iat- almost
the Demo
zanizecl for
rgin- .
r.
KnoW-gothingism,, and
4re/PAfter ism- whicTt is contrary to the gen-
Tgicaltd-Siiiiit of. our republ; , n institutions.
u but Dilly is broad and national ground taken
i-7 . :-:;•!;IC;f5:17 - by•-ilepr:m and by County Conventions—
the- delegates selected -to the State
-
:-..-...leonyetzon, and Ake nominations, :
'''' 7 -14 - I;Wltere 'made, for the Legislatnre, some of the
fiest and most ieliable men in the party
nre:sele9ted. This Is the *true coarse to
and it isone WhiolivOCOmittend
`tplthe honest men of all parties.; The party is
rapid ly pnrgi ng itself of the excrescences which
... have been obstructing its progXess, and before
long we expect to see it 'stronger. and purer
- :_-:than it has been for twenty years _or more.
• - Know-Nuthingism has had its day, and is fast
- . deidending into the "tomb dell
_the Cepa
._ .
-lets," _ and with it go many who have for
years been an incumbrance the Demo
eratie party, leavingtheir place's supplied with
honest and worthy men who have heretofore,
;frem the force of circumstances or edu
.catkin; ; -been found arrayed ,in opposition
Democracy.to
lho.
,
- We repeat, the party has a brilliant prospect
-before it, and it only remains for the people
- in\the counties where no action has yet -been
had as a preliminary to the Opening of the
Fall campaign, to follow the example of their
brethren who have commenced the good work,
and a glorious triumph awaits us in October
next, over all the factions and isms that may
be-arriyed on the side of the enemy.
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The Savings Institution.
We need not apologize to our readers for
°mai:lying so much space for two or three
-weeks past with publications and remarks
— rerativeto the Savings Institution. It is a mat
- ter that concerns not only stockholders, deposi
- tors and debtors of the Institution, but the en
tire community—as
,a compulsory winding
up of the concern must, in & greater or less
degree, disastrously affect almost every body
in-this community.
In another column will be found the reports
of the Committees appointed at the meetings
of stockholders and depositors had in the
Court House tin the 13th and 16th inst., read
to a third and largely attended meeting held
.in Fulton Hall, on Saturday last, the 23d
inst., at which Hon. A. L. Mass presided,
and,J. B. Tsnuirt, Esq., acted as Secretary.
An excellent feeling seemed to prevail at this
last meeting, and a strong disposition wv
-• manifested by all present to agree to the plan
suggested by the Trustees (as the only possi
ble one to save the ',depositors from further
losses) and to untie a united and vigorous ef
fort to place the Institution on its feet ag-sin.
The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Car
penter, Zahm, Keenan, Dickey, Dougherty,
Sanderson, Frazer, Stevens andHabeeker.—
The following resolution, offered, by the Hon.
THADDEUS STEVENS, was accepted by the Trus
tees and unanimously agreed to by the meet
ing:
Resolved, That if the Institution should be
enabled to resume business, the depositors be
Allowed to hold a meeting and elect seven men
to meet with the Trustees and aid in the se
lection .of a Treasurer, and to assist in the
Management of the Institution; and that the
Trustees he now asked to assent to this prop
osition.
The prompt acceptance of this resolution by
the Trustees of the Institution, will, as it
should, go very far towards restoring confi
-donee on the part of the depositors and the
Public. The depositors will now have an
equal voice with the stockholders and Trus
'tees,. not only in the selection of a Treasurer
or Cashier, but also in the management of the
:concern. What. more could any reasonable
man ask? We therefore trust that the De
positors—one and all—will, without further
delayi.oorne forward and sign their names to
the agreement as proposed by the Trustees.—
It is clearly their interest to do so ;—indeed
it is to the interest of the entire community,
Without an exception, unless it Ibe a few shy
lacks, and note-shavers, that the Institution
should, be put in operation again, and that
without;any unnecessary delay.
-;The remark of Col FRAZER, at the meeting
- on: Sattiiday, that if three-fourths of the De
positors would sign the Compromise proposed
by the ..Trustees, the Institution could resume,
was, we apprehend, an error on the part
of the Cob .4.11 must sign, and any number
holding back may defeat resumption, and throw
the Institution into bankruptcy and ruin.
Since the meeting on Saturday quite a
change in public opinion has taken place.—
Many have cone forward—who heretofore
held back—and cheerfully affixed their names
to the proposition of the Trustees. 'We have
heard a number of others say they are now
prepared to do so; and we verily believe, if a
proper and energetic effort is made on the part
of the. Trustees, that in a very short time every
Depositor's erne will be obtained, the new
stock will at once he filled up by the stock
holders, the Institution will. open again, and
be conducted on sounder principles than it
has ever been—and that eventually the De
positors will get every dollar of their money
with interest to boot. But, permit it to be
forced into liquidation, and compel an assign
meat, and it will be ruinous alike to the De
positors, Stockholders and the entire com
munity.
It will be seen that the Trustees have
called another meeting of the stockholders
and depositors for Saturday next, the 30th
inst., when a list of all the depositors who
have, as well as all who have not sign
ed -the agreement, will be exhibited and
read. It is to be hoped that every deposit
or in the county will be present• at 'the
meeting.
Za" We invite the attention of Directors
and others interested in the 811,CCESS of the
Educational movement te, our county, to an
advertisement in our columns, giving a descrip
tion of TG,IVER'S SERIES OF READERS AND SPEL
VERS.
Mr. Tower, at present principal of Park
Latin. School, Boston, is one of the most
'accomplished and successful Teachers in' the
U. States, and from his long experience ho
is peculiarly fitted to iirepare books that will
answer the wants of the school room—from
the primary classes up to the highest prin
ciples 1 . in -Elocution and good:Reading.
Under the iristruptiou of Prof; Walker, one of
I . 'Mutl ors, these boeks are used in the Normal
„.- oat Millersyille,' and according to the
stirnony of the Teachers and
dents - ,•,T, , :rpNii - veiy best- success.
And.eKL'we have a 'series of Readers
offered to ate admitted to be, so far
i.upbrior to anfuthers;-)ive hope the Directors
the different dietEiate w* adopt them at
ce,. s aritithus , Cbviati;lite,ke*i , ty of those
P
chariger;iiibooks whiehi,iriuskTesult
of a' tim'ofiliferior
Matto
circuit ; •
• aatt ° m an behm*; delefratesTrom - Washington'
; pan andhis
1 dangtftetr
o ven ton, are:irtstruct
jborhood,d, are suspectetit , oLD:Pbeaak.for Ca,
lave all
The person agegates
ihave all recovered mpßErA.
leatik has been heretofore wine
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itrnal
_Spilipigs-IFsptiation.
