payment of State Taxes.
11 It shall he lawful for the purchasers
to purchase, lease er use, the Harrisburg,
Portsmouth, Mount Joy,,and Lancaster Rail
roads, or to construct a road from the western
terminus of the Philadelphia and Columbia
Railroad, to the Allegheny Portage.
12. The purchaser shall at all times main
tain a continuousrailroad:and canal commu
nication between Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
and keep the same in good operating condi
tion ; and shall also, at all times, keep them
open and
„ in good condition, for public use.
13. It shall be lawful for said purchasers,
their successors and assigns, and their of
ficers, engineers, contractors and agents, to en
ter
npon any lands adjoining, or in the neigh
borhood of the works, and dig, take and carry
away therefrom, any materials necessary for
enlarging, making, altering, deepening or im
proving said works, or any portion thereof.
14. The purchasers.shall have power and
authority to own and employ locomotive en
gines, cars, boats and horses, .to convey pas
sengers and freight of whatsoever description,
within reasonable time after presentation, on
said works, or any portion thereof, and charge
and receive tolls and fare for the passage and
transportation of persons and freight, and
said purchasers, their succesors and assigns,
shall have the exclusive right to furnish all
the motive power .on said railroads : Provided,
that all persons with cars, horses, boats and
freight may pass over said works, they pay
ing toll therefor, and the use of said works
shall he governed by such general rules and
regulations as such pure asers may from
time to time ordain, esalish and publish ;
but no person shall, witireut the consent of
such purchasers, be permitted to use horses,
or other animal power, on said railroads, or
steal on said canals: And provided, that no
discrimination in tolls or charges, or in the
priority of passage through the locks, shell ever
benmde against any boats or tonnage passing to
or from the Susquehanna division of the Penn
sylvania canal, nor shall any greater amount
be charged upeh-such boats and tonnage than
that now paid the Commonwealth.
15. Should any company already incorpo
rated by this Commonwealth become the pur
chaser, they .shall possess,, hold and use the
same as part of their original act of corpora
tion, and any supplements thereto, so far mod
ified, however, as to embrace all the privileges
granted by this act in addition thereto, and
all provisions in said original act; and any
supplements inconsistent with the privileges
herein granted, shall be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Section 16. That all moneys derived from
said sale shall be either paid to the sinking
fund, and applied to the payment of the Stale
debt, according to the provisions of the act
entitled "An Act to proAidp. a sinking fund
and to provide for the' gradual and certain
extinguishment of the debt of the -Common
wealth," approved April tenth, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine, or used in ptay
ment of the interest on the loans of the Com
monwealth.
Section 17. That should it be ascertained
at any time before the payment of the last_in
stalment provided for, that further legislation
is required for passing to the purchasers,:their .
successors or assigns, all the title and interest
of this Commonwealth to said main line, or any
portion thereof, then the faith of the" Commo
nwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby pledged for
the enactment of all laws and pdformance of
all acts necessary to carry out the true intent
and meaning 'of this act.
Section 18. That should no sale take place at
the time appointed, as provided for in this act,
then it shall be the duty of the Governor to
invite proposals for the private purchase or
lease of said works, and submit the same to
the Legislature.
Section 19. That said purchasers of the
main line, under the provisions of this act,
'shall, within twelve months after Teceiiing
possession of said works, relay the south
track of the Philadelphia arid Columbia rail
road, where the same has not been laid, with
a heavy rail, and the rates atoll now charged
per mile on way freight on the Columbia rail
road shall not be increased where the .distance
exceeds forty miles, and for all distances on
the canal exceeding forty miles, the cihurge
for way tolls shall bo in proportion to the dis
tance carried.
Section 20. That all necessary expenses
incurred by the Governor under the proArisions
of this act, shall be paid out of any moiney in
the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, up
on warrants drawn by him.
ser One hundred and ten thousan d her
ripgs were taken on the Virginia side pf the
Potomac; at one haul, on Thursday wee .1,
The Exwwirier-onPolloek-Agaln
The Independent Whig took the Examiner
to task for - criticising Governor Pollock's ap
pointments; and alleges, on the authority of
the :Hniiisburg Herald, that 31r. Darling-,
ton' was hirnsilf an applicant for office, and
feels - Sore:liecause of his. disappointment. Of
course this is all gtunmon--and the Examiner
of Wednesday last _pitches into them',
Governor and all, in thefollowing caustic"
The - Harrisburg Herald is published by
the Rev. Stephen Miller, Gov.. Pollock's Flour
Inspector, and is regarded as the Governor's
organ. _We now pronounce its assertion that
the editor 'of this paper was an aliplicant for
office under Goi.-Pollock, a wilful and_fleliber
ate falsehood. If the Herald spoke by authori
ty, we extendthe charge toits master, although
we can hardly be_brought to believe the Gov
erner' hail got so low as - to resort to such
means of defence. .Nevertheless, he is respbn
sible for the language,of his organ, and unless
he, causes it promptly to retract, we shall be
obliged to, exhibit the Governor of Pennsylva
nia in a very hnmiliating . position.
The editor of the Examiner did feel an in
terest in the success of one or two gentlemen
who were , applicants for appointment to in
spectorships--gentlemen whom we knew to
be qualified for the respective posts for which
they applied—whose long and unremitted
zeal in behalf of Whig principles, and whose
unflinching fidelity to the• Whig flag in the
darkest-hours of adversity, seemed to entitle
theta to remembrance in the day of prosperity
They were original "Pollock-men,' too : the
men who "set the ball in motion" which car
ried the present incumbent into the executive
chair. When these gentlemen were all passed
coldly by and the most lucrative office in the
Governor's gift (leather inspector) bestowed
upon a Yankee, but a few years resident of the
State, and unknown as a politician—when the
inspectorship of flour was given to a canting,
hypocritical preacher like the publisher of the
Herald to the exclusion of meritorious practi
cal men—when other lucrative offices were
bestowed upon locofocos who left their party
because they were not considered worth the
fodder for which they incessantly bawled—
we felt vexed and mortified, and as is our cus
tom, expressed our thoughts in plain lan
guage. The Governor's organ can only reply
by abricating the mean falsehood that our
remarks were owing to disappointed personal
aspirations.
If the publisher of the Herald holds the
flour inspectorship in consideration of "bearing
false witness" against those who dare to
speak boldly their opinion of the acts of his
master, it is perhaps well he got it. A high
minded man would not hold-the office on such
terms; and the Governor probably knew he
was getting a proper instrument for the duty
required to be performed.
