INTELLIGENCEB & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON) Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., SEPTEMBER 15, 1857.
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D2MOOKATXC STATU TICKET.
FOB GOVERNOR.
WILLIAM F. PACKER, Lycoming County.
FOE CANAL COMMISSIONER.
NIMROD STRICKLAND, Chester County.
- FOE JUDGES OF SUPREME COURT.
WILLIAM STRONG, Berks County.
JAMES THOMPSON, Erie County.
DEMOCRATIC CO. TICKET
Senators.
WILLIAM PATTON, Columbia.
DR. JOHN K. RACTB, Providence.
Assembly,
JOHN H. BRENNEMAN, Mount Joy.
THOMAS S. McILVAIN, Salisbury.
JAMES BONES, Manor.
SAM PEL WICKS, Fulton.
Sheriff.
JACOB SENER, East Hempfield.
Prothonoiary.
DR. A. S. BARE, Ppper Leacock.
Register.
WILLIAM HAYS, Little Britain.
Recorder.
HENRY RUSH, Providence.
Clerk of Quarter^Sessions.
JACOB FOLTZ, City.
Clerk of Orphans’ Court.
JACOB MYERS, City.
County Treasurer,
JOHN L. LIGHTNER, Leacock.
County Commissioner.
JOHN WHITSIDE, Colerain,
Directors of Poor.
LEWIS HALDY, City.
S. J. MORRISON, City.
Prison ‘lnspectors.
0. 0. M. CAINES, City.
C. HUNSHBERGER, West Earl,
Coroner.
DR. J. B. FREELAND, City.
Auditor.
AMOS A. HAUKE, Paradise,
Meeting of the COl
Pursuant to a call of tho
County Committee met at S)
but, the 10th inat. The folio*
H. B. Swarb
Columbia, N. W.-J. M. Watts
“ 8. W.—A. J. Hughes.
Conestoga—John Kolp.
Donegal E —T. J. Albright.
Elliabethtown—J. A. Gross.
Eden—Henry H. Breaeman.
Pulton—Samuel Wlcke.
Lampeter E.—J. L. Llghtner.
Providence—John Tweed.
Strasburg T.—James Clark.
Salisbury—T. W. Henderron.
Leasock U.—Dr. A. S. Bare.
Vl&nholm T.—Benj. Eby.
Mount Joy-J.H. Brenneman.
Manheim B.—J. E. Cross.
Earl East—M. E. Stauffer.
Bart—ll. S. Kerns.
Hempfield K. Dr. 8. Parker.
U. Duchman.
" S. E. W.—J. B. Kaufman.
** N. E.W.-Col. CCarmany.j
*' 8. W. W.-Jamea Peoples. 1
On motion, Henry H. Brenei
On motion, the Committee
the same placo, on Saturday t)
10>£ o’clock, A. M.
H. H. Bbinema.it, Sec’ty.
Strauburg 8.-W. T. McPhail.
Leacock—lsaac Dunlap,
man was appointed Secretary,
i adjourned to meet again, at
the 19 th of September inst., at
H. B. SWARR, Chairman.
Meeting of the County Committee,
An adjourned meeting of the Democratic
County Committee, (as will be seen by refer
ence to the above proceedings,) will be held
at Shober's Hotel, in this City, on Saturday
neztjhe 19 th inst., at 10£ o'clock, RI.
A punctual attendance of every member is
desired, as business of great importance de
mands the attention of the Committee.
H. B. SWARR,
Chairman.
Sept. 15, 1857.
The Democratic Tleket,
Our advices from different sections of the
county within the last few days, are highly
encouraging as it regards the favor with which
the Democratic Legislative and County ticket
is received. There was some little dissatisfac
tion at first, in certain quarters, at a few of
tho nominations, but that feeling has blown
over, and we are now firmly of the opinion
that the whole ticket, from top to bottom, will
poll a very heavy vote. This is as it should
be. "We may, as Democrats, have our prefer
ences before a nomination, but that once made
by a regularly constituted County Convention,
it is the bounden duty of every man who has
the glorious cause at heart, to submit with
oheerfujness, and rally all his energies in sup
port of the candidates.
