INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A, SANDERSON, Associate. LANCASTER, PA. r JUNE 2, 1857. cmctTLATiou, 3100 COPIES I BUE6CEIPTION Pnat, $2,00 jot annum. 9BBCOORAXZO STATS TXOBBT. JOB GOVERNOR. WILLIAM F. PACKBR,| Lyeoming County. 108 CANAL COMMISSIONER. NIMROD STRICKLAND, Chester County. Democratic State Convention. The Democratic State Convention -will re convene, at Harrisburg, on the 9th day of June next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the pur pose of nominating candidates to fill vacancies on the Supreme Bench, occasioned by the retiring of Chief Justice Lewis, and the ap pointment. of Judge |Black as Attorney General of the United States. The following are the Delegates from Lan caster county: Senatorial —William Patton. .Representative—Thomas S. Mcllvain, Oeo. G. Brush, Jacob F. Kautz, Benjamin M. Stauffer, Joel L. Lightner. Wily Should They Notl There is some talk in New York of raising the price of several of the daily newspapers from two to three cents. Many reasons are given for the proposed alteration —the princi pal one of which is, that in consequence of the general rise in the .prices of overy-.thing, it is almost twice as expensive to publish a newspaper now as it was a few years since.— In fact the price now i paid for a daily or a weekly scarcely more than pays for the paper on-which it is printed, and the publishers of many of them, especially where the adver tising patronage is limited, will be compelled, in self preservation to advance the terms. It is probably owing to this loss upon newspa pers, that the number of dailies published in Boston has diminished! from thirteen to eighty the proprietors of some deeming that a consol idation of some two or three was the only way to preserve their existence. The same may be said of a number of weeklies all over the country. Few pursuits in life are as unre munerative as newspaper publishing. There ii no end to the toil and labor required in get ting out a paper, and the constant strain upon the.mind and brain is of a most enerverating character. .In nine cases out of ten, all this toil and labor meet with a poor return, and after wearing himself. out in endeavoring to secure a competency, and in building up oth ers, the editor retires inte private life, broken down and shattered in constitution, poor in pocket, and, it may be, receiving only pity and contempt for his want of success, instead of the warm hearted support and encourage ment of those to whose instruction and enter tainment he has devoted the best portion of his life.. U. S. Minister to China. —The Union of Friday announces officially the appointment of the Hon. William B. Reed as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China, and says that he arrived in Wash ington on Wednesday evening last, and will leave in the course of a few days for Norfolk, where the new steam frigate Minnesota has been ordered to meet and convey him' to [the scene of his future labors. In making this publication the'Union says; “The appointmnet of Mr. Reed of envoy extraordinary ®nd minister plenipotentiary to China, although officially communicated to him only yesterday, will not take the country by surprise. On the contrary, the general suppo sition that the office had been, or would be offer ed to this distinguished gentleman has called forth an expression of approbation from the press as hearty, as it !is entirely free from a partisan character. On all sides it seems to be cordially conceded that this appointment ‘is eminently fit to be made/ and not tbe least pleasing circumstance connected with it is the conspicuous recognition, in the person, of Mr. Reed, of the valuable and valued services of the old-line Whigs.” Virginia Still Democratic. The Democracy of'the Old Dominion cov ered themselves all over with glory, at the election on Thursday last. The returns are not all received as yet at Richmond, but enough is known to warrant the belief that the entire delegation to Congress, as also an overwhelming majority in both branches of the Legislature, will be Democratic. The Demo crats also elected the Attorney General by a large majority. It is a great triumph in the “Mother,of States and of Statesmen,” but nothing more than might have been anticipated from Hor indomitable Democracy. B£&»It is stated that Gen. H. D. Foster, ''of Westmoreland, and Hon. C. R. Buckalew, of Columbia county, have been engaged as coun sel in favor of the contemplated injunction against the Bale of the public works. The editor of the Star of the North has been told by Mr. Buckalew, the grounds upon which 'the application for the injunction will be made, and states, as his opinion, that they will prove strong and conclusive with the Supreme Court. Edltori in Lack. Some of our editorial brethren are in luck in the matter of the appointment to office.— Col. Richardson, of . the Baltimore Argus, and Mr. Baughman, of the Frederick Citizen, have both been appointed Appraisers in the Custom House, at Baltimore, by the President. The duties of the office are 6aid to be quite light, and the salary is $2,500 a year. Speak ing of these appointments, the Baltimore Dispatch truly says := —“ No class of men ren der more efficient political service than editors; and when there: are rewards to bestow, they should not be overlooked.” We fully agree with our contemporary in the remark. District Attorney’s Fees Enlarged.— A bill has passed the Legislature to enlarge the fees of the District Attorneys throughout the State. The fee for drawing an indictment and prosecuting offences in the Oyer and Ter miner, which was $4, is now $lO ; a bill in the same court returned “ ignoramus,” which lormerly cost the county $3, will now cost SG; indictments and prosecutions in the Quarter Sessions, formerly $3, are now $5; a bill “ jgnoramused " in the Court, formerly $1 50, now $3 ; every oase of surety of the peace, for merly $1 50 is now $3; a ease settled by leave of court formerly $1 50 is now $3. Dred Scott, about wKom considerable noise has been made of late, is a slave no more —having been emancipated, with his wife and two daughters, by Taylor Blow, Esq., his legal owner. This news—in which we sincerely rejoice—will hardly be welcome to some of our Black Republican friends, who had calcu lated upon using poor old Dred in the coming campaign, with fine political effeot, as a martyr” to what they ‘lugubriously term "the dred-ful aggressions of the slave-power.” But DreS is at liberty, and the occupation of the mock Bympathy-makers is gone, for the time. •‘ What Shadows TV. Are !’> Daring the last week three distinguished men were called away by death, viz: Sena tor Adaus, of Mississippi, Senator Butler, of Soath Carolina, and Senator Bell, of New Hampshire. Bioleb, of this State, is now on a tour of observation through the western States and territories. The Cabinet of Sir. Buchanan. Among the fortunate circumstances that have accompanied our new President! on his accession to the great office conferred upon him by the voice of his fellow-citizens, may be named the character and promise of the gen tlemen who constitute his cabinet. We do not profess to be familiar with their private history, bat, as almost all of them haye borne the title of Governor, we take it for granted they have been accounted among the first of the citizens of their respective Commonwealths, and that they are familiar with the principles of oivil administration. They have, moreover, been selected with a due regard to the inter nal balanee of power and influence in the States. Generally, they are older men than the majority of those who composed the last administration, *and, consequently, if they have less fire, they have more experience. Beginning with Gen. Cass, we find a man who has heretofore been regarded as a leader, if not the leader of the democratic party in the country, to whose interests and honor he has ever been devoted with an inextinguisha ble enthusiasm. Temperance and industry have'kept all his faculties—physical and intel lectual —bright and serviceable. We are told that at his advanced age, when most men feel inertness creeping over them, he exhibits the alertness