INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.. A. SANDERSON, Associate. LANCASTER, PA., MARCH 18, 1856 CIELOIII.ATION, 2000 COPIES FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN. (wow to Chedecirion of tlas Democratic National Cbnrention.) CANAL COMMISSIONER: GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia County. AUDITOR GENEW., JACOB FRY, Jr., of Montgomery County. SURVEYOR GENERAL: TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter County. l e. The letter of our Washington corres pondent of the 7th inst., only came to hand on the 11th, after our paper was issued last week. It will be found on the first page, this week. 4A meeting of the Democratic STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE is called at the Mer chants' Hotel, Philadelphia, on Saturday next the 22d inst., at 10 o'clock. By Juts W. Pon - Ey, Chairman. A Slander on the Illustrious Dead The Know-Nothing candidate for Vice Pres ident is reported to have stated, in a public speech, that the old Hero, whose name he un worthily bears, if he were now living, would give aid and countenance to the Dark Lantern party; and, taking their cue from the wicked slander, the whole tribe of Know-Nothing ed itors are busily engaged in this work of defam ation of the glorious old Patriot. We hardly supposed, that these Know-Noth ings would have dared to allude to the illus trious Jackson. ,They ought to have been struck dumb at the mention of his name.— Jackson, whose father and mother were both Irish ; whose two brothers were born on the other side of the ocean, and when but beard less boys, fell fighting in defence of their adopted country—Jackson, who, like all brave and honest men, hated oppression and tyranny in every shape—he sanctioning a policy which would degrade his fellow-men on account of their religion or birth—trampling upon the poor friendless immigrant who came hither, as his own father and mother and brothers came, to seek for freedom where alone in the wide world it could be found! Jackson a Know-Nothing! Think of the lion-hearted hero; the man of iron nerve and inflexible will; who openly assumed every responsibility; who uttered whatever ho thought, and cared not fur the consequences; who feared no being but his God—think of him stalking like a guilty thing towards some secret haunt at the dead hour of night with a dark lantern in his hand; fur tively glancing around on every side to:see that he was not detected, and then, with hurried hand lifting the latch and entering among a crowd of men, each bound like a bandit under oath, not to betray his neighbor! Let us pic ture to ourselves this illustrious man stand ing in the centre of a group with one hand on a Bible and the other on his breast, while some Buntlinite bids him swear, that he will obey their behest " in all things political or social" .under the penalty of having his name Posted and circulated "as a perjurer and traitor to God and his country, as being unfit to be employed, entrusted, countenanced, or supported in any business transaction, as a person totally unworthy the confidence of all good men, and as one at whom the finger of scorn should ever he pointed." Bold ind.sed would be the man who dared to make such a proposition to old Hickory, if he were now liv ing; and he would probably find considerable difficulty in effecting an insurance on his ears after having announced his intention to do so. New Hampshire Election . The Democrats, at the election, on Tuesday last, increaseetheir vote largely (about 7,000) on that of last year—but still not sufficient to give them the State, over the Know-Nothings and Black Republicans. These two factions have elected a majority in both branches of the Legislature ; and, therefore, if Metcalf, the American candidate for Governor is not elect ed by the popular vote, which is still doubt ful, he will be by the Legislature in joint convention. Still, the result shows that the ,Democrats have reduced the Know-Nothing, Abolition majority in one year from 10,000 to 3,000, and it is fair to presume that, at the next trial of strength, when the election for President takes place, the glorious Democracy of that gallant State will be able to again bring her into line, and crush out the double headed monster of religious intolerance and disunionism, from her borders. Abolitionism has always been rife in the New England States, and its union with Know-Nothingism has made it still more for midable. We were therefore prepared for the above result in New Hampshire—or rather, we are agreeably disappointed that the result is no worse than it is. The close run made by our friends there, all things considered, may be regarded almost in the light of a triumph, and is a sure indication that the "sober sec ond thought" is at work among the people, and that it is fast bringing things to rights again. Siiin'We trust those among our readers who are prematurely losing their hair, or becoming gray before their time, will read the advertise in our paper, of Professcir Wood's Hair Wes torative. We have heard enough of this cele brated article (from those best acquainted with it) to be fully satisfied that it is richly deserv ing all the celebrity it has acquired, and that those who use it conformably with the direc tions given can securely rely upon its restor ative effects. The Cost of War! The Chancellor of the British Exchequer, in a statement made to Parliament, estimates the cost of the two years' war with Russia at £43,564,000—0r about $200,000,000! Tile people of England will have to pay a high price for the folly of their Rulers, in their fruitless pursuit of glory ! They Can't Agree The " Reg:later" and the " Express," of this city—the one representing Know-Nothingism, per se, and the other Black Republican Maine La.wism—are at dagger's points with regard to the Philadelphia nominations. The first is jubilant over Mr. FILLMORE'S success—the latter covers him all over with a wet blanket. Both, however, are alike bitterly opposed to the Democracy. Their emtention wauld seem to be a useless waste of ink and paper, as no sane man dreams that either, or both of these factions combined, have the least chance in the Presidential contest. ne k . The Washington City Sentinel, edited with great ability, by Beverly Tucker, Esq., of Virginia, is strongly in favor of Mr. Bc- CHANAN'S nomination for the Presidency. So also is the Richmond Examiner. THE LATE SAMUEL P. COLLINGS.—The Washington Union contains a number of let ters from the repregntatives of foreign powers at Tangier, expressing. their grief for the death of SAMUEL P. COLLINGS, Esq., United States Consul-General, at Tangier, on the 14th June. Mr. COLLINGS was a Pennsylvanian, and for merly conducted a Democratic paper at Wilkes barre. they-1431nd iitzrit When Gan. Scott was nominated in 1852 for the Presidency, what oceans of tears the. Loco Foco leaders shed over Mr. Fillmore!. No language was strong enough to convey an adequate idea of -the admiration and love which they entertained for hka I He was a cure and incorruptible patriot, and worthy the confidence of all He was indeed " a model President," whose Administration had been "as conservative-as Washington's !" Yet the very men, who then extolled Mr. Fillmore, will now, for partizan purposes, swallow their own words, belie their own endorsements, and traduce him as ardently as they praised him ! We clip the above from the Philad'a. Daily News,A paper which supports with ahesrty good will the nominations of Messrs. FILLMORE and DoiarsoN. We think the News is mistaken, when it predicts that w of the Democratic "leaders" will so far forget what is due to their own self respect as to " traduce him [Mr. Fill more] as ardently as they praised him." But, if they were inclined to do so, all that would be necessary