INTELLIGENCER 6 LANCASTERIAN. GBO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON, Associate. X LANCASTER'PA.,; J ANUARY 6, 1857; dRCULiXIOS, »)(op COFIJES! a Subsceiptios Prick, $2,00 per'iimum. bounty Committee Meeting. The Democratic County Committee of Lancarter County l are requested to meet at the Hotel of Emanuel Shober, In the City of Lancaster, on "WEDNESDAY, the 14th of JANUARY, 1857,' at 11 o’clock, A. M. A general and punctual attendance is respectfully requested. H. B. SWAR'R, Chairman. . Lancaster, Dec. SO, 1850. The State Legislature. The Legislature will assemble to-day, and amongst the first-important duties members will have to perform will be the election of a -State Treasurer and United States Senator. With regard to the first mentioned office, we presume there will be ho difficulty whatever in;the continuance of the present worthy and able incumbent Col. H. S. Magraw. He has proved himself to be so efficient in /the- dis charge of his duties, since he has been at the head of tbe.Treasury Department, and withal so courteous and .obliging in his Intercourse with the people, as to have disarmed all op position, and thus made his re-election a mat ter of mere form. Tn respect to the U. S. Senator some diver sity of opinion exists, which of necessity must be the case where so many good men are aspiring to the station, any one of whom would do credit to the place. But public opinion Seems to be rapidly concentrating upon Col. .John W. Fobnef, whose strength is not con fined to any one particular section of the State. His name and fame as a vigorous writer.and eloquent speaker are co-extensive with the Commonwealth, and as a Senator in Congress he would very soon take rank witli the ablest and most distinguished men of that body. We think, therefore, that if the wishes of the people of Pennsylvania arejto be grati fied, the Legislature will have no difficulty in conferring the office upon a gentleman so de serving. The apportionment of the State for Senators and Representatives will also claim the early 'attention of the Legislature. In arranging this matter there may be considerable difficulty, as the two branches are of different politics. W© hope, however, that the Democratic House will do its duty honestly and unflinchingly— asking for nothing but what is clearly right, -and submitting to nothing that is wrong. We shall keep our readers advised of what is going on during the session. The Gover nor's Message will appear in our next issue. A Black Record ! are indebted to the Chicago Times of the 29tb ult., for the-following classification of the votes in the House of Representatives, for.the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the attempt to degrade the white foreign born oitizen to a level with the negro. It will be seen that the member from this district went the whole figure against the “ Dutch and Irish:" In the House of Representatives at Wash ington, there is a bill pending for the repeal of the naturalization laws, and requiring for eign-burn residents of the United States to remain in the United States twenty-one years before acquiring any political rights. That bill is before the committee of the whole, and it requires two-thirds to force it before th& House. Last week, Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, the man who was elected by the Know Nothings during the bloody riot of Louisville, in August, 185,57m0ved to suspend the rnles, for the purpose'of-bringing that bill before the House on its passage ; and his mo tion received the votes of the following mem bera. We invite close attention to the names Southern Democrats, Northern Democrats, Southern Know Nothings, Northern j‘l “ Republican^. Total, 89 Thus it will be seen, that of the eighty-nine members voting for the repeal of the naturali zation laws, sixty eight were Northern Aboli tionists, for freedom. -■ Wd mimes of all those who voted to degrade the foreign-born white man to she condition of the negro, with their geographi cal locations : SLAVE STATES. / Delaware—Cullen, •" 1 Maryland—Davis, Harris, Ricaud, Hoffman, 4 Virginia—Carlisle, 1 North Carolina —Paine, Puryear, 2 South Carolina— 0 Georgia—Trippe, Foster, 2 Alabama— 0 Florida— 0 Mississippi—Lake, ] Lonisana— 0 Texas—Evans, Arkansas— Tennessee—Sneed, Ready, Riv ers, Zbllicoffer, Kentucky—A. K. Marshall, H. Marshall, Underwood, Missouri—Porter, 21 , Northern Know Nothings— Broom, Har rison, Haven, Valk, Whitney. 5 NORTHERN REPUBLICANS.. New Hampshire—Cragin, Pike, Tappan, 3 Vermont—Morril, Hodges, 2 Massachusetts—Buffington, Burlingame, Ch'affe, Comins, Damrell, Davis, De witt, Hall, Knapp, Trafton. 10 Connecticut— Clark, Dean, Woodruff, Weloh. | . - 4 Rhode Island—Dtirfep, Thurston, 1 2 New York—Stranahan, .Pelton, Wake man, Sage, Simmons, Gilbert, Granger, Oliver, Parker, Edwards, Pringle, 11 New Jersey—Bishop, Clawson, ißobbins, Pennington, j 4 Pennsylvania—Allison, Campbell, Co vode, Bradshaw, Miiward, ROBERTS, Kunkel, Pearce, Todd, Edio,| Knight, Purviance. pj Ohio—Harlan, Stanton, Moore, Horton, Galloway, ,Sapp, Ball, Leiter, ’ 8 Indiana—Holloway, Cumback. Scott, Barbour, Pettit, 5 niinois—Jesse 0. Norton, 1 lowa—James Thorington, 1 Our readers will see that Siutli Carolina east no vote to degrade the wh|te man, while Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, gave an unanimous vote to reduoe the “ Dutch and Irish ” do the political condition of the negro. Broods, the South Carolina “ Ruffian," stood up manfully to de fend and vote for the rights and privileges of the foreign born emigrant, whije Burlingame cast his vote to take away those rights. Bur lingame is loud and valorous in behalf of the negro, but he thinks a man borp in a foreign land unworthy of the ordinary political privi leges of/a freeman. ;We call the especial at tention of those naturalized I citizeri's who voted for Fremont to this record. Here are silty-eight Northern Abolitionists voting to require a residence of twenty-one years on the plart of all emigrants before the r admission to’ citizenship, and of that sixty-eif ht, sixty-three were firm supporters of Fremont. Not a Democrat has disgraced hims(lf<by placing Mb name in the list. 1 19“ Thomas C. M’Dowell, Esq., has be come assoeiate editor of the Harrisburg .Key. ttotte. He is a ready and forcible writer, and will>add greatly to the interest of the paper. ingdon, the New York forger, , has been oonvioted and sentenced to fonr years iud : tea months imprisonment in the State ..Penitentiary. Gubernatorial. The list of candidates for Governor 19 in- t creasing; Tho hewistovrn Dcm/yerat and one* or two other Democratic papers advocate the; nomination of Hon. Ephraim Bonks, thepree-’ ent wnrthy and efficient'Auditor General of. the State; v { , Fires. —Daring the year just passed J2Zl 'tires have occurred, where thea m n dritnfprop ierty destroyed is estimated' at and overs2o,- OOOjDOO. The jewt 150,000. If the amount 1 of property destroyed by fires, where' the Ipsa was under $20,000, < were added, the'total .would /probably reach twenty-five or twenty-six millions of- dollars. \ The number of /human lives lost hy'fires urmgj!L® / y e ar r -is 183. BlnoßATior.