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/11) . ort,if - A_ e - covi la uppoir ted aka
irig "of Stockhgyeis and Depositors,. June
At a meeting of the steChholdeni and de
pcicitcri in the Lancaster 'Savings
tion"," on the 3.3 th inst.— a ;resolution was
•
adopted in the - folL3iring words:._ •
"Resolved, That a committee of nine be now
"appointed, who shall call on Charles Botigh
"ter,and request him, for the satisfaction of
"the depositors, to state - under oath
"whom he purchased ,his real estate and
"stocks, and if any of the directors or• others
"bonght from or sold to him, large amounts
"of real estates or stocks. Said committee
' , to report to an adjourne dmeeting of the de ,
"positors on next Saturday afternoon a
"week :"
And the undersigned were appointed upon
the committee raised in pursuance of said re
solutidn. •
The committee visited Mr. Boughter, at the
prison, and he :liiiing — fir r st been sworn by
Michael Carpenter, Esq., ro make true an
swers to such questions as shOuld be asked
him relative to his transactions in real - estate
and stocks, a number of interrogatories were
put to hinl, which, with his answers thereto,
are appecded to this report.
The committee also examined the records
of the Recorder's office, and annex hereto .an
abstract of all the deeds they could find on
record in which the name of Charles Bough
ter appears, either as buyer or seller.
The Trustees of the Institution expressed a
willingness to be examined under oath, touch
ing their connection with Charles Boughter,
in the purchase or sale of real estate and.
stocks;. but the committee, on reflection,
deemed it advisible to confine themtelves
stricctly within the. line of duty imposed on
them' by the resolution under which they
were appointed. They were confirmed in this
view by the consideration that a resolution
providing for a general investigation into the
adairs of the Institution and the causes of
the defalcation, had been voted down by the
meeting.
The committee annex a -statement of the
real estate transferred by Mr. Boughter to the
Institution, copied from the deed of assign
ment, dated 11.1ay 8, 1855. They also exam
ined the certificates of Stock transferred to
the Institution at the came time, but no rec
ord was found showing the parties from whom
the stocks were purchased.
JOHN KAHLE, J AS. L. REYNOEDS,
A. HERR SMITII, WM. WHITESIDE,
JAMES LONG,
(Messrs. Hamaker, Brubaker and Stouffer,
the other members of.the committee, did not
attend at any of its meetings.)
Interrogatories put to Charles Boughter by
the Committee, with his answers thereto.
1 Question. When did you become Treasur
er of the Lancaster Savings Institution ?
Answ-r. In August, 1842.
2 Q. What real estate did you then own?
A. Not any.
3 Q. What salary did you receive?
A. $6OO when first appoii3tedt; it was
raised to $l2OO during the first year.
4 Q. When did you first purchase real es
tate ?
A. I can't recollect—it may have been in
44 'or '45.
5 Q. Did you ever purchase real estate in
connection with other persons ; and if so,
with whom? •
A. On two occasions—perhaps three—
within my recollection, I purchased property,
or joined in the purchase of property with
Christian Kieffer .—one was the property of
Samuel Oundaker, in Prince street ; another
was property bought of Dr. Kurtz, on the
Plank Road ; and another was a small pur
chase of an ore bank in West Ilempfield, in
connection with Chrn. Kieffer and Wm.
Mathi,;t;—the whole amount of the :purchase
was $lOOO. Mr. Kieffer has since purchased
my interest in the ore bank and in the Kurtz
property. To the best of my recollection,
these are the only transactions I have ever
had in connection with Mr. Kieffer. I bought
the Brady farm last fall, in connection with
.John F. Shroder and A, IV. Rusi,ell—each
party furnished his share of the purchase
money I would
.here state that the pur
chasees made in connection with Mr. Kieffer,
were comparatively small in amount, and
wore never made at his instigation ; he al
ways mid his portion of the purchase money
out of his own funds.
I would further refer the committee to the
Recorder's office, for a correct list of all my
transactions in real estate—the persons from
whom I purchased, the pertms in connection
with whom I purchsed'"and are amount paid
in each case. All my transactions in real
estate are recorded—l cannot state them all
from recollection.
6 Q. In dealing in stocks did you ever pur
chase from, sell to, or pUrchase or sell lo con
nection with, any Director of the Savings In
stitution ?
A. I never bought from, sold to (on my
own account) or bought or sold in connection
with, any Director of the Institution, stocks
of any kind.
7. From whom did you purchase stocks?
A. I bought of different persons. Y de
cline mentioning any one, for the reason
that the transactions were private—to disclose
them •would not benefit the stockholders or
depositors of the Institution in any way. I
have transferred all the stocks and real es
tate I possessed, to the Trustees for the bene
fit of the Institution.
8 Q. To whom did you sell stocks ?
P. I decline to answer. I sold to various
persons. It would be of no benefit to name
them—the transactions wero in the usual
course of business.
Abstract of deeds entered in Recorder's Qffice
showing Charles Boughter's dealings in real
estate, as far as the same are on record :
Jan. 7, 1845 ; John Shaffner to Charles
Boughter; house on East King street, $2400.
,(Afterwards sold by Boughter to David Bair.)
Nov. 8, 1848 ; four lots on Prince and Wa
ter streets; Samuel Gondaker to Christian
Kieffer and Charles Boughter, $3,000. (The
Institution held and still_ holds a mortgage on
this property for the amount of the purchase
money, consequently no money was paid by
Kieffer and Boughter. After four houses had
been built, Mr. Kieffer, sold his interest to
Boughter on May 9, 1853, for $4,500.)
May 11, 1852 ; Patrick Kelly to Christian
Kieffer, Newton Lightner and Charles &tigh
ter four lots on Duke and James streets, $4,000.
(The money for this purchase is said to have
been raised by a joint note of the pur
chasers discounted at the Farmer's Bank.—
When the note came due, Mr. Kieffer paid it
all and took the whole property. Deed record
ed, dated Dec. 10, 1853, transferring the inter
est of Lightner and Boughter in said lots for
$3 000.)
Nov. 10, 1853 ; Chas. Boughter to Christian
Kieffer; his interest in lots on east side of
Duke street ; $l5OO.
April 10, 1853 ;
Jos. Miller to Charles
Boughter ; lot at the head of East King street ;
$2BO. .
March 17, 1854 ; C. Hager tbCharles Bough
ter ; tavern house in West King street, adjoin
ing the Institution ; $7,500.
