INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A..SANDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA:, DECEMBER 9, 1856
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far President PIERCE has our thanks for a
oopy of his Annual. Message.
Electoral College
The Electoral College of this State, met in
the Senate Chamber, at Harrisburg, on Wed
nesday last, and organized by choosing Hon.
WILLIAM WILEms, President, and Wm. V.
M'KEAN, Esq., of Philadelphia, and Gen. WM'.
H. MILLER, of Harrisburg, Secretaries.
The College then cast the twenty-seven
votes of Pennsylvania for JAMES BUCHANAN
and JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE., Mr. CAMPBELL,
of Butler, was chosen bearer of returns to
Washington City—Mr. OSTERHOCT to Judge
KANE of the 11. S. Court, Philadelphia—and
Mr. M'NAIR to the Harrisburg Post Office.
On Thursday the Electors dined at Wheat
land, near this city, by invitation, with the
President elect. Upon their return tu town
they all expressed themselves much gratified
with their visit to Mr. BUCHANAN and the
courtesy and kindness with which they were
welcomed to his hospitality.
The Pre•lAent , s Message
The last annuall Nlessage of President
PIERCE will be found on our first page. We
publish it at length to the exclusion of our
usual variety. The Message presents the
condition of our foreign and domestic relations
in a calm and considerate manner, and shows
that our march. to greatness as a Nation has
been steadily onward. Many of the Presi
dent's suggestions are well-timed and reason
able, and will commend themselves strongly
to the good sense and patriotism of the Amer
ican people.
The Message is clearly written, without
ambiguity, and is a straight hovard,'marily
American, Union crate paper. It discusses
the slavery question with point, frankness,
and boldness; giving no quarter to the anti
national idea of a geographical, party, and
presenting a masterly vindication of the
administration in its Kansas-Nebraska policy.
Its exhibit of our foreign relations is brief,
terse, and statesmanlike. The feature in this
is the simple, original, but great American
proptalition made to all monarchical powers, to
exempt private property from seizure by
belligerents on the ocean. The" whole docu
ment is drawn up with great ability, and is
creditable to the patriotism of the President.
The quiet exhibit it makes of our country,
filled with every element of greatness and
power, is most
,gratifying to our national
pride, while it will elicit from the old world
fresh expressions of wonder.
%Ve trust no citizen will fail to give this
state paper a thorough examination.
Congress
But little has yet transpired iu Congress
worthy of 'note. The Senate after discussing
for two days a motion to print 15,000 extra
copies of the President's Message, and notic
ing, in an appropriate manner, the death of
Hon. JOHN M. CLAYTON, which occurred dur
ing the recess, adjourned over from Thursday
until yesterday.
A. question arose in the House the first day,
which has been the subject of discussion ever
since, on allowing toe Hon. Mr. WHITFIELD,
Delegate from Kansas, to take his seat. The
Black Republicans are fighting against his
admission, although he holds the certificate
of election from Governor Geary, and further
more his seat is not contested by any one, nor
are there any objections made by the people
of the Territory.
This is in the same spirit of factious oppo
sition as was evinced by the House at the close
of the last session, and it will probably ter
minate in the same way—defeat of these fac
tiunists. But, in the mean time, the apprc
priate business of legislation is to be retarded,
and the country kept in a state of turmoil
and agitation on account of this Kansas busi
ness—and that, too, in the face of the over
whelming condemnation of the acts of these
Black Republicans by the people of the Union
on the 4th of November. The seat of the
delegate from Kansas was declared, during
the last session, vacant. A new election was
ordered. It was held in accordance with the
requirements of Congress and the Constitution.
Mr. WHITFIELD was duly elected, without
opposition, No allegation of fraud has been
made against his election. Everything was
done in perfect fairness and according to the
forms prescribed by the act of Congress—and
yet these sectionalists and Black Republicans
refuse to aduitt - him to a seat on the floor of
the House! Could lawlessness go farther?—
But, never mind—their time is short. The
4th of March will witness a new order of
things, and then the people of Kansas will
get their just rights under the Constitution and
laws.
Returning to their Right. Minds
In•looking over the yea 3 and nays upon the
rejection of Mr. Whitfield, delegate from
l ansas, who was elected as fairly as man
Could be, and who we believe is not objected
to by the free State men of Kansas them.
selves, we find that Messrs. JACOB BROOM,
HENRY M. FCLLER and Joa R. TYSoN, Know-
Nothing Representatives from Pennsylvania,
vosed for his admission to a' seat.
We are pleased to be able to record this
vote. These gentlemen, although elected in
opposition to the Democratic party, and op
posed to Mr. Whitfield in politics, have shown
that they still can be honest an 4 just. They
are not willing any longer to lend themselves
to the Black Republicans for the purpose of
committing a great wrong, and perpetuating
the ill feeling in Congress growing out of the
Kansas difficulties. These gentlemen deserve
the that of their constituents for thus per
mitting e " sober second thought " to have
full sway in their minds.
Firutnees of the State
By reference to the table published in ::11-
other column, it will be seen that the finances
of the Commonwealth are in a most healthy
condition. The receipts from the Public
Works alone amount, during the fiscal rear,
to over $2,000,000.' This a highly encourag
ing state of things ; and goes far to prove that
by prudent and careful management on the
part of those having control of the Public
Improvements (and that has emphatically
been the case for the last few years,) the period
will very soon arrive, if it is not already here,
when the receipts from our canals 'and rail
roads will be a source of large revenue to
the Commonwealth over and above the ex
penses of working and keeping them in repair.
Great credit is likewise due to our excellent
State Treasurer, H. S. MACRAW, Esq., for the
ability with which ho has managed the finan
ces of the Commonwealth during the brief
period be has been in office, and we hope the
enacting Legislature will continue him in the
important and responsible station which he
has shown himself so well qualified to fill.
A Whopper and No Mistake t
A Black Republican paper in Chicago says
that Mr. BIICIIANAN was President of the
Lanscas ter Bank when it failed:
-If Air. B. hadnot just been elected Presi
dint of a much bigger and more solvent insti
tution, the Chicago Fremonter would'nt have
told this hugsfasehoodi
Pennsylvania Pioneers--Lancaster in
the Front Ranks
In the progres< of the recant Presidential
campaign we had an opportunity of noticing
that our good old State has furnished a full
quota of her hardy, enterprizing and indus
trious ; sons,. in the population of our new
States and Territories. The flag of the "Key
stone Commonwealth" floated in the- breeze,
and was supported by sturdy standard bearers,
throughout the conflict and to the close of the
grand battle, from the borders of the Northern
Lakes to the shores of the Pacific: and what
is most gr i atifying there appeared to be but a
single, united voice in the rallying cry—
"JAMES BUCHANAN, our own great citizen and
Statesman." Although it was a natural ex
pectation, e' it is a matter of pride and
exultatimi to hear that wherever Pennsyl
vanians had a voice in the election, that voice
was potent in the cause of Democracy, the
Union and JAMES BUCHANAN.
