INTELLIGENCEI &TLANCASTEMAN;
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR..
A. seNnEssos, Associate.
CASTER, P.A., JANUARY 22, 1856
CLTILCULATIONr2OO6 COPIEIa I
POE PBXSIDENT,
AMES 13170EL4LN,LIN.
Wiect to me aecircon ea. DemoaFife_rrationat
Ward Meeting'.
The Democrats of the City are requested to
eat at the following places, on -Saturday
ing nee, the 26th inst., between the hours
6 and 8 o'clock, to settle candidates to be
, pported, at the ensuing election on the sth
February, for the offices of Mayor, High
onstable, City Constables, Assessor, Assis
t Assessors, Aldermen, and Select and o=-
lon Councils. At said meeting, each ward
appoint three delegates to meet the same
~• ening, at 9 o'clock at Messenkop's Hotel, to
eive and add up the returns for Mayor and
igh Constable, and to declare the nominees.
PLACES OP ?MEMO.
. W. Ward—at Trout's lintel, W. Orange street.
W. Ward—at Fitzpatrick's, FL Queen street.
I ..E. Ward—at Miler's, E. Chunnt street.
E. Ward—at Gormley% S. Duke street.
BY ORDER OF THE WARD COMMITTEES.
WARD COMMITTEES,
- ppolnted at the late Democratic County Convention:
N. W. Ward—David Reese, J. Banat!Her, Adam Trout,
Dorwert, James Jones. t.
IS. W. Ward—Hethy Schaum, Michael Withers, Alfred
nderson, Samuel Diller, James Peoples.
I E. Ward—Dr. Samuel Welchens, Jacob-Zecher, Fran-
Gillespie, Jacob Stormfelts, John Hamilton.
~ E. Ward—William A. Morton,John Diener, William
Gormley, John H. Reigart, Micel.McGonigle.
A Stale Falsehood Again Refuted I
Now _ that Mr. BUCHANAN'S name is so
ominently before the people of the 17nicin in
,nnexion with the next Presidency, the few
emies yet left, are again at work with false
.ods and defamation, in a fruitless effort to
ure his exalted character as a patriot and
tesman. Amongst other falsehoods, the
t-refuted one that Mr. BUCHANAN opposed
e late war with Great Britain, is now being
;rculated, so we understand, in the National
etropolis. To again meet this base slander
the threshold, as was done in 1852, we
I sert the following correspondence as
iginally published in the Pittsburg Daily
et, and re-published in the Washington
Mon' of April 13, 1849. It will be seen that,
far from opposing the war with Great Brit
n,.Mr. BUCHANAN actually volunteered his
'rvices, and marched as a private soldier, at
s own expense, to the defence of Baltimore,
• 1814. Ilere, at home, where Mr. B. has
.ent the greater portion of his long and
r .entful life, such refutation is unnecessary;
t these falsehoods are intended for effect
.road, where he is not personally known,
I.d therefore the apparent necessity for this
ompt and early notice of the matter. Mr.
UCHA-NAN has lived to little purpose indeed,
after evincing his patriotism in the most
u.mistakable manner in the way above re
f:rred to, and subsequently shedding imper
is able glory upon the Republic by his pro
f.und statesmanship at home and in foreign
_i
c untries, he can, at this late day, be injured
i the estimation of his countrymen, by the
r uscitation of n: vile and abominable false
hood such as is referred to in the correspon.
d I nce to which we now invite our readers:
PEEBLES TOWNSHIP, March 26, 1849.
L. HARPER—Dear Sir :—Previous to the
D• mocratic National Convention, held at Bal
ti .. ore in May last, I was frequently applied
t. for the following correspondence, no doubt
fo the purpose of stamping the lie On the
fe • that were barefaced enough to repeat the
oft-repeated falsehood, "that the Hon. James
B chanan opposed the late war with Great
B itain ;" but at the time I was unable to find
it Therefore, if convenient, you will oblige
a ountry subscriber by now giving said cor
r• spondence a place in your useful and widely
ci culated paper, that it may be handy for
r.ference hereafter for the friends of that true
p, triot and highly gifted statesman:
AN OLD JACKSON DEMOCRAT.
PITTSBURGH, 14 March, 1842.
Dear-!Sir : —The undersigned committee
.. ring understood that during the last war
• ith Great Britain, you were a citizen of Lan
'. ster county, in this State, and well ac
uaiuted with the Hon. James Buchanan, we
. ke the liberty of asking you to state, for the
tisfaction of that gentleman's numerous
lends in this part of Pennsylvania, whether
r. Buchanan's course in regard to the war,
erited and received the approbation of the
pporters of that important measure of Mr.
adison's administration.
The slanders which some of our political
I .ponents have so freely lavished upon our
!atriotic and eloquent Senator have been so
parlous,and so pertinaciously reiterated, that
lus democratic friends, in order to meet them,
i re determined to appeal to the testimony of
ose who have known him from his youth to
1e present day. There is no one in this
•mmunity on whose statements the public
ould more implicitly rely than on YOUTeS, and
e therefore respectfully request from you an
saver to the foregoing inquiry.
Your friends and fellow-citizens,
EDWARD D. GAZZA3f,
THOMAS HAMILTON,
THOMAS PHILLIPS,
JOHN WIDEN - ITT,
JAS. CRAWFORD,
CHARLES BARNETT,
JOHN IRWIN, of Grant street.
Mr. ROBERT MAGILL, Pitt Township.
PITT TOWNSHIP, March 15, 1842.
Gentlemen:—ln replying to your letter of
i:sterday, a brief statement of facts within
!y knowledge will, I presume, suffice.
IThe brilliant career of Mr. Buchanan as a
r. Leeman, and the faithful and ardent manna'.
which, on many important occasions, he
advocated the honor and true interests of
e country, have satisfied all but those who
e blinded by political prejudice that he is a
!ue patriot.
But his devotion to his country in'the hum
,e station of a private soldier is not so gener
, y known. As you have asked me, however,
I. ether his course during the late war merit
the, approbation of the democratic adminis
don of that day, I will briefly state what
l at course was, so far as I had any knowl
ge of it, and you can judge for yourselves
:Nether it merited approbation or not. When
le news reached Lancaster that the British
es had captured Washington and burnt
e Capitol, great alarm and apprehension
availed, and it was at that gloomy period
the war that James Buchanan, then a young
!an, Holton C. Rogers, Edw. Coleman, and
`her gallant spirits of Lancaster, issued a
molar, calling on those in Lancaster who
! ere willing to solunteer inOheir country's
rvice to arm and equip themselves forthwith,
d organize a troop to join immediately the
erican forces.
In two or three days a troop was formed,
der the command of Capt. Shippen, after
'ards President Judge of the Crawford Coun
; Courts, but the necessity for reinforcing the
rmy was considered ,so urgent, that the troop
I:ft Lancaster before the members generally
, ould equip themselves. In Baltimore, how
ver, to which they were immediately marched,
;hey procured a uniform dress and other mil
,tary equipments, at their own expense, and
oined the troops under the command of Major
• idgely.
I waS a member of the Lancaster troop. So
'as Mr. Buchanan, who volunteered and
:erred as a private. I was acquainted with
r. Buchanan, and have a perfect 'recollection
.1 the vigilant and exemplaryinanner in which
lie performed his duty. Besides equipping
,urselves, we bore our own expenses while in
service, and wllken our tour of duty was over,
we neither asked nor received a cent of pay
from the government.
Respectfully yours,
ROBERT MAGILL.