—The emigration daring the c s sen t past year exceeded, considerably, that of the The Bedford GtedfeTttongiv in favor of before '> but “ atill much less thanof any Col. John W. Forney for D. S. Senator. ; previous year except 1849. The namber of The Norristown Regzsler also advocates the i grants is 141,915; there were 44,090 from election of Col. Forney. i I»eland ; 55,855 . from Germany, and 28,691 A correspondent of the Mercer recom mend? Andreii-Burke, Esqjo'f Allegheny county for the same office. Hon. C. A. Black, of Greene, is also spo- d] The Clinton Democrat and Jersey Shore i fr ° m En ? ,and - The total number of pasaen- Bepublican favor the selection offfr. El£iTb. S 8" that arrived at New Y ° rb dnnn 8 the Schnabel, for the same office. . ij-j. V_|J ear * 8 183,234- Senator Beodhead, it is said. wOl be acon- I Death of OtD men didate for re-election. j have died darin S th ” overloo ? earß old ' I Democratic State Central Committee. ! The Democratic State Central Committee of ' Pennsylvania, assembled at the'Merchant’s j Hotel, Philadelphia, pursuant to the cell of j the Chairman, on Tuesday, the 30th of Dec., i 1856, at 12 - o’clock, M.—John W. Forney j Chairman, and G. G. Westcott, Secretary.— ] The attendance was full. The following gen- j tleman were present: Philadelphia —George Williams, George Plitt, Thomnc S. Fernon, W. 0. Kline, W. V, M’Grath, Kd. W. Power, George W. Moore’. T. J. Timmons, Jesse Johnson, Wm. Rice, G. G. W'estcott, and J. W. Forney. Montgomery. —A. J. Tippen. Chester —Joseph Hemphill. Berks —J. Lawrence - Getz and William Karns. Bucks —John Davis. Lancaster —Hiram B. Swarr. Dauphin— Andrew Hopkins, W. H. Miller, : and Samuel Bigler. : Northampton and Lehigh— D. D. Wagener, I S. Wetherill and Nelson Weiser. Adams—Joel 13. Danner. I Cumberland —George 11. Bucher. Sullivan —J. Richter Jones. Blair — W. G. Murray. Susquehanna —Asa Lathrop. j Indiana —S. S. Jamison. Mifflin —A. S. Wilson. ' • ! Schuylkill —Bernard Reiley and Thomas J. I McCamant. After some consultation in a friendly way, the Committee, with one or two dissenting: voices, agreed that the next Democratic State, Convention should be held at Harrisburg, on’-* MONDAY, the SECOND DAY' OF MARCH - next, and, by a unanimous vote, determined j that the Convention should meet at 10 j O'CLOCK ON THE MORNING OF THAT DAY. , I After the adoption of a resolution compli mentary to the Chairmans Secretaries and Treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee, the Committee adjourned. J. W. FORNEY, Chairman. G. G. Westcott, Secretary. Senator Bigler, This gentleman is deservedly attracting a large share of attention throughout the coun try. His great speech, in defence of the Ad ministration and the right of the people of Kansas to determine the question of slavery for themselves, is every where being - copied, in whole or in piyt, and its distinguished author spoken of in the highest terms of com mendation. Governor Bigler, notwithstand ing the short time he has been in .the Senate, has already won for himself enduring fame as a great National statesman, and exercises an amount of influence second to no member of that august and talented body. As a Penn sylvanian we feel proud at the commendatory notices which every where meet our eye. The following which wo clip from the Memphis ( Tenn.) Appeal , is. but a sample of scores which we find in our exchanges : llon. Wm. Bigler’s Speech. — We devote a large space in to-day’s issue to the speech of this gentleman, delivered in the United States Senate, a few days since. Without consider ing the importance which is attached to it, elsewhere, on account of its being delivered by one of Pennsylvania’s sons, and a bosom friend of the President elect, we must say it is a great speech. It wants no outside influ ence to commend it to the American people. It is a National speech, and Worthy of a Democratic leader. -As remarked by the St. Louis Republican , from which paper we ex tract, it is not entire. We are sorry of this, for that portion scathing Black Republicans, we believe, is left out. We invite a general perusal of this document, without reference to italics (which are not ours.) and ask our National men if Hon'. Wm. Bigler is not a citizen of whom they feel proud? Electoral Votes Lost. The Electoral vote of Wisconsin was lost in the canvass in the following manner:—The first Wednesday of December being the day for the assembling of the Electors of the several States, at their respective State Capi tals, the Electors of Wisconsin started in time, from their'homes, to reach Madison, under ordinary conditions of weather and roads, on the day. But a snow storm on the Tuesday previous, shut in the Capital, and prevented all ingress. The legal day passing over with out any action of the College, of course the functions of the Electors no longer continued, and all they had to do was to return home, private citizens. By the recent news from California we learn that its Electoral vote came very near being lost by ‘an accident. The boat which left San Francisco on the 2d of December, got stuck on the Hog's Back, and remained there till after nine o’clock the next morning, all the Electors being on board ; and it was at one time feared that they would not reach Sacramento in time to cast their vote, the hour being fixed by law at two o'clock, P. M. These accidents suggest the necessity of additional legislation, as in a close contest such failures would lead to the most acrimonious agitation. Nicaragua! The Republic of Nicaragua is a little larger than the State of Pennsylvania, containing about 50,000 square miles of territory. It is the largest of the Central American Republics, but has a smaller population than any except Costa Rica. Its population is estimated at about 270,000, of whom only about 30,000 are whites, the balance being Indians, negroes and mixed breeds. It will be seen, by refer ence to a modern map, that Nicaragua extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, having nearly 200 miles of sea coast upon each ocean. Next south of it lies Costa Rica, the extreme South ern portion of North America', having 13,000 square miles of territory and 125,000 inhabi tants. Next north of Nicaragua lies Hon duras on the Atlantic, and San Salvador on the Pacific. The former has about 40,000 square miles of territory and about 360,000 inhabitants; and San Salvador has about 10,000 square miles of territory and 400,000 inhabitants. To the north of these Jies Guat emala, with about about 44,000 square miles of territory and 850,000 inhabitants. Total extent of the five republics of Central Amer ica, about 157,000 square miles; population about 2,000,000. Truth in a Nutshell. —Tne Rocheste American says :■— “ Temperance allied itself to party__ Party used it and flung it aside as a sucked orange. Its firmest friends deserted it for something ielse, and rode the latest political hobby in stead. Even now the Tribune don't want to lift the unwelcome bnrthen, lest it may dam age the bantling of republicanism, with its aqueous and vinous nurses." Statistic* at the Old Year, and the same number of females. A- slave woman in Virginia attained the age 127 ; an other in Louisiana 124, and one 120. A free colored woman in Lancaster, 105. Steamboat Accidents. —The number of steamboat accidents jn our lakes, rivers and bays, which have been attended wjth loss of life, or injury to persons, is 29. The number of persons killed 358, and wounded 127. Death of Old Soldiers. —During the year just expired, thirty revolutionary soldiers have died. The number on the pension list in July last, was 514. Gas Statistics. —During the year 1856, in Philadelphia, the quantity of gas manufac tured at all the gas works in the city, under the Trustees, has amounted to four hundred and thirty-four millions of cubic feet. Total lights supplied by all the works, 332,556. — During the same period, there has been laid 49,991 feet of street mains. The entire length of mains, belonging to the Trust, is 1,132,018 feet, or over 214 miles. Copper. —During the year 1856, there were 5512 tons of copper transported over the Georgia State Railroad, being the produce of the Southern mines. Ohio. —From the official statistics of Ohio, for the year 1856, we learn that the State con tains 