INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIANI
GEO. ISABDERSON, EDITOR.
LANCASTER, PA:, DECEMBER 4, 1855.
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MN. B . PALMER, Ee l ., .15 our .A.Tut at
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Philadel ' New York and Bootor!;._ Or the
receipt ' Jelvertisements, &c. • •
County Committee Meeting.
The Nrmrale Cc/day Committee or Lancaster County ,
will meet the !Vele haute of Manuel. &ober, In the
City . ofleincaster, on Wzmizsoar ihe 12th dap-of Decent
bar eniniing, at 11 o'clock, A. 31. U. B. WARR,
Lanauitar. Dec. 4, 1855. "t Chairmen.
The Mowing named pens constitute the Committee :
B. B. swan; (Ity—CharannE. W: W.—Jacob P. Mintz.
4kautown_olas Bedew. S .E. W:—James H. Dames_
Breel-Jonathan brash. N. 7 3 L. Reynolds.
Bart—Amos liocky .
_ • Lancaster hop.—Bost. Huber.
Gernareon—Thon.Edirards: Lanocier E.—Henry Stauffer.
Glety—Johnitlber s Esetcq. , ..erZentsepeter W.-busmel Wearer.
Cblerain—Jas. Richardson::: Leabsek—B. F. Holl.
(bumble' N. IF—J. ChtUlt;...Leacack U-. Dr. A. B. Bare.
S. W:—J. G. L. Brown Litac Britain—Jas. Patterson.
Obealko E—Cyrus Ream. Manhenn 80r..-B. B. Young.
tlealieo W—CoL Reinhold.Alanheins tap.- Benjamin Eby
Omedoga—John Sobs ' Manor—Bernard
army—John H. Bmith. ManticCol.Dasid
Donegal E.-Jacob Gorner. Marietta—John J. Llbhart.
Donegal If—John Gross. Mount Jay Bur.-J. MeCorkeL
Dunmore--Clark Philips. Mount Ay top.—J. Shearer.
AMA—Lase Hull. Purriellse--Goo. Fondemnith.
Essi Ent—Geo. Bachman. Ilmn-..-Dayb M . Etiidy.
Marl Wert—Mark Connell, Er. Pegua—John Saner.
Ez=zilnel BelL Providaace—John Tweed.
B. F. Bur. Rapho—Thomss Magnuson.
ibtaabigh—ollrer Caldwell. &menu" Dor.-W. T. McPhail
Elias—Dr. John R. Raub. Strasburg (Wyk—John Raub.
Flsiton—Samuel Wicks. Salisbury—Thos. B. maisain.
Hemplied E.-1L Hoffman. Sadsbury—lsaac Walker.
Hanyeeld IPJ. Camber. Warwick—Dr. Lest Hull.
City, N. W: W.—JECDuchmart.Washington-3. A. Brush.
XS.On our first page will be found a Dis-
Course on the Divine Origin of Civil Govern
ment, &c., on Thanksgiving Day by the Rev.
J.-V. ECKERT, of New Providence, in this coun
ty. It is a sound practical production, and
should be read by every one.
Baltimore and Philadelphia
The following paragraph, which we find in
the Harrisbtirg Keystone, deserves some atten
tion on account of its unfairnesa and misrep
resentations
"Wg learn' that several hundred tons of
freight pass over the Pennsylvania railroad
for eastern cities, via. Baltimore, in conse
quence of the dispatch in Its transportation
from Harrisburg to Baltimore, as well as the
greater facilities for shipping from that port.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's cars
can now be taken from Harrisburg to Balti
more and return, in about twenty hours;
while the time consumed in the same opera
tion,between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, is
at least three days and sometimes four! This
is owing to the regulations of the State on the
Columbia railroad, and to the mode of the dis
tribution of freight, within the city of Phila
delphia by horse power. The same duty is .
performed by the cars of the company be
tween Altoona and Pittsburg, traversing a dis
tance of 236 miles and crossing the summit of
the Allegheny mountain twice, in less than
half the time it averages between Harrisburg
and Philadelphia, a distance of only 212 miles,
for the round trip. The transmission of the
immense business of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, through the principal business
streets in Pittsburg, is done with great dis
patch and without inconvenience or risk to
its citizens, by the use of steam power, while,
if horse power to haul the cars were used, the
streets would be constantly obstructed so as to
be almost impassible. At present the passage
of a locomotive once in two hours through the
streets does all this business with facility. It
would ho well for Philadelphia to look to this
matter, if she desires to retain the trade of the
West."
The above article, although purporting to be
editorial, is evidently from the pen of a man
who managed, or rather mismanaged the
Philadelphia and Columbia railroad a few
years ago, and who still feels sore because the
Canal Commissioners, not having the same ex
alted opinion of his abilities that he has him
self, supplanted him by the appointment of a
better man.
We have made some inquiry in reference to
the above allegations—and learn that, so
far from being true, the very reverse is the
fact. The State officers and Engineers deliv
er every day more cars at West Philadelphia
than the Pennsylvania Company can take in
to town—and at times, they are prevented
front sending as mah cars east,.as they could
and would wish to do, for want of sideirit
room at West Philadelphia.
The "regulations" of the Superintendent
fur the dispatch:of freight over the road are
admirable, as every unprejudiced man will
admit who examines the subject. Indeed eve
ry possible effort appears to be made by all
the State officers Upon the road to furnish eve
ry facility for the accommodation of business;
and the regulations on this section of our pub_
lie works:might be profitably followed by eth
er roads in the country.
Mr. Ruebatten's Return
The following extract of a letter from Mr.
BrCHANA!,T to a gentleman in this city, dated
Nov. 16, 1855, and received by the lust steam
er, will be interesting to his numerous friends
all over the Union :
"I had calculated with confidence that I
should return home by the steamer of the Gth
of October last; but unexpected events render
ed this impossible. I shall now be detained
here, I know not how long, in consequence of
the present aspect of affairs between the two
countries. I ttust, however, that within the
period of three months, I may meet you all
again". At least such is my anxious desire."
From Washington
The Democratic members of Congress, held
a caucus on Saturday evening, and made the
following nominations:
For Speaker—Col. Richardson of Illinois.
" Clark—Mr: Banks, of Virginia.
" Sergeant at arms,—A. J. Glosshrenner,
of Pennsylvania.
" Door Keeper—Mr. M'Knetv,of Wash'n.
" Printer—Cornelius Wendel, of do..
" Postmaster—Mr. Johnson, of Virginia.
Col. Forney was not a candidate for the
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nomination of Clerk.
Public Opinion
WI. The Harrisburg Patriot& Unioii, the
central organ of the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia, expresses a decided preference for Mr. 81. , -
CHANAN for the Presidency.
The Maysville (Ky.) Eagle tivowe its pref
erence for Mr. Bun LNAN.
The New York fre;wl.-1 expresses its belief
that Mr. BUCHANAN has decidedly the best
chance for the nomination.
The Mount Vernon (Illlinois) Jeffersoni«n
is out in n strong article. fur Mr.BrcunsAs.
The Brookville (Pa) Affersonian also avows
its preference for Mr. BucuAtclot.
