ainttiliffiztr&/i'ountal GEO. fOATIDERSON, EDITOR. LANCASTER, MAY 29, 1855. TO THE DEMOCRATIC FREEMEN OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LAN- CASTER Ia accoßanee with the rettolation.r.of_the Committee adopted on -Wednesday lad, you are requested to assemble in the several Wards of the City, and Boroughs anti!r_ownehipe of the County, - - - .ON SATURDAY, the ad of JUNE next, then and there to elect not less than three nor mom 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 house of Emanriel Shober, in the City of Lan caster, 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, for the nomination of a can didate for Canal Commissioner. The several Ward, Borough and • Township Committees, are requested to give early notice 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 tue 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. H. B. SWARR, Chairman. Lancaster, May 15, 1855. Delegate Elections The Democrats of the City are requested to meet at the places named below, on Saturday evening next, the 2d of June, at 7i o'clock, for the purpose of electing delegates (five in each ward) to the ensu ing County Convention : 11. W. Ward, at Adam Trout's, W. Orange at. B. W. do. P. Fitzpatrick's, S. Queen et. N. E. do. 4 4 J. Miller's, E. Chesnut at. B. E. do. 4 , Wm. tiormley's, S. Duke et. BY ORDER OF THE WARi)_COMMITTEES. The Delegate Elections We hope our Democratic friends through out the county will bear in mind the Dele gate elections on Saturday next, the 2d of June. These primary elections are of vast importance to the party and to the people, and whenever they are properly attended to there will be but little, if any cause for dis satisfaction with the action of County Con ventions. We would, therefore, respectfully, but earnestly urge upon the Democrats of the County the duty of attending the elec tions on Saturday, so that delegates may ho selected who will faithfully and honestly carry out their wishes when assernbldd.' in Convention. • It would be well also for the primary meet higs to pay particular attention to the selec tion of suitable persons for Cuunty and Town ship Committees, so that their names may be handed in to the President of the County Con vention. This duty is sometimes neglected, in consequence of which additional labor and trouble are imposed upon the Chairman of the County Committee. premine there will be no attempt on the part of the Know-Nothings—we mean those who still adhere to that political„organ ization—to interfere in these delegate elec tions. They have joined another political party with whom they sympathize and act, and of course are no longer members of the Democratic party; for they cannot be in full communion with two opposing parties at one and the same time. A man cannot bee Demo crat and a Know-Nothing; if he votes and acts with the one, he should not be permitted to vote and act - with the party in direct opposition —and so vice versa. No Democrat has any business to interfere with the Know-Nothings in their primary movements—neither has a Know-Nothing any business .to interfere with the, Democrats. We hope,. therefore, that no' ono still at tached to the Know-Nothing party,,,will have the hardihood to attempt an interference with the Democrats, on Saturday, at their primary elections. ALL HAIL VIRGINIA! THE << MOTHER OF STATES AND OF STATES MEN" SAVED FROM THE BLIGHTING CURSE OF KNOW-NOTHING RULE Democracy Gloriously Triumphant I By 8,000 Majority: On Thursday last, the 24th inst., the great contest took place in Virginia, and resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Democrat io party over the combiaed hosts of Whiggery and Know-Nothingism. HENRY A. WISE (the gifted and elo quent champion of Democracy) is elected Gov ernor by a majority of nearly B,ooo' over FLOIIIINEY, his Know-Nothing Whig competi tor—and this, too, after one of the fiercest and hardest contested campaigns ever witnessed in the Old Dominion. His Democratic colleagues on the State Ticket are also electe'd by a majority fully equal to that given for Mr. Wise, and every Congressional district in the State has been carried by the Democracy) So also an in creased majority in the Legislature! ' Proudly—gloriously has good old l24nocrat lc Virginia borne the republican flag aloft. State after State had been captured by the i KnOw-Nothings, and they fondly, nay, confi laently believed, and so • boasted, that they 'would carry her too, by an overwhelming majority, and with and through her every Southern State. • But they "counted without (their host." The home of Washington and IJefferson and Madison and Monroe, was not 'the soil where treason to the Constitution could flourish. True as the needle to the pole is old Virginia to the Democratic creed.— and her potential. voice at this crisis has sounded the death knell to Know-Nothingism throughout the length and breadth of the Re public. I Speaking of the result, the Pennsylvanian lof Saturday says: I While examining the returns from our pre eminent midland Sister, the band of music which tho would-be Know-Nothing Organ in our viciiiit3l has kept in mutiun fur an hour ur two, suddenly ceased its joyous notes, and was ' silent fur the remainder of the night. What silenced its premature melody ? Did the more 'pwriotic sound from Rockingham and Shen andoah, together with the whole of South East ern Virg inia, drown the voice of their instru ments? Or did ROLAND'S horn, as its echoes reverberated through the gorges of the Alleg -1 hanies, and floated in warlike accents over the I vallies of our State frighten, the "foul birds of I night" from their croaking chorus? While we are penning this article, the members of the Secret Order are fleeing to their Lodge Rooms, to seek consolation from each other's folly.— Degraded miscreants,—had they not read that Mount Vernon holds the ashes of WASHINGTON, and that the Author of the Declaration sleeps beneath the tomb at Monticello ? Blinded by 1 their ignorance, and debased by their prejudi- I ces, had they never learned that PATRICK HEN ' RY'S voice had penetrated into every tenement 1 in I Virginia, and rendered loyal to the Consti ! tution all her Democratic sons? Aye—sneak away to your coverts at the voice of Virginia's chivalrous children, ye spotted lepers, for that voice carries a dagger to your prospects ; but it humanizing sound to agonizing liberty.— Immortal Virginia—the Vestal Virgins were not purer in their lives, in the days of their greatest purity, than you in your political creed. Who dare now say, that Treason can sever this noble Union, whether it comes from the mad fanaticism of Abolitionism, or the lawless violence cif a misguided mob 1 To Vir ginia, her Sisters can appeal with safety, be cause Justice, Valor, and Magnanimity, are the jewels which adorn her coronet. Her pr, sition is indeed to be envied—but it is P: ; „h nvy - ris the good of every clime and tree d lone can feel. Virginia has stricken ti - Ae Mons ._ ter of Know-Nothingiim to the ear: a, now wreathing in its agonies. tars farther South emulate her in g, and aid in consigning beast to the grave of its - ' • • safe vtirtet every erort oftheand it is Let our. Sis virtuous bear g' carcase-of the ~ putridity. Virginia uniioly corn ' .ination. PENNSYLVANL COMMON Scsoora.