of a man of 40 or 50 years ; that his speech is clear, his hearing excellent, his per ception accurate, and his powers of application unimpaired. Prevented by a burst of military enthusiasm from reaching that chair which he would have adorned, he was promptly placed by his State in another chair, second only to the former —that of a United States Senator, where he did good service. And when the dark tide of modern abolitionism swept over his State, displacing its best friend and father, tbe whole country spoke through Mr. Buchan an, as he called him to the first place in' his cabinet. That place, rendered difficult by the abilities of its late incumbent, he will fill with honor to himself and the nation. In spired by a patriotism, pure, deep, and fervent, he will be tormented by no ambition to deal in startling diplomacy, nor at his age seek to embroil us with foreign powers. At the same time he will inflexibly defend the honor, of his country. Domestic influences had blessed the. moral virtues of the man, and the man always influences the statesman. Domestic afflictions softened without impairing the en ergies of his moral nature ; and any influence that leads the soul to a Superior Power is fitted to lead it in the path of duty, prudence, and rectitude. All history attests the advan tage of private virtues to a man in public station. Of- this Washington was an illustrious instance. All history demonstrates the disas trous. effect of private vices upon a man invested with power. Let Aaron' Burr and others illustrate this. In this matter we have been singularly fortunate in our Presidents. In Secretary Cobb we have a comparatively young man, in whom filial affection is said to bo a luminous trait. A widowed mother is happier in her son as a son than as Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, however much might be pardoned to maternal pride.— A noble San is he—generous in his nature- genial in his temperament, scorning a pro, scriptive spirit, destined to be popular in his department, while he maintains the high position and character of the national finances. His administration thus far has been highly satisfactory to our merchants. He is prompt, energetic, and free from technicalities. The Secretary from New England, Toucv, has the bearing of a gentleman of the old school is learned in the law, of urbane deport ment, clear in his conceptions, high minded in his principles, firm of purpose, and devoted ■to the honor of the navy. The spirit of fanat icism has unwittingly elevated him to his present post. Old Connecticut will be honored in spite of herself; if not by direct by reflect ed acts. Thompson, of the Interior, is a western man in feeling, purpose, and manners. He is striving to give all possible efficacy to the measures of Congress for opening that vast territory,- where our national energies are displaying themselves, and over which we of the East seek to grasp the hands of those on the Pacific waters. Floyd, of Virginia, has the true, gallant spirit of the cavaliers, and the genuine national spirit, and will make the paraphernalia of war subservient to the conservation of pease. The army will respect their head. From the West again comes the Postmaster General, Brown, a*man ofstalworth propor tions, and faithful application to business. Last of all, the Attorney General, Black, if not equal to his versatile predecessor, who is really an intellectual curiosity, will dis charge his legal duties like a true Pennsylva nia lawyer, and prolong the respectability of the office, which if less multifarious in its demands than others, is yet no sinecure. In worldly wealth, this is probably the richest American cabinet that ever convened since we became a nation. Some count their means by hundreds of thousands, some by millions. They are, therefore, beyond the reach of pov erty’s temptation. Whether those of wealth are less dangerous remains to be seen. But they are not men of show, though they will prove men of .hospitality. True republicans all, they hajrmonize with the simplicity of our institutional And they are conservative men; so that ourjpilot at the helm will be cheered by their encouraging voices, while he steers the vessel (jf State through the storms that are yet to lower. — N. York Journal of Commerce. The Senate. —The terms of the fol lowing Senators expired with the close of the recent session : David Taggart, Rep., Northumberland County. James M. Sellers, Rep., Juniata “ William E. Frazer, Rep., Fayette “ Francia Jordan, Rep., Bedford - John C. Flenniken, Rep., Greene* “ James H. Walton, Dem., Monroe John W. Killinger, Rep., Lebanon “ Jacob G. Shuman, Rep., Lancaster James J. Lewis, Rep., Delaware “ N. B. Browne, Dem., Philadelphia William A. Crabbe, Rep., “ “ Note Shaving. —The Philadelphia News, makes mention of a very nice piece of shaving on the part of the Consolidation Bank. It appears that certain parties doing business with the Bank some time since applied for discounts, to the amount of ten thousand dol lars. The officers of the Bank proposed to discount the paper with an understanding that half the amount discounted should remain with the Bank, although to the credit of the parties, thus charging interest on ten thousand dollars* when but five were given, or in other words, charging'the parties twelve per cent, instead of six. The arrangement it seems was acced ed to, and the operation was thus perfected. During the last week, the parties checked upon the balance, when the officer in atten dance demurred to the payment of the draft Subsequently a formal demand was made for its payment, when, as we learn, it was refused on the ground of the arrangement referred to; but upon being presented by a Notary, with a view to protest, the officers of the Bank backed out of their position, and caused it to be marked good. “ A subscriber,” (whom we suspect to be some narrow minded Leech) asks us why we advertise Dr. Ayer’s Pills, and we will give him our seven reasons for so doing. The first, second and third are that we are paid for it. Tho fourth is, we know them by experi ence to bo good. The fifth is that Dr. Ayer’s preparations being recommended by better men than we—by physicians of the,.highest talent and the deepest learning in we are well sustained in our own cdSraßfibiifr. of their value. The sixth is that tEHjfraQ cheap as well as useful. The last least is that they have done and are doing an amount of good in this community which our old fogy friend if he could repeat Hunself ten thousand times, might never hope to equal, and we trust by making them 'known, to render some service to our readers sis well as ourselves. —Christian Advocate. Another Startling Tragedy-Elder Pratt» yoo moat state ill! the note where you can be the Mormon, Killed. found, snd Elder Cook .will probably call on Seduction of a Wife in California—-She De yon before he can have time to see me, as I serts, her Husband — Steals Away her Chil may be some days’journey away, for I don’t dren, and is Seuled as the Ninth Concubine ma( >b expect you at Fort Gibson, as I don't to her Deb author. believe you received my last letter , mailed at [From the sl Louis Democrat, May &.] . St. Louis , March 4, and addressed as usual to 1 We have to record to-day another painful usual place. Elder Cook knows all; and narrative of Mormon iniquity, seduction and you ean him with all the necessary in villainy, followed up in this instance, however, f ormation> when I know you and the chil as it will be seen, by. a summary vengeance en are aa fo and your circumstances, I will from the injured husband. The account which tn o w what to do. we publish below is taken from the Van Buren “Be sure not to let the Texas company (Ark.) Intelligencer, and gives in brief the know anythin& fop tbe frontiers are facts of the case pretty much as they have watched| and ~ me of them may betray you occurred. From the Fort bmith Herald and there> j mQgt hide or you 80me the New Orleans Bulletin, we also have con- Qt b or way J firmation of the whole story up to the last act , “p ra y muc h. Be still and wise. I have ■ in the drama, the tragic death of Elder Pratt, ma( j e age 0 f Bome gf the late alterations in the the Mormon Apostle. Thus it will be seen alphabet> I ara well, “and your own what utter ruin and devastation has been Other letters we may, perhaps, publish to-. wrought in a virtuous family by the designing morroWj together with some further particu- i arts of a saintly scoundrel, and tbe lures of a lar£J> M tho laUneBS 0 f t b e hour and the want! false and licentious faith. Here is what the of g compe i 8 gg to withhold them at the ! Van Buren Intelligencer records of the termi- preS e nt nation of the affair: “ Tragical. —lt is with regret that we have to chronicle the homicide, committed in our vicinity on Wednesday last, by Mr. Hector , M. McLean, late of San Francisco, California, j upon the person of a Mormon preacher. More j than all do we deplore tUb melancholy i affair that led to its commission. The deceased, ; whose name was Parley Parker Pratt, was a j man of note among tbe Mormons, and judging i *from his diary and Mrs. McLean, was a man of more than ordinary ability.