The Butler (Pa) Iferald is also favorable to
Mr. BUCHANAN.
re.,The Jersey Shore (L).c.miug Co.) Netcs.
Letter has raisod the flame of JASIES B (Ten-A-NAN
to its must-head as its favoiite eaudidnte for
the Presidency.
The Washington Examiner is at.so out in a
strong lender for Mr. BUCUkeAN.
DEATH or A LANCASTER LAni.—The last
mail from California brings the sad intern_
genes of the death of Mrs. Mary L. Baker,
wife of the lion. George W. Baker, which oc
,airred at San Francisco on the 31st of Octo
ber.
Mrs. B. (who was a niece of the Hon. James
Buchanan,) left this city some three years
ago, to join her husband in California, who had
preceded her there. Recent fetters, informed
her relatives and friends, whom she had left
behind, of her intention to visit Pennsylvania
early next spring—but, alru3 it was an anti
cipated happy meeting with them destined
never to he realized on this side the grave.—
We deeply sympathise with the husband and
relatives of the deceased in their sad berea*s•
meta..
A Grand Rathvad Project.
4-grand Railway from New York to New
Orleans is a project, says the Daily Nowa,
which has lately been mooted a giod deal in
some quarters. The_project ia toxonnent• e
links of roads already built, and Worn a neat
chain from New York Citif via /*ton, Hat-
Carlisle,:Hagaratown;;WincAilier,
Abingdon,,Knoxville, Tennessee, 'Tuscaloosa,-
MObile and New &lean& and ali3o _branching
fiora Knoxville to Charleston and Savannith,
and from Hagerstown di Cincinnatti and to
St. Lords, In favor of this route it is urged,
that the Cumberland Valley extends from the
Delaware at Easton without a crossing ridge,
through Pennsylyania' , Virginia, Tennessee,
down into the regions of south Alabama, pres
enting a direct and favorable route for a rail
road from New Orleans to. Philadelphia and
New York. Through its whole extent it is
fertile and populous. Easton, Harrisburg,
Carlisle, Chambersburg, Hagerstown; Win
chester, Lexington, Fineastle, Abingdon,
Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, and many other towns
and villages lire situated in it. Were a road
constructed through it, between the great cities
of the North and South West, it would become
one of the most crowded thoroughfares in the
country. It is already traversed to some ex
tent, by detached roads in the several States
through which it passes. •
The distance from - New York to Easton is
72 Miles; and from Easton to Harrisburg 96.
By this route the distance would be shortened
from New York to Harrisburg some thirty
miles; there would be a saving of some 50 from
New York to Hagerstown' with transhipment
or ferries to - cross. A road is already in ope
ration sixteen miles beyond Easton, and from
thence to Harrisburg, two companies are or
ganized and have commenced the work. In
less than two years, therefore, the route will
be complete from Chambersburg to New York.
THE RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC.-A wri
ter in the Journal of Commerce, who seems to
have paid considerable attention to the sub
ject, contends that there is no reasonable
ground for any thing like a money panic,
and asks—what is the true state of the case?
In the first place, he says our country was
never so rich in resources as at the present
time. What are her resources ?
Cotton,
Cereals,
Sundries Other than above,
Gold producta per annum,..
From this we shall probably realize by our
shipments abroad full $50,000,000 more than
our crops have, in the most prosperous years,
ever before produced us. Our importations
for this year will he some thirty or forty mil
lions less than in the year 1854, and our for.
eign indebtedness far advanced in liquidation,
the balance at the; credit of foreign houses
with our bankers here being about half what
it was some three or four months ago.
This is a cheering view, and it is entitled
to due consideration. The country is indeed
in a high condition of prosperity, and instead
of croaking and inserting absurd stories, we
should he grateful to Providence for 'abundant
crops and the many national blessings we en
joy.
COAL—SPOSTANEM COMBUSTION.—A cor
respondent, speaking of the fire.at the coal mine
at Beaver Meadows, Pa.,which it had been
supposed had originatd from spontaneous
combustion, states that such is not the fact;
that the fire in the dirt heap, or coal dust, at
that place was the result of carelessness on
the part of the managers of the mine, who
allow their firemen to wheel or cart the hot
ashes and cinders from-the engine furnace on
the "dirt heap." There are now, says our
correspondent, three veins of coal' on fire, or
perhaps the same vein in three different local
ities, in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsyl
vania, but they all have been ignited by the
carelessness of the miners. The first was set
on fire at Coal Castle many years ago, and is
still burning, like a slumbering volcano, hav
ing probably,destroyed,millions of tons of coal,
as the vein is the celebrated "Jugular," which
varies from 50 to 120 feet in thickness. The
second was set on fire at Tamaqua by some
miners who were digging their winter's coal
at the outcropping of the vein; and the third
is the subject of remark at Beaver Meadow.
Conceriiing the spontaneous combustion of
coal it is a tolerably well established fact that
anthracite coal will not ignite spontaneously,
though bituminous coal will, and hence its un
fitness for ocean steamers. In the Lehigh re
gions, and at some of the old mines in Schuyl
kill county, coal heaps containing thousands,
probably hundreds of thousands of tons "dirt,"
have been lying exposed to rains and the heat
of the sun for over thirty years, and yet there
is no more beat in them now than there was
when they were dug out of the mountains, at
whose base they lie; therefore there can be no
danger of the small coal heaps at the yards in
New York taking fire by spontaneous combus
tion. But we can inform the consumers of
coal here, continues the writer, that by the
mixing of this fine dirt with a third part of
common clay, and drying the composition in
the form of .brick, or whatever form they
please, it will make as good a fire, burn as
long. and be in' every way as convenient as
the prepared coal now offered for grates and
stoves.
The miners may nut thank us for this bit of
information, but the coal companies can have
no objection, as it may make their dirt as val
uable as the coal itself.—Kew York Tribune.
The "Democratic Watchman."
This is the title of a new paper just started
at Bellfonte, Centre co., by Henry Hays, Esq.,
formerly we believe of this city. The first num
ber which is now before us, presents a neat and
business-like appearance, and the editorials
give evidence of ability and tact. We wish the
editor success in the enterprise, and trust that
the Democracy of Centre county will feel it to
be their duty to sustain so true an organ of
the party, as the Watchman promises to be, to
the utmost of their. ability. We extend to
Mr. Hays the right hand of fellowship, and
welcome him as a co-laborer in the glorious
cause of the people.
M The "Stzziner NOVELTY" is thethillle of
a new weekly just started in Philadelphia, by
Messrs. Andrews & Brotherton—price three
cents per copy. The paper is to be devoted
to "Choice Literature, Satire, Humor, News,' ,
&c.; and judging from the - neatuess,&c., of the
first number now on our table, the pub.
lishers are determined to merit an extended
patronage. May they gu ahead and be suc
cessful.
PATENT OFFICE. Rum:tr.—We are indebted
to the Hon. I. E. IIIESTER for a copy (in three
volumes) of the Patent Office Report for 1854.
We are also indebted to the kindness of the
same gentleman fn• a bound copy of the Con
gressional globe and Appendix for the session
of 1854-5.
titgl-The Eric Observer is out strongly in
favor of Mr. BUCIiANAN for the Presidency.—
This paper was opposed to Mr. B. in 1852.