And why should not every Democrat and
every opponent of Black Republicanism in the
county rally to the support of our ticket ? In
a general way it is one of the best ever setted
by any party in Lancaster County. c Look at
the Legislative portion of it. Could better or
more competent and deserving men for the
responsible position be found any where than
Messrs. Patton, Raub, Brenneuan, Mcll
yain, Bones and Wicks ? In point of ability
and integrity of character, they are vastly
superior to‘.their opponents on the Black Re
publican ticket.
The same may be said of our excellent candi
date for Sheriff, Mr. Sener, than whom a
more capable, honest, reliable, trust-worthy
man cannot be found in the county. The
same may also very truthfully be said of all
the other candidates on our tioket, Messrs.
Bare, Hats, Rush, Foltz, Mters,
Lightker, Whiteside, Haldt, Morrison,
Caines, ETunshberger, Freeland and Hauee.
In almost every point of view they are supe
rior to their opponents, and merit, as they
should receive, the zealous and enthusiastic
support of every well-wisher of the Democratic
party and the National Administration. .
Let our friends, therefore, rally to the sup
port of the entire State and County ticket, as
one man. Let them oommence the good work
at once, in their several townships and dis
tricts. Let any unpleasant feeling that may
have been engendered from any cause, be at
once obliterated from the memory, and let all,
with one heart and one voice—Democrats and
old line Whigs who supported Mr. Buchanan
last fall—go heartily for “ the Ticket, the
Whole Ticket, and Nothing but the Ticket.”
Mr. Fownall’s Vot*
The vote of Mr. Pownall, in the Legisla
ture, to appropriate $3,000,000 to the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad Company, cannot be justi
fied before the people of Lancaster county, nor
is it even attempted by at least one of his
colleagues on the “ Union ” ticket. We allude
to Col. Shaeffer, who, we have reason to be
lieve, not only used his influence against it
last winter, but now denounces it in unmeas
ured terms as an outrage upon the tax
payers of the Commonwealth.
Can the thinking people of the County, no
matter what may be their party predilections,
vote for a man who will deliberately vote to
add $3,000,000 to the already evergrown debt
of the Commonwealth ? We cannot believe it
possible.
J©“Col. John Hodgson, the able editor of
the Jeffersonian, has been nom
inated for by the Democratic
Convention of Cbfeeter county. The Conven
tion could not haveJmade abetter selection, and
we hope that he and his colleagues on the
tioket, Messrs. Garrett and Sharp, may be
triumphantly electedX
Ex-Gov. Bigler.— A late number of the
. San Francisco Advocate says that Ex-Governor
John Bigler and family left Sacramento on the
20th of July for Chili, to whioh place he goes
as American Minister. A large number of
frionds accompanied him to the boat “ to bid
them an affectionate farewell.”
It is very evident that the influence of the
Pennsylvania Railroad was felt in the “Union”
County Convention, which met in thifl city,
on Wednesday last—at least so far as forming
the Legislative portion of the ticket was
concerned. This will be every
one who considers that Col. Bartram A.
Shaeffer, the leading candidate for the State
Senate, is now, and has been for several years,
the Solicitor or Attorney for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company—and that Mr. Pownall,
one of the candidates for Assembly, was a
’ member at the last session of the Legislature,
and steadily voted for the infamous bill for the
Bale of the Main Line, one section of which
exhonerated the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, in the event of a purchase, from the
payment of the Tonnage and all other taxes,
forever. These gentlemen, if elected, will be
the prominent and influential members of the
delegation from Lancaster county, and it is
fair to presume that they will advocate and
vote for a repeal of the above-mentioned taxes,
and that their colleagues on the ticket will be
influenced by them to take the same course.
This is still more apparent from the fact that
the opposition to Col. Shaeffer, in the Con
vention, was made on that ground alone, and
that, after an animated and exciting struggle,
he was nominated by a vote of 98 to 64 on the
first ballot; and also from the fact that no
resolution or resolutions on the subject of the
sale of the Main Line, or against the repeal
of the taxes, was passed by the Convention.