April" 1, 1854 ; J. H. Kurtz to C. Kieffer
and Charles Boughter; lots on North Queen
street extended, $3850. (Boughter's interest
subsequently bought by Kieffer.)
May 1, 1854; David Miller to Charles
Boughter; frame house and lot on Lime st.
near Orange ; $3,000.
June 17, 1854; David Miller to Charles
Boughter ; his interest (one half) in 20 acres
of land on Love Lane ; $2,000.
Nov. 4, 1854; W. Mathiot's administrator
to Christian Kieffer and Charles Boughter;
one-thitd of ore-bank in West Hempfield ;
$O7O. (The whole originally bought by Math
iot, Kieffer and Boughter for $2,000. Bough
ter's interest subsequently purchnsed by Kief
fer.) •
July 6, 1854 ; W. Mathiot's administrator
to A. W. Russell, J. F. Shroder and Charles
Boughter; the Brady farm, near Lancaster;
$11,895.
Stertementqfproperty conveyed to the Trustees
by. Charles .Boughter and Wife, for the ben
eft the lu.stitution.
No. 1: 4 lots on Prince and Water, with 12
' story brick houses ; being part of the
ground bought of Samuel Gundaker.
The tavern house on West King st.,
adjoining the Institution,-(bought of Christo
pher flagers.)
No. 3t' Honfie,nnd—lasg street,
•
(beini, the lot bought of MBler.).
'-'l'isco;stom log...warn
lerstown, (bought of Susanna M. Herr.)
No. 5 The undiiided half of the Love Lane
property, (bought of David Miller.)
No. 6. Two-story frame house utLime st.,,
adjoining Sohn Black's property, (bought of
D. Miller.) - -
No. 7: - Six lots on'P,ririce street eitended
to 'Beaver street, (bought of William Mathi
ot's Administrator.)
NO. 8: House and lot of 2 acres in Safe-
Harbor, (bought at. Sheriff's sale for the Inati
tption.)• -
No. 9: 'Two lots co Prince and Beavey,
(bought of Samuel J. Williams.) •
No. 10riahle-third of the "Brady farm "
property, )bought of Mathiot's estate.)
One-third--of 15 acres, bought of
John 'Shirenbrand, by A , W.. Russe l ., John
F. SEtiodee and Chak. Bane:ter.
No. 12: The interest of Charles Boug,hter
and - wife in Fulton Hall, (bought of Chris' to-
Pker- Hager) _
, No. 13 : The interest of Chas. Boughter in
Wabault property.
LAITCASTER. SAytrics INSTITUTION.—Report
of the Committee appointed at an adjourned
meeting of the Depositors and Stockholders of
the Lancaster Savings institution, held in the
Court House, Saturday, June 16th, 1855. At
the meeting aforesaid, a resolution was adop
ted in these words :
"Resolved, That a committee of five com
petent persons be appointed to investigate the
causes which led to the defalcation of Charles
Bonghter, as well as all other matters which
the committee may deem of interest to the de
positors :
LANCASTER, June 18th, 1855.
To the Hon. Emanuel Shieffer, Reah Frazer,
Esq., Hon. Christian Kieffer, S. Gable,
Adam Wolf, Newton Lightner and Dr. J.
B. Stubbs, Trustees of the Lancaster Sa
vings Institution:
Gentlemen—At an adjourned meeting of
the Depositors in your Institution held on
Saturday, June - 16th inst., on motion we, the
undersigned, were appointed a committee to
ascertain the cause of the default of the Lan
caster Savings Institution, and make such
other investigation as will lead to a. full and
fair exposition of the transaction of your In
stitution. We therefore ask at your hands
access to your books and vouchers, and all the
assets that remain in your possession, so that
we may give the proper information to the
depositors, whom we represent, as to the con
dition of the Institution, which will enable
them to judge as to the course to be pursued
for their own protection.
An answer in writing directed to us is ex
pected, naming the time that such investiga
tion shalt occur, and that your president he
cited to attend. Your ob't servt's,
H. A. WADE,
EIASHA GEIGER,
BENJ. M. STAUFFER,
JOHN STAUFFER,
FRS. H. CARPENTER,
Committee.
On the 21st inst.., the committee received
an answer as follows .
FEW. C. J)ARLINGTON
LANCASTER; June 21, 1855.
GENTLEMEN :—We cheerfully accord to
those of your committee to whom this note is
addressed, full and free access to the books
and papers of the Lancaster Savings Institu
tion, to enable you to perform the duties of
your appointment, and are ready to meet you
forthwith for the purpose.
Respectlully yours,
E. SILEFFER, Pres't.
To Messrs. 11. A. Wade, Elisha Geiger,
Benj. M. Stauffer and John Stauffer.
Your committee not deeming the answer of
the Trustees satisfactory, inasmuch as they
have refused to admit Mr. Carpenter, a mem
ber df your committee, to assist in the inves
tigation, refrain from pursuing the subject
any farther. All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
NEW JERSEY.—The American organs in
New Jersey are repudiating the platform of
the majority of the National Council, 'as no
doubt the great bulk of the party in that
State will. The Newark Mercury declares
that the secession of the North from the Coun
cil left the latter without character or stand
ing,—that its platform will be whistled .down
the wind without the slightest consideration,
and that it will be repudiated with entire
unanimity throughout New Jersey. The Sus
sex Register thinks that now is the time to
stand up for the right, and that this is the
golden opportunity to recover the ground
which has been lost by tho North. The Jer
sey City Sentinel approves the action of the
seceders, and is in favor of the restoration of
the Missouri Compromise. The Newark Ad_
vertiser, always a conservative journal, styles
the platform "a kind of tame ethical treatise,"
in "singular contrast with the simple and un
equivocal avowal " of the seceders—"a weari
some string of moral abstractions, and a rehear
sal of Southern platitudes, constantly repeated
time out of mind." The Advertiser tells us
that New Jersey rejects the document with
scorn, and regrets to see her name in any way
connected with it. The Trenton State Gazette
is out emphatically against the slavery plank
of the platform.
PENNSYLVANIA.—The Pittsburg Commercial
%Journal and Daily Despatch, the two lead
ing organs of the American party in Western
Pennsylvania, have denounced the slavery
part of the platform, recently adopted, in une
cluivoCal style. The following, from the Jour
nal, implies that the delegates from West Penn_
Sylvania had instructions which they have dis
regarded:
" We shall wait with anxietrib see the con
duct of the Representatives of the party of West
Pennsylvania squared with the strong instruc•
tions submitted for their government in regard
to the slavery question, and the still stronger
declaration of sentiment on the same subject
which have been unanimously passed by their
constituents as a permanent rule of action.—
Nothing less, and nothing weaker, than the
manifesto of the Free States, which we publish
to-day, will satisfy the ol ganization in Penn
sylvania. Of that let all interested be assur
ed."