Its present course shows the unity of senti
ment there is now amongst the democracy of
Pennsylvania, and especially iu the western
part of the State on the subject of the Pres
idency. This is the right spirit to actuate the
Democracy, and is an indication that the Key
stone 'State is iu earnest, and that her claims,
in the person of her distinguished statesman,
will no longer be disregarded by our breth
ren of the other States of the Union.
.CONGRESS met at Washington on yes
terday. We shall lay the President's Message
beforeour readers:next week—that is, providing
there is no delay iu the organization of the
House of Representatives.
ta..Hon. Tuomss J. Rusz, of Texas, has been
re-eleoted' to the U. S. Senate, by the Isigisan.
tare of that State. Gen. R. is a sound 'Demo
s's:at and an able man. •
. From the Peinteytraldan:
meeting of Soldiers of rho War 0(1812.
Last evening the Defenders of the.Ddliiitry
the War of 3/0.2," hold a meetinkrat.the
County CourtjrdMie, to make the neat:ail*
zymigereents fotiendini - Deligites td;Wash
.lngton, on the anlliVerfkary of;the bat
Ato of NO4 OrledVS.
- • •
- fOok4ptat ,Thompson was selected - la Pr.e.f
aide; CoL Jacob H. Fisler, Maj. W, M. Evani;
James Banners, CoL M. Bozarth, and John
Keefe, as Vice Presidents, and Maj. J. H.
Frick,and .Col. James Pidgeon, as Secretaries.
Joel B. Sutherland, Esq., submitted the •
fol
lowing resolutions; which were unanimously
adopted :
Resolaa, That the thanks of this meeting
be tendered to the: members of the two Houses
of Congress, who 'voted fir the Bounty Land
Bilkof last session, and. to. President Pierce
for his approval of that act of justice to the
men of the, second war of Independence and
to the widows and minor children of such de
fenders of the country as are dead. -
Resolved, That we urgently invite our asso
ciates in•arms, in every section of the Union,
to send Delegates to the National Convention,
to be held at Washington, on the coming an
niversary of the Battle of New Orleans.
Resolved, That as the widows of the Defen
ders of our country in the war of 1812, can
not personally meet our Convention, that we
invite a son of every deceased soldier to rep
resent his widowed mother in our Convention.
Resolved, Thnt a Committee be appointed
to make the necessary arrangements with the
Railroad Companies for transporting the Del
egates to Washington, and that Judge Suth
erland be Chairman of that Committee.
Resolved, That Congress be requested to so
modify the Bounty Land Act, as to allow pa
rol testimony of associates in arms to he secu
red to prove the service of those who were in
the war of 1812.
Resolved, That we thank the Hon. John
Wentworth for the bill hepresented at the last
session of Congress, relative to the Pension,
and that the subject be respectfully referred
to our National Convention when it assembles
at Washington on the Bth of January next.
Resolved, That the President of the Nation
al Convention be requested to sign the tickets
for Delegates to be used in passing over the
railroads from this place to 'Washington.
Resolved, That our friends in Washington
be requested to procure a suitable place for
the assembling of the Convention, and to
make the necessary arrangements for their
associates during the?r stay.
Resolved, The our thanks be tendered to
the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
for permitting the Soldiers to pass over that
road free of oharge.
Resolved, That we tender ourspecial thanks
to the Committee, that last year made our re
ception and sojourn in Washington so very
agreeable.
Resolved, That it be recommended to Con
gress to grant 160 acres of land to any of the
defenders of the country in the war of 1812,
who were confined in any foreign prison, and
in case of the death of such prisoner, the land
shall o to his widow if alive, and if - not to
his heirs.
$150,000,000
..500,000,000
..150,000,000
...45,000,000
.4845,000,0410
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend
that the salaries of the Commissioner of Pen-*
sions, and the Commissioner of Public Lands,
be increased, as we believe the enlarged and
extra duties of those offices entitle them to an
enhanced compensation.
Resolved, That we present our warmest
thanks to the Editors of the Public Press
throughout the Union, for their able and un
tiring support of the claims of the men of the
War of 1812, upon the justice of the Repub
lic.
After some remarks by Joel B. Sutherland,
Esq., and others, and the appointment of a
Committee of Arrangements, tho meeting ad
journed.
EXPRESSION Or PREFERENCE.-TllO Ea-stern
Clarion, published in Paulding, Mississippi,
has the name of JAMES BUCHANAN, for Presi
dent, at the top of its columns, with a lung
and ably written articlein his favor. It speaks
of the whole South uniting on Mr. BUCHANAN,
as the next candidate for the Presidency. The
Clarion. says : —"We can say in relation to
the views there expressed, that we, in the
main, cordially approve of them, for we have
always been friendly to the personal and po
litical character of Mr. BrenAsAN, ind we be
lieve he has always been favorably regarded
in the South. Virginia, if we are not mista
ken, and many of the other Southern States,
went to the last Democratic Convention,
pledged to vote for Mr. BUCHANAN'S nomina
tion, and did do so, while any hope remained
of securing it."
SPECIE IN OCR COUNTRY.—In view of the
facts that nearly two millions and a quarter
in gold are coming to this country from Cali
fornia ju a single steamship, and that our
steamers to Europe are taking out now little
or none, indeed we are really receiving more
coin from the Ar-side of the Atlantic than
we are sh4ling to it, the Bulletin truly ob
servesedat this is just what was anticipated
by sensible men, a mouth or two ago, when a
senseless panic was got up in Wall street by
the speculators who periodically undertake to
do a mischief in the community by which they
may themselves profit. It is to be hoped that
the public will be wiser in future and not suf
fer themselves to be duped and defrauded by
the gamblers of Wall street.
The Next Presidency
The Easton Argus, published at Portland,
Maine, thus comments upon an article in the
Montrose Democrat (Susquehannali county,
Pa.,) recommending JAMES licru.tNAN for the
Presidency
" The Montrose Democrat, in au able and
elaborate article, advocates the claim of Hon.
JAMES BUCHANAN to the Presidency. Mr. B.
is almost the last of the old stock of great
men, who is still in the full vigor of his physi
cal and mental organization. He was the
contemporary and compeer of CAmiors, CLAY,
WEBSTER, JACKSON', and others who have shed
lustre on our history. It is for the Democra
cy to act calmly and wisely upon the question
of the Presidency—to canvass the whole mat
ter svithout interest or prejudice—and to
heartily support the nominee.
Democratic State Convention of 1850
At a meeting of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee, held November let, 1855, at
the Merchants' Hotel, Philadelphia. the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Democratic State Con
vention of 1856, be held on the 4th day. of
March next, in Harrisburg, at 10 o'clk, A. M.
lu pursuance of the above Resolution, the
Convention will assemble at Harrisburg, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to the Dem
ocratic National Convention, and nominating
a candidate for Canal Commissioner, Auditor
General and Surveyor General.
JAMES F. JOHNSTON,
Chairman State Central Committee.
11. A. GILDER, Secretaries.
J ZEIGLER,
Dee. I, 1855
WASHINGTON COUNTY.—The Democracy of
Washington co. held a large and en ihusiastic
meeting onlast Tuesday evening a week, at
which resolutions ware passed endorsing Hon.