Will the tax-payers of Lancaster county
consider this matter in its true light? Are
they willing that the Main Line shall have
been sold to a mammoth corporation for a sum
greatly below its actual value, the interest of
which purchase money only amounts to the
sum of $450,000 annually—and then, to clap
the climax of folly, that $300,000 of the sum,
which annually finds its way into the coffers
of the Oommanwealth, in the shape of T.on
nage Tax, shall be bestowed to the said cor
poration, thus reducing the revenues of the
State by that amount, and virtually reducing
the price of the sale to one-third of the $7,500,-
000. Take off the Tonnage Tax, and the price
actually obtained by the Commonwealth for
the Main Line will only be $2,500,000, the
interest of which is $150,000 ? If the tax
payers of the county wish to bring about this
state of things, they will vote for Messrs.
Shaeffer, Pownall and their oolleagues on
the “Union” or Republican ticket, and they
will have their wishes gratified ; —if not, they
will vote for the Democratic candidates for
Senate and Assembly, Messrs. Patton, Raub,
Brenneman, Mcllvain, Bones and Wicks,
all of whom are pledged by the Convention
which nominated them to resist any repeal of
the Tonnage Tax, or any other tax to which
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is now
subjeot.
The Pennsylvania Railroad influence con
trolled the Republican Convention. The ques
tion before the voters of Lancaster county now
is, shall the Railroad Company or the people
—the tax-payers —rule the destinies of the
Commonwealth. This is one of the leading
issues which must be, determined by the hon
est yeomanry of the county and of Pennsyl
vania, on tho second Tuesday of October.
inty Committee,
Chairman, the Democratic
lober’a Hotel, od Thursday
ring gentlemen were present,
Chairman.
The two following are the only resolutions
reported and adopted by the so-called “Union”
County Convention, which met on Wednesday
last:
1. Resolve d, That the divisions which have
heretofore existed in the ranks of the common
opponents of the so-called “Democratic party,”
have enabled a minority of her citizens to con
trol the policy of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvanisftkThat we will stand by any honest
effort to heal those divisions, and give effect to
the will of the majority. And we, therefore,
approve of the proceedings of the State Con
vention, which assembled at Harrisburg for
that purpose, and will support with hearty
zeal the nominations there made.
2. Resolved, That the indications which
everywhere manifest themselves, of an ap
proaching and thorough union in this Com
monwealth, of all who detest and abhor the
pernicious doctrines and practices of the pres
ent National Administration, give us confi
dence that our good old State will soon place
herself by the side of those who are determined
to bring back the policy and action of the
Federal Government to the principles of Wash
ington and Jefferson. And we view with
special gratification the proceedings of this
Convention, exhibiting as they do, the exis
tence in Lancaster county, of a united, har
monious and vigorous party, able and deter
mined to cope with Locofocoism, in all its va
rious forma.
The reader will look in vain in these reso
lutions for any declaration of principle or pol
icy, except avowed hostility to the Democratic
party. Not a word about the infamous legis
lation of the last session—nothing about the
attempt to exhonerate the-Pennsylvania Rail
road Company from the payment of the Ton
nage and other taxes—nothing about Kansas
—not a word about any great question now
agitated in the public mind ! Their people
are expected to go it blind—to' gulp down
Niggerism, Maine Lawism,Know Nothingism,
Banks, Shin Plasters, and the Pennsylvania
Railroad to boot, without so much as turning
up their noses at the nauseous draught! But,
accoading' to the notions of these Black Re
publican leaders, the masses have no right to
think for themselves—they have no right to
know what are the constituent parts of the
dose prepared for them by their task-masters.
Will the people of Lancaster county submit to
such indignity ? We shall see.
The “Union” County Convention not only
played into the hands of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, by nominating a Legisla
tive ticket favorable to a repeal of the Tonnage
Tax, but they also endorsed the attempt made
last winter .to vote $3,000,000 of the proceeds
of the sale of the Main Line, to the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad, and to this extent increase
the already overgrown debt of the Common
wealth, by refusing to re-nominate Mr. Kauff
man who opposed the measure, and re-nomi
inating Mr. Pownall who supported it. This
was made an issue in the Convention by
’Squire Fisher, of Columbia, whose speech as
reported and published in the Express of
Thursday evening, reads as follows:
“Mr. Fisher, of Columbia, said he wished before they
proceeded to ballot for a fourth, to call the attention of the
Convention to a single fact. When the bill to vote away
$3,000,000 upon the Sunbury and Erie Railroad was before
the House last winter, Mr. C. S. Kauffman was the only
member of the Lancaster county delegation who opposed
and voted against the measure. At that time the people of
Lancaster county were almost unanimous in approving Mr.