for them, is to refer to the files of the Washington Union, during Mr. Fill more's administration, when Mr. Donelion was editor of that paper, and they will there . find the opinion entertained of him by his colleague on the Know-Nothing ticket. We make several extracts from the issue of that paper of May 29, 1851: Mr. Fillmore as much of a Monster as Mr ESE It will be in vain hereafter that the special organ may flatter itself that there is a sub stantial difference between Messrs. Sumner Rantoul, and the President and the cabinet. If the head of the great whig party is so wed to the infected abolition feeling of a portion of New York as to be obliged to denounce all the great men who have sanctioned the acqui sitions of territory from France, Spain, and Mesico—if the revolted sentiment of Massa chusettes is to be appeased by the assurance that it was a misfortune that southern ()heti- nacy and prejudice would not agree for abo lition juries to try their right of property—if the anti-slavery fanaticism not only of this country, but of all Europe, is to be propitiated by the assurance that the admission of slave territory into our Union is unconstitutional— the time has come when the people of this country will not be amused by the flimsy idea that Mr. Sumner is a monster because he declares that the fugitive in Boston shall not be surrendered before trial there, and Mr. Fillmore is a patriot and hero because ho thinks the negro ought to have that trial, but yet declares that he will execute the laws re fusing it. Fillmore's Abolition proclivities further exposed. But we do no despair if an administration, whose boast it has been that it was faithful to the compromise of the slavery question as a measure of peace and harmony, is no sooner in contact with the people than it acknowl edges itself to be actuated by a sentiment of deadly hostility to the southern section of this Union ; for what can be more hostile than the declaration that the slaveholder ought to be dependant upon abolition juries for his prop erty, and that the admission of slave territo ries into the United States is a stain upon the memory of the great men who committed this trespass on the constitution ? There are sound men, a constitutional majority we trust, in the North and West, as well as the South, who will recognize in these sentiments only the usual fallacies of a party that has never yet been identified with the national tests of true republicanism, and cannot, therefore, wield the momentary prejudices which gave it pow er in such a manner as to perpetuate that power. Does not every one see that the real effect, if not the design, of President Fillmore's recent visit to the people of New York will be the continued organization of an anti-sla very party, reconciled to the Compromise only because it enables a whig administration to familiarize the people to the idea that slavery is it political evil—an evil proscribed by the whig conscience, limited to its present area, and proper to be assailed hereafter in all the ways which are possible, short of the violent disruption .1 . the Union? IL. Fillmo•e responsible .for the dangers of Disunion. If the public sentiment had not been misled by such letters as Mr. Fillmore wrote to the abolition societies of New York, and by the eloquence of .Mr. Webster, denouncing, as he admits lie did, the institution of slavery as a curse and the extension of territory iu the South as a violation of the constitution, the dangers forseen by Washington would not now be the subject of humiliating explanation and apology on the part of the President •and his cabinet, and the means by which the Whig party hopes to perpetuate its power. Every word of the foregoing is from the pro lific pen of Andrew Jackson Donelson. It is a single article, occupying two columns of the Washington Union, of which he was then the editor. We give it as a specimen of the opin ion entertained by him of the/American can didate for the Presidency. How it could ever enter the heads of a convention of reasonable men to nominate a ticket of such discordant and antagonistic materials, will puzzle all who have been deluded with the idea that know nothingism has any regard for principle. One of two things is reduced to a certainty—eith er that. Mr. Fillmore is a Very bad man, or that Mr. Donelson has greatly slandered him, and is, therefore, himself as bad as he repre sents Mr. Fillmore. Presidential Items LOUI;HANA FOR BUCHANAN.-A telegraphic dispatch from New Orleans to Washington, announces that 111 r. BUCHANAN has carried the State--Mr. SOULE heading the Delegation to the Cincinnati Convention. The Democracy (4 . Pike county, Missouri, at their meeting on the 3d inst., for the pur pose of appointing delegates to their State Convention on the 3d Monday in April, unan imously adopted the following resolutions : Resolved, That whilst the Democratic party can point to many statesmen in its ranks endowed with talents, whioh would adorn the •Presidential office, we believe that its success, and the best interests of the country will be Most surely promoted, by conferring the nom ination for the office of President, on a citizen of one of the great Middle States of the Union —a Statesman long tried, and fully tested, alike distinguished in Cabinet Council and Senate Chamber—ever ready and able to de fend and maintain the dignity of his country, and the right of her citizens, whether at the courts of Kings, or in the councils of Ameri can Statesmen—James Buchanan of Pennsyl vania. Resolved, That our representatives in the approaching State Convention be and they are hereby requested to pursue such a line of ac tion, as will tend to secure the nomination of that distinguished Statesman. The Editor's Book Table THE UNITED STATES DEMOCRATIC REVlEW.—Spen cer W. Cone, Editor. Published monthly by Lloyd & Campbell, 252 Broadway, N. York, at $3 per annum, strictly in advance. The March number Is embellished with a handsome por trait of Senator WELLER, of California. The table of con tents is peculiarly attractive, and is as follows: L The Union—The Dangers which beset it. 2. Kingsley's Poems. 3. An American Dictionary. 4. The Poets Part. 5. Jackson and New Orleans.. 6. Songs and Ballads of the Am. Revolution 7. The Lady of 3lontcabel. S. The Philosophy of Life. • A. The Chronicles of Parse'. 10. Public Opinion. 11. Civilisation—Barbarism. 12. Atrocious 3 udges. 13. Chronicles of the Month H. Literary Notice, MEN AND TIMES OF THE REVOLUTION; or Memoirs of Elkanah Watson. Edited by bit son, Winslow C. Wat son, and published by Dana A. Co., :3SI Broadway, Now York. This is a work of 460 pages—and embraces the Journal of Mr. Watson in his Travels in Europe and America, from 1777 to ISI4, with his Correspondence with Public Men , and Reminiscences and Incidents of the Revolution. We have glanced through the book, and are free to say that it Is a work of more than ordinary merit, and cannot fail to nleet with ready sale wherever it. Is offered. The writer's familiarity with the public men of Lis times, and the ease with which lie writes, together with his enlarged rien'S formed by travel and close and vigilant observations in a long and variegated career, are well calculated to make his Journal, what it indeed is, a historical volume of absorb ing interest. Men and Nature are, evidently, the Looks he studied, and his work is full of interesting facts and valu. ble information. For sale at Mt ntur & STOEK'S Bookstoq, in this city— who receive as fast as published, and are Agents for the sale of all of Dana & Co's. publications. The Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Advocate is out in a strong and powerful article in fa vor of Mr. BUCHAN4N for the Presidency. . _ _ . The Democratic - Convention of 1852: - As a matter of interest just now among pol iticians, we re-publish the first ballot the Baltimore Democratic Convention;•..of-1.852, giving each State.with the names ofthe gen llenien voted foi: - - • - FIRST Bauer BY STATES. . - James Buchanan,' 9 Jason Buchanan,'„ 4 Johaß. Lewiis Cass, - Jamai Buchanan, =2' Stephen A. Douglas, 1 Sam. Houston, 1 Lewis CM, 3 Stephen A. Douglas, 2 Daniel 5: Dickinson. 