—We have received from Harrisburg a supplement to the new Coinmon This . viai passed at the last session of the Legislature, and asmuch" interest is felton the subject, we copythe mar ginal synopsis of the details of the act. Inde perulent schciol districts'are continued until June Ist, 1856. Courts of Comnunr Pleas are authorized to continue existing 'independent districte..permarkently, ifdesired, to determine the rights off ` - Teri - days'notice of the.ipplication and time and place of hearing, .In.auch cases, must_be given to' the Scheel Di rectors of the district. When independent districts are continued, the assessors are to designate the taxables therein, for theinform-a tion of tax collectors and county commissioners. Provision is made for the election of new di rectors in districts where none has taken place , and the old directors are continued until the expiration of their term. If twenty taxables petition for the formation of a new independent district, the COurt of Quarter Sessions must ap_ point commissioners to view and make report as in the case of new townships, the costa in such cases to be paid by the new district, if it be erected, or if not, by the petitioners.— Courts of Quarter Sessions are to determine the rights of property, and to decree the pay ment of money in the nature of a judgment.— .County Commissioners are to cause separate assessments fqr school tax in new districts, and send to the Superintendent of Common Schools a list of the taxables therein. In any county where a majority of the school districts shall apply to have the salary of their local Super intendent increased, the. State Superinten dent shall call a convention of the direc tors of the whole county to decide thereon.— The Pennsylvania School Journal is designa ted as the official organ of the State Superin tendant, to contain current decisions, circulars, explanations, &c. One copy of it is to be sent to each board of School Directors in the State- All boroughs and townships now connected in the assessment of county rates and levies are hereafter to be separate. The school tax is limited to subjects certified by county commis sioners. School directors and treasurers are exempted from serving as tax collectors. The State appropriation to the respective school districts is to he paid for less than four months' schooling in districtw where bona fide efforts have been made to comply with the provisions of the law requiring the schools to he kept open four months in the year, but have failed, from want of teachers, or timely knowledge of the late law, or other causes, which may be just and satisfactory to the Superintendent.— Many of these provisions are very important to the school districts of the interior, and will be found useful in practice. THE DISHONESTY OF KNOW - NOTHINGISH.- The dishonesty of Know-NuthingiSm and the varying phases it presents, are well illustrated by the following item of news, which is goirig the rounds of the press: " The California Know-Nothing State Coun cil has rejected from its platform the Catholic test. In Louisiana the same thing has been done." Iu alPthe , other States proscription and per secution of that Christian sect is retained in the Know-Nothing creed. In Louisiana Cath olics are numerous, and if there is, as the se cret conspirators pretend to believe, any dan ger from that religious denomination, it is in that State that proscription of them should be retained. But it is precisely in those sections of the country where the Catholic population is the largest that the Know-Nothings are liberal to them. Where* there are but few, on the contrary, the intolerance and proscription of the: conspirators is the most strikingly evinced. The reason of this is, that the Know-Nothing, managers, having no princi ples, adapt their creed to suit what they sup pose tobe popular sentiment in different local ties. In the South they are for slavery, and in the North they are for abolition. In New England they proscribe and persecute Catho lics, but in California and Louisiana, where that denomination control a great many votes, they favor and admit them into the order. There the "anti-foreign" phase of the "move ment" is brought into strong relief, and the changes are rung upon it. The whole order is but a machine constructed by artful and unscrupulous men to gain polilical To this end are employed tho varying appeals to sectional, national and religious prejudices. ThilikE.ctitor , a Book Table NIECES PAIILINA, OR THE DEYOTIO , ;S OF THE APOS TLE PAUL. New York, 1855, Robert Carter Er, Brothers, mo. pp. 338. The history of t. Paul furnishes a strong proof of the Divine origin of Christianity, and his example, one of the brightest exhibitions of its ennobling and sanctifying power. The study of such a character, in its various phases, must ever be a source of inter est and profit. The Christian, especially, will love to contemplate a life which he knows to be at once a model and a motive to excellence in its highest form. The volume before us happily illustrates the devo tional spirit of the " Chiefest of the Apostles " by a reference to the appropriate points of his history, un der the two general heads of " Historic Notices " and " Epistolary Records," which embrace 37 dis tinct chapters. The unknown Author has, we think, executed his work very creditably, and its rapid sale, we hope, will indicate that such is the judgment of the public also. For sale by Murmur & STORK, of this city. EMILY 'VERNON, OR FILIAL PIETY EXEMPLIFIED By Mrs. Drummond. New York, 1851., Robert Carter fi Brothers. A well told tale—pervaded by a religious tone.— The virtue it aims to inculcate, and which is by far too rare in our day, is skilfully presented by exam ples of a positive and negative kind. The book is a good one for young girls whose taste for reading is in a formative state, and whose character must be moulded in a great degree by what they read. For sale by Manner & STOOL THE MISSING BRIDE; OR 'MIRIAM, THE AVENGE R.— By grs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, Author of the " Lost Heiress," etc., etc. To name the work as emanating from the peia of Mrs. Southworth, is sufficient to ensure for it an en• thusiastio reception by the reading public. The 4, Missing Bride " is pronounced by those who have examined it, to be an engrossing, thrilling, and deeply interesting work—the scenes being all foiand ed on facts, and pourtrayed in the graphic etyLo of the authoress. For Bale by William IleSpangler, in this city- FIFTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.--- . .rhe Senatorial Conference of the Fifteenth district, in this State, to select a delegate to' the n eat State Convention, at their mesting in Holli daysburg, chose Col. THOVAS A. Mecum , of Cambria, said delegate, with instructions. to support Wu. S. CAMPBELL, Esq., of Pittsburg, for Canal Commissioner. Resolutions were passed endorsing the National Administra tion; condemning the course of the "powers that be" in Pennsylvania; denouncing the Know-Nothings, and speaking strongly against the proposed salt of the public works, and the "Jug Law," The prgeedings were very harmonious. BREAM" O P11.03115E.-111 the Court last week, the case cif Catharine Withers vs. Isaac Coover, for breach of promise of marriage elicited an unusual degree Of interest, and was finall3 disposed.of by the Jury finding a verdict 'ior the Plantiff of $lBOO damages. The Lan - Caster Locomotive Works have contracted with the City Councils for the con struction of a hundred horse power stationary Engine at the Water Works, for the sum of $6,740. A Goon CALF.