Legislation for Lancaster COunty
ZErMr. Brush read in his place; on Wed
nesday, a bill to lay out and open Reigart
street in the City of Lancaster.
US. Air. Suum.kz , r, in the Senate, read in
place a bill increasing the capital of the Colum
bia Bank.
PRESCOTT'S. WORBS. — Twenty-two thousand
:five hundred volumes of Prescott's work have
been published by Philips, Sampson & Co., of
Boston. This includes fourteen thousand vol
,umea of Philip the Second.
OsasC'CnmmCsiloner~+°Seport~ ~=~
From the Report of the Canal Commission
ers, for the fiscal year ending November 30,,
1855, we glean the following items whit* will!
be interesting to our readers:
The Whole. Cost of the:-Main Line of-the
Pablio Improvements from Columbia toPitte-. 1
was, in round: nulgersrsl2,ooo,Q.9o
- Whole amount of revenue , received from,
althe public works of the Safe, during the
Year, was $1,019,629 76'--being an increase
on that of the preceding yeaitf. $103,186 18.
This is a larger net revenue than has ever be
fore been derived from the State works in any
one year. What is equally gratifying, says
the Report, is the fact that not a dollar of in
debtedness exists op any of the finished lines
for the past year's operations, except on the
Portage road.
The receipts 'from the Columbia Railroad
Were $857,059 84. The expenditures (inclu
ding repairs,• and re-building the Downing
town and Peque viaducts,) amounted to $442,.
138 50. The net revenue, over all expendi
tures upon the road, except re-laying the south
track, is equal - to the interest of seven and
one-sixth per cent. on $5,000,000—a sum
greater than the road originally cost.
The Delaware Division was still more prof
itable. The net revenue for the year being
$328,816.
`Speaking of the Philadelphia and Columbia
Railroad, the Canal Commissioners say:—
" The management of thisl road, during the
past year, in the dispatch of business, in the
safety of traveling, and in the careful guar
dianship of the public interests, affords a grat
ifying evidence of the energy and efficiency of
its able Superintendent. No road in the coun
try, of equal capacity and length, and doing
the same amount'of transportation, has been
conducted with more promptness and econo
my, and that, too, with one of its tracks in a
very dilapidated condition."
The amount required to complete the
south track of this road, in addition to for
mer appropriations unexpended, is $lBl,OOO.
" The importance of the immediate completion
of this improvement," says the Report, "both
as it regards the dispatch of the large amount
of freight, and the safety of passengers which
are conveyed over it, must be so apparent to
the Legislature as to render argument in its
favor, on the part of the Board, entirely su
perfluous.' '
Speaking of the North Branch Canal, and
of its probable early completion, the Report
says :—" Should this be accomplished by the
early part of the approaching summer, the
Board have entire confidence, that with the
increased receipts on the now finished lines,
which will result from the contemplated mod
ifications of the toll sheet, the gross revenue
from our public works will amount, the coming
year, to $2,200,000."
The Board take strong ground against the
repeal of the Tonnage Tax. The last fiscal
year it amounted to $196,935 76—and in five
or six years more it will reach in all probabil
ity $300,000. If the tax on coal and lumber
had not been repealed by the last Legislature,
it would have reached, in the aggregate, the
past year, to at least 5240,000.
The Board pay a passing compliment to the
Collectors and other officers on the public
works for their fidelity, and close their Report
with the following paragraph:—
" The contract with Messrs. Bingham &
Dock, for carrying.passengers over the Phila
delphia and Columbia Railroad will expire in
August next. As the Supreme Court have
decided, in effect, that the Canal Commission
ers have no legal right to enter into such a
contract without the concurrence of the Le
gislature, the passenger travel, after that pe
riod, will be thrown open to every one who
may think proper to place cars on the road.—
Whether the public revenues, or the comfort
of passengers will be promoted by such an in
discriminate upening of the road, is very
questionable. It is, therefore, submitted to
the Legislature whether it is not expedient to
clothe the Board with full power to make such
arrangements for carrying passengers as will
best conduce to an increase of revenue, and
the safety and dispatch of travel."
Henry S. Magraw, Beg
We are gratified in being able to announce
to our readers that this gentleman received
the caucus nomination on first ballot, on Fri
day evening, for State Treasurer, and was
elected on yesterday. Mr. M. is an ardent
and thorough-going Democrat, of fine abilities
and popular manners, and will, we doubt not,
do honor to himself and the Democratic party
of the Commonwealth in the responsible sta
tion to which he has been elevated. His elec
tion will be haired with delight by Isis numer
ous friends in every section of the State, and
will be the more gratifying to himself from
the fact that his competitors for the nomina
tion were all gentlemen of merit and ability,
any one of whom would have been acceptable
to the people.
The following gentlemen, it is understood,
voted for Mr. AIAGRAW in the caucus:
SENATE—Mesirs. Creswell, Jamison, Weleh-3.
HOUSE—Messrs. Beck, Bernhard, Boyd, Boyar, Brush,
Campbell, Carty, Coburn, Doudall, Fameld, Foster, Fulton,
Hancock, Harper, Helm, Hibbs, Hill, Huttecker, Irwin,
Magee, Maneer, Miller, Nunemacher, Patterson, Ramsey
Reinhold, Riddle, Salisbury, Shenk, Smith, (C.) Smith, (PI
Smith (W.) Thompson, Walters, Whalion, Wright, (I,
Tearsley-37.
Mr. HAMLIN, who was the next highest,
received 13 votes. The whole number of votes
polled was 79.
The Presidency
The New York Atlas, of the 13th inst.,
says :
"The signs of the times indicate that JAMES
BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania, will be the nom
minee of the Cincinnati Convention, and the
distinguished men of the party in all sections
of the Union, manifest a disposition to go in
for him from the start. It is doubtful if any
other candidate will be presented to the con
vention." And again: "If Mr. Bucrussx is,
by common consent, to be the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency—and that is the
way things look at the present time--there
will be.no further difference between the Herds
and Softs of this State. Both factions will be
regarded as regular by the National Democ
racy—both will approve „f the resolutions
which may be adopted!--and both will "sup
port one ticket for the Presidency."
i tcil
Senator Big tr.
This gentleman was elec to the U. S.
Senate, by the Legislature, e 14th Mitt.,
having received the Democratic caucus nom
ination as we stated in our last. In convention
the vote-stood for BIGLER 82; E. Jar Moaaas,
of Philadelphia, (Know-Nothing Whig) 43..
Governor BIGLER takes the place in the Fjon
ate which became vacant on the 4th of March
last, by the expiration of Mr. Cooper's term,
and, it is understood, will enter upon }pis du
ties to-dsy. His term will run to the 4th of
March, 1861. We predict for him an honor
able and useful career to himself and his con
stituents.
HARRISBURG TELRGRAPEL—The first number
of this paper under the new proprietors, Mes
srs. McClure and Sellers, made its appearance
last week. It is printed in quarto form, on a
sheet of the largest size; and is a great improve
ment on the old paper, botli in mechanical ex
ecution and editorial ability. It will be pub
lished strictly on the cash-principle, and we
have no doubt, from the well known energy
and perseverance of Col. McClure, will prove
-a paying concern. We wish it much pecuni
ary success—politically, we trust it may reap
the same fate that has ever been awarded by
the people of the Keystone to W'iiggery and
its cohorts.