VIRGINIA.—The election in Virginia for
State officers and members of Congress takes
place on the 24th instant. The contest is be
tween the Democracy and the Know-Nothings,
the Whigs having surrendered their organize
tionand united with the latter. Our friends are
fighting the battle most gallantly, and seem to
feel entire confidence of success. The Rich
mond Enquirer thus confidently predicts the
result:
"The victory is already as good as won.—
Th 9. intelligence which unceasingly pours in
upon us from every part of the State admits
not of a doubt of an overwhelming majority
for our ticket. There is not a county in which
there is not a good spirit prevailing in our
party, and a resolute purpose to crush the in
fatuated order whose triumph would accom
plish results which even the sagacity of Pat
rickllenry never forsaw. The twenty=fourth
of May will be a proud day for Virginia—one
which future generations of her sons will point
to with patriotic pride."
There would be no room for doubt of the
success of the Democracy, says the Doylestown
Democrat, but for the fact that Know-Noth
ingism there claims to be the very guardian
and handmaid of slavery. Its champions pro
claim the doctrine that Ibreigners are almost
entirely opposed to slavery, and to oppose and
proscribe them is to oppose and proscribe ab
olitionism—that to secure the new territories
to slavery, fore . % c... must be excluded. All
this is done in the face of the fact that Know-
Nothingism in all the Eastern, Northern and
Western States, is but au echo of the most ul
tra abolition sentiments.. Butthe Democracy
of Virginia cannot be deceived by such miser
able subterfude, and will elect the Democrat
ic candidates for State offices by large 'ma
.
j ori ti es.
A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM—Required to
divide 135045, into three parts, such, that if
the
. squure root of the sum of their squares,be
added to the square root of their continued pro
duct the sum shall be a second, third and sixth
power ; also, the square root of said sum shall
be a sixth power, the cube root a fourth power
and the sixth root a square.? The roots in
either case to be in Geometrical Progression.
York, May 10th, 1855. X. Y. Z.
M. A solution of the above is requested.
PRAISEWORTHY.—We accidentally omitted
to report the fact in our last issue, that
,Gen.
Jacob L. Gross, one of the members of the
Legislature from this county, has paid into the
County Treasury for county purposes, the sum
of over $lOO, being the difference between the
$5OO which he received from the State Treas
urer, and the per diem allowance which he
would have been entitled to previous to the
advent of this Know-Nothing Reform Admin
istration.
The Editor's Book Table
GUIDE FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, with an
Extensive Map; including the entire Route, with all
its Winding-, Objects of interest, and Information
useful to the Traveller.
This is an interesting little publication just issued
by T. K. 5s P. G. Collins, and for a copy of which
we are indebted to our kind friend, C. F. YOUNG
MAN, Esq., the gentlemanly and obliging Ticket
Agent of the P. Railroad Company, in this City.
We have seldom glanced at a book with more pleas
ure. It is really what it purports to be, a guide to,
the Traveller. 'lt sets out with a description of the
City of Phiadelphia, its various public buildings,
manufactories, (to. dc. Leaving that it carries the
reader, in imagination, over the entire route of the
Railroad noting by the way all the towns and
stopping places along the line, the general appear
ance of the country, its beautiful scenery, dc. and
winds up with a correct and vivid description of
Pittsburg and its environs: The whole is accom
panied with a new and beautiful map of the
route in its progress from Philadelphia to
Rittsburg"showing where it passes through the
counties of Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Lan
caster, Dauphin, Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Hunting
don, Blair, Cambria, Westmoreland and Altighany
counties—a distance of 353 miles.
For sale by Mr. youNcauar, Railroad Depot.
THE SAINTS' EVERLASTING REST; New York, 1855
'Robert Carter & Brothers
Nothing, of course, is needed in commendation
of this admirable work of Baxter, but the present
edition of it deserves : li notice. It is the largest
and most complete one we have seen, printed on su
perior paper and in bold, readable type, as well as
embellished with a fine portrait of the Author. A
more appropriate or acceptable present could scarce
ly be made to an aged Parent or friend, even if
selected from the fine assortment of religious works
now offered by Moaner .k STOEK.
HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE, FROM THE CREA
TION OF THE WORLD TO THE INCARNATION OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. By John Fleetwood, D .D.
New York 1855, Robert Carter & Brothers. 7
The object proposed by the Author is, chiefly, to
render available the great advantage which "may
redound to the cause of revealed truth, by making
single texts plain and intelligible, and thereby
overturning any of the pretended grounds of atheism
infidelity, dangerous error, superstitious foppery, or
ridioulons invention." To render his plan more easy
and familiar, he has "ranged the whole into chap
ters, according as the different subjects and occurren
ces have required, and carefully attended to the con
nection of events, in order to prove the authenticity
of the history in general." He has also, with the
view of avoiding perplexity, carried on the historical
part by itself; and cast the necessary remarks and
observations into notes at the bottom of the page.
These notes must be instructive.* . The book contains
a neat map of Palestine, and six attractive engrav
ings of Mount Zion, Mount Ararat, ttte.
For sale by' MURRAY &
TILE CHRISTIAN PARLOR dAGAZINE. Published
monthly by . E. Carpenter, New York, et $2 per annum.
We have received the Apyll and May numbers, of
thirezoallent periodical—troth of whioh are filled
with choice reading teat*, and beantitullyerubel.
..!--- - - -ouB'POIX.ADELPECIUL-I:2T TE_lt. • _ :I - !
- - - , 1 PELT4PRIMay. 19, - 1 855 : '
Col: Henry $. Kinney the'reigning lion
of fililersterism, after running the of
governmental interference in his Nicaragua
project, at NersJ York, hat been arrested here
_ •
on similar'charge, and held :in . the sum of
, . .
$4,500 bail. to answer .. It appeans that. an.
auxiliary Cease to carry about 300 -noenharl
been fitted outlet this port.' Mon..Geerge M;
, Dallair is counsel far the Colonel, and :hi .. .will
aeon have :a. bekring to shoW cause. of action
and to reduce are amount of bail. -.* .
The young4ett enlisted for this expedition
state t ,.that theyi are kept in jgnarance of its
"object. They ate In 'pay - their - Orin passage to.
Nicaragua . anit after -thew arrival . - there, he
promisee to prqvide them with certain employ,
went, which they are free to accept Or reject:
for,engaging' which he, will give them $25
1
per month andl
a tract of !and. 4 Of the nature
of the employ ent, however, they ere kept in
profound ignoience. - - ..
- I witnessed Tether an affv.tittig incident at
the Post Office the other evening. In. the
avenue a little lboy, of about-•seven years of
age, with an interesting but quite dirty coun
tenance, was %Wetly sitting down upon a tin
pale with his liked resting upon his hand, Mid
apparently asliep, while sonnYtwentY or thir
ty bystanders were regarding him with deep
solicitude to al which he appeared perfectly
insensible.