The Dispatch says that the party in West
ern Pennsylvania will spit upon and repudi
ate any such platform, and refuse t) sustain
the nominee who may stand upon it. Tile
same paper says that "the only course now
for the Northern Know-Nothings is to form an
open organization, and to proclaim from the
hill-tops a perpetual opposition to the slave
power."
BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS.-SO far 4051
bounty laud warrants have been issued. The
Uunion says the plate for the 80 acre warrants
will not be engraved before the /d of July,
and thae- nine of the bounty land warrants
issued have been granted to soldiers of the
revolutionary war, the two oldest of whom are
100 years of age, and the two youngest 93
their' united ages being 864 years, averaging
about 96 years each. Fifty-nine warrants
have been-issued to the widows of revohition
ary soldiers. Their ages vary from 60 to 77
years.
Hopi. L. P. WALDO.—This gentleman, the
Commissioner of Pefisions under the present
administration, is decidedly.-favorite with
all who have business with his department.—
We have conversed with a number' of persons
who have visited Washington within the last
few months, relative to pensions, all of whom
are loud in theii praises of the efficiency and
courtesy of Mr. WALbo,
The same may be said in reference to Mr.
COLE, the Chief Clerk in the Pension Depart
ment. Both of these gentlemen are model of
ficers, and reflect credit on the administration,
as well as establish ahigh character for them
selves.
ItER.. The town of; Bayou Sara, La., has
been nearly destroyed by fire. Loss about a
million of dollars.
Whereupon the undersigned were appointed
and mow respectfully report, that on the 18th
of Jiine, inst., they addressed a note to the
Trustees of the Institution in the following
words :
11. A: WADE,
BENJ. M. STAUFFER,
ELISHA GEIGER,
JOHN STAUFFER,
FRS. H. CARPENTER.
The Fc ielgn; Hews:
Louia; from Hayre4had arrived, and the sub
sequent statement that the Asia had reached
Halifax, led us to anticipate important
Earo
peen advices. By the St. Louis we harlfour .
days later, which_iannqn_eqta the important
intelligence that the Vier4_ diroferende
tiembled - sin the afternoon of thioth buittuit;
and was almost immediately diesalved,learitig
the destinies of Europe in the.arbitrament of
the sword ahme. At this meeting the Aus
trian Minister offered a ew proposition. This
document was not made known to the FriJnch
and English Amlmssadors, who, not be ing
commissioned to accede to each a proposi tion,
declined entertaining it:and - thin - kering was
therefore adjourned sine - die. The advantages
gained by,the Allies in the Sea of Azoff are
confirmed, and"additiotud aditintakei report
ed. The RUB q; q had abandoned Soujak
Balch, after burning the principal buildings
and leaving behindlthem sixty guns and.six
mortars, which they rendered unserviceable:
The Allied squadron had landed a body of
seamen and marines at Genitchi, and destroyed
all the depots of provisions and vessels of war
at that place.
The Russians thus lost an immense gnat:44y
of provisions, four war steamers and 240 6s
eels employed in the war, with six millioris of
rations. The allied generals held a council
of war, at which, "it is said, an important
movement was decided upon. Spain has been
more quiet, but the insurrections have prOved
of an important character. The prospect of
another French loan has caused some flutter
ing iu financial affairs and consuls suffered a
decline.—Pennsylvanian.
The steamship Asia, which arrived at Hal
ifax on Wednesday, brings advices of exciting
war news. The bombardment of Sebastopol
was re-commenced on the Pith inst. On Sat
urday, previous to the Asia's departure, tde
spatch was received from Lord RAGLAN, dated
June Bth, announcing, that after a fierce
bombardment, the French attacked and car
ried the Mantelon and White Towers. It is
said the affair was marked with great gallan
try on both sides. The loss of life has Been
great, but no figures hare been gi% en. The
event aunouheed produced quite au excitenient
in the British funds.'
It must be be borne in mind, that all, this
news conies through English channels. : I
IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT DECISION.—The
Supreme Court in Banc, at Harrisburg, recfnt
ly gave a decision which may or may not :is
the case may be, be of vast importance to Men
marrying wives encumbered with real estate
or personal property. In the case in quest i
"by an ante-nuptial agreement, the husbluid
covenanted that the wife should have her
property to her own use as long as she hied,
aid dispose of it by her will to whom she
pleased ; and further covenanted with the Wife,
her executors and administrators, that hewduld
not sell or otherwise convertto his own use any
part 0! her -property ; there was also anoUier
provision, that he should be indemnified out
of her estate fur any debts he might have to
pay tbr her." Upon her death the next of Iher
kin•brought suit to recover-the property, and
the Delaware County Court decided in their
favor; the husband, however, carried the ease
up to the Supreme Court, when Judge BlOck,
on behalf of his associates, held "that upon
the death of the wife, intestate and possetised
of personal property, the husband was entitled
to take it under the intestate act, there lifting
nothing in the ante-nuptial agreement to .pre
vent its operations." He therefore reversed
the decision of the Delaware Court, and gave
judgment for defendant.
WESTMORELAND COIINTY.-A high and !pa
triotic position has been taken by the denloc
racy of this county. A full convention of
delegates was held at Greensburg week before
last, for the purpose of forming a county
ticket. Among those present were many ofthe
most experienced and substantial citizens.—
After the organization of the convention the
following manly pledge was signed by every
delegate :
We, the undersigned, comprising a delegate
conventit,n to place in nomination a ticket to
supported by the democratic party of West
moreland county, voluntarily pledge our hon
ors individually and collectively, that we have
no connection whatever with any secret polit
ical association or party, by whatever name
the same may be designated; that we are here
as democrats, acting in good faith with land
for the democratic party, zealously opposed to
any and every organization which by secret
oaths, or by any other means, seeks to pro
scribe a particular class; that a man who
would claim a participation in this conven
tion, under the guise of a democrat, taking
advantage of his former position in the demo
cratic party to represent the peculiar tenets of
know-nothingism, is a recreant to honesty, a
traitor to principle, and wholly unworthy of
the confidence of true men. We make this
declaration freely, unreservedly, and without
evasion or qualification, to the fullest extent
of the same.