Kauffman’s course on that question. The press of the
county was prompt and earnest in its condemnation of the
measure and in approving Mr. K.’s opposition to it. Would
they now repndiate the man who had stood np alone for
their interests? They asked him to be returned again as
an oxpressiou of the approval of his constituents of his
course last winter on that bill. If he should be repudiated
now, what encouragement would members have hereafter
for standing up for the interests of their constituents.”
At the conclusion of Mr. F-’s remarks the
vote was taken, and resulted as follows
Pownall 88, Kaufman 72. The announcement
of the result was received with shouts of ap
plause, indicating clearly that a majority of
tho Convention disapproved of Mr. Kauffman’s
course and sanctioned the vote of Mr. Pow
nall in reference to the appropriation to the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad.
Are a majority of the tax-payers of Lancas
ter county prepared for such an increase of
the public debt ? If they are they will vote
for Mr. Pownall and his colleagues on the
" Union ” County ticket—if not, their safest
course is to vote for the Democratic nominees
who are pledged against it.
'^ lo kills of the Bank of New Jersey,
at New Brunswick, are in bad repute at New
York.
The Railroad Already Roles t
Look at Them!
The Erie and Sunbury Loan.
Tlie Proof Thlcbens l
To show still more pointedly a“nd conclu
sively that the “ Union ” County Convention
was not only under the control of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, but that it was
also in favor of granting an appropriation to
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, we extract
the following paragraph from the Express? re
port of Thursday's proceedings.:
The President read a resolution (offered by
a delegate) instructing the candidates for
Senate and Assembly to oppose any appro
priation to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
and the repeal of the Tonnage Tax, which was
referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
Here, then, was an opportunity afforded
for a direct vote upon the question —but it
was not done. r The resolution, for the pur
pose of getting rid of it, was referred to the
Committee on Resolutions, by whom it was
smothered —thus virtually endorsing not only
the repeal of the Tonnage Tax, ($300,000 a
year,) but also sanctioning the appropriation'
of $3,000,000 to the Sunbury and Erie Rail
road ; thus squandering the hard earnings of
the people and increasing the public debt to
that amount, for the purpose of building .up
another monopoly and putting money in the
pockets of a new batoh of Railroad aristocrats
who riot upon their ill-gotten gains.
Many years ago a noble effort was made in
Parliament to render British oppression in
India less hateful, or more tolerable, if not to
pat an end to it altogether. Of this character
was the trial of Warren Hastings, in the reign
of the third George. This trial lasted seven
years, and more astounding cruelty, robbery,
and tyranny of all kinds were proven against
this monster in haman shape than ever Nero
was guilty of. But it all ended in smoke.—
However clear was the evidence of his guilt,
be had put too much money into the coffers of
the East India Company, and had added too
much territory to the British empire to be
punished for his crimes. These considerations
were sufficient, not only to screen him from
punishment, but to secure him an enormous
pension, after the whole world had
been shocked by his atrocious conduct. It is
enough to make one's blood run cold in his
veins. to read, even at the present day, the
mere recital in Burke's speeches of the deeds
Warren Hastings was proved to have commit
ted as Governor General of India. Look at a
Letter from tile Auditor General. | extract S:
Will the honest farmers, mechanics and tax
payers of Lancaster county, of every party,
consider this matter, and act as freemen when
they go the ballot-box ?
The Injunction Case.
The following letter from the Auditor Gen
eral to the Norristown Herald, puts the sad
dle on the right horse with regard to the pay*
ment of fees to the counsel employed by the
Canal Commissioners in the Main Line In
junction case :
Mbssrs. Editors
I take the opportunity to /inform you that
thearticle in your paper of the 18th inst., under
the caption of “ The State pays the Piper,” is
a tissue of falsehood and misrepresentation. I
believe, however, not intentionally so on your
part, but that you have been led to the remarks
from statements in other papers. It is not
true that the Auditor General ever declined
to settle an account for paying the counsel
employed for the State by the Canal Board, to
try the Injunction'oase. It is not true that
the Auditor General has abandoned, or been
driven from any position which he has taken
in the discharge of his official duty : the only
difference he had on this subject Hvith the
Canal Board was as to the particular fund out
of which this pay of counsel should be taken,
and in that he maintained the position he first
took.