•We have just seen, by the proceedings in
California, that one of our young townsmen,
GEORGE ‘ P. PORTER, a.native of Lancaster, was
conspicuous as a member of the Democratic
State Convention, held at Sacramento, in that
State, on the 9th of September, of which he
was first Vice President. Ile was elected a
Delegate by the Democratic Convention of
Siskiyou county, of which he had the honor
of being the Presiding Officer. All hail the
gallant sons of Lancaster county, now pio
neering beyond the "Father of Waters." Mr.
Porter is the youngest surviving eon of our
estimable townswoman, Mrs. Gov. George B.
Porter. We tender our best wishes for his
prosperity and bright future.
Presidential Election■
We have seen it asserted by Teveral of the
more reckless'Abolition journals, that no suc
cessful candidate for the Presidency ever re
ceived so few electoral votes as Mr. BrcueNix,
nor no unsuccessful one so many as Col. FRE
MONT. With how much truth this assertion
is made, can be seen by reference to the fol
lowing table, which embraces every Presiden
tial election tir a period of sixty years : Pon.
Wssruxr.:rozi!s elections are not taken into the
account, as they .were unanimous.]
RESULT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES FROM 1796 TO 1856
Y eat
Nam. of Candidates Eletoral.Vote
1796 J John Adams, 71
Thomas Jefferson, 68
Dim , 5 Thomas Jefferson,
, 73
( John Adams, - 64
1504 5 Thomas Jefferson, 162
i Charles C. Pinckney, 14
James Madison, 128
1808 1
( Charles C. Pinekuoy,
45
181', James Madison, 122
( De Witt Clinton, 89
1816 f James Monroe, 183
i Rufus King, 34
1820 5 James Monroe, 218
i No opposition but 1 vote,
I Andrew Jackson,* 99
18 , 4 ; John Quincy Adams, 84
W. H. Crawford, 41
Henry Clay, 37
iso s I.4Adrew Jackson, 178
1 Jun Quincy Adams, . 83
I Andrew Jackson, 219
18'O; Henry Clay, 49
John Floyd, 11
William Wirt, 7
1 Martin Van Buren, . 170
1 William Henry Harrison, 73
!SU ) Hugh L. White, 26
1 Willie P. Mangum, •.11
. I Daniel Webster, 14
1840 i William Henry Harrison, 234
ll Martin Van Buren, 60
1844 , James K. Polk, 170
i Henry Clay, 105
( Zachar Taylor, 184-8 • - 163
i Lewis Cass, 127
185 , I . Franklin Pierce, 254
t (len. Winfield Scott, 42
{ - James Buchanan, 174
1856 John C. Fremont. . 114
Millard Fillmore, 8
From the above table it will be seen that
Mr. BUCHANAN has more electoral votes than
either Presidents ADAMS, JEFFERSON, MADISON,
VAN BunEN, Pou.: or TAYLOR—and as to the
popular vote, their's bear no comparison to
what he received.
• No choice by the people—John gulucy
Bitehanan. a Majority President
Notwithstanding all the boasts of the oppo
sition to the contrary, it turns out that Mr.
Buchanan is a majority President of the
United States. If every individual who voted
fur Fillmore iu the United States had voted
fur Fremont, or rice versa, it would nor have
changed the result.
The Boston Times says : —Mr. Buchanan
received a majority of the votes polled in four
teen Southern States, which oast one hundred
and twelve electoral votes. In addition he
carries the States of Pennsylvania and Indi
ana by absolute majorities over everything.
"They are entitled to forty electoral votes;
and added to the South it makes one hundred
and fifty-two—three more than is necessary .
to a choice. The union of the opposition forces
upon one man could not have beaten Mr. Bu
chanan. The official canvass shows this to be
a fact: and we trust that the Fremont men
will cease abusing the supporters of Mr. Fill
more upon the idea that, had they gone for
the Maraposa cattle dealer, he would have
been elected. The Fillmore men did not hold
the balance of power ; their votes could not
have effected the result. Mr. Buchanan, in
truth and fact, is a majority President.
Result of the Presidential Election
The New York Journal of Commerce pre•
cents the following view of the result of the
Presidential election :
Buchanan has a majority of all the votes in a
majority (16) of the States, viz, Pennsyl
vania, Indiana, (probably,) and all the slave
holding States except Maryland, comprising
an aggregate population, according to the
last census, of 12,381,824
Fremont has a majority of all the
votes in each of the six New
England States, and in Michi
gan and Wisconsin, comprising
a population of 3,431,161
Fillmore has a majority of all the
votes in Maryland ; population 583,034
In New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
Illinois and lowa, neither can
didate has a majority ; popula
tion 6,610,962
California not heard from 92,597
Total population in all the States, 23,099,578
The States in which Buchanan has a ma
jority of all the votes comprise more than half
the population of the country ; those in which
Fremont has a majority but little more than
one-seventh of the whole Population.
ANOTHER VIEW.
The total number of votgapolled for Buchanan
at the recent election may be stated in round
numbers, at 1,800,000
For Fremont 1,275,000
For Fillmors 850,000
Total number of votes, 3,925,000
Buchanan over Fremont 525,000
Over Fillmo.ie 950,000
Fremont over Fillmore 425,000
Buchanan's plurality over Fremont is 100,-
000 more than Fremont's plurality over Fill
more.,
Fremont lacks about 1,375,000 of a majority
of the whole. Buchanan lacks about 325,000
of a majority of the whole.
In all the non-slaveholding, States, taken
together, Fremont is in a minority of more
than 290,000. His vote, however, exceeds
Buchanan's in said States about 130,000.
WM— The Virginia Electoral College; after
casting the vote of the State for Buchanan
and Breokinridgo, recommended, by a vote of
12 to 3, es-Governor FLOYD for a Cabinet
appointment under the new Administration.
Reduction of thePublto Debt
During the Presidency of Gen. PIERCE,
since the 4th of March, 1853, the public debt
has been reduced from $69,129,937 to $30,-
737,129 !
Public Confidence
One of the happiest fruits of the triumphant
election of Mr. BUCHANAN to the Presidency,-
is the confidence in the future which :
inspired in the public mind. Amongst con
servative men of all parties, and in every
section of the country, there is a sense of relief
from the anxiety which was so manifest du
ring the canvass, and a feeling of security in
respect to what is to come. All—even those
who were strenuously opposed to his election
—seem to have implicit faith that under Mr.
BUCHANAN'S administration, the government
will he safely conducted through every diffi
culty that may present itself, and every dan
ger thst may arise to threaten its peaceful
and prosperous progress. Even the opposition
newspapers that, but a few weeks ago, proph
esied the worst evils as sure to - fellow upon
his election, now see in him the wise, cautious
and experienced statesman, and take comfort
to themselves in the defeat of their favorites,
by expressing strong hopes that he will make
a Chief Magistrate fully up to the mark of his
admitted ability. They consider his name a
pledge of national security, both in our do
mestic and foreign relations, and a sure prom
ise of a restoration of those harmonious feelings
between the people of the respective geograph
ical divisions of the Union, which alone can
ensure its preservation.
