t.~~~~~rc~ GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR: A. SANDERSON, Associato. LANCASTER, PA., MAY 13,1856 cmainal.TioN, mOOO COPIES FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BITCHANANi (sir to the decision cLf 01e .liNimeialic National I CANAL COMmirsmONEB: GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia County. AUDITOR GENERAL: JACOB PRY, Jr., ofllontgomery County. SURVEYOR GENES AL: TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter County. Democratic State Central Committee of Pennsylvania. The Democratic State Central Committee will meet at Prmantrao, at the St. Charles Hotel, on MONDAY, the 26th of May, 4 10 o'clock in the morning. Important hilliness should secure a general attendance. JOAN W. FORNEY, Chairman THE PHILADELPHIA ELEcTI K/ I ""Nothlnglim Defunct 7... Abolition. Ism Used VP GREAT DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH! ME. BUCHANAN SUSTAINED! Tuesday last was a glorious day for Phila delphia. The Know-Nothing Plunderers,.who have been robbing the City Treasury for the last two years, and who brought reproach and disgrace upon Philadelphia, wereturnedout of office, neck and heels, by the people, and their places supplied with Democrats and honest men. The following is the glorious result: FOR MAYOR Vita, (Dem.) had 28,378 votes Moore (K. N. & Ab.) 24,367 " Vaux's maj FOR RECEIVER OF TAXES AMBRUSTER, (Dem.) had 28,250 votea Kelly, (K. N. lc Ab.) 23,724 " Ambruster'e maj. 4,556 FOR CITY COMMISSIONER. LEDDY, (Dem.) had 28,051 voter 11t reh, (K. N. & Ab.) 24,226 " Leddy's maj FOR CITY CONTROLLER TAYLOR, (Dem.) had 28,045 votes. Leidy, (K. N. & Ab.) 24,086 Taylor's maj FOR CITY SOLICITOR Donne, (Dem.) had 28,433 votes Brewster, (K. N. & Ab.) 23,895 Porter's maj. 4,538 Average majority on the whole ticket, 4,1781 The Democrats have carried 15 of the 24 members of Select Council, [last year it stood 9 Democrats to 15 Know-Nothings.] In the Common Council, the Democrats have 66 and the Know-Nothings 19 ! The Democrats also carried the Board of Guardians of the Poor, 17 to 4 ; the Board of Health, 20 to 4 ; the Board of Prison Inspectors, 20 to 4 ; and the Assessors, 20 to 4. A thorough revolution, truly—a victory unparalleled in the City of Brotherly Love! It is a fact cvorthrOf note that the K. N. members of the old Council who were candi dates for re-election, and voted against grant ing the use of Independence Hall to Mr. By- CIIANAN, run behind their colleagues on the same ticket—a rebuke which was most richly deserved by such political trimmers as Charles 11. Penrose, Oliver P. Cornman, and their coadjutoßs in the base and unmanly, insult offered to our distinguished fellow-citizen. The poll was a large one—over 55,000 votes were cast, both parties having put forth all their energies in the contest. The City Uovernment is now in the hands of the. Dem ocrats where it iightfully belongs, and Know: Nothingism and Black Republicanism are buried so deep in Philadelphia that the hand of resurrection cannot reach them. So mote it he. The lblane Decided The Philadelphia Sun, the News, and Other organs of the Know-Nothing Black Republi can party, made a distinct issue, at the mu nicipal election, in that city, on Tuesday last, of BUCHA.NAN and anti-BucnaNAN. They stated fur days Leto] e, that the election of Mr. Vaux and his colleagues on the Demo. oratic ticket, would be a virtual endorsement of Mr. Buciissas, and they made whining appeals to the original friends of Gen. Cass and Mr. DALLAS to aid them in inflicting 'blow upon the great Pennsylvania statesman. Falsehoods of every hue and shape against Mr. BccaANAN were circulated among the people, and no means, foul or fair, were left untried to defeat the Democratic ticket. Had they succeeded in defeating Mr. Var.; it would have been heralded all over the Union as a defeat of JAMES Buff.axfor, and the Know- Nothing and Abolition presses (who dread his nomination) would have sounded the notes of triumph, and in this way, perhaps, indirectly affected the result of the deliberations at Cin cinnati. The issue Vas made by the Know Nothings and Black Republicans, and cheerfully accept ed by the Democrats and National Whigs, and the result is an overwhelming triumph for the friends of Mr. BUCHANAN. Not only have they elected the Mayor and other Executive Officers by an overwhelming majority,but they have also carried the Councils, in both branches, and thus branded the infamous pack who attempted an indignity upon Mr. RITEIANAN, by refusing him the use of Inde pendence Hall, in which to receive his fellow citizens, upon his return from. Europe. That Mr. BUCHANAN'S. vast and increasing popularity had much to do in producing the the political revolution, in Philadelphia, is not to be doubted. Our Democratic friends might have succeeded without it, but with his name in the canvass—and that issue made by the opposition themselves—the result was easily predicted. Should he be the nominee of the National Convention, he will carrry the city of Philadelphia by 10,000 majority.— Mark the prediction. We learn that a number of the West ern delegates to the Cincinnati Convention have chartered a steamboat, which will leave Pittsburg for Cincinnati on Tuesday, the 27th inst. - They will be glad to have the company of as many of their colleagues and friends as as can leave at that time. Head quarters at Cincinnati Our former townsman, Dr. C. S. KAUFMAN , has rented a large Hall, in Fourth street, Cin cinnati, for the purpose of accommodating the several delegations friendly to the nomination of Mr. BUCHANAN. This capacious Hall is described as being in the neighborhood and " very convenient to the grand Hall prepared for the reception of the- National Convention -'and iS on a lino with, and but a short dis tance from, the Burnett House and other Ho " KAUFMAN'S HALL " will, therefore, be the point for the friends of •Mr. liocitANAN to meet and consult during the progress of the Convention. The residence of the Dr. is at No. 347 Vine street, Cincinnati. Z The lowa Capital Reporter, the cen tral organ of the Democracy of lowa, is out in a powerful article in favor of Mr. BllCllkli- AN'S nomination by the Cincinnati Conven tion—and says it is the sentiment of a very large majority of the Democratic party of that State. MZ==i=i In the performance of a duty imposed by the Democratic State Convention of the 4th of March, under the following resolution • Resolved,. That a Committee of five be ap pointed to inform the Hon. JAMES BUCHA.NAN that he is the unaninious choice of this Con vention for the next Presidency. ' The following gentlemen, viz:—Geo. W. Brewer, of Frantlin county, Joel B. Danner, of Adams county, J. M. Porter, of Northamp ton county, J. A. Gibson, of Allegheny county, Geo. R. Berrill, of Philadelphia, • members of that Dommitt6e, assembled at Lancaster on Thursday last, at 10 o' clock. At 12 a' clock they proceeded to Wheatland, Mr. Buchan an's residence, accompanied by a number of friends. Mr. B. received the party with much cordiality auk warmth, many of whom he had not seen since his return from Europe. After a short time spent in conversation, Mr. G. W. Brewer, chairman of the Committee, ad , dressed Mr. Buchanan as follows : Ur. BUCHANAN : —The Dethoeratio State Convention, assembled at Harrisburg on the 4th of March last, appointed a Committee, of which I have the honor to be the Chairman, to announce to you formally, that you con tinue to be, as you have been for years, the first, last and only choice of Pennsylvania, for the office of President of the United States.