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Hon. lirruase Wimarts, of the State Senate,
has bstpduced the following new license law,
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Section 1. Declares'ell tavernehotehs
inns, ale and beer houses, victualling: houses
and restaurants, as well as all Oldie places Or
zooms kept far - the sale and retail or,vsnotts,
iyiritions and martli;o - ors, unlairfuti-tadess
laientisid as to:tprorisions of his ask:
See. 2. Declares that no person but a chi- .
son of the 11. States, of good moral and sober
character, shall be licensed to sell liquors;
that every person so licensed shall give bond
I in the sum of one thousand dollars, condition
ed that he or she shall not deal in any adnl
-1 terated or mixed liquors ;- and also that he or
she will not suffer any drunkenness, debauch
ery, disorderly revels, or unlawful games to
be enacted in said house.
Sec. 3. ;Two classes of tavern, inn, or ho
tel keepers may be licensed. The one class,
chargeable with the higher rate of assessment
for licenses, shall be authorized to retail wines,
brandy, spirits, malt and
* brewed liquors ;
and the other class, paying a lower rate of
assessment, shall be confined to the vending
of cider, beer, ale, porter and malt liquor.
Sec. 4. A Court of Quarter Sessions shall
be held in each county within twenty days af
ter the passage of this act, and then Appoint
the first session, not more than ten days there
after, for the purpose of hearing petitions and
granting licenses.
Sec. 5. The taverns, inns, hotels and pub
lic houses shall be arranged and classed ac
cording to the estimated and adjusted yearly
rental, or as the case may be, according
to the annual estimated valuation of the
house and property intended to be occupied
as one of the said public houses, and the rated
price of a license, for one year, shall be as fol
lows, to'wit :
For the first class $lOOO, in all cases where
the adjusted yearly rental or valuation of the
house and property occupied or intended to be
occupied for that purpose shall be $lO,OOO, or
more.
For the second class, where the rental shall
be $BOOO and not more than $lO,OOO, the price
of the license , shall be $BOO.
For the third class, where the rental shall
be $6OOO and noe than $BOOO, the price
e
of the license s all be $6OO.
t;
For the fourth cl , where the rental shall
be $4OOO, and no ore than $6OOO, the price
of the license shall be $400.-
For the fifth class, where the rental shall be
$2OOO and not more than $4OOO, the price of
the license shall be $3OO.
For the sixth class, where the rental shall
be $lOOO and not more than $2OOO, the price
of the license shall be $2OO.
For the seventh class, where the rental shall
be $5OO and not more than $lOOO, the price
of the license shall be $lOO.
For the eighth class, where the rental shall
be $3OO and shall not be more than $5OO, the
price of the license shall be $5O.
For the 9th class, where the rental shall be
$l5O and shall not be more than $3OO, the
price of license shall bo $3O.
For the tenth class, in all cases where the
rental shall be under the sum of $l5O, the
price of the license shall be $25.
Sec. 6. That tavern, inn and hotel keepers,
who retail only cider, beer, ale, malt and
brewed beverage, shall be classed in the same
manner as above mentioned—but shall only
be required to pay one-half the rates and sums
above enumerated. .
Sec. 7. Amends the act of 4th of May, 1841.
Sec. 8. Regulates the amount of license to
be paid by Rectifiers of liquors.
Sec. 9. Regulates the amount of license to
be paid by Distillers and Brewers.
Sec. 10. Prohibits licenses from being trans
ferred to another by the persons to whom they
were granted.
Sec. 11 & 12. Not important.
Sec. 13 & 14. Exhoneratee druggists,
apothecaries, auctioneers, and persons enga
ged in the business of bottling cider, ale, por
ter and beer, from taking out licences.
Sec. 15. Fixes the penalty fur adulterating
' liquors—a fine of from $5O to $lOO, and im
prisonment for six to twelve months.
Sec. 16. Continues the "Sunday Law" in
force, and also the act of Bth of May, 1854.
Sec. 17. Not important.
Sec. 18. Fines and penaltiesfor violation of
this act and selling liquors contrary to law,
&c. First offence, $5O ; second do. $lOO.
Sec. 19. Enjoins it as a duty on constables
to make return of any violation of this law—
failing to do which, they shall be fined $25.
Sec. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27.
Relative to the duty of Courts in granting li
censes in Allegheny county and Philadelphia.
Sec. 28. Repeal of the "Jug Law."
A Falsehood Nailed:
The next day after the Hon. WILLIAM BIG
LER was nominated in caucus fur U. S. Sena
tor, a telegraphic despatch appeared in several
of the opposition journals, in Philadelphia, to
the effect that he was an enemy of Mr. BUCH
ANAN, &c.,. &. Those acquainted with Gov.
BIGLER'S sentiments knew this to be a false
hood manufactured out of the whole cloth, and
gotten up by some designing person for the
purpose of creating difficulty in his election
on the following Monday, and also to accom
plish something, if possible, against Mr.
BUCHANAN in other States. But the falsehood
has been promptly met in the right quarter,
and at the right time, as will be seen from the
following paragraph copied from the Pennsyl
vanian of Tuesday last:
Gov. BIGLER AND JAMES BUCHANAN.—We
are authorized by Gov. BIGLER to say, that
the telegraphic despatch which was sent over
the Union, and published yesterday in
Philadelphia and other cities, announcing
his election to the United States Senate,
to be a triumph of Gen. PIERCE, and a de
feat of JAMES BUCHANAN in Pennsylvania
for the Presidency, is unqualifiedly false.—
Senator Bigler has been, and is now, the de
voted and active friend of Mr. BUCHANAN, and
will sustain him for the Prsidency, with all
the energy and intellect of which he is master.
His preference for Mr. BUCHANAN was known
by the Democratic members of the Legislature,
nine-tenths of whom are BUCHANAN men, be
fore he received the caucus nomination. The
opponents of the Democratic party may
send bogus telegraph reports over the lines,
to all quarters, but the effect will be destroy
ed by truth overtaking the falsehood.—
Pennsylvania is unanimously for Mr.
Buchanan, and the dullest dabbler in poli
tics cannot fail to make the discovery:
A Tribute Well Deserved
The Philadelphia Sun (the organ of Nativ
ism) after expressing its regret that the Know-
Nothing party failed to elect one of its own
members to the 11. S. Senate, last winter, when
it bad the power—is, nevertheless, quite com
plimentary to Governor BIGLER, and speaks
of him as a gentleman of undoubted integrity
—of large experience in public life—of excel
lent social qualities—and predicts that be will
make a laborious and pains-taking Senator,
and reflect much credit on the great State he
is elected to represent in the Councils of the
Nation.
The Sun says further:—"lt is a high corn-
Aliment to the sterling integrity of Mr. Bigler,
and his exertions on behalf of the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad, that several of the largest
stockholders have requested him to continue
in his office as its President. To this Mr.
Bigler has assented, and promises to devote to
the Company all the time he can spare from
his new duties at Washington.
THE BLACKFEET INDIANS.—The GM:n[llS
sioner of Indian Affairs has received a letter
from Indian Agent Haute which states that
the Blackfeet Indians, together with other
tribes in the immediate vicinity, are all amic
ably disposed towards the government, and
desire to followthe advice of the Indian agents
placed among them. The Indians entered in
to a treaty with the United States on the 17th
of October last, the stipulations of which, it
is thought, will be faithfully adhered to. This
agency is fouiteen hundred miles from the
nearest post office east of the Rocky Moun
tains.
ler The letter of "OLD GUARD," from St.
Louis, will be found unusually interesting this
week. His graphic description of his return
from Chicago, across the prairies, is well
worth reading, and shows the dangers to which
travelers are exposed in that region of coun
try, in '2l_ld-winter.