— He had been a preacher and missionary of the Mormons in San Francisco, California, where he made the acquaintance of Mrs. Mc- Lean, whom he induced to embrace the Mormon faith. “ She was at that time living with her hus band, Hector McLean; they were happy and prosperous until she made the acquaintance of Pratt and embraced the Mormon faith. — She iB tho mother of three children by McLean, two boys and a girl, and seems to be an’intel ligentand interesting lady; converses fluently, and with more grace and ease than most ladies. About two years ago, and soon after she be came a convert to Mormonism, she made an attempt to abduct two of her children to Utah, but was detected and prevented by her brother, who was then in California, and residing with his brother-in-law, Mr. McLean. She soon after, however, found means to elope with said Pratt to Salt Lake, where, it is said, she became his ninth wife. * “ After tho elopement of Mrs. McLean, her parents, who reside near New Orleans, wrote to Mr. McLean, in California to send the chil dren to them. He did so. Several months after this Mr. McLean received news that his wife had been to her father, in New Orleans, and eloped with the two youngest children. — He immediately left San Francisco for New Orleans, and on arriving at the house of his father-in-law, he learned from them that Mrs. McLean had been there, and after an ineffec tual effort to convert her father and mother to Mormonism, she pretended to abandon it herself, and so far obtained the confi(|ence of her parents, as to induce them to entrust heT in the city of New Orleans with the children, but they soon found that she had betrayed their confidence and eloped with the children. “ They then wrote to McLean in San Fran cisco, who, upon the receipt of their letter, went to New Orleans, and learning from them the above facts in relation to the affair, imme diately started in the pursuit of the children. He went to New York, then \to St. Louis.— While in St. Louis, he learned that the woman and children were in Houston, Texas, his arrival in Houston, he found that his wife had left some time before his arrival, to join a large party of Mormons, en> route for Utah. He then returned to New Orleans, and from there to Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee Nation, with-the expectation of intercepting his wife and children at that point. “On arriving at Fort Gibson, and while there, he found letters in tho Post Office to his wife from Pratt, some of which were mailed at St Louis, and others at Flint Post Office, Cherokee Nation. We are unable to give the contents* of these letters with particularity, but they contained the fact that McLean was on the lookout for her and the children, and that they were betrayed by the Apostates and Gentiles, and advising her to be cautious in her movements, andnottoletherselfbeknown only to a few of the Saints and Elders. Mc- Lean then, upon affidavit made by himself, obtained a writ from the United States Com missioner at that place for their arrest, and succeeded in getting them arrested by the United States Marshal. They were brought to this place for trial, and, after an examination before the Commissioner, were discharged. “ Pratt as soon as released, mounted his horse and left the city. McLean soon after obtained a horse and started in pursuit, and overtook Pratt about eight miles from the city and shot him. Pratt died in about two hours after receiving the wound. This is a plain narrative of the tacts, as we heard them from the most reliable sources, which we give to our readers without comment, as we feel that we are unable to do so with justice to all par ties. But deeply do we sympathize with McLean in the unfortunate condition in which Mormon villainy and fanaticism has placed him ” To furnish some idea of the sentiments which prevailed in the vicinity where the tragedy occurred, we subjoin the following from the Fort Smith Herald of May 16 : “ ONE MORMON LESS ! “ Nine more Widows!! Alas for the Mormon Prophet! ! If thou hast power to raise the dead , Parley, raise thyself. “We learn that on examination of P. P. Pratt before the United States Commissioner, he was discharged, and that while on his way to the hills to make good his escape from an enraged community and an abused and highly aggravated husband, ho was shot and is now dead. It is well—we are pleased to see that such men, not men, demons, pur suing such a course, cannot with impunity come into our midst, in Arkansas, and advo cate their unholy, diabolical doctrine, and go unpunished. “We know, but care not,‘that we will be censured by some, for rejoicing over the un timely death of a human being, who has been launched, unprepared, into the presence of. his God ; but we hold it to be much better that this Mormon should be thus launched, than that he should be spared to cause the ruin of hundreds and perhaps thousands of his fellow-, beings by leading them astray and getting them under the clutches of Mormonism, there to practise crime in its every shape—there to forget and even abandon and disrespect the God that made them, and by whom they move and live—there to worship and do homage to a demon in human form and to obey his dic tates, even to the killing of a brother—we say it is of vastly more importance that the lives of all such men as Pratt, should, at once, be put an end 10, than that he should be instrumental in damning thousands of others with him. “ We do not wish to be understood as ad vocating the open, wilful and deliberate vio lation of law, in shooting and taking away life ; but there are cases where crime is known to have been committed—where licentious, open, wanton and brutal practices are pursued —where men deserve punishment, and where the law is too lame and cannot reach them and where the aggrieved party can have no redress or satisfaction by law; and the case before us is one of that kind, and a very ag gravated one, too.” In addition to the foregoing, we have been placed in possession of some of the letters from Elder Pratt to his victim after she had re turned from Salt Lake, in order to get the children from their custody in New Orleans. She had succeeeded in bo doing, and fled to Texas. The letter is addressed “ Miss Lucy R. Parker, by P. Parker Pratt, from near Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation—dated April 14, 1857. “ Dear Eleanor : McLean is in St Louis; he has offered a reward for your discovery, or your children, or me. • The apostates have betrayed me and you. I had to get away on foot and leave all to save myself. If you come to Fort Gibson you can hire a messenger and send him to Riley Perryman’s mill on the Arkansas river, twenty five miles from Fort Gibson, and let him enquire for Washington N. Cook, Mormon missionary, and when he he has found him he will soon tell where El der—Pratt—Parker is. Do not let your children or any friend know I am in this region, or any where else on earth; except it be an elder from Texas who is in your confidence, and even him under the strictest charge of keep you it. “If you send a messenger to Perryman’s mill for Elder Cook in order to find me, send •a note addressd to Washington N. Cook.