INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTEMAN. GEO. SANDEESON. - EDITO EL. A. SLNDEUSON, A510611111a. r. A NCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY 26, 1856; CImCIILATIOIi, AOOO cotties: FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN. (Subject to the decision of the Democratic National Onsinntion.) The Secret of the Strength of James Bu chanan in Pennsylvania and in the Union. We congratulate the-country upon the pre vailing good feeling of the Democratic party on the subject of the Democratic National Convention and the selection of a candidate for the Presidency, who is to be supported by the Democratic party in November next.— Living in this quiet and retired spot, away from the great political and commercial cen tres, and therefore an undisturbed if not a disinterested spectator of the events of the day, ,we may not be able to take as comprehensive a view of the political present and future, as some of those gentlemen who occupy more elevated positions, and who can sweep the circuit of human observation; but, if a con stant commingling with the people of this populous region, and an almost daily inter course-with men from different parts of the State, entitle whatever humble opinions we may express to attention and respect, we are • free to give utterance to them. The prominence which Mr. BUCHANAN'S name has attained as a candidate for the Presidency, resulting entirely from a spon taneous movement, without the aid of the ma chinery of politics, and almost without the aid of politicians, has suggested, in various quar ters of the Union, the over-riding necessity of selecting such a maxi, in order to achieve suc cess. The fact that he has become formidable without effort, has gone far to inspire a wide and almost universal confidence in his strength as the fitting man fur the coming time. His friends are not limited to those who, for the last sixteen years, have gathered under his banner, whenever a Presidential nomination was to be made,. but include the great body of those in his own party who have heretofore hesitated to support him ; and it is not going too far to say, that should he be selected by the Cincinnati Convention, he will receive the votes of the reflecting and conservative men of other parties in a greater degree than has ever happened to any candidate since the days of General JACKSON. The foundations of other parties have broken up, and the temporary and clandestine or ganizations which have been constructed upon their ruins, have completed the'work of alien ation and discord among our former op ponents. The only party left in the field, to which honest and patriotic men, not identified with the Democracy, can turn for safety from these secret and proscriptive organizations, is the Democratic party; and in these times, when repulsive doctrines are openly advocated, and when the safe-guards of law and order are pub licly prostrated, and when the Constitution itself is not secure against the inroads of a sec tional fanaticism, such a man as Mr. Boca- ANAN appears upon the stage, strong in all the elements of a popular leader, and realizing the idea of a judicious and enlightened Chief Magistrate. Invincibly strong in his own party, his attitude is such, that he comes up to the expectations of all those men of other opinions who are now desirous of co-operating with the Democracy, and gathers around him those who have stood by him in the past, no less ardently than those who are anxious to support him in the future. This state of pub lic feeling, not the offspring, as we have said, of political manomvres, cannot probably be understood by those who are not as near to the people as we are. We have drawn no fancy sketch. We speak ❑ot for this locality alone, but for all the interior of Pennsylvania, and we trust, that in giving this opinion, we shall be understood as using neither the lan guage of exaggeration nor of partiality. So far as we can, it is our honest purpose to con tribute all that is within our power to secure the strongest and the best man for the coining canvass; and we should hold him light,—nay, we should hold that Journalist in sovereign contempt, who, no matter how narrow his sphere or how contracted his influence, should deliberately set himself to work to misrepre sent, to mislead, or to betray public opinion, in view of the duty that la before us. It is an immeasurably subordinate thing to the American people how - politicians may like a candidate, if he in acceptable to them, fit to discharge his obligations to the Constitution, and resolved to du his duty in the face of every emergency; and hence, when such a sentiment as that to which we have referred, notoriously pervades the country, it would be guilt, it would be madness to deny, as it would be treason to attempt to pervert it. Mr. , Bccussis:e is absent from the field of • action. His own character has quietly oper ated upon the public mind, and has produced the sentiment to whiCh we have alluded:— Without effort, against his will,—nay,ia the face of his protests,—while many of his best, and truest, and oldest friends were reposing upon their oars, the people have placed him in the fore-ground, and they demand of him that he should submit to the decision of the Convention, at the same time that' they re spectfully ask of the Convention that he should be the candidate of the- Democratic 'party. No man living can charge, therefore, that the ex isting preference Is Mr. BUCHANAN, so widely diffused, has followed after his own. efforts in his own behalf, or has been produced by the exertions of others to the same end. Another reason why the cause of Mr. Bt - - CLIANAN has grown to this tfferaig height, has been the indispensable avoidance, on his part,—both because he has been absent and because he has been disinclined to become a candidate for the Presidency,—of all collisions and antagonisms, of any kind whatsoever. It is said that whenever an American citizen passes into a foreign land, he ceases to re member the, parties he has left behind. He cherishes only the idea of his whole country, and, the names and memories which make it sacred. While no events could transpire that would ever induce JANES BUCHIANAN to blot from his remembrance his friends and his principles, yet representing, as he has repre - rented, the interests and the honor of all the people of the United States, and engaged in controversies with the grand intellects of European diplomacy, constantly plotting against our institutions, he has had little time, and less disposition, to he party to the con flicts waging in political circles at home. In the same proportion as his figure loomed up to the public