INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON, Associate:
LANCASTER,„P.A_, DECEMBER 16, 1856
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The. Pacific l!Ullroad:'
The 'opposition presS is fruitful in eipedi
cuts to alarm and deceive the unwary and Un
suspecting portion of the people. Scarcely
has one phantom vanished from the public
gaze, before another is conjured up, and made
to glide over the stage, and then, in turn, van
ish into thin air. A short time ago, the Ostend
letter was the great bug-bear, and we were
gratrely told th'et if Mr. BccriAsAs was elected
President, Cuba would be seized upon and an
nexed to the Union, whether Spain consented
or not. Perceiving that this did not frighteh
the people to any great extent, they dismissed
that phantom, and have raised another, in the
shape of a railroad to the Pacific ocean. The
presumption ie'very strong that they will not
be able to create any greater abtrtn by this new
ghost, than by those that have.preceded it in
their transit across the political stage. Every
body knows, or should know, that the Presi
dent has no power, even if he desired it. to
embark the country in any railroad enterprise,
without the concurrence and authority of Con
gress. He is responsible, of course, for what
he recommends ; but let us wait patiently and
see what he does recommend, before we con
demn him. Mr. BvcuaNas has long been
considered one of our ablest and most prudent
statesmen, and we have no fear whatever that
now, in the maturity of his wisdom and with
his great experience, he will violate, in any
particular, that Constitution which he has la
bored so faithfully to preserve during his long
and eventful political life.
If we intend to retain our possessions on the
Pacific, a Railroad to chat far-off region will
soon become not only a commercial and mili
tary, but also a political necessity ; and if it
can be constructed so that the Constitution
shall not be violated no the country involved
in a heavy debt, we believe a very large ma
jority of the people in every section of the
Union will rejoice. When we see what plans
may be proposed by the incoming adminis
tration to accomplish this great object, it will
be time enough to approve or condemn—hut
not until then. Mr. BUCHANAN has not yet
submitted his plan. Let us wait and see.
A Great speech
(lovernor BIGLER made a very able urgu
merit in the U. S. Senate, on Monday week,
in reply to the Abolitionists, WADE, of Ohio,
and FESSEN DEN, of Maine. He gave a brief
history of the October und. November contests
in Pennsylvania, which was listened to with
much attention by a full Senate and crowded
gallery. The Governor has sustained himself
admirably in the Senate, and reflects credit
un the great State which lie so ably and faith
fully represents.
We shall publish several extract , from this
speech in our next issue.
tar The State Legislature was to assemble
at Harrisburg, on yesterday. Doubtless there
was a quorum present iu both houses. The
Governor's Message, it is customary to send in
at n )on to-day. The election of United States
Senator will take place on Saturday, provided
the Senate will agree to go into an electiou.
Should that body refuse to do so, it will be in
the power of the Governor to make an appoint
ment after the adjournment, to serve until a
Senator shall be elected. But we imagine
this political subterfuge to defeat the real
intentions of the law, will ❑ot be and ought
not be, resorted to. '
Stir We clip, the above item of news from
the Germantown Telegraph of We'dnesday last.
Our usually correct and able contemporary
has evidently turned over a leaf too much in
his almanac this time ! We incline to the
opinion that the first Tuesday in JANUARY,
instead of the second Tuesday in December,
is the time fur the assembling of,--the Legisla
ture. Prior to the adoption of the new Con
stitution, in 1838, the Legislature met in
December; but ever since then, the regular
session commences in January.
Major FREAS will have to brighten up his
ideas of the Constitution a little, and not get
SO far behind the age—or his numerous friends
will begin to think he has been taking a Rik ,
Van Winkle slumber of some seventeen a
eighteen years, and wakened up a real old fogy .
Ex-Governor John Bigler
We copy, from the New York News, and
have inserted on our first page, a graphic and
exceedingly interesting description of Clover-
BIGLER'S journey across the Plains to Califor
nia, in 1849. It will well repay a careful
perusal, as it goes to show what indomi
table energy and perseverence under the,
greatest difficulties can accomplish. Gov. 8.,
after doing yeonian service in the late Presi
dential campaign in his native State, has
returned to his home in California, with the
best wishes of his numerous friends here and
elsewhere for his continued health and pros-
Whitfield Sworn In. 2
A vote was taken in the House of Repre
sentatives, on Tueschiy, on reconsidering the
refusal of the same body to order Mr. WHIT
aIIt.LD to be sworn in as delegate from Kansas,
and it was reconsidered—ayes 111, noes 108.
The House then, by a vote of 112 to 108,
directed Mr. WHITFIELD to be sworn, which
was immediately done, much to the chagrin
and bitter mortification of the Black Republi
cans, who delayed the business of legislation
fur one week in their insane efforts to keep
him out of his rightful and legitimate seat tird
which he had been elected by the people of
Kansas.
Fremont at Home I
The glorious young Commonwealth on the
Pacific—the State which Col. FREMONT claims
as his own, and where he is best known—has
repudiated her unworthy son. California has
done nobly, She has given Mr. BUCHANAN
not only a plurality over FREMONT of over 30,-
000 votes, but has likewise enrolled herself
alongside of Pennsylvania and Indiana, and
given him it is believed a majority over
FREMONT and FILLMORE united ! Had FRE
MONT been as well known on this side of the
Rocky Mountains as he is on the other,
he would not have carried a solitary State
out of New England.
sir We direct attention to the card of Dr.
STEWART, in another column. This gentleman
comes highly recommended, and his system
of treating throat and lung diseases is highly
spoken of by those who have tested it.
The Philadelphia Sun
The Philadelphia Sun—is sent daily to sub
scribers through the mail, at $4 per annum.—
The weekly Sun is furnished at $1 per annum,
payable in advance. This sheet is one of the
spiciest and most readable of our exchanges,
and is always welcome to our sanctum. May
WALLacz " flourish like a green bay
tree" in pecuniary, but not political, matters.
From 'Kansas
Clue -too, Dec. 11.—We have received Kan
sas dates to the 3d inst. The Free States
militia, under Capt. Walker, have been dis
banded at their ownyequest. Sixteen of the
Free State.prboxter.itiiied for murder in the
fret degree hatbeen acquitted, and nine are
still on trial. A large quantity of clothing
iiioeived by the last'beats has been distributed
to "We : destitute. Navigation is entirely
dosed.
Congreisional
WASULEGTOE, Dec. 12.—SENAre.—The Sen
ate is not in session to day, having adjourn
over till Monday. r •?'
. HOUSE—The Speaker designated Mr.
.ward Dodd, of Neer'tork, as C.hairmaifOf the
Committee on. District of Columbia, in the.
place of Mr. Matteson, excused.. The vacancy:
in the committee was filled by the a p pota,tment .
. o f Mr. Woodworth.
The House then took up the private calen
dar.
In both houses on Thursday, the discussion
turned on questions connected with slavery
and the attitude of parties in reference thereto.