—A steer two years and sev en months old, fed by Daniel Shirk, of Man helm township, was killed by John Evans one day last week, weighing 880 pounds when dressed, besides 193 lbs., of rough fat, A Slane in the Calteasize, A new paper published at . Tifilis, the Caw casus, contains S:communicatkit respecting a recent exchange of prisoners between the Rus sians and the. chief of the Oircassians. On this occasion..SCELLifirL received back' one of his sons, who, having beemteken swayin his boyhood, had been educated in Russia, and even served in the army. The Caucasus says : Last summer the Princess Tchattchavadse and the Princess Orbelian, with her children, were 'Captured by - some of Sawn-es bands. Their captivity lasted eight months, notwith standing the utmost efforts of the government and of. their relatives. They at length suc ceeded, however, in . inducing SCHAMYL to ac cept. ransom for them to the amoLnt of 4.0,000 silver roubles, together with the surrender of his son. - On the 23d of March both parties met for effecting this exchange, SCHAMYL, who to the last moment was exceedingly distrust ful, being accompanied by a body of six or seven thousand men, who brought with them some field pieces. s soon as he had taken up his position on the right bank of the frontier river, the Mitschik, and the Russians on the left, he sent his other son,-Kasi Muhammed, with thirty Murids as an escort to the carriage containing the prisoners to meet the Russians. On the Russian side, a party of riflemen cross ed the river, accompanied by Major General Baron Nikolia, Prince Tchattchavades, and Jamal Eddin, Schamyl's son, who was to be exchanged. They were followed by a carriage, containing the stipulated sum. When Jamel Eddin approached the ford of the river. thou sands of voices repeated, in a monotonous chaunt, the words Estaphir Alla, which is thanksgiving, when any enterprise has come to a prosperous end. While the son was cros sing the river, a dress was bronght to him as a present from his father, which he immedi ately put on. As soon as he had assumed his new attire, being accompanied by the Russian officers and his brother Kasi Mohammed, he climbed the mountain where his father was sitting, surrounded by. the Murids, while a mountaineer held over the chieftan's head a large dark parasol. SCHAMYL is a remarsably handsome man, 47 years of age, with a very expressive face and prepossessing manners.-- When his son approached him he stretched out his hand. for him to kiss, then embraced him and wept. After that he bowed in a very friendly manner to the Russian officers, and re quested them to thank Baron Nikolai for the kindness with which he had treated his son. After this he added, as if replying to his own thoughts, "I believe now in the honor of the Russians," The story runs that he was not a little afraid lest the Russians, after the ex change was over, should surprise him and oarry back again the money, perhaps his son into the bargain. The report concludes with the remark that this interview is memorable, inasmuch as no Russian, since the year 1839, had ever seen SCHAMYL. ES. The following act was passed by the Legislature. An Act to protect keepers of hotels, inns, and boarding houses. SECTION 1. Provides that whenever the keep er of an inn or boarding house shall provide a safe fur keeping money or other valuables, and shall notify his guests thereof by notices on the walls of chambers, &c., he shall nu be. liable for the loss of money, &c., by theft or oth erwise, of these guests who negltct to deposit the same in the safe—provided this section shall not apply to such sums of money or oth er valuables (watches, &c.) as are ordinarily and necessarily carried about the persons. SEC. 2. Provides that where a guest neglects to \ lock his door and leave the keys with the landlord or his clerk, he (the landlord) shall not be responsible for anything which may be stolen from the room of said guest. SEC. 3. That if any person or persons with the intent to cheat and defraud designedly by any false or fraudulent representations, or by any false show of baggage, goods or chattles, which are calculated to deceive any hotel, inn, or boarding house-keeper, shall obtain lodg ings and credit in any hotel, inn, or boarding house within this Commonwealth, and subse quently thereto refuse to pay for their said board and lodging, such person or persons so offending, shall upon conviction of such offence in any Court of Quarter Sessions of this Com monwealth, be{ punishable by imprisonment in the county jail of said county for any period not more than three months, at the discretion of said court, and be liable to a fine not ex ceedino•' one hundred dollars. SEC. 4. That any proprietor or proprietors of i,otels, inns and boardinhouses within this Commonwealth shall ha a lien upon the goods and baggage belongin any sojourn er, boarder or boarders, for any amount of in debtedness contracted for hoarding, lodging, or entertainment, for any period of time nut exceeding two weeks, and shall have the right to_detain said goods and baggage until the amount of indebtedness is paid, and at the ex piration of three months the said proprietor or prlprietors may make applications to any alderman or justice of the peace of the proper city, borough or county, who is hereby author ized to issue his warrant to any constable within said city, borough or county, and cause him to expose the said goods and baggage to public sale, after giving at least ten dpy's no tice, by public written or printed notices, put up in three or more public places in the ward of the city or borough, or in the township ahete said inn, hotel or boarding house is lo cated, and after he shall have sold the same he shall make return thereof to the said jus tice or alderman, who shall, after payment of all costs, and the said amount of indebtedness, pay over the balance if any there be, to the owner or owners of said goods and baggage ; provided, that the owner or owners of said goods and baggage shall have the right to re deem said goods and baggage at any time within the said three months, upon paying the amount of said indebtedness and at any time previous to the sale as aforesaid, upon paying also the additional cost established by law for the like service. Approved May 7, 1855. The Two Speakers The Harrisburg correspondent of the _North American, makes the following notice of the two gentlemen—the one a Democrat, and the other a Know-Nothing—who filled the Speak er's Chairs in the late Legislature. The hand some tribute paid to Mr. Heister, by a politi cal opponent, is an indirect compliment to the party which numbers him among its most trusted members ; and the unqualified censure of Mr. Strong, by a political friend, who had considerations of interest to induce him to overlook venal faults, is another instance of the palpable fact that the Know-Nothing lead ers are the worst of men : "Mr. Speaker Heister, of the Senate, re ceived, on a call of the yeas and nays, a unanimous vote of thanks for his courtesy and impartiality—a vote he fully deserved. He filled the office well, and threw the weight of his influence in favor of men of integrity. In the appointment of committees, and in various other methods, he showed his own honesty by entrusting delicate and important duties to men of the right stamp—in which particular there was a striking contrast be tween him and other Speakers in other bodies. "Mr. Strong received nominally a vote of thanks from the House, but his friends pre vented a call of the yeas and nays upon the resolution or a very formidable opposition would have dgiveloped itself. As it was, there was an implied compromise that the resolution, would be permitted to pass, if members were not required to record their votes in favor of it. Mr. Strong is not aware of the estimate all impartial persons placed upon him as a Speaker, and had even the bad - taste, inthe few remarks he made before dismis sing the House, to refer exultingly to the re solution of thanks which had been adopted, he mistakenly said, without a single dissent ting voice. In truth, he made the most un pleasant, unsuccessful and unpopular Speaker who ever filled that Chair. He