INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN. GEO. BANDEHBON, EDITOR. I, SANDERSON, A»«ociate. January 13, i 85 7: LANCASTER, E CmCULATIdH, aiOO COPIKfiM SPBflcaipnMr pvr nmom. County Committee Meeting. The Democratic County Committee of Lancaster Couoty, are requested to meet at the Hotel of Emanuel Shober, In lha City of Lancaster, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th of JANUARY, 1857, at U o’clock, A. M. A general and punctual attendance la respectfully requested. EL B. BWARR, Chairman. Lancaster, Dee, SO, 1856. Surveyor, general Brawley will ac cept oar thanks for a copy of his able and in teresting report on the condition of his de partment. Auditor General Hanks also has onr thanks for a copy of his annual report, which is highly creditable to himself as an officer, and will be gratifying to the 'tax-payers'of the Common wealth by reason of the favorable Expose which he gives of the finances. Dishonesty Exposed. The report prepared by W. W. Brown, Esq,, upon the causes which led to the insolvency of the Lancaster Bank, will be found in an other column. It will be recollected that at the second meeting of stockholders, the pub lication of this report was suppressed by the Committee, on the .ground that it would em barrass the Directors in their efforts to collect the debts and resuscitate the institution.— That this was a mistaken policy, no one seems now to doubt. The public should have been put in possession of the facts of the case at that time, and the blame should have been Wade to rest from the start where and upon vrhom it properly belonged, without regard to consequences. That the Bank was badly managed for years every body believed, —but that such a whole sale system of robbery and peculation, as the Report brings to light, was practised so long under the eye of the Directors, who should have been cognizant of the facts, having the books and accounts at all times under their control, is perfectly astounding. It appears that, so well satisfied were the Directors with declaring a semi-annual dividend of five per -cent., that they never once thought of looking behind the scene to see what was transpiring there —and “no investigation of the condition of the bank was had from the year 1848 until the year 1856.7 Such gross “carelessness and negligence, on the part of- the Directors," is, as the Report sqys, "entirely inexcusable." It is worse—it ib absolutely criminal. With regard to the conduct of certain offi cers alluded to in the Report,.we need say but little. Their foul wrongs upon an outraged community have justly loaded their charac- 1 ters with a weight of popular odium which | must eventually crush them to the earth.— j They, at least, can offer no excuse for the be- j trayal of the trust reposed in them. Their | reckless and dishonest squandering of the funds of the institution, and their complicity with not,e shavers, fancy stock speculators and other dishonest scoundrels, admits neither ot excuse or apology. W e commend the Report to the attention of our readers. United States Senator. At the caucus held at Harrisburg, on Friday evening, Col. John W. Forney was nominated on the first ballot as the Democratic candidate for U. Senator—he having received a ma jority of all the votes cast. There are sixty nine Democratic members of the Legislature in all, of whom sixty were present, one was sick, and eight declined going into caucus.— Had all been present and the absentees voted against him, he would still have been nomina ted, as he had tkirty-Jive votes, which is a majority of the whole number. ,The election takes-place tb-day, at 120’clockj when both branches pf the Legislature meet in Convention for that purpose. Already rumors are afloat that several of the members who were not in the caucus, will not support Col. 1 Forney, although fairly and honestly the j nominee of the party, and entitled to the sup- ! port of every Democrat in the Legislature.— i But we cannot believe that any prove so recreant to,all the usages of the party, and so forgetful of his duty, as to commit political suicide by refusing to support the nominee.— On the -contrary, we believe that, notwith standing these eight or nine gentlemen may have preferred some other distinguished Dem ocrat for the'station, they will act up to their honest convictions of duty by sustaining the aotion of a majority of their fellow members. Why, if .regular nominations, fairly made in caucus or in convention, be not lived up to, the Democratic party might as well disband at onco, as that is' one of the very vital principles of its existence. The will of the majority should always rule. Any other course would be to place that majority in the power of a minority. In the above case, it would be say ing in effect that we, the eight members who refused to go into caucus, will control you sixty others who composed that caucus. But, we repeat our confidence in Col. Kor ney's election to day—and it is not too much . to say that, in him, the great State of Penn sylvania will have a representative in the U. S.. Senate of whom we all may be proud— Ardentand enthusiastic-as a leading Democrat able and eloquent ad a writer and orator, he will, in a very brief period, make his mark in that body as he has done in every position which he has heretofore occupied whether in Philadelphia or Washington. He will be a moat worthy colleague of Senator Bigler, nor will Pennsylvania lose any caste from the fact that both her distinguished representatives have risen from humble beginnings, by their own talents and energy, and both of them were Printers and Editors. We hope to be able to chronicle in our next that Col. Forney has been triumphantly elected to the post which he is so well qualified in all respects to grace and adorn. Pennsylvania Finances, According to the report of our faithful and able Auditor General, Judge Banks, the pres ent indebtedness of Pennsylvania is $40,117,- 835,25. There is now in the sinking fund, applicable tci this debt, the sum of $785,257,- 20. Bonds of the State to this amount can be at any time redeemed, thus reducing this in debtedness to a little over $39,400,000. The public works this year have brought in a revenue of over two million dollars. A project will no doubt be started again this winter to sell the public works. But in view of the revenue produced it is doubtful if they will be offered at a price that will find pur chasers. The receipts from the tonnage tax on the railroad this yenr is less than last year, in oonsequence of the receipts of the road having been considerably reduced. i By the North Branch Canal the Wyoming ooal region has how an outlet to the interior towns of New York and a valuable trade will hereafter be carried on in that direction. The North Branch Canal is now completed, as well as the road over the mountains, and a drain from the treasury-of about half a mil lion a year for those works is at an end. In -1 stead of drawing money from , the treasury they will hereafter yield a revenue. The fi ngnolal eonditlon of our State is evidently, juaprerlag. ! TheGovernor'i Message. I* The State Leglilatnr*. This', annual State paper will be found at i Both branches met in their respective chdm length on our first page. It has some good j here, at Harrisburg, on Tuesday points, and others not just so commendable, \ were organized by the election of 'pirp Upon the whole, it is about as fair a Message