Gen. Cass (Derr.) showed that Mr. Trumbull
of Illinoise (Ab ) had mistaken a dictum of
Chief Justice Marshall for the decision of
the Supreme
. Court, apd.. misunderstood the ,
meaning pf Chief. ,Justice Marshall. The
General took the ground that the Constitution
confined the jurisdiction of Congre-s to the
Territory as land, and denied that it extended
to legislation over the persons in the Territory.
Mr. Hale (Abolitionist) exhibited a hand
bill
contaihing the name of Senator Bigler
(Dem.) as a speaker, and the phrase "Free
Kansas." . Mr. Bigler had no knowledge of
the handbill in question, but explained that
the Democratic phrase of " Free Kansas" was '
to leave the people of Kansas free to form
their own institdtions without any coercion.
In the House, Humphrey Marshall of Ky.,
(K. N.) claimed that the Democratic party .
did not agree North and South in. their inter- ,
pretation of the Nebraska bill. A number of
Southern members repudiated squatter Boyer— i
ereignty. •
One of the most important measures that
will come up for the consideration of Congress,
now in session, will be the Tariff. The report
of Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee
of Ways and Means, on the " propriety of an
early revision and reduction of the tariff of
duties on imports," which was ordered to be
printed, August 11. 1856, will be called up
very early in the Session, and will form the
basis bf action on this subject.
'fhe propriety of reducing the tariff of Du
ties upon Imports rests upon the principle,
stated in a former Message of the President,
tha "the purpose of Revenue can alone justify
their imposition ;" and that the Revenue
should be reduced to " the amount annually
needed for the prudent and economical admin
istration of public affairs."
The new Tarif contemplates a re-classifica
tion of raw materials, which will put them all
on the free list. There is a duty of 30 per
cent. imposed upon Wool and Sugars by the
Tariff of 1846. Wool is now admitted int
England and France free of duty. Tne, ton
sequence is, that the manufactory of fine
woolen goods in this country is nearly des
troyed, our markets being crammed to plethora
with foreign fabrics, and our wool growers
driven into more profitable occupations.—
Secretary Guthrie's Report to Congress states
that in 1851 the woolen fabrics used " annu
ally in the United States contain 200,000,000
lbs. of wool which, in 1853, 60,000,000 lbs.
were raised in this country, 21,000,000 pounds
were imported in a raw state, and 119,000,000
imported in manufactured goods !" In view
of these facts the N. Y. Times says :
"If Wool beadmitted free of duty,a. large por
tion of this 119,000,000 lbs. would he brought
here, in its natural state, to be manufactured;
and this portion would increase yearly, as our
manufacturers become more firmly established.
The question to be settled by the Tariff is—
whether this 119,000,000 pounds of wool shalt
be annually imported in its raw state, or in
manufactured goods."
The heavy tariff on Sugars keeps them
at enormously high rates in our markets, and
beyond the reach of vast numbers of the must
indigent classes. On this point the Times
says:
• " Our Sugar Cane is an exotic plant belong
ing to a tropical clime, and it cannot be culta
vated •to any extent in this country. There
is no home production of sugar of any account;
the early winters, thq rains and frosts of our
climate destroy the cane and forbid its juices
to ripen. But, for the benefit of :201 sugar
planters in the remote South-west, who have
just received a charity of $75,000 from Gov
ment, we are taxed $3O on every $lOO worth
of sugar brought into the country. We are
glad to see that the sugar tax is exciting dis
cussion. If the necessity of its abolition be
resolutely pressed upon Congress, we may,
next year, buy at eight cents per pound the
sane sugar for which we now have to pay
fourteen cents per pound.
Other important revisions and modifications
of the Tariff of '46 are contemplated in the
bill that Congress will be called upon to dis
cuss.
The Treasury Report
The Annual Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury is the most important of all the offi
cial documents that are sent to Congress.—
Manrof its statements possess extraordinary
interest. It is estimated that our agricultu
ral and manufacturing productions for the
year 1855, amounted in the aggregate, to
$2,602,363,924. The gold-and silver coinage
of the United States from 1793 to 1856
amounted to $549,341,514. In 1844, before
the gold mines of California were discovered,
the total gold and silver in the country was
estimated at $100,000,000. Tho imports and
receipts of bullion at the Mint, from our mines
after deducting the exports, up to the 20th of
September, 1856. have added at least 8150,000,-
000 to the amount of gold and silver in the
country, without taking into consideration the
amount brought in by emigrants and return
ing travelers and merchants, enter 4 at Cus
tom Houses ; nor the amount used in our
manufactures, nor employed in the arts. A
modification of the tariff is proposed, and it is
suggested that our free list he increased, .by ad
mitting the raw material used in our manufac
tures, to free entry, and therefore givingto the
capital and labor of our people equal cempeti
tion with the capital and labor of foreign coun
tries that pursue a like course. It is also sug
gested that some articles of general consump
tion, such as salt, should be added to the free
list, and the Tariff on some other imports
should be reduced seven or eight millions of
dollars.
The Lancaster Bank
The Greensburg Argus has a lengthy arti
cle on the Lancaster Bank, and the individual
liability clause, as applied to the Institution
in its re-charter in 1849. The re-charter, it
appears, was drawn up by H. P. Laird, Esq.,
of Westmoreland county, then a member of
the Legislature, and Chairman of the Com
mittee on Banks. It is of a very, stringent
character. The Argus gives the following
statement in regard to it:
The corporate stock is first liable, and upon
I failure of the stock to pay the debts of the
bank, the stockholders are INDIVIDUALLY liable
to the noteholders for a sum of money equal
to the par value of the stock held by them
respectively; and upon failure of the individ
ual liability and stock of the stockholders to .
satisfy the claims of note holders, the stock
holders for one year preceding the failure of
I the Bank, who had assigned their stock, are
i liable for such losses as happened while they
were stockholders. The officers of the bank
I were required to swear that they would ob
serve the laws of their charter, and if they
wilfully violated it, it was made PERJURY, and
subjects them to punishment in the Peniten
tiary.