— Everybody knows the place. He may live a few miles distant, but the folks know where he is. And if they can be made sensible that it requires immediate action, some of them can go and find him. Your messenger oan leave the note at Riley Peiryman’s, or with Elder George Burgess there, and return, but Revolt of the Chinese Coolies—Horrors of the Coolie Trade. The Singapore Times gives the particulars | of the recent revolt of the Coolies on board the [ Peruvian ship Carman, and the Friend ofj China, an account of another revolt on the British ship Gulnare, attended with a terrible loss of life. These accounts show the nature and character of the Coolie trade, so called, in which British merchants are interested, to be fully as bad and probably a great deal worse, than the African slave trade over which the British people have shed so many crocodile tears. The truth is, British sympathy for the negro race is all ’hollow and pretentious. — They agitate the emancipation as a'matter of policy, and because they hope that the Slavery question will ultimately destroy the United States—not because they have, any love for the poor negro. The following are the extracts from the pa pars above mentioned in regard to the Coolie revolt: “ On board the Carmen were two hundred coolies, who endeavored to take the ship.— They threw a quantity of burning straw into the hold which fell omong the contents of their beds, (straw) paper and fragments of Wooden boxes, which it appears they had previously broken up. The crew immediately armed, and the coolies were forcibly driven down below. The captain first desired the powder in the ship to be thrown overboard, and then tried to extinguish the fire by closing the hatchways, but in vain ; the flames soon seized on every part of the ship, affording time to get out only two boats. The captain, officers and crew, numbering in all 14, with 7 passen gers, having been able to secure a few arms, but without water or provisions, quitted the burning ship in the boats. At this time some of the coolies had forced the hatchways, and were observed passing up the rigging, but the masts shortly afterwards fell over into the sea. •Just as the boat (in which was the captain) had reached the vessel, the latter went down, and the boat must have been taken down with the sinking ship,as nothing was seen of the cap tain or the people, although the mate remained close by for nearly four hours. -The greater part of the coolies must have been suffocated by the whole perished except an . interpreter. On board the Gulnare, the Coolies made a similar assault upon its officers. The captain, officers and crew immediately rushed out and rescued the third mate and sentry, who were seriously wounded. The coolies fought with fearful desperation, and in some instances were fairly cut to pieces before they were driven below ; in fact they returned the fire for some ten minutes, with basins, firewood, &c., and by an oversight of the officers, had smug gled from the deck all the chain-hooks and axes, and concealed them below. After the coolies had been driven below they again be gan throwing up at the crew basins and fire wood. One pistol was fired up the hatchway in the direction of the poop. Finding they could not regain the deck, the coolies broke up their berths and set the ship on fire in the main, mizen, and poop and hatchways, but when the leaders in the incendiarism were shot down they immediately extinguished the fires. The third mate and sentry were the only two of the crew who were seriously wounded. Twenty-seven coolies were killed and wounded —ten killed, three drowned and fourteen wounded. Some have since jumped overboard. “ A Rose by any other [Name, Ac.” The great facility with which the opposition to the Democratic party change their names, ha 9 been frequently the subject of amusing comment. In several of the New England States as well as in Pennsylvania, they now style themselves “the Union party”—not a party to uphold and perpetuate the union of the States, but a party which owes its present temporary, mischievous existence to a union of Abolitionists, Black Republicans, Know- Nothings and Infidels. In alluding to this fusion or “union” party, the New Haven Reg ister very truly remarks: “This is the twenty-fifth name that the op ponents of the democracy have taken in the present generation ; and we now predict they will get flogged out of that, just as they have been from all the rest, before the year is out. Their names have been generally good ; there could be none better than Whig, Republican, or American ; the then last used up. It is, however, the bad conduct, the unpatriotic and traitorous ends of the leaders, that renders it immaterial what name they take. They have no national principles—no fixed policy—no common bond of union. They trust to nothing but some momentary excite ment—some side issue—some new humbug about negroes, and, having no confidence in the masses of the people, they live on delusion, and make a merchandise of isms.” The Coming Wheat Crop. At the present time, when the rates for all kinds of provisions are almost at famine prices, and in some parts of the country the old stock appears to be exhausted, it is a matter of more than usual concern to know what is the prospect of the coming wheat crop throughout the West. A poor harvest would, we fear, bring unparalleled distress to a large class of our population, who would find the means of a comfortable living beyond their reach. We have examined our exchanges from Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana, with much solicitude, and they are nearly all sanguine of a large wheat crop—the most important bread staple. In regard to Illinois, the Chicago Times says : “In this State the quantity of wheat that will be raised on lands in cultivation last year will be fully as great as the last year's crop, leaving the new lands to add their first crop to the aggregate amount. In middle Illinois and further up north it is true that' large quantities of winter wheat have been destroyed, but the destruction has not been general, nor indeed half as extensive as has been rep resented. In many places fields, in which the wheathad been regarded askilled, have put on the green coats, and are flourishing. It is true the fields will #ot yield in the proportion that they were expected to have done, still they will yield half crops. Others, which have escaped the frost, will yield greater than an average. In lower Illinois the wheat will be all in head before the Ist of June, and the losses will' prove not only small in extent, but very small in proportion to the vast amount sown. -* * * * * * “ Spring wheat rarely, if ever, fails in Illinois, and, though the winter wheat pro duced in the State may not exceed last year’s product, the spring wheat will, in all proba bility, be nearly double that raised in 1856. The actual cash returns, therefore, of the Illi nois wheat crop in 1857, estimating at last year’s prices, and allowing for the difference between winter and spring wheat, will exceed that of the crop of 1856. Ohio Elections. —The town and municpial elections in Ohio, have resulted more favor ably for the Democracy than they have for maDy years. The Kansas exoitement has about burnt itself out, and there is every indi cation that, if the Democracy nominate a good State ticket, they will elect it triumphantly, despite the opposition of the factions. CITY AXD COUNTY AFF4IRS. Superstition. only, the fools are not all dead yet, even in Lancaster county. The Evening Express, of Wednesday, gives an account of a scene which occurred at Epbrata on Sunday wr-ek. Some persons supposing that a young lady, who died about nine years ago, vrihdr&wing the rest of her family to the grave, by reason of getting the winding sheet in her mouth, took it into their silly heads to disinter the body and make way with the cause of so much dread to the friends, some of whom, object strongly to so soon going to that “bourne from whence no traveler h«g e’er returned.” On opening the coffin no sheet was found, it having, as a matter of course, long since rotted away. If the goodpeople of Ephrata have any more such fools In their midst, they ought to at once build a Lunatic Avium and place them in it. Bachman’s Residence Sold;— The mag nificent residence of B. C. Bachman, Esq., late President of the Lancaster Bank, on Duke street, was sold at Sheriff's sale, on Thursday last, to James B. Lane, Esq., for $13,100. This mansion was built some three years ago, and is said to have cost $30,000. Red Men.