STATE AND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.-
The Canal Commissioners have resolved that
all freight intended for the exhibition of the
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, to
be held at Harrisburg, and all freight intend
ed for the County Agricultural Fairs to.rbe
held in this State—shall be permitted to pass
the State works free of toll, in going to and
returning from the same. Provided that ithe
regular toll shall be paid on all such freight
sold at or during the continuance of the said
Fairs. They have also resolved to issue ex
cursion tickets over the Philadelphia and Co
lumbia railroad to persons visiting the State
and County Agricultural Fairs to be held' in
this State, this fall—the fare on said tickets
to be three cents per mile for the round trip.
EFFECTS OF THE RAINS.—The Baltimore OW
says the last rain has produced a great seillee
to the country, securing us against famine rind
high prices for a year to come. The rains; t.)) ,
rendering the western rivers navigable,-will
open a channel to market for a great amount
of produce, and keep up a more active busi
ness, perhaps, than had been expected at this
season. The sun came out warm yesterday
afternoon, the only danger from which, should
it continue, and become suddenly intense,
would be the production of rust in the wheat.
The probabilities are, however, that the wheat
is gradually drying.
SErCol. Steptoe, some months since
pointed Governor of Utah Territory, in p
of Brigham Young, whose term had expi
has declined the appointment, and recomm
the re-appointment of Young. From thi
would appear that the gallant Colonel
„.
not consider Young and the Mormons so
hostile to the National government. Col.
resided for some time, with a detatchme
U. S. troops, in Salt Lake City, and is pres
ed to be acquainted with the disposition ot,
government and people. •
A NEW PAPER.—We have received the ftrat
number of a new daily paper, called the Pitts
burg Daily Evening Times—edited and pub
lished by EDWARD MCPHERSON, Esq., forrnOrly
of the "Independent Whig," of this Citi—
It is to be the organ of Know-Nothingism
in Alleghany county. Mr. McPherson wields
a. ready pen, but we regret to gee him
waste his time and talents in such a cause,
and therefore cannot wish him success pc / al
catty, however much we should like to see him
prosper in a pecuniary point of view.
The "Times" is neatly printed, and littb
lished eveiy evening at $5 per annum.
JAIIZIP VAN Nzss, Esq., (Democrat,)
was elected Mayor of San Fradeasco, on jthe
28th ult., ;by a majority of 65 votes over itlie
Know-Notiung Whig candidate,
The Virgin4t... Electionl_l
011 the fact that some of the Know-Nothing
papers attribute the election of Wise to the
'foreign" vote, although they are not igno
rant of the circumstance that his majority
largely exeeeds the entire foreigkrvoteg the-
State says:—"lt is knowe that iisonsiderable'.
proportion of the "foreign". vote was oast
against the Deinocratielcandidates. .A
respondent of t he Baltimore ,Sa i l eayslan cx
amination of the pollsin Alexandria has deve
loped the surprising fact that a large number
of foreign horn citizens supported the snow
Nothing ticket. There is another fact which
settles this .dispnte tlyond. controversy. In
'the citees, and in the counties through which
-works of internal improvement are progres
sing—ln Richmond, in Petersburg, in Norfolk,
hi Alexandria, in Wheeling, in Fredericka
.burg, in Augusta, and in Loudon—in short,
just where the "foreign" vote is the strong
est, just there did the democracy sustain the
greatest loss. On the other hand, in the re
mote Southwest and on the South side, whore
nobody ever sees a Catholic or a foreigner,
the Democracy made the largest gains.
These are facts which the Know Nothing pa
pers can no more dispute, than they can
make them conform to their fantastiJ theory,
that the• election ut Wise was the work of
Catholics and foreigners."
THE Ease AMERICA Pair.—Some of the
Democrats of New Orleans wrote -to Robert
C. Wickliffe, asking fpr the use of his name
as a candidate for Governor of Louisiana at
the ensuing election. He declines, and in
his niply remarks that
"The true American party in this land is
the Democratic party. It proscribes no man
on account of his birth or religion, it adopts
as its own the principles contained in the de
claration of American Independence. There
rests not upon the statute book of our country
one measure which has added to its greatness
that has not the stamp and impress of
Democracy. Under the Democratic rule and
policy we have grown from infancy to vigor
ous manhood. Ours is the greatets, the hap
piest, and the best country God has given to
man. Democracy had made it such, and the
Democratic party will continue it so."
1P ~The New York Herald continues to
trumpet the claims of "'Live Oak - George
Law," for the Presidency. The last argument
it has adduced in his favor is, that when a
buy he was an ostler, and somewhat famous
for eating crackers and cheese and drinking
small beer. If very body who has been given
iu his youth to an indulgence in these luxu
ries he a fit person for the Presidency, we
hardly think the country will be destitute of
Executive timber fur a long time to come.
KNO - NOT II 1 N GISM TABOOED.—The Pitts
burg Synod of the Lutheran Church have
adopted the fhllowing resolution:—
" Resolred, That in the judgment of this
presbytery, the principles of our church ex
clude froiu communion the members of secret
society called knowing-nothings, and the mem
bers tdl of rich t societies, and that the presby
tery direct sessions to enforce this opinion."
FARMERS' Mon ScllooL.--,The Trustees of
this newly chartered Institution met at Har
risburg, on Thursday week, Governor Pollock
in the chair. It was decided to commence op
erations immediately, and on Monday, the
25th inst., the Governor.with other Trustees
started to the counties of Centre and Erie, to
examine the farms generously offered by Gen
eral Irwin and Judge Miles.
0.1.5 E O,F D. DEAI.E.—We learn -from the
Philadelphia papers that the judges of the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania are unable to
agree in the case of Dr. Beale, on the writ of
error asking for a new trial ; that two of their
number are for affirming the proceedings of
the court below, one for amending the record
in some way, and the other two for a reversal.
If this be true, nothing further will be done
in the matter until August next, when the
Judges meet at Bedford.
Zgl.. The last Legislature passed the follow
ing importaitt section, relating to the name
and right of illegitimate children tom herit the
estate of their mother—so the mother the es
tate of such child.
SECTION 3. That illegitimate children shall
take and be known by . the name of their
mother, and they and their mother shall res
pectively have capacity to take or inherit from
each other personal estate as next of kin ; :pc]
real estate as heirs in fee simple, and- as res
pects said real or personal estate so taken and
inherited, to transmit the same according to
the intestate laws of this State.
ANOTHER COMPLIMENT TO AMERICAN ME
CHANICS.—James Burton, late master armorer
in the National Armory at Harper's Ferry,
Virginia, but for some months past a resident
of this city, says the Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican,) has received from the British gov
ernment, the appointment of engineer of the
British National Armory at Enfield, near
London. Although that Armory is under tile
command of Captain Dixon, of the Royal Ar
tillery, Mr. Burton will have the entire di
rection of the manufacturing operations of the
establishment.