A failure to redeem the notes of the
bank in gold and silver, created an absolute
FORFEITURE of the charter, and if the transac
tions of the bank are fraudulent, the directors
of the bank, whose acts occasioned it, are lia
ble in the whole amount of their estates for
the payment of all the debts of the bank ; and
the insolvency of thetbank was to be deemed
fraudulent, unless , it should appear, upon
investigation, to be " FAIRLY and LEGALLY •
ADMINISTERED." •
Fremont for 1860
Many of the black republican papers, says
the New Hampshire Patriot, haverliria
their purpose to run Fremont fur F*4.ent at
the,next eluctrom four yutirshence.-r:OluTidea
oeifoininating a candgehe ftuii year"
vanceAi sufficiently nlisurd;even without re
fleeting-upon the tempOrarruaturiof the or.
ganisatkn by whichthfts is ,tione ;'hut 'when
we tile into consideration the fact 'that-lie
black republican party, from the very nature
and declared purpose of its formation, the
heterogeneous elements of which it is compo
sed, and the mercenary character of most of
its leaders-and tens of thousands of its mem
bers, must necessarily be a party of a day,
which camiot possibly survive a defeat such
as it this just received—whin these things
are consideret the idea of nominating a can
didate for iticTsupport four years hence, is
sublimely ridiculous. Yet hundreds of their
papers, leaders, clubs, Le., did this, just as
soon as it became evident that their party had
received its death-blow. But it is far from
our design to complain of this ; it is too laugh- •
able to be objected to. On the contrary, we ;
are highly pleased with it, not only because
it is in itself so laughable, but because its in-
evitable effect will be to hasten the dissolution
' of the most dangerous sectional combination
that was ever formed for the overthrow of
the republican institutions of our country.
But what reason do these folks give for pro
. posing Fremont as their candidate in 1860 ?
Why, because he has proved himself so strong
a candidate ! This is rich indeed ! A strong
candidate—where? Look at the results of
the late election as they are, and then tell us
how strong Fremont has proved himself, and
where that strength was exhibited. Is it
shown in the.popular vote of the Union ? A
strong candidate must certainly be strong
there ; but Fremont is not. He received only
about one third of the votes cast by the peo
ple for President. Out of about 3,750,000
votes cast, only about 1,250,000 were given
for Fremont ! There is certainly no evidence
of strength in this, but only weakness.
Is he strong in the number of States car
ried for him ? Certainly not : he carried the
electoral vote of only eleven States, and in
three of these there was a large popular ma
i jority against him. We are told, in general
terms, that he showed great strength in the
North ; but is this so ? There is a majority
of about 200,000 against him in the North
ern States ! Is this an evidence of strength,
•of availability'? Eight Northern States, hav
ing 124 electoral votes, gave popular majori
ties against him. - He received less than one
third of the votes cast in Pennsylvania; the
majority against him in that State is about
150,000 ! In New York there is a majority
of 46,000 against him. In Illinois about 46,-
000. In Indiana about the same. In New
Jersey 42,000. In Ohio 12,000. In lowa
1,500 : and in California about 25,000.
Being thus powerfully weak in the whole
country, in the whole North, and in eight free
States which give a large majority of the elec
toral votes of the North, where was he strong?
Why, in the six little New England States
and the two smallest of the Western States.
Yes, in New England, with her 2,500,000 in
habitants, and in Michigan and Wisconsin,
with a's4 - iut 1,000,000, Fremont carried a ma
jority of the popular vote, and nowhere else.
Thus States having 3,500,000 of inhabitants
voted to have him to rule over them : while
States having more than 20,000,000 inhabi
tants indignantly repudiated him. And yet
his supporters are constantly telling what a
strong candidate he was, and are (nominating
him for 1860, on account of this boasted
strength ! The truth is, he is the weakest
candidate, in the popular vote, ever run
against the Democracy. There is a majority
of about 1,250,000 against him ; a majority
against him in twenty-three States ; Mr. Buch
anan has 500,000 over him ; there i 8 a major
ity against him in every section of the Union,
Northern, Middle, Western and Southern, ex
cepting in New England' if these facts a - F
ford encduragement for his supporters to run
him again, his opponents will not object to
their so doing.
The Revival of the Slave Trade
Governor Adams',' of South Carolina, in his
message to the Legislature of that State, hav
ing advocated a revival of the slave trade, the
subject has been considerably dis Cussed at the
South. The proposition finds but little favor.
The Richmond Enquirer, in an elaborate arti
cle on the subject, says :
"Since Gov. Adams fails to demonstrate a
necessity for the revival of the slave trade, we
may discuss the measure as a matter of policy.
"And here we encounter the obvious and
incontestible fact that the revival of the Afri
can slave trade, as a legal commerce, is a po
litical impossibility. Our own laws condemn
the traffic, and there is no chance of their re
peal. The laws of the civilized world de
nounce the severest penalties of piracy against
it ; and they, in any event, are beyond the
range of our control. Is there anything •in
the tone d? public opinion in this or any other
country, which warrants the idea that we may
procure the re-establishment of the slave
trade as a legitimate branch of commerce.—
Is the thing possible? Certainly this inquiry
touches the most essential point of the contro
versy, and yet Gov. Adams ignores it.
It being apparent from the mere state
ment of the proposition that the revival of the
slave trade is a moral impossibility, there is
no need of any further discussion of the sub
ject. The States of the South are not yet
prepared to defy the public 'opinion and to
provoke the positive hostility of the foremost
powers of Christendom ; and as the attempt
to re-open the traffic in African negroes would
inevitably draw this penalty upon us, we may
rest upon the conclusion that the policy is im
practicable, and will never be subjected to the
test of experiment."
The proposition is even scouted on the very
spot of its origin. The South Carolinian,
published at Columbus, takes exception to it ;
and a personal friend of the Governor, who
has generally approved of his administration,
thus expresses his dissent through the Charles
ton Courier :
"It is not only impracticable, but undesira
ble, in every point of view. Humanity, and
the interests of the South alike forbid it. It
would array against us the sentiment of the
civilized world ; it would revive or at least
I extend the horrors of the middle passages, in
volve Africa in intestine wars to furnish sub
jects for the proposed traffic, and convert her
into a field of blood ; and it would render
slave property so cheap as to be worthless,
and perhaps so worthless as to be dear at any
price. Our slaves multiply in a ratio quite
rapid enough for the good of the South—an
importation of 375,000, (the entire importa
tion into the Union, as colonists and States,
from the commencement of the slave trade, to
its abolition in 1808,) has multitudinously in
creased into four millions ; and we need not
the aid of new importations to swell the al
ready popular number of slavery—of a fresh
horde of savages and heathen to barbarize and
unchristianize our now civilized, gentle and
religious peasantry. I have neither time nor
space to pursue this theme, and must conclude
with the expression of perfect confidence that
the unwise project will source enlist a decent
support."
ENCOURAGING.—We feel much encouraged
at the promptness of many of our subscribers,
who'durbag the past week have come up to
the " Captain's office" and performed a little
act which always gladdens the printer's heart.
—Bucks County Intelligencer.
We can't say as much for many of our sub
scribers. The few who have answered our
call are true friends in need ; but what shall
we say Of the large majority who manifest the
most perfect indifference about the payment
of the little bills they owe us ? The less said
about such customers perhaps the better.
Foreign News.