• 144vvtqausu Jan- 16, 185 i.
SZNATE.—Mr. Ingram presented fifteen, pe
-fillons for the repeal of the restraining limner
; Mr. Lanbaok, taw; Messrs. Creatvell,
Jameson, and Evans, each - three, and Messrs.
Taradd'McClinpok eaelL:mie;
. Walton presentid siiiieen - leetitions in
favor of the incorporation of the Strandsburg
:Bank.
The Financial Commidea reported a bill In
provide for the receipt, safe keepipg,.
and dis
bureement of the revenue of the State.
Mr. Shuman read in place, a bill to increase
the capital of the Columbia Bank.
Mr. Brown submitted a general bill for', the
incorporation of Insurance Companies.
Mr McClintock presented a supplement to
the Common School Law.
Mr. Price read a bill authorising the Pimn
sylvania Railroad to construct a road from
the Columbia railroad in the 24th ward, Phil
adelphia, to the Delaware river.
A bill to incorporate the. Robert Morris In
surance Company of Philadelphia, was passed.
The joint resolution for the appointment of
two additional dobr-keepers of the Hot se, land
one additional transcribing clerk for the House
and Senate, from the first of March was taken
up and adopted.
The supplement to the act relative to land
lords and tenants passed Committee of the
Whole.
The bill to erect the new county of Monon
gahela out of parts of Fayette, Westmoreland
and Washington, also passed committee. Ad
journed.
. I.lousa.—A bill was reported providing ! ! fur
fencing railroads, and for the better protec
tion of life and property ; also, a bill relative
to the Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad.
The following were also reported :—TO in
crease the pay of jurors and witnesses ; a sup
plement to the act for the government of the
Montgomery county prison; a supplement to
the act to encourage the manufacture of iron
with coke or mineral coal; and supplements,
generally, to the acts incorporating the Leba
non Valley, Lackawana and Susquehahna,
Duncannon, Landisburg and Broad Top Rail
road.
The tbllowing bills were Lamed in place:—
A billto repeal the 48th and 49th sections of
the Banking Law ; to make slander an indict
able offence ; to incorporate the State Capital
Bank ; to incorporate the People's Exchange
Bank of Erie ; regarding entails and deeds
relating thereM ; to authorize the !opening of
Reigart street, in the City of Lancaster:; to in
corporate the Union Improvement Company ;
to provide for the more speedy and effectual
collection of taxes.
A series ofjoiut resolutions wan introdUced
in favor of the repeal of the Kansas Nebraska
act.
Mr. Reinhold, presented a petition from
Lancaster city, signed by 1300 persons, and
measuring 30 feet in length, for the repeal of
the Liquor Law.
The House then resumed the consideration
of the bill to repeal the Restraining Liquor
Law. The question being on the motion of
Mr. Montgomery to recommit the bill to' the
Committee on Vice and Immorality, with in
structions to report a stringent license law, it
was further debated at some length.
Mr. Morris, of Philadelphia, made a very
powerful and eloquent argument in favor of
his views. He expressed a determinatioh to
vote against the repeal, unless a good su,bsti
tote was offered.
The debate was continued by Messrs. Getz,
Edinger and McCoombs, up to tho hour of ad
journment.
The State Senate on Thursday, placed elev
en names in nomination for State Treasurer.
Mr. Wilkins reported a bill for the repeal of
the Restraining Law, and to substitute a .sys
tem of tavern licenses. A bill relative to land
lords and tenants, was taken up and debated
until the hour of adjournment. In the House
of Representatives Mr. Wright presented a
memorial from the Judges of the Supreme
Court, praying fur the abolition of the North
ern Judicial District, and for an increase of
salary. The memorial was referred to' the
Judiciary Committee. The bill to repeal th,:.
Restraining Liquor Law was then debated at
some length.
Election of a V. S. Senator
At 12 M., on the 14th inst., the Speaker
and Members of the Senate entered the Hall
of the House. The Speaker of the Senate
presided over the joint convention.
The Convention proceeded to vote for a;per
son to represent Pennsylvania in the Senate'
of the United States for six years from the 4th
March last. William Bigler received eighty
two votes ; Edward Joy Morris forty-three
votes; John C. Flenniken one vote, as' fol
lous
Messrs. Browne, Buckalew, Creswell, Ely,
Evans,
Hoge, Ingram, Jamison, Knox, Lau
bach, M'Clintock, Straub, Walton, Welsh,
Wherry, Wilkins and Piatt, Speaker of the
Senate; Messrs. Anderson, Backus, Beck, Bern
hard, Boyd,
,Boyer, Brush, Campbell, Carty,
Cobourn, Craig, Dowdall, Edinger, Fausold,
Foster, Fry, Fulton, Getz, Hamill, Hancock,
Harper, Heins, Hibbs, Hill, Hillegas, Hippie,
Huneker, Innis, Irwin, Johns, Johnson, Lebo,
Leisenring, Longaker, Lovett, M'Carthy,Ma
gee, (Alleghany,) Manly, Mangle, Manear,
Miller, Montgomery, Nunemacher, Orr, Pat
terson, Pearson, Ramsey, Reinhold, Riddle,
Roberts, Robinson, Salisbury, Shenk, Smith,
(Alleghany,) Smith, (Cambria,) Smith,
(Phila.,) Smith, (Wyoming,)Thompson, Vail,
Walton, Whallon, Wright, (Luzerne,) Years
ley, Zimmerman and Wright, Speaker of t
House-82, voted for WILLIAM BIGLER.
Siessre. Crabb, Furgusou, Finney, Flenni
ken, Frazier, Gregg, Lewis, Pratt, Sellers, Shu
man, Souther and Taggart, of the Senate;
Messrs. Augustine, Baldwin, Ball, Barry,
Brown, Caldwell, Clover, Crawford, Dock,
Gaylord, Gibboney, Haines, Holcomb, House
keeper, Hunsecker, Imbrie, Ingham, Kerr,
Laporte, Lott, M'Calmont, M'Coombs, M'-
Ghee, (Clinton,) Moorhead, Mumma, Phelps,
Purcell, heed, Struhle, Wintrode and Wright,
(Dauphin,) of the House-43, voted for ED
WARD JOY MORRIS.
Mr. Morris-1, vuted for JOHN C. Fi.ES'NI
SEN.
JOLLT TIME FOR THE PARSONS.—Have you
read the famous book of Professor Rondout,
of New York, advertised in our paper to-day?
No ! Then read it at once, It will astonish
you. It will make weddings as plentiful as
blackberries in summer. No keeping out of
love now. He lets out the subtle mystery.—
You can marry who you please, now. Hur
rah for Cupid ! Matrimony for ever !
rtecl.„ Hon. TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter county,
is named as a eandidate for the nomination of
Surveyor General by the ensuing State Con
vention. Judge IVES is a first rate man in
every respect—a sound, unflinching Dem
ocrat—and, if nominated and elected, would
make a competent, obliging and popular effi-
ser Senator HOUSTON arrived at Washing
ton City on Friday last—having been 28 days
on his journey from Texas, owing to the state
ot the roads and-rivers.
Ms. The Auburn (N. Y.) Female Seminary
was destroyed by fire on Friday morning.—
The building was valued at 550,000. the
furniture was mostly saved.
The Editor's Book Table.
A USEFUL BOOK.—William H. §gpngler has
just issued from the press of Wm. B. Wiley, a neat
little volume compiled by our young friends, S. H.