Taggart, Esq.,‘(Bep.) of Northumberland, as could have been expected from such a Speaker of the Senate, by a vote of 18 to 15,- source. The subjoined paragraph will be and J. Lawrence Getz, Esq., (Dam.) of Berks, particularly agreeable to the tai-payers of the Speaker of the House by a vote of 52 -to 40. Commonwealth, inasmuch as it predicts the Subsequently, George \f. Hakersly, Esq., rapid extinguiehm- nt of the public debt: : (Bep.) of Philadelphia, was elected Clerk of “A careful examination of the financial con- J the Senate, and Jacob Zbioler, Esq., (Dem.) dition'of the Commonwealth —her sources of j 0 f Butler, Glerk of the House. The other revenue and the probable future expenditures, officerB eac h branch, elected and appointed, has inspired the hope that the time is not far - - -■ . distaht wh“en the public debt will be fully «« °f similar politics with the above, paid, and this without increasing the subjects , We subjoin the addresses made by the two or ratio of taxation. It has already been ; Speakers upon taking the chairs, shown that the revenues of. the past year ex- : g pea k er Taggart said • ceeded the ordinary expenditures one million , ; t Tery difficult [0 ■■ con jure up ” two hundred and sixty-five thousand ninety - * new J. origina i on this interesting five ddllars and fifty-six cents The estimated , y M j K The ath f B 80 we ll worn that: the receipts and expenditures for the current year i "““lorn flowers are a „ trampled which will be presented to you in the report | ? th f^ rth and nothing left for me to tread of the, State Treasurer, shows that the excess ; ,n “ ™ ; ommon dust Where the white of receipts, over ordinary expenditures, may ; haB Boared , there i 8 a poor Bb - ow reach the sum of one and a half million of, feebler flight. I trust I may be doUars. These estimates, although approxi- ; Dg S to {&ce J bi . motions, will not be far from the true result. P»™° j uan impul “ e of my American heart Allowing, then, four hundred thousand do1 '; P e hb . h roannot restrain, and would not if I lars for annual extraordinary expenditures- » d It woald be an affection „f the rankest and under a wise system ofeconuniymno , pretend that I am not pleased, as-well probable contingency can they exceed that ; jghtly intimidated with tl £ post yo uhave surn-we will have at east ™ e X f o r th e ; assigned me. It would be more apparent from dollars to be appropriated onnoally for the g for the iaBt two months, I have payment of the public debt. W. Athrapid no ' torionsl Btr iviog to attain it. This thltirmllv a i-thfincrease of porula » a confession perhaps which none of my the Oommonweaitd u P iH us trious predecessors have had the candor tion-of the vase o _rea estate and c.f the make f maka it , becauBe wbne l am a amount and value of property of every de- ~ [ would be considered a scription, the revenues must and will continue I JP ea , at to increase. This natural and necessary Spejta of aided me , j fea! deeply increase of revenue will supply every defiei to fitting occasions, when ency and every demand upon the Treasury | r ' shall not encroach upon fairness, it hat falls within the range of lf, expression, not in words, but in ac then, the sum uf one million dollars be appro- ° uo “ *««* . priated annually in liquidation ofthis debt .jy. aH . are , th at for the first few and th? accruing interest on the sums paid I shall need your utmost indulgence.— be applied in the manner of a sinking fund I am deficient, you must charge entire indebtedness of the Commonwealth « ™£ a a bUit and not t ’/ a want of effort unwise legislation, or the imprudent manage- y y . ® ment of our finaocee-the truth of the propo- j 80me of u 8 have Bat to g, ther s.t.on is susceptible of the clearest demonstra- j Chamber , and, without distinction of tion. Assuming the public debt on-the first i . 1 ’ ’, , day uf December, 1856, to be, in round num- ! party. intercourse has been of the most bers, forty millions five hundred thousand : agreeable character and, from the appearanee dollars, and that at the end of each fiscal year i f those who. have lately come amongst us, one million dollars, with the accruing inter- (some of them rather unexpectedly )I his hap ests on tormer payments, will be p£d, on- | PJ state of things is likely to erring calculation will determine the result to | Founding °P e8 lf( “ mi ds ivn frf m i be ; af. before indicated. Thus, before the ! which the Commonwealth will derive from expiration of the year 1879, Pennsylvania may j vofir wisdom upon the taste wh oh you have stand redeemed from the oppression of her displayed in the selection of your Speaker I public debt, and her people be released from | reiterate my earnest thanks, to some of you a taxation imposed to meet its accruing inter- ! for your votes,-and.tu all of you fur your kind est, and to maintain the faith and credit of j "wishes. the. Commonwealth. These views are not j Speaker Getz said: — \ utopian. By practising strict economy in all 1 Gentlenien of the House of Representatives: j departments of the government —avoiding | Called by your favor to the Chair which is \ extravagant expenditure—refusiug to under- j venerable with historic interest—and chosen, take any new schemes of internal improve- j- 1 tt m very willing to believe, more out of com ment, and holding to’ a rigid accountability j pHment to the ancient and influential county the receiving and disbursing agents ,of the ■ which has sent me here, than for any superior State, their realization may be anticipated ! merit you have discovered in ine—l assure with confidence.” j you I speak no vain words when I say that a \ ; sense of the grave responsibilities of the place ’ far outweighs the gratification I feel in the honor you have conferred upon me, and al most makes me shrink from assuming them. But, I find encouragement in the reflection which my short experience in this body af fords me, that its members are always ready to support their presiding officer in the per formance of his duty.; and, identifying their own dignity with his position, to sustain the Chair in all embarrassments and difficulties which may arise. Here, at the outset, then painfully conscious of the need of them —I throw myself upon your indulgence and be speak your kindest assistance. We have met together as the* Representa tives of a Commonwealth acknowledging no superior in any of the essential elements which constitute the fcrue greatness of a State,\ to take the part assigned to us by the Constitu tion, in the enactment of such laws as the progress of time, and the changing circum stances of the people have rendered necessary for their material, social and moral welfare.