PITT ON TILE MAINE LIQUOR. Liw.—ln the
time
.of Pitt it was proposed in the English
Parliament to subject to an excise M order to
obtain means for carrying on the war with
Frantic. A contemporary remarked: "An ex
cise bill has always been odious to the English.
It brings with it the right of search. It lays
open the private dwellings, which every Eng
lishman has been taught to regard as his cas
tle." "You give to the dipping-rod," said one
arguing against such a law, "what you deny
to the sceptre!" Mr. Pitt laid hold of this feel
ing, and opposed the bill- with his utmost
strength. The following is a portion of Mr.
Pitt's speech on the subject, and all that re
mains of it :
"The poorest man may in his cottage bid
defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It
may be frail—its roof may shake—the .:wind
may blow through it—the storm may enter—
the rain may enter—but the King of England
cannot enter !—all his forces dare not cross
the threshold of the ruined tenement !"
/Er The Pamphlet Laws of 1855, are now
printed, aqd have been promptly distrib
uted by the Secretary of the Common
wealth. The volume is rather above than be
low average size, containing 790 pages and
655 acts and resolutions.
PAINFUL DISCLOSURES.—The Winsted Her
ald, (Conn.,) says that community is painful
ly excited- by disclosures made within - the
past Clay or two, by which it appears that
several young men, some of them suns of our
most respectable citizens, have been engaged
during the winter and spring past, in a series
of burglaries, of an extent and daring, of
which would be supposed that none but old.
and hardened criminals could he capable.
By the use of fah3e keys, they had been in
the habit of entering stores in the village, and
it is Said, were making preparations for a
visit to the Winsted Bank, when they wen,
discovered.
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Tliei Editor's Book Table
THE 411RISTfAN PARLOR ArAo).zot, published
toorThly by.E. Carpenter, No. 116 NIIIIBIIII et., N. Y.
at V 2 per annum.
The June number ol this admirable publication
is on 'Our table.' It is beautifully embellished'; the
engraving representing "Joseph Exalted," is et
ceedingly rich and chaste in its design. The read
ing mattiir also is such as cannot fail to please all
whO may see the number.
ILLINOIS ELECTION.—The prohibitory liquor
law is defeated in Illinois. Retuins from
seventy-six counties show a majority of 9,815
against it, and the twenty-four counties yet to
Im.heard from will probably increase the ma
jority-1a .212,009 or 13,000.
1 DAVID LCINGEiI.ECKED.,. Esq., of this
City, has resigned the Presidency, of the
Philadelphia and Sunbtiry Railroad, and W.
L. Helfenstein, Esq.,,las been appointed in
hie stead.
OATX;-NR:vouNTic
TrizAzincer...=Mr: D. S. _Palmer, so favortiii ,
bly known to many of our citizens, has enlarg
ed the stage and re-fitted Fulton Hall, in a
liandsomeand 430111116111011.8 manner for Theat
rical representations. He opened on Thurs
day evening, with. one of the best troupes, so
it is said by competent judges, that has exer
visited thiscity. The attractions preseritid
will doubtleis ensure Mr. P. a liberal patron-.
•
agefrom the play - -going community,
•-•-SonnErt - Dassirs.A man, supposed to be
German or -- Frenchman, named F. Coupet,
was found dead, on the pavement, in East
King street, above Lime, on Tuesday night
last—and on the same day an old colored
man, named Mitchell, a cook in the employ
of Mr. Shenk, in South Queen street, dropped
down in the yard and suddenly expired.
Da- Among the graduates at 'West Point,
we notice the name of Cornelius Van Camp,
son of Alderman Van Camp, of this City. lle
stands second on the list in the order of merit.
The whole graduating class-numbers'34.
ARREST FOR COONTERFEITING.-011 Tuesday
night last the Lancaster police officers arrest
ed a boatman named William Hamilton, on
the canal boat J. R. Ptnnington, on the Tide
_Water Canal, seven miles above Safe Harbor,
in York county, and brought him to the city,
charged witfi passed counterfeit $5 notes, pur
porting to be of the Farmers' and Mechanics'
Bank of Hartford, Conn., pn Maximilian
Deichler, of North Queen street, Daniel Sing,
of South Queen at., and others, on Monday
evening. Hamilton was brought before tue
Mayor on Wednesday morning, and the facts
appearing as above stated, and there being
testimony also that he had been seen with a
large roll of the spurious notes in his posses
sion during his sojourn in this city, he was
held to bail in $lOOO for his appear
ance at Court, in default of which he was corn-,
milted to prison.
;ANoTHER ARREST.—John Shmffer, Captain
Of the above named boat, was arrested on the
arrival of the 5 o'clock train of ears from
Philadelphia, yesterday afternoon, by officer
Gaindaker. He snatched the warrant from the
officer and attempted to escape, but was pre
vented, and taken before Mayor Albriht, by
whom he was committed for a further hearing
this morning. This man, Shaffer, is sup
posed to be , the head of the gang, and was on
his way to join his boat, which is believed to
be lying at Columbia, awaiting his arrival.—
Inland Daily, of Thursday.
NEW HOSE CARRIAGE.—The new hose carri
age built for the humane Company, in Phila
delphia, arrived in this city on Wednesday
evening. The carriage is simple in construc
tion, light and durable, and is finished in the
must elaborate manner. A large delegation
of the company escorted by the Union compa
ny in "full dress" -took the carriage from the
depot to their house in West King street,
where an appropriate address was delivered
by Mr. A. H. Shertz. On the return , of the
Union to their house, Mr. Geo. M. Steinman,
on behalf of the Humane, returned thanks for
the escort given to their new carriage.
LANCASTER LOCOMOTIVE WORKS . —There is
now finished at these works, and ready for
transportation, a large class new Locomotive
named the "G. T. Taylor," built for the
Memphis and Ohio•Railroltd. It has 6),t feet
driving wheels and is calculated Ihr passenger
or freight trains. For workmanship, strength
and beauty this engine will compare favor
ably with any. Within ten days another new
locomotive will be turned out for the same
company, to be called the "J. B. Macklin,"
and of similar construction to the other. We
are glad to learn that these works are crowd
ed with business, havidg, orders in advance
for 8 months. Several locomotives are under
way and in a state of forwardness. The test
that those made by them have stood, has es
tablished a character for the works already
chat has filled it with orders and insured
success.