is r man of great irritability of temper, and la,ked very much of being reasonably familiar with the rules. He wag- arbitrary in the proportion that he was ignorant of his duties, and kept the . House and himself in a perpetual annoyance. Every visitor observed, and I have heard numbers remark it. But he thinks he did bravely, and it is, perhaps, not fair to undeceive him, as he naturally desires his last impressions of legislative life to be agreeable. Still, it is notorious that he could not this day receive six votes for an .election to the post he has filled for the last four months. That is the beat commentary on the success with which he filled it. M.. The members of the Lancaster Bar gave the Judges of the Supreme Court of this Btate a dinner at Wabank, on F.n.lturday. Diebtion by the State Suiterinteadeat. _ We are obliged to Mr. Hrcxox for his:'l •BANX acra.. . kindness in forwarding' to us- a copy &the, Authorizing the incorporation of the Allen _-• Journal, containing the following re- 1 town Bank. - • . To extend the - charter of the Bank of Penn cent decisions from the State Su ". tendentj sylVania. Non-Residents not to be Di: ectors.=--No .4 , To incorporatethe Mechanics ' Bank of Pitts person-can serve as Director , _ who does not bar& - reside in the District forwhich he was elected. Vacancies by Removal from the District to To incorporate the City Bank of Philadelphia. For the partial restoration of the capital of be filled by .appointment.—When a Director, has removed from the District, it is the duty.the Bank of Penn Township. To authorize the incorporation of the Mauch of the Board to fill the vacancy -by appoint ment, until the next regular election. Chunk Bank. TO incorporate the Anthsacite Bank of Tam- Last adjusted valuation not to be modified, ar „ m. or enlarged.—ln levying school tax, Directors -- "To incorporate the Bank of Neiv Castle. are limited,: in their assessment under the To extend the charter of the Farmers' Bank twenty-ninth section of the school law to the of Reading. "last adjusted valuation," furnished by the Authorizing the - incorporation of the Con- County Commissioners, and cannot modify it solidation Bank of Phila. to make up for either real or supposed onus- Incorporating the Lock Haven Bank. sions and mistakes on the part of assessors. i To incorporate - the Pittsburg Dollar Savings Ordinary -school tax not to be applied to building.—The tax levied under the thirtieth' Institution. To extend the charter of the Baok of North section of the school law should be appropri- A mer i ca. ated solely to the support and maintainnace of To renew and extend the charter of the the schools, and to defray their ordinary ex-, Southwark Bank. pauses, including repairs, and Directors can- • Po extend the charter of the'tVestern Bauk not legally use any proportion of it as a buil- of Philadelphia. ding fund. To extend the charter of the Bank of Cum- Building tax limited and to be kept sepa rate.—The special tax for building purposes, merce. To extend the charter of the Tradesmen's under the thirty-third section of the law, can- Bank of Philadelphia. not exceed the "amount of the regular annual Bank of Philadelphia. To incorporate the Dimes Savings Bank of tax" for the current school year, levied un- Easton. der the thirtieth section. A careful account Supplement to the act to incorporate the should be kept of each fund separately. Bank of Honesdale. (Passed over Governor Treasurer. not to get any per tentage on Bigler's veto.) balance.—An out-going School Treasurer, is not entitled to per tentage on the unexpended LAWS OF GENERAL INTEREST. balance in the District Treasury, handed To close finally the trust of the late Bank of over to his successor iu office. the United. States. Number of days in a Teacher's month.—To Tu incorporate the Farmers' High School of ascertain the exact numbeirof days in a teach- Pennsylvania. er's month, first' deduA all the Sabbaths from To prevent the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors each calendar month taught, then deduct on the first day of the week, commonly called every alternate Saturday, or the latter half of Sunday. every Saturday, and the remaining time, but For the erection of a new County out of no more should be exacted of the teacher. a part of Union, to be called Snyder, and rel. The better policy would, be to have no school ative to the seat of justice of Union co. on Saturday ; and whenever this is done, the An act extending the jurisdiction of the days thus vacated should not be charged to courts of this Commonwealth in case of divorce. the teacher. Appropriating $BO,OOO for the continuation Teacher's 'certificate not in force out of the of the new work on the Allegheny Portage County.—County Superintendents' certifi- Railroad. cotes to teache , s, are of no authority out of A supplement to the act to define and pun the county for which they were issued. A ish the offence of bribery, passed 3d March, change of location to another county would 1847 . require a re-examination by the Superinteu- A further supplement to several acts rela dent of the proper county, and a fresh certi- tive to the Union Canal Co. of Pennsylvania. ficate. Relative to the purchase of certain books for the use of the legislature. To repeal the Registration Act. ' Supplement to an act to establish and change the places fur holding the General Elections throughout this Commonwealth. A further supplement to the act relating to county rates and levies, and to the act relating to counties and townships, and county and' township officers. Supplement to the act relative tc the com mencement of actions. Regulating Bridge companies. Relative to the erection of bridges over ca nals and railroads. Supplement to the act for the publication of the Colunia !Records and other original papers. Restricting the sale of Intoxicating Liquors. For the preservation of insectiverous birds and pruteetiun of fruit and fruit trees in eel-- Lain. counties. Supplement to the act relating to the hen of mechanics and others upon buildings: Supplement to the set graduating the duties upon wholesale dealers and retailers of mer chandize, and prescribing the mode of issuing licenses and collecting said duties. To repeal the supplement to the act author izing sales of unseated lands. To establish fees fur commitments to houses of refuge. Supplement to the act relating to the liens of mechanics and others, and sales to enforce the payment of liens. Supplement to an act to amend an act for the recovery of debts not exceeding 8100, &c. To change the time for holding-the terms of the Supreme Court. Relative to the survey of streets and alleys. Supplement to the act providing for the elec tion of district attorneys. Supplement to the act for the prevention of frauds and perjuries. Relating to damages for injuries producing death. Relating to inquisitions on real estate. Relating to corporations and to -estates held for corporate, religious and charitable uses.' Relative to the payment of Surveyors in lay ing out Roads in this Commonwealth. Supplement to the act to prevent the destruc tion of trout. To extend the right of trial by jury to cer- OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 1855 The parties with whom our City authorities have contracted for the erection of a Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph, have commenced operations, and will soon have it in complete working order. From the Mayor's Office ut the corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets, lines will diverge into every section of the City. The advantages of this arrangement in a City like this, extending over a large spare of ground, will be very great. If