— We are to obligate ourselves in the most sol emn form that can bind the conscience of man, to “ perform our duty with fidelity.” To keep this obligation, we must have constantly be fore us the fact, that we come here, not to enforce our own opinions, or to advance our own interests, but to do the will of our con stituents in all things just as we know they would do for themselves, were they to dispense with their Representatives, and assemble in their aggregate capaoity to make their laws. It has been said by one skilled in political science, that “ power is continually stealing from the many to the few.” The history of the nations of the old world affords us an al most unfailing example of this truth. Under our happier form of government, which wisely provides for the return to the people, at stated periods and brief intervals, of the power \hey entrust-tp their representatives, such a trans ition meets with so many interruptions that it attracts little notice, and excites no general apprehension. But it is, nevertheless, in one form or another, always silently and secretly going on, challenging the vigilance of the‘ } wariest statesman to discover and arrest it. In no way -is this theft more commonly or ex- | tensively practised, than by means of the various schemes of private emolument for which corporate privileges are bonstantly being asked and too readil/ granted. It is a fact which no observant mind can deny, that j individual rights are abridged in exact propor tion to the extent of the special privileges conferred upon associations for private gain. In a community like ours, it is true, means are required to develope our latent resources, foster our productive industry, and minister in various ways to the wants of the people, which are beyond the grasp of individual en terprise, and need the aid of combined capital, energy and skill for their accomplishment.— But these instances are few compared with the great mass of objects for which special legislation is sought; and the expediency or necessity which calls for them is never so great as to dispense with the imposition of such conditions and restrictions upon them, as will confine them strictly to the purposes of their creation, and prevent the growth of what was intended purely for the public ben efit, into an oppressive and dangerous monop oly. .Let us, gentlemen, be no party to the theft, in any form, of power by the few, which it is our bounden duty to guard as the inher ent rights of the many. lJut I see before me older and wiser heads than mine, who admonish me that it would become me rather to seek advice, than to play the part of adviser. I shall therefore, gentle men, trespass no further upoD your time, but, thanking you» in all sincerity, for the high honor you have done me, will proceed ac once with =the duties of my office, confidently rely ing upon your assistance in all difficulties I may encounter, and your forbearanoe in all errors into which inexperience may betray Doings in Congress. The holidays being now over, we - suppose . that Congress will endeavor to transact bust- ! ness instead of adjourning over from day to j day. In the Senate, on Monday, Mr. Butler, from the majority of the Judiciary Committee, reported in the case of Mr. Harlan, Senator ; from lowa, that Mr. H. was not legally elect- : ed, and therefore offered a resolution declaring ; his seat vacant. Mr. Toombs from the same Committee, gave notice that be would submit a minority report. The matter was not dis posed of. In the House nothing of importance was done. On Tuesday the Senate elected Mr. Mason President pro tern -(Mr. Bright being absent in Indiana.) The lowa contest ed seat was talked about all day, without coming to a vote. In the House, Mr. Boyce proposed to amend the tariff so as to put tea and coffee in the 20 per cent, schedule. All the Tariff propositions \yere put to sleep in the | Committee of the Wticde. Several speeches ] on the President’s message consumed the bal- I ance of the day. In the Senate, on Wednes- J day, Mr. Weller reported a bill to increase ! the pay of officers of the Army. The lowa contested election case was then debated until adjournment. Adjourned till Friday. The House was engaged in discussing the Presi dent's message; and finally adjourned till s Friday. v A Grand Rascal. Charles F. Huntingdon, who was recently tried in New York city, under twenty-seven j indictments for forgery, was convicted and 1 sentenced to the Penitentiary, (Sing Sing,) for the term of four years and ten months.—, The mildness of his sentence would seem-tb be attributed somewhat to the magnificence of his rascality, which extended considerably beyond any adventure of the kind heretofore indulged in, by any of the Wall street,region or out of it, but such is not the case; the Judge gave him the utmost extent of the pen alty provided by law for such cases. Judge Capron, in passing sentence, made allusion to his position in society, but said that it could weigh nothing in mitigation of the penalty; that the circumstances of a high birth, and good moral and intellectual training, rather increased the criminality of the act, as one thus reared had less inducements to do wrong, and crime committed under such circumstan ces only evinced greater depravity in the offender. The evidence in the case divulged the extent i to which the whimsical extravagance of Mr. i Huntingdon had run. His furniture was of j 1 the moat extravagant description,' and some ; of the vases in his parlor cost $7OO apiece.— i He, at one time, bought a small dog, weighing two pounds, for which he paid thirty-six dollars. He kept ten servants—€wo drivers and two j grooms, a man waiter, a lemale cook and j assistants, and two chambermaids. He had j his meals served up in silver dishes on the . Sabbath. In addition to nll\jthese whims, he ■ kept a band of music in the house, and oc- j casionally indulged in cutting up his boots j and elippers. This latter whim was adduced i to prove his insanity, and demonstrate to the 1 Court and Jury that the commital of the crime*, of forgery was nothing more than a species of ; monomania to which he was subjected occas- j ionally. In addition to the above extravagance \ he kept a mistress, in a magnificently fur- j nished residence, in another .part of the city. ! His forgeries ire supposed to amount to over j a million of dollars. The moral of this is that ; a Wall 'Street Bear can act 'the rascal on a j grand scale, and suffer no greater punishment than a cmraon laborer would for forging a note to pay his day's board, the only differ ence between the two being—the former, by the magnitude of hia crime, becomes renown ed, while the latter, for its insignificance, is greeted with the most freezing contempt. The Sugar Duty. The amount of revenue collected by the General Government from the importations of sugar and molasses, amounts to about $19,000,. 000 per annum. The New York Herald sug gests the propriety of buying Cuba from Spain, for the amount of ten years' duty on sugar.— By this process the consumer will get cheap sugar, while the Louisiana planters will re tain their The only loser will be the National Treasury—but which loss,-under such be a National gain. The suggestion of the Herald is wbrthy the consideration of the General Government. Appointments by the Canal Board. —The Canal Board have reoently made the following appointments which completes the list: Mr. Gilfilan, to be Colleotor at Parkesburg, in the place of Maj. M'Vey, deceased. John M. Banin, to be Collector at Liver pool Perry county. prosecuting Banks. We learn from Harrisburg that Col. H. S. Magßaw, the State Treasurer, is about insti tuting proceedings against the Chambersburg Bank-, the Honesdale Bank, and a number of others, to recover the forfeiture for neglecting to keep their notes at par in Philadelphia.