On inquiry, I learned that he bad stated
that his .mother had - sent him out on a beg
ging expeditiod, with a threat that if he did
not bring home with him twenty-five cents he
would be severi3ly flogged ; and - having failed
in obtaining that sum, he knew by sad ex
perience she would keep her word, and he
was therefore 'fraid to o home! His ease
is but one in any, and is a sad illustration i
of the horrible system by which depraved pa
r
rents lose allfilial love; and systematically
train up theik childeren to lives of beggary
and crime, thrit they may revel in the fruits
of their degradation.
The ilicksite branch of Quakerdom is now
holding its yearly meeting hero, as well as
another offshot from the parent stuck
which styles itself "The Progressive Friends,"
whose creed consists mainly tit excessive e
votion to all the new isms of ift'e day.
The trial of Imes G. Demand on a charge
of piracy or slave trading, with the ship - Grey
Eagle, finally resulted in hie acquittal, after a
protracted consultation among the Jury. The
case was clearly proven that the ship had been
engaged in that business, and that the defen
da. t had served upon her as a sort of quasi
-captain on her voyage to Africa, and as, a
physician to the negroes on the trip from the
African coast-to Cuba, where they were dis
posed of. . .- .
It appears by the charge of the Court, how
ever, that to insure conviction for this crime,
the government must prove either that the
ship employed Was a bona fide American ship
held in whole or part by American owners, or
that the defendant is an American citizen, and
has shipped on board such vessel with a full
knowledge of the character of the expedition.
The defence of Mr. Darnaud was, first, that
he was a Frenchman, and second, that the
Grey Eagle was owned wholly by a Cuban.—
Although the testimony showed her to have
been purchased by an American but a short
time previous to the expedition in question,
the defence contended that the purchase was
not upon hie own account, but really made for
a Cuban, and they appear to have satisfied the
jury of this fadt.
Among the leading officers of the Grey Ea
gle, were persons speaking the Spanish, Eng
lish and French languages, and she was pre
pared to assume any nationality she desired.
If overhauled by an English cruiser, she ran
up the American flag ;if b an American cruis
er, the Spanish or 'En sh colors, and this
seems to be a part of th ystem under which
the traffic is still continued, despite the vigor
ous effort - 4 to suppress it.
Gov. Pollock has arrived in this city on a
short visit, and has been handsomely received
by the authorities. He is to visit the princi
pal public institutions, and the inmates of them
are all busy in. arranging the affairs in the best
order to receive him.
A number of our prominent citizens tender
ed to Capt. Ingraham, the hero of the Koszta
affair the compliment of a public dinner, which
he has declined on account of pressing engage
ments elsewhere. .
Our markets have not recently undergone
any important change. Beef cattle sell at the
exhorbitant:rtite of from slli to 13. Flour
commands $10,50 to $ll per barrel; Rye Flour,
$7,25 ; Corn Meal, $5,00, Wheat sells for from
$2,60 to $2,70, Rye, $1,68 ; Corn, 111a112c;
Oats, 68a69c. • Truly Yours.
BILL OF FARE AND THE LANDLORDS.—The
public house-keepers in West Chester, we
learn from the - Village Record,have united
upon a schedule of prices" to be observed here
after. The prices are raised from 15 to 25 per
cent. These advances are necessary under
the new license law, which compels hotels to
do it or go down. The abrogation of the li
quor privilege destroying one.source of profit,
they are obliged to seek an equivalent, else
where. .Thegirieee,of a public-house ahotrld
always be remunerative. Hotels are frequent
ly imposed upon by guests who waste or demol
ish at the table more than they are willing to
pay •the first cost of. The idea is that they
must have "the worth of their money;" never
dreaming that the landlord is entitled to a
reasonable profit. The liquor privilege of all
taverns in Chaster county expired on the 15th
of May—henceforth no person in the county
is allowed to sell. One hundred and four
temperance licenses were granted ; some of
which will probably not be taken out. There
were no applicants to the Court for the privi
lege of selling by the quart. The new sched
ule of prices has appeared in the county pa
pers and in handbills.
For the Intelligencer
The Grand Lodge (I. 0. of 0. F.) of
Pennsylvania commenced its annual session
on Tuesday last in Philadelphia.
The following officers were declared elected
and installed ::
M. W. G. Master—C. E. Wright, of No. 29,
Wilksbarre. H. W. D. G. M—D. F. Condie,
of No. 34, Philadelphia. R. W. G.
A. Lamberton, No. 16.0, Harrisburg. R. W.
G. Sec'ry.—Wm. Curtis, No. 28, Philadelphia.
R. W. G. Treasurer—F. Knox Morton, No. 11,
Philadelphia. R. W. G. Rep. to Grand Lodge
U. S.—Wm. English, No. 154, Philadelphia.
Wm. Curtis, Esq., Grand Scribe of the
Grand Encampment of Pa., has furnished the
following interesting statistics of \ the condi
tion of the Enbampment branch of the Order
in this State.
No. of Encampments in the - State, 95
No. of members, 5875
Am't. of receipts for past year, 535,260 54
Paid for Relief, :314,022 06
of Funds and Invest
ments, in the several En
campments,
At the recent election, Charles D. Freeman;'
Esq., was elected Grand Representative from
the Grand Encampment to the Grand Lodge ,
of the United States.
THE MAIN LINE OFFERED toe SAI.E.--OuV
ernor Pollock! announces that "by authority
of an act of the Assembly of Pennsylvania,
approved May 8. 1855, there will be exposed
to public sale; at the Merchants'- Exchange,
in the city of Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the
24th day of July, 1755, at 7} o'clock P. M.,
the whole Main Line of Public Works be
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg, consisting
of the Philadelphia and , Columbia railroad,
the Alleghenyl, Portage railroad, the Allegheny
I Portage railroad, including the new road to
avoid the inclined planes, the Eastern Divis
ion of the Pennsylvania canal, from Columbia
~,to the JUncticin, the division'of the Pennsylva ;
nia canal, from the Junctionto the eastern
terminus of 1 the Al)eglieny Portage rail'-,
road, and thel Western division of the Penn
sylvania canal, from the Western terminus of
the Allegheny. Portage railroad to Pittsburg;
and including also the bridge over the Sus;
quehanna at Duncan's Island, tother with
of said nab
all the surpluS water-power , , and
l a
all the reseivoirk machinery, comotives,
1 cars, trucks, 'stationary engines, -werk-shops,
' water-stations, toll-houses, offices, stock and
materials, whatsoever and wheresoever there
unto belonging."