eye, as the conservator of the National interest and honor, in foreign lands, so did he himself seem to become imbued with that universal sentiment of Americanism, which he has so signally illustrated in . the last three years of his career; and in proportion as his fitness and his patriotism, in the sphere in which he has been placed, displayed them selves to his countrymen in broader and brighter characters, so have the latter turned to him as the true man to relieve the country from the fanaticiems and factions which now tear and hawk at its vitals. The New York Herald, in an article of much ability, some days ago, attempted to change the current of public feeling, MEM mating that he was not strong alone upon3this account, bat also because he had notese "burden or-the Nebraska Wtocarry I .4Ve regijit to ape that some of the firliinds of , Mr. BoALtN.er_ have fallen into the 7 firap which thirst ily article had se t fo r ;them would defend littti'BeertatiAN Kainstthe imputation= thus thrown out, and others.,claim the testi mony of the Herald as an , ;staiiintage rather than an injury to him: To this we have only to say, that when Mr. BUCHANAN needs to be vindicated against the charge that he is not, or has not been, or will -not be, true to the rights of the States and to the great principle of popular sovereignty involved in that Ne braska bill, then indeed will the fidelity and consistencrof years be at the 'mercy of every irresponsible calumny. In the simple, con sistent, and severe record, which stands like a spotless monument in token of Mr. BUCHAN AN'S fidelity to this doctrine, there is not a stain, nor a blot, upon which envious or ma lignant antagonism can fasten. To him we are indebted fur the orthodox sentiment on Constitutional doctrines, which prevails to so wholesome an extent throughout Pennsylva nia. To him we are indebted for that extra ordinary contrast, which presents Pennsyl vania to the whole country, as beyond and above all, the soundest State in the Union, in the midst of conflicting ideas and isms. lie has been the architect, who, for nearly thirty years, has labored, in season anciTiut of season, to make this Keystone State the barrier against which the waves of abolition have dashed in vain; and to defend him against the charge that he would not have been steadfast in any contest that might have arisen against that fanaticism, would be to undertake to de fend Pennsylvania herself against the accusa tion that she had been false to the country in the days that "tried men's souls." Should Mr. BUCHANAN be placed in nomi nation at Cincinnati, as events seem to fore shadow, there will be less of personal triumph, there will be less of victoryover distinguished men, who deserve the highest honors of the Republic, than could be the fact if any other gentleman, now named in connexion with the office, were selected. Without antagonism against others, in perfect accordance with the consistent record of his life, as a trophy of eminent public and private virtue, as a tribute to unchallenged intellect and patriotism, his nomination would be welcomed far and wide, and no man could say, that .in such a selec tion, the Democracy had not been faithful to its principles and its mission. The Democratic Convention of Washington county met on Tuesday last, and appointed Col. William - Hopkins and William Montgom ery, Esq., delegates to the State Convention, and unanimously instructed them for Mr. Bu- CIIANAN for the Presidency. Wm. Workman, Esq., is recommended for Auditor General. re... The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican says the vote of Virginia will be cast in the Cin cinnati Convention, either for BUCTIANAN or HUNTER. e' Mercer and Tioga counties have ap pointed their delegates to the State Convention, and instructed_ them for Mr. BrcnANA:c. The appointment of J. Y. James, of Warren co., as the Senatorial delegate for the Mercer dis trict, was concurred in. Mr. Buchanan and the Presidency Judging from the tone of the press, North, East, South and West, on the subject of the Presidency, there is scarcely a doubt as to the nomination of Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN.— Whilst Nye have withheld the expression ,f our preference for either of the distinguished individuals in the Democratic party who have been spoken of in connection with that high office, from a deep sense of the duty we owe such of our numerous readers as to the pro priety of acknowledging preferences for men where principles of an abiding and just char acter are t,t stake, we cannot be insensible of the fact :is to die choice of the country. Mr. BucnANAN's whele life has been ardently and patriotically devoted to the public service, and he has well merited the spontaneous feeling in his favor. Should he receive the nomina tion, Know-Nothingism, now alias Abolition ism, will be totally exterminated by .the pow er of the people, and Mr. BUCHANAN will go into the Presidential chair with an overwhelm ing majority.—Carroll Co. (1hl.) Democrat. DELAWAIZE COUNTY.—The Democratic Con vention of Delaware county met on Friday last, and appointed Messrs. 0. E. Strickland and John P. James delegates to the State Con vention, and unanimously instructed them for Mr. BrcnesAN. In 1852, Delaware county was for ;en. Casa. This closes, we believe, the election for delo gates throughout the State, to the Convention of the Fourth of March. The whole 133 are now elected, and the Convention will present a unit for Mr. Bi-cuAx.is. Will the Democ racy of our sister States heed this unmistake able indication of popular will in Pennsylva nia. Never before did any man, save Gen. JACKSON, occupy so commanding a position before the whole country, as does Mr. BUCHAN AN at this moment. The New Orleans Weekly Crescent ex presses the opinion that Mr. BUTLIANAN'S chances are good for the Presidency—and says :—"Should Mr. B. secure the nomination, the nominee for the second office may be easi ly named. Senator SLIDELL will carry off the Vice Presidential prize beyond a doubt." A QUESTION FOR DEBATI4G SOCIETIES.