Speaking on this subject, the Reading
Gazette, the able and efficient organ of the
Democracy of old Berke, truthfully remarks:
How different would have been the state of
public feeling under other circumstances ! Let
us suppose for a moment, that FREMONT had suc
ceeded. Whoithat is not utterly given up to
sectional prejudices, and loves his whole coun
try, and believes that its political union is the
only ark of safety, could fail to be filled with
the most serious apprehensions. We are not
among those who at any time have believed
that the election of Fremont would, of itself,
cause a dissolution of the Union. But it
cannot be denied that his elevation to the
Presidency would have tended to increase
rather than allay the fears which the wisest
an'. most patriotic men—men, too, who are
nut accustomed to give heed to causeless
alarms—reluctantly and sorrowfully admitted
they felt for the future of the government.—
Instead of subsiding into the calmness and
security which should govern the administra
tion of public affairs, the .country would
have stood still, for months in dread of seeing
that ultra course of vindictive hostility pur
sued against the South, which the threats of
the open disunionists who are among his
warmest supporters, gave Warning of, and
which every friend of the Union not wilfully
blind to passing events, knows would inevita
bly provoke a rupture, at the very first at
tempt to put it in force.
The failure of the people to elect, which
was the most the friends of Mr. FILLMORE
hoped, would have left the country in scarcely
a less unsatisfactory condition. In that event,
all would have been involved in doubt and
uncertainty; which, in a government like ours,
of the people, and intimately connected with
them in all its operations, is a state of things
amounting while it lasts, to a positive evil.—
The excitement of the campaign would have
extended beyond its alloted time, and the
painful suspense which the election relieved
would have yet to be endured, while the peo
ple waited the action of the House of Repre
sentatives. The prospect of a satisfactory
solution of the difficulty would have been far
from encouraging. The.protracted struggle in
that body to elect a Speaker last winter af
forded slight hope that a President would be
chosen at the time appointed by the Constitu
tion. And the heterogeneous composition of
the existing House, renders it next to impos
sible that, even if successful in making a
choice, the President would be one who rep
resented the present will of the people, as
expressed in the recen t Congressional elections.
But speculations upon what might have
been, are, happily, made idle by what has
come to pass. The people have again chosen
the President for themselves—and chosen well
and wisely. There is everything in Mr.
BUCHANAN'S character and career as a states
man to warrant the sense of confidence and
security in which the popular mind now re
poses, awaiting the inauguration of the new
administration ; which, we are conscious of
no over sanguine feeling in predicting, will be
distinguished by all the vigor, independence,
and true devotion to the Constitution and the
Union, that characterized the Presidency of
JACKSON, blending with the tranquility and
good feeling of the days of MosaoE.
I=M;ff!
We have received from Harrrisburg the fol
lowing copy of the annual statement of the
finances of the Commonwealth, being a cor
rect transcript from offi,fial documents:
Summary of the receipts of the State Treasury, from the
lot day of December, 1655, to the 39th day of November,
1856, both days inclusive:
Lands, 6 24.295 71 •
Auction commissions, 20.772 50
Auction duties, 53,4.0 45
Tax on bank dividends, 266,184 3G
Tax on corporation stocks, 253.011 07
Tax on real and personal estate. 1,882.085 21
Tavern licenses, 150.839 93
Retailers' licenses, 160.535 36
Sample licenses,., 1,148 00
Pedlars' licenses, 2.213 91
Brokers' licenses, % 5,551 66
Theatre, Circus and Menagerie.
licenses, 3,647 82
Distillery and brewery licenses, 3,436 86
Billiard room, bowling saloon,
&c., licenses, 1,666 54
Eating house, beer house end
restaurant licenses, ... 12,376 22
Patent medicine licensee. 2,086 95
Pamphlet laws, 820 24
Militia tax, 16,001 00
Millers' tax, 4,036 38 •
Foreign insurance agencies, 7.080 90
Tax on writs, wills, deeds, 4e.. 8,038 88
Tax on certain offices, 14,455 85
Collateral inheritance tax, 142,334 22
Canal and railroad tolls. '2,006,015 66
Canal fines, • 25 00
Tax on enrolment of lowa. 9.265 00
Premiums on charters, 13,056 41
Tax on loans, 126,355 52
Interest on loans, 3,441 88
Sales of public property, 14,941 09
Tax on tonnage and passengers, 250,947 24.
Escheats ' 389 08
Dividends from bridge tolls. 115 18
Accrued ,ntorest, 1,173 59
•
Colonial records and Perinsyl.
vania archives. 387 27
Refunded cash, 26,987 57
Annuity for right of way. 10.000 00
Fees of the public offices. 3,784 67
Miscellaneous, 2,774 15
95,978,240 33
Balance in the Treasury, De.
cembor 1, 18::5
Available, $1;216.697 al
Less z111101.113t errone
ously credited in
the State treasury
to Joseph Young.
late Treasurer of
Northampton Co.,
In the month of
November, 1855, 2,000 00
$ 1,243,897 31 •
Depreciated funds In the Trea
sury unicailablo. 41,032 00
1,284,729 31
$6,662.969 64
Summary of the payments at the State Treasury, from
the let day of December, 1855, to the 30th day of Novem
ber, 1856, both clays inclusive :
Public improvements, ,V 1,943,896 62
Expenses of government. '' 818,239 23
Militia expenses,3,sll 54
Pennsylvaniavounteers, in the
late war with Mexico, 190 00
Pensions and gratuities, 11,897 34
Charitable institutions,6B,26B 20 •
Pennsylvania Coloniz ation So
ciety, 270 00
Pennsylvania State Agricultu
ral Society, 2,903 11
Common Schools, 199,715 00
Commissioners of the sinking
fund, 38,317 00
loans, 327,824 47
Interest on loans, 2,047,955 80
Guaranteed Interest, ' 23,017 17
Domestic creditors, 101 63
Damages on the public works. 52,281 21
Old claims on the main line of
the public works, examined
by the Board of Commission
ers, and paid under the act of
May 22,1856, 130,512 09
Special ommissioners, 105 00
State Library, 4,643 00
Public buildings and grounds, 12,014 91
Houses of Refuge,4s,ooo 00
.
Penitentiaries, 18,992 00
Escheats, 393 38
Colonial records and Pennsyl
vania archives, 0,777 00
Amendments to the Constitu
tion, 132 50
Geological survey, 6,000 00
Abatement of State tax, 62,925 60
Mercantile Appraisers, 574 89
Counsel fees and commissions. 6,014 56
Miscellaneous, 44,618 77
0.377.142 22
Balance in the State Treasury.
Nov. 30. 1856, available, 1;244,795 42
Depreciated funds in the Tree
Bury. unavailable. 41,032 00
1,285,827 42
Heavy Failure•
Two heavy failures in Boston and New York
are announced as follows :
SAM IJEL ILENSHAW & SONS (Bankers) Bos
ton. Liabilities' very large.
JACOB Lintz & Co. (Stock Brokers) New
York. Liabilities supposed to be over $2,000,-
000.