REYNOLDS & J. K. ALEXANDER, ENS., of thlicity.
The title of the book is "Bales of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania ; the U. S. District and Circuit
Courts; and the Court of Common Pleas, the Court
of Quarter Sessions, and Orphans' Court of Lancas
ter County, Pa."
This is a very creditable enterprise on the part of
the compilers, and we hope it may be profitable to
them. The book will unquestionably be of essential
service, not only to the legal fraternity genezOly—
including Judges, Attorney's, Officers of Courts, and
Magistratee—bnt also to all of our animas who have
business in the Courts. To young Attorneys aped
ally it will be of immense service in enabling them
to get the run of practice in the several Courts, a
lack of which information is more embarrassing to
them than any thing else they encounter during
their whole professional career.
(loners LADY'S Boos. Edited by Mrs. Sarah J.
Bale and L. A. Oodey.
The February number is alseady issued. , The
embellishments are numerous and very fine.—
"The Night Before the Wedding," and “Refleotion,"
are magnifbsentplatas. The reading matter Is every
thing that could be wished for in this long establish
ed sad popular periodical.
. Terms.-2 copy one year, ; 2 copies no you,
*5 ; 6 poplin out yeah ;10.
The Indiana' State Convention appointed
delegates to the National Convention, and in
structed theni' to support Hon. JESSE D.
BRIGHT for the' Presidency.
is
- The Ohio Sate Conientiori met also on the
Bth inEit, and_?ppointed delegates talhe Na
tiOnid.COnve on, without instructions. It is
lie
•
understood, ever , • says the. N. York Her
ild,,,thata large nudority of.them are in favor
.
of Mr. Bircuene.ri for the Presidency.
The lowa State Conveitn elected dele
gates to the National Convention, who, it is
said are in favor of Mr. DOUGLAS fur the Pres
idency. l•
•
The Washington correspondent of the Rich
mond Enquirer is strongly in favor of Mr.
BUCHANAN. We make the following extract
from his letter of the 11th instant: • •
Your correspondent "South-Side," claims as a matter of
right, the Presidency for the South in 1856. As a Virgin
ian, yielding to no man living, in his advocacy of thejnst
rights of the South, I utterly repudiate the claim thus set
up. I say not one word against the distinguished gentle
men whom he ha! named—either one of whom I would
support. I confess, in view of the fact that the South has
had the Presidency forty-nine years and four months
against eiAteen years and eight months, (including the
whole of Met Pier's term,) I cannot see the justice of this
claim; nor can I see any Peculiar ' , Mr" , which Virginia
at this time has. She having had the Presidene . thirty
five years and eleven months,out of the sixty-eight years;
(more than one half of the whole time.) I think, however,
I do see that the moral weight and influence of the South
will be much greater, by not having the Presidency in
1658; and, in taking a view of the whole country, I think
I see that there would be greatjustise and ,propriety, in
taking a candidate from the second State in the Union ;
a State which has never yet had a candidate bolero the
people; a State which has always voted for Southern can
didates, and without whose vote, no Democratic candidate
has ever yet been elected to the Presidency. A State—
the reryfirst of the free States, which has lately had to en
counter all the Isms combined, and nobly responded to
our dear Old Virginia, by triumphing over all. Yes, the
"Key Stone" was the first which boldly proclaimed a Na
tional Platform—shirking no question, but with a firm re
solve to conquer as nationals, r gallantly fall in the of
fort, to preserve the Union and .11 the Just rights of the
South. I wish to God, Messrs. Editors, 1 could say as
much for some other States and statesmen. Some'unfor
tunately, temporize too much with the enemies of their
country. Such is the State that will present to her sisters
at Cincinnati, a name not unknown to I Irginia—not un
known to this country or Europe—endorsed, as every way
worthy on more than thirty ballots by the entire vote of
Virginia in the Baltimore Convention in 1652.
1 nu euro I need not say that that man Is James Buch
anan—the peer of any statesman, in any country. A man
upon whom the whole country can look—with confidence
and pride, even—although all might nut agree with him.—
The South may with the fullest confidence, rely on him,
who was the very first Northern map who ever planted him
self against the odious -Wilmot Proviso." Ills letter to the
"Ilerks County Harvest Home," in 1847, was the first which
woo penned against that measure by any Northern man.—
It was written at a time which repaired great morel cour
age. Some of the leading statesmen of the Democratic pm
ty had voted for it, and the current in the North was bet
ting in its favor.
In my letter ' published in your paper of the 14th Decem
ber, I said the feeling ill the country scented to be decided
ly in favor of Sir. Buchanan. Every day lam confirmed
in that opinion. I have neon letters and indications (ruin
nearly every State in the Union. 1 annex au extract (coin
ono of the most distinguished and influential men in Ten.
tmssee—a gentleman who has served lung in Congress cud
who has never been defeat,d. Ile says:
"1 am truly glad to find Buchanan's prospects so good.—
It seems to be universally conceded that he will make a
better President thnu any other man who has been named.
p o r my part, I would nut desire a better cause in which to
stump the State of Tennessee in 1850, and I tnut•t assuredly
will, if lie is the candidate. Ibis great ability and experi
ence will he worth mote than all the .clap.traps' which can
be manufactured fur atty ether man. The value of Sir.
character and -Itstwastvtinhip was never nO great as at this
time. Never war the time -o opitietts for his election.—
'fhe people shunt fail to see that he fully understand. our
affairs at houleand abroad, and well Miens how to conduct
theta. This single htea worth all CllO eitall••ll,ering tricks
which vver el:med others.'
Repeal of the Jug Law
A motion was made iu the House of Repre
sentatives, last week, to suspend the rules fur
the purpose of proceeding to the considera
tion of a bill to repeal the Jug Law. The mo
tion failed fur the want of a two-thirds rote,
but the yeas and nays were as follows:
YLAS.—Messrs. Anderson. Barry, Boyd, Boyer, Brush
Campbell, Carty, Cobeurn, Craig, Reseda!), Edinger, Faus.
old, Foster, Fry. Fulton, Getz, Hamill, Hancock, Harper,
Heins, Hibbs, Illilegas, Hippie, Huneker, lonic, /Mill.
Johns, Johnson, Lebo, Leismaring, Longaker, Lovett, Mc
Carthy, Magee, (Allegheny,) Manly, Mangle, Manear, Mil
ler, 3lontgoraery, Nunnemacher, Orr, Patterson, Phelps,
Ramsey, Reinhold, Riddle, Roberts, Robinson, Salisbury,
Shenk, Smith, (Allegheny,) Smith, (Cambria.) Smith.
(Philadelphia,) Strome, Thompson, Vali, Walter, Whatlon
Wright, (Luzern,) Yearsley, Zimmerman, Wright, Speak
NATS.—Messrs. Atlgustine, .Backus, Caldwell, Bell, Bern
'.ard, Brown, Cadwell, Clover. Crawford. Drck, Gaylord.
Gibboney, Haines, Hamilton, Hill, Holcomb, Housekeeper
liuusecker. Imbrie, Ingham, Kerr, Laporte, Lott, 3lcCal
moot, NPCoombs, IPGhee, (Clinton,) Moorhead, Morris
Mumma, Purcell, Reed, Smith, (Wyomlng,) Struble, Win
trade, Wright, (Dauphin).-35.
It will be observed that the vote was very
nearly a party one—but three. K. N.'s voting
for the motion and but four democrats against
it. The K. N.'s appear resolved to stand by
the Jug Law.