STATES UNION HOTEL.7-It will be seen bf
reference to the advertisement in another Co
umn, that our excellent friend, Mr. GEORGE
HINKLE, has ',changed the name of his Hotel
at No, 200 Market street; - froth
that of "Red t Lien Hotel," to uStittrei
Hotel." No tnatter ty.what name it. is known, Mr. H. keeps a first-rate house, as all wh'p
stop with Iwn will tetylily aoknowledge.
,l;,. .• . - : • I ••:41: • •I • •
- Sail:raper May 19,1805. ...
I Ile only wry important intelligence bieught by
the Baltic (arrived yesterday) is the item that an
attempt to a."-aduate Louis "Napoleon, has failed.—
A Roman, named Pianori, who seems to have had
;'very little of the Bohlen about him, made.a.desper
lite attempt to shoot the ' , nephew of his uncle' in
'the Chanipe Elyse, on the 28th nit: Either the man's
land.shook - or the .pistols- hang•fize • for ''the Em
4)eris i rtitood two shots unhurt.' Possibly -the whOle
affair was a mel&dtama got up for the ocoasion.—.
,About a dozen different accounts of it 'are given4ii.
the Tide papers and the Pads correspondence of the
- • '
Londonjournals. - Of coarse, thenraversal etddnent
that the Emperor-"behaved with the greatest cool
-That Pianori did :not- so behave is pretty
; evident; for he shook violently on being conveyed to '
prison,and up to the . latest dates, had exhibited a
yes)", sding. 'desire to - commit suicide. He was "a
.• prey_ to - grief," ; but whether it was grief for having
znissed this Emperor, or seeped . that he had taken a
pop at him, is .not stated. " • Sevastopol stands where
1; t did; . precisely. The Allies hare captured twelve
guns, a row nue pits, and two hundred prisoners; but
they have made no impression upon the walls and
defences of the - 'city. That the Allies cannot take
1 the - place:without 'another briny. and seige train is
'linamfest. -The probability is that we shall soon hoar
• of the - odge having been raised. ; '
1 ' I The death - of the Han. John C. Spencer, 'at Alba-
Ilny, on Thursday' last, leaves a gap in the political
'circle that will not easily - be filled. - Mi. Spencer was
a conservative Whig, and one of the ablest "old fo
gies" in the ranks of the party. He was cold and
limpirsaible by nature; and-by edUcation and habit, a
lttual intriguant. As a- lawyer, he stood very
IMgh, bat owed his celebrity at the bar, to his Indus
. try and energy, rather than his genius. Mr: Spencer
limmpronitised himself with his party by taking office
' ander President Tyler. In ;841, he became Seer:-.
teryof War, and in 1843, Secretary of the Treasury
The latter office he resigned in 18WiLnce that tim
I he has been engaged in the practi ; .f his professio
at Albany.
; Barnum's late scrape with the wife of a man in his
employ, for which he was brought before. JUstice Os
borne, a few days ago, has put an awful damper on
itho prospects of his Baby Show. Ladies of culture
end natural refinement could not have been induced
to allow their names to be associated with his, under
I: any possible concatenation of circumstances; but he
1! would doubtless have been able to persuade low-bred
upstarts who mistake notoriety for celebrity, that it
would be beneficial to the social position of the fe
males of their family to be connected in any way
with him. 0, how these rich parvenus and ix.trve
noes do try to get admitted into the society of intel
ligent, well-bred people, any dozen of whom they
could buy out and out. What sacrifices they do
make. But Barnum, Townsend, "His Honor Mayor
Wood," et id genus ontne, although they have made
themselves notorious all over the Union, have never
yet occupied such a position in New York' as to be
perfectly unexceptionable at a dinner party of gen
tlemen who think there is something more worth liv
ing fur tnan the reputation of a successful swindler,
a notorious quack, or than a political position owed
to ruffians of the Poole, Baker, and Turner stripe,
• any of whom would stand as goocPa chance of being
admitted into the Union Club as any three persons
'int mentioned.
' The universal opinion among the liquor dealers
here is that the "Maine Law" is a failure. Three
fourths of the porter-houses will continue to sell after
the Fourth of July, as if no prohibitory statute ex
isted. It is well understood that the Court of Ses
sions, the only tribunal which can take cognizance
of offences against the law, will be choked up with
business, in less than ten days from the commence
ment of the August term. Yours, 6w.
The Foreign News
The steamship Baltic arrived at New York
on Friday, from Liverpool, bringing news from
Europe one week later.
From Sebastopol the news is that the Allies
.haves captured the Russian outworks. The
fighting has been desperate, and the cannon
ade terrific, but the Allies had not made sufft-•
eient progress to warrant a general assault.—
They have slackened their fire in order to econ
maize ammunition. There are said to be 100,
!000 Ruissian troops outside of Sebastopol, and
they were drawing their defences stronger
around the Allies. The siege makes so little
progress that there is talk of its abandonment,
and the employment of the allied army in sub
duing the interior of the Crimea, so as to cut
off the Russian supplies. An insurrection
had broken out in the Ukraine, among the Rus
sian peasantry, who suffer terribly from the
oppression of the war. In Poland, also, the
excessive levies had created a general. panic,
and many were flying into Prussia. In St.
Petersburg provisions had reached famine pri
ces. But, in the midst of all this, the Russian
'government is wonderfully active in defensive
warlike preparations. In France, a 'Roman
republican exile had attempted to kill the Em
peror by shooting at him several times with a
pistol, as lie passed in a carriage along one of
the streets. He was unsuccessful, but the em
peror's escape was very narrow, as one of the
balls grased his head. The assassin was im
mediately arrested and imprisoned. His mo
tive was a private, personal oue, not connect
ed with politics. Before this affair it was
semi-officially announced that the Emperor
had given out his , intention of visiting the
Crimea.
FIRE IN YORK.—The borough of York was
visited by a serious conflagration on Monday
evening of last week. The fire commenced
in a stable attached to LETTRAN'S Hotel in
George street, and quickly spread „to oven
adjoinine dwellings, three shops and five sta
bles, all of which were destroyed. The suffer
ers by the fire embrace Dr. Robert Patterson,
M. Littman, Thomas Shall, Mrs. Merideth,
John Mitzel, A. H. Frey, Mrs. Rupp, D. Ford,
Mrs. Krouse and T. E. Cochran, Esq. A
great deal of furniture was destroyed. The
York papers say it was unquestionably the
work of an incendiary.