Mr. Bnehanan,s.Reply
The following is Mr BCCHANAN'S reply to
the congratulatory address of the Students of
Franklin and Marshall College, as reported for
the Evening Express: ,-, -
Mr. Buchanan said, in reply, that he felt
greatly indebted to his young friends for their
visit. He had the assurance that at least their
congratulations were sincere, as they sprung
from the warm heartof youth, which had notyet
had time to become corrupt and hardened in
the ways of the world. The bosom of youth
was .tbe abode of sincerity and truth, and it
was indeed a pleasure and an honor to receive
the warm outpourings of their hearts. He said
be had always felt a great solicitude fur the
interests of Franklin and Marshall College : it
was a noble institution, and he was proud to
be tic President of its Board of Directors.—
He, was extremely gratified to learn that it
had fair prospects, not only of a large number
of students, but of great usefulness. It was
gratifying to see 90 large a number ..f worthy
young men already enrolled on its list of stu
dents.
He referred to their responsibility, remind
ing them that when the present generation
had passed away, and been gathered to their
fathers, un them, the young men of to-day,
would rest the responsibility of forming and
administering the future government of the
country and preserving intact our glorious
Union and Constitution. There was not, he
said, a young man among them. however
humble his position, who might - not aspire,
with honorable ambition, to fill the highest
office within the gift of the people; but in order
to attain to positions of honor and useful ness
and distinction, they must remember that
everything depends upon themselves. They
must carve out their future from the opportu
nities of the present. Kind parents and
friends have afforded them rare opportunities;
if they idle away the golden hours allotted for
the improvement of mind, if they are not obe
dieut to their professors in all that relates to
the good interest and success of the institution,
'then they might be assured they would have
cause to repent of their folly through long
hours of bitter sorrow in after life, for they
could never retrieve the past.
Mr. Buchanan said he had been a college
boy himself, and none of the best of buys
either, being fond of fun like themselves.—
There were many eccentricities in the life of
a college student that might be pardoned or
overlooked ; but there was one habit which,
if formed at college or in early youth, would
cling to them in after life and blight the fairest
prospects. He referred to the use of intoxi
cating liquors, and declared that it would be
better for that youth who contracted an appe
tite for strung drink that he were dead or had
never been born ; for when he saw a young
man entering upon such a career, a fondness
of liquor becoming with him a governing pas
sion, he could see nothing before him but a
life of sorrow and a dishonored grave in his
old age. Many lads, he was aware, Considered
this practice a mark of smartness, but he re
garded it as an offence that cannot be pardon
ed, especially in a student at college; and he
concluded this earnest appeal by expressing
the hope and belief that none of the young
men of Franklin and Marshall were addicted
to this dangerous practice. • •
The speaker then alluded to the course and
habits of study necessary to insure success in
a student's life. Many prided themselves in
running over a great many books and gaining
a superficial knowledge of many branches of
science. This was of no practical use. He
would urge them to learn thoroughly all they
undertook to learn—to acquire knowledge
distinctly—and then they would be able to
use it to some practical advantage in after life.
They should apply themselves with diligence
to their allotted studies by day, and appropri
ate it as their best capital with which to en
gage in the struggles, of life. He had met
with men of prominence who 'had looked at
the indexes of a great many books, and had, a
general smattering of knowledge, but it was
all surface work, and of no practical use. He
hoped his young friends here present would
avoid Tani.. ' into this error.
Mr. Buchanan remarked that his election
had been alluded to, and he might be expected
to say something on that point. He had been
elected to the high and responsible office of
President, and he thanked them most sincerely
fur their congratulations ; but whether the
event would prove to be a matter of con
gratulation time alone can determine.—
Without saying which party was
,right or
which was wrong, the fears of the " Father
of his Country " had at last been realized,
and now we behold a sectional party—
one portion of the Union arrayed in politi
cal hostility against the other. The object of
his administration would be to destroy any ser•
tional party—North or South—and harmgnize
all sections of the Union under a national and
conservatire Government as it was fifty years
ago. Unless this be done the time may come
when these sectional animosities which now
unhappily exist may break up the fairest and
most perfect form of Government the sun
ever shone upon.
But he trusted that the same Power which
had watched over and preserved us in the past
will continue to smile upon us and make us a
prosperous, united and happy people. In con•
elusion, he said, that if he could in any degree
be the honored instrument of allaying this
sectional excitement and restoring the cern
ment to the principles and policy of the fathers,
he would then feel that he had not assumed
the arduous duties of the office in vain.
At the conclusion of Mr. Buchanan's re
marks, of which we have given but a rapid
outline, his guests retired, each one receiving
a cordial shake of the hand. After they bad
re-formed in the order of procession, three
cheers were proposed and given for the Presi
! dent of the Board of Franklin and Marshall
1 College and the President elect of the United
States.
APPALLING BURNING Or A SEOP.—The fol
lowing details of a horrible case of piracy and
burning of a ship at Macoa have been received
at Lloyds:
The Dutch ship Bence, Captain Heymans,
700 tons burthen, with between 300 and 400
emigrants (coolies) from Havana, put back to
Macao, about a month since, (the dispatch is
dated at Hong Kong, August 10,) with her
water casks leaking and cargo shifted, having
encountered boisterous weather, and on reach
ing the outer roads brought up at anchor.—
There she remained while repairing her, the
officers exercising strict vigilance in prevent
ing the coolies going ashore, for fear they
should make their escape. For the three weeks,
whatever discontent may have prevailed, no
fear of an outbreak would seem to have been
entertained, until a Chinese doctor warned
the captain that mischief was brewing. In
preparing for such a contingency as a rising
of the coolies, the small arms were placed on
the poop, and two guns were loaded with grape
and pointed forward. About nine o'clock of
the night of the 12th, the disturbance com
menced, and the crew took refuge on the poop.
The captain first fired a shot or two overboard,
but as that had no effect, and the coolies were
advancing towards them, yelling frightfully,
armed with belaying pins, bricks torn from
the cooking places, &c., the captain gave or
ders to fire, and immediately a volley was
poured into the infuriated mass, from the two
guns, and also from the small arms. This
had the effect of putting down the riot, and
the coolies were driven below ; but they sought
revenge by setting fire to the ship, and in a
few minutes the captain was appalled by see
ing flames rise from the fore hatch. A fright
ful scene of carnage followed; the coolies
rushed upon deck, and no doubt murdered all
the officers of the ship. The ship was soon in
a blaze fore and aft. In about an hour the
mainmast fell in with a crash, then the fore
and mizen masts, and about midnight the
magazine blew up with a tremendous explo
sion. The ship was instantly hurled to frag
ments, and a vast number of poor creatures
who, clinging on the chains, perished with
her. Of the number who were on board, in
eluding crew and passengers, about 500, only
160 escaped with their lives; the remainder
were either burnt in the ship or drowned.—
The affair has produced a great sensation in
Hong Kong.
AN ECHO FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
—At the New Haven (Conn.) town election,
on Thursday week, 4500 votes were polled.—
The Democratic majority is about 200. This
is the first time the Democrats have carried
New Haven in twenty-three years. So much
for the rifle' meeting of the Rev. Mr. Dutton
and Rev. Mr. Beecher.
662.914 14
A COSTLY BRIDGE.-The - suspension bridge
about to be erected over the Mississippi at St.
Louis, it is said, will be the most costly in the
world. It will cost about two million dollars,
will be 84 feet above high water, and over a
mile in length. The bottom of the towers
will.be 60 feet below low water.