The three K. N. members from this county
voted with their party,in the negative,—which
seems to indicate that Mr. Black was right
when he claimed these gentlemen as friends
of the Jug Law. When a direct vote is reach
ed, however, they may give their temperance
allies the slip—and we are much inclined to
the opinion that when the crisis arrives some
of them will be found missing.
In the meantime we commend the vote al
ready given by their representatives to our
K. N. friends of the Cocalicos, Ephrata, West
Earl, Brecknock, &c, &c. We hope they will
find it easy of digestion. —Exam incr.
For the Intelligenceek Lnurasterhin
Assessor N. E. Ward.
Masses. EDITORS.—As the time is rapidly approaching
for the election of municipal officers for our City, permit
me to name Joss 11..Joust5rox as a candidate for Assessor
in the North East Ward.
Every Democrat, lu the City, must acknowledge this as
.no of the very best selections which ran he made. 3lr:
JOHNSTON buts all the qualifications necessary for the
and no man in the Democratic party is sound 4 in princi
ple, and more profoundly opposed to intolerant political
and religious proscription, as it is found to exist in the
teachings of the midnight councils, and under.current
operations of the Know-Nothing party, which alone will
be the chief opposition in the approaching election.
He has always barn found on duty, battling strenuously
for the good old cause of Democracy, and always, too,
without any selfish motive, or any desire to seek office.—
If, therefore, he consents to be a candidate, I would most
earnestly recommend him to the citizens of our Ward as
a most suitable candidate for the office above named.
For the Intelligencer S Lautosterian
Piluntse, Dee:lo,l6se
31essrs. Editers:—The Lecture before the "Paradise Uni-
on Lyceum," of which you gave notice in your last issue,
came off on Wednesday evening lust. A very large and in
telligent audience assembled iu the New • Hall which has
been recently fitted up biandebmely, and conveniently by
our enterprising citizens A. K. & A. L. Witmer. SAMUEL
11. RErNoms, Esq., of your city, favored the audience with
a beautiful, entJ•rtaining and instructive lecture upon ',Our
National Literaturo.” The impression which 31r: R. boo
made upon the citizens of this section of our county ns a
gentleman of talent and most captivating oratorical power,
is enviable, and having but recently come amongst us we
one and all wish him success in his profession.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Presdent Pierce
had a dinner party this evening which was at
tended by theJudgee of the U. States Supreme
Court, the Judges ethe Court of Claims, and
its Solicitor, the U. S. Attorney, and Marshal
of the District of Columbia, Attorney General
Cushing, and - others, with the ladies attached
to their respective families.
The Mexican Government has made a for
mal demand on the United States for indemnity
for the destruction of the town of Piedras
Negras by the Texan Rangers last autumn,
and also ask protection against similar inva
sions and devastation by armed bands.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD-LARGE INCREASE
lx RECEIPTS.—The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, in its last monthly statement, shows
receipts of the road for the month ending
Dec. 31, ' $434,559 69
Same month last year, 216,110 49
Increase, $218,449 20
Receipts from January 1, 1855,
to January 1, 1856, 4,315,334 69
Same period last year, 3,552,297 59
Increase,
A gain of receipts in one year of over three
quarters of a million of dollars •is a very
handsome advance, and shows the great im
portance of this road as an avenue of trade
between Pittsburg and Philadelphia. The
Pennsylvania road being 253 miles in length,
there would appear to be an average in re
ceipts of $17,056 91 per mile. The increase
per mile on last year is $3,015 96. We have
seen no exhibit of the earnings of any of the
other great through routes between the East
and West, but will venture to say the increase
per mile on the. Pennsylvania Central for the
year 1855, is double that of any of its .com
petitora
Utz Misricriar, EudnoN.—The election
for City Officers takesaCe in two weeks
from the presentlime. For: the Mayoralty,
on the Demberatii side; we have heard the
names of, Messrs. ZIMMERMAN, STEIN lAN,
lIIHMTNER, - JONASP. BACHMAN, JOHN HAMIL-
Toisr and JAMES: CARPENTER mentioned,
either one of whom *Mild make an excellent
Chief Mag,istrate, • We do not know upon
Whom the Ameriarne;•-alias Know-Nothings,
will unite . for.the-office, but presume'. his
Honor, the preeent Mayor, will be ag i tin put
en the track. We have heard the name of
Alderman EVANS, of the S. E. Ward, and one
or two others spoken of, but rather think that
Mayor ALBRIGHT will be re-nominated.
One thing, however, is pretty certain, we
think, and that is, the present Know-Noth
ing dynasty will have leave to retire to the
shades of private life, there to mourn over
their past deeds of folly and wickedness, and
the good old Democratic City brought back to
her former 'position of credit and usefulness.
So mote it be.
SALARY OF THE MAYOR.—Councils have in
creased the Mayor's salary to $BOO per annum,
to take effect from the 12th of February next.
NOBLE-HEARTED LIBERALITY.—We learn that
about $l,OOO has been raised, among or citi-u
zens, fur the relief of the pour in this city.—
Lancaster has long been famed for its liber
ality, and it seems that, in this benevolent
cause, her citizens are determined to keep up
their reputation as bountiful givers. The
money has been placed in the bands of the
ladies of the Union Dorcas Society, and we
hope it will be distributed in such a manner
as to relieve those that are really in want, and
not the class of imposters, a great many of
whom, we have in our city.
UNION DORCAS SOCIETY.—At a meeting of
this Society, held on the 16th inst., it was re
solved that a list of the officers of the society
should be published. .The following is the
list:
Presldont—Mrs. C. A. Itelnitsh.
Secretary and Treasurer—Miss Kate Mathlot.
Directors—Mrs. N. Elhunker. Miss Ashbridge, 311. s it
Steinman.
Purchasing 12umnittee—Mrs. Geo. M. Mrs
Win. G. Baker.
North Fart Ward—Miss Bryan, Miss Jenkins, Miss
Reynolds, Mh.s Corson.
North %Vest IV3rd-31rs. I:. lt. lierfoot. Mrs. T. It. Bur.
cosecs. Mrs. D. 11x1r, Miss Ittthunin.
South East Wnrd—Miss S. Burrower. Miss M. Miller,
Mks Colder, Miss. It. Steioutxu.
South West Ward—Mrs. D. W. Patterson. 311ss Hager
Mrs. 11. Carpenter, 3lrs. Stevens.
The visiting committees will promptly at
tend to any application made to them, either
by the destitute or their friends.
New MAIL ROUTE.—A contract has been
made with Benjamin Mishler, of this city, ny
the P. M. General, to convey asmail from
Lancaster, by New Holland, Blue Ball, Wea
ver's, Bowmansville and Knower's, to Read
ing and back three times a week. Service to
commence immediately, and to continue until
the Ist of July next.
POST OFFICE REMOVAL.—There lies been
considerable discuiSion in Councils as to the
propriety of leasing the large room, iu the
City nail, occupied as the Post Office, for an
advanced rent, Mr. Reigart 'not being willing
to give any higher than he is nos paying.—
We hope that Mr. Reigart may be permitted
to remain, as a more convenient, suitable or
central loCation could not be had. This build
ing was purchased by the'City for the accom
modation of her citizens, and not for the pur
poses of speculation.
MISS SEARS' LECTURE.—The lecture of ➢Liss
H. E. SEARS, at Concert Hall, on Tuesday
evening last, was listened to with evident
pleasure by a large and intelligent audience.