— The section of our Banking Laws, making it obligatory on the several Banks of the Com monwealth to keep* their notes at par in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, according to their looation east or west of the Alleghe nies, provides as follows*: “ Any Bank failing to comply with the pro visions of this section, shall for such length of time as its notes may be under par, as afore said, forfeit and pay to the State Treasurer, for the use of the Commonwealth, at the rate of two mills per annum on every dollar of the circulation of such Bank for the preceding year ; such forfeiture to be paid on or before the third Monday in November in each year," &o. It is under this provision that Mr. Magraw is now acting, and the of the State» as well as all others who interest in the maintenance of a uniform and reliable ourrency will watch his efforts with interest. A number of the interior Banks have for the last year or two entirely disregarded this requirement, and the instances are very few in which the forfeiture has been exacted. I©* Our Washington letter bad not oome to hand at the time we went to preu, on yes texday afternoon. P«niurlT«iiU : . ] Th» JTefro |Anmetlona> Harrisburg, Jan. 9. I We hare no doabt now, from the reports sesatb. that reach u* from Kentucky. and* other* of The Speaker announced the Standing Com- j , Uve s „ l(e- , hat there d;d elist (l re({U . mittees for the Session. t _ ' , , TheTolJowing are (he more important of the l"lj "fgamaed plot among the negroe* to rise Committees: .. • npnn the -white'population; and put then* to Finance.—Messrs. Flenniken, Browne, death: and that it had greater extent, and Crabb, Knox and Caffrey. • i waa more perfect in its organisation, than was Judiciary.—Messrs. Jordan, Wilkins, Pen- , f . - rose, Creswell and Finney. / supposed at first. A, great number of slave Corporations. —Messrs. Lewis, Ingram, Oaf* have already been hung, and others have frey, Cresswell and Souther. made confessions. A correspondent of the Banks.—-Messrs. Crabb, Brownei Sellers, Cantnn (Kv i Dispatch, dating from Pern Straub and Shaman. , . ~ ‘ . ~f Railroads.—Messrs. KiUinger. Cresswell, broke. December 13. say. Sellers, Ely and Finney. Private Claima.—Messrs. Souther, Welsh; KiUinger, Crabb and Walton. The following are the Chairmen of•• the re* maining Committees: Accounts, Mr. Penrose; Estates aod Ea- I cheats, Mr. Finney; Pensions, Mr. Walton ; i Library, Mr. Scofield ; Public Buildings, Mr. ! Qazzam; Canals, Mr. Sellers; Election Dis ; tricts, Mr. Straub; Retrenchment and-Reform, ■ Mr. Browne ; Education, Mr. Shuman ; Ag* | riculture, Mr. Gregg; Militia, Mr. Hama ; I Roads and Bridges. Mr. Frazer; Compare i Bills, Mr. Meyer ; Vice and Immorality, Mr. j Wilkins, Printing, Mr, Knox ; New Conn | ties, Mr. Coffey ; Apportionment, Mr Jordan. Mr. Crabb presented a memorial from the | citizens of Philadelphia, in favor of the modi* i fioation of the usury laws. ! Messrs. Walton, Lewis, Browne, Souther, j Ely, Myer, Fetter and Flenniken, each presen -1 ted memorials of a like import. The committee appointed to contract for the printing of a Daily Legislative Record, repor ted that they had contracted with George Bergner & Co., for printing 3000 copies simi lar to the publication of last year, at $7 per page. The report was adopted. Mr. Straub read in place a bill to incorpo rate the Merchants’ Bank, of Schuylkill coun- ty. - Mr. Lewis, a bill to incorporate the Down ingtown Bank. Mr. Jordan, a supplement to the Act incor porating the Broad Top Railroad Company. Mr. Gregg, a bill to incorporate the Far mers’ and Manufacturers’ Bank of Centre county. Mr. Wright a bill to vacate George street, in the 15 th Ward, Philadelphia. Mr. Straub submitted resolutions, instruct ing our Senators and requesting our members of Congress to vote for a law placing the sol diers of the war of 1812 and the war with Mexico, on the same footing with the soldiers of the Revolution. Mr. Browne offered a joint resolution for the Meeting'of the two Houses in Convention on Tuesday next, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator. After some debate, the consideration of the resolution was postponed for the present. — Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The committee on the publication of a daily record of the proceedings of the two Houses, made report; (see Senate) which, after some discussion, was adopted. Twenty thousand copies of the message were ordered to be printed for the use of members. On motion, the House authorized the ap pointment of four additional Assistant Door keepers, and an additional Assistant Sergeant at Arms. r A joint resolution was adopted to go into an election for a United States Senator . on Tues day next at 12 o’clock. The House then proceeded to make nomina tions, when Messrs. John W. Forney, Henry D. Foster, Charles A. Buckalew, Richard Brodhead, Simon Cameron, John Robbins, Hendrick B. David Wilmot, and some twenty others, were nominated. A motion was made to print 2000’copies of the proceedings of the State Agricultural So ciety, but it was diagreed to. Mr. Hancock read in place, a supplement to the act incorporating the North Philadelphia Plank Road Company ; also, a bill for the re lief of Wm. C. Hall & Co. Mr. Leisenring read in place a supplement to the act incorporating the Point Breeze Park Association ; also, a bill to incorporate the Chestnut Hill Agricultural Society. Mr. Thorne, a bill-relative to the fees of Constables and Aldermen in criminal cases. Mr. Hancock, a bill to prohibit the running of locomotives on the Philadelphia and Balti more Railrord within the city limits; also, a bill to incorporate the Jersey Shore Bank. The House then adjourned. A Scathing Rebuke I The Philadelphia Sun has an article on ; “Clerical Politicians" in which it says: “Why is it that so many Protestant clergy men have been preaching politics instead of. the Gospel? Because, finding themselves ; utterly imbecile in the pulpit, as theologians, t and desirous of lame, they forsake the prayer i meeting, the pastoral visits, the ministrations i to the sick, the deeply interesting services of i the Sabbath school, and all other time-and- ! eternity, honored quiet means of doing good, • and jumps abruptly, grotesquely and impious- j ly into the midst of the motley group to bo- 1 found in the political arena, and there to the j amusement of blasphemers and infidels, and j the vile of all descriptions, and to t(ie deep , mortification and chagrin of all true Chris- j tiahs play the harlequin and the clown, and ' thus become the pious butt of broken down j dandies, men who live by their wits, gamblers, ] thieves, rakes and vagabonds, whose name is j legion. Men of the pulpit! Come now, ! answer, as thou must, at the Infinite. Art thou in the mid6t of this company of sinners to save their souls? Ah, answer that question! Once more—art thou thus self-degraded, for the purpose of saving thy country? Increase not the terrors of conscience by a false reply. Answer —answer not to us but to thyself, and in the presence of Him whose vows -are on your soul. “Millstones on the neck of Christianity!— Mildews on the young nursery of the church, stumbling blocks on the road of salvation— .repent—go back to your ‘first works’—time is short, eternity is endless. Preachers are few —sinful politicians many. The country does not need your services—the church does. You are to be the under Shepherds of the sheep, and the lambs of the Master’s farm, and ye have made yourselves the companions of rams, goats and swine. Pollute no longer your cloth. ‘Ye cannot serve God and Mammon .’ ’’ The Sun has done as much as any journal in existence to encourage the ministry in the desearation of the pulpit. We are glad, how ever, to find that a change has come over the spirit of its dream, and republish with, pleas ure the above scathing rebuke of crites who tarnish the clerical garb. The Editor’s Book Table. THE U. S. DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. The form of this sterling publication has been changed from book form to that of a double newspaper sheet, and its times and seasons altered from monthly to weekly. The Editors are of the opinion (an£ we think they are right) that, in publishing the Review as a weekly Demo, eratic paper, they shall be enabled to coier ground, and draw upon resources not possible to a monthly publication. Trade, Commerce, Arts, Science, the Religious movement* of the day, general information upon all subject* of inter net, foreign and domestic news, Congressional and Parlia mentary reports, public meetings and speeches of interest; in short, every thing which the over active and grasping minds of the American people demands as daily and necessary food, will be covered by them. The Prospectus of the .Review will be*found in another column. We have seen the first number under the new form, and must say that, even In'it, the Editors Save ftiHy redeemed their promise made in the Prospectus. ItTtYpt* graphical execution is, beyond all question, superior to any other Weekly Journal published In the Union, and Its read, ing matter cannot be excelled. To those of our readers who may wish to have a New York Democratic paper, we can cheerfully recommend the Review as one, in every re spect, deserving of their patronage. THE HOME JOURNAL commences the new year with new features, new attractions, and new type—an evidence of its increasing popularity and usefulness. The Boston Transcript thns notioes it: The Homs Jotnuuu. Pot 1857.—“ The editors and publish era of our favorite weekly, The Home Journal—G. P. Mor ris and N. P. Willis—announce the first number of their new series for the third of January. Few more acceptable gifts could be offered to a lady than a year’s subscription to the Home Journal postage prepaid.’ It has a pleasant, cheery aspect, is never moping or quarrelsome, or out of temper, snatches the rose and leaves behind the thorn, gives us a weekly summary of literary, fashionable and miscellaneous news, such as we can find nowhere else in so readable a form. Morris and Willis both keep at their posts, and show that they have lost none of their old felici ty in turning a paragraph. They understand the taste* of the public, and cater for them diligently.” NEW PUBLICATION. We are Indebted to the Publishers, Dix, Edward* A Oo.< No. 321 Broadway, N. Y., for a copy of “ The Weicx or the Golden Mait,” a Christmas Story by Charles Dickens. THE FARM JOURNAL AND PROGRESSIVE PARMER devoted .to Agriculture, Horticulture and Rural Econo my. Published monthly by Samuel Emlen A Co,, and edited by D. A. Wells and A. M. Spangler, N. E. corner of 7th and Market streets, Philadelphia. The January number is, to say the least of it, an excel lent poblieation—rich in variety and embellishments, and and In every respect creditable to all conoemed in ptting It out We ars pleased to lsarn that the Journal is la tbs high road of prosperity—being liberally patronised by the agricaltawd Intern* of the eoantry. I have no doubt but that it is a universal thing ail over the Southern States, and that every negro, fifteen years old, either knows of it or is into it, and the most confidential house servants are the ones that are to be the most active io the destruction of' their own families. The negroes, everywhere they are examined, all agree that the men, women and children are to be slain, and that the young women are to be kept as wives for themselves, and a good many of them about Dover and the furnace went so far as to select their future oom- panions." i From a great portion of the testimony elicit ed, it seems that Christmas day had been fixed ' upon for a general rising, and murder of all the ! men, women and children, except some of the 1 younger women, and these they were to dis ; tribute among themselves as mistresses. The !- murders that have been already committed ; are of the most atrocious character ; but the I punishment has followed so close, either by i hanging or whipping to death, that we im* j I agine by this time the strength of the con- | | spiraey is broken, and that the ferocity of the ■ I slave has been cowed. Between thirty and j forty negroes have been hung in South Caro- : lina, others in Virginia; and a great number in Kentucky; and it was fortunate that the white population got as early notice of the plot as they did, or there is no telling to what extent it might have spread. And now, who is to blame for all these bar barities, if it be not the cantiDg and whining abolitionists, and the thieving, cunning,’cow- | ardly curs they send ias emissaries to the j Southern States, either to run off negroes by j the “ underground railroad,” or incite them ! to insurrection and murder, and who are ten : times more deserving punishment than the ! ignorant and deluded slaves, who are their: victims; -Talk about the principle of slavery as much as we please; allow that it is bad both to master and slave; keep it from spread -1 ing as much as you may, there is no'doubt of one thing, that slavery where it exists, in ■ fifteen of our States, is a constitutional insti. tution, which Congress nor the people have a right to any more than the other States have a right to say what laws i Massachusetts shall make for her own govern ‘ ment. It will do very well for these canting knaves ! to preach about freedom for the slave of the ! South, and deny the negro his rights here, — It is not that they care anything for the Blaye, but it is. their hostility to the South. They j would let him starve or freeze to death here, j and kick him about like a dog, and cudgel | him out of railroad cars. We have not the least doubt but that the recent and present troubles with the slaves in Kentucky, South Carolina, &c., had their origin in the officious rascality of such people, and’’who are proba bly too lazy to work for an honest living at home. It is the interference of these rascals that strengthens the bondage of the slave, and renders the prospe:t of his future liberation less certain, besides raising a barrier of bitter feeling between sister Stßtes. Out of the work i of the abolitionist has grown all the talk about i dissolving the Union. Let us have reason in i all things—fanaticism in nothing. Let bs j believe that the “ peculiar institution ” of the j South is an evil, if we please, but the rights ; of the slaveholder are guaranteed by the Con stitution, and they should be respected. Sec tionalism is a curse to any nation, and we have no sympathy with any sectional party, ; either North or South. — N. T. Atlas. The New Postage Law. It may hot be generally known that Con* I grass has very recently passed an act making pre-payment of postage on all transient print ed matter obligatory, before it can be trans ported in the mails of the United States—a j capital provision indeed. In order to carry \ out this law the Postmaster General has estab- j lished the following additional post-office reg- j illations, which should be preserved for refer- j ence by all who may have) occasion to send ; newspapers and pamphlets, &c., now and then i to their distant friends. as follows: j 1. Books, not weighing over four pounds, may be sent in the mail one cent an ounce any distance in the United" States under three thousand miles, and at two cents an ounce over three thousand miles, provided they are put up without a cover or wrapper open at the ends or sides, so that their char acter may be determined without removing the wrapper. .