From Washington
Thn report elt.,we the
follecrim4
On the 13:h of June, 1856, there were 25.-
565 Pnst Office_s ‘ being an increase of 4,664
in fnnr , yeare.
On the 14th of June there were in operation
.nearly 8,000 mail routes, the total length' of
which was estitnated.at 235.642 Miles. costing
$6,035.474. These Mail routes were divided
as follows: 23,323 miles 'railroads ; 14,951
'steamboats : 50.4.53 coach and nearly 154,000
inferior grades.
The increase during the last fiscal year was
nearly 20.000 mile.: railroad; 332 .tearnhoat ;
1,250 coach, and 82,000 inferior grades.
In Nebraska and liansaa 10,238 miles were
added to the, length of the routes.
Between the Ist Of Ju1y...1852, and the Ist
of July, 1856, the railroad service was in
crossed 10,177 miles. exhibiting the fact that
within that ' time this description' of service
was more than doubled.
On the Ist of-December, 1856, the length of
the railroad routes had increased to 21,310
miles. The total cost for this service to that
date amounted to $2,403,747.
The whole cost of the inland service on the
Ist of July was $6,526,036.
Ire alludes to the Panama Railroad Cpmpa
ny siezing on the occasion of the withdrawal
of the steamers via Nicaragua, to force the
department to pay what he considers an exor
bitant price across the Istmus, and recommends
regular contracts with them not exceeding
$30,000 per annum, and a contract not exceed
ing $200,000 per annum, via the Nicaragua
or Tehuanitepec rout AO as it to give a weekly
mail.
The California expenditures for the year
1856 wore $10,500,286, and the gross revenue,
including annual appropriations for free mat
ter, $7,610,821. The deficiency is $2,787,000.
He recommends the abolition of the frank
ing privilege, and compulsory pre-payment on
all transient printed matter : also the repeal
of the act of 1845, which gives the Postmaster
General discretionary power to make new
contracts for ocean steamship service. lie al
ludes to the fact, embracing the branch from
New Orleans to Havana, that there are now
four ocean steamship lines running out of
New York at an expense to government of
$1,498,000 per annum, and says that there is
no reason why one part of the country should
be preferred to the exclusion of others.
Among other points, it is stated that negotia
tions are in progress with a view to the reduction
of the British transit charge on United States
closed mails, and the rate of postage between
the United States and Great Britain to twelve
cents a single letter.
The report of the Secretary of the Naiy
gives a detailed view of the operations of the
Navy during last year, and its present strength.
Amo❑g other recommendations are the fol
lowing: For another squadron on the Pacific,
rendered necessary by our extending com
merce; the adoption of the English and French
system of gunnery on practice shipi, and for
the dispatch of small steamers to survey the
guano islands, on'which Commodore Mervine
made an unsatisfactory report.
The Secretary regards the construction of
the six war steamers as inaugurating a new
era in the naval service; and repeats his for
mer recommendation for building steam-sloops
of-war of small draft.
'Phe sending out of seamen - to relieve dis
tant crews is spoken of as an experiment, and
will be continued if it shall work well.
The Secretary likewise reccommends Assis
taut Pursers with moderate.compensation.
The Secretary of the Interior's report states
that the quantity of land surveyed since the
last report, and up to the 13th of September
last, was 16,873,699 acres, exclusive of school
sections.
The execution of the graduation act has
raised matey grave questions, which call for
the interposition of Congress. The Secretary
says it is an important matter, and should be
promptly disposed of, either by sanctioning
and affirming the action of the Land Office, or
directing the patents to be issued without fur.
ther requirement.
The quantity of lands sold for cash during
the fiscal year was over nine and a quarter
million acres, and the receipts therefore
58,821,414.
The total amount of lands disposed of was
over 39,000,000 acres.
The Secretary E suggests the necessity of fur
ther power being granted to the Commissioner
of Pensions to suspend, diminish and discon
tinue pensions when the, reason fur granting
them has wholly or partially ceased.
The number of patents issued within the
year will probably reach 2,500.
The report says that during the present
Administration fifty-two Indian treaties have
been negotiated, twenty of which remain to
be acted upon by the Senate. By these trea
ties the Indian title has been extinguished to
nearly 175,000,000 acres. The aggregate
money consideration therefor is $11,184,203 80.
The Indians within our bounds are supposed
to number about 300,000. The colonization
of the Indians has already been attended with
the happiest results, and gives promise of
steady progress in amelioration of their phys
ical and moral condition.
Col. Joseph B. Baker
The re-appointment of Mr. J. B. Baker, as
Superintendent of the Columbia Railroad,
will he bailed with satisfaction everywhere.—
Each n 3w year adds to the importance of that
road, by increasing the amount of business
transacted upon it; and the management of it
by Mr. Baker, has been so satisfactory that it
would be a difficult task to find ,a competent
successor for him. His excellent business ca
pacities, sterling integrity, and ardent devotion
to the interests of the Commonwealth, pro
claim his pre-eminent fitness for the post, and
it could not be confided to better hands.— Car
lisle Volunteer..
f;is3 The ten or a dozen slaves liberated a
few months ago by Mrs. Catharine Smoot, near
Louisville, Ky.. and sent to Cincinnati, all re
turned to Kentucky on the 27th ult., and re
ported that they would rather be slaves than
to live with the free negroes of Ohio. Mrs.
Smoot rented lodgings for them for one year,
gave them money, and promised them further
aid if they needed it. The Louisville Demo
crat says:
"One old woman said she worked hard for
wages and received no pay, and couldn't stand
freedom at that rate; that she would rather
be put up at auction and sold to the highest
bidder, than go back to freedom as she found
it. Another received a friendly call from some
of her sable neighbors just before starting
back to Kentucky, who stole her stock of
money, six. dollars, together with her free
papers, the latter of which slid considered no
loss!!
Iler• The Clinton Co. Democrat has raised
the name of Gen. WILLIAM F. PAC : KEa to its
mast-herid, for the Democratic nomination 6a.
Governor 14 the next State Convention.
SPIRITUALISM.—In the way of predictions,
we did not expect anything much,better than
is contained in the letter of the Hon. N. P.
Banks to some of his California friends, and
we shrewdly ` suspect that the spirit the "lady"
below refeed to communicated with, was
Mr. Banks himself. The trifling majority in
Pennsylvania named by this "firm and con
scientious believer in spiritualism" is Speaker
Banks to a dot:
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.—The Sacra
mento American says that a lady, in that
city, who is a firm and conscientious believer
in spiritualism, received a communication on
Monday from Philadelphia, giving her the
result of the Pennsylvania election. She was
informed that Philadelphia city and county
gave'the "Republican" ticket 7,290 majority;
Berke county went Democratic by 1,890 ma
jority; Alleghany, 2,340 "Republican;" Brad
ford, 3,085 "Republican;" Bucks, 1,900 "Re
publican," Lancaster, 8,216 "Republican;"
Luzerne, 2,330 "Republican;" Montgomery,
1,110 Democratic; Schuylkill, 1,708 "Repub
lican;" Washington, 2,893 "Republican;"
York, 940 "Republican." The whole State
is not heard from, but it is settled that the
"Republican" ticket has not received less
than 45,000 majority. The steamer which
arrives here about the 15th of November
will bring us the result of the Pennsylvania
State election; and if the lady's communica
tion proves to be correct, we shall be happy
to make an arrangement with her to furnish
us the returns of the Presidential election in
advance of the mail.