a riot breaks out in a distant region, information at once can be conveyed to the central office, and the whole police force immediately ordered to the scene of conflict, and by prompt action thus be enabled to speedily quell what with a lit tle delay would have become a very formidable outbreak. Criminals who are pursued by the police will also have their chances of escape greatly. reduced and after effectually baffling Policeman No. I in one section, will find unexpectedly Policeman No. 2 in another locality, prepared to give them a cordial reception, and to sup ply for their hospitable entertainment every, attraction the poli.e stations can possibly of-' ford. In cases of fire, too, the almost instan- 1 taneous concentration of the Department up on any one given point which it will facilitate will doubless result in the preservation of much valuable property that would otherwise be inevitably destroyed. Our public squares are now in a blooming condition and are the favorite play grounds of our children. Few sightsare more pleasing than to see these minature men and women pur suing in all the merry glee of innocent child-. hood, their favorite sports. Not unfrequeut ly three or four hundred of them congregate together at one time in these places, and make the very echoes ring with their joyous laughter. The ship Chimborazo arrived here a few days since, with a cargo of about 500 Mormon emigrants of both sexes on board, from Liver pool,. who intend proceeding as soon as possi ble to Utah. This is the second arrival of the kind we have recently had at this port,= and from present appearances, Mormonism is des tined to speedily receive a law accession of members from foreign emigration. The stockholders of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, recently held h meeting at which Gov. Pollock presided and ex-Governor Bigler, the President of the Road, read a lengthy orcbtomor=t, s hin s s defunct" accotuut Or au is affairs and prospects. 'lt has had many dif ficulties and tribulations to encounter, but is destined to yet become one of the must useful and important railroads in the country. The liquor dealers of this city are industri ously at work in organizing their forces nut only here, but_ throughout the State, to secure the repeal of the license law at the next Le gislature. Although little is said by them publicly upon the subject, they are firmly re solved to disregard all past political distine buns in their efforts to acemiplish this result. The English press appear to think the Rus sians du nut desire a cessation of hostilities, and that Austria and Prussia intend pre serving a strict neutrality throughout the whole contest. It is believed the recent at tempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon was but one feature of a vast revolutionary plot extend. nig in its ramifications throughout. Europe— . the day the attempt was made, it was free ly stated throughout Italy, Spain and G. rmii ny, that Napoleon was dead, and Paris in a stare of insurrection. Col. Kinney recently had a hearing before Judge Kane on his application either for a very speedy trial or a reduction of the amount of his bail, now fixed at $4500, but failed in getting either object. His counsel stoutly contended that there was nothing in his expe dition militating in the slightest degree against the United States Neutrality Laws, and that the men under his command were but exer cising the inalienable right of peaceful emi gration to a new country. On the part of the prosecution, however, it was alleged that a ship was to be sent out with a large amount of ammunition to meet the alleged 'emigrants' upon their arrival, that military commissions had already been granted to many of them, and that it the government was allowed but a reasonable time to procure testimony, the wtlrlike nature of the expedition would be fully shown. The parties arrested some time ago for hav ing also violated the neutrality laws, by en listing soldiers for the British service in' the Crimea, have had a hearing on an application for their discharge from further prosecution. The two principal parties, failed in accomplish ing that object, although one of their accom plices, but slightly connected with the trans action was discharged. The Odd Fellows of the city turned out in large numbers to participate in the dedication of the new hall at Frankford, and made a ve ry handsome display. The Order is in a high ly flourishing condition here, and numbers many thousand members. Our Catholic Churches have recently been celebrating in the most magnificent style the adoption of the new dogma of the immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. The share were adorned in the richest and most brilliant manner imaginable, and the churches were crowded during the 'entire services, not only by members of their own, but of the various Protestant denominations, who were anxious to witness the extraordinary display. Parkinson's Garden has recently been open ed for the reception of visitors during the sum mer season, and during three evening of each week a fine martial band discourses sweet mu sic. It is the favorite summer resort in Phil adelphia, and since its recent enlargement is capable of accomodating , a great many people. What with the beautiful shrubbery, the spark ling fountains, the brilliant lamps, the excel lent music, the elegant refreshments, 'and the crowd of fair houri's who resort there, this is aei near an approach to a Mahommedan para dise as we expect to witness in this sublunary sphere. Our markets have not recentl undergone any important change. , Beef cattle sell at the exhorbitant rate of from $ll to 03. Flour commands $10,50 to $ll per barrel; Rye Flour, $7,25 ; Corn Meal, .$5,00, Wheat sells for from $2,60 to $2,68 ; Rye, $1,60 ;Corn, 111 all2o ; Oats, 6046 c. Truly Yeurs. Titles of Act5...4855. i tain cases. To amend certain defects of the law for the more just and safe nsmission and secure en joyment of real anof - personal estate. Supplement to the act relating to assignees for the benefit of creditors and other trustees. Relative to the publication of the final report on the Geological Survey of the State. Supplement to the several acts relating to the Tax upon Collateral Inheritances. _ To reuista—und continue in force the law graduating Lands upon which purchase money Is due the Commonwealth. To exempt Coal and Lumber from the ton- nage tax. To protect Burial Grounds. To prohibit the sale of unwholesome meat. To repeal part of the proviso to the sixth section of the supplement to the act to revise the Militia System, and provide for the train ing of such only as shall be uniformed. Supplement to the act relative to the hours of labor in manufacturing establishments. Supplemsnt to the act to authorize courts to alter charters in certain cases. To protect keepers of Hotels, Inns and Boarding Houies. To provide for the ordinary expense of gov ernment, the repairs of the public canals and railroads and other general official appoint- ments. Supplement to the Common School Law. To punish and prevent frauds in the use of False Stumps, Labels and Trade Marks. Relative to investments by Building Assnci . ations. To provide for the sale of the Main Line of the Public Works. Relating to electrical telegraphs and messa ges sent thereby. Relating to judgments and executions in for eign attachments. RESOLUTIONS APPROVED In favor of au expedition to rescue Dr. Kan( and the crew of the Advance. Relative to the State Cabinet of Ceol.igical Specimens.. Relative to the Geological Specimens. For the payment of the expenses of publish ing the Legislative Record. Relative to the Regimental Flag of the Sec_ and Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; sere_ ing in the war with Mexico. For paying expenses incurred by investigat ing the charges against the Bank of Northern Liberties. Relative to the distribution of the Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives. Resolution for the payment of expenses in curred in investigating whether any corrupt or improper influence had been used to effect the election of United States Senator. CROPS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.