The steamship Atlantic, arrived at New
York on Tuesday, froth Liverpool, which lat
ter port she left on the 26th ult. She tisings Is
news from Europt e .four,, ,l daya,,,lattea.* ,
Schleswig Holstein7ini..tiftairt:i i s quiet - for
the moment. The Nap* difficulty preecnte
no novelty. The Atleo-French Alliance,
though pregnant with*lculatip* - may.l)e re
garded as settled. TGcrmaire journals are
fruitful of rumors. The Augsburg Gazette
publishes a statement from Vienna that Baron
Bourqueney proposes to settle the Bolgrad
difficulty by splitting the differen , e, and mak- '
ing the frontier atthe Pass 41 - North Bolgrad,
but south ~f Lake Galpuk. This propuKal had
nut been deemed acceptable. The Gazette
Universelit Allemande has a letter from Vier':
int, dated the 14th ult., stating that is had
been announced that the Congress of Paris
would not meet a second time, and that the
Commissioners of the five great powers would
assemble at Constantinople to settle the ques
tions now pending as to the Principalities, the
Bolgrad difficulty, and the Isle of Serpents.—
This is qiiite wrong. Nothing has been settled
on the subject, and the negotiations
.are
going on. The extraordinary activity which
prerailsln the Russian ship-building estab
lishment's on the banks of the Black Sea, ha s
awakened the distrust of England,' and that
power has lately applied to France for the
purpose of making a joint representation to
Russia on the subject. It being notorious that
the Czar has, at this moment, twelve men-of
war on the Black Sea, it is believed 'that the
Cabinet of the Tuileries has not deemed snch
an interpellation opportune at the present
time. From Paris there is. no stirring news.
From California
The steamship Texas arrived at Now Or
leans, from San Juan, bringing two weeks'
later news from Nicaragua and Califorigia,—
The vote of California stands in round num
bers: Buchanan 60,000; Fillmore 35,000;
Fremont 19,000. The Democrats have a ma-
jority in both houses of the California Legisla
ture. In Nicaragua General Walker has been
successful in a series of battles with the com
bined forces of the Central American States.
There had been four days hard fighting at
Messaya, and after it, Walker returned to
Granada, which city he utterly destroyed, re
moving the capital to Rivas. This does not
agree very well with the accounts of victory.
A Costa Rican Brig of war engaged in battle
with a Nicaraguan naval vessel, and was blown
up and destroyed, with all on board. It is
alleged that the combined forces have lost 3000
men in the various battles since October—but
that was more than they,,had altogether in the
field, and as they still are in force, the as
counts are evidently merely sent hither to gain
recruits for Walker.
MEXICO AND Taxes.—The Southern mail
received yesterday nt Baltimore, with dates
from Vera Cruz to the 16th ult., state 'that
the siege of Puebla still continues without
definite results. The communication between
the capital and the interior is almost entirely
suspended. Advices have also been received
from Galveston, to the 25th. The news con
tained in the papers is not of much impor
tance. Buchanan's majority in seventy-one
counties in Texas, is 11,000, and in the entire
State will not be less than 15,000.
Judge C ampbell
On the report of the Postmaster General,
the Philadelphia Gazette, an opposition print,
remarks :
" It is due to Mr. Campbell, who has made
his last annual report to Congress, and is
about to retire from his high office, to say,
what indeed we can say in strong and cordial
terms, that he has performed the onerous but
honorable duties of that office with ,a single
eye to the interests of thepublic, with a faith
ulness, industry, and ability unsurpassed ;
that he has fully met and answered all just
claims of the community upon him, and will
peace the department in as prosperous a con
dition as was possible for the administrative
skill of a single man to render it."
Bank Applications
We gather from tho Harrisburg papers the
following list of Bank applications to the next
session of the State Legislature, viz:
One at Towanda, capital $lOO,OOO with
power to increase the same to $200,000.
One at-Clearfield, capital $lOO.OOO.
One in Crawford county, for $150,000, and
power to increase to $300,000.
One at McKeesport, with $250,000.
One at Hanover, for $lOO,OOO, with power
to increase to $200,000.
An Allegheny Bank,. with $500,000 capital.
One at Shamokin, with $lOO,OOO, and pow
er to double its capital.
One at Scranton, for. $150,000 and power to
double.
One at Athens, for $lOO,OOO, and power to
double.
One at Phcenisville, for $lOO,OOO, and pow
er to increase to $300,000.
One at Uniontown, capittl $150,000.
One at Pittsburg, with $400,000, another
with $500,000.
One at Venango, with $lOO,OOO capital itlid
one at Coudersport, with a like capital.
One at Danville, with $200,000, and power
to increase to $300,000.
One at Smethport, for $lOO,OOO, and power
to increase to $250,000.
A Discounting, Exchange and Note Brok
ing Savings and Deposit Bank at Washing
ton, with $lOO,OOO capital.
A Bank for Savings, Deposit and Discount,
with $50,000.
One at Waynesburg for power to increase
$lOO,OOO.
The York County Bank wants an increase
of $200,000.
The Wyoming Bank of $15,000.
The Carlisle Deposit Bank wants to be a
bank of issue, with power to increase by $328,-
000, and
The Dauphin Deposit Bank wants the same
privilege, with power to increase by $lOO,-
000, and
The Mechanics' Savings, at Harrisburg, the
same, with power to increase by $150,000.
The Easton Bank wants to add $200,000 to
its present capital :—making a total increase
of banking capital asked for outside of Philadel
phia of 6,628,000 dollars, which, taken togeth
er with our statement elsewhere of city appli
cations, will make an increase for the State of
20,928,000 dollars.
ONLY A WHITE GIRL.-A white girl, an or
phan only 16 years old, was beaten by her
uncle, a Mr. George Crowther of Brooklyn, in
a most unmerciful and inhuman manner ;
and he even attempted to blast the fair charac
ter of the poor girl, in his endeavors to escape
punishment. He most signally failed, however,
in his villainous purpose, and was sentenced
to pay a fine of $lOO, and undergo an impris
onment of ten days. Had such an event taken
place with a colored girl in any of the Southern
States what an awful affair it would have been.
Every Abolition sheet in the land would
have furnished their readers with a most
lamentable account of the circumstanees ; but
as she is only a white girl, and the oceurance
took place in a Northern State, not a word is
said about it. Where is the philanthrophy of
the negro worshippers who weep so much •
over the colored people of the South ?
A NEW TREATY. —The project of an impor
tant treaty with New Grenada, taken out by
Mr. Morse, special commissioner to Bogota, in
the last California steamer, we have reasons
for believing, is to render the isthmus a world's
thoroughfare, exempt from the contingencies
of war or international feuds—a section of
country where the transit of the continent
might be. effected without molestation from
any hostile force, at all times and in all sea
sons. We are' assured that the spirit of the
treaty is well calculated to secure the approval
of all governments, whether American or Eu
ropean, There are good grounds to believe
that the terms of this treaty, so liberal to
wards Grenada, will be accepted by the gov
ernment at Bogota—Journal of Commerce.