— We perform this duty with pride and pleasure, because in doing so we speak the voice of a Convention unanimous, and utter the heart felt sentiment of a people undivided. The day of opposition to you has ,passed away, and the time has 'come when you are left without a rival in the popular heart. The people of your native State, alive to the tender and natural associations of birth and home, but yet more impressed by the signal services and devotion of a whole life of distinguished ability and national patriotism, would, with one voice, summon you again from the coveted repose of this charmed retirement to the guar dianship of a common country, and the vindi cation of an endangered constitution. Your fellow-citizens of the loyal and ancient Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, realizing with intense interest the importance and grandeur of the approaching conflict—impor tant, because it will involve the happiness and prosperity of a great Republic—grand, because it bear before its banners conquering the ark of civil and religious liberty—and not unmindful of the obligations of that duty which they owe tothe nation and to the world, to maintain these great issues, and to vindicate their sublime truths, have selected you from a 'long list ofworthy and distinguished names, to lead the Democrat ic column into victorious battle, and achieve for the country and mankind the glorious tri umph of Democratic principles. Intolerance and sectionalism are now seeking to violate the compromises of the Constitution, and to dismember the sovereign States of this mighty confederacy. But the integrity of the Ameri can Union, beautified and bound together by the electric chain of Democratic truth, ex panding along the pathway of empire into power and greatness, every new link adorning and strengthening the compact, and every new star cheering and brightening the sky of human fteedom, " must and shall be preserv ed," in until, the accomplishment of its grand mission, the curse of every form of bigotry and despotism shall have been swept from the earth, and the dark habitations of war and tyranny been turned into the lovely scenes of peace and prosperity. Your life of eminent service and of tried devotion to the cardinal doctrines of the party, is the best and safest pledge for your continued attachment to the Union and fidelity to the Constitution. Your's is no doubtful lineage—no uncertain record— no undistinguished history. Your purity and talents have dignified and illustrated every walk of life and every station of power—your firmness and statesmanship have defended and maintained the National honor and National supremacy at home and abroad. 'l'he approaching crisis demands the most enlarged experience, and the most accomplish ed statesmanship—the highest integrity and the purest patriotism. All the qualifications for the office of the Presidency, demanded by the sovereign and independent States of the Union, the Democracy find united in you. And we complete our duty, by presenting to you a copy of the proceedings, and the resolu tions adopted by the Convention, with the firm couvictionthatyou will recognize in them, the principles which you have always main tained and defended, and which have secured to the country the blesssings of liberty, relig ious and political. MR. I.4I7CII.I:CAN'S REPLY GENT LEM EN :—I thank you, with all my heart, fur the kind terms in which, under a Resolution of the late Democratic State Con vention, you have informed me that I am their " unanimous choice for the next Presidency." When the proceedings of your Con vention reached mo in a foreign laud, , they excited emotions of gratitude which 1 might in vain attempt to express. This Wits not because the Democracy of my much loved State had, by their own spontaneous movement, placed me in nomination for the Presidency—an lionorwhich I have not sought —but because this nomination constituted of itself the highest evidence that, after a long course of public services, my pUblic conduct has been approved by those to w.hom I am in debted, under Providence, for all the offices and honors I have ever enjoyed. In success and in defeat—in sunshine and in storm—they have ever been the same kind friends to me, and I value their continued confidence and good opinion far above the highest official honors of my country. The duties of the President, whomsoever lie may be, have been clearly and ably indicated by the admirable resolutions of the Conven tion which you have just presented to me, and all of which, without reference to those merely Personal to myself, I heartily adopt. Indeed, they met my cordial approbation from the moment when I first perused them on the other side of the Atlantic. They constitute a platform broad, national, and conservative, and ono eminently worthy of the Democracy of our great and good old State. These resolutions carried into execution, with an inflexibility and perseverance pre cluding all hope of change, and yotiargridadly . Spirit, will, 'new lung, allay the dangerous ex citement which has for some years prevailed on the subject of domestic slavery, and again unite all portions of our common country in the ancient bonds of brotherly affection, under the flag of the Constitution and the Union. We annex the resolutions referred to by the Committee and end - orsed by Mr. Bucuessx : Resolved, That in the pre - sent distracted condition of par ties, in which sectional and partial issues have - been allow ed to attain a dangerous supremacy, we recognize in the policy of the Democratic party, that which rests upon the Constitution as its baste ; and that it is the party which above all others has, in the language of the Illustrious Madison, ever continuedd "to hold the Union of the States as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the Constitution, which la the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as its authorities, to respect the rights and authorities reeerved to the States and to the people, as equally incorporated with, and essential to, the success of the general system; nod to avoid the slightest interference with the rights of conscience or the functions of religion, 60 wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction." Resolved. That by the general consent of the wise and virtuous of all nations the framers of the Republic of the United States, exhibited in their individual characters and in the result of their public deliberations, a degree of virtue and a practical Ststesamnahip, to which the history of the world affords no parallel: that in ho part of the Federal compact le the wisdom of our Fathers more conspicuous, than in leaving the whole question of Slavery to the States in their separate capacities, and that in the provision for the re-delivery of fugitives escaped from labor or service, they demonstrated a sense ofjuatice, an appreciation of the value of the Union an attachment to Its preservation, an oldance of one slded philanthropy and impracticable the ories of government, which present a proper example for the guidance and imitation of us their descendants. Resolved, That see look only to the Constitution, and the exposition thereof which has been afforded by the practices Of Democratic administrations, for the chart of our policy. That those Si:institute, until the fundamental law Is changed by methods which itself provides, the highest law of our obedience as citizen and that we utterly discard that par tial and exaggerated sympathy, the attempt to carry which into practice is at the peril of our dearest interests as a na tion, and threatens the infliction of evils of tenfold magni tude to those which It proposed to heal. Resolved, That the equality of the States is the vital ele ment of the Constitution itself, and that all Interference with the rights of the States, by those who seek to disre gard the sacred guarantees of the past, and by all others, should be rebuked with the same spirit that would de nounce and repudiate all attempts to erect odious distinc tions between those who are entitled to Awe the blessings and benefits of our free institutions. Resolved, That the effort to direct the power of the gov ernment by anti-slavery agitations, under the various names and phases of Free-Soillsm, Anti -Nebraskaism,"Fusionlam, and Republicanism, and by interfering with the rights of conscience in establishing a religious test as a qualification for office, by the secret oath-bound society of the Know- Nothings, is opposed both to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution, and -to the earnest teachings and practice of its earliest and most honored administrators. Resolved, That we are now 1111 ever unalterably opposed to the doctrines and designs of ail organizations which con template the overthrow of the civil and religious rights of the citizen, which like the equality of the States is a sacred & inalienable right, never to bo interfered with by factious parties and reckless legislation, without a subversion of the primary objects of our political system, and a repudia tion of the guarantees of the past and the hopes of the future. Resolved, That in the repeal of the act known as the Missouri Compromise Act, and the passage of the act orga nizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, free from unconstitutional restrictions, the last Congress performed a work of patriotic sacrifice, in meeting the demand' of sectional excitement by unshaken adherence to the Sunda mental law. aokred, nut this leglelatlou cannot be deemed nu ..403 171 $ that ltL Wihraairthilikto Mt* the clientleng of - whien it dispoise4 and - wmen - could neverudmit-ot - a' more settlement than at present. That we recognize in it the application