—The Pittsburg Journal, as regards the pro. ect for cerials, hears only cheering words feum the farmers. In those portions of, West reland and Fayette counties, through which the edi tor rode a few days since, he made it a point to mark the appearance of grain fields. Oats and wheat wave in the passing wind, and the fields of corn seemed fit for hoeing. The drought of last year seems to have brought a blessing behind it, for many of the Most inju rious insects and grubs appear to have been almost entirely exterminated, or, as we may say, burnt out. WS. Commodore Henry E. Ballard, the fifth on the list of Captains in the Navy of the United States. died at his residence, near An napolis, on Wednesday night last. He was over 70 years of age, and had been in a deli cate state of health for some time past. Re cently he recovered from a severe attack of pneumonia, but suffered a relapse, which caused his death. Com. Ballard was a native of Maryland, and entered the service on the 2d of April, 1804, over 51 years ago. Stir Cu!. St. Vluin, with three companies of U. S. troops, in pursuit of the Utahe, fell fell in with a party of Apaches in the Ratoon mountains, and in a fight with them, killed six men and took ilia women prisoners. ' CITY AND COMITY /TIMMS. .The P. M. at "Nine Points" writes as follows: ' • ' '•Your - 'paper never gets here for one week after it is printed. The Examinerarrives the same day it is published; and if you would would put yours in the Offi.CQ on Wednesday Morning, it would reach - here the same day." Such complaints as the above—and they are by no means unfrequentare very annoying, especially as we feel conscious that the fault is not with us. Our packets are all made up and placed in the. P. 0. in this City every Monday evening-; and we cannot conceive why it is (unless there is gross negligence amongst some of the P. 0. officials) that. they are not received at the "Nine Points" fur a week af terwards, when the Examiner, published a day later, is received . at the same office, six days in advance of the Intelligencer ! DENTISTRY.—The attention of our readers is called to the advertisement of Mr. Gaul lagher, who comes amongst us with a good reputation as an operator in his profession.— The plan he has for making and setting arti ficial teeth is worthy the attention of those who need such aid. Air The New York Board of Councilmen have adopted a resolution appropriating $5OOO to *id in celebrating the fourth of July. By the way, how is this glorious day to be celebrated in Lancaster ? We hear of no pre parations yet b6ing made to honor the birth day of American Independence. This should not he. 0: for the spirit of our Revolutionary sires to animate us upon this occasion. WY- The sentence of death passed by Judge Haves on the colored man Johnston, at the last term of the Criminal Court, has been re voked by the Supreme Court, and the Court below directed to sentence him for Murder in the Second Degree. This trill be imprison ment at hard labor for a term of years. The error was, that the Jury in their verdict, al though there were twocounts inthe indictment, (one for murder in the first, and the other fine murder in the second degree,) did not state upon which they found him guilty ; amid there fore the Judge was in error in passing sen t,nice of death upon him. COTTON Mtm.s.—The Conestoga Steam Mills of this city, have lately undergone a change in their organization. Ni. 1 and 3 are now under the management of separate companies, while No. 2 as before mentioned is solely un der the, control of D. Longenecker, Esq. Francis Shruder is President: 1.4. bill, Treasurer; and E. W. Arnold, Superin tendent of Mill No. 1. A. W. Russell is President; Win. 0. Gilbert, Treasurer; and J. W. Parke, Superintendent of Mill No. 3. Seth S. Spencer is Superintendent of Mill No. 2. Under this new arrangement, it' is expected, that the Milk can be more judiciously and economically managed than under the old one. Heretofore, the investment has proved an un profitable one to the stockholders, and the Mills have been kept at no inconsiderable loss. We hope, however, that under the present or ganization, the stockholders will realize the reward their enterprise merits. RESIGNATION ,%:ci) APPOINTMENT.—At mee ing of the Stdckholders of the Lancaster Locomotive Works, held on Monday evening last, David Cockley, Esq., tendered his resig nation as President of the Company, and James Black, Esq., was elected in his place:. The cause of the resignation we did niA learn : but we believe that Mr. Cockley has been an efficient as well as a laborious officer, devoted to the welfare of the Company : and Mr. Black possesses in an eminent degree the qualifications necessary for the discharge of the duties of such a position. re,...Testerday—Whitsuntide Monday-- was a busy day in this city. Immense num bers of country folks were in town, and our merchants, hotel and shopkeepers did a rush ing business. The Theatre, Circus, &c., &c., wore also liberally patronized—not forgetting the "razor powder man," and the no less cel ebrated "Hugh Lindsay." humbug and buf foonery were the order of the day. ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIAGNOTHIAS LITER ARY SOCIETY OF FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE.—This Spciety's Twentieth Anniver sary took place on Friday evening last, at Fulton Hall, and the exercises were listened to by a very large audience—a large majority of which were ladies. The exercises were in terspersed with seine excellent‘musie by tip Rifles' Band. The addresses were highly creditable to the young gentlemen who delivered tltem, and es pecially those of Mr. Keces, of Winchester, Va., and Mr. BONERAKE, of Franklin county, iu this State, and the numerous buquets showered upon them, showed how highly they were appreciated by thiraudienee. These two young gentlemen reflected the highest honor upon themselves, and the College of which they are inmates. NV.iIV YORE: CORRESPONDENCE. SATURDAY, May 2i, 1655. Great news was expected by the steuni-snip Amer ica, but her budget of inteltigence, as transmitted by telegraph yesterday from hatitax, is meager and inevue/USIVe• 'The must important item retina to Austria. It now seems certain that she will not assume an offensive attitude toward Russia, and that she is endeavoring to bring about a neutral league among all the tJertnan States On the other hand it is not tlou:bted that should Prance and En glund attempt to tamper with the revolutiuLary elements on the Continent, Austria would at' Once join the Muscovite. Ano.her 'Duly Alliance" would unquestionably be the result ot such a move ment. A stinting desire:exists, both in trance and England. In trance, M. Limp' de Lltuys, the minister of war, has advocated the expediency of accepting the terms of Russia, and as Louis Napo- Leon refused to listen to such a proposition, has re eigutd. The general tone' of the English press is rather lugubrious on the war -question, and it is evident that the Government anticipates a protract. ed and expensive struggle. The whole story may be told in a sentence—. ranco and Englund must light or succumb. The Czar will not modify his propositiori one jut or title. He does not want peace. He thinks he has his enemies on the hip, and is prob ably nut tar wrong. 