The American Election
The eleett•o, of -Air. Buchanan is freely corn .._ _ -
TAX ISLES - z, LK LaxoiFEß COQ etTY- —Thu
mented nri-yt, by tin , Engikh presF. The i...ir
fourth tict ' t of iame tlnitattlefe of the Conetitntion of the
don Time. , is exeessirely 'magnanimous upon State of Penneyleiiiin i - - requiree an enumeration of the
she subject. ~,e-4.fteF..some foolish talk al3cAthe disableSnhabiteneta ofSle,State, to be made every 'seven .
aomei)tic Tr"iigy ''f hie. — Buchttnaliies adit'inis.c. Fare. -in euchrtii untie; ''as shall be directed by law," 61,
'-' ..-, 'order,
nal to furnish ;the bads Sbr re-apportioning the State
tratiUM, -mid' the irrecoueililiility of theliorth
-_,.--- .--,-- - • ...,-. , . , - Into **ato' and Repteeentative districts, which Is done
and South, the Times sa:‘,t4,;:i .
- :septetridally V tlie:Legfigattire The Constitution further
As regards foreign prirtcy ale pitispect thatl . 2o?.iinf representatives shall be ap
'fifrfirAt sight appear to be equalty pointed amotrAlie7 several counties, ucordlng to the
The election of Mr. Buchanan over Mr. Fill- number of taxable Inhabitant" in each, and shall never be
less fly= sixty. nor greater than one hundred—each county
more, agreeing, as they do, on home politics, is.
a declaration on the part of the American being entitled to at least one representative, except new
nation in favor of-the foreign policy of the counties that may not hare the ratio of taxables to entitle
former over that of the latter—that is a
them to the same. The manner of making this enumera.
ties is provided for in the Acts of Assembly of 1521 and
declaration in favor of aggression and annexe
iszte, which re q uire the deaf and dumb, blind and slayes,
thin. Moreover, the spirit annexation is
in addition to the taxables. The Asseseenr. of Lancaster
essentially Southern, having reference to the
necessity. of obtatiaing new slave States to county have made their returns for all the districts except
Washington borough. which is estimated in the following
counterbalance the 'succession of free States table
from the North. ..
Still, we are disposed to be much more san
guine as to the foreign than asp the.domestic
policy crf the new President, and we are con
vinced that his election by no' means implies
hostility to England on the part of the Demo
crats. •An aggressive foreign policy carried
out in the spirit of the Ostend manifesto means
a foreign war ; and a foreign war is, in the
present state of the Union, a contingency
which North and South would he equally
anxious to avoid. The South would view with
dread a'chance of a rising among their slaves,
in the suppression of which they would have
little hope from the sympathy of the North,
and, having little accumulated capital, would
suffer severely from .any restriction of their
power of exportation.
The North would view with increasing dis
favor the prosecution of foreign conquests,
which they would justly regard as really made
over, themselves, and would naturally refuse
to aid in operations entailing upon them great
immediate loss, and ultimately destined to
counterbalance or undermine their due in
fluence in the councils of the Confederation-
The breach between North and South is hence
forth declared and open ; and though by the
forms of the constitution one party may govern,
it cannot hope to carry on a war, which is a
matter not of abstract rule, but of practical,
and very apt to redress by the summary pro
cess of revolution inequalities which the indo
lance of peace has left untouched.
We also hope that Mr. Buchanan may rise
more nearly than he has hitherto done to the
level of his position ; and, discarding after he
has obtained power the questionable arts by
which it was secured, rise above the dictation
and exigencies of his party, and think more
of the great trust placed in his hands than of
the instruments and the assurances by which
that trust has been obtained. For ourselves,
we can truly say that we shall respect the choice
of the American nation in a matter so pecu
liarly of domestic cognizance, and never allow
any objections we may have entertained to
Mr. Buchanan's principles to prevent us from
dealing with respect and candor with the acts of
the Chief Magistrate of a great, a friendly and
a kindred people.
The above is the English view of the result.
The French papers also have some remarks on
the subject. The Paris Patrie says:
Let us say, lastly, that there is not in this
statesman the stuff for a fanatic, and it is. not
he who would support the sentiment, so grand
philosophically, but so deplorable politically :
'Perish the colonies rather than a principle ."
Nothing will suffer in the hands of Mr. Buch—
anan, least of all the Union."
The London Times contains a letter from
an. American in London, written in anticipa
tion of the result of our Presidential election,
and presenting a curiously accurate prediction
of the issue. The writer, who signs himself a
Pennsylvanian, expresses the fullest confidence
that all the Southern States, with the excep
tion of Maryland—Pennsylvania, Illinios
and Indiana will cast their votes for Buchanan.
The result shows the remarkable accuracy of
the prediction. Those were precisely the votes
by which Mr. Buchanan has been elected.
The writer makes some other predictions.
He predicts that, instead of acting upon the
principles of the Ostend Manifesto, and sub
mitting to the dictation and control of the
South, President Buchanan will pursue a
concilatory and conservative course—securing
the rights of. all sections and parties, and
avoiding all extremes in his administration
both of foreign and domestic affairs. He bases
this judgment upon his opinion of Mr. Bu
chanan's character, his experience of his past
action and the necessities of his position
What Became of the Kansas Funds
The Philadelphia News utters the following
truths about the funds raised in the Northern
States for "bleeding, suffering
_Kansas." If
ever a set of people were grossly duped and
cheated by black-coated scoundrels who "stole
the livery of Heaven to serve the Bevil in,"
it is the church-going folks in the Northern,
Western and Eastern States—the latter espe
cially—who listened to the hypocritical ap
peals made from their pulpits in behalf of the
"Emigrant Aid Societies :"
"But a still more startling disclosure is
made by the Ereniny Post. The dishonesty
of the political knaves into whose hands the
`Kansas funds' have found their way, can no
longer be concealed. The sums collected of
the charitable, and contributed iu the belief
that they were to aid the suffering settlers in
a new and troubled country, are admitted to
be ' grossly Squandered' by the adventurers
to whom they have been entrusted. Instead
of feeding the hungry, or clothing the naked,
the 'charitable funds sent from the East' are
used by the 'speculating' Shriekers to 'build
up new towns.' if
Hyatt, the Chairman of the Republican
Kansas Committet, one of the most' rabid of
the Black Republicans, whose whole soul was
wrapped up in ' bleeding Kansas,' and who
volunteered to go on personally to superintend
the dressing of her wounds, has 'turned specu
lator' with the snug capital. Aud the same
authority from which we derive this informa
tion, declares that every man who is sent out
from the political Kansas Fund Companies,
turns speculator in six weeks, and embezzles
the money wrung from the charitable public !
This is no 'tale told by the enemy,' hut the
testimony of an honest Republican.
These disclosures will probably open men's
eyes to the fact that the funds collected fur
Kansas by the political beggars and adven
turers who have made capital out of the suffer
ings of poor settlers, are invariably misap
plied ; and that Whether the money is used
by Hyatt and other speculators in building
towns,' or in feathering their nests some other
way.