M. At a Meeting of the members of the
Barman Lutheran Congregation, and Sabbath
School Teachers connected with the church,
held at their Session House May 17th, 1855,
the report of Zuriel Swope, Esq., acting Treas
urer of the Fair held at Fulton Hall, May 3rd
and 4th - inst., was presented, exhibiting a'bal
ance (over and above expenditure) of $328,94,
in favor of the Sabbath School ; which amount
was accordingly paid over 'to Benjamin Kiehl,
acting Treasurer of the Sabbath School, and
on motion the following resolution was
unanimously adopted
Resolved, That tho thanks of the members,
of this congregation be returned to the Ladies
and Gentlemen of the city of Lancaster, who
have been engaged in managing, arranging and
attending the Fair held at Fulton Hall in be-
half of the Sabbath School attached to this
church, and that we will ever evince towards
them the, liveliest feelings of gratitude fur
their kindness and generosity.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in all the papers of the city.
WM. ADAMS, President.
BENJ. KIEHL, Treasurer.
J.- MEISENHEIN, Secretary.
TOE LITHBER TOADE.The Philadelphia
Sun of Saturday week says that the Lumber
trade of the Delaware lias been very active du--
ring the previous eight or ten days. Taking
advantage of the rise of the water, the raftmen
of Upper Pennsylvania and New York brought
down large quantities of lumber of every de
scription, in logs and sawed stuff. It iS esti
mated that at least $1,000,000 worth of lum
ber has been 1 ated down the Delaware this
spring.
GEN. JOHN WErnuAN.—This influential and
sterling Democrat, has been spending a few
days in our City with his family, and is now
stopping at the United States Hotel. The
Democracy of Lebanon county may well be
proud of their talented and energetic towsman,
and we can assure them, that their politlCal
brethren in Philadelphia are not behind them
'n their respect fur his talents, fidelity, and
integrity. Gen. Weidman has a State repu
tation of the highest character, and no man
could have earned such an one, by loftier acts
of devotion to his party and the general inter
ests of the community. As ho has proSpered
iu life, may he live long to enjoy the rewards
of a life well spent.—Peansylr4nian.
$50,494 55
NEW ORLEANS, May 15.—The investigation
of the various charges against ex-Postmaster
Kendall, has been concluded, and the accused
has been held to bail for his appearatice at the
next term of the. U. S. District Court for trial.
The Oswego Canal was opened on Satur
day week., ThePilladium says ;;There are now
200,000 bushels of grain afloat there, waiting
for boats •to dis Charge. The same paper men
tions the first arrival of the season from Chi
cago, the_Silver Gem, with a cargo of wheat.
THE PRICE OF LlllMER.—Almost:t4 only
article which has fallerisin ptice - --reberitly is
lumber, especially timber.- The Philadelphia
Ledger says that logs are nowlselling at tide
'water at six cents which brought from ten to
fourteen cents at Lock Haven lasf - yeir. Much
suffering and distress is anticipated !in Conse
quence in the lumber manufacturing regions.
Seim*of SrEsmEas.—New York, May 19.
—The Sftmship Hermann sailed to-day for
Southamiiton and Diemen, with 250 possen
glis, and... 581,000. Athong the passengers is
the Prussian Ambassador.
The . sfeinnei Ariel of the new Havre line;
also jailed to-day. She,takeeout-183'passen
gene, 1.124000 in epecie, and California nug
get vedwa.at $40,000. . •
CITY poirsiv! r;ants.
A liirmseatzPiACE.--One of the must beau- - ;
tiful improvements that 'haslet been made in'
Lancaster is the iliagnificent villaresidence of
Amos llFlDEssoet;Bsq.., in East King street;,
near the County Prison, now rapidly approach-,
lug completion. It reminds one of some of
the lovelyand enchanting Spots in West Phil.;!
adelphia—and indeed' there are but few villa*
there that can compete: with it in style, Mag.
nificerice,'or comfort. "The outward oppear r ,
ance of the - building, titid'the interior arrange
ments, are all so complete in themselves as to
defy criticism—the parlors, chambers, dining
room, kitchen, &c. &c. are ,in the very first
style of elegance and:convenience. Surmount.
ing the building, and which adds greatly to
its attraction, is an admirably finished Obser
vatory, from which elevation an unobstructed
view can be had for miles of one of the loveli ,
est and finest sections of country in Permsyt
%%tide ; 'and above 'this:again is ameatly con . -
strueted Cistern or Reservoir capable of hold!
ing several hogsheads of.water, and which is,
kept constantly full es ti supply in case of fire.,
The grounds arwyet in an unfinished state.
Wheatmompleted, they; ill add:greatly to the
appearance of the establishment. Strangers
visiting Lancaster, should by all means make
it a point to see this beautiful improvement
before leaving the City.
Ita,..A meeting of the friends of the Bible,
Diu Lancaster county,'iti to be held in the Rev.
Mr. Harbaugh's Church, in this city, on the'
'',3llth inst. The object of the' meeting is set
forth in a circular published on our first page,
to which we invite the attention of our read..
ers.
FACTORY STRIKE.—A portion of the opera
tives employed in the Cotton Mills, in this Ci
ty, struck for the ten hour system, , last weele.
They accomplished their object—the .owners
of the mills haringyielded to the demand, and
the hours of labor are now fixed at from 7 A.
M., to 6 P. M., allowing one hour for dinner.
STABLE BURNT.—On Monday afternoon of
last week, a stable belonging to a Mr. Bach
ler; gardener, in Shippen street, near the bridge
,ver the railroad, leading to the New-Holland
turnpike, was destroyed by fire. The garden
of Mr. B. was considerably injured, and one
man was badly burned in- his efforts to drive
a cow out of the stable. The fire is supposed
to have been the work of an incendiary.
TAX COLLECTORS AYPOINTED. William
Shu
ler has been appointed Collector of Water and
City Taxes fur the East Ward ; and Henry M.
!less, CtAlecror of State, School and County
Tax, the gentleman to whom the Collectorship
first awarded, refusing to act. Mr. Hess'eol
lects the tax for 2 per cent.
ITER. NEWTON LIGHTNER, Esq., has been
elected a member of the Select Council, to fill
the vacancy occasioned- by the resignation of
John Wise. The following is the vote; Mes
srs. Cox, Gillespie, Morton, Sener, Wilson,
and Carpenter, President, voted for Newton
Liahtner ; and Messrs. Jack and Young voted
for John Brandt.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.-A sad accident occur
cad on the premises of MI S . Christian Charles,
in Manor township, at a barn raising, on
Wednesday last, by Which one man was killed
instantly, and 14 others seriously injured—
sonic of them it is feared fatally. The Inland
Daily of Friday has the following particu
lars
The accident occurred in raising the triune of
a large barn being erected. The barn being
100 feet in length by 57 in width, and 20 feet
high in the story above the basement walls.—
At the time of the accident ail the bents or
spans of the frame work were raised and in
their mortices, and they were elevating one of
the plates that go upon the tops of the posts.