to the Territories of the United States pf the rule of "equal and exact justice to all men," of all gallops of the confederacy, which was designed. brtite framers of our government, and which was defined mane efita lenient'si principles by the immortal Jefferlow Beshlved, That the :Democracy or Penturylvanis;foltier log the counsel of Metier the wisest stateamen of the Nettlf and &milt, it ere ready more than one "Oeellioll in the pat t 6 extend the Itlissoari Compromise line to the lenine, so as to =kelt the heals of a final settlement oftho tbm of slave ,' in the Territorb* bat when this tient was nhected, lag, on the pound that it inrobrailin undue concession to the South, by the vary men,wbo now "clamor fora restoration of the Mho-mid line, there emoted to be huh one wise alternative left, and that was to roger the whole question of slavery in the territories to the per ple thereof, to be regulated an they may deem proper; and we, therefore, cheerfully extend our hearty support to the policy of the government as recognized in the Compromise measures 0 1'1850, and embodied in the laws organizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebnuska. The Approaching Contest. Under this caption, the Philadelphia Argus, of Tuesday last, gives a prominent place to the following temperate, but powerful article in favor of the claims of Pennsylvania in the approaching National Convention. Itis fromthe pen orone of the purest and most gifted Demo crats of Philadelphia, (heretofore, we believe, friendly to the nomination of Mr. DALLAs,) and the strong appeal made in favor of Mr. Brat- ANAN'S nomination at this time, cannot fail in having its desired effect at Cindinnati : • _Messrs. Editors:—The liberal and just views with which you accompanied the publication of my former article, induce me to send you some further reflections. However imperfect, they may perhaps suggest others most impor tant, to other,minds. To attempt to place the approaching nom ination at Cincinnati exclusively upon section al or even State grounds, would be as liberal as unwise ; nor is it very likely that any such exclusive claim would be conceded. But can did men will admit that such considerations may fairly enter into the estimate when all the elements of choice come to be weighed. If a patriot and statesman be proposed for nomin ation, of sound opinions and qualifications not surpassed on the list of names, and it shall appear, on a calm review, that the great sec tion of the Union, and the great State, to which he belongs, are fairly entitled to come in on this occasion for their share of the na tion's highest honors, surely a strong case is presented for the dispassionate and favorable verdict of the Convention. Now, Messrs Editors, how•stands the case? It being assumed, as who can say nay, that the candidate of Pennsylvania is in. nothing sec ond, but in everything equal, to any other from any quarter of the Union ; confessedly, proudly, the co equal of any; in..all the great attributes of statesmanship that fit men for power; (and if I make no claim of superiority, it is simply because I would not be invidious;) this being assumed, how stands the case with reference to those universally acknowledged considerations of fairness among STATES which may naturally enough form part of the bear ing at Cincinnati ; considerations due, shall I say, to State pride, State influence, I had al most said State sovereignty, which go to make up the fame, and perpetuate the power of States; thus ministering to the fame and power of the Union of the States. Come, let us reason together. Lot us turn, in the language of lawyers, to the " record," neither going " behind' it, or before it, bu keeping to it strictly. There is nothing new in the argument I propose to condense. It has been stated be fore, and better stated than I can give it, bu it will bear repetition, and, perhaps, lose noth ing by enforcement. since the adoption of the Federal Constitu . . tion in 1787, therZ have been fourteen Presi dents of the United States. Their collective erm of service covers a period of sixty-eiyh years. Of this period, New England will have had the Presidency, on the expiration of the term of President Pierce, twelve years. The South, the sunny South, whom I, from public and all other motives, would go as far to exalt, as he who goes farthest, has enjoyed this distinguished honor for the long period of thirty-six years, the term of President Tyler included. The West has had the Presidency twelve years. She has also been honored with anoth er candidate, in the distinguished and veteran Statesman of Michigan. To the Middle, the great Middle, a single Presidential term 'of four years is all that has ,been allotted, in the person of President Van Buren, of New York ; nor would the period reach to eight years, even if the broken term of President Fillmore, another citizen of New York, be included. The great State to which Mr. Buchanan be longs, has been honored with the Presidency never, never, never ! But has Pennsylvania never given to the Union a candidate for the Presidency? No, never I Throughout this long period of sixty eight years—from the adoption of the COnsti tntion to the presenthour—never, never, never! Such is the record; such the simple truth. It is nothing more, nothing less. When it is remembered that the Great Middle compre hend's the two greatest States in the Union in population, resources and political prepon derance ; that it has furnished to the Union as large a contribution - of patriotism, of public service, of genius, of talent, whether in peace or war; that in all the civilizing arts, and mar tial glories, by which the blessings of the one, and deep toned thunders of the other, have been illustrated and rendered imperishable in the nation's history, the record of the Middle States is luminous with achievement ; that statesmen, and orators, and philanthropists, and men of letters, and heroes on land and sea, have inscribed their names by scores on every column of the Middle States ; that the lights of science, material and moral, and the triumph of skill and enterprise in the ennobling pursuits of a mighty people, famous in agri cultural, commercial and manufacturing in dustry, have shed lustre over every foot, I had almost said, of the MIDDLE GROUND OF THE UNION ; when one remembers all this, it seems odd certainly that the SCEPTRE or POWER should have been committed but once since the nation's birth (for President Fillmore's broken term can hardly be included) to a cit izen of the Middle States. It is further re markable that sixteen years will have elapsed next March, since the close even of President Van B4ren's term. Tiarghout this long period of sixty-eight years, comprising fourteen Presidential terms, Pennsylvania, second, in the Union only to New York, in all that goes to make up the aggregate of a mighty Nation; Pennsylvania, upon whose virgin soil Washington gathered his first laurels at Braddock's field, and Lafay ette .poured out his youthful blood on the shores of Brandywine ; in whose beautiful Metropolis, and at that day the leading Me tropolis of the Union, the DECLARATION OF IN DEPENDENCE was signed, and the stupendous act proclaimed in joyous peals from its "State 1 House Bell;" and still further, as it to super add another and crowning glory, the CONSTI- TUTION OF THE UNITED STATES was signed, and first commended to the sober judgments and patriotic hearts of a UNITED PEOPLE; where the early deliberations of Congress were held ; where Washington lived ; Pennsylvania, the blood and courage of whose sons may fairly claim the trancendant honor of having mainly contributed to Washington's immortal exploit at Trenton and Princeton; for it is well known that without the heroic support of the Penn sylvania volunteers and militia, even Wash ington scarcely would or could have tempted that " angry tlood;" and whose borders were further immortalized by the unshaken con stancy of the mighty chief at Valley Forge; Pennsylvania, whose ploughs, and ships, and anvils, and looms, and inexhaustible mineral and productive wealth, and patriotic and intelligent and enterprising people, have cer tainly done not lees to swell the aggregate of the Nation's power than any member of the Confederacy; whose solid strength as seen in her solid CREDIT, may be said at one time to have sustained the UNION ; Pennsylvania, of whom in the province of truthful history, all this and more will have to be inscribed here after, when the great record of the Nation comes to be made up; this - same great State of Pennsylvania, while the highest honors of the Nation have been fourteen times showered around her, herself one of the Old Thirteen, and foremost of all, save one—has never so much as received even the compliment of a nomination to the Presidency !1 If ever, in reviewing the domestic concerns of States and Nations there was cause for "special wonder," surely this retrospect may supply it I I have said there is nothing new in the ar gument I have here imperfectly condensed.