,Tames Buchanan for the Presidency, and
William Montgomery of that county, for Uni
ted States Senator.
ALI. THE SECRETS OE LOPE.—Who wants to
be married? Who wants to learn all the art
and mystery of love by means of which any
heart may be won, no matter how obdurato?
Professor BONDOUT, of New York, in his won
ful book on the "Bliss of Marriage," has set
tled the whole matter. It is glvertised in
another column.
IS—The Philadelphia Sun publishes a tru
ly learned and eloquent discourse delivered
on Thanksgiving Day, in St. Luke's Lutheran
Church, Kensington, 14 the Rev. E.-W. HUT-
U; formerly of this city, from the text ",rEruto .
whomsoever much is given, of him mot& 'dial"
be requfred. 7 --Luke 12, 48.
cowry Ploceedui f y ' -
The regular November term of the Coin
' Common Pleas, commenced on .'Monday
26th inst. Quite a nntaber of cases
placed upon the trial listto be.tiied.this
4mt when called up, niiity-wertiorditirmed,
parties not being able to prieeekiind. - i
the absence of witnesses imMpelled'- the ..
- be laid over until such a time as they
lie present.
- L.--.ffhe first-case' tried waelhat of Re '
NiCholas vs. Robert Turner and .Sarah
wife. This •was an issue of Dev. veL
fMm the Register's Court, to, try the van:
of an instrument of writing, purpotin t.
the last will mad testamentof Henry Niclio
late of the borough of Marietta ( decs•
Verdict in fivor of plaintiff. Baker for pl '
1 tiff, N. Ellmaker for defendants.
Patrick Kelley vs. Jno. Kauffman. This
an issue dire7o - ted by sui.anditot'. It a.
that 'Kelly and Kauffmin had a£ 'one t
been in -partnership, and upon- settl...
which was considered final, .a note was gi •
to Kelly bYiteuffman, drawn by a y.l
who before the note matured became in
vent. The plaintiff sues therefore to
the amount of said note. Verdict for $l.
43. Judgment nisi. This case has beenl
fore the . Supreme Court several. times.
vens and Elimaker for defenditnt, Fran ' ll .
and Pordney ,for
J. R. Sheets and F. P. Shalimar trading
der the firm of Sheets and Seltzer. This .;
an appeal by defendant. The plaintiff
ged that the defendant had purchased' f 1
them some liquor amounting to $64, 5 2, ,
which appears charged to defendants upon
books of plaintiffs. They, however, failed
make out that the defendant had purch,
the liquors, and a verdict was rendered in
vor of defendant. Kauffman for plain
Mester for defendant.
The Strasburg Railroad Company vs. y
Liam Hamilton. Summons in trespass on c'
sur a.ssumpsit. This action wag brough !
recover a subscription of 5 shares in Strasb
Railroad company amounting to $5OO.
The defendant pleads non assumpsit.
leman for plaintiff, Frazer and .Amwake
defendant.
WEDNE'BDAY, Nov. 28!
In the case of Nicholas vs. 'Turner, repor!
ed yesterday, the-impression wds erroneou l
conveyed that the ease had gone throng
formal trial. The report should have sta.
that after filing a letter from the defendan
plaintiff's counsel, in which the •defend
expressed a desire to withdraw his defenc.
verdict in favor of the plaintiff was taken
consent of parties.
In the case of Kelly vs. Kauffman, likeu
reported yesterday, the Court rejected the
timony offered on the part of the defend
and directed the jury to find a verdict for
plaintiff which they did, assessing the dame !
at $1445 443.
This morning the case the strasb
Railroad Co. vs. Hamilton, was resumed, .1
the morning was consumed in the amendm!
of the Plaintiff's declaration, and sundry
er diversions, the court permitting several
cesses of business, to allow counsel to g(
their offices, and transact out-door business'
In the afternoon counsel appeared fresh
full of fight, and up to the time of our go
to press were still 'busily engaged in exm.
ing witnesses on the part of the defence. 1
diet for Plaintiff, for $493.
MR. BCCIIAN.IN AND 'ME LONDON* TIMES
The Washington Union publishes the full
ing note, addressed by the American Mi
ter at London to the Times, on the appears.
of the article charging him with having im
certain assurances to the members of the B
ish ministry on the subject of the war w
Russia, and especially in relation to the B
ish enlistments in this country for the Crim:
The Times has never yet published the not
"The American minister presents his co
pliments to the editors of the TIMES, and
sures them that they have been misinform
with respect to the expressions and cond
attributed to him iu their leading article.)
this morning. Always mindful of the nentr l
ity of his government, which he fully spprov
it was with deep regret he learned, tts he
from Washington, that attempts were made
the United States to recruit soldiers for t
British army; because he felt confident tl
these attempts would tend to weaken t
friendly relations between the two countri,
which it has been his ardent desire, ever sin
his arrival in England, to cherish and promo !
"The American minister can, of course, d
ter into no discussion in the publiclournalsl
questions between the two governments, ,
state what is or what is n„,t contained in a
correspondence which may have arisen out
these questions; but he has felt it due both
the TIMES and himself to make this prom,
correction.
"56 Harley street, London, Nov. 1, 185
ler The Orand Jury of Northampton con
ty, last week, also ignored all the bills laid
fore them for the violation of the "Jug La •
Speaking of this result, the Easton Argus h'
the following sensible remarks:
That is just what might have been expected.
It is desirable and proper that even obnoxi
ous laws should be respected, so long as
they remain on our statute books, but itll Wx-
Perience teaches us that it will not and cannot
be done. The moral influence of the opposi
tion of an entire community' can effectually
nullify if it cannot repeal, enactments that are
destrnctive of the public interests. Nu low
that encounters in the first effort to enforce it,
the ill will of all whom it effects, will long Fie
regarded, if it is even respected. We trust
the legislature soon to assemble will relieVe
the courts from the vexation and annoyances
attending every attempt to enforce this odious
law. Let it bo repealed without delay. So
fur as regards its practical operation, it mat
ters but little whether it is repealed or not,
but a general violation of one foolish law, •is
apt to lessen public respect for all legal res
traints. And as public opinion has most em
phatically condemmed this bill, as it is evi
dent that it cannot and will not be respected
in those counties where it encounters the op
position of the people, we hope the present
State administration will throw in, obstachiis
in the way of its repeal.
The Editor's Book Table
"LESLIE'S /LLIISTRATED NEWSPAPER."—This
the title of a new candidate for public favor, just
commenced by Faamr. LESLIE, Nos. 12 and 14,
Spruce st., New York, at $2 for six months, of one
volume. It is to be issued weekly, and each num
ber will contain sixteen pages, in quarto form, prin
ted on the very best quality of paper, and will con
tain numerous splendid engravings.
From the well-known, enterprising character df
LESLIE, we do not doubt that his "Illustrated News
paper" will be everything that is promised in this
prospectus, and that It will command a patronage
commensurate with its deserts.