—As the members of country debating societies are sometimes at a loss for questions whereon to exercise their ingenuity and sharpen their mental faculties, we take the liberty of sug gesting a subject which will afford "room and verge enough" to practice their dialectics upon for the remainder of the winter. The case is this : In the Independent Whig of Feb 19,—first article under the editorial head—occurs these words :—“the Whig has the largest circulation of any paper in the county." In the Saturday Express is kept standing under the editorial head a line of capitals in these words :—"the largest circulation in the county." In the Register & Citizen is also kept stand ing under the editorial head a lice of staring capitals, in these words :—"largest circulation in the county." . Now the question we submit for discussion is this :—can these papers all tell the truth They are all of the same stripe in politics— pulling harmoniously together in support of know-nothingism, abolitionism, jug-law-ism, and in the matter of veracity are, all about equally reliable. A wider field for the dis play of argumentative skill has seldom been offered. Pending the solution of the foregoing prob lem we will wager fifty dollars with any one who chooses to accept the offer, (the loser to pay over that amount to the Mayor for the benefit of the poor) that the aggregate circu lation of the Volkefreund, the Intelligencer, and the Examiner—the three old line papers —exceeds by one thousand the aggregate cir culation of the three papers claiming each to have the largest circulation.—Examiner. Itgl..The Know-Nothing National Conven tion, for the nomination of a candidate for President met at Philadelphia, on Friday.— They have a stormy time of it, and had not got through with their labors at the time our paper went to press on yesterday. The Abolition, alias Republican Conven tion, met the same day at Pittsburg, and ad journed to meet at Philadelphia, for the pur pose of nominating a candidate for President. The Steamships Atlantic and Asia have ar rived at New York—but neither brings any information of the missing Pacific. There is great excitement in England in re gard to American affairs. It is reported that Mr. BUCHAIVAN has demanded his passports. The tone of the British press is threatening, :.,,i:,.,,+0,.. +Ty11111114: Cotton M=ILEII/STM!EI Presidential Items Imporpont from Europe v7l 5,4 The License Law AThe &lowing is a synopsis of the nevi tiveta l ilicskse Bill, isi.itlrm tt s passed the Se ,: 0.: • : - ).:The *et section simply provides that nu Ousefoi the sale of liquors of any kind shall: be keplijvithouS.ii license. Thelecondiection '•previdea:that Venders, or wholesale dealers of vinous, spirituous or malt liquors shall not sell in quantities less than one gallon ; and that no license to sell in any quantity whatever shall be granted to "the keepers of any restaurant, eating house, oyster house, or cellar, theatre, or other place of amusement or refreshment." The third section provides that brewers and distillers shall be licensed agreeably to the act of the 10th tax' April, 1849, at three times the rate of tax assessed by said act: Provided, no license shall be granted for less than fifty dollars, and no sales less than five gallons. The fourth section directs that the provis ions of the act shall not apply to importers selling imported liquors in the original bale or cask. SEC. 5 . Act not to apply to druggists and apothecaries. SEC. G. No license to be granted except to citizens of the United States. _ . - - SEC. 7. License to be granted by the Court of Quarter Sessions notice of application to be published for three weeks. SEC. 8. Refers to publication of application for ; and certificate of twelve citizens riquired that tavern is necessary and applicant of good repute and prepared with house-room, &e, to accommodate travellers. Sec. 9. No person to be licensed to keep a tavern in any city or county town, unless provided with at least four rooms and eight beds, and in the country two rooms and four beds. SEC. 10. Applicant to give bond in the sum of $lOOO, with security. Sec. 11, Proof of the advertisement and the filing of the bond to be furnished to the clerk of the court before license granted. SEC. 12. Classifies the rates of license to dealers by the gallon end upwards, according to the act of May 4, 1841—to pay three times the rates prescribed in the 10th section of said act ; but no license less than $5O. The 13th section classifies the taverns licens ed and as it is important we publish it entire ; SEC. 13. That all Hotels, Inns, and Taverns shall be classified and rated, according to the estimated yearly rental of the house and prop erty intended to be occupied for said purposes, as follows, to wit : All cases where the valu ation of the yearly rental of the said house and property shall be ten thousand dollars, shall constitute the first class, and shall pay one thousand dollars. r Where the valuation of the yearly rental shall be eight thousand dollars, and nut more than ten thousand dollars, the second class, and shall pay eight hundred ddlars. Where the valuation of rental shall be six thousand dollars, and not more than eight thousand dollars, the third class, and shall pay six hundred dollars. Where the valuation of rental shall be four thousand dollars, and not more than six thou sand dollars, the fourth class, and shall pay four hundred dollars. Where the valuation of rental shall be two thousand dollars, and not more than four thou sand dollars, the fifth class, and shall pay three hundred dollars. Where the valuation of rental shall be one thousand dollars, and not more than two thou sand dollarl, the sixth class, and shall pay two hundred dollars. Where the valuation of rental shall be five hundred dollars, and not over one thousand dollars, the seventh class, and shall pay one hundred dollars. Where the valuation of the rental shall be three hundred dollars, end not over five hun dred dollars,. the eighth class, and shall pay seventy-five dollars. Where the valuation of rental shall be un• der three hundred dollars, the ninth class, and shall pay fifty dollars. Provided, however, That iu the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg nu license under the classification of the 12th and 13th sections of this act, shall be for less than one hundred dollars, nor in county towns or boroughs hav ing more than 200 taxables for less than sev enty-five dollars. The 14th section provides that all persons applying for licenses, and classified under the 12th and 13th sections of this act, shall be assessed and returned as provided in the 6th, i tli, Bth and 9th sections of au "act relating to inns, taverns, and retailers of vinousand spirituousliquors," passed the 11th day of March, A. D. 1834; except in the coun ty of Philadelphia, where the Court of Quarter Sessions shall appoint three persons as apprai sere of tavern license. Sec. 15. License to be framed. The 16th, 17th, 18th and 10th sections re fer to the duties of assessors, appraisers, and other officers in relation to licenses granted. The 20th section provides that the number of licenses granted to keepers of hotels, inn§ or taverns, in the aggregate shall not exceed in the cities one to every hundred taxables, nor in the several counties in the State more than one to every two hundred taxables, the number of said taxables to be taken from the returns of the previous-year. The subsequent sections to the 29th, pre scribe the penalties for the violation of the law, and the duties of the Courts, Justices and Constables under it. The 28th.and last section is as follows: See. 28. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair or alter the provisions of an act approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1855, entitled "An act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday;" nor any of the provisions of the act of the Bth of of May, 1854, entitled "An act to protect cer tain rights, and prevent abuses in the sale and use of intoxicating drinks,'! but the act entitled "An act to restrain the sale of intox icating liquors," and all other laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby re pealed nor shall any license heretofore gran ted be annulled. The Editor's Book Table Messrs. Rupp, Wingert 4; Co.. liarri4burg, design pub liaising a work in monthly numbers, of 45 to GO pages, en titled—';A C3ilection of Thirty Thousand Names of Ger man, Swiss, Dutch, French. Portuguese and other Immi grants In Pennsylvania; chronologically arranged from 1727 to 1776; the names of ships In which these Immi grants were transported, the place whence, and the time when they sailed, the time of their arrivgl in Philadelphia, ctc..kis. !cc." Edited by I. D. Rupp, Author of the History of Lancaster county, of Berke, I.c. The volume, when com pleted, will contain nearly 500 pages. The first number will be issued In April next. Terms gl per copy in ad vance, or $1,50 on completion of the volume. Address Theo. F. Scheffer, Book Publisher, No. 15 Market st., liar - risburg. The plan of this proposed work, and its design cannot fall to be highly acceptable to the public. The editor has carefully denied from the files of the State Department, at Harrisburg, and from the original lists which are there preserved, the names of the early settlers of Pennsylvtuia —grouping together the names of each band of co-adven turers from the continent of Europe—in this way invest ing them with additional Interest. One of the main ob jects, among others, of this publication, is to preserve names, which indifference or accident might forever place beyond reach; and this may lead to the recovery of rights to inheritances in the father-land, which might otherwise remain unestablished. In the specimen number before us we recognize, amongst the Palatines who came norms the ocean and landed at Philadelphia, in 1727, a number of names famil liar to Lancaster county at the present day—such as the Graeffe, the Freya, the Albrechts, the Moyers, the Zimmer. mans, the Webls, the Ilartmaus, the Stromos, the How. mans, the Soydere, the Wittmers, tho Wilhelms, the Dan nors, the Zugs, the Langneekers, the lloffmans, the Stey ers, the Kindighs, the Eautfmans, the Iliestandta, he. hr. A book of this kind will be exceedingly interesting, and should have an Immense sale in Lancaster county TIIE WINTER IS PAST.—After eight weeks of unprecedented cold weather—such as the oldest inhitnitant had no recollection of—com mencing on the 26th of December, and last ing till Tuesday the 19th instant--it commenc ed thawing on Wednesday last, and has been gradually growing wanner ever since. We have now every reason to believe that the se verity of the winter is past, and the moderate weather of the past few days gives unmistake able indication of the near approach of Spring —that genial, balmy, enlivening season when the singing of birds shall be heard, and the fields put on their livery of green—when all nature shall again be redolent of life and of beauty. We bail its advent with heart-felt pleasure. IS— We are indebted to J. C. Evans, Esq., of the State Senate, for a copy of the Annual Report of the Superintendent pf Common Schools. We are also under obligations to Messrs. BRUSH and REIM:COLD of the House, for their . -. , 4 . "" . The Cash System. , 1 PENNSYLVANIA I.EGISLA'FITILE. ...The Jersey Shore Republican, of the 6t1t, 1 HARRISBURG; Fen. 21, 1856. Ind .has a long article on the.subject of r,, _ ',. S_as..trr..—A supplement to the Hunting-, .s _..- _ cash- ystem, iu which itis AO hlkn'rged ilia 'do ff Bairn dAroa e lll R ail i rog eee e -I tt as ill re fi r rm . i ., its adoPtion would be highlihe neficiatto pulp -s. l i i , ra in P -. ~ . il i. ittebtle reatestate, Mr. Ferguson a h Halters of newspapers. The RepubliCan l4N teiricorporate the Bank of Beater etritrity.ts ~ :,_ , , right, and we are ready to join in urging 80 1 3 W M Lanbach it 4 bill relative to- gte Cat qauquis planby which its suggestion coula be estah- ana , ..4reVesvilri Railroad Confpany4 - also.V supplement to the act incorporating the Al lished. Only those who have had experience leutown lion Company. Mr. Wilkins a bill in the newspaper business, can estimate the to allow Aldermen and Justices of the Peace loss to which the publishers are subjected by to adopt rules and regulate the manner' - of delinquent and dishonest subscribers. In the taking appeals. t h e . , The.. Senate then resumed, on third read twenty years we have been engaged in" mg, the bill to repeal the liquor law, when business, our losehas been thousands of dollars. Mr. BrowiM's bill was substituted for the bill. It is the smallness of the sum at which news- from the House, providing for the uncondi papers ate printed, that makes man); subsers, - tionaltrepe' al of the restraining liquor law. Mr. McClintock moved to change the basis berg negligent---but, in the aggregate,. these of . the license from the rental to the amount small sums swell a large loss to the publisher, of sales, and to reduce the prile of licenses`, ' and very often swamp his establishment. the rural districts to 25, &e., which was re- We make an extract from the Republican's i jetted, aslo,nays article, as follows: Thebillthen passed finally—yeas 19, nays 11, as follows : The folly and inconvenience of-tolerating I Yeas—Messrs. Brown; Crabb, Ferguson, the credit system has been clearly demon- i Flenniken, Frazer, Gregg, Hoge, Jamison, strated by the past, and will be forcibly felt in Gordon, Knox, Lewis, Mellington, Pratt, Price, the future by those indulging. An editor is Sellers, Shuman, Souther, Taggart and Wher obliged to pay cash fur paper, and high wary-19. ges fur hands—and in all, the expenses of a Nays—Messrs. Buckalew, Creswell, Ely, printing office, while in successful operation, Evans, Ingram, Laubach McClintKk, b ock, Strau, is no trifle, and it is cash. Hence we wonder Walter, 'Welsh and Wil kins-11. not at so many editors