— In a long and able article devoted to this some subject, irt.a paper published at the seat of Government, of our State, dated as far back as 1884, (twenty-into years ago,) now lying before me, I find this language : "It is now almost sixty years since we have been an independent Nation, and more than forty years since the Federal Government has existed. Three of the grand divisions of Ahn,trikisnr, the.:NorthAnathfand West7have;- over and again, seen their eminent citizens called to this transcendent post ; -seen them .advances to this pinnacle of Fegne's temple, whence to look down upon royal and imperial diadems—but not yet the MIDDLE. Not yet that division which has been making:such: contributions, all this tiriteilii• the - aggragato prosperity and glory; whose mountain passes; whose plains, whose deep &Wing rivers, and rolling lakes, are coupled with so many spleui; did and heart stirring scenes of the Revolution and late war—the capturd of whole armies during the first—the destruction of whole _fleets by oar naval thunders, in the second; whose cultivated fields, whose highways and cities, whose institutions, of humanity and of literature; and for carrying forward the arts, embellishments and comforts of life, mark en high a state of advancement in all that can attest National resources, augment National power, and confer National renown. " Surlily the time has arrived for looking to this quarter of the Republic for a Chief Mag istrate, this grand division, hitherto without her turn ; and which, in addition to all, has, since the first election of Mr. Jefferson, been effectively devoted by her influence, and her enlightened and resolute suffrages, to those great principles that have repeatedly secured the Democratic triumphsof the nation in peace and war. Surely our friends of the west; south and north, surely the dispassionate every where, will think of these things, wilt be dis posed to accord to us at this peculiar season, what may fairly seem due." The appeal was not unheeded. At the en suing Democratic National Convention held at Baltimore, the nomination for the Presi dency, was, for the first time tit our history, conferred upon a citizen in the middle States' in the person of Martin Van Buren, of New York. Seven years afterivards another appeal was made on behalf of the just claims of Pennsyl vania to this high honor. On this occasion the following powerful language was used in another paper which I hale now before me: "It is deeply mortifying to a Pennsylvanian with a spark of pride, to reflect, that for the fifty years the Federal Government has been in operation his own great State, rich in in tellectual resources as in physical power, both making their contributions throughout this long space of time to the prosperity and re nown of the Union in peace and war, and per petually contributing their efficient aid to the triumphs of the Democratic party, should nev er have seen one of her sons in the Presidency, or Vice Presidency; whilst Massachusetts, N. York and Virginia, the *Les of her class of the old Thirteen, have so repeatedly furnished incumbents to both-, and even some of the new States incumbents to both. "I will not stop to spurn the idea of her not having men qualified, under the proud list she can enroll from the revolution's dawn, dear to genius, to science, to philosophy. to statesman ship, to letters, to the arts and to arms ! No; the reason is evident. • Whilst her position in the Union, her large population, her great re sources, her high character for rectitude, have imparted a momentum to her politics scarcely at any time to be resisted, she has forborne to urge her own claims, losing sight of them in a paramount desire for - the general welfare of the Democratic cause. This has been the rea son. It forms, under one view, her eulogium; but the.time has more than arrived when this self-denying course is to be expected no long er, and ought not to be pursued. Gentlemen, have been defined to be persons who respect others and respectthemselves, and unless com munities are seen to respect themselves, other communities will at length cease to respect them. As a Pennsylvanian I feel that our claim to supply the candidate this time is com plete, and I repeat my full and gratifying be lief that our sister States are wilting, and that they even desire for the most part, to accord it to us." This appeal was so far responded to, that at the ensuing Democratic National Convention held at Baltimore, A. D., 1844, Pennsylvania was at last honored with a nomination to the second office in the person of one of her distin guished suns, George M. Dallas, who subse quently became Vice President of the United States. Pennsylvania now renews her claim to the proud distinction so long withheld from her. She claims it for JAMES BUCHANAN, one of her most distinguished eons, and one of the most eminent citizens of the United States. She claims it with a proper deference, but with a becoming sense of the rectitude of the claim, and, therefore, with au abiding confidence that it will be allowed. She claims it with the spontaneous and almost unanimous concur rence of her entire Democratic popula tion. She claims it with concurrence of large and patriotic masses of her people, who have here tofore honestly differed from the Democracy, but who aro now ready and eager, with a feel ing of State pride that does them honor, to make any and every exertion to secure the triumph of D. PENNSYLVANIA CANDIDATE; who SO well deserves to be the NATIONAL CANDI DATE, whether tried by every test of patriot ism, ability and long and distinguished public service, at home and abroad, or by that uner ring standard, the confidence and warm affections of his fellow citizens. Of the former, the records :of the nation . are the enduring monument. Of the latter, the people of the United States need have no better assurance, than the recent outpouring of his countrymen, increasing in intensity as he drew nearer home, to greet him with that sort of welcome, which is only given when well deserved, on his re turn from his late distinguished diplomatic career, in a foreign land. Such is Pennsyl vania's claim. Such her credentials. A CITIZEN OE PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey, All Hall The Democratic Convention of New Jersey met at Trenton, on Tuesday last, and elected the following named gentlemen delegates to the National Convention, viz : Gen. William Cook, John W. Micklc, Gen. J. S Darcy, Gen. E. R. V. 'Wright, William Hanna, E. E. Shephard, Garret S. Carmon, William D. Davis, Archibald Osborn, Ingham Carryon, Jacob Vammatta, John Hopper, Simeon Harrison, Charles Fink. Resolutions were unanimously passed, in structing the delegates to use all honorable means for the nomination of JAMES BUCHANAN for the Presidency—endorsing the National Administration and the principles, embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska bill—also denunci atory of Know-Nothingism and Black Republi canism. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed through out the sitting of- the Convention, and it ad journed with enthusiastic cheering for JAMES BUCHANAN. The State Treasurer H. S. MAORAw, Esq., of Lancaster, the Staff Treasurer elect, entered upon the dischargepf the duties of his office on Monday last—Thin. ELI SLIFER, of Union county, retiring. Of r. S. it is but just to say that he was one of e best Treasurers we have had for many y . He was accommodating, attentive to hisd les, and always actuated by the highest mo ives of integrity. If the Treasurer of the C on wealth lost anything during the past yoal, the neglect is not chargeable to intentional n ,, .lect on the part of Mr. SLIFER. The new Treasurer, Mr. MAGRAW, is a I:ri fleman of very superior abilities. He is lawyer by profession, and when engaged in the practice, in Pittsburg, was one of the most promising members of that able bar. His social qualities are of the rarest kind, which renders him only to be known to be loved.— That he will make an excellent officer, the people of the State will discover before his term has half expired.