—A grand parade of the Red Men, from several States, is to take place in this city in October next It will, no doubt, be a sight worth seeing. Wonder if any Winrnebagos will be about ? - Left for Europe.—Mr. J. J. Sprenger, of the Arm of Sprenger & Westhasffer, 33 North Queen street, left on Wednesday last on a voyage to Europe. Mr. S. intends visiting several countries of the old world. His many friends wish him a pleasant journey and safe return. Fencibles’ Pic Nic.—The Fencibles will give a Pic Nic in the latter part of this month, at one of the pleasant-retreats around Lancaster. A jolly time i? in store for all who participate. Friendship Pic Nic.—This gallant and efficient company of the Fire Department will giro their Annual Pic Nic at the Rocky Spring, one mile and a half from the city, on Tuesday next. From the manner in which the Friendship boys have gotten up these affairs on former occasions it will, doubtless, be an agreeably spent day to all concerned. Change of Time.—On yesterday the Pas senger Trains commenced leaving this city as follows: GOING EAST. Express Train leaves Lancaster at Lancaster Train “ Way Train “ Through Mail Train Fast Line GOING WEST. Through Mail Train leaves Lancaster at 10.35 a. m Fast Line “ 3.55 p. m Way Train Express Train “ “ 2.10 a. m. .The Lancaster Train arrives In this city from Philadel phia at 8 o’clock a. m. The Through Mail, Way Train, and Express Mail connect with Columbia. Lancaster Mercantile College. —By the advertisement of this Institution, in another column, our readers will perceive that it is now open for the admission of students. We take pleasure in recommending it to all who desire to qualify themselves thoroughly for business ; and as no man can claim to be fully prepared to enter into bnsinosß while be is unacqnafnted with the manner of Regulating books, or without some knowledge of the prin ciples 'of Mercantile Law, Political Economy, Ac., a few weeks could not bo better employed, by young men, than by pursuing a course of study in this Institution, and no better recommendation, to business people, could be had than its diploma signed by the Faculty. Diagnothian Anniversary. —The 23rd Anniversary of the Diagnothian Society of Franklin and Marshall College was celebrated, at Fulton Hall, on Friday evening. The house wag’crowded to overflowing, and everything passed off in the most pleasant manner. Death of a Fireman. —The Sun Hose, at a meeting at their hall, in Vine street, on Thursday eve ning last, passed appropriate resolutions relative to the death of Henry Roadman, late a member of that company. The Strasburg Herald. —This is the title of a paper about being started in the beautiful village of Strasburg. The editors and publishers will be Messrs. Jamefc B. Strine and William Kauffman, formerly of the Inland Daily Times establishment. They are active and intelligent young gentlemen, good practical printers, and will make a neat and interesting paper. May their fondest wishes be realized. Another Fire.—A fire occurred on Satur day night, about 12 o’clock, at Humesville, just outside of the city limits, which destroyed several sheds, belonging to a German, used as a receptacle for all kinds of carcasss, and the rendering of fat, Ac. Several of our Fire Compa nies were there, but the distance was too great for them to be of any effective service. Whitsuntide.— Yesterday being Whitsun tide the city was crowded with people from all parts of the count} - . All seemed to enjoy themselves, and looked in the best of humor with ‘‘the world and the rest of mankind.’, A Brilliant Sermon. —We had the pleas ure, on Sunday last, : ot listening to ono'of the most powerful discourses which it has over been our good fortune to hear, from Rev. Dr. llodoson, in the Duke street M. E. Church. His text was in Revelation 7th—l4th, 15th and 16th verses. Some of his flights were tbTillingly sublime and eloquent, and the sermon was listened to with unflagging interest by the large audience in attendance. Thunder Storm.—Quite a heavy thunder gust passed over this city on Sunday evening last. The lightning struck a tree, and also one of the gate posti of the enclosure around the basin at the east end of towa. FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA. Arrival of the Illinois. GEN. HENNINGSEN ;AND COL. TITUS AMONG THE PASSENGERS. GEN. WALKER’S SURRENDER. New York, May 28.—The U. S. mail steam ship Illinois, which left Aspinwall on the 19th, arrived at her wharf at 4 o’clock, this afternoon. She brings eight hundred passengers, and $1,760,000 in gold; the latter principally consigned as follows: — Drexel & Co. $300,000 Wells, Fargo & Co. 300,000 Robb, Hallett & Co. 200,000 Duncan, Sherman & Co. 200,000 General Henningsen and Colonel Titus, two of General Walker's staff, are among her pas sengers. The Illinois connected at Aspinwall with the Golden Gate, which brought down nearly two and a quarter million of dollars. Semi-official information received at Pa nama from Bogota, states that the islands in the Bay of Panama, together with the tonnage dues on American vessels, have been ceded to England. Information of the execution of Col. Crabb and party had been received at Panama. Lieut. Strain died at Panama on the 14th inst. The Capitulation or Gen. Walker.—Ri vas was evacuated on the first day of May, by General Walker, he having capitulated to the Costa Ricans, and being allowed to retire on board the U. S. sloop of war St. Mary'*, to gether with his officers. The remnant of his army was sent down in a steamer to Panama. The Costa Ricans received the news of Gen eral Walker's surrender with great rejoicing, and were making extensive preparations for the reception of »Gen. Mora at San Jose, on his return from Rivas. Valparaiso and Callao— A Midnight At tack upon Calpao. —The advices at Panama from Valparaiso are to the 16th of April, and from Callao to the 26th. Gen. Vivanoo, with two steamers and five hundred men, attacked Callao at midnight on the 20th of April. A brisk fight ensued in the streets of that city, which rosulted in Vi vanco's total defeat, a large part of his force being made prisoners. General Vivanco remains on board the steamer ; General Plaza, of the government army, and Gen. Lopera and Colonel Rodri gues, of the insurgents, were killed. Gener als Vigil and Machuca, of the insurgents, were wounded and taken prisoners. Vivanco es caped with the steamer. He says he has 3500 troops at does not acknowledge a final defeat. f The revolutionary - ' ships “Loa," “Guise" and “Iscucha,” were at Chincas, four days after the fight. „ During the funeral obsequies of Gen. Plaza, at Callao, a report that Gen Vivanco's troops were landing, caused great excitement. Du ring the confusion which ensued, Mr. Eaton Clark, the American Consul at that place, was shot dead. The custom-house of Callao was closed, and all business was suspended throughout the city. California. —The California news is un important. The State Legislature adjourned on the 30th of April, having passed two hundred and eighty bills during the session. The mining news is favorable. The supply of water at the mines was more abundant than usual. The grain and fruit crops are represented as suffering from drought. The Opinions in the Dred Scott Case.— The official report of the opinions of the Su preme Court in the Dred Scott case have at last appeared. They are published by the Appletons, who purchased the privilege, it is said, from Mr. Howard the reporter. They make a volume of just three hundred ootavo pages. Judge Taney's opinion occupies sixty three pages ; Judge Nelson's twelve; Judge Grier's less than half a page ; Judge Daniels' twenW-four pages ; Judge Campbell's twenty six ; Judge Catron's eleven ; Judge McLean's thirty-five, Judge Curtis' sixty-eight. ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE. Weather. Markets, dc. — Thalberg — Gov. Walker—The Mur der of Webb—A Chapter of Murders—Four Men to be Hung—Steamboat Sunk—The Rock Island Bridge— Locejoy, the Abolitionist—Contemplated Railroad Cele bration in this City — Mr. Buchanan Expected—Utah Governor —Outrageous Omduct of the Mormons—BiUy Bowlegs Reported Dead—The. Railroad Celebration at . • Memphis—From 15,000 to 20,000 People Present,- St. Louis, May 25,1357. This weather has been warm daring the week, and boat* ness somewhat depressed. The receipts of produce light, and the hlgb prlcss of greln have been firmly maintained —good choice wheat told on Saturday at $1.91 per bu.; corn 90@95c. A lew days since 500 sacks wheat were reshipped from New Orleans to this city, and sold at $l.BO. Feed continues very high—hey is worth from $1.85 to $2 per 100 lbs., and a good prime article will readily command $4O per ton. The rivers are in most excellent boating or der, but freights are scarce. Oar city never enjoyed better health: Thalberg’s Concerts were fashionably and numerously attended, and all who visited them speak of his efforts and those of the accomplished artistes associated with him, in the most exalted terms of commendation. Genius never goes unrewarded In this city. Gov. Robert J. Walker passed through our city en rout* to Kansas, a few days slnfce, and has, no doubt, by this time, assumed his official duties of the Territory. Mr. P H. Casey, who is attached to the Governor by private ap pointment, as Stenographer and Reporter—late of the New Tork Times —accompanies the new Governor. No clue to the murderers of Webb >»«■ yet been discov ered. The passengers of the boat on which Webb and Eaton came to this city, after hearing of the terrible oc currence which happened Mr. Webb, convened on board the boat, and passed a aeries of resolntions. It will be re' membered that Webb and Eaton had volunteered to carry a complimentary card of the officers and boat to the Re publican fot publication, and on their return, Webb was most foully murdered, therefore, at a meeting of the pas* sengers and crew of the steamer Rocket, Capt. John Wolfe in the Chair, and Capt. Alex. Dean, of Pittsburg. Secretary, the lollowing preamble and resolutions were adopted . \Vhereas, Robert M. Webb, of Lewistown, Pa., a young man of inestimable worth, affability and promise, was, by the ruthless hands of murderers, removed from among us, we do deeply sympathize with the bereaved relatives and friends in their great affliction. Resolved, That we send a copy ef this to his afflicted relations, and claim the privilege of mourniug his loss as admirers of his—for, to koow him was to love and respect him—and will ever cherish bis memory as dear to us. JOHN WOLFE, Prea't. Alxx. Dian, Secretary. Mr. Eaton still continuos in & critical condition, but the opinion seems to favor his recovery. 9.40 a. m 7.00 a. m 3.49 p. m 9.40 p. m 1.10 a. m And still another murder has been committed in our city. An unknown man, genteelly dressed, apparently 25 years ef age, was found a day or two ago, in a quarry, near the river’s edge. The body bore five mortal wounds—two stabs in the breast, two in the abdomeu and a fracture of the skull. Ills pockets wero turned inside out, and noth ing was found upon his person by which he could be re cognized. His general appearnce was that of a man of rauk. His murderer is, of course, unknown. A band<*f thieves and murderers seem constantly to infest this section «f country, and how so many perscus can be thus foully murdered, without detection, is a mystery beyond compre hension. Judge “Lynch” should assert his rights, and “ Vigilaoce Committees” put his decrees lu execution. This is the only remedy to save our Htyjrom flic dis grace which is daily enacted in a city claliniug moralit.., decency, and obedience to the laws. A murder has also been committed in the adjoining— (Jefferson) county. On laturday last, a young man named McCaue, working in the field on his farm, received a shot from a rifle, which took effect in the back. The perpetra tor then approached his victim, as is supposed, and shot him twice through the head. Who committed the bloody deed, or what it was done for, hi 6 neighbors are unable to solve. Thns, another murder has been perpetrated in the face of broad day-light, and the wretch is still at large, probably seeking another victim to steep his hands further in the blood of his fellow man. We have yet another to record. At tho Iron Mountain Post Offiee, south of St. Louis, on Friday uight, between lO.and 12 o’clock, Wm. Yeager, a tailor by trade, was most foully murdered by two men named Chas. Culbrin and Christian Stichnot. They attacked Yeager with fence rails, and completely crushed in bis skull bone. He was almost instantly killed. The meu were arrested and are confined in the jail at Farmington. Where is Judge Lynch ? A German Pedlar, named Frod. Graftonrich, was stopped near the town of Troy, Illinois, by three man, who deman ded his money, ho refused to comply with this request, when one of tho three fired at him with a shot gun, lodg ing the whole contents in his body, and another shot hhn in the head with a pistol, but before they could rob him, several travellers oamo along the road, and they fled. The wounded man survived long enough to tell the history of the affair, and describe his murderors. The inhabitants were soon alarmed, and a large body of men went 1q pur suit, and found the assassins in the woods, arretstod and conveyed them to tho jail at Troy. The latest accounts from there, state that a gallows was being erected, and tho citizens were determined upon summary punishment, and the three are probably hung by this time. We also find tho following notice in one of our city pa- Fotil Murder.—HENßY STEELE, a man about 30 or 35 years of age, dark complexion, high cheek bones, rapid speech, square build and five feet ten inches in height, without cause or provocation deliberately shot Richard Van Over, on Sunday, May 4, causing his death on the following day. I ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD will be paid for the recovery of said Steele, or for his deten tion at any place where he may be secured and brought before the officers of tho law; and any information con cerning him will be liberally paid for. Address the sub scriber at Chester P. 0., Randolph county, 111. SAMUEL VAN OVER, Peter Trotter was murdered en the 11th inst., near St- Paul, Min. T. Four horse thieves were pursued in Kansas and ovei ta ken by the owners of the horses, when a desperate fight ensued, and the four thieves wore killed upon the spot. — Served them right, and this capture may be a warning to others now infesting that Territory. A horrible murder wa? committed in Marshall county Miss. A Mr. Blaker, with his son, a deaf and dumb boy, were riding in a wagon. The old man was met on the road, killed and robbed, and the boy being so small, deaf and dumb, that he oould give no account of it, bnt deaig nated with his fingers, that two men wore engaged in it. Suspicion rested upon two negroes, who were arrested, tried and acquitted. The murder is supposed to have been committed with a ring taken from one of the oxen in the team. In out - Criminal Court a few days flinco, John La Polnte was tried and convicted of the murder of Wheaton, at Ca rondelet, some months ago. lie was sentenced to be exe cuted on the 19th day of June, the same day fixed for the execution of Nueslin, Shultz and Worrell, making in all four, who, unless sentence be commuted, will pay the penalty of the law on the 19th of Jane. Houser is now on trial in this city for murder committed in Marion county; he will no doubt make the fifth to test the strength of Missouri hemp! A young girl, 15 years of age, named lliza Evans, com mitted suicide the other day by drowning herself in a pool of water. No cause is given for the rash act. The above is certainly a chapter of crime almost unheard of in so short a space of time, and we would, for the credit and honor of our city and the laws of the country, rather chronicle for the perusal of your readers, almost any other paragraph, but when such are the facts, and it is our duty to note the passing events of the day, we write this chapter to show to what extent men can let their passions run.