PAY OF ARMY OFFICERS.—The Washington
correspondent of the Noe, rork Herald fur
nishes the following:
"The Committee on Military Affairs in the
House has reported already a bill of particu
lar interest to the Army, and in view of the
frequent resignations of out best officers—a.
measure which cannot be acted upon too soon-
It increases the pay of all commissioned offt
c2rs, at the rate of $2O per month, with the
addition of 10 cents in the commutation of
rations. The equity of this measure consists
in the proportion of increase of pay to the
young officers, whose limited income make
them the objects of so many hardships. The
Lieutenant gets his $2O a month, equally
with the Colonel, or General. ' An officer
whose pay is $4O, gets $6O under the provis
ions of this bill—being an increase of 50 per
cent.—while the officer who now receives $2OO,
receives s22o—an increase of ten per cent.—
The 10 cents additional on the ration preserves
the equality of compensation under the long
evity ratiou principle. This bill will strike
every one at a glance as just and reasonable,
and its simplicity recommends it to the public
favor; No doubt it will be acted on promptly
by the House." "
*Mrs. M. E. Carter, of Albermarle county,
Va., who lately died, left a faithful servant
woman her freedom, together with an annui
ty of $2OO. The Jeffersonian says:
" The generous boon has been permptorily
refused by the slave, who is in the prime of
life, 32 years old, and prefers living as a slave
in a family where she was born, and receives
everything she needs to make her happy, and
comfortable, and by whom she is beloved, to
being free and receiving a pension for life
ample enough to support her handsomely."
PARDONED.—DanieI J. Neff. a young lawyer
of Hollidaysburg, Pa., who was lately con
victed of manslaughter in killing D. Hewitt,
jr., and sentenced to the penitentiary for two
years, has been pardoned by Gov. Pollook.—
Soon after the death of Hewitt, the 'sum of
$4OOO was appropriated for the benefit of his
wife and children by Neff.
I CITY AND COUNTY AIM iIRS.
Adamstown bor.
Bart
lirecknock
Crernarvon
Cocaliro East--
Cocalico West...
Ceteraln
Columbia b0r....
Conestoga
Coney
Clay.
Donegal East....
Donegal West...
Drumore ......
Ephrata
Earl
Earl East
Earl West
Elizabeth
Elizabethtown bor.
Eden
Fulton
Hemptield East
Hemptiald West--
Lampeter East
Lampeter
Lancaster
Lancaster city
Leacock
leacock Upper
Little Britain
3lanheim
Martic._
Manor
Xlaunt Joy
)bust Joy her
Marietta b0r...... ...
3lan helm tzar..... ...
Paradise
Peon
['Nines
Providence
Rapho
Salisbury
Sadabury
Strasburg
Strasburg br
Warwick
Washington bor...
In Lancaster city, 15 , 48 are returned for N.
8113 for S. W. Ward; 1010 for .0. E. Wand: and 11
N. B. Ward.
By the above It will be seen that lb. total number of
tazables in the city and county is 23,155. There are also
31 deaf mutes, of which 21 are males and 10 females ; 30
blind persons, 17 males and 13 females: one person is re.
turned from Druniore as a slave, who !striver 100 years of
age, and refused accepting his freedom Under the inane
mission law of the State.
VT 0
1018 0
4,81 •
384 n
849 0
3^_l 0
4.35 n
42,1
259 0
410
750 0
905
380 0
411.
251 0
0
105 n
The growth of the county for the last fourteen yams is
shown by the following statement of tacahlen returned.at
the last three septennial enumenitlons:
Date of 011timerat lett ......
Number of Mashies 18,9e7 8-1.1
The above enumeration diners materially from that re.
eently made by the Commissioners for the use of the Court
in the apportionment of the tavern licent.ea: for instance,
the number of taxables in the city. returned by them, was
3,357, while the Assessors now return a difference of
Ererting Erpre,
A SUGGESTION.—WHEATI,AND being one; the
great centre of attraction, Beef course, overrun with visit
ors, alt of whom are received with that kindness and err.
dtallty so characteristic of Mr. BUCHANAN. But, in view of
the time necessarily required by the President elect to
attend to his immense correspondence and prepare for the
arduous and responsible duties which will devolve upon
him on the Fourth of March, we would respectfully suggest
that morning visits,' before I'2 o'clock, should be avoided
as much as possible, in the future. ITe make this sugges
tion entirely of our Own accord—hut we are sure every
body, who reflects for a moment, will at once see the pro
propriety of it.
CHANGE or TIME.—On yesterday the Trains
commenced arriving, in this city, as follows
Westward.—Through Mail, 11,00 A. 3L; Espresa Train,
2,19 P. M.; nut Line, 3,36 P. 51.; Way Train, 6,25 I'. 11.
Eu,/mard.—Express Train, 9..10 A. M.; Way Train, 3,19
P. II.: Through Mail, 10,05 P. 31.; Fast. Line, 3,12 A. 31.
The Lancaster (Accomm , dation; Train has been with
drawn for tho Winter.
HOUSE'S PRINTING TELEGRA .—An office
of house's Printing Telegraph Line has been opened at No.
34 North Queen street, adjoining the Examiner Office, It
Is to be hoped, now that we hare two rival lines between
this city. Ifitisbetrg and PhiladelphiaPthera will lie a re.
duetion of prices. The rates for the sanding and reception
of messages are entirtdy too exorbitant.
CORRECTION.—We were in error, last week,
or rather the Inland Daily was, from which we quoted, in
stating that Officer Baker made the arrest of William Judy
alias Jones. Jones was arrested by Officer Kuhns, of the
S. W. Ward, who is one of .r most daring and efficient
Constables. "Honor to whom honor is due, - friend
Goodall.
DEDICATION.—The basement of the new St.
Paul's M. E. Church, (Rev. Mr. Waters') in the southern
part of the city, was dedicated on Sunday inst. Services,
morning, afternoon and evening, by Rev. J. I). Crime, o f
Harrisburg, and Rev. Dr. BARTINE, of this city. We under
stand that a handsome collection WAS token up. during he
day, amounting to stSli.
Mit. WHIPPLE'S LECTURE.—This g 10-
man's leCture, on "Joan of Arc," will be devered at ulton
Roll, on Wedneedity evening. The ball WI I, undo btedly
be filled by. an attentive, intelligent and appreciating
audience. The ladies, especially, should be p sent in full
force to hear the character of one of tlio grey st of their
sex ,Returned.
YoRR FURNACE BRIDGE.—We are lad to
learn, says the Examiner, that the re-building that pot.