Her subject, "The Characteristics of Women,
and the Importance of Female Culture," was
handled with much ability, and she deserves
great credit for its style and composition. It
was nut one of those ranting themes, of the
present day, on female rights and wrongs.--
She was exceedingly modest in her delivery,
but, nevertheless, firm in her views on the
subject, and urged a complete change in the
present manner of the education of the fair
sex.
STILL MORE.—Another snow, and the fourth
of the series; came off on Sunday last. Well,
no doubt, the weather clerk took compassion
on the sighs and hopes of those wishing for
the covering of the earth with the white man
tle, and has'caused us to be bountifully sup
plied with 'the article this season. At the
present writing, (Monday morning,) snow
flakes are again descending.
LIBERAL.L--In the Ist M. E. Church, of this
city, (Dr. Bartine's,) . on Sunday last, a Col
lecliun was taken up, in aid of the Mission
ary cause, which amounted to nearly $120.
This was a large -collection, considering the
inclemency of the day. We understand Dr.
Bartine preached two powerful discourses.
HELD TO BAIL.—A man by the name of
Hamp was arrested on Thursday last, for a
brutal , assault on a child, at the Railroad De
pot, and was held to bail on Friday, by Mayor
Albright, in the sum of $5OO, for his appear
ance at Court.
WELL ATTENDED.—The lecture of SAMUEL
H. REYNOLDS, Esq., of this city, before the
Paradise Lyceum, on Wednesday evening
last, was attended by a crowded and intelli
gent audience. Mr. Reynolds, no doubt, did
full justice to his subject.
AIIUSEMENTS.—Dr: r iudAms has returned
to the city, and is now holding forth at Fulton
Hall. I.IiS lectures are very interesting, and
his experithents are received with the greatest
delight by the audience. Signor BLITZ will
give several exhibitions, during the week, at
Concert Hall, with his learned Canary Birds,
Ventriloquism, &c. BLITZ, we surmoge, is as
comical as ever, and, as he is an 01a favorite,
will, no doubt, draw crowded houses. Well—
"A little nonsense, now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men."
STEEL Pr. s.—Murray & Stock have just
imported from Europe a large assortment of
steel pens of every variety, all of which they
will sell wholesale or retail at Philadelphia
prices. Wehave made atrial of several of these
peias, and have no hesitation in pronouncing
them equal to any we have ever used.
=ERE
BOROUGH ELECTION.—At an election for
Borough officers held in Columbia, on the 7th
inst., the following persons were chosen, viz :
Chief Burgess—Abraham Myers.
Burgess—A. S. Green.
• Town Council—Joseph H. Black, Samuel
Maxton, D. E. Murphy, Joseph Tyson.
School Direclors—Dr. D. I. Bruner, Philip
Shreiner.
High Constable—Riehard. Derrick.
A NOBLE OBJECT.—Committees have been
appointed in Columbia, for the purpose of
raising funds to remove the remains of Dr.
SMITH and Mr. CRAVEN from Norfolk to that
Borough. Success attend the efforts of the
gentlemen who have the matter in charge, as
it is but just and right that those two noble
and gallant spirits should "sleep their last
sleep" among their native hills.
The steamship America arrived at Halifax
on Wednesday evening, with Liverpool dates
to the sth instant. The cotton market is dull,
and prices have declined. Brendstuffs un
changed. Provisions in increased demand.—
Money market more stringent. Cotint Nes
selrode has issued a circular stating that Rus
sia will - accept the third point, relative to the
neutrality of the Black Sea, provided no ships
of war shall be admitted there save those of
Russia and Turkey, and that these two pow
ers shall alone arrange the number. The Al
lies reject this interpretation. Count Ester
hazy haii laid the propositions of Austria be
fore the Russian cabinet. Russia is expected
to withhold her, assent to the opening of the
Danube. It is stated that Austria will refuse
to join the Allies, even though the Czar may
reject the terms of peace. Sweden is thought
to be preparing to take the field in the spring.
Denmark is reported; o have consented to the
British fleet forming ,a rendezvous at Kiel.—
Prince Gortschakoff announces, December
16th, that a detachnient of Cossacks had de
feated a squadron of Gen. Vivan'e cavalry
near Kertsch, and taken the English comman
der prisoner. The Russian army in the Cri
mea has been reinforced by two regiments of
Hussars. Russians are marching to Bessar
abia. Omar Pacha has renounced his inten
tionof attacking Kutais. The Russians had
taken possession of the defiles of Hassam.—
Many persons apprehend an attack on Erze
roum by the Russians. The greater por
tion of the Russo-Asia army will winter at
Kars.
$763,037 10
mnrcrotrerwr
Late Foreign New•
'17._.W. 8 4/..iiIIIPTO.MCQPS4/68r.ON_REINGE.:
To the 4ditors of the inte l ffigencer, dated
Wkkinsdro u, D. C., Jan. 18, 1856.
The election of ex-Govf.lffse. BIGLER as Senator
from Pairisylvanla;forihe term ending 4th March,
1861, is lobked upon here las a signal triumph of the
principlisi of the pure democracy of the good old
Keystone State, and a poSitive rebuke to the aboli-
Hon and'know-nothing parties that combined to de
feat him: for the second gtibernatorial term, to which
he had been nominated, 40 , r the fearless manner in
which he had stood by n principles of the demo
cratic party, in his thorough identification of Jeffer
sonian principles throughput his political life. His
election is a proud triumph in detenee of the Collett
tion of the United Stateta, and is one step towards
the preservation of the union of the States, whose
permanency is now being shaken by the accidental
majority of abolitionists and know-nothings in the
House of Representatives., We hope the any of the
disorganizera is being pretty well run out. Indeed,
if the action of the present abolition and know-no
thing majority In the Mouse does not ouro the peo
ple of such representatives ' we really do not know
woat further evidence will be necessary to be intro
duced to convince them of their utter incapacity to
carry on the government.
The veteran Commodore Stewart has addressed a
strong and powerful arginnent to the Senators and
members of the House, against the late Navy Re
tiring Board. it is a strong appeal to the justice of
the two Houses and the country, and moon sympa
thy is expressed for Commodore Stewart. What will
be the result before Congress it is difficult to tell; but,
judging from the expresied opinions I hear, it is
quite likely that a majority of Congress will decide
that the Board was a little hasty in securing the,.
own promotion to the opeh places, made so by their
own e.r party action.
Commodore Morris, of late, is quite unwell. Ho
is one of the bright and 14illiant stars that gave to
our little Navy, in the war of 1612, so much renown,
by its masterly conquests 'obtained over the British
in that war. Commodore !Morris is the only senior
officer left in the Navy, who ranked above Commo
dore Shubrick, the presiding officer of the Retiring
Board, and, if unfortunathly his services should be
lost to the country, Com. hubrick will be the senior
officer, unless Congress shall make a change in the
action of the Board, by al , new law, in relation to
their action under the present law.
The Senate, on yesterday, after some little pre
liminary business, went into executive session, and
so remained for some time; after which, they ad
journed to meet again oniMonday next. Perhaps,
by that time, the Rouse May chance to be organized,
and the Speaker elected.; On yesterday the 116th
vote was taken for Speaker, with the following re
sult :—Banks 94; Richardson 66; Fuller 32; Pen
nington 6; Scattering 3. ;Necessary ton choice 102.
From this vote you will I observe, Messrs. Editors,
that the opposition in the Rouse, which holds su
large a majority, aro us fur apart as the first day's
voting last month. To the praise of the invincible
democracy they stand firm in their vote for the dem
ocratic nominee, the gallaht Richardson, of Illinois.