—Harrisburg Patriot. Mr. Magraw has made the following ap pointments:—William D. Bow, of Harrisburg, Cashier; Randal M'Lauglin, of Westmoreland, George J. Bolton, of Wyoming, and Reuben Reinhold,. of Lancaster, Clerks ; and George , Adams, of Harrisburg, Messenger. kr The Novelty Iron Works at Rochester N. Y; were destroyed by fire on the :Ist bun LON 145,000, ,cia.iwk,bLsr_cdt_o_euorotro To the Diro:tors of the thiumbia and be% leare to preset report on the ligation and estimate • The C. ft O. Railroad with its ten mile Iced byyour charter, extends from Colon ware StatoLine, in the vicinity Cill3litryl is as tiowjoestedlifty miles In length. • ,Raid rowEnsturally divides into two adtati length, the iltst of which extend , the top of the Diiitling Ridge in the vi and is =34 miles In length; the seconi ding Ridge to thefltate Line, and is Id The : location alba flat division - • 18.56, by my aulatant, S. Wright, ani rmtli the fourth of July. Every care the location as perfect as possible, and with a trifling exception, the line made. Some straightening may be 'they's and Conestoga, and also letweet. Newavengrea run; and the three unsigid the may iishibits in the neighborhood be condensed Intn ono of not more length of the three, without any UM these eieeptiotui, the map exhibits lb sutatantially as it must remain if a . adbaredlo. . The following table of places and distances will re a person familiar with the road, au accurato Ws of 4 e lo cation of this division : Starting paint, Columbia Railroad, back of H ars Borough of Washington, at Shoch's mill race, 1 " : t s; Henri Linde/tuna's,— ' I 4 Dividing Ridge, at Elizabeth Kendien,...... Point of Turkey MU, at Oath. Hershey's,. akireblg'e Dam, on Indian Run, . . i Consist - 43s Run, above the 2nd Dam, I 9 ?o ! Catholic Church, in Sere Harbor, Bnekwalter's Stumnit, near the Meeting House, ! 034 Warfers Ridge, at Christian Warfel's, .... 'l2 Peons Creek, just north or alartic Forge, 'l3 Buyer's Run, just month of Township Road, 1P.34 Brenemsn's 51111, on Furnace Run, just below the , Dam, T Sweotwood Summit, between Furnace Run and' Strohm's Run, - 1834 Winters' Summit, between Strohm's run,aud Noun. wanger's, . 1034 Head of Newswanger's run and John Illutcher's....... itti " " Grail's - " Jacob Kline, 2l " " Shenk's - " David Realer,— .... ."2 Aument's Summit Dividing Ridge, one mile south or Quarryville, ti The second division woo committed to the charge o R. _ - - ' , thrill' ' T. Meson, Ase't. Engineer, who has 'labored faltakilf to present as complete a line for construction, no the face of the country would admit of; but owing to the preValbuce of rainy weather In the-early part of the seateu, and the limited amount of money placed at my disposal, wet are not able to show so complete a line here es 01.1 the weeturn divialom In the very outset of breaking tiff: diviallf, 1 was obliged to choose between two routes acnes the bac, taro and its branches, without that precise knowledge of the ground which the last week of experimental miry°, would have afforded; and although the route eitoaatl prom ised the [alma, and was utaluubtudly the favorite of a ma jority of the Stockholders, yet the event has sllown,; that this is not the route that a company looking to length of line and coat of construction would adopt. Still it is tc; be regretted that this line has bead located. Viewed by Itself, It is by no memo, objectiuuable, and if no better hue can be obtained, the ihr.a.tars nerd nut .lu4i Late toconatruct upon this one; and if, a further exanduktiot, should demonstrate that a more eastern route cont.( be made both shorter sad cheaper, the care which has. been bestowed on the western route will servo to crinvinoe Its friends that no eflort on the pert of the Directors to. meet their wishes, has beet., omitted. The two routes in question, cross the groat o..toraro p tale a little south of Mount Veruou, the other just moth of Pins Grove, and they unite about two wiles !rout the stream a little wroth of the road leading from Mount \ er. non to Oxford. From this point of junction to the Delaware Liue, the lo cation of your road wouhl bu sensibly affected by the ele vation at which we eau cross the boundaryiine. Working up*ards with our maximum grade from the Tide Witter District around Newark, and wishing to lix with precision this elevation. I wrote to the Commiesionere of Delaware, requesting permission to transfer my party to that State. These gentlemen were, however, u ll.liiiu to comply with my request, and 1 wus thereture obliged to assume au ale nation based upon thu experimental lino of ilaf, which af fords u very near approximate hullivieut fur an estimate of cost, but nut sufficiently accurate to justify a contmence-' moot of the st ink of cutistrifetlutt. In doing 60, I assumed the lowest and least favorable limit, to that any change which may be made by ti n y loca tion of the Delaware Line, will be certain to straighten and shorten the present location, Os wall as to reduce the esti mate of mit. 1 have thus endeavored to chow that the location just tlubdied, although not so complete as could be wibheti, has nevertheless accomplished all that was desired lu the out set. It has demonstrated the entire placticabllity of tar- tyingryinga line or low grades across the country, lu ur direct line between Columbia end new Castle, at a cost not ex ceeding the means of those who aio Interested to its con struction. Thus shortening the line of communication be tween the interior of the State and the Atlantic, at heist fitty-five miles over any other possible route. Crest care has been taken at mat lug up the estimates to have them as full as possible. The quantities .are course subjects kit' a mathematical calculation, end thopro- portion of rock to earth has been arrived at by examlnlug the aides of wells in the neighborhood of the deep cuts, and also by a careful measurement in ravines and water cours es, where the surface of the rock was laid bare by the we- The quantity of all material to be excavated, and the distance to , which It must be tiansported, were compared with those of other works now in progress, and the mat of all items deduced from paying prices ou the works In question,, The euat of tho whole lino to New Castle, it will be seen, is below the three millions which its most sanguine friSnds have deemed necessary to complete it. The maximum grades adopted are 21 feet per mile ascend ing east, and 3136 descending east, being a gala of nearly fifty per cent. in facility of transportation over any line now in use between the Susquehanna and Delaware. It is to be regretted that we cannot, its this place, give a description of a located line across Delaware to our natural terminus at Now Castle. The experimental lines of WA, clearly showed that no obstacle existed in that state to prevent a fine of low grades being carried atruight across at a moderate cost; and since we have n. ,a, Ars actual location the e..ti. o to actataDllity of such s. line across that part of PullasylVaula, where alone orts difficulties were apprehended, the feasibility of the whole line may be assumed to be fully demonstrated. In estimating the amount of freight and travel over the Octoraro lialiroad, it is hard to tell where to set a limit abort of the full capacity of the road. Statistical tables carefully prepared in different parts of our country, have clearly shown that the local business of every road yet con structed, is by far its most important support, and that every twenty miles in width through a fertile and popu lous country Is capable of supporting a road. This element of prosperity the Octoraro Railroad undoubtedly possesses. But in addition to this, it is destined to be ono of the prin: cipal, if not the very greatest of the main highways be tween the Atlantic and the tireat Went. The through trade of thwOolumbia and Philadelphia Railroad exenods now, and for a long time past, the trade of any other road in America, and yet all this trade could be carried more cheaply over the Octoraro Railroad. Even that part intend ed for Philadelphia, could be sent by way of Newark as cheaply as it now is by the present road, since our low grades would more than overbalance the Increase of die. lance by our route; and that part intended for exportation, would reach the ocean with 20 miles loss of railroad and 30 of river navigation. But the advantages do not stop hero. 