1 James Buchanan, 10 Joseph Lane, 13 Stephen A. Douglas, 11 Lewis Can, 2 Stephen A. Douglas, 2 Lewis Cass, 12 Lewis Cass, 6 Lewis Cass, 5 James Buchanan. 3. Lewis Case, 8 Lewis Can, g Stephen A. Douglas. 1 2 Wm. L. Marcy, Sam. Houston, 1 Lewis Cass, James Buchanan, 7 Lewis Caas, 9 Lewis Can, 4 Stephen A. Douglas, 1 Lewis Cass, Lewis Case,ll Wm. L. Marcy, 24 James Buchanan, 10 Lewis Cass, 16 Stephen A. Douglas. 2 Wm. 0. Butler, 2 Sam. Houston, 2 James Buchanan, 27 Lewis Case, 3 Wm. L. Marcy, 1 Lewin Case, 6 James Buchanan, 6 Sam. Houston, 4 Lewis Cass, 5 James Buchanan, 15 Lewis Cass 2 Henry Dodge, Alabama, Arkaasas, Wit, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Lonbdenn Maine, 3Ltryland, Idass=hasertts, Michigan, I=pi, New Hempebire, New Jersey, New York. North Carolin. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconoin, Total no. of delegates, excluding South Carolina, 288 Necessary to a choke according to the two-third rule, 192 This shows Mr. Cass to have received 116 votes; Buchanan 93; Douglas 20; Marcy 27; Lane 13; Houston 8; Weller 4; Butler 2; Dodge 3; and Dickinson 1. Franklin Pierce's name did not appear among the list of candidates until the 35th ballot, when the Old Dominion, which all along had cast her vote for "Pennsylvania's favorite son," made a break in the direction of New Hampshire. IVhen the 48th ballot was taken he had 55 votes, and on the 49th 282 Gen. Cass' highest vote was 131, which he received on the 36th ballot; Mr. Buchanan 104 on the 23d, and Mr. Douglas 92 on the 31st ballot. Speeches at the State Convention There were a number of able and eloquent speeches delivered at the recent State Conven tion. We have only room this week to make extracts from one of them. FROM MR. REILLY'S, OF FRANKLIN CO Where then shall we find another equally worthy and capable to be the standard-bearer of the Democratic party. I have thought anxiously of the many capable men we Lave in all the States. I have studied with some care, the private character and public acts of those, who it is thought, will be most promi nent before the National Convention at Cin cinnati. I have endeavored, and with the best wishes of my heart, to be right to discard all prejudices, not to be narrow minded or selfish in my choice ; and I say here on my conscience, and with a due respect to all oth ers, that there is no man now living, with one or two exceptions, who, in all the qualifica tions necessary to make a successful candidate, and after success has been attained, a safe, judicious, and patriotic President, is compar , able with James Buchanan. In every emergency he has been found ready, willing and able to defend the right, and to expose and defeat the wrong. In the most intellectual political body of this nation, at a time when the Senate of the United States had more really and truly great men in it, than at any other period of our history, and perhaps more really great men than ever appeared in any political body of the same size, James Buchanan, " Pennsylvania's fa vorite sun" stood amongst them the acknowl edged equal of the mightiest of them all.— When Massachusetts, South Carolina, Ken- tucky, Michigan, :Missouri, and other States, were represented by very giants, James Bu chanan grappled with the strongest, and came out of every conflict with honor to Pennsylva nia and to himself. (Applause.) In later years, sir, when called to discharge the duties of the highest MB ce, save one, in the United States, at a period when it was necessary, not only to battle with, but to over throw a mighty party, mighty in intellect and numbers, and not only to overthrow a party of our own countrymen, but to raise men and means to chastise an insolent foreign foe, who but James Buchanan stood side by side with the then patriotic President of the United States, battling for the honor and glo ry of his country? (Applause.) At a later pe riod still, when our present excellent and able President, and his excellent and able Cabinet, found it necessary to be represented at the proudest Court of the most arrogant and ex acting Nation on the face of the globe, who, but Pennsylvania's favorite son, was thought most fit to represent the American people there; and who even now, when that proud Court and arrogant Nation have broken their treaty, and put forth pretensions at once fib. surd and impudent, who is it, but Pennsylva nia's favorite son, grapples with the old lien of England, and dares her to assert those pre tensions in a contest with Young America? (Great applause.) Why then, Mr. President, shall any man oppose the nomination of James Buchanan? Shall any man who has an Amer ican heart, attempt to defeat the voice of the people in electing James Buchanan ? I say there is not a man in the country that ought to oppose it. Ile has defended the rights of American citizens here and elsewhere and everywhere. Pennsylvanians ought not to oppose him. Pennnsylvania deinands his nomination and election as a right, and the nation is moving to do her justice. I say to that man who would attempi'to defeat the will of the people, beware, for a nation's frown is sure and certain death to him on whom it falls. As Pennsylvanians we have a right to have some State pride about this matter, but permit me to feel a little prouder still than almost any man on the floor, when I think and speak of James Buchanan as a son of my native county. Long before I became person ally acquainted with him, although acquaint ed with his history, I passed by the humble spot on which he was born, and standing upon one of the little mountain ridges above it, looked down upon the little stony batter where once 'stood his father's dwelling, until the pulsations of my heart beat quicker and loud er, and there standing, I pronounced, first in soft, then in louder tones, the-name of Penn sylvania's favorite son, until the little dell and mountains around about echoed and re echoed the name of James Buchanan. In conclusion, I pledge all I have, all the talent and all the energy of soul and body, to the eleetion of James Buchanan. fier The above eloquent remarks will he the more appreciated, when it is known by our readers that Mr. REILLY was in 1848 and 1852 the zealous, devoted friend of Gen. C.tss, and labored hard to promote his nomination and election to the Presidency. For the lotelligencer h Laneusterien Conestoga Township The citizens of Conestoga township met at the public house of Sir. Eckman, in Conestoga Centre, on Saturday, March 15th On motion, JOHN Ii.OLP wsa called to the Chair, and FRANCIS B. GRope appointed Secretary. The following Anti Jug Law and Anti Know-Nothing Township Ticket was usuinimously settled Judge, Martin E. Mellinger—lnspector, John Hess, (Farmer,)—Assessor, John K. Barr—Supervisors, Ohrls. Can K. Sillier, Martin Good—School Directors, John Martin,' Esq.,Christian Koudig, (Farmer,)—Auditor, Benjamin. Good—Township Clerk, Frederick Sourbeer, —Constable, Francis B. Groff. The above ticket is entitled to a united support by all those who are opposed to the mischievous Jug Law, and to the secret, oath-bound political organization called Know. Nothings. Every candidate, from Judge down to Consta ble, are men of experience and stern integrity—all active, energetic business men—in every sense well qualtfied for the poets for which they base been nbminated. The inter ests of the Township, in their hands, would be vigilantly guarded. . TO THE POLLS, TURN, ON FRIDAY NEXT.' Let every voter who le friendly to the Constitution and the union of thi s great Republic, turn out, and the day will be ours. And every pure minded man, who has erred and strayed away from old, well-tried Republican Institu tions, and conspired In favor of political intolerance and religions bigotry, should return to correct views, and MlS lain the above ticket in opposition to the one which w ill be patched up by the discipline of the new midnight fac tion. By order of the Meeting. . The Irish American, published at New York, speaking of the Presidential question, "Mr. BUCHANAN aßpears to have taken the popular Democratic heart by storm. We be lieve him a scholar, a statesman, and a patriot; and that if nominated, he will be elected by an overwhelming majority. XXXIV CONORESS--MUST SESSION. WASHINGTON, March 12. SENATE.