becoming involved and Messrs. Pratt, Killinger and Finney were finally swoon away unable to continue, caus- absent. ed solely by having tolerated the credit system. The bill making an appropriation of 25,000 It must become defunct; it has reached its to the Western Insane Hospital, was then zenith, and must entirely be erased. This again taken up and debated till 1 o'clock, thing of opening an account with every man when the Senate adjourned till afternoon. Nv ho wishes apaper, is an absurd idea. You may AFTERNOON SESSION. —The Speaker, (Mr. encourage it, and after an account has accrued Pratt,) returned and resumed the duties of on your books, then perhaps he will very po- the chair. an leave given, he voted "aye" litely return his paper to the editor who lies on the license bill. faithfully served him, marked "Refused," nev- The bill making au up. ropriation to the er taking into consideration his indebtedness; Western Hospital for the Insane, was further nor cares but little concerning it, but gently debated and negatived—yeas 14, nays 16. says to himself, "you may whistle for your Subsequently the vote was re considered, pay." Or perhaps he may change his rest- _ and the matter laid over. dente ; then the duty of returning it devolves 'lle bill relative to the development of the upon the postmaster of his neighborhood, who mineral lands of the Commonwealth was then writes as follow :—"Mr. Editor—Mr. IL has taken up, and was still pending, when the left for parts unknown, therefore please dis- Senate adjourned. continue. • HotsE.,—A large number of petitions me morials, &c., was presented. The Speaker, and Messrs. Getz, Dock, Hun eker, McCarthy, Carty and Ycareley, present ed memorials from the Merchants of Philadel phia, remonstrating against the passage of the Senate bill relative to Foreign Insurance Com panies, Mr. Dock presented five remonstranees front males, and ' two front 2341 females, against the repeal of the restraining liquor law. Bills were read to incorporate the North Western Canal Coal Company ; to incorporate the Shenango Valley Bank. Mr. Yearsley read in place a supplement to the act relating to elections ; a supplement to the :Let incorporating the Odd Fellows' Mu tual Insurance Company. The bill supplementary to the act incorpor ating the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Jay, and Lancaster Railroad Company, was then again taken up and debated until the hour of adjournment. i Reader, think not that what we haVe quo ted is mere fiction ;it is reality. Such is an editor's life--his cup of anxiety is filed to overflowing with bitter disappointment. Ile may labor to furnish you with a paper until he becomes as old and as grey as Methuselah, and during all this period some of you would never think of remunerating him for his ser vices. An editor is not an animal that he may subsist upon shavings, sole-leather, potato tops, or rye straw! No, no ! he is a human being and lives scantily upon the same nour ishment upon which you yourselves depend. We have heard people remark that editors are getting rich ! We would merely ask persons making use of the above assertion, to show us an editor who tolerates the credit system as his guide, who is living in luxury, and we will promise to have Barnum in this section in less than a fortnight. It is not to be look ed for, as his losses counterbalance his gains. Newspapers are published now-a-days, for so trifling a sum as to place them within-the reach of all, and enabling you to furnish the amount requisite to secure one. Besides all this the terms of newspapers are invariably greater at the expiration of the year, than at the commencement ; it is easily cancelled, yes, easier, at the commencement of a volume, than at the expiration. It would be much more pleasant for all parties ; the editor would be encouraged to go on, and the subscriber would know that his paper was paid for. Grand Know-Nothing Council This body, which.met at Philadelphia, on Tuesday last, adopted a series of resolu tion=, offered by a Mr. Evans, of Washington City, and which he styled the "Olive Branch Platform." That part of the platform which refers to the subject of slavery, is as follows: Gth. The unqualified recognition and main• tenance of the reserved rights of the several States, and the cultivation of harmony and fraternal good will, between the citizens of the several States, and to this end non-inter ference of Congress with questions appertaining solely to the individual States, and non-inter vention by each State with .the affairs of any other State. The vote on the adoption of the platform was—yeas, IOS ; nays, 77. On the announcement of the vote, the great est confusion ensued. One of the Ohio dele gation said that the North would never'agree to such a platform, and declared that- "Sam" was dead. After the Northern and Southern delegations had abused each other like pick pockets, a motion to adjourn was carried. Our Commerce with England From a tabular statement recently issued from the Treasury Department, we glean the following interesting facts concerning our commercial relations with Great Britain. The total value of our exports, fur the year ending June 30, 1855, to foreign eoun- tries, teas Of these exports, Great Britain and her dependencies took from us the gross amount of $177,704,171 Leaving as exported to all oth er nations, commodities amount ing only to • . . • By this showing, it appears that England is our customer jbr nearly two-thirds of all the products for which we find a sale in foreign markets, while the remaining third is distribu ted in comparatively small sums over the rest of the world. There is, also, another fact which this table indicates: Our exports to England pfoper amount to . . . . Our imports from England are set down at Showing a balance of trade in our favor, as between the two countries, of . . . . $33,193,852 Call for a Convention A call has been issued by the Abolition and Know-Nothing members of the Legislature, for the assembling of a State Convention at Harrisburg, on the 26th of March, for the purpose of nominating candidates for State Officers to be supported next fall. The call is addressed to all who are opposed to the pres ent National Administration, and they are invited to meet in County Convention on the 19th of March, for the purpose of select ing delegates to the State Convention. The call is signed by Messrs. McComb, Killinger, Taggart, Morris, Gregg, Caldwell, Morehead, Wintrode, Ball, Mumma, Sellers, Flenniken and others. From the call it would seem that the new organization is not to be actuated by any fixed principles, but will be composed of the off-falls and fag-ends of all parties,L-with no object in common except the overthrow of the Democratic party. As no name has yet been offered for this new party, we would sug gest that it be called the "Rag-Tag and Bob tail Party." Dar The Peach and Plum Trees in the neighborhood of Hagerstown, Md., have been cracked from the ground to the branches by the frost. Yet doubts are expressed whether the fruit is seriously injured by the cold. The Prairie (Illinois) Farmer says, fruit growers in that region have given up all hopes of a fruit crop, except apples. The thermometer has been 22 degrees below zero in Chicago and 28 degrees in the vicinity. The presump tion is, that peach trees, &c., and all other tender shrubs are dead down to the snow-line. SEWING MACIIINES.