'Phu undeveloped coal Raids of central Pennsylvania are waiting the con struction of our road In order to be brought into profitable use; and it in not saying too much terassert that the com. murcial world is yet entirely Ignorant of the extent and value of these hods. Even the Broad Top coal field, small is it Is, in comparison with the West Branch beds, almost equals in extent the entire Schuylkill region. The lands of the Allegheny company alone are almost commonaurato with those of Broad Top, although they form but a small part of the great Allegheny held. These two great companies, with others of more recent date, but not less important, are now preparing to send their coal for exportation to Philadelphia by the tedious and expensive route of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. It requires no argument to prove that they would avail themselves of our better route the moment it was opened. - It would be premature to make any calculation as to the amount of the coal trade. The two companies named above anticipate a trade of half a million of tone each, but no one acquainted with the mines et their disposal can believe they will be content with that amount for three years to come. Instead of one million they will send down three millions in three years from this time, and three fourths of that will be sent eastward; for Philadelphia le al ready so well supplied with coal, she will need but little from the Susquehanna. If you charge one dollar per ton for carrying these two millions, and it s.annot be carried any other way for a lees sum, you will have a profit of twenty-llve cents per ton—or half a million on the whole amount, being sixteen per cat on tho coast of your road. Where the coal trade goon the iron must follow, and the coal and iron exported will bring a return trade nearly equal in amount. Heades whirls you will have all the southern travel to the lakes, either going or returning, and all the emigrants who enter the Delaware and who will prefer landing at New Cantle to the tedious navigation of the river. In short, And to sum all up in a few worth, you have the shortest and the beat route from the interior to the Ocean, andlou must by a law as inexorable as that which com pels water to run in the lowest channel, drain every other highway in the country until yours le full to overflowing. A comparison between the experimental lines across the State of Delaware, and those which run through Pennsyl vania, is vastly in favor of the former, and justifies your engineer In saying that the average cost of grading the 12 miles between the Delaware State Line and the city of New Cattle, will be lees than one-half of that required for the same distance through Pennsylvania. The whole distance will therefore sum up as follows: . . First Division, Zi% miles, Second Minden, 94% miles, Average coat D. T. 32,893, S. T. 29,657, Add 12 ranee at ball above average, Total cost of grading 60 miles, Add for track superstructure, $2,976,240 $2,201,469 Total cost of Double Track, $2,976,249 " " Single Treck, ... . 2,201 469 By examining the estimate It will be seen that the poet of grading the single track as far as the west bank of the Conestoga will be $99,8111-1n round numbers $100,000. Contractors may be found who would take $30,000 In stock, if well assured of the payment of the balance. The means of the company are certainly adequate to provide the bal ance, if a united and determined effort Is made to accom plish It; and Ido moat respectful) and earnestly urge the Board of Directors_ arter Is 3. W. ?JIM , December, 1855. C. if." N l sir Mr. BUCHANAN left home on yesterday for _Washington, via Columbia and York.— The citizens of both places were preparing to give him a flattering reception. The Colum biana had chartered a car to convey him from Lancaster to that borough, and appointed a committee of escort to meet him at Lancaster. He will spend the night in Baltimore, where a grand reception awaits him, and reach Washington to-day, Similar honors will be awarded him at the latter city; He expects to be absent from home about a week. stir The St. t Senateriv.whose term. - p e session of 1856, are ' assn. Eli K. Price, Philadelphia city; Henry C.. Pratt, Philadelphia county; Charles R. Buckalew, of Columbia, Luzerne and Montour ; Samuel Wherry, of Cumberland and Perry ; J. R. Mc Clintock, of Allegheny; Thos. Hoge, of Mer cer, Venango and Warren; S. S. Jamison, of In diana, Armstrong and Jefferson; J. Creswell, Jr., of Blair, HuntiEigdon and Cambria; D. Mellinger, of Adams and Franklin ; W. M. Piatt, of Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyo ming; and J. Ferguson, of Lawrence, Beaver and Butler. Of the eleven, seven are'Demo orate. OE. South Carolina has instrlnted her del agates to the National Convention for Gen liktarestlng Correapondeace • • The following correspondence has taken place between a committee of our citizens and Mr. BUCHANAF, in. referene4 to a public din ner. It will be seen from a perusal of his reply, that Mr. , 84 ., f0r reasons which will bo appreciated, reapeCtfally declines the invita tion : 4 DWI Sts:-The pbadtini, duty has Loo assigned to us, :on behalf - of your old fonds and follow citizens—the people of Lill:outer—to tender you a public entertainment, which they anxiously hope you will accept at your earliest con venience. In communicating this customary mark of respect, ex tended to distinguished citizens and statesmen throughout the country, your nitkhoine friends desire to divest and db. robe It of the usual formanties,'made to govern similar oc casion. They desire that it shall be taken, as it is given. as the spontaneous action of the friends of your early man. hood, and of the children of those friends who learned their first lemons, on your virtues, from their fathers. They do not extend it to you as an invitation emanating from a political party, but nom your old friends and neigh. bors, who have hitherto been in political antagonism. It comes fresh from the heart of those who have known you in the spring and summer of life, and have marked your triumphant career through its early autumn, with eyeaand hearts glisteningand throbbing with approbation. It comes from your fellow citizens, some of whom have boon your intimate friends shim yon first came to Lancaster forty seven years ago, and where you have been a resident e'er blare, with the exception of the period you have been called to wove your country In other places. It comes from men, who have witnessed personally, or know from the teachings of others, your brilliant career, from the time you made your "maiden speech" in our old Court Housejas a Lawyer, —through your service as a =rubes of our State Legisla ture, to which you were liret elected In 1814 e —Ithrough your Congreseionai service of ten consecutive years in the lower House of Congress,—through the mission to Rands, cu (erred upon you by the Hero President, Arnim J.IOESJY, —through your brilliant service in the Senate of the Unites States, tram which you were taken to fill the highest place In the Cabinet of President Pots, and in whose administra tion you added fresh laurels to the high distinction you had already aequirod,—and, last of all, through your mis sloe to the Court of St. James, from which you have Just returned, with the pined consolation of having so son ducted the high, responsible and delicate trust committed to your charge, as to teach the "proudest Court of Europe" that the government and people of the United States know and understand their rights, and knowing, mill Maintain Went. You bare beau brought In contain, and made to grapple, mingle-handed, with the diplomatic giants of Eu rope ; and whilst your own countrymen Joyously and ex ultingly hail your great achievement es a national honor, they rejoice to find that you hare left a name and fame ott the other side of the Atlantic, that will be held in respect and esteem whilst memory keeps a rodard. It is your old warin.hearted friends, with au equally en thualeatie portion who may bemlled fair samples of "Young Annetta)," thereto.), who now greet your safe relent to your old home, with &Akio of heartfelt gratitude. They have Been iu the record, to which 'we have bad the honor briefly to refer, that in every station you have tilled, your arta .peak the sincere devotiou with which you have main tained the honor, the glory, the welfare Of our common country,—that the Constitution of the U. States, and of our own dear old Commonwealth, harm the political platform upon which you have always stood, as the fearless advocate of the rights of the Poople,—that the warning words of the inimerhd Father of hi. Country, which tetteluoo us to frown down "every attempt to alienate one section of our beloved country from the caller,' awl the emphatic declaration of ANDRM JACKSON. that ' • Our Union 7,411. a anal Shutt be pre served," occupied it conspieuous piece in your political text boak. The eye of the People is,uutv loolcingituxioubly to you, as the advocate of the advice and counsel of these Illuatrh oue Statesmen, now iu their graves, and they trust mad pray, that through your instrumentality, with the aid of Divine Providence, the sectional strile . now convulsing the rountry, will bo allayed, turd a bond or brotherhood be es tablishod which will render perpetual and tree, from all strife or agitation, our beloved Union. We have only to add, that the united wish or your frionds and neighbors, in, that you will hz an early day to meet thou at the social board, and afford an opportunity to give .you a cordial greeting, In their oldtashloned way. CHAS. E.WENTI, JOHN IL DWORMAN, i'IIAS..M. HOWELL, .1. 