-Mr. Douglas, from the Commit tee on Territories, made a report in relation to 'Kansas affairs and proceeded to read it. The report embraces a history of African Slavery in this country, and• entering into constitutional relation. The institution exist. ed in all the colonies of the original.States;"-- 1 Six have sustained it, .stilin the others it'.has _been abolished. Since then, efghteen...new States have been admitted into the Union, nine of which have chosen to come in free, and nine as Slave States. Every new State desiring admission, has a right to be received on terms of equality with the old States, reg ulating her domestic institutions and internal concerns her own way, subject only to the provisions of the Federal Constitution. The report refers to this principle as embo died in the Kansas bill, and condemns the combinations entered into in the eastern sec- tion of the country to control the destiny of the future State of Kansas. The report quote from a pamphlet, entitled "Organization, Ob jects and Plan of Operations of the Emigrant Aid Society, and a description of Kansas for the information of emigrants," and argues that no State has a right to pass a law rela tive to any territory which could not pass with reference to any State or any foreign Govern ment. It gives a detailed history of the elec tions held in Kansas, at which the territorial Legislature was chosen, and denies that the illegal vote said to have been cast to nullify the selection or removal of tlie seat of Govern ment, rendered the action of the Legislature null and void. The report discusses the To peka Convention, declaring that the power to govern the territory bein. , vested in Congress, the people have no right to annul the territo rial laws by action in their primary capacity. It'proposes to carryout the recommendations of the President in his Special Message, by the passage of an act providing fur the election of delegate by the people, to assemble in Con vention and form' a State Constitution prepa tory to admission in the Union on an equal footiug with the original States, as soon as her population shall amount to 23,420 inhabitants. The Committee will also move an amendment to the general appropriation bill, voting such appropriation as may be found necessary *.for the purpose of , maintaining good order and en forcing the executive laws in Kansas. Mr. Collamer read a minority report which 1 discusses the slavery question in a Northern view, declaring that the system gives political , supremacy to a practical minority of the peo ple of the United States. The friends of peace and quiet had hoped that the compro mise measures had settled the agita tion of the slavery question. The passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill however, reopened it in consequence of the repeal of the Missou ri restrictions from which encountered the present troubles, and which repeal gave a prospect of the unlimited extension of the in stitution of slavery. The North very natur ally tried to devise means to avoid that result. It was the right and duty of all who opposed slavery, to use all legal means to prevent the extension into free Territory. The report states that the people of the Territory were overawed and prevented by armed invaders from Missouri from casting their votes. Thus the Legislature was constituted in a fraudu lent. manner, and Governor Reeder gave the members certificates without a full knowledge of the facts. This Legislature passed acts by which slavery was recognized as existing and protected. The free States people were thus either driven out or reduced to submission, and finding the government had become an engine of tyranny and oppression, the people assembled peaceably at Topeka, to take meas ures preliminary to the admission of Kansas into the Union as a State. The proper course now would bo to repeal the act of 1854, and organize Kansas anew as a free territory, or, if Congress will not do that, let them declare all the action of this spurious Legislature in operative and void, and provide a new govern ment fur that territory. The reading of the reports occupied more than three hours. Mr. Sumner said lie had no desire to pre cipitate the discussion on this important ques tion before the reports are printed. Both treated the subject ably; but one was calcula ted to smother the true issue, while the other put the issue iu a living light before the coun try. Let them go published together. Error can go abroad safely, while reason is left free to combat it. The Emigrant Aid Society of Massachusetts had done nothing which would in the least degree violate either the letter or the spirit of the constitution and laws of -the land. He denied the truth of the charges con tained in the majority report. They were wholly untenable. Mr. Seward said he was prepared to stand by and defend the minority report, its state ments of facts, and the conclusions at which it arrives. He tendered his thanks, and those of the friends of freedom throughout the Free States and the world, fun the ability, dignity, moderation and wisdom with which Mr. Col lamer has presented their views. It was quite unnecessary for the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Douglas) to tell them that the laws shall be enforced by this administration ; he (Mr. S.) gave them notice that the administration had three hundred and fifty days only left in which they will have the power of wielding the mil itary and naval forces of the country. Mr. Weller—When did 'you find that out? (Laughter.) Mr. Seward resuming, said—The people will bo consulted on the subject. His idea was, that there was no necessity for violence. If prudence and moderation prevailed, this question could reach a settlement without dis turbing the peace of the country or endanger ing the Union. He proposed to remain cool, and meet the question on its merits. He trusted soon to admit Kansas as a State.— There were 25,000 people already in that ter ritory. On motion of Mr. Douglas, the reports were ordered to be printed. WASHINGTON, March 13. SENATE.-Mr. Seward presented the resolu tions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of a modification of the laws granting pen sions and bounty lands to revolutionary sol diers. Mr. Bigler's resolution fur the purchase of copies of Dr. Kane's Narrative of the Arctic Expedition was taken up and discussed. Without disposing of the subject, the Sen ate took up the Central American question. Mr. Brown concluded hislkeech in defence of the views of the Administration on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the enlistment question. Mr. Mallory followed, taking a like view, apprehending no war, and demanding the dis missal of Mr. Crampton.. The bill to authorize two of the Judges of the Court of Claims to hold a Court, and for the appointment of an Assistant Solicitor, passed. Adjourned. HousE.—Mr. Reedy introduced a bill to remit and refund the duty on railroad iron.— Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The House then resumed the consideration ,of the report of the Committee on Elections. Mr. Purviance spoke in favor of sending for persons and papers in the Kansas case, arguing that the House had a constitutional right to go beyond the record, in order to pro cure information to properly determine a ques tion. Mr. Taylor denied that Mr. Reeder had any right even to be heard. Mr. Todd wanted the validity of the laws of Kansas fully investigated. Mr. Washburne, of Maine, gave notice of his purpose to press a vote to-morrow. After further discussion by Messrs. Harris and Letcher, denying Gov. Reeder's right to a seat, the House adjourned. PRESIDENTIAL.—In a review of Presidential candidates, running over some twenty names, the New Thrk Herald thus alludes to the statesman who now holds so distinguished a place in the thoughts of the American and European world :—"Mr. Buchanan, who is on the way to the White House with his friends, is undoubtedly an able statesman, besides be ing something of a politician. Perhaps no prominent man in the Union possesses as much of what is known as common sense as James Buchanan. As long ago as 1825, when Mr. Clay was charged with " bargain:and corrup tion," and there were no charts for politicians to steer by, Mr. Buchanan managed in that bitter controversy to make his position satis factory to both parties. It must not be inferred from this that we regard him as a trimming politician. Far, from it. Few men have ex pressed more prompt and decided opinions.— Even. when the Oregon bill, with the 'Wil mot proviso, was before President Polk for approval, Mr. Buchanan strongly advised a veto, regarding the restriction as unconsti tutional. As a man of great abilities, common sense, fearless energy and bold enunciation, Mr. Buchanan is one of the first statesmen of the Union." THE SPIRIT OF IRPROVEXENT.—The city is beginning to present ahriak appearance after the long and severe hall of weather we have had. Our mechanics will have their wands full" daring the coming season. We him heard it said that there will be more buildings, put nyithazithere has been to any pmeding year; 'and.many qthatiicir the largea and finest class. This La very gnat- itpfog a•idence at the prosperity and goahead inclinations of our citizens. In addition to the ftatelaas hotel, which weeps:Ate of in our last, a large building for Theatrical and dietutpurposas will ha 'erected on Market street, (anew street about being opened between Orange and West King streets,) capable of seating WOO or 3000 persons. The stock. we learn, has all been taken, and the building Will soon be commenced. The congregation of St. Paul's it E. Church intend- erecting a large church edifice in the southern part of the city, which will, no doubt, be a line affair. Lancas ter le Improving very tint, and is bound to keep her name of being the "largest inland town in the United States." There is, we are glad to see it, among the most of our in habitants a real Young America spirit, to break down and overcome all obstacles which would tend to retard the improvement and prosperity of the city. MR. GOUGH'S SECOND LECTURE.—FuIton Hall was crowded to excess, on Wednesday evening lest, by a highly Intelligent and respectable audience, to hear the second lecture on Temperance. He is certainly the greatest, orator on that question now living. The'subject is a Gireadbmw.and hackneyed one, but Mr. Gough pos sesses the power Mid charm of enlisting the feelings of his audience to an extent we have never seen equaled. Bat while saying this much in his favor, there was one thing we did not like, and thatyas his Abolitionism which he showed so plainly. Mr. G. is a native of England, and an Englishman should be the last to talk about the evils of Slavery in this country. Ireland, with her millions of white human beings, Is kept in almost Egyptian bondage by the iron heel of despotism, and, indeed, wherever Eng land,holds sway, there can be found worse slavery than has ever existed in any of our Southern States. Besides, what has Slavery to do with the Temperance question.— This part of his lecture, no doubt, pleased a certain class of Maine Law fanatics we have in our midst, but it will not take with the great body of our citizens. If Mr. Gough should ever again speak in Lancaster, we trust he will confine himself to his subject, hod not travel out of the record to attach our Southern institutions. TUE COMMENCEMENT OP SPRlNC.—Spring has at laat commeuced, if we are to judge from the beauti ful weather during the past weet. We are sincerely glad of having the opportunity of once more welcoming the balmy days of this most genial season. It is to be hoped that the dreary days of Winter have gone. and that the earth may soon be covered with the beautiful mantle of THE FALL OF Scow. For the fullowin_ account of the number of Indira of entow. which have fallen during the pad winter, we are indebted to our friend, Jacol, K. Eckert, of Learock township 1855. 29, r'tTmITTTT LANCASTER IN 1777.—The fulluwing de seription of the rutiglons acieiety known as the "]loud:ern, • ' and Lancaster as it appeared in 17 , 77, is taken from a work entitled ...11en and Timru of the Revolution, or Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, including Journals of Travel in Europe and America. - The book is a very Interusting. Mr. Wat son's first appearance in this county was at Ruanistown.— Ile piaas.;.d through the county in OctoLer, 17-7: "At Iteamstown I was placed between two beds, without shouts ur pillows. This, as 1 was told, was a prevailing German custom, but which...s tar as lay experience goes. tun& little to promote either the sleep or comfort of lb, stranger. “Early ou the moruitig of the 4th oe entered the villag of Iluplinttes. [Ephrata.] within sound of the thunder of Washington's artillery at Uertnuntown. This village is inhabited by a most eccentric sect of people: They coil themselves Hunkers. They own a large inset of laud in this vicinity, and founded this village about in a mantic and sequestered position, well adapted to their pro fessed abstraction from 4e rester the human family. They profess to believe themselves unconnected with a sinful world, and that they move among ethereal spirits. Their community numbered about one hundred souls. They dressed in - long tunics reaching to the heels, girded with a sash, and with woollen caps falling over their shoulders.— They baptize by immersion. They believe in a future state. and that salvation is attained only by penance and the mortification of the flesh. They never shave. The sexes have no intercourse, living in separate habitations, and even occupying different places of public worship. They sleep in apartments of only sufficient size to hold them, occupied by a wooden bench, a little inclining, on which they sleep. In the place of pillows they rest the bead on wooden blocks; so prepared as to receive it up to the ears. They carry ou quite important manufactures, and amuse themselves in rudely painting scripture scenes, which are suspended ill their chapel. They subsist exclusively on vegetables and roots, except at their occasional love-feasts. Rumor, with her thousand tongues, is, of course, net sparing of their reputation. As we we were taking our departure, we beard the brethren chanting their melodious hymns in plaintive tones that thrilled our souls. "Lanenster was, at this period, the largest inland town in America, containing about one thousand houses, and 6,000 inhabitants, with a State house and five edifices for public worship. 3lsuy of the houses were large and built with brick. It is situated iu one Of the most lovely and luxuriant regions in the country, delightfully diversified with waving hills, pleasant dales, adorned by lovely scenery, and highly cultivated farms—in a word, all that can invite to a pastoral life. Here existed extensive manufactures, especially of the rifles so fated in the hands of our patriotic yeomanry." DR. KANE'S ARTIC EXPLORATIONS.