—The introduction of the Sewing machine into families has done, and is doing more to better the condition of women than all the idle talk of persons advo eating so called, Women's rights. Through the rapidity by which it does What has been hitherto slow, and tedious work, women are allowed sufficient time to cultivate themselves, and attain a proficiency in the useful as well as ornamental arts. A very interesting test of the capacity of the various Sewing Ma chines, now before the public, came off lately at the Crystal Palace, New York, -and the only gold medal awarded, was adjudged to the machines of Wheeler, Wilson & Co, 343 Broadway, New York city. It was considered by the judges, that, the machines of this firm were capable of doing fader, and better work, than any machine present, as well as .being, more aim .le, less liable to L et out of repairs, The Mission to England The Eastern (Me.) Argus, in alluding to the appointment of the Hon. George M. Dal las as Minister to England, presents some in• ling reminiscences relative to this impor mission. The following record will show Mr. Dallas has been preceded in the mis sion by'a long line of able men : Gouverneur Morris, (N. J.,) commis'r, 1789 'Thos. Pinckney, (S. C.,) full minister, 1792 John Jay, (N. Y.,) 1794 Rufus King, (N. Y.,) 17.96 James Monroe, (Va.,) " 1803 James Monroe and William Pinckney (Md.,) jointly and severally ministers, 1 806 William Pinckney, full minister, 1808 John Q. Adams, (Mass.,) 1815 Richard Rush, (Pa.,) 1817 Rufus King, (N. Y.,) 1825 Albert Gallatin, (N. Y.,) " 1826 James Barbour, (Va.,) 1828 Louis MCLanc, (Md.,) 1829 Martin Van Buren, (.N. Y.,) " 1 " 1831 [Mr. Van Buren's nomination was rejected in the Senate by the casting vote of Mr. Cal houn, and in March, 1832, he left the mission in charge of Aaron Vail, Secretary of Lega tion, who continued in charge till 18361 Andrew Stevenson, (Va.,) full minister, 1836 Edward Everett, (Mass.,) 1841 Louis McLane, (Md.,) 1845 George Bancroft, (Mass.',) 1849 Abbott Lawrence, (Mass.,) " 1840 J. R. Ingersoll, (Pa.,) • " 1852 James Buchanan, (Pa.,) 1853 The Argus adds: It is singular that three ministers to Eng land should have been taken in succession from Pennsylvania. Of the older appointees in the preceding list, Mr. Rush still survives, and is also a Pennsplvanian. Albert Gallatin was appointed from the Keystone State, but is no longer among the living. Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Dallas arc nut far from the same age; the former, we believe, being one year the senior. They are both in fine health. • The salary of our Minister to England is now $17,500, and there is no outfit or infit.— It was formerly $9,000, with an outfit of the same amount, and an infit of a quarter's sala ry. To one who remains two years or more abroad, the present rate is the more profitable. For a year only, the old rate weuld make the better pay. $275,156,846 $97,442,675 Judge Wilkins has introduced intu the Pennsylvania Senate an Act - to establish a Western Asylum for the Insane Poor, to be located at or near Pittsburg. An appropria tion of ten thousand dollars was granted 1 y the Legislature, last year, to enlarge the pres ent Hospital at Pittsburg; but, bping totally inadequate to accomplish any good, was suf fered to remain unlifted in the hope that the prssent Assembly would add to the sum suf ficiently to greatly increase the accommoda tions of the old, or allow the erection of a new Western Hospital for the Insane. $135,620,145 $102,436,293 It is a lamentable fact that whilst there are hospital accommodations in Pennsylvania for but nine hundred Insane, there are at present in the State three thousand human beings whose minds God has clouded with insanity. What nobler cause for the patronage of a great State than to devise means to alleviate the condition of this most afflicted class of our fellow beings. We trust the present Legisla ture may take the matter in hands and make that provision demanded by,the character of the constituencythey represent, and the cause. tar The last number of l the Perry Demo crat has the name of JAME* BUCHANAN at its mast-head, and contains the proceedings of the County Convention which met at New Bloomfield on the 18th inst. Hon. James Black was elected the delegate to the State Convention, and the following resolution of , instruction was unanimously adopted : [Per ry county was for Gen. Cass in 1852.1 • Resolved,. That we hail with enthusiasm the unanimity with which the Democracy of the Union are pointing to Pennsylvania's Fa vorite Son as their standard bearer in the Presidential Canvass of 1856. We recognize in JAMES BUCHANAN the choice of the people of this Commonwealth. His gigantic talents, his purity of character and his long and well tried services eminently qualify him for the Chief Magistracy of this Union, and we in struct our Representative to the 4th of March Convention to vote for no Delegate to the Cin cinnati Convention, who is not known to be • his true and steadfast friend. NATIONAL SAFETY SAYING FUND. — The at tention of our readers is directed to the notice of this old and well established institution which will be found amongst our advertise ments. The Directors hate recently made a report by which it appears that this SAYING FUND had on January 1; 1856, nearly ONE MILLION of Dollars invested in the best Secu rities for the benefit of Depositors. It has al so a very extensive reputation, and people who have large sums often come a great dis tance to put their money in this Saving Fund on account of the superior security and con venience it affords. The office is in WALNUT street, south west corner of THIRD street, Pun- CELEDRATION !.