621,443 horses, 1,680,710 cattle, 5,750 mules, 3,513,683 sheep, 1,831,124 swine, and 267.595 carriages. Baltimore. — During the year 1856, the number of licenses issued in Baltimore City, was 4800 to traders, 1921 for marriages, 392 for the sale of liquor, 1581 for ordinary uses, 63 for brokers, 62 for pedlars and various oth ers, making an aggregate with the above of 8892. Philadelphia. —The mortality of Philadel phia for the past year has been 10,222. During the past year in Philadelphia, the whole number of fires were 299. False alarms, 55. Total loss, $1,486,404. Total insurance, $852,495. Number of accidental fires, 108. Number of incendiaries, 100. Number of fires from other causes, 91. The Widow’* Three Hundred Dollars. , The following i 3 the report of a case decided at the recent term of the Supreme Court in Pittsburg, which is of very great interest. The decision settles the law in a matter of frequent occurrence: SUPREME COURT IN BANC. The widow of a decedent is entitled to three hundred dollars out of the piocaeds of the sale of his real estate, in preference to a judgment creditor in whose favor the husband had waived the benefit of the Exemption 4ct of 1849, JOSEPH SPENCER'S APPEAL—FROM TIIK ORPHANS’ COURT OF ALLEGHENY The opinion of the Court was delivered "Nov.- 27, 1856. Sarah Smith took out letters of administra tion on the estate of her deceased husband, James Smith, who died Sept. 15, 1854. In her administration aoeount she charged her self with the proceeds of a lot of ground, sold by her under an order of Orphan’s Court, and retained credit for the sum of three hundred dollars claimed by her as a widow, by virtue of the act of April 14, 1851. Joseph Spencer held a judgment against James Smith, the decedent, entered J,an. .24, 1854, on a bond with warrant of Attorney, waiving the benefit of the Exemption Act of 1849. Joseph Spen cer accordingly filed exceptions to the admin istration account, and contended that the widow was not entitled to retain $3OO as against him. The Court below, McClure, P J., decided differently, and Mr. Spencer ap pealed. The case was argued by Mellan and Negley, for appellant, and by Hasbrouck, foj appellee. Lowrie, J—We the learned Pres ident of the Orphan's Coilrt decided this cause rightly. The act of 185\ allowing a widow to take property to the amount of $3OO out of her deceased husband's esWe, is plainly a restriction on the remedies existing in favor of creditors. It is therefore a restric tion or qualification on any liens inquired by operations of law against her estateN after the passage of the act. It is.supposed that his waiver of any right of exemption alters the case ; but we do not think so. His waiver of a privilege granted by law to himself cannot effect a right granted to another. It puts the creditor in the same posi tion which he would have occupied if the husband had no exemption to be waived.— And surely this provision in favor of the widow might have been enacted and enforced, even if there had been no exemption at all in favor of the debtor himself. The creditor might have divested his whole estate in his life-time, but not having done so, the prospec tive provision in favor of the widow Domes into operation and restricts his remedy so far as to prevent it from interfering with the right granted to her. Decree affirmed at the costs of the appellant and record remitted. A Big Speculation. —One of the biggest speculations of modern times is the Illinois Central Railroad. Congress granted to the Company for the purpose of aiding in its con struction, several millions of acres of the public domain, out of the sales of which, in the first eleven months of the year, $4,484,400 were realized—at an average of $l5 per acre. How muoh was sold previously we, are not informed, but the receipts were probably treble that sum. The Company still have one mil lion of acres on hand for which they demand $25 per acre, and before it is half disposed of they will doubtless, advance to $5O per acre and get the""&wjiy6f thirty or forty millions more. The whole cost of the road was not more than twenty millions of dollars, and this corporation has received from Congress a bounty for its construction out of which they realize fifty and possibly sixty millions of dollars. Who owns the Land in Great Britain.— In Great Britain about sixty thousand families own all the territory which is occupied by over twenty-seven millions of inhabitants.— Five noblemen, the Marquis of Bradalbane, the Duchess Argyle, Athol, Sunderland, and Buccleuch, own perhaps one-fourth of Scot land. The estate of the Duke of Sutherland comprises about seventy thousand acres, or more than one thousand square miles. The domains of the Marquis of Brcadalbane extend one hundred English miles, and reach nearl / irom (jea to sea. By far the wealthiest pro prietotin the lowlands of Scotland is the Duke of! Buccleuoh, whose estate covers several, counties, and whose palace at Dalkieth is an establishment of regal magnificence. ' The great object of the English law of descent, is to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few, and support a hereditary territorial aristocracy. An Editor Married. —Col. Henry L.-Ack er, publisher of the Norristown RegistefT-was married, on the 24tb of December,, to Miss Rachael Rossiter, of Port Carbon, Schuylkill county. . Washington U&lri. • !- SatioaAl W«htedneu • Washington, Jan. 2;—There is no truth in The Treasurer M»r United States repre the widely circulated report that the Judges sents thp j in: indehtednes* several of the U. S. Supreme Court had come $£ a.-;'States u* reaching &19U'000,(}00, »nd that- of conclusion orf the;'^tepw % governmental 430.000,000, mek case. It is certain wattle Judgefe.have'jDOt ■ ing ivioti 1 t»f‘s22fl.ooo,"d(K) t ap-' yet had % edhsultationmatter. » {jipejir !jarge,' but -whew compared': with Jthe Senator Hamlin will resign his Seat in: ‘-indeh r ed n « >f Great Britain, they 1 are 'quite Senate to-n|p#row, and.proceed teMimefoHh- 1 osignifiuan ind&d, ,ouif;total :deht. State with, preliminary to entering oh the Gtever-r and Nan«*hal, is not equal t» one year’s inter -norship of Maine. r est of the national debt nf the United Kingdom^ Francis S. Cl axon, ofNewTork, was to day cnmpu-ing at our rate of interest, six per cent* confirmed- by the Senate as Consul of Morocco. This exhibits a big difference in the pecuniary I The Kansas nominations have not been acted liabilities of the two countries. But that, dis-} upon by the Senate. crepancy does not fixlly appear in a mere The consideration of the Revolutionary Sol diers bill will be resumed in the Senate on Monday,: and Mr. Sewa’td has the floor. He will advocate the passage of the hill. 0 Both bouses have passed a bill giving Gen. Scott over $20,000 which he claimed under the resolution by which he received the title of Lieutenant General. The House has passed the Indian, Military Academy and Invalid Pension appropriation bills. But little business has been done, neither House being in session during last week. Congressional. Washington, Jan. 2—Senate.— On motion of Mr. Slidell, a resolution was adopted re questing the Preydentfif not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish the Senate with copies of all correspondence between our gov ernment and that of the Netherlands relative to the refusal of the Diplomatic agents of the latter to appear before the courts of justice of the United States and give testimony in crim inal cases, of the facts bearing thereon, of which they may be cognizant. ■ This refers to the refusal of Mr. Dubois to testify in the Herbert case. The Senate then adjourned till Monday. House. —The House proceeded to the con sideration of bills on the private calendar. S&? During the late Presidential canvass, and at the moment a gallant Senator from the South was proclaiming the certain election of Mr. Buchanan, a feather dropped at his feet, from the wing of an eagle that was flying over. i; The gentleman preserved the quill, and,* to day, had it forwarded to Mr. Buchanan, to write his inaugural address with. It was not plucked by man from the wiDg, but was the free gift of our national bird.