Hon of York s Furnace Bridge, over the Susquehanna Riv.
er, which was blown oft by tho violence of the hurricane
last Spring, hoe progressed no far that it is expected that
it will be passable again in about two weeks from this
date. The contractors, Messrs. Black and Umber, deserve
great credit for the substantial manner in which the struc
ture has been replaced. The portion rebuilt consists of
four span of arches of two hundred feet each, across the
main channel of the river; three of which are now com
pleted, and the fourth will be up and completed in about
two weeks. This portion of the structure is made wide
enough for two tracks. with.arches in the centre ; having
three Betts of double timbered arches to each span, and
containing double the quatititi of timber that there is in
the arches of the Columbia bridge, and is considered the
strongest and most substantial bridge on the Susquehan
na river. The bridge will not be covered at this time.
VIRGINIA CATTLE.—A fino lot of °TOE one
hundred Virginia cattle; belonging to Mr. Benjamin Set
domridge, of sLeacock, Lancaster county, were - driven
through this city on Thursday, destined for the Philadel
phia market.
LANCASTER BANK—PROSPEOT OF ITS RESUS—
CITATION.—An adjourned meeting of the stockholder. wee
held at Fulton' Hall, on Saturday—Fn.-acre KEENAN, Esq.,
in the chair.
Mr. HICBTER, from the Committee appointed at the pro.
vious mooting for the purpose of preparing a plan for the
re-organization of the Bank, submitted the following
PROPOSITIO3.
. capital of $400,000 to be subscribed in shares of $5O
each, to be paid in on the first of April, 1857, in the circu•
lotion of the Bank, checks of depositors at par, or old shares
at the rate of $5 each:
The old stock not given in payment of new, to get Its
proportional share of the old assets, after payment of the
debits, under an account kept by the Bank
Depositors to accept certificates at three years, with inter.
est, payable annually:
The present holders of circulation are desired to take
certificates of deposit, payable in esmal instalments, in 1,
2, and 3 years, with Interest—the circulation held by them
to be deposited with a trustee, (some other bank) as col
lateral:
Ittink to be opened as soon as Its liabilities are absolved
or postponed under this arrangement.
After reading the proposition, Mr. Iliiiersa explained the
same in a very lucid and able argument, and concluded his
remarks by a strong appeal in favor of resuscitating the
•
Bank.
After Mr. 11. had concluded his remarks, Mr. DIT3LIRC
offered as a substitute the following plan:
Let the Directors of the Bank who have committed faults
cf omission and commission, making themselves liable,
loan to the Bank $lO,OOO a piece, (twenty five in number.)
upon certificates of loan, transferable as the stock is, with
interest at six per cent, payable seml.annuelly, which would
gives capital of $250,000 at once; If SIIOOO is subscribed
by each, a capital of $300,000.
Mr. Ditmars argued In favor of his plan. Mr. Mark Con
nell, Sr., spoke-in favor of the proposition submitted by
the Committee. •
The report of the Committee wan adopted without a die
seating Toice.
Judge Long then moved that a Committee be appointed
to obtain subscriptions to the stock, in the city and Goya.
ty. The following named gentlemen were thereupon ap
pointed by the Chair, Tie.
W. W. Brown, Ferree Brintou, Kinzer D. Bender, Hark
Connell, Jr., Samuel Frey, B. B. Gender, G. R. Hendrick
eon, Joseph Konigmacher, P. McEvoy, Simon S. Heist, C. F.
Roland, D. G Swartz, Abram Shelly, S. F. Eagle, Jacob
Frantz, John Stouffer, John Hata, I. E. theater, Benjamin
Eshleman, A. Herr Smith, A. D. liftman, Maria Hoopes,
C. B. Grubb, Jacob Hausman, and Jacob M. Long.
The hooka were than opened, when 3100 shares. in all
were promptly subscribed—making a capital of $155,000.
The meeting then adjourned until Saturday the 27th
inst., at 10 o'clock A. 31., in Fulton Hall.
From the readiness with which subscriptions so far have
been taken, it is believed by them competent to judge that
the whole amount of dock will be taken, and the Bank
again soon placed on a permanent and substantial basin.
We learn farther that, since the suspension, the assets
of the Bank have absorbed $233,000 of its circulation—
leaving, after dedncting $33,000 locked up in the Lancaster
County Bank on good collateral noise destroyed, etc., but
little over $400,000 of actual. circulation:
DEATtI OF "AUNT TABITHA."—This ojd
colored woman departed dila life, itt this city, on Thursday
last, at the Advil:m.4 Inger 14174 - .7ears. Her name was
Tabitha Foxcmit, but shit. Mg' . More familiarly known as
"Aunt Tabitha."" She was the olddstporaon in Lancaster
?ild ‘ the time of her death. She died,•_ue abe had lived, a
sincere and humble Christian. Bar remains were deposited,
on ifriday, in the Colored burying ground, In the southern
partof the city.
C O IIIgIINICATIONS.
The duty of electing a United .States Senator devolves
upon the next Legislature.
The importance of having an able, fearless and devoted
champion of democratic principles, to represent the State
of Pennsylvania and support the incoming administration
of her' favorite son', te undisputed, and hence the respon
sibility of the Legislature In selecting the right man for
the place is of no little magnitude.
Manyyruniinent members of the party have already
been named in connection with the office : some of them
of acknowledged ability, and all of them of undoubted
, patriotism. Without then, intending to reflect upon the
ability, integrity or patriotism of any of the candidates,
in'our opinion, the man beet fitted for the place at the
present time is JOHN W. Fewest% .
This gentleman tbr tho hot twenty years has been
firm, untiring and uncompromising advocate, exponent
and defender of democratic principles. In sunshine and
darkness—in victory as in defeat—he has never abandon.
ed his honest convictions or proved false to his political
faith. If, therefore, consistency, earnestness and long
years of devotion to the principles and interests of the
democratic party, ho any claim for political preferment
and honor, no MAIM MO urge such claim With purer motives
than Col. FOIVCLI.
Deaf .t Dumb. Blind
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Gilled by nature with an Intellect far above the average,
he has improved it by study and discipline, and Is this
day one of the most brilliant writers and effective speak
ers belonging to the democratic or any other party.
In all the positions he has ever oceupied, public or pri
vate he has proved himself equal to any emergency or
contingency that arose. As the editor of the Central
Democratic Organ at Washington, he gave hie party evi
dence of his ability as a writer and his fareightedness as
a politician. As Clerk of the National House of Represen
tatives, at a time when Northern fanaticism and , Snow
Nothing persecution were combined against the Democratic
party, he prayed to the country his honesty ma man, and
evidenced his perfect knowledge of parliamentary law and
usage. Still later, as Chairman of the Democratic State
Convention, during a bitter. vindictive aid unscrupulous
Presidential canvass, he gave the world assurance that he
wee eeruinently fitted to be the' leader of a great and
ogreesive party. No man in Pennsylvania did more to
• op the onward progression of Northern abolitionism than
do .• 'oRNLT ; and no man within her broad domain
is more deserving of her gratitude than he.
These considerations idone, entitle him to an honorable
toward, but there is another and paramount one.