BANK NOTE PLATE DELINEATOR.-JOEY S. DYE,
172 Broadway, New York City, has published a high
ly useful work with the above title. It is a book of
SOO pages, 14 inches long and 8 wide, containing a
perfect description of every part of the 'genuine
Bank Bills circulating in the United States and
British America. From the many testimonials in
its favor we extract the following:
Office of the New England Bank Note Co.,
BostAn, October, 1855.
John E. Dye, Fag. —Dear Sir :—Allow me to ex
press to you ray unqualified opinion in favor ofyour
Bank Note Plato Delineator. The simplicity of it ill
what I most admire ; the most inexperienced of th
great mass, who are in the habit of taking Paper
Currency, can at once detect an altered or spurious
note, which are much gore dangerous than counter:
feits, and snore numerously in circulation.
You have my best wishes for its success, believing
it to be the beet work of its character published.
Isaac Caur, Agent.
la'The P.EiCISYLVANIA FARM JOITRNAL, for Des
camber, published at the N. E. Corner of 7th and
Market, Phila., by Samuel Emlen & Co.
- .
This number is, as usual, well filled with a variety
of articles interesting to Agriculturalists generally.
HARPERS' AURAS/EL—We have received the De.
camber number promptly from T. B. PETERSON.—
Its Illustrated papers are The Conquest of Mexico,!
by John S. C. Abbott ; Remembrance of the hiissis-i
slppi, by T. Thorpe; A Trip to Newfoundland, being)
a history of the Telttraph Cable party ; Ron. Mr.'
Blcomup's_Congresaional" trperience, and Fashions.f
The Knocker, a tale by the author of Loss and Rain,
is very excellent, and there are several other liztel
stories, with the tonal editorial record of monthly'
events, chit-chat, &o.
larPzrznsolt's MAILLSISii,fOt January, is a cap
ital number—rich both in matter and. emtellishments.
There are several obanninillibtio , in It, gliCi-, 0 7.17
thing about it is in linitrrate trim. ls urtiloutrtsa
ly one of the Net Istagaginas of the land to be feud
any waists. - -
lIES.A Sermon will be_preached to the Uni
otaireCoin.pa.ny in connexion witlt.thcir •Li
brary on, by the Aer. Alfred Nevin,
t the-Secuhd Preibyterian :Church, fir z next,
Sunday Wrnmg.
- - _
CIIANGE_OF TIRE. •
The Morning Alail_Ttain East now. leaves
this city, at 930 A. AI. , - -
Thi - Wa3t Train EA.*, leavei at 3 3.9 P. N.
The Fast, Line West, at 3 16 P.M;
The Way Train West at 6 43 P. N.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE.—On motion of Mr.
Swarr, IV F. S. Wsaass, Esq., Was, on
Thursday int, admiktedto practice law in the
several Conyts of Lancaster county.
18„. The
--M, "Strasburg Bee" has again chang
ed hands-. WhiteMU retiring and Samuel
B. Markley, Esq., taking his place. We wish
success to the new editor.
1 .,
INLAND LNSURANCE AND PRPOBIT Co.—The
followinggintlemen hare been elected Directors
of this institution for the ensuing' year, viz :
'Dr.' EL E. ilublenberg, President; Peter Mar
tin, Jacob 4. Long, John Styer, David Hart
man, S. W. P. Boyd, Henry Miller,- Philip
Arndt, Daifd Bender,, John W. Jaoltson, Dan
-1 Good 'Bavid 0. Eshleman, Robert H. Long.,
TUESDAY Nov. 2
QRBer PROFIT ON Wnisaev.—The present
price of raw whiskey in Louisville (according
to the Courier• of that city) is thirty-four cents
per gallon, which yields an enormous profit to
the distiller. Ile pays thirty cents per bush
el for his corn, (new corn,) grinds out about
four hundrc l d bushel per diem, which makes
upwards of sixteen hundred gallons of new
whiskey, or rather more than four gallons to
the bushel. Thus a bushel of corn, costing
thirty cents, yields to the manufacturer up
wards of fOur gallons of whiskey, which at
thirty-four 'cents per gallon, amounts to the
the , snug sum of $545 per day. The net
profit on this single day's work of converting
corn into Whiskey is fully $250, or upwards
of $1,500 per week.
POSTAGE ITO BE PREPAID BY STAMPS.—The
Post Office Department notifies the public that
from the first day of January next, all letters
(not free) Must be prepaid by stamps, and
postmasters are requitvl to have stumps on
hand, so that all who desire may obtain them.
The evidence of prepayment of postage trill
then be the stamp only, and where not affixed
by the parties sending letters, the postmasters
must pui them on.
Ilse
es
i t,
the
ANSAILIN4' GRA.Nr , JUILIE..i.—The Grand Ju
ries of Allegheny, Lancaster, Northampton
and other counties - having ignored the bills
sent before them 14 violet* of the 'Liquor
I.IIW of the last session on the ground of its
unemp:tittitimality, the Hateislmeg
and other journals in the prohibitory interest,
are denouncing the jury system as a remnant
of the inquisition. We have little doubt, how
ever, that the ju'lies-in all these roases have
faithfully reflector not only the sentiments of
the people in their respective counties, but the
great mass of voters in the State; and the as
saults they are meeting from the prohibitory
press will have little weight—Phil. Argux. ,
CHICAGO GRAIN MlRl:ET.—Chicago, ad a
great grain mart, is attracting much atten
tion. Within the last eighteen days, says the
Chiago Press, the Marine Bank has paid
checks to Mr, E. H. Haddock, of Chicago, to
the amount of $1,200,000, all of which have
been given for the purchase of wheat.—
Among these checks was one to u well known .
grain and commission house of Chicago, for
$92,000,-and one to anothernxtensive business
house for $68,000. Mr. Haddock is still in ,
the market,. as are other parties also, and we
presume will continue to purchase as long as
shipments can be made by the Lake. Last
year the total grain trade of Chicago fell short
of 15,000,000 bushels. This year it will ex
ceed 20,000,000 bushels:
NEW YORK ELEcrios.—The Albany 3rgus
publishes complete returns for appeal judges,
which foot up as follows :
For Elie L 00.9 Term.
Selden,Democrat, 151,:i64
Campbll Know-Nothing, 143,526
Wood, Republican, 131,092
Selden'A plurality over Campbell, 7,838
Do do do Wood, - 20,272
Selden is the only candidate on whom both
branches of the Democratic party united.
Comstock, Know-Nothing
Mullen, Republican,
Hill, Soft,
Willard, Hard, -
TRUE AS GOSPEL.—TIIO NSW York MIRROR,
referring to the low prices at which many at-
tides of food, owing to the plentiful season,
are disposed of by farmers, and the exorbit
ant rates which consumers have to pay, just'
ly remarks that so long as a combination of
food speculators, backed by extraordinarycash
facilities stand between the consumers and the
farmers, there is no hope of moderate 'prices.
If, says the MIRROR, (and millions endorse the
sentiment,) there is any damnable speculation,
this plunder of the poor through their bread,
meat and potatoes is the most damnable that
we know of.
In the midst of the must abundant harvests
that this continent ever yielded to the hand of
labor, prices for the principal articles of food
remain almost as high as in a season of abso
lute scarcity and want. is there no practical
remedy for these grievances? Or must the
poor continue to suffer and starve in the very
lap of plenty ?