11. KAUFMAN, HENRY CARPENTER, J. M. JOHNSON, JAS. 11. BARNES, P. CASSIDY, P. 3112,./NO3IY, JOHN. W. JACKSON, RICHARD WURANN on. JAMES BCCHANAN, Wheatland. ENTLEMEN have received your very kind invitation, —in behalf of my '•old friends and fellow-citizens—the peo ple of Lancaster," to meet them at a public dinner on the occasion of my return home, after an absence of several yours, and beg that you and they will accept my cordial thanks fur this additional evidence of regard. 1 ham already met such a public welcome in Lancaster, from my friends and neighbors, as I shall over remember with deep gratitude. It came from the heart and went di rectly to the heart. The Fame indulgent kindness bestowed upon me by your fathers has been extended to me by their children. Among you I desire to live, and in your midst, I trust, in Heaven, I may die. Them Is not the least no mssity, therefore, Mr a public dinner to manifest our mu tual. regard kw each other; and, fur myself, I should prefer to mingle with you as friends and neighbors, in the daily intercourse of society, rather than to meet you at a mom formal public entertainment. Besides, we could not expect that many of our friends, among the farmers of the county, would favor es with their presence at this busy season f the year. Under these elrcumstancts, whilst reiterating my grate ul sense of the honor you have tendered, I trust you trill udulgently excuse me for respectfully declining it. From your friend and' follow-citizen, JAMES BUCHANA:4. Messrs. Charles E. Wont; Charles M. Howell, John Pd. Jackson, Dr. Homy Carpenter, J. B. Kaufman, James 11. Barnes, J. M. Johnson, P. liPamonly, Dr. I'. Cassidy, John H. lluchmau nod Richard 31'llrann. Communicated. NEWVILLE, CUM. CO. May S. DEAR SANDERSON-1n my correspondence with a venerable gentleman in the City of Rich mond, Va., the following (among other trains of thought ou the various, unusual, danger ous, and important subjects that now agitate the public mind,) was contained in a letter, to which the subjoined, so far as relates to the questions of the day, is a response. How comes it that Virginia (always right) seems to hesitate and keep us in a kind of suspense in regard to who she intends to be her choice as Presidential candidate? To us, it seems clear that if she wants to have the privilege of being instrumental in electing another " Wise," clear headed,.hbnest-hearted, patriotic and saJNa• tional Democrat, as a safe ruler over the whole Nation, we cannot see how or where she can do better than to accept and sustain the well tried and highly gifted sou of Pennsylvania, JAMES BUCHANAN. As I keep no copy of my letters, 1 do not give the above as the precise language of my letter to Mr. -; but, so far as 1 can re collect, it is the substance of what I wrote to him on the subject of the Presidency. The following is an extract from his re sponse: My DEAR Stn—"l perceive that you have lost none of your interest In pollUcs, and none of the true spirit of Do. mocracy. You and I belong to the past generation, so fox as thought, sentiment and feeling are concerned, We have no new creed to learn either in religion or polities. It is for us, su far as we can, to clear out the weeds and brush away the trash that fanatics and demagogues aro continu ally sowing and strewing in the 'old paths.' - I believe that nine-tenths of the Democrats of Virginia are in favor of Mr. Bucuanss for the next Presidency, and that he will get her vote in the Convention. Some anony mous correspondents of the Enquirer expose their folly, while they hfde their names, by Insisting on the nomina tion of a Southern man. Such madcap, aro enemies to our cause. Perhaps they aro Know-Nothing 'Owls,' hooting from their dark holes, to the disgust of all true Democrats. In all National and Constitutional matters, Democrats know no North—no South. It is the glory of our party that they are the true Conservative Union party. Lot, then, those hooters, pretending to be Democrats, cease their pra ting about the right or claim of the South to the next Pres ident, or go, where they legitimately belong, to some of the factious that oppose the great Union Democracy. "I have no fear that Virginia will press any of her sons. If the voice of her people is heard, Busux:fax will get her rote in the Convention." Yours, &c. We publish elsewhere, says the Valley Spi it, details of the riot which occurred a week ago at Erie. The immediate cause of the disgraceful affair was a knock down between two citizens, one of whom is a partisan of the Railroad company, and the other a friend of " Erie's rights." The mob is condemned by the Erie press in general. We admire the attitude assumed by the Observer. That jour nal Arnestly defendid the just rights of the city in the controversy with the Railroad com pany; bUt it condemns the late wanton de struction of prilate property with an earnest ness that will go far to convince the public that although Erie has been disgraced by a mob, she is not a city of rioters, but simply the victim of a riot. / $66§,041 $596,608 .. 913,850 826,990 $1,578,891. $,1,423,528 197,359 177,941 41,776,249 $.1,601,469 . 1,200,000 600,000 W: lot t. fit .• t it subscriptions to the Observer, because th. editor of the Constitution, whose press and m= -riots were destroyed by the mob, was p, itted to issue his paper from the Observer offi e. No doubt the three or four indignant ge alemen retired to a place of safety after wi I. drawing their subscription and calmly w= tell for the Observer office to blow up ! T at's the way " indignant subscribers" gen. e do. But they will earn a character for ..tience hardly second to that of Job himself, f they wait till the blow up takes place ; for the Observer has tsken strong root in the soil of Erie, and moreover immediately after the glorious four withdrew, fifteen gentlemen stepped in and had their names entered on the Observer's list, and paid down the cash in advance. SLOAN thinks his paper can get on at that rate, and as the Irishman said of the water dashing over the cataract of Niaga ra, we "don't see what's to hinder it." To the inmates of a printing office, the fun niest fellow in the world is an " indignant subscriber" come to "Stop his paper." For the time being he is a capital comic actor.— His whole soul is in the " part," and his per sonation of a groat fool is perfect. Shouts of laughter invariably follow his exit, but we have never yet known an " indignant with drawal" to be followed by the collapse of a printing office. TEE CCOOLTITTeS INITIATION LLICASTEt, April 31.1, WILEATLCND, near Lancaster, 6 May, 1856.. RICHMOND, VA, May 9, ISL 6 The Riot at Erie 4-'43tirea.shit'cio 4 , WHITSIINTIDE MONDAY—YOIIb3I4fIy WllB a . • % y thew in our city.. The 1 caches chin:dug, Auden I.• mouse number of couil.ll' PIG were in town. Our Ho. keepers, Merchants, Shop. severs and Confectioners did • latutaLing business.' - llTATcnuell.—John • 11041 . Watchman at the Pr hapson has been ap gon, an place ofJ. Kendig. re- MARBLE ilroaas.—` l e direct attention to the advertisement of P. T. luativ,ln another column.— This establishment is one of the most extensive of the kind in this City, and Mr. 9.'s oneigy and enterprise cannot fall 16 ensure him SUCCORS In his lusineee. e Aliplleations. SATURDAY, May 10. 1. to announce their award of rose was crowded, and great kw the result. The Court first the Court met at 2. 1 A tairern licenses. The court hi) anxiety was manifested to aunouncod the following orA, , Tt is ordered by the Conti that the Prosocuting Attor pad's.