Who. would believe in spiritualism after
this?
The Duty on Sugar
The exhorbitant prices of Sugar, remarks
the Trumbull Democrat, which for more than'
a year past have been gradually increasing,
have become so important an item in thel
AoAt6tic economi of almost every family ini
the land, that a plan of remedy is beginning]
to be discussed by political economists. The
advance in the price bf Sugar is attributable,
to a certain eiteni, to a 'succession of failures
of the Louisiana crop. On foreign sugar there!
is an import duty of 30 per cent. It would!
seem to be .proper that this tariff should bel
taken off under the circumstances, and Cuban!
sugars admitted free. This Would diminishl
the uost nearly a third, and he a eommoni
benefit. The present tariff brings in a greatell
amount of revenue than is required to mewl
the ; necessary expenses of government, and
Congress should be petitioned to so modify the
tariff as to meet a universal want, and, at the
same time, keep the national finances from,
swelling to a degree that might superinduce
profligacy in expenditures.
A Tau. Faunx.---...Some person furnishes
a paper in Ohio with the following facts in
relation to a family now residing in Bourbon
county, Kentucky. The,father was originally
from Maryland, hut has resided in Kentucky
sinoe his early yliuth.
In the following table the' height, weight
and entire ages of the family:are given:
Height. Weight.
Father. 6 feet 4 inches, 200 pounds
Mother, 6 feet 4 inches, 285 pounds
Thomas, 6 feet 4 inches,' 230 pounds
James, 6 feet 6 inches,' 215 pounds.
Sarah, 6 feet 6 inclies, 165 pounds
John 6 feet 11 inches; 196 pounds
Mary, 6 feet 2 inches,' 150 pounds
Elijah. 6 feet 3 inches' 210 pounds
Matthew, 6 feet 6 inchesi 220, pounds
Eli, `6 feet 6 inchesy 197 pounds
Daughter, 6 feet 3 inches: 160 pounds.
Total hei't. 70 feet
Entire age,
Weight, 2228 pounds
07 Tears.
The Editor's Boob Table
PORTER'S SPIRIT OF TILE TI3IES, published at Nos.
946 and 348 Broadway, New York. Il one of the literary
gems, as well as the most mlrth•pro'oktag shoots of our
day, and a welcome guest to our exchange table. Porter
himself is a hoot of fun sad good bring rombinitd, end
has for many years boeu a de,.erveoy popular caterer to
sporting appetites—who will rejoice,to limier and reward
him in the new field which he has selected for the labors
of his pen. The contents of each page are varied, Interest
ing and choice, and the corps or contributors unequalled
by any other Journal in the country: Terms—Pa year in
advance. Long livelhe inimitable And tlonrioll
a green tree over the tall son of York.
LITTLE DORRIT.—We have just rereised from the
publisher, T. B. Peterson, Phila. a copy of the illustrated
octavo edition of this captivating story by Dickens. No
work of fiction has recently appeared from the press that
has had such a ran ns ‘• I Pile Dorri' will. It is rep eiyed
and ter sale at %Vesthaeffer & Sprenger , s Book store.
A I.ontethrtorary very ti my says:
'There is a fascination in Dickens' writings, that Is
found in no other works of tictitin. The symplicity at ttia
style, his strict adherent, to naturejhi. always advocating
the cause of the lowly, And his errs being on the side of
virtue, is what gives bin works 04 world wide circuit,.
Con, and which they so richly desrve; for he has not
written a line that he need wish blqtted, or that Any ono
can regret having cowl."
THE C. S. DENOCRATIC REVIEW. for D-rember, has
a very able atticle, entitled , THE tEP.DI3T OP TOE PEOPLE
Or TUE UNITED States, in which the result of the recent
Preeddential Election end its rousenuenceh are discussed
with a master hand. There are ale) several other arli•les
or great merit (poetry and prose) inthe number.
liEviEw is published by Harrison, Cone S penndirt
71 Nassau St., N. V.. at $:: per annuin.
W - ASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
The Elimination of thr past tocchTlie President's lb!,
sage and D•,butr in the Senate—Elogy on .11r. Clayton
—House • Majority and .11r. IVhiltielel—Me. !Trout and
ntner—OhDiet —Virginia Election
and aor. J. 8., Floyd—Nmator Thompson. of N. Jersey.
WesniNGToN, Dee. 7., 1556.
The illumination briefly noticed an my last. was much
more extensive than 1 lied supposed it to he in this city.—
Quite a large number of ourmale handsome di.
plays, and among them not a few ni the citizens of the old
Keystone State, took occasion to to express their pleasuro at
the snrcesa of Mr. Buchanan's election to do Presidency f—:
Major Barker made A grand display, as did Messrs. Rbees,
Middleton, Schott and others. The Post Master General
had a brilliant display at his hou.., as had many . other
Pennsylvanians, citizens of this city. Mrs. Pendleton, the
lady patron.s of the State of Pennsylvania, excelled all
our citizens iu the nobleness of bet grand entertainment.
Wit and sentiment predominated, coupled with the beau
ties present,and all were delighted with the reception at
her residence, together with the .gtical cheer displayed,
were enjoyed in a niannei rarely, If dyer, excelled in fhb: me
tropolis.
The President's Message is a noble document. and being
spread before your readers, enables them to judge of its
firm and consistent tour In defend® of union and liberty,
as also in opposition to the sectionalism as annunciated by
the Fremont supporters against our cherished Union. The
opposition in the Senate feel very core under 'Ow truthful
history the President indites el their condiPt.
On Wednesday, Messrs. Bayard; Crittenden, Cass, and
Seward, pronounced eulogies upoli the announcement of
the death of the late distinguished Senator, John
M. Clayton, of Delaware. The scene and language
was touching, for the whole of the distinguished speakeis
could but barely repress the feeling of regret at the loss the
State of Delaware and the coup try.!bad sustained in the &a
miss of Mr. Clayton. You will see the remarks of each
Senator, in the Unioa.
The Senate adjourned on yesterday until Monday next.
On Tuesday and yesterday there Islas much debate in the
Senate by the Fremont Senators against printing the addl.
Lionel number of the message anii accompanying docu .
ments. The subject of debate bas been postponed until
Monday.
The House will not fur the present, that is, the Moog
Republican majority, permit Mr. Whitfield, the Delegate
from Kansas, to be sworn tees the Delegate. Mr. Grow, of
Pa. and those disurganlzers of tho Public peace of the coun
try, who act with him, deny the validity of the election of
Mr. Whitfield. Men that have no respect for law and order,
and under their temporary rule of the House, will thus do
any net, to keep up excitement. We are in favor of the
disorganizers doing their worst. The people told upon
some of them at the late oleCtion, and, when their sectional
discord sentiments are fully understood by the people they
will be further reduced in nun/bane in the public service.