At no time, in our national history, has the demo
cratic party ever evinced More devotion to principles
and the cause of the union of the States, than is now
shown by the democrats of the house of Representa
tives in the Stith Congress:
Now and important instructions have gone to Long
don. Mr. BUCHANAN will now have trying times
with my Lord Palmerston lon the Central American
question, and, as far as I am at present advised, you
may look for the return of Mr. Buctwfas almost at
any moment after tne delivery of his present instruc
tions to the British Mini try. The President, it is
rumored, has sent his ulttimatuaz. to Lord Palmers
ton, and that high official of the British Empire will
have to ease himself out of his present difficulty, on
the Central American question, or the People of
Great Britain will turn over a new leaf for the con
sideration of Lord Palmtirston and his Ministry.—
The People of England desire no war with the U.
States government. The government of the U.
States desire no war with the people of Grant Brit
ain—yet our Fsecutive will have no trifling on this
question of colonizing the,is.iicuragua Coast, and will
compel the retrazit from Lord Palmerston in his as
sumptions of the Clayton BulwOr treaty, or some ono
will have to hold the mitten in a contest, that will
cause the British people to regret that the mad-cap
Lord Palmerston ever had the question of peace or
war at his disposal.
Yours,
WASHINGTON NEWS
Correspondence of tho Intelligencor h Lancastorian
WASI4I;iGTOX, JAN. 18, 1856
Returning to Washington after an absence of sev
eral weeks, L find affairs at the Capitol in much the
same condition as when .14 left. 'lnc HOLM, is still
unorganized, and nobody pretends to say how or
when a speaker will be chusen. nieuds of Mr.
Bunks who were sanguine of the ultimate success
of that gentleman some weeks ago, me now despon
dent and would change their votes if they could see
any prospect of electing any other adliereut of the
Northern Know-Nothing . organization. But they
can see no such prospect, and therefore they will
bear yet a while the ills they have, rather than fly
to others that they knonot of. Meanwhile the
Republican opponents of Mr. Banks, though few In
number, are active and determined. Ac their de.
intend another Anti-Nebraska caucus eras held night
before last, at which they imade au earnest effort to
get rid of Mr. Banks. They did not succeed, the
(mama resolving, as I am reliably informed, by a
vote of 60 to 12, to adhere to Mr. B. Ho everwill
be elected.
There was an interesting time in the.Liouse yes
terday. John S. Carlile, N.) the "lone star" of
Virginia, attempted to deliver a set speech, which
was cut off in the middle by a call to order, there be
ing a ten-minut, rule in operation and the "lone
star" having blazed away for three-quarters of an
hour before the call was made. Mr. Carlile attract
ed marked attention, not because of the brilliancy of
his remarks, but on account of the singularity of
his movements. lie reared and pitched like a vic
ious horse trying to sliakeioff his bridle and kick off
his breechbands, and tossed hos head about till his
hair became as hopelesslyitangled as "Topsey's" in
the play of "Uncle Ton." Kunkle's Serenaders
used to sing about N
"Old Joe kickin' up behind and befo'
And the yaller gal kic4 ,4.1 1' up behind old Joe."
If there had been a "yeller g taking up behind"
Carat.; the beautiful condeptionof the "old Joe" po
et would have been realized in the House yester
day.
But by far the most interesting feature of yester
day's proceedings was tha speech of Hon. A. H. Ste
phens, of Cleorgia. Mr. IStephens . was formerly a
Whig, but is now acting with the Democracy. His
stature is diminutive—he would hardly weigh a
hundred pounds; his voice is small and silvery ; and
his appearance not only ii i youthful but boyish;
though he has been a ember of Congress some)
eight or ten years, if I ado. not mistaken. But woe'
betide the luckless wight who, judging . Mr. Ste
phen's intellectual calibre by his physical propor
tions, ventures to grapple4him in debate. Hr. Zolli
coffer' a file leader of that "awkward squad" the
Southern Know-Nothings, l made a set at Mr. Ste
phens yesterday, and got a genteel drubbing that
would last a man of moderate desires the remainder
of his life. Mr. Zollicoffer endeavored to prove in
consistency upon Mr. Stephens, who supports the
Nebraska bill, by reading from an old speech of his
in opposition to "squatter sovereignty ;" but Mr. S.
showed that there was no such thing as "squatter
sovereignty" in the Nebraska bill.
Be gave a lucid eplanation of "squatter sovereign
ty," in the original acceptation of the term, and
pointed out the differencekbetween it and the "popu
lar sovereignty" of the Nebraska bill. Mr. S. an
swered all Mr. Zollicolfer'a questions, andho proceed
ed to catechise that gentleman. The scene was
rich. Poor "Zolly" got a great deal more than he
bargained for. Ile dodged but could not escape.—
The pointed questions, shot at hiin in a sharp, shrill
voice, seemed to bore him "through. The galleries
laughed ; the House laughed ; "'Lolly" himself tried
to laugh, but only succeeded in coaxing a rueful
ensile to flicker on the wrdng side of the mouth.
The Lord knows when you will hear of the election
of a Speaker. Prayers for an organization ought to
be offered up without delaY in all the churches in
the country. It ought to', be done speedily if at all,
becase this Congress will loon he past - praying for,
as things are going now. i
COIL STEWART AND THE RETIRING BOARD.—
The Veteran Com. Stewart, it appears, is not
disposed to submit quietly to the decision of
the Naval Board, by which himself and a num
ber of the officers of:tha navy are placed on the
retired list. The Commodore publishes a long
letter recounting his +vices in the navy, and
then reviewing the law and the action of the
Naval board; under that law, in regard to
himself. He objects to the law as impolitic,
and the administration of it as odious, because
of the secresy it allowa, whereby the proceed
ings of the board are withdrawn from the
public eye, the membe6 acting upon accusa
tions they themselves advance ; dealing with
the absent and unconscious : inaccessible to
the voice of explanatidn or vindication ; exam
ining no witnesses; 11.4epin. , no record; under.
no religious sanction - 1 anewithout responsi
bility, yet issuing jdgments which bring
II
shame and destitution to their objects. Ile
says, - from the judgicent approved by the
President, only becauie it came from a board
created by authority cif law, he appeals to the
representatives of thti American people, and
if they approve it, he will feel that the com
mission lie bears is a reproach.
• „„ following
Tax NEXT PRES/DEN i I T.—/ne time
ly suggestion from tie Richmond Enquirer
cannot be too extensiviely copied .
"The Democracy isl now one de-ermined,
compact, and nationallparts. Sectional feuds
and sectional feelings pre obliterated and-for
gotten. ' It is the party of the Constitution
and the country—tha only sheet-anchor of
hope to the conservative and patriotic. Let
us endeavor, to -preserve its unity and integ
rity, not divide it by discussions as to the su
perior claims of the North or South to the
next Presidency. The Democratic party
knows no North, no South. It recognizes no
personal claim to the Presidency. When the
nominating convention meets, let it select its
with sole reference to . .he good . of the country.
Let us excite in as little personal or sectional
prejudice as possible, i t• that we may conduct
the canvas with the i me zeal, devotedness
and harmony, that we now practise. "If the
friends of the many distinguished men, who
have been suggested as candidates, choose to
present their claims,et them do so without
disparaging the meri or claims of others.—
Above all things, how vet., let us avoid rais
ing the sectional ques ion of the claims of the
North or South to tha offiqe. The office be
longs to the countr , not to septione. Get
the right man, and he will be sure to do equal
justice to all sections."
AI.cILAALAND
LANCASTER