LATER FROM THE PLAINS—THE INDIANS
FRIENDLY.—Capt. Van Vleit, who arrived in
St. Louis last Friday, reports that he left Fort
Pierre on the 27th of October, with sixty men
and twelve wagons, crossing the Missouri
near the Fort, and coming down the north
side of the river to the frontiers of lowa. He
measures the road between the Fort and the
boundary line of lowa, and found the distance
to be 260 miles. Here settlements and towne
commence, and the eitent and rapidity with
which the farms are opened and towns built
up, in that region, is a matter of astonishinent
Gen. Harney marched across the country
from Fort Laramie to Fort Pierre, passing be
tween the Cheyenne and White Earth Rivers,
but found no.lndians. He is now - at Fort. Pi
erre, having placed his troops in Winter quar
ters at that post and Fort Laramie. Every
arrangement was making for the comfort of
the troops; though the quarters were some
what limited, and.very good health prevailed
throughout the command.
The Indians had committed no depredations
recently, and seemed anxious to make peace.
The Mineeonjos, and some of the tribes inhab
iting the country about the Little Missouri,
wore said to be hostile, and it is ,possible that
an expedition will be sent against them next
Spring.
The Yancton Sioux, through whose territory
Capt. Van Vliet passed on his way to the fron
tier, were very friendly, and professed a great
desire to remain at peace with the United
States. They. had crossed the Missouri into
lowa, and gave some uneasiness to the settlers,
but they committed no other depredations
than to steal a little corn Tor their subsistence.
Several officers of tho atiny accompanied
Capt Van Vliet, but they stopped at Port
Leavenworth.
THE Losns OF TUE Rornscisitps.--'-The loans
negotiated by the Rothichilds' since the be
ginning of the European war are enormous.
They reach ttie 'enormous amount of - five hun
dred and fiftean millions, viz ;,—To England,
$80,000,000; to Turkey, $40,000,000; to Aus
tria; $120,000,000; a first:loan .• to Russia,
S l a o .° o 6 ,ooo ;ltO•Englandiin•atehequO bills,
$35,000,000; atuts second lona, Just being
pickled, $100,000,000.
CITY AND 00117NTT ITEMS.
Short Term
Gait& Peria.
This article is gittineed from a juice or sap,
taken fromthe Isonandraorßutta tree, which
is ixtdigehous to thOndiait"iArchipelagu, and
ilspep'ially i to the *lapin Peninsula, Borneo,
Cepon, .:11their ; nejghtstrlioods, which are
found hit:tense fe,rtgits76Tit T all yielding this
prOnct,in grent , :ift.thinditiice. l
Ever since the discovery gutta I.erclat, it
has beenasubject of the most singular .specu
lation and experiment. The eagerness with
which it has been taken up and applied to
every variety of uses, has caused it to become
a most extensive article of Commeree. There
appears to be no limit to its arailnbilitt in al
most every variety of tt u un,lucturing int rp,,es,
as well as in the arti; and sciences, and hence
tits interest everywhere exeited in regard to
it..
The act, however, that it has bran taken
into the Dental Profession, as p latz.e upon
which to mount artitiCial teeth, with the ,er-
Minty liciits proving itself superior to anything
now in use for that purpose, makes it a sub
ject of most absorbing interest and regard to
every individual nod every community.
The query therefore arises, can this' sub
stance be worn in the mouth with perfect cone.
fort ? and with all the advantages in every par
ticular peculiar to gold or other metals' I
have no hesitation in saying that the pure ar
ticle of Chute Percha (not that of commerce)
when properly prepared, can be so used, not
nut only with similar but superior advantages
to anything-now in use.' My confidence in
this article, as one of the most invaluable dis
coveries ever made in the Dental Profession,
is based, not upon fancy or theory, but upon
actual facts as developed by fest, experiment
and experience.. The indestruetability of the
material has been abundantly established by
the experience of eight years wearing in the
mouth, with the least possible change or inju
ry by the secretions of the mouth ; and this,
too, the article of commerce, which is not
chemically pure. In chemical experiments
and tests, 119 acids or alkalies have ever,beeu
applied to it which were able, in the least pos
sible manner, either to affect the colors or the
material. I have applied an acid which
will dissolve the purest gold, with no more ef
fect than so much water. Wetherefore eon
ciude that if it can pass an ordeal so powerful,
without the least possible chemical change,
neither the secretions of the mouth, nor 'any
liquid or substance which can he taken into
the moil th, ;!an ever chime it or eanse it to
b ecome-offensive.
-It is an article iu its texture, and peculiar
adapttnion, most congenial to the mouth, and
more like the naturf . d,gum than anything ev
erbefore used. There is n a unpleasant taste,
and when it becomes warm in the mouth—
it being a non-conductor of heat and cold—
the sudden and unpleasant changes so peculi
ar to metal when affected by the different tem
peratures, to which a plate is constantly ex
posed, are entirely avoided. A set of teeth of
this material can be constructed with as much
firmness and durability as gold, and so per
fectly can the alviola ridge be supplied and
the very worst cases of absorption reproduced,
that the face is at once restored to its original
shape.
There is likewise no chance for lodgment, a
matter which is certainly desirable to those
wearing artificial teeth, since there is so much
trouble in many cases in this regard. The
appearance in the mouth, too, is far more
beautiful and• natural, in consequence of the
absence of that glossy appearance always pe
culiar to porcelain gum.
It will-be perceived from what I have here
stated, that it is my firm conviction that for
artificial teeth there is nothing superior. We
will now examine the experience and conclu
sion of those who are now, and for years have
been identified with this interest.
Dr Slayton, who discovered the coloring
matter, and is applying for a patent for the
satnetsays:—" With this material I commen
ced a series of chemical experiments, and the
final result is that I have obtained an article
that is purely white and nearly transparent,
very tenacious, of a fine, beautiful texture. It
has neither taste nor smell, and it requires a
heat of 180° to 200° to mould it easily, and
when moulded has all the spring of metal.—
To this article I am able to give any color
choose, from the lightest to the darkest blinde,
and in fact, imitate the gum co perfectly that
it requires a very careful observer to detect it
by a close examination.
"These colors will not Jude by any test that
I have been able to apply to them ; even pure
acids or the strongest alkalies have no effect.
You can chew a piece for twenty-four hours
without any impression.
* * * " I have tested these colors in
every way that I knew how ; first by chewing
a piece for twenty-four hours ; secondly, by
boiling it in different acids and alkalies, soap
and water, and exposed it to the glare of the
sun, all without any effect, unless it was to
grow brighter.
Dr Truman, of London, who has been exper
imenting for the last seven years with Gutta
Percha, speaks in the following manner of it:
—" it is in its pure state, one of the most in
destructible substances known, and in cases
under my own observation, has been worn for
years in the mouth without in the slightest
degree, injuring either the general health
of the patient or the tissues that come in
contact with it. I have used it now for many
years; and although it does not wear the same
in every mouth, yet in none have I found the
slightest ill effects. On the contrary, the
mouths of patients having gotta percha plates
arc so little inconvenienced by it, that after
it is removed, it is impossible, upon exami
nation, to tell that any artificial work had been
there.