We look upon C.,1. FoRNET as one of the ar.rRLSENTA
TIrE Mrs of the Democratic party. Under its shadow,—by
Its fostering care. and prompted by its liberal principles,—
he has been enabled to work out for himself an honorable
name and fame among men. Ws remember him—the poor
printer boy, without the rich man's wealth, or the influen
tial man's patronage,—entering upon the political arena
and regardless of taunt and contumely, to battle for the
right and against the wrong. Ile early espoused the cause
of the Democratic party, and eimply because he believed it
right, and so be believes still. He looked upon it as the
great break-water between freedom and despotism, and
such it has ever been. He holds it to be the party o( pro.
gress, toleration and equality. recognizing no limit—no
creed—no distinction. • Under its beriificent rule all non'
are equal, and the poor man's son of today, to-morrow
may enter the lists for the highest political honors in the
land. These being Its characteristics, and this its mis
sion. who so proper to represent it in the councils of the
nation as one of its own cherished sone t—one too, who by
the ald of Its light and advantages, has already attained an
honorable position In the history of his country, anti this,
In spite of the mashen which early penury had woven
around him. „--
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The democracy of the United Statoe hare elevated a
citizen of Lancaster county to the highest office in their
gift ;—lot the Legislature of Pennsylvania send ono of the
Repsesentative men of that democracy to the Senate of the
United State • v •
alrasss-Enrtons : flaring boon on a visit to Washington
Lately, on business for an qld soldier, I had the pleasure of
forming an acquaintance with the above named gentleman,
Mr. Whiting, who has!been lately appointed Commissioner
of Pensions. Ile in a highly esteems. gentleman, poem..
sing all the virtuea.Which oonstiiuto ood officer. Ills
appointment has been a fortunate 'event fo the govarnmen t
and all those interested in the Pension Dop. talent, as-ho is
energetic, courteous and obliging ; virtues no I ways found
in public officers, and when found should and , • I be prop.
erly appreolated by American freemen. '. J. A.
DoNEnst., December 15, '56,
All hail to the Keystone ! the pride of the nation—
All hail to the flag that thy chieftain unfurl'd ;
Around him the laurels of warm gratulation
Are clustering to herald his lama to the world.
The conflict is o'er,—the wild tempest hath vanisleih—
And victory's chorus now swells ou the air,
For tho strong arm of Hight and of justice hath banish'd
The traitors who threaten'd onr fabric so fair.
Hark ! hark ! hear you not Freedom's mean now sounding,—
Hear you not the sweet echo that comes from tho bleat,;
From the North to the South the glad tidings arc bounding,
From the East to where penro courts the star of the
West.
Thy v..ive bath been heard, and thy full heart's expression
Hath rous'd the deop spirit, and uttur'd thy vow ;
To demand but our rights, without making concession,
And tile sweet wreath of victory now circles our brow.
The ensign of Union,--our Washington's standard,
In thy soil bath been planted and rooted too deep ;
And thy chieftains will rally their hosts to the vanguard
Ere one little star from its folds they shall sweep.
Then hail to the Keystone I we'll join the grand chorus,—
For God and our Country shall be the loa'd strain ;
While the flag °flour Fathers in triumph floats o'er us,
And the sweet dream of peace lights our altars again.
ALEXANDRII, VA.,
INcENniAatsar.-a-The barn of—Mr. Robert
Rooks, of West Vincent, was entirely con
sumed by fire one night about two weeks ago.
There were five valuable cows and several,
sheep, besides all the summer's crop consumed.
It was discovered in time to rescue the horses
and a yoke of oxen that were stabled at the
time. The fire was the work of an incendiary.
On the same night Mr. John Ralston, who
lives near by, discovered a party of men in
the at of stealing two or three of his best
horses, having been saddled and bridled, in
time however to frustrate their designs. The
scoundrels, not content with this failure, re
turned the second time to Mr. Ralston's prem
ises, but he being on the lookout, prevented
them from accomplishing their designs. It is
suspected to he the same party that fired the
barn. There is said to be a gang of six
them, and they are supposed to belong to the
party of dastardly outlaws who have for some
time past infested Chester and Lancaster
counties. The barn was insured in the Ches
ter County Company.— W. Chester Repub.
On Monday evening the Oth inst., about
half-past seven o'clock, at Alliance, Ohio, a
collision oecurred at the junction of the Pitts
burg, Port Wayne and Chicago, and Cleveland
and Pittsburg railways, by which a train of
care of the former road was run through by a
train belonging to the latter, and two cars
were smashed. One of the cars was thrown
into the rotunda of the station house, and the
other through the parlor of a hotel in which
several persons were sitting. The rotunda
and parlor were both torn down, killing eight
persons and wounding a number of others.—
Among the killed and wounded are several
Philadelphians. The blame seems to rest on
the Engineer of the Cleveland train, who run
into the town at a fearful speed.-about 35
miles an hour. Both he and the Fi;eman fled
to the woods to escape the fury of the people.
GREAT REVIVAL AT TAE HEAD OF SALT
RIVER.-` Hew inscrutable are the ways of
Providence.' Salt River, heretofore, has been
a cold, cheerless, God-forsaken country. We
are happy to announce, that a. great and hap
py change is now to be hoped for, and that
that desolate region is this year to be supplied
with a large body of Ministers of different de
nominations, who will spend the season there
as missionaries, with the view of teaching
christianity and civilization to the inhabitants
thereof, that they may the more readily appre
ciate the blessings of civil and religious liberty
hereafter.
A new series of this excellent family and parlor Jour
nal will be commenced in January next, under the edito
rial conduct of Its well-known proprietors, Mounts and
WILLIS. There is no paper in the country that can boast
of a larger or better Informed class of contributors, and
none more careful in the publication of such matter only
as tends to Improve and Instruct its readers. Arrange
ments are being made to present new attractions, which
will make thel , aming series still more interesting.
Terms two cloihes...isannum. Address —M oans Jr.
u.i
zs , 107 Fulton Street,
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ARTHUR'S 11031 E MAGAZINE for January, 1857. In
the January number of tho Home Magazine is commenced
311ss Virginia F. Townsend's Sew Novellette, entitled
' Look Out; a New England Story," the first chapters o f
which give promise of a Ifto4' 01 rare interest. This num
ber, which commences tbe f ininth volume, is printed on
new and beautiful type, and the whole style of the work Is
greatly improved—the purpose of the publishers being to
tune a two dollar magazine equal in typography and as
choicely embellished as 'any of the three dollar magazines.
Terms $2 a year, or 4 copies for $5. The cheapest maga
zine in the country, taking eze,,character,' quality, ac.,
into consideration. Edited by T. S. Artliur and Virginia
F. Townsend, and published by T. B. Arthur k C0z.,103,
Walnut St., Philadelphia.
For the Intelligencer
United State• Senator
For the Intelligence,
lion. Cir—
.
Fnr the lutelligencer.
The Keystone State
Dreadfal Railroad Accident.
The Editor's Book Table