ACCIDENT.—On Friday an Irishman named
Janice Barr, while standing on the buttnent
wall of the railroad bridge overthe Conestoga,
about one mile east of this city, fishing, lost
his balance and fell about GO feet to the
ground, striking his breast against one of the
telegraph pulls, and was injured severely, but
not fatally, by the fall.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY FOUND.—Officer Baker
showed us a roll of 82 $2 counterfeit Bank
notes, on the MiddletOwn Bank, yesterday
evening, which had been found by a boy in a
lot, treltr the fence, and immediately out side
of which, Shaeffer was arrested the other af
ternoon.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.-A little daughter of
Mr. William Cox, East King street, Bor 10
years old, was seriously injured on Friday al=
ternoond by falling from the balconey of the
back building of the house, and her recovery
is considered as doubtful. Doctor Atlee was
called in, and attended the case.
BARN BURNT.—The barn of James Dickin
son, in Salisbury township, was struck with
lightning during the storm on Saturday
evening week and entirely consumed. There
was a small quantity of hay, and about 20
bushels of grain in it at the timo, which a.m
burned. The horses were saved.
ARREST FOB AItiRDER.—A man was arrest
ed on Saturday afternoon last, on a warrant
issued by a magistrate in Safe Harbor on a
charge of murder, and taken to Safe Harbor
for a hearing before the justice issuing the
warrant. As near as we could learn, the
facts are as follows: Two Irishmen got into a
quarrel, and one of them, named Parker, as
we learn, stabbed th other, named Green;
and fled. Green wa ound to be in a dying
state, when a warrant was issued by a magis
trate thr the arrest of Parker, aud placed in
the hands of Mr. Hudson, who pursued and
arrested the supposed offender in or near this
City, and thence returned to Safe Harbor
with the prisouet.—Daily.
Da.. In Virginia the farmers have commen
ced cutting theili wheat. Farther south, in
Georgia, the harvest is over. The crops are
represented asbeing very fine. They have
had, already, smitples of the new southern
wheat in the Baltimore market.
viic-A letter f+int NoBll6ll e, Tenn., says
the wheat from thiplientuelcy line to that
place has been hOwested, and the yield is un
paralleled ; the smile number of acres reaped
doubled that of a t former former year. All saved
without the slightest blemish.
• SUIT TO RECOVEH THE VALUE OF FUdiTIVE
SLAVES.—A suit to recover the value of fugi
tive slaves has been instituted against the
Northern Central!Railway Company, Pa., by
a.gentleman near rederiek, Md. The slaves
applied fur pass 4 to York, which was gran
ted by the conductor of the train, although it
is alleged he knev4 them to be fugitives. The
ease is exciting n+ch interest iu Maryland.
1 VIESUINCTON, June 21
The Rpssian It treats as a matter of
merriment, among his friends, what he re
gards as the exhggerated accounts of the
successes of the Allies in the Sea of Azoil,
and says, the pe+le of England and France
required the manOicture olvictorie.4 to satis
fy their clamors Mid avert a social revolution.
As to the numbegiof vessels reported to have
been destroyed M the Sea of Acrd; he re
marks that it veli , greatly surpasses all the
Russians ever hail there.
LUTHERAN Sysen.—The One Hundred and
Eighth Annual Session of the German EN-an
gelical Lutheran Alinisterium, of Pennsylva
nia and adjacent ;States, was held in Harris
bui4g week before Haat. The attendance was
unusually large of! Clerical and Lay Delegates.
Tlie old officers were all re-elected, viz : Pres
ident, Rev. John O. Baker; Secretary, Rev. A.
T 4 Geissenhainer; Treasurer, Rev. Charles W.
Schteffer. The usual annual reports were
made, and a large amount ( general business
of interest to the Lutheran ...murch, was trans
acted. Rev. C. F. Schleifer, of Easton, was
unanimously elected German Professor in the
Pennsylvania College and Seminary at Get
tysburg. A resolution was adopted recom
mending the Lutheran Clergy to build no
more "Union ChuAihes."
:PILE PRICE OF BEEF MIIST.COYE DOWN.
The Chicago Democrat says that immense
numbers of cattle and hogs are now being
shipped from that city for eastern markets.—
The cattle have been brought'froin Texas and
wintered in Illinois, and are now being sent
forward over the Michigan Central and Great
Western 'Railroad.. 'A day or two since one
train left Chicago with 418 cattle and 1165.
hogs.
LHITMER.
PAILADZLPHIL, June 23, 1855. %,..
By the arrival w. the ships St. Louis arid'
Asia, we have' latcr news from Europe. The
successes of the Allies previously reported, are
ti l a
confirmed; Sid' 1 great number of Russian
transports in the of Azof, have been cap-.
tided., •The Bri hjotirnals are in high glee
over: theSe trium s. The French have also
ciptured the Ah4zelon; or White, Tower, be
fore. Sebastopol, e l fter a great loss and havoc
on both:side& The position appears to have
r,
been nieful to the Russians rather as a means
Of' aggression tha bf defence. It was rumored
th - at,at St. Pete urg, much blame was at
tached to the g overnment for expending so
much money upo 'Sebastopol, while no prepa
rations were madet to protect the Sea of Azof.
Noaithstanding the recent success of the Al
lies at Kerstch and other points, it still seems
doubtful whetherit.hey will succeed iu nutting
off the supplies of Sebastopol, as: they have
other avenues rdinaining, which they
... are
'effThso to resolutely defend.
the renowned Horace Gree
e, was recently arrested at
f a sculptor, who had sent a
6 the New Yerk Crystal
nut yet been returned to
making strenuo
- pareountrym.
ley, of the 'lnlet'
Paris, at the suit
piece of statuary
Palace, which ha•
him, the charge vino bused on the fact that
Greeley was out) of the directors of that con
cern:. Bail beingtrefused, he was sent to the
debtors apartme4of a Paris jail And confined
there for two day until the tuts° was heard
before a Magistrate , when he was discharged
and the prosecnto4orderpd to pay the costs.
Some statistics . hive recently heen publish
ed in regard to t4I Sunday Schools of Phila
delphia, from whi h it appears that they con
tain over 40,000 sc 'olars, and over 4,000 teach
ers.. This is a g tifyino. circumstance, and
argues well fur th care taken to train up our
youth the way they should go. Those who
speak so flippantly
. of the crimes of cities, fur
get to make due allowance fur thd concentra
tion which necestarily takes place in large
towns of good as vell as evil, and that while
the aggregate of ice is great, the organized
movements to disseminate moral and religious
principles are baled on a correspondingly
extensive scale. 1
The famous :fir hbisliop Hughes of N. York
is now on a visit 0 our city. His name ap
pears upon the rejster of the Girard Hotel,
at which he is stopping as plain "J. Hughes"
which is all right stopping
course, but seems strange
since the public 'mild has become so accusto
medi) to seeing his name in print with the in
separable t prefix . d to it. By some mischance
his baggage faile to reach him in due time
from , New York, s tnewhat to his discomfiture
and some suppose " Sam" had Something to
datvith its disap6earance, but it was most
likely owing to the carelessness of the bag
gage master. 1 - Truly, Yours.