—ThiS great work is now Lelng rapidly prepared for the press, by the publishers, Messrs. Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia, and will be issued ou or before the Ist of July next. This will, doubtless, be one of the most interesting and [hi Piing works of the age. The engravings with which the volumes are to be embellished and elucidated, are represented by those who have seen them, to be rich and magnificent beyond conception, and to add greatly to the thrillingly interesting narrative of the daring navigator. We have the pleasure to announce that the Agent fur Pettm-ylvauitt. Witriose M. PORTER, Esq., is now canvassing Lancaster county fur subscribers, and will be in this city in a day or two for that purpose. We hope he will meet with abundant success hero, and that he may obtain hun dreds of names. It Is a work that should be In every family, and alsu in every library in the City and County of Lancaster. RAILROAD ACCIDENT—TERRIBLE SMASH Ul' No Lives Losr.—The night line from the east due here at 2 o'clock ou Friday morning, met with a terrible smash up about a mile east of the Conestoga bridge, at or near Lan dis' warehouse. The accident was caused by the breaking of a rail. The endue and baggage car passed over unin jured. The first passenger car separated from the others and ran about 150 yards in advance of them. The hind trucks of this car were toru off, the rear platform and three ur four soots were broken. The second passenger car had both trucks torn off, wheels broken and the floor *abed up Irl two or three places. The third passenger car bad the front truck torn off, two or three wheels broken, the forward part of the lime raised up and shivered, the seats broken and twisted in all manner of e'at's. The rear car of the train was the baggage and mail car, which was un injured, the front truck only being off the track. The pas sengers, who 1 , 1"1 -co mostly asleep, escaped marvellously.— no one was seriously Injured, and but four of them had any bruises. One gentleman named Lath, from lowa, had a rib broken, and was taken to the house of Mr. Landis, where he was attended to by Dr. Atlee, son. ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—Thu learning train Harrisburg due here at half past 9 o'clock on Friday, di not reach this city until between twelve and one o'clock, I. consequence of the breaking of a rail this side of Middle own, by which the train was delayed. No damage wa done to the engine or cars. LECTURE.—Rev, Mr. RAY, of Downingtown will lecture on "Th. Discipline of Nature," before the Young Men's Christian Association, at Ccincert Hull, thi evening. Mr. Ray has the reputation of being a gentlem of great ability. TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS.—The election for Township Officers, throughout the county, takes place on Friday next. We trust our Democratic friends are prepared for the contest. THE "PATIIFINDER."—This is the title of a neat little Intsiness paper just started, in this cify, by Messrs. Huber .k Pinkerton. We wish the euterprizing publishers sucrose In their undertaking. ST. PATRICS.'B DAY.—St. Patrick, contrary to his usual custom, gave us line - weather yesterday. There was none of that blustering,,te., fur which his day has generally boon noted, but a line balmy Spring atinesphera made it extremely pleasant. We suppose the old gentle man took compassion on us for the severe weather we have had, and concluded to banish it, as he did the snakes and reptiles from Ireland. Blessed be hia.memory I Fort Sells.—The Independent Whig estab Ilshment le offered for sale. Wonder if Ws n losing comer], to the stockholders? For the lutelligencer 8 Lnalcanter GRAND CONCERT AT NEW HOLLAND.—Messrs. Editors:—On Thursday evening, the litth hut., uur Jabob hunts were favored with a grand concert of sacred music, vocal and instrumental, never before equaled by anything of the kind in this village. The concert was held in the German Reformed Church and originated by the energetic and talented Pastor,ln company with several more amateurs. Besides those of thin village, the performers consisted of persons from abroad, among whom were—Mr. S. Paul, Leader of the Choir at St. Paul's Church, in Philadelphia ; Miss Martha Jane Ch it, of Holmesburg ; the please Lehner, lkawart, Stanton, and Messrs. Rummel (last, Jacob Spind ler and Wm. lieltabu, of your city and vicinity; the Misses of Paradise; and Mr. Snyder, of Waynesburg, Chester co. Many of those persons p084C96 0 in a high de gree, musical talents, and ail acquitted themselves with credit and reflected honor no their respective places of rep idonce. They deserve credit, and have the thanks of all interested, is. their services, gratuitously rendered, on this occasion. The singing was accompanied with music from the organ by the Pastor. ell present were pleased and delighted.— Ttioto able to appreciate and competent to judge good music 'peak in high terms of the performance,• and numerous applications have been made for, its repetition. Concerts of this character are customary In large cities; and as peo ple begin to appreciate good attune, they will become more frequent and properly valued in the country.' I hope to see the time when such concerts will supersede the vulgar shows now so prevalent; fur while the latter excite and interest our coarser feelings, the former elevate the soul and purify the heart After the close of the concert, the perfonnors partook of a delicious repast furbished by Mr. Masa Moll. It M due Mr. M. to say, that the performers appeared to be as much gratified with his hospitality, as the audience were with the entertainment afforded by the performers. New Rolland, MArch 17, '6O. W. S. D. Condition of the Banks of Lancaster Co LANCASTER BANK. Capital, • :I Discount and. interest, • Profit and loss, Notes in eiretdatkin,i _Unpaid dividend!, Due to banks, g l ie Due to State Trea Due to depositors, Cr. Nov. 5, 1855. Bills discounted, $1,169,392 84 Bills receivable, 17,860 00 Bonds and mortgages, 56,106 56 Miscellaneous stooks, 80,50 Q 00 Lancaster Bank stook - , 17,905 00 Banking house, 13,280 85 Notes and checks of other banks, 40,058 96 Specie,7l,37l 49 Doe by banks, . 11,353 09 Expenses, 5,211 73 LANCASTER COUNTY BANE. Nov. 1, 1855. $ 209,880 00 514,800 00 22,597 65 Capital, Notes in circulation, Discount and interest Contingent fund, 18,906 51 Dividends unpaid, 1,318 03 Due Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1,887 57 • York County Bank, 2,050 19 Bank of Chambersburg, 18 06 Franklin Bank of Washington, 20 40 Farmers' and Drovers' Bank of Waynesburg, Bank of Chester County, Carlisle Deposit Bank, Certificates of deposits, Josiah Lee & Co., Baltimore, Western Bank do Office of Discount and Deposits, Morgantown, Virginia, City Bank, Philadelphia Depositors Bills discounted Bills under protest, 37,524 79 *Mortgages, 20,000 00 Loan to Commonwealth of Penn., 20,000 00 (Real estate, 8,503 26 Gold and silver, 78,550 14 .Bank notes, 1 , 535 00 Cash checks and bills, 32,806 19 Expenses, 2,535 79 Due by Western Bank of Phila., 30,061 17 Bank of the State of N. York. 8,090 49 Bank of Penn Township, 8,015 84 Philadelphia Bank, 5,498 80 Girard Bank, 4,165 95 Dauphin Deposit Bank, , 824 69 Bank of Middletown, 792 30 Bank of Commerce, 5,543 23 Farmers' Bank of Reading, 2,080 72 Union Bank of Maryland, 375 98 York Bank, 954 28 Columbia Bank, 2,445 71 Lebanon Bank, 385 31 *A first mortgage on Conestoga Steam Mill No. 2, assessed at $55,000. nuking house in the city of Lancaster, as sessed at $6,200. FARMERS' BANK OF LANCASTER. Dr. Nov. 6.1855. Capital stock, $ 350,000 00 Notes in circulation, 468,935 00 Dividends unpaid, • Discount account, Exchange account, Interest account, Profit and loss, Fund reserved for State tax, Due to State Treasurer, 6,739 65 Certificates of deposits, 38,751 040 Individual depositors, 158,452 34 Bank of Chambersburg, 427 69 , " Chester ,County, 1,933 32 North America, Phila., 5,152 90 " Northern Liberties, " 2,246 55 Consolidation Bank, 97 22 Farmers' Bank of Reading, 1,572 18 Girard Bank, 3,116 84 Lebanon Bank, 1,672 34 Mad River Valley Bank, Ohio, 2,000 00 Philadelphia Bank, 8,977 14 Ross, Camblos I Co., . 