<* 2. Unsealed circulars, ines cards, transient newspapers, and every other article of transient printed matter, ex cept books, not weighing over three ounces, sent in the mail to any part of the United States, are chargeable with one cent, to be i prepaid by postage stamps. Where more : than one circular is printed on a sheet, or a 1 circular and letter, each must be charged with ! a single rate. This applies to lottery and other kindred sheets assuming the form and qame of newspapers; and the miscellaneous matter in such sheets must also be charged with one rate. A business card or an unsealed envelope of a oircular subjects the entire packet to letter postage. Any transient mafc- I ter like a circular or handbill, enclosed in or I with a periodical or newspaper sent to a sub j scriber, or any other person, subjects the whole paoket to letter postage; and whenever j subject to letter postage, from being sealed ! or any cause whatever, all printed matter, ! without exception, must be prepai&or excluded from the mail. It is the duty of the postmaster ; at the mailing office, as well as at the office of I delivery carefully to examine all printed mat* : ter, in order to Bee that it is charged with the i proper rate of postage, and to detect fraud.— At offices were postage stamps cannot be pro cured, postmasters are authorized to receive money in prepayment of postage on transient : matter ; but they should be careful to keep a supply of stamps on hand. An Unmitigated Scoundrel. —According to the New York Tribune , Dr. Samuel Thresh er Lyons—who has run su2h a rig among the women, through advertisements for a wife, a housekeeper or a governess, robbing a hun dred or two of their virtue and their money— was convicted, eighteen years ago, of stealing a watch of a womap in a house of ill fame in London, and sentenced to death ; but his life was spared through the intercession of several Americans, and he was transported to Aus tralia for life. He contrived somehow, to get off, and came to this country. He made his recent escape from the United States beoause a Yankee whose sister he had ruined, was hunting for him in New York, with the avow ediparpose of blowing his brains out on sight. The Tribune says there is a moral in this felon's history 44 which we prefer that confid ing young ladies of a romantic disposition and easily fascinated by a pair of flowing black mustaches (especially if attached to aperfect; stranger,) should draw for themselves." Allegheny Democratic Convention. The Democratic Convention of Allegheny county to eleot Delegates to the Democratic State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor, met at-Pittaburgh last Wednesday, and was very fully attended. Hon. Charles Shaler presided, and resolutions were unani mously adopted strongly recommending Col. S. W. Black for Governor. The Convention amid great enthusiasm in favor of the nominee. Tho pMUe*Batlrotd. It is understood, says a dispatch from Wash- j ingt ni. that another Pacific; Railroad bill is about to be introduced into the House. It is j od a magnificent scale, and is entitled, A ■ bill.to provide for the construction of Rail roads aud Telegraph communication from the Mississippi river and i*ake Superior to the Pacific Ocean.” ... Three main Toads : are! projected, vis: one from a point on the Mississippi river south of latitude 36° to San Francisco, with a debouch to San Diego; another from some point on the Missouri river, north of latitude 40° to San Francisco, with a branch to Marysville, Sac ramento, Stockton and San Jose; and the third from ’some point on Lake Superior to Pugentfs Sound, with a branch to the mouth of the Willamette river. To each of these routes the bill proposes to grant thirty sections of land for each mile of railroad, the land to be selected by the parties ; named in the bill, from the nearest unappro priated vacant 4ands of the United States, which shall be withdrawn from sale/or entry, or pre-emption ; and if required, shall be sur veyed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided the parties named in bill shall not be compelled to take any waste lands, and shall pay to the United States twenty-five cents per acre: Provided, also, that no title shall vest in them any faster than the roads are extended to completion. Further, they shall deposit with the Secretary of the Interior, within six monthß after the passage of this act, $200,000, in good United States or State securities as a guarantee. One hundred miles of each must be complet : ed within eighteen months from the time of j the establishment of the routes. When said I hundred miles are ready for the track, the j Secretary of the Interior shall allow the par • ties named the use of said $200,000 to pur ! chase iron therefore, und in lieu thereof take a first mortage bond on the road for that amount, to be held until the entire completed. Under the bill the United States are to agree to pay $3OO per mile for the transpor tation of the mails until the completion of the road, and for ten years thereafter ; also for transporting troops and munitions of war, such reasonable sum as the President and the Secretary of War may determine. ! If the parties fail to build the lines within j ten years from the date of their location, all i right to lines not at that time paid for shall ! be forfeited to the United States. The right of way to the width of 400 feet through the public lands is proposed to be granted. 1 Further, six sections of lans per mile is pro- , posed to be granted to the .following roads, under the restriction that any amount hereto fore granted to States where they are located, for their use and benefit, shall be deducted, therefrom, viz: Southwestern Branch Pacific Railroad; Iron Mountain Railroad ; Cairo and Fulton Rail road; Memphis and Little Rock Railroad; Mississippi, Red River, and Washita Railroad; Vicksburg and Shreveport Railroad ; New Or leans, Oupelousas and Great Western Railroad, connecting with the first named route. Pacific Railroad; Hannibal and Saint Jo seph Railroad ; Burlington, Keosanqua and Missouri Railroad; Philadelphia, Fort Wayne and Platt Valley . Railroad ; Mississippi and Missouri Railroad; lowa Central Air Line Rail road; Dubuque and Pacific Railroad; North lowa Railroad; Minnesota and Nebraska Railroad, connecting with the second uamed route. Transit Railroad; and North lowa, Minnes ota and Nebraska, oonneoting with the third named route. Each of these proposed grants is under the proviso that fifty miles of the road must be completed within three years from the passage of this act, and the balance within five years thereafter. The United States mails shall be carried at the usual prices of such services. Further provisions~make it the duty of the companies named, to construct their road, &c. r in a good and substantial manner, with uni- form guage. All the property of said companies in the Territories is to be exempt from taxation as long as they are Territories. None of them shall construct their rOads through the lands of any Indian tribes, without the consent of said tribes. They must sell and oonvey half the lands granted, within five years, and the balance within ten-years