— We hope for the sake of humanity and the rising genera tion, never to be called upon to record another such epistle of crime. A man named Henry Rlssler has disappeared very mys teriously from his home in this city. The steamer “J. P. Tweed,” struck a rock and sunk at Portland, on the Ohio river. She had on a valuable cargo, destined for this port and the upper Mississippi. She was worth about $lO,OOO. .The steamer “ Fallß City” was caught in a storm on the Lower Mississippi, and lost her chimneys overboard and also a portion of her cabin. No lives were lost. The steamer “Arazonia,” came in contact with the Rock Island Bridge, and was so damaged that she immediateiy sunk in ten feet water. She was a new boat and on her firat trip—is owned In Pittsburgh. She was heavily, load ed, and much of her freight will be a total loss. The boat can be raised. While a stranger was mounting one of the O. A M. R R. omnibusses at the Planter’s House, a pistol fell from hi« pocket and was discharged, the ball lodging in his knee. He now lies in the Planters’ House. Is it any wonder that men carry weapons in times like these ? Mr. Gibson’s warehouse, south of Boonville, in this State, was destroyed by fire on Thursday last—loss $9,000. A meeting was to be held in Alton, Ills., by the Black Republicans, to take steps towards erecting a monument to Elijah P. Lorejoy, the Abolitionist who was shot in that city twenty years ago. He was quite forgotten until Black Republicanism sprung into existence, and the task is left for them to stick a shingle in his grave with an appropri ate device. They aro fit subjects for the proposed under taking. The great Railroad Celebration on the completion of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad connecting St. Louis with Cincinnati and the Atlantic cities, comes off on the sth of June, both in this city and Cincinnati, and great and ex* tensive preparations are being made to receive the guests, from all parts of the Union, in a creditable and praisewor thy manner. A large meeting was held at the Rotunda Of this city, resolutions were adopted and various committees appointed. The President of the U. States, Vice President and all the heads of Departments have been invited to par ticipate in the jollification. It would give us much pleas ure to see Mr. Buchanan west ef the great Mississippi, the Father of Waters, and we hope he will pay us a visit, and see for himself whether the Great West has been over esti mated. A trip irom New Orleans to St Paul would prove a great benefit to the health of our esteemed President, and the beautiful scenery along the line, the immense trade and travel, wonld combine to fill the cup with admiration and wonder—with admiration of its magnificent scenery and great rivers—with wonder at the immense trade and travel that attract the eye on every side —its agricultural productions, its commerce, and the hospitality of its citi zens. The Great West once seen must always beadmlred. We hope Mr. Buchanan will some day visit the Western country. At the approaching celebration we understand that several Military companies from New York, and Fire eompanies from Baltimore will be here and participate. A great time is expocted. The sales of land by the Illinois Central Rail Road Qp., for tho week ending the 16th inst., are 842,161 acres for the aggregate sum of $102,680 77. Nearly every day the telegraph brings us a dispatch, stating that the President has offered the appointment of Governor fbr Utah to this, that and other gentlemen. One that Col. A. Cumming, of this city, at present Indian Agent* was tendered the commission, but from what we can under, stand, such has not been the case. Ur. Buchanan can, no doubt, find plenty of men ready and willing to accept the position, but it is evident that he doaires the right kind of a man m assumo tho responsible position as Governor of Utah. Tho recent accounts from that Territory represent things in a deplorable condition—that the Morinons have taken tbc law in their own hands and defy tho'TJ. 8. au thoritles—that their system of “scaling” women to whom, soever they please, is now carried on to a most terrible ex tent—that young girls from 10 to 12 years old, are “sealed” to the inhuman wretches that Infest Mormondom—that American citizens ars refused food and 'shelter because they will not join their “Holy Church” —that American women are turned out of their houses and put under the penalty of having their throats cut, because they refuse to make common prostitutes of themselves—that property belonging to people outside of tbelr Church, has ben seised by order of Brigham Young, and its owners driven off— that those who do not think as they do are plundered* robbed and murdered—all these’, and more, too, are the crying evils which morality and the honor and glory of our American institutions demand redress, and the Pres, ident should lose no time in sending to that Territory a sufficient force to bring Brigham and bis followers to a sense of duty—a duty to obey the laws of the Government and abandon their inhuman practice of prostitution and immorality on American soil. The day is not far distant when Utah will be inhabited by a better class of people.— Mark the prediction. They have had one or two Indian skirmishes In Florida, and it Is reported that Gen. Billy Bowlegs, the great Indian Chief, has been among the number killed. The report needs confirmation. At the recent Railroad celebration at Memphis, Tenn., tho tablo upon wbicb was served the edibles and luxuries of the season, was nearly three-quarters of a mile in length! This was the largost and most extensive relebration ever givon in the South, and perhaps in tho Union. To give some idea of its extent, the Appeal says there were 8000 plates and dishes in which the dinner was served; lObbla potatoes; 2,500 lbs. beef and mutton; 400 ehickons; 75 hams ; 18 large baskets of salad; 125 turkeys; 60 pigs ; 400 to 500 lbs. cake; 180 beef tongues; raisins, almonds, oranges, in due proportion ; 12 barrels of ice water. From 10.000 tu 20,000 persons partook of this dinner. There are many other items that we might give, but our letter has already trespassed upon your space, and wo must therefore come to a halt. The Bird Law.— Wo publish below tho law for tho protection of Insectivorous Birds for the benefit of those who are in the habit of de- stroying them; Section I. —Be it enacted, &c., That no person shall wilfully kill or destroy any Insectivorous Bird in the counties of Chester, Butler, Montgomery, Bedford,, Blair,] Lan caster, Northumberland, Bucks, and Dela ware, except game, crows, blackbirds, or birds of prey; nor enter upon any enclosed lands for the purpose of hunting, with dog, gup or otherwise, without consent of the occupier or owner thereof, under* a penalty of five dollars with costs of suit for each and every offence, to be sued for and recovered beforo any magistrate, one-half for the use of the Commonwealth and one-half for tho use of tho* common schools of the district. Sec. 4 That in dofault of the payment of the fines and penalties imposed by this act, the acting magistrate may shall commit the party convicted to the jail of the proper county, for not less than five nor more than twenty days. Approved—The 14th day of April, A. D. 1855. James Pollock.. City and County Treasurers. Tho following act, relating to the duties of City and County Treasurers, passed at the recent session of the Legislature, has become a law, having been approved by tho Governor : Section 1. Be it enacted, &c, That when ever any monies shall have beeu or may here after be collected by law in any city, county or township, fur any special purpose, and paid into the hands of the treasurer of such city, county or township, it shall bo unlawful for such treasurer to apply such monies, or any part thereof, to any other purpose than that for which such monies shall have been or may be collected, and every such misapplication shall be held and deemed a misdemeanor, fur which such]treasurer may be indicted and tried in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper city and county, and upon conviction thereof such treasurer shall be punished by fino,of not less than the amount so miiapplied, and by imprisonment in the jail of the proper city or county for not less than three months nor more than one year. Provided , That prosecutions for all offences under this act shall be com menced within six years from the time when such offence was committed For the Intelligencer. Discussion of the Woman’s Rights’ Ques tion at Maytoxvn. Messrs. Editors: —ln the “Inland Weekly's” issse, of the 23d lost., we notice a communication' purporting to bo a description of the discussion hold at this place on the Saturday evening previous. The article to which wo refer was part of the “Weekly’s” Mount Joy Correspondence, signed “Spectator,” and, inas much, as it has so grossly misrepresented the position taken by Messrs. 