142,683
135,683
107,400
41,203
" I have had some cases worn nearly three
years that remained the same as the first hour.
they were made. Others, by the friction of
the mouth and food, became slightly abraded
at the edges ; but never softened, never inher
ently offensive. When any offensive odor
does exist, it is from foul breath, want of clean
ing or from diseased stumps, which the patient
has refused to have extracted. Experience;
therefore, has fully answered the question of
its purity.. There is, however one more ad
vantage; even should it Wear away, it dues
not spoil the case, since it can be replaced at
one setting, at any time, and that without in
any way altering the old comfortable artificial
teeth to which the - mouth has become accus
tomed, and this can he repeated to any extent.
For durability, .1 am sure it can compete
with the old plan, and all those perplexing
little accidents so common in the best work
now, will be prevented by the extra strength
obtained, and the support given to the teeth
by the new socket" •S. IVELCHENS.
be State Poultry Society held its
second annual exhibition, in Concert Hall, Phil
adelphia, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday of last week. The b'ci ger of Wed
nesday says.: Never since poultry exhibitions
were first held in this country, has there been
so large it tiollectiou of chickens, turkeys, geese,
birds, pigeons, &e., brought together as at
this, and competent judges allege the speci
mens are the best ever offered to public view.
Upon the whole the fowls are unrivalled as re
gard size, beauty and value, and each corn.
petitor vies with the other for supremacy in the
different varieties or breeds in the collection.
Among the game fowls are some ape
cimous unusually fine. They • consist
of nearly , one hundred cages, and com
prise varieties of the European, Asiatic and
Native Stocks, numbering upwards of 300.
There are various kinds of pigeons, which em
brace nearly every species, foreign aril na
tive, and 'in' this portion of the exhibition
the mana4ers defy competition. Among the
Capons are some specimens of the French,
Belgian attd native. Wild Turkeys are in
abundance, and ducks, rabbits, squirrels,
geese, P„lere numerous.
,Tlie :SIINDAY LAW.—At Huntingdon, lately,
a.furnace oompany"was fined by a - magistrate .
for working on Sunday,=the furnace being in
blast. ' The court, however, hes over-ruled the
deoision; •
WASH:MGT°
To the Editor orthe
l!or :the' Intelligencar
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i i Wien =.. - it; D. 0,: Nov. 30th, 1855.
On neztPlonday e 34th' Congress will assemble.
Judging.gom the 1 e nuinber , ef members already
here, them is no do t but trill be a full quo
rum itiattendince o the Bret day nf the Session, in
thapotul,' but feei 1 i .: •
a y
There Senators present thus far, not
i more than t t en or tw lve—but many can come in be
fore Mond , mid dull be able to term a quorum in
' that body *ISO: - , s? -' . -
Judge%Wuglas and Col.: Robert W. Johnson will
not be here at the opening of the session, both being
sick, the flint at Terre haute, Indiana, and the other,
at his residence in ifkansas. •
It is thqught- by many, that the house will not
be able tolorganize }lir some days, by the election of
their Speaker, yet we may be all disappointed, and
a Speaker !elected on the first day.
We hope the Dem ratio party will adhere to some
good man Pf the p for 'speaker, and vote for bun
until a sense of rouse u returns to the opposition, and
they vote for a friend of the Union. however, the
contest fodSpeaker they be Continued In the house
for some days. In that event, there will be no Mes
sage distributed, and we rejoice to know that the
President of the United States has come to the de•
termination, not to of the Message be dispatched
until the .douse and Senate are boot fully organized .
There can be no fear in the Senate 119 taut able
and distinguished' Senator J. D. Bright, of Indiana,
will be again be °tented to plesidessiver the Senate,
without opposition. Mr. Bright is ono dl' the best
presiding ipiloors I have ever seen in a deliberating
assembly, and, for lomptness of action in difficult
questions of order, h is ever ready in decisions that
fully accord p with the rules of the Senate, and par
liamentaryt regulations. lie is a very popular nen-
Mor, as well as holding a strong position in the feel
ings of thetpeople of his State and the country gee
orally. r 1,
Kansas and :Nebraska Territories will be likely to
give the .nos e some trouble, as there arc two dele
gates from each Territory in attendance claiming
the seat asidelegate. The house will tirst organize
before theirstion. of contested seats aro brought
up for din on. -
AU kin of speoulit l itious arc adout as to . the or
ganization!of the Ile se, and all kinds of caucuses
are now beteg held, end continued between this and
Monday nisi, to form combinations and so organize
as to give the Black Republicans and the Know-
Nothings die control of tne Douse. Wo believe the
policy of tip Democratic party will be stand firm to
their principles and their candidates, and, with vir
tue as theinFguide, sueooss will surbly follow in their
efforts to preserve the unity of the House, and the
union of the States. ?Messrs. Jones, of Pa., Jones.
of Tenn. Cobb, of tice.,-Itichardson, of ill., Steph
ens,of liesi , Orr, of B. C., and. several other distin
guished m e mbers of ;the house, are spoken of for
Speaker, ay one oft whom the Democracy Will
cheerfully
. upport. 1 .
Let theni adhere to their candidate until Baster
comes before they go over to any man but a Demo
°ratio Union man,—aye sir, and longer than that be
fore a blae,o advopatolshall be elected toe presiding
officer of tit -House of Representatives of these U-
States. -- IT have no Tear that any such can be elec
ted. I I
lien. Rush, of Texas, hus been re-elected to the
Senate by h unanimbus vote of the Legislature of
Texas. This flattering testimonial of the State at
Texas in Myer of Um Rusk for - six years from the
4th of 1114 ch, 1857; when his present Senatorial
term expir, is one of the highest compliments that
could be paid to thertalents , and worth of that dis
tinguished hitizen. Cam. Busk is a General Jackson
of a man, and is as firm and inflexible in principles
as ever Olillickory Proved himself to both the great
Bank cont e . that raged in the land during the Imo
ond term of his adunnistrution. It has been sug
gested, that, in alliprobabliity, islres Bueriatika
and TnomAs J. Rusk will be the nominees of the
llemocralid Convention Um hall assemble in the
city of Cincinnati 'Mat ring. If so, it will bo
tel e-s
found to lie a ticket! th t will carry dismay into
the ranks or the oppolition throughout the land.
Clot. Walter, who went to Nicaragua to conquer a
peace withdhe unsettled citizens of that portion of
Central Attica, has been quite successful in his el
forts, havin established himself in that country to
the satisfuotion of the American Minister, Col .
Wheeler, by whom ho has been acknowledged, and
his governtpeht proclaimed throughout the territory.