— Wash. Cor. Alexandria Sentinel. Thp above statement is correct. Senator Brown, of Mississippi, is the gentleman re ferred to. The quill is now in possession of Mr. Buchanan, at Wheatland, where we saw it on Friday last, and, in accordance with the request of the “gallant Senator,” it will be used by the President elect in writing his Inaugural Address. florae‘Exhibitions. The homely saying of “whipping the devil around a stump” has been most capitally ex emplified by the way the white cravat Puritans of New England have recently (Stronized horse racing under the name of agricultural exhibitions. Ladies, deacons, and aged min isters of the gospel, have participated in the sports of the turf .under that disguise, who would turn up their holy eyes in horror at the very mention of a horse race. The thing has been bo successful that we see a step in ad vance is being taken. An association under the name of the “Chelsea Horse Exhibition Company,” with a capital of $70,000, is get ting up in Massachusetts. They are to pur chase a hundred acres of ground, build a spacious hotel, and lay out a magnificent race course for the exhibitioa and trial of speed horses. Probably they will add the features of lady equestrianism, which has been so successful at some of the agricultural fairs.— This would be a‘"Very attractive arrangement. We by no means object to the plan proposed. It may be that, under petticoat influence, the race course may become fashionable and select. Another Gang of Traitors. The New York Tribune , in silent acquies ence, publishes a call, signed by probacy a hundred, designating themselves citizens of Worcester, Massachusetts, for a Convention, to be held at that place, on the 15th of Janu uary, “to consider the practicability, proba bility and expediency of a separation between the Free and Slaye States, and to take such other measures as the condition of the times may require.”'" The call thus published sets forth, that “the result of the recent President Election," they believe, will “involve four years more of Pro- Slavery Government, and a rapid increase in the hostility between the two sections of the Union," that they believe “the existing Union to be a failure,” and that the time is rapidly hastening on to prepare for its dissolution.— Hence they are for taking time by the forelock and take steps at once to that end. Winter Trip on a Wisconsin Railroad.— The editor of the Prairie dii Chien Courier left his office on the 9th of December, and on that night arrived at Boscobel, 24 miles, being the first station on the railroad. The snow drifts were deep, and no trains could get away. Getting a fair start on the shovelled track, after two or three days’ delay, the train brought up in a deep drift, six miles this side of Boscobel, and then commenced the work in earnest. , The train would plunge into the drifts, the -snow being sometimes a 9 high as the tops of the cars, and coming to a dead halt, wait tili the shovellers—passengers amusing them selves that way—could clear the wheels, and then, running back, dash in again. So they struggled, but three days and three nights passed in making a dozen miles progress*.— Provisions were all gone; only scanty supplies could be obtained from the few farm houses accessible. Parties were detailed to cut and bring wood for the engines, and they kept up steam with difficulty in the four locomotives. At length, after almost despairing of being thawed out till spring, one of the working parties return ed to the train at about 2 o'clock one morning, with the joyful report of having heard the whistle .of.engines coming from the eastward, and the excitement was intense till, just about daylight, the relief train from Madison, with four engines, which had been working for several days from the eastward,! broke through the drifts, and “ hitching on,” the whole train moved to'Muscado. | the meantime the’rain storm had packed the snow so as to dam up the drains, and tlie wa ter stood deep on the track iu many places, and in this condition of things the mercury fell below zero, and congealed the water into ice, which seemed to be as hard aB iron, so that nothing but the slow work of the pickaxe could clear the track for the wheels, and the train was two days in getting to Milwaukie. Terrible Disaster at Saltillo, Mexico.— A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, writing from Monterey, Mexico, under date 'of November 26, says: A day or two after Rosas’ arrival at Saltil lo, that city was the scene of a most terrible disaster. The powder and other munitions of war that had been deposited in the City Hall, by some means unknown, caught fire, and, with an awful explosion, blew up the build ing, burying in the ruins over fifty persons. — Among the victims'-were several highly re spectable persons belonging to Saltillo. Rosas, forces justly considered it as an evil omen under which to commence their operations against the frontier. The Importation of OiMELs. —The experi ment made with 1 camels on our Western plains and among the Rocky Mountains appears to have been successful thus far. They have been found to be greatly superior to the mules in ordinary use in that section. Another lot may soon be expected. The Navy Depart ment has advices from the United States store ship Supply, Lieut. Com’g David Porter.— She was at Smyrna on the 9th ef November, nit., and was to have sailed thence to the United States on the 15tb of December inst., with her load of camels for the military ser vice of the republic. arithmetical statement of it. To estimate it properly it must be remembered that the obli gations of the American-States were incurred for the most part in behalf of internal improve ments, not a few of which are paying dividends to stockholders, while nearly all, if not all, are indirectly returning a large profit on the capi- v tal invested, in the shape of immensely in-- creased, productions, developed resources, in vigorated industry and facilitated commercial intercourse. But the debt of Great Britain is principally a war debt, which is & sort of a dead unproductive burden on the back ora nation under which it must stagger along, with the sad and bard reflection that, so far from being gradually lightened by liquidation, it must require,, in order simply from growing, by yearly accession of interest, more than would extinguish the entire indebtedness of all the states of the confederacy and that of the gen eral government combined.— Phtla. Journal. Awful Suffering in Milwaukee. —The Milwaukie Wisconsin says:—A Mrs. Sullivan was literally frozen to death last Wednesday morning, in Yan Buren street, between Hu ron and Miehigan. Her husband was at work on the Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad, beyond Madison. She got out of wood on Tuesday, and went to a city constable, so we learn, and asked him to let her have some wood until her husband returned home. He, in the meanness of his pent up heart, told her to go to the poor house. She was expecting her husband home soon, and probably thought she could weather it out; but it was a bitter cold night, and on Wednesday morning her released spirit had gone from sorrow here to another and we hope a better world. She was found dead dn the floor, with her children crying around her. If there is any conscience left in that constable, who ruthlessly drove her to despair and death, we hope that picture may thaw his icy heart, and also those of the neighbors who lived near the poor creature. War are assured that a woman named Mrs. Coin, Jiving in Jefferson Street, between De troit and Huron, who had just been confined, died from want of care on the 17th ult. She also had four or five children, who were found crying around her. This awful suffering is in this Christian city of Milwaukie. where thousands upon thou sands are spent every year wastefully. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, Jan. 2, 1857 Some time ago the Richmond Whig announced that Bev. Tucker, Esq., had been recommended to the President eleet, as a suitable person to be placed at the head of the central administration paper, as the Editor, on the retire ment of Judge Nicholson after the 4th of March next.— Since that announcement, Messrs Banks and Pryor of Va.. haTe been named for the same station, and the Star, of this city, which assumes to be semi-offioia! in such matters, announces that that distinguished writer, John Appleton, Esq., of Portland, has been definitely selected as the Edit or under tho new administration, so near its advent to power. Of course we are not informed upon this important ques* ! tion, for it is important, second only to the forpfatTon of the Cabinet, In the welfare, harmony, and success of the Dern- ! ocratlc party, yet we cannot believe. that any such selec- ; tlon has been, nor will be made, in our opinion, until after ! Mr. Buchanan has at his elbow his advigatory council, to ' consult upon this important selection that shall H« made : for that prominent position. This, however, does not prevent the friends of different | gentlemen from placing their names before the President j and his advisers, for consideration, under the impression, J from this fact, that it has already been given out that ) Judge Nicholson will certainly retire from his post as ed itor of the Union newspaper. With this view, and this j alone, we prosume it is, that the names of tho above gentle* men have found their way into the newspapers. There is a citizen of Missouri, now in my eye. that has : filled many prominent stations in the public service, who ! possesses a high order of talent as a writer : has every re- ' quiaite to perforin well the duties of an Editor in a style, in handling important National as well as local questions for discussion, and we are sure, no gentleman knows better of his good qualities as an able writer, than j does the President elect, as they have long known each other, for, while Mr. Buchanan was Secretaoy of State un- j der the ever to be lamented Poi.k. the other, the Hon. Wm. | A. Harris, was Charge de’ Affaire of the U. States to tho j Argentine Republic. This name is mentioned for consid- i oration, without the knowledge, advisement or of any con- ! saltation with Mr. Harris. It is done by one who knows I him well, and for “ his worth’s sake” his name is thus pre- ; seated along side of other able men for consideration j of those who will have the decision and control of this im- ; portant selection. A good Editor, and one well poised in judgment, is every thing towards the success of an ad ministration, —and it is the success of the administration of James Buchanau that is so much desired by ua in thus placiDg the name of Wm. A. Harris, Esq., of Missouri, now before the national democratic party aud their President elect. We there leave the subject, “Ion,” the able, correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, teems to assume that Mr. • Buchanan has decided upon most of his Cabinet appointments, and that Ac could put his finger upon some of thorn if proper so to do. We cannot believe thatanyßuchjknowlodgo islpossessed by any person just now. Mr. Buchanan is not in Washington, and we still think that there is no person authorised to speak for him. When he arrives in this city, then speculation will be busy enough iu tho manufacture of membera of hia Cabinet. Gen. P. F. Smith, U. S. A. was confirmed on Tuesday, by the Senate, as the New Brigadier General of the U. S. Ar my. Thif'lmportant appointment was unanimously con firmed by the Senate. A great compliment to the gallant recipient of the favor of President Pierce. Senator Mallory has been re-elected Senator of the U. S. for six years from the 4th of March next, when his present term expires. This compliment to Senator Mallory, by the people of Florida, 16 no more than the talented gentleman deserves at the^ hands of the Legislature. Mr. Mallory is truly one of the working men of the Senate, a man of fine order of talent, and os true a national democrat as ever stepped the chamber of the Senate. We rejoice mnch in his success. Both the Senate and House adjourned on Wednesday to this day. ‘There is some feeliDg out of doors against the ratification of the Dallas treaty with Great Britain, in reference to the Costa Rica and Nicaragua questions. Of course, we outsi ders, cannot toll the. terms of (he Treaty regulations, but, we hope, If Mr. Buchaman can have a chance at that Treaty? if our Government Is in any way compromised by any allt ance with the Government of Lord Palmerston, that he will withhold the Treaty from the Senate for confirmation. We, as* nation, should have no partnership with Lord Palmerston, on any South American or Isthmus question. Let him paddle his own canoe, and we will take care of our own boat. Permit mo to call your attention to the very able and lucid, bold and argument .tive speech of Senator .7. C. Jones, of Tennessee. It was delivered in the Benate on the 18th of December and Is published in the Chum, of Wed nesday. It is a great speech, and takes film from the eyes of the sectional Senators in a masterly manner—exposing their duplicity and sectional deformity in ’unmeasured and scathing terms. ( ; The^ Supreme Court of the U. States, have made dp their opinion on the “ Dred Scott” slave case recently before .them. The Judges stand seven to twi against the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the Territories of the U. States. The two Judges who claim that power for Con gress, are Mr. Justice McLean, and Mr. Justice Curtis.— We presume that the decision will be made known in a few days, and we shall hopej that it will inja groat mofts uro put a stop to a further agitation of the slavery ques tion before Congress. ! Yesterday, being New Year’s day, was duly observed as a gala day among our citizens In the Interchange of the compliments of the season. The President bad a fine dis play at the National Mansion, and thousands of persons flocked there to extend to him the compliments of the sea son ! • • White Slaves. —By the following extract from Drake’s History of Boston,'it appears that oar Puritan ancestors not only owned black, but- white slaves. Drake says:— “By : order of the State of England, many Irish people had been sent to New England. On their arrival they were sold !by those at whose expense they had been brought over, to any of the inhabitants who were in want of slaves or servants. There arrived the last year a ship called the Goodfellow, Captain George Dell, with a large number of emigrants of the above description. Many of tho Sootoh people had been sent before this-in the same way. Some of them had been taken prisoners at the sanguinary battle of Dunbar, There arrived in one ship, the John andiSnia, John Greene, master, early in the summer of 1652, about 272 persons. Captain Greene had or ders to- deliver them toThomas Kemble. of Charlestown, who teas to self t/ina, and with the proceeds to take freight. for the West Indies." CITY AUD COmVTY AFfllß*. * Death- of-Col. . ReaH/. Frazer.