'inc trench pollee have discovered a "terrible con spiracy ; it is their/one to discover mare's nests of this class. Louis ...N;apolcon's death was to be the signal of a general popular insurrection in Germany, Duly, and Heaven knows where besides. Most like ly this is all "bosh"—mere clap-trap. Pianora is of course to be guillotined, but the interesting cere mony is postponed until the plot alleged to have depended for its success on his had aim, has been unraveled. Sevastopol still •Jangle a siege to scorn.' It is amazing that the Allies should persist in expend ing their energies upon its, apparently impregnable fortifications. Their cannon have made no more impression upon its defenses than so many pop-guns. 'the Kinney Expedition has not yet sailed, and the rank and file quartered here are getting short of funds and patience. Report says that the ve eel which is to bear "Ctesar and his fortunes' (for Ciesar read ,Siezer,) will leave this port on Sunday next. The fate of the enterprise depends mainly upon the light ill which the Niearaguans may china tit to regard it. If the idea of "peaceable coloni zation by an armed force" does not strike them fa vorably, Einney Jr Co. may find their speculation a bloody and profitless atair. California is a trump, after all. She is rolling in the gold again after the old fashion. The George Law “cLuiped" nearly a million and a half of the dust at her wharf yesterday, and the mines are . ported to be unprecedentedly prolific. A most brutal exhibition came off yesterday on the Centreville Race Course, 1.. I. The famous mare Flora Temple, had been matched ageinst time, to trot 20 miles in 60 minutes. While trotting the eighth mile she cast a shoe, and her foot was so much damaged that after running the twelfth mile she was withdrawn. Throughout the last four miles, blood spirted from the lacerated hoof at every jump, marking the track and staining the front of the wagon to which the mare was harnessed She made 10 miles in 20,41, but could not, it is believed, have won the match, even if she had not met'with an accident. The stakes were ten thousand dialers. The present fashion for ladies' dresses is just as many flounces as can be tacked on between the waist and the bottom of the skirt. In-fact a fashionably dressed lady in the street is nearly all flounce. Tho short mantilla looks like flounce number one; and from its lower edge downward the dress resembles a series of pyramidal steps—a silken staircase up which a cat or a Cupid might readily climb. Of coarse the lower circumference of this mass of furbelows is enor mous, and the Lilliputian hat scarcely vis.ble at the apex of the cone gives one an idea that the figure has no head—a notion that in some instances is not far from the fact. The high price of "human fodder" is said to have a very damaging effect on the interests of the doctors. A physician in large practice being asked by a stranger _yesterday, if New York was Healthy, re plied—" Unusually so ; the extravagant cost of pro visions has checked the disposition - lbr overfeeding, from which, ordinarily, we derive most of our prac tice !" The late line weather hisspurred up kitchen gar den vegetation in the neighborhood, amazingly.— Asparagus is abundant, peas in flower, and all sorts of "garden sane" ahead of time. Meantime, beef, mutton, lamb. and veal, are as dear as ever in our markets, although they bac slightly dealt/led in price a 4 the /314 u il ROW. ? ST. LOUIS CO ' ESPONDENCE. The Weather and Crops te,amer Helen Burnt— Judge - Dale—.t'aisti —Birch vs. Bentin— Western Property —ht rt. Mackay' a 'True Amer ican'—City Ikfortalit Kansas—Gov. Reeder-- -Col. Forney, 4.0., - a. • I r. Louis, May gj, 1855. We have had some verb cold weather since my last date, and fires and ovetr-ooats were again brought sj into requi Wolf: ''Severai copious showers have also fallen, and on Wednesd night .a terrific thunder storm passed Over our el y. It is feared that the growing crops are badlyi njured by the late frosts. The rivers are all low, p malady the Missouri, and very little produce is Cu '.g out of that stream. The health on the river , has greatly improved, and we hear of but few deaths S ecuring on the numerous boats touching this poi. and we can in truth'say that the cholera has out •ly disappeared from this city. 1 . .. I burnt to the water's edge 111obile Bay. rho had on . 1 which wa.s entirely con ated at sdo,oeo, on which o lives ware 'lost by the The st,atner Helen w on Friday night last, i. qoard SOU bates of cotto' sawed. The loss is es there was no insurance. burning of this boat: since that Judge M. (1. t e Madison County (111.) w days since the Alton authority, that the Judge Diu furor of Judge Breeze, I and fac'orably- known to annex the following pare- I mentioned 'some time Dale was a candidate of Judicial 'Circua; but a .Courier announced, by had withdrawn his nem, and as Judge Dale is NS, many of your readers, 1. graphs Irons the Courser -In making this anno Judge Dale, to state thu I date it was done at the e.' ery member of the bar 0, our most prominent citi against his own will, asi , ily refused to accede to t time there was nut the re Judge Breeze would becol :cement, it is but just to he became a oandi rpest request et nearly or rtins county, and many of 6s, and then, vary much :Iliad for a long time stead . solicitations. At that test idea entertained that ffii a candidate. t.lge , Dale a feet days ago. l only yielded to the or- Members of the bar, and in in h g er s ow ine L e ur a e u , . a j dg uuunee u ti his e, u - uowg the general sat-, lbe highly serviceable to i I /he benefit of Isis extensive l i .iiig experience as a judge, . iithdrawn from the list of : done. in the high corn e minent ability. in Judge i ithout intending it, paid a generosity." lie Louisville (Ky.) Dis purey .klarsitall, 1.14.13 COW I dir Ctsidllddte for COUgre,9B, • Minx:rats have nominated , I ,.'_ county, as-their email- We had a call from Jd Ho thou stated that he li, gent solicitations lit the others; but Judge Breeze urine us a. candidate, an islaction whiah he had gi and thinkiug that it. wo the district to - have agai legal attainments, and 1 he desired his name to b candidates, which we ha pliment thus paid to th Breeze, Judge Dale has, i high compliment to his u Lae hitow-Zlothingsut trict, have nominated Liu miasauner to Cilium, as t .n that district. The .0 Joshua Jewett, of Dal date for Congress in t line 11 hips have also ce lion to tee huoir-..Nutub that the Democrats and W out that mate tigallig•ki out doubt will prove t "Jordan is a hard road t hour readers probably Benton brought against some two years sinue—w euure Democrat as an e Cul. Benton, us the supH, at slander, and on the 1 1 Circuit Court, after a a Qil of J,1.101.1 damages was ob taken to the 6upreine Cot present. .. 1 kith District. The old ~,s L ered upon him in upposi -1.1 oanualate. it appears i igs• ale uniting t 11.1.110- 0-,Noutiugism, and: with , them conclusively that ravel !" eniewber the charge Col. cialgo Birch, of this &ate, ieu appeared in the Ails noriat. Birch 'prosecuted itt al hiin author, th o e u ii th e e ziry charge u rial of lour days, a verdict ) aimed. The case will be nt. Col. Bunton was not i . rots in the town of Keokuk, ipVernor Seymour, of New al; which, tour ur live years t . ght for j'25U or VIA. J it )rty is going up in that a Minnesota. At St. Paul tin the last twelve mouths. ers that the notorious Burt ,g, New York. Burt was i in the West and South as Ho has been in our Cal almost as often as he had .11 his shrewdness and skill, ;' invariably managed to ho most inveterate tuieves nttit and West, and was at A, as a vagrant, fits the e history of Burt Mackay Ist interesting volumes, in could possibly be centered , icountry. It is said that : I , uable plantations in some and that he has 'a g, who will fall heirs :in the West, are not a sr-Nothings, in permitting 4 a member of the orguni- Leave scenes of life to —that tMveler returns," without lay, as is customary with etc rites and ceremonies to cur Burt is dead, and with tidings have reached us of wound around—(as in the ' list, Bill Pool)—though he A few days since, three lowa, belonging to ii.v.