from the issuing of the pat ent from the United Stateß, and all land not sold at the expiration of ten years shall be forfeited to the United States. Southern Democracy. The Macon Telegraph, one of the most able and influential Democratic papers in Georgia, replies as follows to the insinuations of the Fremont press that the South will require of Mr. Buchanan concessions that will be incon sistent with his position as a candidate : “ What is the first principle of the Georgia Platform ? It is that the South demands that the general government shall interfere neither to establish or prohibit Slavery in the Terri tories. Leave to the people of the Territories, when organizing a State Government, to decide for themselves whether they will have it or not." It demands non-interference , rigid and entire, with the whole matter of slavery, ex oept in those cases where positive protection is required by the Constitution, or where upon plain general principles it should come in for positive protection like any other property interest. In brief, the great, plain constitu tional demand of the South, may be summed up in the words 1 Let us alone V . “ Now, what is the duty of an administra tion in reference to slavery in the Territories? Plainly this: to protect lawful immigration into those territories from all quarters and impartially. To see that every constitutional right of every immigrant is maintained, while under a territorial form of govern ment, and to approve the bill admitting the Territory as a State, when, in pursuance of law, she shall have formed and adopted a republican form of government, according to the provision of the Constitution. Here his duty begins and ends, and we declare our conviction that the fair minded southern peo ple would just as reluctantly see a President prostituting his official power to shape and mould the immigration of a territory for sla very as against slavery. What we demand IS EVEN HANDED JUSTICE I ThatNs all the South ever demanded in reference to sla very or any other sectional interest. She insists upon her Constitutional rights, and claims nothing more." A Negro Wedding in Virginia. — Berlin , Va. t Dec. 20 th, 1856.—Quite a novel marriage j took place in our county on the 18th inst.— The parties were free colored; William Diggs to Miss Clementine Nicholson, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. A. A. DrewryJ The parties married were the elite of the col- j ored aristocracy. The bridegroom hired a fine carriage and horses and waß driven by a colored slave-ser vant ; accompanying the bridegroom were four buggies, each with a colored gentleman and : lady. They were married about noon, and • after partaking of a large dinner prepared by 1 the mother of the bride, returning in the eve '; ning to the residence of the bridegroom's mother, where a large supper was prepared for the occasion. At the marriage, quite a large number of white persons were present, of our most respectable citizens. Everything was conducted in fine order, and a great dis play of colored beauty was present. The ladies (colored) were dressed in the most fashionable style, in white dresses, their heads dressed with large wreaths of flowers and ribbons, with white silk, kid and eolored gloves. The gentlemen, with their stand-up collars, silk and fancy neck ties, gloves uf I various kinds, and a boquefc of ribbon attached to the left shoulder, composed of two long rib bons, of white and blue, reaching down to the elbow. After supper, the parties enjoyed them selves till late, in plays of the old Virginia style, such as 44 Going to Boston,” “ Old Sis ter Phebe," 41 Susan in ,the Ring," Ae. After playing and enjoying themselves, the party dispersed in fine order, nothing occurring to mar or disturb them. A Phoud Position. —The London Times commences an artiole on the probable policy of the President elect with this flattering query:— 44 Who would not be the President of tne United States—the ohoice of a nation of freemen, the object of moßt infinite care, eolioi tude, and contention to 27,000,000 of the most intelligent of the hnman race, the object at which every man's finger points, the topic on which every man's tongue descants —raised above his fellow men by no acoident of birth, by no mere superiority of wealth, but by the presumed fitness ot his personal qualities for one of the most elevated situation* that a man may be called upon to fill?” The Bth of January.— This day— the 42nd Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleani—was oelebrated, In this city, by a panwtoif thi fendbUa, in the morning, under the command of the veteran Dooaxas. The day w«s bitter cold—the Thermometer bring a degree or taro below zero—bat the gallant yonng.men stood the march ing with a spirit of determination deserving of the highest praise. Long may the Fendbles continue to flourish.— A number of citizens met at Watkins’ Mansion House, South Queen stmt, &sd the following proceedings took place: ~ ’ - • - * ’ The Bth or Muxcto at tu Marais House. —Thursday last, bring-the B£h of January, a meeting was held at the Mansion House, South Queen street, to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. The meet ingwas called to order by the appointment of Dr. DERRICK FAHNESTOCK is President, and Thomas E. Joedan, Jaqos Hrrfviv and H. Huber (old soldiers) as Vice Presidents, and P. Donnelly and Frs. Kllburn, Secretaries. The meeting was then addressed In a brief but eloquent speech by Col. WlUlam 8. Amweg. At the conclusion of his remarks, several letters were read from Invited guests who could not attend; after which three cheer* were given for the Battle of New Orleans aud for 001. W. 8. Amweg. The following toasts were then drank : By Col. W. 8. Amweg.—Gen. Jackson, the hero of the War of 1812; Washington, the Father of our Country; Thomas Jefferson, the anttaor of the Declratlon of Xnde -1 pendence; Webster, Clay aud Buchanan, the expounders tof the Constitution. May they ever Uve in the history of ■ our country. By P. Donnelly.—The memories of the brave soldiers who lent their aid in secorlug to us and to our children an independence of which we are proud. By Conrad Anne.—Old Hickory (Gen. Jackson) was a man amongst men, an officer amongst officers, a soldier amongst soldier*, a hero amongSt heroes, a statesman amongat statesmen. i By Dr. D. Fahnestock.—Jackson/ the hero of New Orleans. Several national songs were then sung, and the meeting ’ adjourned. A Galvanizing Process.— Several of the old stagers of Know-Nothingism, in this city, have recently i been engaged in the utopian attempt 'Jo galvanise the defunct carcase of Know-Nothingism, with a view to making it show its teeth at the ensuing municipal election on the first Tuesday in February. What their success so far has been we have not leArned. We rather suppose they will find it to be a pretty tough job—and therefore we advise them to send immediately for the Reverend Mr. Ktrs, who rendered such efficient service in giving Know-Nothingism vitality, by his street preaching In 1854, in this city. The Reverend gentleman, we believe, is just now out of em ployment. having been, relieved from bis onerous clerical duties—and could therefore devoto his whole time iu aiding bis dark-lantern brethren to re-vlrify the black and ghastly looking corpse. Our frleods Rohrer and Jack should adopt the suggestion at once, as no time is to be lost. By all means send for Kkts. He has never apostatised, and la as orthodox as ever In the Know-Nothing faith, even If he has committed a trilling faux paux iu morals and religion. New Post Office. —A new P. 0., to be called ‘‘Old fllne” has been established in Rapho township, and Samuel Fry, Esq., appointed P. M. Sporting Hill P. 0., In the same township, has been discontinued. There is a daily mall from Lancaster ria Swarr's Mill, Old Line, and Mutersonville, to Colebrook, in Lebanon county, which, of course, is a great accommodation to the people residing in that section of the couDty. Colombia and Philadelphia Railroad.