DS—Henry A. Vise, governor elect of Vir
ginia, has decline4 - an invitation to attend an
"old fashioned Vitginia barbecue" at Peters
burg. He says he has declined three other
similar invitationsi and
" I would have iicriticed much more than I
did in the late eant.taiis t.i . prevent defeat under
my lead, but I a.sAt . re you the labors I under
went nearly cost ine my life. 1 was absent
nearly five months from my children ituil Mrs.
Wise, whose heart I,now requires my emstant
nursling. My r don estic affairs too, need every
moment of my tinto until I must leave tar
Richmond."
SPECULATIONS IN KANSAS
Reeder, Judges Johnson and .Elmore, of the
Supreme Court, and Mr. Isaacs, the U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, of Itansas ? having been charged
wth speculating itlands in that territory, in
affi
violation of the of Congress, have been of
ficially informed tMit, the President feels em
barrassed to see; thow, consistantly with his
convictions of duty, he can allow their present
official relations tit. the Territory to continue,
unless the impresiinns which now rest upon
his mind shall be leinoved by satisfactory ex
planations. Gov.lAceder was officially in
lormed of the chat 4 go against him, a Mw hours
previous to his setting out on his return, and
promises to reply iimmediately after ritehing
the territory.
THE NEERASEA4CISSAS 811.1..---ThE N. Y.
• 4
Journal of Cemmeree estimates that 100 mem
bers are already elected to Congress (or to ho
elected from the,putln) opposed to the repeal
of the Nebraska pin, and but 18 more are
needed to make tk majority against touching
it. We quote:
"It is not impoisible, nor very improbable,
that this numberpill be found, (among the
134 members not included in the above calcu
lation,) who will
,oppose repeal, although some
of them voted againSt the bill on its passage.
In other words, it by no mealts certain that
a bill to repeal thcl Nebraska laW can pass the
House. But if it sbould it will be defeated by
a large•rnajority 4f the Senate.,. And before
a new Congress is blected, Nebraska, will prob
ably be knocking fox' admissivrninto the Union
as a State."
A MAxmorn lONTING ESTAWASUNENT.--
We clip the folio ving from thei New York
Journal of Commptte:,
"The Harpers had the bill ; fur their new
building, amounting to $200,000, sent in a
1 few days ago . for -payment; Besides the
building, there ;,,re 33 presses, which cost
about $2,000 each; a variety utt other machin
ery, engines, stuell, l &c. ,The 1 new premises
have been occupied alittle more than a month.
Not far from 600: persons 'are . employed,
and most tof ( the valuable i,ial.dard
works have already been reprinted. The
scale of operations is about the saute as be
tore the conflagration, but the facilities for
manufacturing arel gretrtly imprOved."
~ 1
SENTENCE OF /11115.I.GOBINSON.—TROY, N. Y.,
June 10.—The notorious Henrietta Rubinson,
convicted some mdriths since of Murder, was
sentenced this afternoon, by Jtidge Harris, to
be hung, on Friday,'. the 3d of August next.—
When, in concluding the sentence, Judge Har
ris commended her soul to Clud'n mercy, she
told him "he had better pray fur his own
soul," declaring thatishe was the victim of a
political conspiracy, which was calculated to
crush an innocent! " man." When about to
leave the court wo r n, she pointed her finger at
the Judge, and exclaimed, "Judge Harris,
may the Judge of all Judges be your Judge."
Much excitement Was manifested; among the
spectators during the passing of the bowence.
" TUE FAMINE'L.LT TUE WEST.-.—The receipts
of breadstuirs at tile Upper Lake ports are tre
mend,us, and in the lute '1 the immense re
ceipts of corn, and ' the export deniaud but
nominal, with a limited distilling, business,
the present prices Of this description of grain
cannot be maintaibed-103,836 bushels were
received at ports qn Pthe Upper Lakes ' in one
day. At Buffalo dud Oswego the Receipts re
ported on Mondai reached 7,82-11banels of
dour, 82,807 busks, of Wheat, 130,1127 bush
els of corn, and 193,275 buShels outs.
LUMBER GOING 1, 'EST.—The Ossjdgo Times
says a large amounthf lumber has heat ship
ped from that port since the openido• '
of navi
gation fur the ports :of Chicago and blilwau
sie, and remarks: ,
" It seems as if the West was to become the
great market fbr Canadian lumber,
even the
cumber of Lake Ontario. This newlfeature in
our trade forms ofleul the must remarkable
brought out by Odiprocall free trade, and
promises to be of DO little importance in fur
nishing up freigbtii for the large clasa.ves
sels going to Lake-Michigan." . . 1.1
;
1 AMERICAN SUlrkftS . IN TUE BOAC' SEA.—A
letter to a gentleman of this city! ' from the
captain of an American packet ship' lying at
Havre, one of the New York and Havre line,
snttcs thathe has received a propoSition from
the French governinent to charter his ship as
4 transport to Sebastopol and itk, at the
rate of $5,000 per 'snuntli.- The v ssel iithe
Rattler," which Made the voyage froth Ha - ire
tii New York in finirteen days, beating the
Steamer, which started at the same time, two
days. She is called, among the seamen in port,
tin account of her; speed. and beauty, the
L' Yacht." Her cargo is to consist of 600 tons
f shuts and shells; damp •equipage,l and. a de
climent of soldiers—Aibany Atlas..
L
Ii INDIAN Scot:mm. 47 l i Tho Quebec Chronicle re
ports that the small -pox is killing the Oswego
Indians to an alarening extent. DUring the
space of two weeks nearly 200 died. When
taken with the dis-ai3e they immediately get •
i . to the water,, and there lie until death- ends
.eir lives. • . . " a,
FOR SLANDER.—In the
:Tie county; Kentucky,' a
sand dollars &magas was
ili a suit of slander against
The plaintiff was a Misa
ed on the trial 'that Gid
tiddresses•
.revious toaria' making the
iihielFtlie.jurylias 84? Sig
.
ThEAVY DAMAGE
t kmuit Court for, ,
verdict of ten tho
awarded last week,'
William Giddings-.
- Berkley. It appe.
dings had paid his
had been rejected,
slanderous charges
,ally punished in .1