We shall be pleased to see the whole of Central
America thus redeemed from the misrule that their
people aro how eared with, under Mexican control,
or the pettji domestic I tyrants of the different States
that compose Central America. Col. Walker deserves
the thanks of the civilized world fur the bold adven
ture he has undertaken, and accomplished, in the
spread of liberal principles, and, we think some of
the people fp the U. States could be much better em•
ployed-in his defence than that their pees should be
used for (tainting him and his followers in the man
ner they ha!ve done for many months past. We hope
the efforts thken by Col. Walker, may be the first
step, that will lead to' he freedom of Central Ameri
ca and all nf Mexico, 1 It requires bold and master
spirits to adcomplish this great enterprise, and such
men as Walker and 114 couipatriets in arms, are the
very men 16 put this :" ball- in motion, - t and„ usher
forth to an ;admiring world a new republican empire
on the North - American continent. ~ -No pent up
Utica" for one, Mr. Baiter, in contending for en
larged and liberal principles. We wish Col. Walker
success, an were it in our power to assist in the
good Work, we should Most cheerfully aid him ta the
extent of our ability!' ; But, at any rate he has our
sympathy and our gaoti wishes tor his success, so
long as he labors to tree the people from the galling
yoke, to which they hive boon subjected for centu
ries past under the Spanish and Mexican rule.
Tho happ* conceived note of our Minister at Lon
don, addressed to the !London Times editor, which
that editor refused to publish, has completely refu
ted the position of the Times in saying that Mr. B.
had winked 6t the violation of the neutrality laws of
the U. S. an acted oat by Consul Barclay and Mr.
Crampton, in having their agents engaged in enlist
ing men foliate Britiih army within the bounds of
the U. Statep. The Lehdon Times asserted a false
hood, but Med not the Manliness to acknowledge the
error when addressed Ihy Mr. Buchanan himself.—
The filsa-slander published against Mr. B. has re
acted against the rt . ?iris editor, for, ho has had to
shirk the contest and hide himself behind the Prime
Minister, who,
to say the least of him, is that my
Lord Palmeiston is adniewbat identified .in giving
countenancelto this slander against Mr. 'Jew/anon
from the reedy ear heigave to the information he
received as the coined hews from Consul Barclay on
the Bark Maury
_question, the would-be priv.iteer.
Lord Palmerston is so'fnll of intrigue, that he is rea
dy for any absurd notion, if it can be wielded
against the U. States. I 'And we are highly gratified
to see, from the card of Mr. Buchanan, that my Lord
Palmerston and the limes editor have both been
silenced byj the promp t denial published by our
Minister tohe British people.
Yours, !
............
!, Per the Intelligencer.
Decline of iiiiow-Nottlinglem.
That the Know-Nothing order is on tho decline no
one will pretend to deny. From the very nature
and the groundwork chi which it was raised, it was
predicted by, the best men of the country that Know-
Nothingism Would be of short duration. Already do
we begin to hear the discordant jars, and the rattling
of chains, as;of strong men endeavoring to loose and
throw oft the manacles whio4gbind them body and
soul—forge and placed on thBll. yielding forms, and
blinded understanding! by Know-Nothing duplicity
and deceit. (Already this short-lived, transient or
der is beginning to rodk to and fro, like tho giddy
vessel at seal tossed by the winds, tempests, or hur
ricanes ! The gigantic Coliseum, which the lenders of
the order predicted would rise and tower aloft to the
skies—a fitting monument for the worshippers of
high (leaven!—has begun to crumble, and soon its
decaying ruins will be reckoned among the things
that were. :The beaked invincibility of the front
column (Pennsylvania rand Virginia) is already an.
nihileted, anti the succeeding ones, aro receding from
before the steady and onward courseof the Democra
cy ! The very :bultvarke of the Know-Nothing order,
have been assaulted bithe hands of its followers
We mean wllen they threw off the mantle of disguise
and secrecyl-a mantle which to some, always carries
• with it a charm. Man is an inquisitive being—it
is inborn, inh erit to his nature—and for very good
reasons ;,- bu it may be abused, as in this instance,
and may be made the 'Means through which great
swindling cOneerns aro successfully carried on for
a time! and Ito this cause, was in a measure owing
tho sudden but trancient existence of the order—
this great political hoai! Was there ever a fanati
cism more dangerdues Plead in so short a time—nev
er !—never i the annals of government . —lio where
you will—balk to the dark ages of the world's Mato
ry and you ;And no parallel to this. When 'might
and not right! was the-law that had sway, it could
not have beeh worse. /We ask you to go with us,
far back, an the world's history will permit—and we
defy you to pOint out td us, principles of religious in
tolerance so unjustifiable as those, which character
ised the tinges in thou first part of the last half
of the nineteenth century, and in a land of Free in
stitutions—a land boasting of its intelligence and
refinement ! In half a century hence, the word Know-
Nothing will be held inlas much detestation, as She
despicable mini Tory rime is ! The descendants of
Know-Nothinks will fenFtheir checks bin)Qh
shame when allusion is I made to the fact tha there
sires belonged to this order ! and boys will be y
to repel so infamous a charge with blows! But bathe
language of a good mart, who said "to err is human,
to forgive el:ne," wciwould say to thee') who have
been deluded by the corrupt originators of this tpo
litical system at once dangerous and fatal "to our
liberty—return ! we we ooMe you back—let the past
be buried deep in the d gulf of oblivion , . and for
a t
the future move onw in the course of right—for
soon this parry , will ha e been swallora ed up in some
other, and its identity ost.
It is true , that in ord r to perpetuate the Onion—
two great national p es are imperatively demand
ed, each haviiig for its ide the Constitution !' and
here the quespon nigh arise—has the Know-Noth
ing order this end in vi w ? If it has, then it Ls des
tined to become ono of the two leading parties—if
not, as has already be intimated, 'and will yet be
further inquired into, theil it must cease to exist.—
Now let us raw this-order from its recent doinga—
as it is onlyy these means that we may arrive at
just conclusio s, its principles being furtherod;in se
lit
oret—we mus refer to .ho actions of this Order—
this corrupt ink of T eason !—by which' we " may
know something of its teal - principles and -designs.
From a close and attentive observation we believe
that the leaders of this order seek only "personal
emoluments;it the sacrifice of all liberal pnnelples.
and we believe that Every thing warrants tkis:
intelligent reader will shstain us in our conclusion.
And fhb; from, all the diet:Siefert of al/ pas? es that
th i s pa it y i s D wie up. In proof of this' ,we ask only
the attention di ono of the avowed principles.of the
Snow-Nothing order,—MEternal enmity to , the in
sidnons wilesifpapal polder,"-wand straightway in
one part of th Union ar r )prosoribed a port4on of .its
citizens on au tint of the r religions opinione---Whibs
in another pars the ve same order welerenes the
very some people, with the very same opinions; the
doors of the Sqow-Nothing order are thrown open—
at the same time denying that they ever did, or now
do oppose tire Catholic population. Witness their
recent 'doings n Louisiana, in confirmation' of this
fact. This wit their anti no and doings in regard to
the Natural's on Laws ould be sufficient to con
vince every out atone, at there does not exist in
this order the kerm fora ational party, nor ia there
a particle of n tionalityl be found in the order ! ,
It is evident then, th an order based' on
. princi- -
pies so entirel antago ' oto any thing like na
tionality, can ever ,b me one .of the two - great
parties) poly ; hence the decline predicted Ihr, it
1
at its commenoement by, those.whe saw the bli,ghting
Influence en* a. syst4n Would carry. with:, it.—
raga all ;
we bear either of the notnplete
omthr it the larrFollais cedar—or of but •
CORRESPONDENCE
btlligeri*, dated .
McPARLAND