— Comparative statement of Tolls collected on this Road for the months of December 1855 and 1656 December, 1855 1866 "Humorous Traits or Americans."—This la the subject upou which the distinguished Park Bknja mi.v, of New York, will discourse, at Fulton Hall, thia evening. Mr. B.’s great celebrity a* an author and lecturer will, undoubtedly, insure him a full house. Fire.—A little before 12 o’clook, on Thurs day night last, an alarm of fire was given, which proved to proceed from the cellar of the Lancaster County Bank where it had caught from the furnace. The Engines and Hose Carriages were soon on the ground, notwithstanding the cold, and the fire was got under before any very serious damage was done. Another. —The wagon shed aud corn cribs, with all their contents, of Mr. John France, near Mlllersville, were de stroyed by fire, on Saturday ulght last, about 10 o'clock.— Supposed to have been the work of an Incendiary. . Cold Weather.— Thursday last was the coldest day of the season. Tho wind was high and piercing. On Friday the weather moderated greatly—there being a change In tho thermometer, from the morning to the evening of txcerdy dtgrtts! Oo Saturday we had a clever little snow storm, bluco which time the weather has been again quite cold. Interesting—Very.—Qufle an interesting controversy is going on between the loland Dally and Evening Express, ot this city. We advise Messrs. Fsitn and Geist to keep cool. They both belong to the same Church and to the same Black Republican-party In politics, and it is all WTong for two such distinguished-jTwralufr to be engaged in the delightful employment of tearing out each other’s eyes for the-amusement mUßnratslde bar barians. Keep cool, gentlemen, or people will soo'rr begin to apply the old adage which has it that, “when rogues fall out, honest men will get.their dues." Gas. —Consumers will be glad to learn that the price of Gas has been reduced to $3,75 per 1,000 cubic feet, with 10 per cent, off for prompt payment—making the actual cash price $3,37 per 1,000 cubic feet. The company is anxious to furnish gas at the lowest possible rates—but they continue to be heavily taxed eTepy-y oar by calls for the extension of their pipes. Surnames in Lancaster County. —We bare examined the last list of taxables In this county, for the purpose of ascertaining the number! of the same family name, of the seven names supposed io be the most numer-. ous. The result shows that there are 169 tax-payers named Landis; 165 named Herr; 157 named Bear, Bare, Bair and Barr; 154 named Brubaker; 139 named Huber, Hover, Hoover and Hoober; 126 named Hess ; and 73 named Shirk. Some few females are Included in the list.—.Erarntncr. CONESTOOA AND MaNOR TURNPIKE COMPANY. —At an election held on the sth Inßt., the following gentle men were elected officers for the euauingyear: President —W. W. Miller; Managers—Abraham Peters, Christian B. Herr, Jacob K. Shenk, Andrew G. Bowers, Bertram A. Shaffer; Treasurer—Geo. P. Breneman. Washing Soap. —We direct the attention of housekeepers and' others, to the new article of Washing Soap, advertised in another column, by Messn. Amir A Fairer. We have made a trial of it in our own family, and can cheerfully recommend it as fully eoming up to the standard fixed upon by the advertisers. We advise oil our friends to give it a fair trial. Notice. —We direct attention to the oard of Dr. Stewart, in another column. He remains a few days longer In town, when all who desire the benefit of his new system of treating pulmonary affections, by inhalation, would do well to call upon him. Pulmonary Diseases. —There is a remedy prepared by Dr. Geo. H. Keyser, of 140 Wood Street, Pitt* burgh, Pa. that has won great renown in the way of curing the various Incipient diseases of the Lungs&nd Pulmonary apparatus. Dr. Keyser’s Pectoral Syrup Is no quack nos trum, but has the confidence, of men of the higrfeTt standing. Dr. Keyser prepares and mixes all the logredients of the Pectoral Syrup with his own hands, and says thvt he will continue to do so. If you wish a good medicloe for a Cough or Cold yoa can buy It at the Agen. cies. For sale by 0. A. Helnitsh, No. IS East King St. Borough Election. —On Monday week an election was held at the Town Hall, Columbia, for the fol lowing officers, viz: Chief Burgess, Assistant Burgess, three members of Town Coancil, three School Directors tod High Constable. The following were elected: Chief Burgess, Rudolph Williams; Assistant Burgess, Samuel Reed; Councilman, Augustus Pelan, F. 8. Diets, John Felix; School Directors, K. K. Smith, (2 yrs.) M. Clepper, H. M. North; High Constable, Rlchaid Derrick. Paradise Union Lyceum. —Pursuant to adjournment the Paradise Union Lyceum met in Paradise Hall, on Wednesday evening, January 7th. The first business In order was the election of officers, to 1 serve for the next three months, which resulted as follows —President, Amos A. Hank; Vice President, A. D. Groff; Secretary, M. B. Eshleman; Cor. Secretary, B. Weaver; Treasurer, W. Crawford. An essay was then read by Isaac K. Ryan, on “Vocal : Music.” He was followed by Elam Eshleman, in a humor ous and well written address on the last Presidential elee ; tion. A lecture was then delivered by Amos A. Hank.— . Subject—“ Our Destiny.” The question, “Should Emlgra -1 tion be encouraged?” wasdsscussed in .an able manner by , several of the members. A resolution was unanimously adopted Inviting Samuel H. Reynolds, Esq., to deliver a lecture before the Lyceum. The next meeting of the Lyceum will be held on Wed nesday evening, January 21st, when a lecture will be de livered by P. J. Nichols, Esq. The meetings of the Lyceum thus far have\een well attended by the citizens of Paradise and vicinity, the au dience being composed of a goodly number of Ladies, which is a source of much gratification to the member*.; And It is to be hoped that the interest taken in the welikre of the Lyceum heretofore, will not be abated. Lancaster, January 9th, 1857. J®-The Canal Debt of the State ot New York ia $24,666,289, and $2,500,000 are needed to complete the enlargement of the Canal —which last sum the newly installed Governor, Kino, recommends to be raised by taxation, instead of borrowing the money as has been the praotice heretofore. A capital suggestion,' we think, and one whioh merits the favorable consideration of the people of all the other States of the Union. j®* Dr. Elisha K. Kane, the great Arotic explorer, is uow lying dangerously ill at Ha vana, in the bland of Cuba, whither he had recently gone, by the advice of his physicians, for the benefit of Jiis health. I j®. Col. Elijah Trovillo, a veteran of the ~War of 1812, and formerly High Sheriff of Allegheny county, died at his midsnoe in Pittsburg, on Tuesday lost, aged 76 years. $77,276 80 76,823 91 A MEMBER.
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