20,962 98 Bills discounted, Bills protested, Banking house, Bonds and loans, State of Penn., temporary loan, Farmers' Bank stock, Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Mid dletown T. P. Co., 2 . 559 00 Lancaster Lo. engine and M. M. Co., 12,000 00 Pennsylvania railroad company, 15.000 00 Expenses, 4,610 67 Notes and checks of other banks. 52,293 33 Specie and specie certificates, 61,907 00 Due from Bank of America, N. Y. 8,284 20 Columbia Bank, 1,159 91 Ker, Breneman & Co., Merchants' Bank of Baltimore, Mechanics Bank, Philadelphia, Nassau Bank, N. Y. York Bank, Harrisburg Bank, COLUMBIA BANK Capital stock, Circulation, Discounts, Bridge tolls. 'Premiums, Profit and loss, Dividends, Due to other banks, " depositors, " Commonwealth, Bills discounted, Real estate, Stock in Columbia water couey., Columbia bridge, State relief, Tide Water canal company, Personal estate, Interest on deposits, Expenses of bank, bridge, Specie, Notes and checks of other banks, Due from solvent banks, MOUNT JOY SAVING INSTITUTION. Nov. 1, 1855. $ 49,180 00 1,478 45 .158,084 63 492 50 2,458 07 16 72 Capital stock, Discounts, Depositors pividends unpaid, Profit and loss, Premiums, Bills discounted, Protest account, Expenses, Interest paid, • Amount under protest, Columbia Bank, Cash, coin, notes, Ac., Late from California NEW ORLEANS, March I.2.—The steamship Prometheus has arrived, with San Francisco dates to the 20th ult. She left San Juan on the sth inst. The steamship Northern Light left on the same day for New York, with . ..$300,000 in gold. The ships Skylark and Flora Temple, from New York, and the Ringleader, •Marmeluko, Wild Ranger, and Wings of the Morning, from Philadelphia, have arrived at San Fran cisco. The markets have slightly improved, and the mines are yielding largely. A shock of an Earthquake occured at San Francisco on the 16th ult., and caused some slight damage. it was felt throughout the State. • The appointment of Mr. McDuffle as U. S. Marshal of the Northern District, has caused much indignation. Ho is charged with being a professional gambler, and strong petitions have been signed for his removal. It is sup posed that President Pierce has been imposed upon, or made the appointment by accident. The Indians are still committing outrages in Oregon and Washington Territories. Nu merous volunteer companies are mustering to act against the marauders. The question in relation to a State Govern ment for Oregon, is to go to the people by a special election, to be held in April. CENTRAL Ausaics.—Gen. Walker has seized all the boats belonging to the Transit Co., and after annulling the charter, has granted a new charter to another company. It is said that Costa Rica has not received Col. Schlessing, and there is strong opposition there to the foreign party in Nicaragua. Col. Kinney has published a letter in sub stantiation of his claims in Central America. num JAPAN.—The schooner Page, arrived at San Francisco from Japan, brings most distressing intelligence. It is reported that the city of Jeddo was destroyed by an earth quake on the 11th of Nov. One hundred thousand houses, it is estimated,' were demol ished, burying-about thirty thou-mud human beings under the ruins. The Lote Tie/wriest J. Meek. Mosses. Emcees :—lt Is announced that the "Life and Writings" of this estimable and talented young lady, will be issued from the "Methodist PadMahlon of of New w ri York City, sometime du g the diming summer. Its ap- • pearance In the literaryw orld will be greeted with lade- um by those who Mes her well, who were regulated with her many median traits of character, her high or der of Intellect, and who till mourn her early decease. 'Harriet J. Meek was born in Centre County, in this State. She was the daughter of the Rev. John B. Meek, a gentleman who bas long been distingnished for hispure piety, his amiability of Character and hMusetniness as a chrtstion can and citi.h. At • very early age she exhib ited those traits ofintelligeticeand that fondness for study, which are so rarely to he found among the young. Liar • principal delight was With the Mused yet at the same time she Loon Made herself familiar with all the elements of a refined elanic educiation. She could solve a difficult problem in Euclid with is much facility as she couldgive e birth to those sweet sta - ns of poetry which she originated maid the quiet shades o her own native mountain. In eoetroveray, especially pun such subjects as related to her religious belief and xperience, she was always happy, and ever successful. She was an Armenian In her faith; and it afforded her peculiar satisfaction, to employ her won derful powers of argunient, In opposition to the narrow and restricted ortlicdoxisms of the day, and In favor of the more liberal, charitable, and consoling doctrines of free grace. The writer of this, had the pleasure a short time ' since, of reading a controversy between her and an able attorney and believer IA predestination, ors .that singular subject, and to say the abe simply floored her adversary, would not be doing her justice. She introduced a flood of argument anal scriptural authority which completely over whelmed him; and he vas glad to retire nom the field, as he stated in a subsequent letter, with the candid acknowl edgement that he had been "badly beat." This controver• sy was in manuscript, and has never appeared in print, but it is earnestly hoped that it will not be excluded from the forthcoming volume. This talented and accomplished young lady died in her twenty-third year, toe young to realise the hopes and expectations of her friends. But in the beautiful, truthful, elegant and thoughtfu. productions she has left behind her, are discovered the traces of a mind, certainly of no or dinary cast. Some of her writings are as sweet, innocent and playful as childhood Itself: others are deep, penetrating and sublime; embodying the strength of reason and phil osophy, with the must winuing and entrancing flights of poetry and Imagination. Indeed, she wastemarkable for bur versatility of style', At one time she confines herself to the little family circle, picturing with her inspired pen. the delights of home arid the endearinrand engaging ten derness of lova and friendship: again we rind her far off iu the deep valley anby the mountain stream, holding couverse with the s to w cloud and the rolling thunder, wearing Into the usdelightful stanzas, the dower, of summer and the derope that sparkled at her feet ; end clothing the lonely retreats and profound walitudes of her native eouuty in a beality and magnificence, fur above the grandest conception. %We look for her again and we find i ti. her at the altar or In t a schotal,Aom, treasuring up the as of her ea ly years, her childhood; and her first professions of fa th In the Redeemer. At another time we may follow het to the manger and the crass, and to the garden and the tuouutsiu where the Saviour wept ~ and prayed. What, fat example, could be more beautiful than the following which she wrote but a short time be fore her decease: Not in the cloisteri dungeon walls, Nor in the stately false, Where the tingtal Smile of sunset falls In rainbows through the pane: But where bright streams and heaven's pure ayes M. on the mountain gray, Whose bead is pillbwed in the sklo— The Saviour knelt to pray. I When morning flung the light of hops Far o'er the hurrying throng. The incense of His soul wont op With morning's sddle arid song, itot wheu pale eve Inground His heart . Had ilrawu her dim array, . The Saviour sought a place apart— The Saviour knelt to pray. 