Mr. Sumner's physician, the reports say, has perempto.
rily declival that Mr. S. cannot be permitted to visit
Washington and resume his seat in the Senate for the
present. This farce Is not yet plaied out, nor will It bo,
until the mooting of the Legislature of Massachusetts, and
by their decision, determine who it,lo be Senator from the
4th of March, 1857. Should Mr. Stitnner be laid aside, he
will soon be well and quickly resume his seat. But, if
successful in his martyrdom of sympathy and he shall be
re-elected, he can well afford to repose upon his Iceitrcla for
some time to come.
There have been Innumerable cabint4 advisers made to
hand fur Mr. Buchanan during the Past few days. I really
did not believe that we had among us so many handy
workmen. In sober truth, Messrs. you would be
surprised at the displays exhibited In this metropolis for
the ftiture success of Mr. Buchanan, As Is manifested by so
many citizens here, when, but a few months ago you could
hardly raise a corporal's guard for him or for his auccess.—
But so we go, as Oar. Wise says—"our friends are numerous
and now are of countless multitudes?'
We have
_a rumor, that the Electors of Virginia, after
trausacting the business for which they had assembled at
Richmond, had an informal ineetinif:yn Wednesday eve.
fling last, and expressed a preferen4 f,P the selection of
Gov. J.ll. Floyd, of Virginia, no a memberof the Cabinet of
Mr. Buchanan, should it be,the pleasure of that gentleman
to tender to any citizen of Virginia that high position under
his administration. The news coming to me so direct, I
em disposed to believe that there In some truth in the re'
commendation, as well as much propriety in the selection.
made. But, having all confidence iii the President
.elect,
rest satisfied that, in the selections Mr. Buchanan shall
make of the distinguished men of Oil. country as his con
stitutioual adviurs, we are perfectly' willing to abide hie
action and selection, without obtruding the wishes o!, this
or that particular friend, of this or that particular locality ,
from whence his Cabinet is to be selected. Mr. Buchanan
is fully up tcrthe duty that le beforehim to perform, and
there need he no fear, but that his work will be well and
faithfully done.
The term of J. R. Thomism, of N. Jersey, in the U. S.
Senate, expiring on the 4th of March, 153.57, it is desirable
that that faithful and talented Senator shall be again re
elected to the positiorilio now holds In the service of the
good people of New Jersey. Excuse me for reverting to the
election of Mr. Thomson In your valuable journal. It is
done more with a view of expressing to the people of New
Jersey, themselves, the loos that they will sustain in the
public councils of the nation; than from any other consid
eration. If, unfortunately for them 41r. Thomson should
not be again their chosen Senator, en, so far, he has ren
dered so much satisfaction to the people of the State u to
merit from all, the plaudit of well done thou good and
faithful democrat and servant of tie people of Now Jersey.
We shall truly rejoice to know, thest, at the meeting of the
New Jersey Legislature, Mr. Thomson has been unani
mously re-elected to the Senate of the U. States,—a station •
be so well adorns by his talents, industry, hie duty to hie I
constituents and his true devotion to the Union of the
States of this noble confederacy.
Youna
ger The Allentown Democrat and Milford
Herald strongly recommend Gen. DAYID
LAURY, of Lehigh county, for Canal Com
missioner. The General is a good man and
sound Democrat, in every Way qualified to
discharge the drake of the office.
CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIIIS;
THE LANCASTER BANK.-Another meeting
of the age kholdere was held ida filetWideiteet. The com
mittee appointed at the last mita* to report on the con
dition of the Institution, submitted's statienent from which
welearn that the notes In circulation have been reduced
eit follows
Nor. =. Notes in circulation,
Dee. 6. ditto do.
Reduction, „ $172,392
The iosets of the Bank are reduced to a timilar amount.
The following plans were submitted - for the resuscitation
of the Bank
The first proposition wan ofierod by Mr. Ilusrmt, who
pledged himself to subscribe for one hundred shares If his
plan was adopted. It is as follows:
We hereby agree to subscribe the number of shares set
opposite to our names respectively, to renew the capital of
the Lancaster Bank, and pay in the amount thereof at fifty.
dollars per share on the first day of April, 1847, in Lances.
ter Rink notes, checks of depositors of said bank, or the,
present stock thereof at its per share.
Mr. H. A. Bowie thought the plan was objectionable,
and he submitted the following as more feasible: .
Plan for Rauteitating the Eemeaster Bank, submittal to the
.Vackholders, December tifh, 183 d.
Ist. The EltockhMders shall advance to the Bank, in the
shape of A Iman, a sum equal to two-fifths et the par value
of the stock respectively held by them, (say v...v on each
share) for whicH the Bank shalt Issue certificates of deposit,
bearing Interes from the date of the deposit at the rate of.
six per cent pe annum, payable semiannually. The prin
cipal whereofs be redeemable by the Bank in five equel
annual Instal tit. eommondug on the Ist of March,
186%3.
2d. The present depositors of the Bank ehall advance to
It, in the shape of a loan, a sum equal to two-tlfthe of their
respective deposits upon which certificates shall Its Issued
to them by the Bank, on the same terms and conditions
with those issued to the Stockholders.
3d. The Bank shall issue to the present deposilors, cer
tificates of deposit for the whole amount respectivelfdue
to them, which certificates shall be payable by the Bank
in five equal annual Instalments, without interest, com
mencing on the lot of March, 1854.
4th. The Bank shall issue the 4000 additional shares of
stock allowed by its charter, at the rate of $lO per chart,
autnect awl liable to the sauna advancement of $2O per
share, upon the sand condition proposed to the present
stockholders.
Provided that the present stockholders shall be untitled
to the refusal of the said 4000 additional shares in prorate
proportion to the number of shares now held by them
respectively, U4Oll the terms proposed. And in case of
their refusal or inability to accept them, then the present'
Depositors shall he entitled to tali, them in proportion to
the amount of their present deposits ; and any shares left
over may be :old to coy other parties, upon the same run•
dition.
6th. The Bank shall make application to the Legislature
for power to reduce its capital to 3240,000, :asking the par
value of its shares s'2o.
These plans were discusead by several gentlemen, when,
on motion of Dr. /Ingo, they ware referred to a committee
eonslsting of Messrs. Iliester, Roland, Retort, Shirk, rll
- Konigmaclaer, Bear. Kline and Brown, with instruc
tions to report thereon at an adjourned meeting to be held
on next Saturday, the lath inst., at 10 o'clock, A. It
Great confidence was expressed by the several speakers,
In the ultimate resuscitation tf the Institution.
THE LECTURE SEASON.—Our citizens will
ln favored with a rich course of Intellectual entertainments
during this Winter, from souse of the most eminent Lec
turers of our country. The Lecture COIIIIIIitty4I Snnaunre
the first of the serlee. at Fulton Hall, on the evening of the
17th inst., by E. P. WHIPPLE. Esq., of Roston. Subject—
" Joan of Arc." Mr. W. has a high reputation as a scholar
and lecturer, and as tide Is a deeply interesting theme, the
Hall will. no doubt, he filled with the beauty end intclli-
goo, of our city.
We ere informed, by one of the Committer. that Cud.