° for tha proanution fur regulaUng the sale of In 31st Of March, 1856. Indict. by the constablos and filed fed to the Grand Jury at th o ney for the District, proceed offandars against the toxicating liquors, passed tb., nients upon the rotuans ueartling to law, to be prase,' next sessions in August." The Court also announced lug alteration in the apportd lishod. They added ta Ada' abattdown 1, E. llempfield 1 bury 1, Washington 1, Marti deducted from Con.toga 1. Donegal 1, Earl 1, Ephrata 1, 'hat they hadlll.l.le the follow. nmeut which has beau pub- Mown borough 1, Dart 1, Ells.. Marietta 1, Strasburg I, Sado. 1, .11auheitu twp. 1-10. Aug 1, Douegul 1,1 - Mt. Joy twp. 1, peon 1, Cloy 1, Little Britain 1-10. flu tho Court of Quarter Se tool or Lancaster Count'', utter duly hearing the several applications for licenses for sales of liquors, under the Act eutitlal au lot to . regulate the sale of intoxicating liqu arc, approval tho thirty-first day of March, Ann° llutuini, one thousand night hundred and fifty-six. the following Iliensov are granted by the said Court, in pursuant, of the said Act, upon" the applicant" named, re.*,tirely, complying with tho requisite condi North WeNt Ward.—A Ernanuul Shober. Blickoithkkrtio, Frederick NI Trout, Wendell Martzell, " rums, John Itichnel,.lloury pur, ❑ima. Kendig, George ooso, Jacob Lemon, floury S. Abroluan Ilostottor, Samuel y. 31. Eshbach. I opplo, Harriet T. Keller, An. Loris Sprochor, Conrad Mil. Kircher, Jatc..L, aud David : , .chank, Pot, U. Krekkr, tihnur. Reuben %Veh.ller, th B.ml Ward. —Owen thony Lechler, 'Lanett A; Cu lor, John Hamilton. South We, t. Ward.--Cltriu Lewis 11. U, loon & Sou, U"' &leak, Margaret Rted Fit,Luitrirk. South Ewa Wa:A.—Marc :11ellooiglo, Mary Ntotosou. kop, Courts 1 J. Plitt, IVIIIIntu T. Youart, Johu R. Watkius Adauistown.-11oury Sh rk, Marlin 11. Wolduor. Colutubia.—Datuiel Herr, a tharluu Howard, Joshua J. Hama, Martin Erwin, Johu hist, Coruellum Tyson, Jtaloph I'. Black, Jelllllll3 Brown, Ildury K. Miulch. Elizabothtowit.—.l.Oreou‘alt, J:,,,,,,,, Laird, (N or , w Boyer.- Mariotta.--Wm. Appuld, Ll,wk Iluustati, Georg,' future, S. U. Minor, Sarah Flury, David Cnoool. Manitoku.—Michael Whitt, LOWLIII.. Doug. Mount Al.—Henry Shath or, Loonard K.Soltzor, (Lou,y ShorbAlin. Strasburg.-Wm. Hchtornaoht, Houry Boar, Martiu Herr Was!, nztuu. —Gotha/ Sehhor, Boujamiu Kaull wau, C. H. Martin. ToWSSI lart—Fr3uciA Lytle, Jam. Brvekuock—lmax Moaner, I!! Cono.toga—A. S. tallut , Ulm Audrow Ntetzgar. emprnarvou—Aun AlLr4ht, Martin Leibor, Silos Embree, Ad.un Rutter. 'otor Good. ign \V. Hess, John ti. Preis, CocaJiro Wust—ltichard Fl ckingsr, lleury Aegerise, John Y. Mentzer. Clay—No applicant. Cocalico East—Andrew Rearm (ouu vacancy) Colerain—Jeremiah swislicr, J. B. lltildWili. Coney—Hannah McNeil, i lobn Filbert, Abraham Collins Drumoru--Nuthailiel ]Myers, Folio, Sweigart, Edwin ear. ett Edmund Donegal La.gt. Jobe A. louseal, tioorgo Murray, %amid Donegal , Earl.—John Styer, i , rflilyers, Price Knight. Earl Weot.—ltuus Walther, Jacob Bauer, jr., John McCutcheon, floury Friir thiorge Roland. Karl East.—Willianieolethan, Samuel Uverholtzer. Elisabutii.—Lewis It. Hil men , tieurge Bents. Eden—James C. Ewing. Ephrata—Joseph Konigniacher, David 'l'. Hair, John W Crum., Christian Ilertlerothb. Fulton—Samuel 3lc Lonegisu, Hy. roulatus Eckman. Ilemptiold West—John Kreudig, Jacob Kinyb , Henry E Wolf; Jacob Dietz, William Purtlieuaire. Honplioht East—Daniel Hess, Henry A!. Hoar, John De- Simon 3linich, John Shreiner. Larapeter Eant—Johu Sow; JohntEchternaelt, Henry Koneagy, Levi 11. Rhodos. Laukpeter Wed—John alf.iallister, John 11. Miller, Hoa ry Chill. Leaeock Upper—Michael Sender, Alma M. Weldlor, Jacob Bard. 1 . Leacock—John Shearer, Martin Rhodes, John D. White . side. Little Britain—None. Lancaster—Joseph DUI., v, Jas. IV. Lytle, Levi Sunnily Manor—Thomas Fisher, Edward nom, John Brady, Jr., lloorge Ilurnberger, Jacob $. Mann, John Daily. Mauheim—Levi Schlott, Daniel Hoffman, Jacob Blotch, J...dwi Bookie, Shreiner & Oroff. }lactic—John Wilson, Jeise Engles, Johu Fisher. Mount Joy—Daniel 0. Weald, Jacob iliestand. Providence—Johu Tweed,' Johu C. Smith. Paradise—Henry Cloud, ltobert Taggart, Chru. Harsh. Puouca—Benjamin Rowel, Michael Zercher. Penn—lionfanoin ‘VhiteiChrlstlan Hershey. itapho—Hoary B. Stone, Dacoli Sammy, Samuel Frey. Sadsbury—Sainuol nutukor, Richard Marshall, Marin ate Roland. 4' Salisbury—ti. IV. Wernts, Jas. it. Houston, Martin Bear, J. W. Dickiusou, Samuel Lkantun, John Ammon. Strasburg—Benjamin Fritz, Buidamili B. slyer., Mao., Warwick—Martin Kafroiho, Jermiall Hallacher, Thomas Sands; Samuel Lichterithaier. After the list.wae read !?itf, a number of the successful applicants presented their bonds for approval—others wore presented on Mauday, When the Court met fur that purpose. The Court fixed tho 4th Monday in Juno for the hearing of applleatlons for Eating House.. The licenses are to runlfor one year front the day on which the hondsare executed. Adjourned until Monday meriting at 10 o'clock. REJECTED !APPLICATIONS. Thu followlug laths HAMS rejected application.. LANG TER CITY. North West Ward—A row Bear, Amos Funk, Henry Rosenfelt, John Derwart, Hoorge Harting. North East Ward—Johu Cosgrove, Jacob Wolfer. South West Ward.—Frlderick Hess, John JI. ICvelisig, Samuel Car:nutty. South East Ward.—Plaikip Snyder, Johu Tymony, Win K. I Ueo. Leonard, A.boar.l3llfler. Itoho tens. Columbia—Wm. Gardni Smith, John 311kmald, liebue ca Eberllue, Jeremiah 1.1 own, Elizabeth Il'ulf, Uerhard Brandt, Jaules McHenry, udrew Bolter, John Kramer. ItllubuthtoWn—Catharibe Fiiitz, Charles W. Murray. Marietta—Slmou Nagle, Lewis Martin PUlllp Deltrich. Manheini—Abraham It. habit. Strasburg—Snot:tar Reesh. iYashingtoo—Jacob Kreider, . Toprisun 13 Conostoga=Jacob Warfel) .Elizabeth Eckman. Ciernarvon—George Az Cocaitco West—Jacob Ybltug, Mary Mum, Jesse Bucher. Catalina East—Henry Rhodes, Isaac Heiner...Mold un der Advisement.] Coney—John D. Ilefft. Drumore—Jno. Kennedy, J. D. Malone, Eli McCardel. Donegal East—Samuel Smith. Donegal West—Jonathan Diffenderfer. Earl—Samuel Davis, lease Hell, Samuel Rife. Earl West—Peter Albert, Levi G. Kemper, Adam Block. Elizabeth—Jacob Snarr.l Ephrata—Samuel Hastert, Martin Dross, Jacob G. Wen ger, Samuel G. Kemper. Fulton—Wm. J. Hess, Edwin C. Wecoiward. Hemptield East— Dav id Royer, Adam Deitrich, ,Martin Kendig, Henry K. Den , Wm. K. Martin, Emanuel L. Hall, Jacob IL. bletzgar, Jo u Shuman, Jacob K. Duakie. Lampeter Egi4b-51. S. Metzger, Samuel M. McCallieter. Lazupeter West—Michael Steer, Jacob Haber, John C. Baldwin, H. M. Kreider. Leacock Upper—Samuel N. Rutter, Samuel R. Myers. Little Britain—Lydia Miller. Manor—David M. Witmer, Christian H. Zimmer, Jacob H. Lighthelser, Jacob E. Kauffman. Manhelm—Jacob Grube,lA. B. Landis, Barbary Couisteu, Peter Meurer, John Bostick, David Sammy, Jacob Landis. Providence—David Snavely, Mary Miller. Paradise—John Falck, Ileac Mal. Pequa—Cluistian B. Heir, Samuel Charles. Bapho—Voter K. Itesleri Salisbury—John H. Skiles, John !Item. Strasburg—Beacob G. Miller. Warwick—John Bender„! A. IV. Shobor, Jacob Weitzel. • [ nt has been concluded be- Postmaster General, and 'er General, the Duke of fr l the registration of vain : irom Great Britain. Ile letters for Great Britain he same as on domestic the rate on a single letter, tinty-nino cents. On all Bath cquntry pre-payment rangemcnt went into ope lMay. AirAn arrangeml tween Mr.-Campbell the British Postman! l Argyle, providing fo b able letters to and registration fee on will be five cents, tl letters, thus making when registered twi registered letters in is required. The ar ration on the first oil 1051.- The apportior by the Court, has gj in many sections of I this city. old licensed are in one wards are left wit 4 accommodate the peg been in the habit of In several instan really necessary an " accommodation of were rejected, whil mere drinking houstid conveniences, nor tlic proprietors, to accom The Court have rril ders in many of the of.the county. The is much ill feeling op both "loud and deep the heads of the Jud) would be committed' such flagrant errors than the community feeling at the deoisim 1 ment of Tavern Licensee, iven great dissatisfaction i , fhe county, as well as in a half of all the Taverns ard, while the other three t a sufficient number to ; xple who have heretofore stopping in those wards. es, houses which are have been kept for the trangers and travellers," t licenses were given to is that have neither the ie desire on the part of the nmodate those classes. tads the same gross blun ?i townships and boroughs iconsequence is that there b the subject, and curses " are freely heaped upon Iges. That some mistakes was inevitable, but that Would be made, was more lexpected—hence the bad ms of the Court. - . i ongrestlional district of G. S. Lewis, of Harrison, nawha, delegates to the on—both of whom are advocates of Mr. Boon- 8141 - The 14th ► Virginia has elected and J. L. Carr, of A Cincinnati Conven the open and zealou 110IIIiAtitiOII. !TURES
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