-ii, York, were sold fur $lO,tlUl ago, might have been bo is astonishing how pro p State, Northern Illinois a lots have doubled in valiJ 1. see by the Eastern pa Mackay died in Sing Si, well and generally knowii a genteel thief and rascal aboose and Prison cells 1 hairs on his head, and wi, iu "general jail delivery, escape. lie was one of 1 that ever infested the SO uue time Sold so this ci pitiful sum of 56,65 ! ' would form ono of the nit the annuls of crime, that upon any one man in th he owns several very val .1 the Southern StateE .rother and sister livi to his estate. We here little surprised at the lint so amiable and protein° nation, to pass from the bourne from whence no i i the usual pomp and dis them, in performing the a ..true American ."' Pi out doubt buried, but no the American flag being case of the renowned pug died a •qrue American l' The abstract of deaths or the past week, exhibit a great decrease in number as compared with the pre vious week, when therel i were 181 interments—the present week but 119, 6' Owing a falling off in the mortality of thii city, foitseven days, of 02. There is no city in the Union, with the population of St. Louis, that can boast of better health. But few fatal cases of cholera occur in this city. Accounts still report the cholera in the tipper river towns, and in some, prevailing to a conaiderable extent. The latest accounts !loin Kansas represent an abatement in the excitethent which has been run ning wild for the past feel months. Everything has become quiet, and the MiSsouri ruffians have very wisely come to the conclukbn to let the law take its course in the case of McOrea ' who shot Clark a few weeks since, during a deblibs in the town-of Leaven worth. The settlers of Kansas have published a proclamation to the authkties at Washington, set tii3g forth the true state of affairs which have recent ly taken place in .hat Testory. In this report they pay Gov. Reeder a high 4mplimont, for the manly and impartial manner i *lnch he discharged his i t official duties, and the Kansas Herald of breedoni speaks in this wise of Gov. Reeder : "Be has shown himselftto be true steel during the ' exciting times of the lett ; week. The Missourians waited on him in person end threatened to hang him unless ho would give the pro-slavery candidates person end of the electio .: llisrreply was : "Gen tlemen, two or three of y ti can assassinate me, but a legion cannot compel e!to do that which my con science does not approv ." Such a man deserves well of the country, and the , people of Kansas will not bo slow to do him jus ide. The St. Louis Republ can has been very severe upon Gov. Reeder; but e -arybody who knowil any thing about the editor of hat paper, knows full well the sentiments ho entertained a few years ago, and consequently form theit ,own opinions as to the course that "wishy-washy'', blanket sheet is now pur suing towards Gov. iteedbi, and the defence of At chison and his gang of ruffians who infest, and have already disgraced the State of Missobri. The Wash ington City correspondent of the Republican'w rites that :—"Governor Reedei meets with more favor at the hands of the Administration than was anticipa ted—Col. J. W. Forney thaving espoused his cause; and you know that Col. F.:is the power here, behind the throne, greater than thb throne itself," There was a great sale allots last week in the town of Peoria, El:, each lot measuring 50 by 150 feet— und averaged over $l7O Per lot, some sold as high, as $4OO. The whole amounk Of sales reached $20,713 embracing thirty acres of ground ! The St. Louis Republicn, which has been in ex istence forty-seven years, ' and during which period changed hands but three; times, and for the last eighteen years owned and conducted by Messrs. Chambers & Knapp—th 4 former partner died about a year since, and his widoW assumed his interest, and on Saturday last, Mr. ;Knapp purchased all her right, title and interest iii the establishment, who is now the sole owner of tae Republican. Mr. Knapp has been connected with the paper since 1027, in va rious capacities—Devil, Foreman and Proprietor. Mr. George W. Crane is now in our city, bn his way to Pennsylvania. lie has been residing in lowa for thb last eight Yeam, and owned a magnifi cent farm upon which heLresided, but ii.viug - a good offer ' route for Lycoming sold out, and is now:; county. air. christopher IChampneys was in our city a few days since ' as was also Mr. Josiah Cross. Miss ihlia (Bayne) Nab commences an engage ment at the St. Louis Theatre to-night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reward and performing at the Peoples.' Francois Ravel and Trupe are at the Verities.— Gabriel Ravel and the Martinetti Family have just concluded an engagement it the St. Louis. Several "Stars" will make theirlaPpearancc at the different Theatres (luring the present week. The Printers "strike"i at New Orleans is said to be adjusted, by the propkiktors acceding to the de mands of the New Orleahs Printers—the "importa tions from New York" notified to return ! Yours • I( 1 OLD GUARD. FROM Mt:um—Wel have full details of Mexican news to the Bth inst. Santa Anna, as already announced, had left the capital for Michoacan. A repo4 obtained circulation in the city of Mexico, ithat a body of troops in Seamora had revolted! and that a pronouncia mento had been issued.l The Mexican govern ment has ordered the Isuspension of all pay ments, except those Under treaties, respecting the foreign debt. SiOrhess continued to pre vail in the city of Mexico, particularly the small pox, which hatl made great ravages. On the 28th of April,thle Supreme government had 4000 troops concentrated on the capital of Michoacan. Letters from Pumandrio give accounts of great horHrs committed by the Indians. The place as attacked,by a band of one thousard savam, and all the houses in the town were saclietl. The military com mandant, Valendenda,i and the Postmaster, were shot. ' Some of fhb principal inhabitants were beheaded, and! Many wotnan violated and carried off. REVENUE LOPPED OFF.—The receipts into the Treasury last ye4.,for Licenses, which the new anti-License Law abolishes, amounted to two hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and three dollars and rfOrty-four cents. This, of course, is a dead los& to the state, and will have to be estortedd IN TAXES, from the sweat of the poor man'S brow l—and this, too, without doing anything to:promote the cause of temperance—for the title of this, anti-License ill should truly be leaded thus:—" A Tem perance Law to make DrUnkards." But this is Know-NOthing Reforms! WHEAT CROP OP MICIIIGAN.—The 'Detroit Democrot states that the sight of the wheat fields in the northernlpart of the State is per fectly glorious. The breadth • sown is unusually great, and the staple is a derip.green, .almost to blackness--Tank. strong, .thick and high. With all alldwance for casualities, it may be most confidently predicted that the wheat crop•will be ..ost unusually abundant and excellent.
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