11001 , 0 hue accepted an invitation, xrlii will deliver one or
the lectures of the course, some time In one month of Feb
ruary. Of course there will be a general desire to !tear and
see '•Old Bullion "
LECTURE IIV LOVE AND MONEY.—PARE
lissJasnn, tho , elelant.-d Author unit hoeturer. of New
York. will doliver a keture in Fulton Hull; on Thursday
avening, 11th inst. tul'io.t—••hive and tonny." Ad•
mitninee, 9., reute.
A SPLENDID MONUMENT.---Out ofriond, Mr.
ICON ITALI,. Marble Meson, in North queen street, is
engaged at present on a splendid monument to the bite
Jona Y. Ltor, of this city. II will be 14 feat high, of Italian
marble, and when finished, In the exquisite style of the
pattern,.will rust V. 001). It will not be completed fur taunt,
Dine, but when done we,shall notice it in detail.
BACK ADA Y GOODALL, Esq., has
s w ay, um:mined the position of editor of the Wood
and it to from bencetorth tv ho lotted bath PA a morning
and evening paper. Goodall is a clever, gentlemanly fellow.
and we cordially welcome him Imo* to oar midst.
31,14j/110E IS. Si nitorxrt, connected witil I he Inland Daily,
ns PuLlhihur. has retired from that eatablishment, and le
now as,ociated,in publishing the Daily Es ening . Express.
THE LANCASTER FENUIBLES.—This fine coin
puny 01 riticnn -oldiery. It is Hillier:ltoOfi, contemplate
Visit to WiLiibillgtioll city, to the purpose of being present
at the inauguratwil of President BUCHANAN on the 4th of
March. We are glad eLflils—although, at the came time,
we marvel that so few of our young men, comparatively,
(set any dispollion to attach themselves to the corps. In
a city like this, and with so able and experienced a emu ,
mender as Capt. DUCHcIAN: itnitead of parading, with but
thirty nr forty muskets, the Feneiblea !timid number at
least one hundred motive members.
We hope to witness timre of a military spirit in our midst
.4nd espoeially would we like to see the ranks of the Com
pany well filled on the occasion of the inauguration of Mr.
BucliAN
CLuTHING.—It will be seen, by an adver
tisement in another column, that Menses. emus & ❑ ARTON
N. Wxsouus have taken the Clothing Store, lately occupied
by •William Hensler, at No. 3114 North Queen street. They
are both industrious andienergetie young men, and defier,
lag of a liberal share of patronage.
REVENUE CUMIIIiiSIONER.—JOSEPH KONIG
31.1CHER, Esq., has been siTalnted to represent this District
to the Board of Iterenue Commissioners, who will meet
at Harrisburg, In February next, to equalize the assess
ments of the several ernrities.
OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY PRISON.—The
following persons were elected officers of the County Filson,
by the Boned of Directors, on the 2nd inst. Keeper, U. C.
Locher—Under Keopere, Rudolph Hasaler—onelvacancy—
Physician, Dr. 'William Compton—Solid tor, Daniel G. Baker
—Treasurer, Hugh 6. Oars.
PRESENT TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT.—It is
stated that the citizens
of Charleston, S. 0., are about to
purchase a splendid carriage, and present it to the President
elect, Mr. BecnANAN.
SURGICAL OPERATION.—On Thursday week
Dr. H. Carpenter, assisted by a student and Dr. A. J. Car
penter, removed an evasion tumor from the body of a Mrs.
Johnston, which weighed thirtythree pounds: Prior to the
operation the tumor was tapped and thirty-four pounds of
field taken from it in order to make the operation more
convenient. About one half the eternise of the tumor had
tinily altered to the viscera of the abdomen vihich iaade the
operation more difficult as well as very dangerous. The
patient was under the influence of chloroform. She did
well fur about thirty-six hours, when inflammation set ins
and the case terminated fatally, seventy-six hours after the
operation.
FATAL. ACCiIIF.NT.—A man, named John
Zerfy, of Petersburg, this county, was auddenly killed by
the kick of a horse on Tuesday last, near the residence of
Mr. Abraham Shelly, In Mount Joy twp.
STILL A.NOTTIER.—Peter Snyder, a founder in the Furnace
of Kauffman, Shaeffer Co., at Columida,.,was instantly
killed on yesterday week, by falling from the tunnel head.
The deceased leaves a wife and several children.
BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN OPEN DAY.—
By the following communication it will be dean that a moat
daring highway robbery ;cm committed oa Monday after
noon weak, on the public read between Columbia and
Marietta
•
Editor of the Inland Doily—Dose fir:—Our community
was thrown into great excitement this evening by intern ;
gents that a highway robbery bad been committed midway
between this place and. Marietta, this afternoon, and th t
the robbers had escaped with their booty. IT r
taining the facts, I find that Mr. John 11. Burket, on his
way from this place to Marietta, was metabout midway, tri
the public highway, by three men who seized sind dragged
him from his horse, gagged him and robbed him of $230,00,
all the money he had, and then left him—the robbers going
into a field and up a ravine, where they were soon lost
eight of.
After the robbers had dragged Mr. Burket to the ground,.
and gagged him, one of them pointed a cocked,pistol to his
head, and another flourished a dirk knife, while the third
one !searched him and took his money, which was moistly
in notes on the Farmers' Bank of Lancaster, and a 20 dollar
gold piece. 3le. Burket was not very seriotisly injured; and,
upon being left by the robbers, he proceeded an Bud as
possible to Columbia, and entered complaint before Samuel
Evans, Esq., who dispatched a warrant to the Lancaster
police, where it was supposed the robbers would make' for,
and it is hoped that they will be successful in bringing
them to justice.'
From the description given of the robbers, by Mr. Burket,
It was at' once suspected that one of them was an old
offender, known in. Marietta as William Judy alias Jones,
and upon receipt of Hie' warrant by Ofliced➢aker, of this
city. he immediately proceeded to ferret him ont until
Tuesday morning, when, In company wills constables Nagle
and Sheilds, of Marietta,. he arrested Judy it a house kept
by a woman named Hannah Ferry, in South Queen et., In
this city. On him they found the money, which was
secured, and lie was lodged in prison le await his trial.—
Daily.
Q$ We happen to know that Dr. AYER'S
cherry Pectoral and Cathartic Pills are good
medicines, and shall proclaim it because we.
do know it. We confidently believe there is
a vast amount of relief from suffering for our
afflicted fellow men, wrapped up in these skil
ful preparations, and we shall freely use our
little influence to make them known to those
who need them.—Philadelphia Sunday Times.
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M. The New fork Ledger, the great fami;
ly weekly paper, for which the most popular
writers contribute, has now attained the ex
traordinary circulation of One Hundred and
Ninety Thousand copies, and subscriptions
are continually pouring in. See the Ledger's
advertisement in another column.
McYARLAND
Terrible Snow Storm in the ,Worth West.
Mumecxxs, Dec. 6.—The storm of Tuesday
last was very severe along. Lake Michigan.—
Many buildings wore swept away, piers dam
aged, &a. In many. places_ snow.fell to the
depth of six feet. The:railroads are blocked
up, and no trains are anitrin:g or departing. •
The weather is intensely cold.
CoLumuu, Dec. 1, 1856