- OFJE 11311 Id NGTON'S BIRTH-DAY. - 7 0 n .1) , t ,. idey, the 22d Itt4ShitttlAsew of the City of poh castgbeisiei arthe publif4o,*of.Tiihn F.. Watkinkin D. Quge7i tree. t cr l e b ltit4ildth anniversary of thil' birditav of.alhahlngtOit; 'deb meeting wa. arganize4i tbu4pointe* of the*Du, w% office,: Preildent—':6erui4Qah l .4 oB S- Preishient. Dr. IILaItICK Popr% siocr, Jetts' GASHZ.I43fICHAII. Ted.nt,adt. Mr. Josts. Secretaries—Doctor Downey. Andrew Winsort. Lieut. C. F. Votgt. Gen. Gross. on taking the chair,made some very neat and appropriate remarks. Ott motion. Col. William S. Amweg eras reonested to addrees them. The Col. appeared, and asked that bofore he commenced his speech, three cheers be gi rag for the Father of our Country. George Wm:him:ton. which were given with hearty good will, and the Band played the favorite air of the "Star Spangled Banner - in free The Col. made a very appropriate, eloinent and patristic roldn,s. W. F. S. Warren. Mr. Gar and Mr. Base hear Ids} tita . do !num very_ appropriate remarks. Mr. C. Anne :nut; the -Star Spangled Banner - In a handsome manner. The followtnr, toasts were, then rend by Col. Amwm: By Gan. Jacob lbws. of Ephmta of February. 173:3, Washington's Birth-D: 1 / 4 y. The Father of our Country, born 1.21 years ago—his memory, his acts and deeds arc still in the besets of the American waple, and throughout the whole world. • .. . fly Jacob B. Atnorake.—Not being present this day in person, I out still with you iu feeling. Ilen , s I. the im mortal Geor.n, Washiugtcm. first in peeve, first in war. and first in the hearts of his countrymen. By John thirber.—Gen. Washington. the greatset Ueueral in the World, and nest our beloved Andrew Jackson. By Col. W,n. F. Atuner.—Wasdaingttnis memory liret— Andrew Jackoon's (Ohl Ilitkory) second—and old Jimmy Buchanan. or Lancaster conn4.2.s a Statl.slll2•ll 'IIOW liN :ignited the world. By .lehtt F. Pearson.—To Washington. thu Father of Freedom. and the Institutor of the home of thy Opprmsd. By A.:. Wiitgert.—The ::241 day of February, 1732, the birth day of Major Amoral GeutgeWashington,—culebrated in by-gone days—why should It have het its charms in 'rife By Maj. Wm. M. Gortuly.--Gen. Getup Washington, the Father of late Country. May the offspring of that courtry never 1., ashamed to acknowledge him Ins the hither. Ity Peter Buffer.—Washingtou and the :Agoura of the The Insane Declaration, now and forever. By. C. Allllo.—The Star Spangled Banner, 111:13 , t 4 taro shine with growing lustre, lung as the memory of W:tuh itv_tou lives ou the page of history. BY Walter R. Jones. of Baltimore.—The memory of Fran cis Key, of - Maryland, the Author of the Star Spangleh Banner. By. .1. 31. Downey.—The Farewell Adam. of Washing ton. We enderso Ito sentiments, and hope they may ever live in the hearts of his countrymen, By John Trayner, of Cluster emintry.—Wanhingtou and the Union. The former immortal, the latter eternal ity Jain, Backet.—Washington. Free Trade and Sailors' MOO , By J. T. Kaulhoan.—The name of Washington, inay it never be forgotten. Ily W. 31. Raines.—Would that We had more such men as Washington. Be A. S. Etter.—Washington—may be live in the mem ory of all who love their country. By Master Willie Amweg.—llere into tlen.liecorge WAAL iugton. the papa of our liberty. By Col. Wm. N. Ainweg.—The birth day of Gen. Wash• ington—may it be celebrated each year throughout the whole world. By ft. W. Besore.—ltere'n to Washington. May hi. gal hint deeds ever la• remembered by his countrymen. The meeting was well attended, and the proceedings were pleasant and harmonium.. This was the only celebration of the day in Lancaster. Dr. Wm. ELDER, of Philadelphia, will de liver the next lecture before the Young Men's Christian Association, of this city, on Friday evening next. Sub jeet ,—.• Providence, or this Adjustment of Men to the Earth, to each other, end to their Destiny." Flat IN CoixtluiA.—A fire broke broke out In Columbia, on Friday afternoon last, in the building of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company. The office of the "Spy," which is in this building, wee consid erably damaged, and, in consequence, there wee no Issue of that paper on Saturday. We have not learned any learned any further particulars. TORACEGREELEY'S LECTURE.—On Tuesday ling last llorace Greeley, of the New York Tribune. delivered a lecture at Fulton Mall, on his "Impressions of Europe: The hall was crowded, and the audience &highly intelligent and respectable one. Mr. Greeley's manner of speaking is rather unpleasant, but the matter of his lecture made up for all such deficiencies. Ito gave a humorous account of his passage across the Atlantic, and then spoke of Liverpool, London, and some of the large manufacturing towns of Great Britain In terms of the highest praise. Ills opinion of the intelligence of ,the aristocracy of England i■ not very exalted. lie also spoke of France, and gave Louis Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie some very "hard rub," Ile referred to some of the other countries of Europe, but we have not the time nor space to follow him farther. The lecture was very long, but the attention of the audience woe held, with unabatiag iutere.t. throughout. Ile made his appearance in that "old white coat." and had rather an antiquated looking hat "u the "top of his head." REV. DR. BARTISE'S LECTURE.—On Friday evening there was a large concourse of people at the First M. E. Church. in Duke street, to hear the lecture of ltev. Dr. Destine, on -True Glory. - It was truly an able di. course, and abounded in wit, sarcasm and eloquence. The singing by the Choir was performed iu handsome style, and the congregation went away delighted with their rich evening', entertainment. RELIGIOUS.—Rey. Mr. Demond, of New Jersey, has been elected pastor of the St. Paul's lierrean Reformed Church of this City. Bishop Lee, of the Protestant Epiopocal Church, will. at the reque, , t. of IlishopPotter. visit Lancaster ou the evening of Easter Monday, March 24th, and the following morning administer the rite of confirmation. Rev. Dr. Rogers. of Philadelphia, will preach in the 2d esbyterien Church, (Rey. Alfred Nevin .5.7 in South Qu eet, this evening. A NEW P. M.—Jeremiah Garman has been appointed Post Master at Terre 11111, in this county, in place of A. R. Ilunbarger, rumored. CONTRACT.—The contract for furnishing guns to the Indian Department, l a ss been awarded by the Indian Bureau to henry E. Leman, Bat., of this city. Mr. I.enian's Rifle Wurks are the meet extemare of any in the State. They are situ: tad on Walnut idreet, and are well worth a visit. A FINE IMPROVEMENT.—Es.-Mayor Kieffer has put - toted the new and beautiful building on the corner of Orange and Lime street., from A. W. Russell, Esq.. and Is erecting double verandahs, rind will Introdd!`e a large fountain in the yard. When these, with other improv e- ui•ot.. in contemplation, are finished, it will lx one of the handsomest and most delightful residences in the city.