The plate was near the point at which it was
to be let on to the tops of the posts, when by
surging and pushing it in end, the bents not
being well stayed, they were thrown off their
centre and some six broad sides of the heavy
frame fell bringing with it all the bands that
were engaged in putting on the plate and in
juring the following persons, viz :
`KILLED—Mr. Conrad S. Henry, of York
county, near Abbotstown, who was residing
with Mr. John Doner, near the place of the
catastrophe. Mr. Henry was esteemed a very
excellent man, and was 35 years of age.
INJURED SERIOUSLY—Mr. Philip Fenster
macher, (fanner) whose shoulder bone was
broken twice, and two of his ribs broken near
the spine. Samuel Kauffman, (carpenter,)
leg broken and crushed below te knee. Ja
cob Young, (carpenter apprentice,) leg broken
and crushed above the knee. Jacob Souder,
(carpenter,) severely bruised and injured in
ternally and on the head. His case is consid
ered very . critical. Joseph Habecker, sun of
Christian Habecker, (farmer,) had his knee
crushed and the bones broken. David Bren
neman, son of Jacob Brenneman, (farmer,)
had a foot crushed, the bone broken, and was
otherwised injured. Joseph Charles, (farmer,)
brother of Christian Charles, had afoot crush
ed, and the bones broken. Henry Grady sun
of John Grady, (farmer,) was seriously bruis
ed. Wm. Bull, (carpenter,) was seriously
bruised in the head and body internally, and
is lying in a precarious condition. Jacob Fur
gason, (laborer,) was badly bruised about the
hips and -other parts of his body. Balser Fer
ia:, (hired hand,) was badly bruised in sever
al places. Frederick Sener, (farmer,) was se;
riously injured in the breast, and internally.
A sun of Philip Fanstermacher was coneider
,
ably bruised and had some abrasions of the
skin. A hired man of Mr. Charles, the own
er of the -barn, was also considerably bruised
and injured, but not seriously.
Mr. Peter Dummy is the master carpenter
who' was erecting the barn, four of whose
workmen are seriously injuredby the accident:
ODD FELLOWSHIP IN LANCASTER COUNTY.—From
the reports made by the s6veral Lodges in Lancaster
County, (North Star and. Conestoga not included,
they having not yet made their returns,) we make
the following abstract of their condition for the term
ending on the 31st day of March last :
LANCASTER LODGE, No. 67.—Whole number of
contributing members, 349; Past Urands, 28; Amount
of Receipts, $892,56; Paid Grand Lodge, $29,09.
Oliicers--N. G., William E. Shuler; V. U., C. N.
Laise; Secretary, Jacob M. Weal:miler; Assistant du.,
U. T. 'Gahm; Treasurer, 0. M. Erben.
MONTEREY LonnE, .. 242.—Wh01e number of
contributing members, 149; Past Grand.s, 12; Amount
ut Receipts, $378,05; Paid Wand Lodge, $9,97. 011i
cers--.1,1. U. Tobias 11. Miller; V. U., John R.
Schultze; Secretary, P. T. Sheaff ; Treasurer, A. B.
Kaufman. •
FULTON LODGE, No. 454.—Wh01e number of con
tributing members, 611; Peat Grand; 13; Amount of
Receipt., $114,8b; Paid Graud Lodge, $3,27. Officers'
—N. G., John A. &ben; V. G., Inertias J. Wentz;
Secretary, Samuel L. Fraim; Treasurer, Samuel
W elchens.
Pauur.a LODGE, No. 161.—Whole number of con
tributing members, 41; Past Grands, 14; Amount of
Receipts, 6123,14; Paid Grand Lodge, $3,46. Officers
—N. G., Simnel M. Brim; V. G., David Cunning
ham; seeretary, Piney Ji Nichols; Assistant do., D.
Crawford; Treasurer, B. J. Bakestraw.
STRASBURG LODGE, No. 361.—Whole number of
contributing members,,3B; Past Grande, 7; Amount
of Receipts, 61,50; Paid Grand Lodge, $1,56. Officers
—N. G., William Clark; V. G., John B. Aument;
Secretary, John E. Girvin; Aisistant do., Samuel
Aument; Treasurer, Jacob Hildebran4.
COCALICO LODGE, NO. 408.—Whole number of
contributing members, 106; - Past (hands, 5; Amount
of ReociPto, $187,16; Paid: Grand Lodge, $5,62.
Officera--N. G., Samuel Luti; V. G., Henry S . . Wick
el; Secretary; E. H.• Rhoads; Assistant do., Henry
13. Erb; Treasurer, 'Andrew iteam.
EARL LODGE, No. 413.—Wftole number of con-
tributing metubers,:62; Past Wands, 7; Amount of.
Receipts, $152; Paid Grind Lodge, - $4,56. Officers
—N. G., Jacob B. Richards; V. ;G., Bliss Glower;
Secretary, lsaaB lio11; Assistant 'do., Peter Ream;
Treasurer, WilHain Borstler. -
Holm? Jor LODGE, Nb. 277.--Whold number of
contributing members, 46; Paid Wands, 12; Amount
of Receipts, $86,72; Paid Grand Lodge, $2,50. Offi
cers—N. G., John Keller, V. (I:, Jacob Stauffer;
Secretary, James Mooney; Assistant do., DUO
Shertzer; Treasurer,. Dr. Adadi Sheller.
DONEGAL LODGE, No. 129.—Whole number of
contributing members, 58; Past Grande, 12; Amount
of Receipts, $160,79; Paid Grand Lodge, $4,82. Of
ficers—N. G.; John Naylor; SamuelH. Brown;
Secretary, E. D. Rooth; Assistant do., Jaoob Song
master; Treasurer, John Auxer.
Daemons. LODGE, No. 609.—Whole 'number Of
contribUting members, ;38; Past Grands, None;
Amount of Receipts, $153,75; Paid Grand Lodge,
$4,61. Officers—N. G., Allen li. Steele; V. G., James
Carnes; Secretary, Edward Garrett; Assistant do.,Y.
W. Swigart; Treasurer, N. Thompson.
SUSQUEHANNA LODGE, WO. 80.—Whole number of
contribliting members, 121; Past Grande, 24; Amount
of Receipts, $296;. Paid Grand Lodge, $B,BB. Officers
—N. G., Samuel B. Heise; V. G., S tephen Green;
Secretary, George . Wilford; Assistant do., Philip
Shreiner; Treasurer, Davis E. fifurpby. • .