11. E. Klugh and I*. J. Albright, of this village, we deem it due to the goutlemen alluded to to give their positions. “Spectator” (?) asserts that the opposition met the arguments of tho affirmative rather awkwardly, Ac. Now, Instead of this being the case, they met it so fairly, and so confused the gentlemanly raisrepresentors, that, although they may be “spunky,” (as “Spectator” (?) asserts,) they left In high dudgeon. But wo give the posi tion of the Negative—tho Affirmative having taken the position “that Woman should bo allowed tho right to vote und hold office; she then would enact laws in harmony with our moral nature, and would destroy such gross and heinous evils as Slavery!" To this sweeping position Mr. Klugh replied, that to compel woman to vote would degrade her; that that act would drag her down from the high position she holds in every honest man’s affections; that, to have her associate with the inebriate, excited, infuriate crowd, who often block up the passage way to tho polls, and thereto struggle and contend for her rights, she would lose tho affection and kindness lavished upon her by ev.ory noble-hearted man, which her tenderuess and sweet-trust ing confidence so j ustly entitles her to receive; that, instead of man looking up to her as an angel of goodness and virtue, he would look down on her with eontempt, hate, scorn and jealousy, and regard her as little less than a fricud. a devil! (porhaps this position gave rise to the assertion made by “Spectator” (?) that Mr. Klugh “called those who go up to deposit their votes in the ballot box devil J," (heaven save his wicked soul from the fearful guilt of any more such designing falsehoods); that if their object, in desiring to have women vote, was to destroy Slavery, the Affirmative cast a reproach at the intelligent voters of our country, and presented the anomaly of a nation of fall grown men who, unable to govoru themselves, wore compelled to.call to their assistance the confiding, trusting, loving women of our country, and implore them for God’s sake, and the sake of poor suffering humanity, (specimens of which stared them in the face,) tearfully beseeching them to vote and save the country, destroy the heinout evils of 81avory and, thereby, do that for them which they were unable to do themselves. He concluded by intimating that thoso who undertook the cause of woman’s rights were nowforsakiag it, and that tho Black Republican and Abolition propa gandist now takes it up, hoping, thereby, to inveigle into their ranks soft-brained youth who think to find favor with the women for their voting. Mr. Albright then arose and maintained that wom&n is a different being from tnAn. aud physically designed for a different position, or to occupy a different sphere In life, and, therefore, the object of her beiag subjected to tho duties or respoasibilities independent of those which be long to man in his position, and entirely distinct. He argued that the doctrine was impolitic, unnecessary and laborious, and reasoned, at some length, on the above propositions, and, in conclusion, asked the question “who are the advocates of tho so-called woman’s rights’ agita tion ?” He asserted they were Individuals wbonf he did not desire his child to imitato i« morality or religion, and became rather excited in replying to certain arguments advanced by the Affirmative—they having asserted “that in case of the inhuman treatment by the husband of tho wife, she bad no redress,” Ac., to which he replied, with con siderable warmth, declaring the assertion false, and added that woman’s rights were better cared for in the hands of men than in her own, for the proof of which he referred to woman's present condition in England as but one of the many instances which might be cited, did inclination or time allow him to go into detail. We have presumed thus on your time, Messrs. Editors, and have given the position taken by the Negative, deem ing it a duty to themselves after reading the misrepresen tations made by “Spectator,” of Mount Joy. Yours, Ac., DONEGAL EAST. Ws are authorized to announce that JACOB FOLTZ, of this city, will be n candidate for Clerk of the Quarter Sessions of Lancaster county, if nom inated by the Democratic Convention. apr 14 tf 12 SHERIFF.— Gen. MICHAEL R. WIT WER, of the City of Lancaster, will be a candidate for the office of SHERIFF, at the ensuing October election, subject to the decision of the Union County Convention, apr 7 tf 12 SHERIFFALTY— Wc are authorized to announce FREDERICK BERN, of this c|ty as the people’s candidate for the office of Sheriff. Should he bo elected, he promises to discharge its duties with fidelity. : apr 28 tf 15 SHERIFFALTY —HIRAM L. THOMP SON, of Providence tw’p., will be a candidate for Sher iff of Lancaster county, at the ensuing election, if nomina ted by tbe Democratic County Convention. mylStt 17 4S- EQUALITY TO ALL! UNIFORMITY OF PRICE! A new leature of business: Every one his own Salesman. Jones A Co., of the Crescent One Price Clothing Store, No. 200 Market street, above 6th, in addition to having the largest, most varied and Cxshignable stock of Clothing in Philadelphia, made expressly for retail sales, have consti tuted every one his own Salesman, by having marked in figures, on each article, the veiV lowest price It can, be ■old for, so thoy cannot possibly vary—all must buy alike. The goods are all well sponged and prepared and great pains taken with the making, so that all can buy with tbe full assurance of getting a good article at the very lowest tbe CrescenMn Market, above 6th, No. 200 feb 26 ly-5 JONES A CO. Houf elceepers wlio.- visit Philadelphia for their supplies will And it considerably to their advan tage to purchase China, Qlass and Common Wares of Messrs. Tyndalo k Mitchell, Importers, 70, Chestnut Street above Seventh, who have a system of doing business peculiar their ware, direct from the best manufacto ries, aid sell them lb small qaa n M,cs to farmers and citi zens Inst as ckeap as they can be bought In large quantd.es at wholesale by the country merchant Messrs T A M.’s customers have the double advantage of purchasing direct from the importer, and of selecting from a very large and beautiful assortment, at a saving of at least 25 per cent. See their card in another column IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. —A. F. BALR would respectfully inform the public, that he has taken the old established stand, formerly occdpled by S. B. Haines, and more recently by N. Bair A Brother, In the rear of Dr. George B. Markley, In East. King street, Lan caster, Pa., a half square east of Sprecher’s Hotel, where Is prepared to furnish those celebrated THRESHING MA CHINES and HORSE POWERS with the improved Friction Geared Shaker, which.for lightness of running and effi ciency of action stands unrivalled. N. B.—Repairing of all kinds attended to at the shortest notice, and in a manner that will make the article repaired as useful as if new. He invites Farmers to come and ex amine hlB work, and purchase if they see proper. 49-The best of reference can be given. July 8 OLD GUARD. mY 5 2t 16
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