— There to no city in the country, of the same size, which excels Lancaster in the beauty of its public and prirate buildings. TIIE IL-LS:CASTER tENCIBLES."—This Dew military company, under the command of Capt. John II• Durham°. is rapidly filling up in numbers. Some sixty or seventy of our gallant and enterprising young nee have enrolled their names, and the average number in attend ance at the drill room is fifty. We are glad to nee this mil itary spirit, and hope that the fear of a war with England will not keep more from joining. We know that the gal lant Captain and his brave comrades are ready to "face the music' at the first blast of the war trumpet. When that day comes, and we think it is not far distant, the "Fermi bles" will, no doubt, be among the first to offer their Mem to the country. Keep the ball moving, Captain. TEMPERANCE.—John B. Gough, the cele brate.' Temperance Lecturer, is to deliver several lectures in this city, in the early part of next month. Mr. (lough is the most eloquent speaker on this subject we Lave ever heard. VOCAL. CONICERT.—The Mozart Choral As sociation. of this city, Intend giving a concert sometime during the month of March. This Association has been but a short time in existence, but it has attained a proficiency not often excelled, even by professional singer. The leader is George E. Breneman, Esq., one of the best bases in our city, and, we should judge. is well qualified far the posi tion. We hope the ladies and gentlemen of 'this Associa tion may have their fondest wishes realized. THE POST OFFICE.—COURCIIS, at their meet ing on _Monday evening week. passed a resolution author izing the Committee on City Property to rent the room oc copied ky Mr. Reigart, in tee- City Hall, at the prie heretofore mild for the same. So the "long agony is over.' and the Post Office remains in its present location CORNWALL AND PHCENIX VILLE RAILROAD.— At a Stockholders' meeting, lately held at the Philadelphia Exchange. the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: President—Joseph Konigmacher. Directors—Christian E. Spangler. Robert Kelton, Samuel J. Reeyes, John Barnam, George Howell, O. Dawson Cole man, Mordecai Esans,.David Potts, jr., Thomas K. Bali, WillLuri B. Jacobs, Wm. H. Brown, Wm. Konigmacher. Treasurer and Secretary—William Stokes. The stockholders adopted the supplement to their char ter passed at the session or the Legislature of 1855, the purport of which is to extend the time of commencing and completing of said railroad fire years. It also repeals the ith section of the act incorporating said company, which prevented them from connecting with certain roads. COUNCILS.—The Councils met specially in their Chambers on Monday evening week. We have only room for a condensed account of their proceedings : SUER COUNCIL—The President announced the different Standing Committees for the year. Mr. Long offered a resolution In reference to the interests of the City In a hill, before the Legislature, relative to va grants in Lancaster county, which was adopted. A Communication was received from 31tiyor Zimmerman, asking for a permanent loan of $30,000, to pay off temporary lease to the amount of g 20,000, and a floating debt of $lO.- 000. Mr. :Gahm introduced an - ordinancecreating a perma nent loan, which was laid over under the rules. A rUsolutien was adopted authorizing the Committee on City Property to rent the Post Office room, in the City to Mr. Reigart at the same price that ho has heretofore paid. •After transacting some other business relative to collec tors of taxes, the city lock-up, &e., they adjourned. COMMON CouNerL—The President announced the different Standing Committees. Common Council concurred with the Select Council, in the passage of Mr. Long's resolution relative to vagrants. Mr. Locher offered a supplement to an ordinance, entitled ..Markets, and the duties of Clerk of the Markets," which under the rules was laid over. It providas that the Market Master eh= have charge of the City Hal, attend as Mos senger to Councils, Lc, and enter into bonds to the amount of 3500. to the Mayor, for the faithful performance of his duties. Mr. Sprenger offered a resolution that es Much of the or dinance of June sth, 1810, Sec.relative to the appoint- I Meat clone freeholder as City 'Eas. Collector be repealed, and in place thereof two respectable freeholders be chosen, i which was agreed to. The Reporter to Common Council mesa then chosen. The following persons were nominated :—Samuel 11. Reynolds, Esq., J. 51. 'Willis Geist, of the Expreas, and Alfred Sander- Eon, of the intelligencer. Before proceeding to ballot Sir. Reynolds' name was withdrawn. Ou the first ballot Alfred Sanderson was chosen. The vote stood : For Sanderson—Messrs. Bachman. Chambers, Cox, Gable, Lippincott, Locher, McGouigle, 51Ithlenberg, Sprenger, ICtl helm and Carpenter, President-11. For Geist—Messrs. Bear, Gould and lluber—l. After transacting some other businese relative to the city lock-rap, tax collector, and concuring with the Select Coun cil in reference to the FostOffiCe room, Ac., they adjourned. W ASIgIAtiROFII9OWMISPONDE NOE. To the Ealto fthidifalliShier,iitted, Washlngtoni, C. Feb. It IgysithinUch favor to the merit of a late distinguish ed cffleer!lie' 'louse of Bepresecit' :dives, Ire notice, that the Clerks of the house have voluntarily tendered to Col. J. IC Forneia hands ,me . compll4entary present for his uniform kindness to them for the ;last four years, both as an Officer sMa as a gentleman. Thin token of approbation from his bite awl:dente spoolano.ous move on their part and the kind ferlints euterta'itted tor their late Chief; the gift bestowed Is as complimentary to the recipient as it is to the donors. In thus esprc4ing to Mr. Forney the metal of piteksure and praise to Oem individually and collectively In their cordial good Wishes for his past Mond- =TMatall==l affair with the late Clerks, yet, fok all that, It Is not the lens t-omplituentary to Mr Forney, inal somewhat enchanter the value of this expression of ophalon of thorn. who knew Col. Forney mood intimately front their long association. We heard or Chia ineve incidentally,---and we notice the ein•uut.tama•. Messn. Editors, bemuse rim know Mr. Var ney hits many friends, and dedertedly so, In old Lane.- ter, :Lad that It will boa plrataht chviantittance for Pig eld friend.. to leant of this expre+len of sentiment lu Ids fat or in the metropolis of the nation. making a ft 4 remarks laid w eh on Anne of the non of Committees appointed by .Mr. Banks, to give tun , and di,;nity to the blisinit,is of the 'louse of Repro we entirely everlo ked. we