ELIZABETHTOWN LODGE, No. 128.—Whole number
of contributing members, 68; Past Grande, 14;
Amount of Receipts, $109,13; Paid Grand Lodge,
$3,27.- Officers—N_ .- G.; Jacob! Grove; V. _G, Levi
Cobb;,e Secretary, B. P. Baer; Treasurr, Dr. S. Kel
ler. •
. Koscrusso • LODGE, No: 374:—Whole number' :of
'contributing members, 74; Past Grand; 9; Amount
of Receipts, $176,11; Paid Grand Lodge, $4,61.:—.:
Officers—N. G., John biontooth; V. G., Thomas
Labeshis; Secretary, George Tenger% Assistant do.,
`Hugh O'Neil; Treasurer„ limos Groff.
Irrmk Blurlart Lonan, No. 420.—Wholanurnber
of contributing, mambo*, 61; .Past • Gramis, 10;
' Amount of "Receipts , $ 182,22 : Paid Grand Lodge,
$4,86. • Officers—N. G.,1.70hn O. Lewis; V. G., Jas.
McCall; Secretary, W. S. Thompson; Assistant do.,
Joseph Wood;Treasurer,'Robezt Patton i Jr.
D. D. G. M. for #lo Djairiot, Ciao. SAIDIRSON:
'IiSPONDENCE.
Markata--;Etiesith of
ieorgolown Bunk—dr
tot:tams and Salt Lake
ration—The
CO)..
Cold Weather. a ful .RteA
the . City7-Chulara—T44
rival frugal/so
—The Gold. -'Marna—Et
ours: /Flab,
. On Thursday iaat the y Wf
and Stec and great
two or three dart.
unwelooina *bit; sh(
growing elope; in thi
injured, and gazderu
}itterly of the wilts
Throughout this p
frosts have done
Dolt, lowa and Irk
character: In ma
crop b t u been mull
prospects for an abt
husbandman for Ids
not entirely kille4 r
-
though we are hap . some looaLtieri
the crops premise I. _ .ne - South, a severe
.1 9 t
drench pervades , that __a 'n,. and the most dia - Ls
trims effects are already al' guy perceptible. to
thislatitude we hive reee been iavored with co
pious rains, but the young anus and" bud s are eon
tending fiercely with old - k hnst."
As the season advances, b - ass -- bebomes less ac
tive, but our merelhants s chi contented with what
they have done during b Spring mouths. The
rivers are extremely low irtioularly .the Missouri
—and freights commands high figures, in conse
quence of which business been very limited.
t r
Flour is selling In our m et from $0,50 to $12,5U
per bbl.; Wheat from $1,5 to $ 2,35, ad in quality;
Corn 85e to $1 per -bushel; a :1550c to ti0o; Bye, $420;
Barley, $1,25 - Pori( couun is from $l2 to $111; But
ter 15 to 30o; ' Eggs : 12 to .i.' , Hay $1,55 per lOU lbs..
F
increased receipts have ca a great decline in po.•
tatoes, and they now can had for from lac to $1
per bushel. Therels no ch ein the money market.
The health of our city beginning to 00.1+13i0/1
various highly colored tWagraphs from editors
ab - Oxd., who seize; upon e ety rumor afloat to place
t i
Bt, Isluis in an wienviabl ismitiou. 14 should be
remembered that Bt. .1.,u - is a great and "populous
city--containing upwards 1 1 ,120,euU sours—and take
it the year pound, the 4tuary of this city will
compare favoiably with other in the Ouiou. The
last report shows an inc r clover the preceding week
of 84 interments. ,:40..). tal Lumber fur the past week
181; of these, in are bl cholera. On the 3d lust., the
cholera broke out' in the town of Wesport, in this
State, and 13 deaths occuried in 24 hours ! 111 nearly
every case completing its !dread mission in two or
three short hours. ; It has arse made its appearance
at Kansas City, and the hibitbitauts were leaving as
quickly as possible. Other [towns on the 111;..ouri
river, as well as many 'dudes on the upper Miens
sisippi, have beenivisited w4ii this fell destroyer.—
At ail these places, (some hnudreds of miles distant,
from our city,) where eholern has appeared,4he pa
pers abroad have saddled it Upon St.. Louis, and thus
make our city a dreadt i i• ill strangers, coming to
the It est. This place is healthy us could be ex
pected at this season of thd year. .
The steamer titiorgetewn, pound up the Missouri,
struck a snug on ;Friday Iniuruiug last, and went
down in ten feet water. The Ueorgetowu was heavily
freighted with* tiovernmetit (stores, provisions ' t l / 4 .c.,
and had been chartered for the purpose of [eking
them up to Fort' .Leaventycirth. The bout, anti a
greater portion of; he muse, is said to be a total loss.
she was worth prdbably $lO,OOO or $12,000. No lives
were lost. I 1
. . -
A party belonging to the American Fur Company
has just arrived from the. Rocky Mountains. They
report but six hushes snow on the Mountains, and
consequently not, niuoh ot a mountain rise ran be
looked for. This CumpanY were detained several
days by the Indians, who rird said to be very trouble
some, and it seems are dealt-Mined upon taking white
scalps. They bring us uo Mews of importance.
Tne "gold fever" has brirken out in the south
western part of this State, and at Springfield the
epidemic is running awayylth one-half of the pop—
ulation of that town. Accounts have reached us that
gold'in great abundance has been discovered at the
4/cad waters of the Arkansan river, about five or six
hundred miles from us, and that the mints are as
rich, if not more so, than these of California. Fif
teen or twenty citizens of the town of Springfield,
left their homes afew days ranee, to join a company
of near one thousand persons, who are shortly to
start fur the new El Dorado. Some six or seam
persons of Newton county } , Alit, have just returted
from the golden hills, who are said to nage realized
three thousand dollars in fifty days' digging and
washing. Several other companies are being orga
nized, and will start as soon als the guides and pilots
can be procured. !It is, however, questionable as to
whether gold has really been discovered. Many
siem to think that it is only, a scheme planned, and
an inducement offered, to :draw emigrants into that
portion of the State of Arkusas, but how far they
will succeed, is yet to be seen.