'Twos not for life e• death—the case That life or death could bring ; Fur were of human happiness, Sir less of sulferint , ': But fur unsbrinki g heart to hoar All that might the clay, j Thu long distress, the last despair— The Saviour knelt to pray. The wings of dr e g s gathered it To waft the pray° to Hod ; • . And angel eyes t diamonds lit The dew drops on the sod: And seraphs hue ed their hymns to hear, And shiners wraptd the throne, When angel plui s shed that prayer ••Father thy will laesloue. - No weeder that die earth Is bright, And pure the sky aboVe, Which opened on that brow of BOIL" Lived in that lietirt of love . • "l'is all ass altar, tivery spa. Is hallowed to th Y know— t W Inkier thou-ar; whaler thy lot. ' The Saviour praybd for thee. . In :sou., indeed iu [[early all her poetry , there seems to be a foreshadowing it her coming Mom. She appears to hare eatertained asslntuitive Idea, even when in appar ently tmod health, that her earthly pilgrimage would be a short one. Those who knew her well end cherished the liveliest interest in her future, prophesied the same.— Heave at one time spo was counselled by a friend, who was fearful that herdutellectind labors a ould wear maul her health, to abandon the pursuit of her favorite studio,. But she disregarded i he admonition, and gave him In re turn a poetical remit end of which the h.liowing Is a brief extract: What' shiver this chalsfrof light that blade A soul to the disembodied minds? The lisle that lints with the triple ere. u Where the lightnings rise and the Musses rouse downs? lest the wanderilm beam in Its search for day, ` Should jar a bolt 'of its prison clay l The hearts thaqerish this love, I ow u, May feel a pang the world unknown, When the yearnibgs leap from its altar hearth To seek in vain r a kin on earth: Or the idol ray o its cherished star tiros. weary an faint in the gloom afar, And Its burning worship illumes the dust lu the broken fa th and trampled trusf. But think ye th spirit-light should freeze in the dull repose of a heart at anal!, , That never fed, with its being high, i i A star to fade or dream to die. , It is doubtful wh ther any kind of persuasion could have induced her t abandon her studies. Next to her Saviour and those w o nurtured and cared for her in bar infancy, she loved t in best. Beyond those she bad but few attachments. I • The remark has frequently been made, "what would she have been had she[ lived a quarter of a century long erl" This question 11 , 1 , 1 course la difficult to answer. We only know what she as. llor poetry and writings, when placed along side of the productions of the mast learned and dintinguishod 'female authors of the day, will lose nothing by the comrlson. She has penned some of the most beautiful then hts that ever originateg in the human mind. But she Is gone—"after life's fitful fever she sleeps well." "Gone to her mother. On the sabbath here The heart that r ked her childhood . Bark once more, Has ta'eu its wary one." In a quiet little enelpsure, in a shady nook, num to the home of her childhood, may be. seen, side by aide, tour graves, which the Watchful. attentions of surviving kin. droll have cared for,and over which have been erected a law simple and frail memorials of affection. One of them contains the earth' remains of Harriet J. Meek, the Poet ess. The three other enclose the dust of her mother, sham and brother. They II died within two years, of that fell destroyer consumpt on. They loved each other while living and in death they are not divided." They were all true and faithful folio me of the Redeemer, lived a life of blameless piety and ied a death of triumph. NEalv. LISCASTE6, 3lare 11), 1810.1. Nov. 5; 1855. $ 403,900 00 39,168 24 90,681- 12 533,860 00 2,633 21 95,105 53 6,956 10 310,736 31 $1,483,040 51 $1,483,040 51 3,390 00 1,378 03 1,034 17 33,342 95 240 00 434 73 1,465 43 2,510 00 175,911 96 $ 990,985 68 Nov. I, 1855. $ 720,295 94 $ 000,985 68 730 ,o 0 26,679 03 1,380 27 3,555 82 42,014 79 3,125 95 $1,148,723 67 Nov. 6, 1855. $ 834,235 54 38,071 97 7,000 00 29,710 30 20,000 00 2,950 00 98 40 841 25 57,001 59 142 09 2,598 81 253 81 $1,148,723 67 Nov. 6, 18 55 $ 250,000 00 294,445 00 747 00 18,412 19 4,782 32 1,739 39 48,100 86 2,277 50 8,213 21 349,296 33 23,186 70 Late/Foreign Newi. By the arrivli of the steamship Arabia, at Halifax, on Wednesday, we have one week's later intelligernie.from Europe. She brings no tidings of the Pp.cifie. Fragments of a wreck ed steamer are [reported to have been found iu lat. 40 deg. 36 min., long. 49 deg. 40 min., but intelligent persona at Liverpool thought this could no , have been the Pacific. The Peace Congres' had * held three sessions iu $1,001,180 50 Nov. 6, 1855. $ 601,902 69 20,000 00 375 00 157,30000 727 00 .1,000 00 20,766 95 2,500 87 3,138 96 1,385 88 43,362 11 18,530 72 126,190 32 Paris, but the transpire, and lent in regard $401,180 50 armistice to tll nounced to the Breadstuffss len 3d., and flo e The latest a February 29th) up of tho Peaci siderable agita: A dispateh $212,370 37 Nov. 1, 1855. $ 179,092 82 19 30 87 75 308 62 .; 12,279 50 15,531 87 .5,050 51 tiser says:— that the result plomatists of breaking up 0 hitch has dreg' point was the it u first; ace, 212,370 37 of the confere Count Orlo and proposed the crowned h selves in the whatever deci. This tines consternation French funds. the English g i On the 27t1 don assemble; Mansion House to meet Mr. Buchanan, pre vious to his departure for the United States. Unfortunately, the same day Mr. Buchanan was invited to dine with the Queen, and eti quette requireld that he should give her Maj esty the prefefence. The Lord Mayor made a speech regretting Mr. Buchanan's absence, as the receptibn he would have met with from the represen4tives of the leading interests of England would have proved to him the ab sence of all unfriendly feelings with regard to America, andi that the interests of oommerce, • peace, civilization and humanity, were too pow erful to permt a collision between thetwo countries. Similar feelings were expressed by other speakers, indinding Mr. Cobden and Earl Elgin. The procee; logs in Parliment were of some interest. In he House of Commons Mr. De laney Evans gave notice of a 'resolution dis approving ol the course of government in refusing dire t offers of troops from 'Canada, while at the same time making abortive at tempts to enlist men from adjoining neutral territories ol the United States contrary to international law. fOr theliitiagencer ana Lauiciitertan .roceedings are not suffered to rtil sorts of rumors are preys , the prospect of peace. Au l e end of March had been au armies in the Crimea. had declined. Wheat had fel , r is. Corn was is Gd, lower. vices from Paris, which are to states that the rumored break • Conference had caused con ion in the money market. the London Morning Adver t is deemed not improbable of the moves of the artful di ussia may cause the immediate the conference. A very grave dy occurred. Though the fifth I ast of all, it was agreed to take •rdingly, at the second meeting ce it was submitted for consid . and Baron Brunow objected refer it to a congress, of all •ads of Europe, pledging them ,atne of the Czar to abide by ion that congress might reach. .ected course produced much in Paris, causing a fall in the It also surprised and alarmed vernment. • ult, the Lord Mayor of Lon . a distinguished party at the
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