—We are pained,to anbbutje* the:snddanalrath cf this gentleman,, which oc.-orred at the'State Asylum, near Harrisburg, on Tuesday jvening last, it .'ir supposed from Apoplexy. He iid been in adeclinlngjrtlte-of health for several month*,.; having.!] ad one or two slight attacks of paralysis, which to some extent affectedhjiji Blind as well as his body, and he was removed to the state' Asylum for tho purpose of med ical &zrfiothec.lrextxn«jt— his friends, fondly hoping that "he would eoon'berittgtored tohla wonted, health and vigor. But alas! his time had come, and suddenly, unexpectedly he wa<* cut down almost imf he prime of his manhood and usefulness. But ' “after life’s fitful fever he sleeps well!” Col. F. was an’'6minent and successful Lawyer, with a large aud lucrative practise In his profession, and had, by his industry, economy and indomitable energy, aceumnla ted a handsome fortune. His decease will leave a void in a large circle of relatives and acquaintances, by whom he was esteemed aud beloved—and to bis family especially it is a heavy affliction. We sincerely condole with his widow and children in their sudden bereavement. The fbUowing proceedings, in reference to his death, took . place at a meeting of the Lancaster Barj held on Thursday last. We extract the report of the Daily Evening Express: The Latk Col. Bess Frazer—Mi muo or thx Laxcastmi jUs— Tribcii to the Mdiort of.the-Deceased bt Hox. B. Cbampnxts—Resolutions of Coxdolecce, &a,£c.-~A. meet ing of the Lancaster Bar was convened this morning (Thursday) at eleven o'clock. In the Orphans’ Court Hoorn, to give expression to their sentiments In relation to the decease of Run Fra ZEE, Ksq. The meeting-was largely attended. On motion of J. L. Reynolds, Esq, Hon. ITcnry G. Long was called to the Chair; and, on motion of Bart ram A. Sheaffer. E*q., *Wm. A. Atleeaod Wro. R. Wilson, Esqrs., were appointed Sec retarles. The object of the meeting was stated by Hon. B.Champ neys in a few appropriate remarks. He said they had been called together to give expression to their sentiments In relation to the melancholy event which had robbed the profession of one of its brightest ornaments, and deprived the community of one of its best and moat highly respected citizens. To those who, like himself, had been accustomed to almost daily Bocial and professional Intercourse with Col. Frazer, the news of his death was more than usually calculated to-toll forth sorrowful emqtlons. It seems but a few days since we met him in the'Mhll enjoyment of health, with bright prospects in his future. Bat a short time ago, he was actively engaged in the onerous duties of his profession. By a long life of earnest devotion to the active dutiesof his profession be had acquired a competency and looked forward to that day, then not. seemingly, far in the future, when he could retire to the enjoyments of a happy home and a beloved family; but in a few days clouds began to obscure his prospects—the storm arose—and all his prospects for this life were scattered to the winds. When men are called to pay a last tribute tn the momorj of one long and intimately associated, and endeared to them by many ties, it is but proper to adopt the sentiment of the ancients, that when we speak of the dead nothing should be said but of their virtues. This is the true Chris tian principle, and the sentiment will find a response in every generous heart—for the faulls of human nature are common to all of us. The speaker referred to the seutiment of Brougham, that the attorney should know no one but his client In the cause he was trying, and remarked that It was strikingly illustrated in the professional character of their deceased associate. No man in the profession more closely Identified himself with the Interests of his client than Col. Frazer.— He was assiduous and untiring in his legal investigations of the law and the facts bearing upon tho Issue in charge : and without detracting from the merits of others, he was free to say that no other profession required larger contri butions from all departments of science than that of tho Law. It was necessary for its members to be familiar with the institutions and laws of the several Stales and of the National Government; for In this country the judiciary overshadows the legislative power and acts as a check upon all violations of tho fundamental law. The legal profession la therefore closely identified with our political institutions* and it might be safely said that the Bar of this country, in character and influence, ia not surpassed by that of any in the world; and—without adverting to his political opin ions—no man could be more-true to all those great interests which the Bar should perpetuate than their late lamented associate. \ Col. Frazer was a noble iuatance of a self-made man ; and It has passed into a proverb that tho brightest ornaments of the profession as well as the most distinguished members of society, owed their position to their own efforts and energies. The Colonel was k law student of the late Amos Ellm&ker, ,£aq., than whom none stood higher iu the pro fession. In addition to untiring energy, industry, and high legal acquirements, he wsh noted for that high un' compromising moral principle which overshadows all.— Under that Influence Col. F. was schooled ; and all who **rer knew him will bear willing testimony to the moral principle and sterling integrity which marked bis inter omirßO whether in professional, social or business relations. After his admission to practice he made a short tour to th<- West, and after hitfreturn, as some present will recol lect, uo member of tho Bar over worked more assiduously. Possessing the to properly estimate those duties which constitute a part of the great business of society, his legal advice was extensively sought and valued. j Mr. Champneys said that he and the deceased had ever bean devoted friends; and ho was- happy to say that no circumstance had occurred during a long life to mar their daily intercourse. He spoke of this as a double calamity That intellect which had enchained juries and commanded .the attention and applause of tho multitude had lost its —an affliction to which death can not bo compared —and when all hoped it was but tempdrary, and expected every day to hear of his restoration to health, his friends wore filled with sorrow to heat- that he had passed to that “bourne from whence no traveller returns.” The event seemed more like a dream than a sad roality, when the speaker recollected how recently he was in full life among us. Let us, then, cherish the memory of his many virtues, and cast the broad mantle of Christian charity over those foibles which are common to all men unpaged in theactlve pursuits of life. Mr. Champneys condudod his remarks—of which we have given but a hasty abstract—by moving the appoint ment of a committed to report resolutions appropriate to the occasion—on which the Chair appointed Judge Champ* neyß, Judge llayos, Col. Patterson, Col. Fordney and T. E. Franklin, Esq. The Committee, through their Chairman, reported the following resolutions, which were adopted: Resolved, That we beard with sentiments of the most profound regret of the sudden decease of our late associate, Reah Frazer, Esq., who, by hia untiring exertions, ability, energy and industry, attained a high rank in the profession .of which he was a most distinguished member; and by the faithful and exemplary manner iu which he discharged all his duties In his various relations to his family and society, he has earned an enduring reputation, which Is cherished and appreciated by the whole community. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with thefamily and relatives of the deceased in an affliction, the extent and severity of which is beyond the power of expression. Resolved, That the members of the Bar, as a last testi monial of regard for their deceased associate, will attend the funeral In a body and wear the usual badge of mourn ing for thirty dayß. J Resolved, That the officers of this meeting be a commit tee to communicate this expression of the sentiments of the Bar to the widow and family of the deceased. On motion ofO. J. Dickey, Esq.-,. the above resolutions were ordered to be published and spread upon the minutes of the Court. The meeting then adjourned. Another Present! —On Wednesday morn ing last, (our lacky star being in the ascendant!) upon stepping into the office, what should greet our astonished vision but a fine, large and exceedingly plump-looking Turkey!—a Gobbler at that—weighing some twenty pounds, ifiore or less! We -were In a qoandry for a time as to where he came from, or what was his business there—but our ' curiosity was soon allayed by learning from the Junior that it was a present from our handsome, excellent and hard-working Democratic friend, Col. Ctrua Carmant, than whom a kinder friend or more efficient officer does not ex ist any where. Upon learning who the donor was, we were led Involuntarily to exclaim—Qc&ven bless the gallant Colonel, and prosper him in basket and In store, finch a man—one who remembers the Printer —deserves and he will have it too, or we are no prophet. May he (live a thousand years and bis shadow never grow less. Teachers 7 Institute.— An, Institute for the the Teachers of Lancaster county will be held in Lancaster city, commencing on Monday the 2Qihrof January, at 10 o’clock A. M., In Fnlton to contisne one week. Profs. Wlckersham, Cornwell, Brook*. Dr, A. H. Grim sbaw and others, have consented to officiate os Instructors. The following gentlemen, Messrs. Miller, Lechlor, Shenk, (South Queen street,) Urban, Cooper, Leman, Eshbach, Shenk, (North. Queen street,) Sbober, Sprecher, Weidler, Showers, Funk, Blickensderfer, Greider, and Mrs. Reed, proprietors of Hotels, have generously consented to enter tain members of the Institute at fifty cents per day, which la a liberal reduction of their regular charges. Arrangements have been made to entertain a number of Female Teachers in private families. The incidental expenses of the Institute will not exceed fifty cents per member. In accordance with the desire of a number of Boards of Directors, Certificates of Membership will? be given to members certifying the number of sessions daring which they were in attendance. The duty of a fall and punctual attendance at this In* stitute is earnesly enjoined upon the Teachers, Directors and Friends of Education In Lancaster county, especially at this junbtur# of her School history. Committee of Arrangements.—Amos Row, Emanuel J. Erisman, Samuel W. Reigart, Seymour Preston. By order of John S. Orumbauqb, Co. Supt. Lancaster, Jan. 3d, 1857. MCFARLAND. The Soldiers of 1812.— A meeting of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, residing in this city and county, was held at Michael’s Hotelon Thursday last, when Thos. Lloyd, of Columbia, was called to the chair, Jacob Reese, Jacob Frailey and Michael Grossy appointed Vice Presidents, and Goo. H. Bombergerj Secretary.' The object of the meeting was stated by the chair to be the appointment of delegates to the Old'Soldier* National Convention, to be held at. Washington, on the Ah inrt, Tho (Mowing reoo lutions w*re adopted: Rfigolved. That, whereas, a Convention of the Old Sd dlertia contemplated to be held in the City of Washington, on the Bth day of January, Inst, it be recommended to the Soldier* of said War, residing In the County of Uncaster, or *s many of them as can make it convenient, to appear as delegate* at said Convention. ’ Resolved, That all those who can make it convenient to go, will report themselves to Geo. H- Bomberger, residing in Centre Square, in the City of Lancaster, on or- before Monday next, (the sth Inst.;) who will attend to the 'ob tainlog of free tickets to and from said Convention. ■ Af* Hoytr, —Robert Moderwell, Esq., has been rs-appointed Deputy Hxmnd High Priest, and Charles M. Howell, Esq., District Deputy Grand Muter of the Order of A. Y. Maeen* far Uncwterioou^ty- Col. Ltd Watson.—' Tin* gentleman entered upon his duties os State Agent (being one of the new ap polntxaeuts made by Lhe Oaual Ootnahnonen) on Thursday last. He takes charge cff Train. 'The 001. la a capital fellow and a working Democrat, aud we have no sdout>t will ygaV* a 'Tery popular and obliging officer. He 'succeeds Hr.' G»ao\Z. Burra, titan whom a more capable, efficient and accommodating Agent never was updn the road.: Post Office' Change.— The Post Office at BowmansvHle, has been removed to Muddy Ceeek, and Imac Messuer appointed Postmaster, vice Israel Mussel, man. The name of the office Is Muddy Creek. Stealinq bt Wholesale. — The Mayor’s private office on Tuesday morning last, presented more the appearance of a fhney and variety store than a committing magistrate’s office. The large table was covered with bon- and leather shoes, boots, hoods, frees, flannels, calicoes, cap*, anda variety of other articles, including a number of jars well filled with candle*, Ac. These goods, all of which were stolen, were found at ,tha. house of Isaac Wissner, In Mulberry street From Information received by the Police It appeared that Winner's daughter, Hetty, a girl about IS years of been in the habit of steal ing goods exposed in front of stores, Ac. About two weeks ago she was caught taking a lot of fora from: Hager ft Brothers, Weet King street, bat,, on account of her youth, was allowed to go free! . Subsequently, Officer Gormley found her loitering abotxt the .store of Erbenft Brother. North Queen street, with a bundle, and under suspicious circumstance*. Suspectingsomething wronghe.questioned her, and, from her contradictory statements,, was, satisfied that the goods she then hod-in.her posseolioa.were stolen. On being taken into theatre the goods were reeogntxed os belonging to Messrs. Erbehl She was then arrested, taken to the Mayor's office, and a search warrant procured.— Officers Gormley and Kuhns, after considerable-' difficulty, ascertained where she lived, and immediately commenced & search of her father’s house, when, the above enumerated goods were found secreted: Herfhther was then .arrested and after a hearing, In detault of $BOO boll, was committed to the county prison, bn a charge of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be such. His daughter Hetty was also committed to anVwer the charge of stealing the goods, at the next Court of Quarter SertfefrM. Amongjhe persons who recognised goods as belonging to them were Messrs. Samuel Heusler, S. J. Toung, K. Sheaffer, John Myers, A. N. Breneman,{H. A. Rotharmet, Erben. ft Bro., H. S. Gam, J. Buehler, Peter Weaver, Went* ft Bro., Hirsh 4 Bro., B. B. Martin, John Herr, E. M. Hart man, Mrs. Metzger and others. Fine Poultry.— TlULdisplay of Poultry mado by Mr. Jonathan DorwartJiof this city, at the late Poultry Show in Philadolphla/ajttractcd much attention from visitors, and called forth fare favorable notice of the press. Among others, we copy the following from the Evening Argus : The Pooltet Show.