The emigration to California this Spring, across
the Plains, is very light, and in all probability not
the one-sixteenth part of thel number, compared with
previous years, will wendl their way to the Pacific
State the present Season. • .1
There are, however. large numbers going into Kan
sas, and the cry is still they 'come.. On nearly every
boat there are more or leas destined for Kansas, in
the face of the Missouri Mob, and their incendiary
resolutions and lynch-law threats. And i would also
add, that many are returMng, disgusted and dis
heartened at thin, proceedulgs of the Missouri cut
throats, who have' endeavored to rate and govern a
Territory over which they have no right to inter
fere. These emigrants should not let these paid bel
liesli frighten them off—thei career is but•brief, and
many of them will .soon bill it to acknowledge that
they had a hand in it at' U.I. . It would be gratify
ing them too much in leaV,rig a home you have se
lected in the far west, hiSeduse the plot, plans and
resolutions will, in the tint, consign all who were
engaged in this oittragetiPon the rights of the set
tlers, and the laws of the laird, into an ignominious
abyss of universal contempt' Maintain your gspund
like true Americans, and ell, will come right. .4
' To Nebraska, the emigration is not so large as is
that to Kansas, lint nevertheless a goodly number
are turning their 'faces in t tliat direction. The emi
gration into lowa and Minnesota is unabatiog, and
thousands are settling in those two places. Minne
sota is rapidly filling 'up,. dud many of these emi
grants are from Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Salt Lake Mail has arrived at independence,
Dio., brought through by Mn. Williams. The Indi
ans were again cOmmitting depredations; they drove
all the mules off from the mail station at Devil's
Gate, and also the animals !belonging to the traders
who were located there.! 1:ho Sioux Indians are
committing these depredations, and the people of
Sweet Water have left that }dace for safety. On this
side of Fort Laramie, the - ed skins aro making great
threats, Mr. Williams hfid his party—fifteen in
number—were compelled, ol travel after night only,
to escape the savages who, are bent on blood and
plunder.
At my last date I left taelidissouri mob in a high
state of exCitemetit, occasioned by the death of Mul
-1
colm Clark from a pistol Sit tin the hands of McCrea
—the escape of McCrea an his shield of protection
in the Guard House of Foo eavenworth. Meetings
were held in the different! towns, and cub one re
solved to re-convene at LaVenworth on a specified
day, when they would fully investigate the killing
-f Clark. A large assemblage eougregated tit that
place on the day appointed, and a preamble and
long-array of res,olutions, deeply deploring the un
timely death of :Clark, and sympathizing with his
family, ,b., were unamniotisly adopted by the meet
ing. No action was take n or no attempt was made
to rescue McCrea from th eftficers of the Fort, and
he is still confined in the puard. House. At a prev
ious meeting they appointed a committee to wait up
on these whom they suspected of entertaining aboli
tion or Anti-Slavery sentinients, and warn them to
leave the country. One tofl these suspected parties
was Mr. Phillips, a Presbyterian Minister; and
said committee r,eported all this Leavenworth me.t
bag that they had attended to the duty assigned
them, and that the sifid Phillips had left in com
pliance with their instructions. Another Vigilance
Committtee of thirty members was appointed with
instructions to carry out the provisions of the resolu
tions relative to Phillips anti others. Thus the mat-
ter stands.
On Saturday week there ; was an election in _the
city of Louisville fotJustices of the Poems, ard:tile
Know-Nothings, fearful' of losing the day,' tOOke•
session of the „different and proqhtiteoP , he
voters (except -- thembers bd their own.pstorii band)
from dcposi.sng their ballots,‘nd wheneww.vvoter
presented himseTf at the gap., with any other ticket
than that h n tsbect-acmid-n%ht gatherings up "rainy
aileys"—it mattered not Whether he was an Ameri
can or foreigner '
,he was; bounced upon and beat
most unmercifully by thelKnow-Nothingolan who
stationed themselves ad the polls, and swore
that "Americans should Yule America." There
were some one htindred and fifty persons more or
less injured, butwe hav riot heard of any one be
ing murdered by them.l It is the • last of Know-
Nothingism in Louisvillo, ''or many who. belonged
to the order have beco el disgusted at ;their pro
ceedingsrj now repudiate the - rotten ship which is
fast sinking in the deep Waters ofpublie opinion,
and will soon be forgott n 'except in the -history of
blood, and disgrace which Stains the fair fame and
patriotic pages of the history of this "land of the
oppressed" Like evert 1 dog it has had its day—
like every bad cause it 'VTR). soon find its doom.
All , eyes at present area turned to the "Old Dornin- .
ion"-- r the mother of the presidents—where a great
and important battle is pen to be fought. It was
at one time believed that the ebernies of the Con
stitution would triumph; but the last week shows a
brighter and a better prpspect for the success of the
Democracy of that well trod and.statmeh old State.
The Know-Nothings of the. Northern and Eastern
States, with their tAntbSlavery, Abolition resolu
tions stand in bad .oder with the Order in the West
and the South, and many 'admit that the party is
broken up—for !the Northland the South can never
unite' upon the Slavery qu glen ; and as the North
have made that a part an parcel of their - platform,.
the South stickri in a lIRO-SLAVERY 'plank, and
tells their brethren of the North "if they lay a hand
on it, except in kindnessi"lthey do it at their peril."
A Know-Nothing candid a te for President is now
out of the question—wir he a Southern- man he
would lose the North, and the Southern order
would no' more think of inloportitig- a Northern
man, than they would the Pope Of Rome !!
' Yowl; . I OLD GUARD.
•
D?)..Mour.Mt M'Ca...i i +riav—cipite a euphony
it es name—hisbeenppointd Associate judge
of the Courts of Mon ornery • count'' , to supply
1
the vacancy occasion ,d by the death of-judge
Evens. The choice of OGIV. Polka has created
some stir in the county, on the ground that Mr.
M'GlatheryiU a Demperat, and .that having
been billeted 'on the Democratio party for
many years, and as lo g as an'thing could .
r.,,
be procured of theni, buries 'himsel In the
bosom of the Know- ings,-arid. comes out
almist before he is c i tened, with afresh of
fice. The first and lady name, presented co
temporay, Mr. Iredell, who Wau!recommended
very stronglyiby theher of dui county, angle'
by other leading men i - lint it seers d 'that his
old Whigitint iind list ardent • eripp&t . of the
Governor in thecanvaesOid not weigh a feather
against the pretensions- of . " his:: tardy rival,
when .backediby the 'forder." .. Very, proper
ly as soon as he fries• of Mr. I. !J e w: th e
joir • -
game that tis . pltiyhi arid the di4ositiMi.
of the Executive to. ow expediency to over'
ride' Merit, his - n ' ii. was PrFiPtLY; ivith ; . -
drawn— ecrnian , • Megrogpl6 --- -'
.ours, May 1.4,1856.
ieb:became quite cool.
' comfortable for,
also ToisliaLt-q-..-
ihe fruit and
icon =glacially
are complaining
lan of their =um
,red that the late
, ounta from .111 -
Cs diAet?unigilig
said, the peal=
nd the promising
Wel yield to the
in binned, and if
Lethally atfeeted,