— As thisexhibltion closea to-morrow, we advise those who hav¬ yetAvisited 1t,.t0 avail them selves of the opportunity of witnesilng“some or the specimens of the feathered tribe ever exhibited in this city. We refer to the very large and beautiful display of Mr. Jonathan Dorwart, of Lancaster city, Pa. Mr.D occupies the entire east side of the room, and his large collection has elicited the admiration ,of every connoisseur in such matters. He exhibits white turkeys, white Guinea fowls, scobrfrht bantums, black Spanish bantams, white' and buff Shanghaes, white silkey fowls of Japan, Sefton games. African games, Irish games, counterfeit games, Sumatra games, native games and Spanish games. We now par ticularly notice the games as being of very snperior origin, indeed wo doubt very much whether they ore to bo equalled by those of any other exhibition. Mr. D. haa given-his undivided attention to the raising of fowls, and has perhaps manifested more interest in the Improvement of game breed than any other man iu tho State. Tnose dealring to purchase his stock can address him at Lancaster. The following premiums were also awarded to'Mr. Dor wart : Jonathan Dorwart—First premium for Gaines fowls, common turkeys: second premium for native games; first premium lor black Spanish games, white Shanghaea, Irish games; second premium for counterfeit games, and firsr. premium for-best collection. .■< • * J. Dorwart —First premium, Muscovy ducks, and second premium, native games. The Union Fire Company.—At a stated meeting of the Union Fire Company, held at their Jlall. in Market street, on Friday evening, tho following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President—Henry E. Slaymaker. Vice Presidents—A. 11. Sherts, 0. A. Heinitsh. Secretary and Treasurer—George K. Reed. Chief Engineer—Reuben Black. Assistant Engineers—Frederick Demutb,Thos. Thurlow. Directors of Engine—John Schaurn, E. Edgar White, A. W. Sbenk, Edward Eberman. Directors of Ilose—John Z. Helner, Charles Ilambright, R. R. Carson. Geo. M. Bauman, Webb Michael, Frank Cal der, Samuel Grey, William Myers. Humane Hose Company.—At a stated meeting of the Humane Ilose Company, held at their HaII. in Manor street, on Friday evening, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year : Presldeut—Davis M. Fralta., Vice President—George Remley. Secretary—Edwin E. Snyder. Treasurer—Geo. M. Steinfiittn. Directors—John Brown, Michael Huffnagle, WUUam If Lutz, George Killian, Wra.;S. Kautz, Charles H. Bhufllo bottom, Wm. H. Bops. E. Erisman Snyder. Licenses.—The number of tavern licenses, which can be granted by the Court for 1857, (the bodls being 100 taxablos iu the city aud 150 in the coanty, for each tavern,) will be for the city 46, and - for the county 167. Last year the city was entitled to but 33, and the county 151—increase iu the'eity 12, and in the coanty o. The city will be entitled to 11 eating houses this year against 8 last. Professor Whitney.— By a card in an other column> it will be seen that this gentleman will give a series of entertainment!: at Fulton Hall, during the pregout week, which cannot fall to be exceedingly Inter esting. Mr. Whitnet’s powers of delineation are told to be unequaled—and he had', testimonials from President Pierce, Senators Cass, Seward, Houston, Douglas, Butler, and from Becretary Marcy, Chief Justice Taney and others —also from the late Daniel Webster. We clip the following paragraph from Mr. W.’s testimonial: ' “He delineates the Scotch aud Irish orators in a manner that surprised and (iolighte'd a large and refined circlo of ladies and gentlemen. I commend Mr. Whitney to you as a young man of elegant attainments, ‘whose trial'shall hotter publish his commendation.’ ” Attempted Suicide. —Adam Hock, ot East" Hempfleld twp;, made two unsuccessful attempt* to commit suicide on Wednesday last. In tho morning ho hung him self with a rope in an outhouse, bat was discovered by bis wife, who cut him down in time to save bis life. He ex pressed his determination to complete the rash set the first opportunity, and on the same day he proenred a gun, loaded it, placed the muzzle against his breast with the breech on tho ground, and was in-the act of setting off the trigger with a long stick, when he was discovered by a man In bis employ, named Geo. *Arney, who knocked tho gun to one side just as Hock had. succeeded in setting off the charge, which entered his arm, causing asevere wound. He expressedideep regret that the shot had not entered his heart in place of his arm, and repeated his determina tion to kill himself the first opportunity. He is now con fined to bed under the care of Dir. Bohrer, who, we tinder stand, has hopes of bis recovery, both in body and mind. Killed. —On New Year’sleve a inan named Haines, a resident of Safe Harbor, was killed by the shot of a gnu, from the hands of a young nun named Laird.— The affair occurred a few miles below that village, and the following Is the version given of it by Laird: “On New Year’s eve*l,returned home about dark—eo dark that I could not see many yards off; when, as I passed into thehonse, I thought I heard soma noise at theatablea; having mentioned this to my mother, ! fcobk my loaded gun, and went out again into the yard, andl heard a noise .of chickens, aa if being strangled, and, at the same time, thought I heard, In,the direction ofthestables, a man say, *o!we don’t care for him.’ I could not see any one dis tinctly at the time, bat dlsdiarged my gun in the direction of the noise, thinking to s scare, what I took to be, the chicken thieves; directly after! heard persons rnndlng over the frozen ground, and, concluding they were gone, I went in the hoose again. The next morning I went out to the stables, and saw the shot In the stable door, and a bat lying a short distance off; 1 followed the track of the in truners, and, in the second field from tho house, saw the body of a man lying doad, and io his grasp some of oar chickens. I immediately mado the circumstance known, with all the particulars, as-ft hod not been my intention to shoot any one, but only to scare them off.” Mr. Laird has since given himself up tothe authorities, and given security for his appearance at any future time to answer any charge that may be brought against him. Dr. KeyserTPectoral Strop.—A dose Ob two of this valuable Pulmonary will, at the onset ofa Cough, allay all irritation ot the Langs, and hinder the development of Pulmonary Disease. Consumption is nevsr Consumption until the Lungs are ulcerated and wasting; you can hinder that condition of affairs, if you take our advice, and try a bottle of Dr. Keysets Pectoral Syrup. It Is pleasant to take, and costa bat half a dollar. For sale by C. A. Heiniteh, 13 F-ast King streot. ' Dr. \ old and respected citizen of Harrisburg, died on Friday last.— He was a snrgeon in the army of Napoleon I, and^ served in Egypt in the Peninsular War, and at Waterloo. He was the father-in-law of Theophiluß Fenn, Esq., editor of the Inde pendent Whig, of this city. i Fatal Accident. The wife of Justice Daniels, of the U. S. Supreme Court, was burned to death, at the residence of her husband, in Washington City, on Saturday night, by her clothes catching fire while she was undressing to retire for the night. She was the dangnter of Dr. of .Philadelphia, «• PECTORAL SYRUP Dr. Keyser'a Pectoral Syrup cores cough« Dr. Keyier’* Pectoral Byrop cores colds; Dr. Keyser'a Pectoral Byrup cores Inflnenta; Dr. Ksysor’s Pectoral Syrup cores Bronbhitis; For Jaryngitua take Dr. Keyset's Pectoral Syrap ; For incipient consumption take. Dr. Keyset’s Pectoral Syrup. . • For cold in the head take Dr. Keyset* Pectoral Syrup; Dr. Koyser’s Pectoral Syrup cores sore throat; Dr. Keysets Pectoral Syrup cures quinsy; Dr. Keyser’s Pectoral Syrup cores old coughs ’ Dr. Keyser'a Pectoral Syrup cures all kindsofdissasee of the longs and' breast Prepared and sold by PR. QEO. HijKBYSEB, No. 140 Wood St, sign of tbs Golden Mortar, Pittsburg, Pa. Price, 60 cents and $1 per bottle. 49* Sold by C. A. HEINITBH,in Lancaster, dec 23 READER*® Will please notlee'the advertisement descriptive of Ma. 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