Judge Knox, in delivering the opinion of
of the Court in this case, said ‘the Canal Com
missioners were in the line of duty, as faithful
agents of the State in suggesting the objections
to the Court.' If therefore, the Canal Com
missioners were right in employing counsel
fur this purpose, and to defend the interests of
the State, which this act of the Legislature
proposed to give away, then the right to pay
such counsel, I take it, would necessarily fol
low. As to the allegation that the late law,
making the Attorney General the sole legal
officer of the State, prohibits the employment
other counsel, it can have no force in this
case. With what intercourse I have had,
officially, with that officer, I have always found
him entirely worthy of the post he holds. In
the iDjuuction case, however, it would seem
that, as the law officer of the State, he felt it
his duty to defend the act of the Legislature,
as the law of the State, and hence was emphati
cally on the other side of tho question before
the Supreme Court, and it would be simply
ridiculous to suppose he could be employed on
both sides. The four counsel employed re
ceived together $3OOO for their services. The
amount I considered large, but not so large
as had been paid for services of less value to
the Commonweath.
That these services were of great value to
the State is amply proven from the fact that
on the of July, soon after the decision ot
the Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and the Harrisburg and Mount Joy
Company paid into the Treasurey $145,000
(one hundred and forty five thousand,) tax,
which, but for the movement of the Canal
Board and the said decision of the Supreme
Court, would, in all probability, never have
been realized to the State. If you will be good
enough to give this a place in your paper it
may to some extent disabuse your readers from
misapprehension, and at the same time oblige,
Yours, JACOB FRY, Jr.
Auditor General of Pa.
Harrisburg, Aug. 21, 1857.
The Sunday Liquor Law,
Chief Justice Ellis Lewis, on Thursday week,
heard at the Court House in Pottsville, an ap
plication made by F. W. Hughes, Esq., for
the allowance of a writ of error, in the case of
the Commonwealth vs. Lewis Reese, recently
convicted of a violation of the law of 1855,
prohibiting the saleof intoxicating Liquors on
Sunday. Mr. Hughes argued in support of
the application, that the third section of the
law is unconstitutional, because it provides a
second criminal proceeding and punishment
in the Court of Quarter Sessions, in addition
to the criminal proceeding and penalty before
a Justice of the Peace, provided* for in the
second section. Judge Lewis declined to
grant the writ of error, because in the case of
Reese, the defendant had not been proceeded
against and paid the penalty before a Justice
of the Peace, before he was convicted in Court;
but the Judge stated, that if a case should
hereafter arise, where a defendant, charged
with violating the Sunday law, and who had
been convicted before a Justice of the Peace
and paid the penalty, should be afterwards
prosecuted for the same offence in the Court
of Quarter Sessions, and after pleading the
first conviction and punishment in bar of the
further prosecution, should be convicted and
sentenced to an additional penalty in Court,
he would allow a writ of error, in order to
bring the question before the Supreme Court.
fi®"* Putnam’s Magazine has failed. It
was started as a purely literary periodical,
but for the past year has been attempting to
deceive its readers by crowding abolitionism
down them, under the guise of independence.
The result is that instead of deceiving its
readers, its publishers deceived themselves in
the belief of their ability to deceive others, and
the concern has gone down. We know some
“independent” papers that are engaged in the
same political game, and we should not be at
all to see them follow Putnam, be
fore long. Their independence does not per
mit them to find fault with anything that is
opposed to Democracy. The fate of the Mag
azine is just what it deserved and what all
Bkulking political prints deserve. Publishers
should either come out openly and avow their
political preferences, or let political parties
alone. Firing from behind a fence with “no
party” printed in big letters upon it is worse
than guerrilling.
White Slavery in Connecticut.—ln
Messrs. Barber and Punderson’s History of
New Haven, published in 185 G, among other
curious advertisements copied from the “Con
necticut Gazette,” printed in this city, is the
following:
“ Just Imported from Dublin, in the brig
Darby, a parcel of Irish servants, both men
and women, to be sold cheap, by Israel Board
man, at Stamford.
“ New Haven, Jan. 17, 1764.”
So it seems, that less than 100 years ago,
men and women were brought* from Ireland,
and sold as slaves, in the State of Connecticut!
And not 100 years before that time, Indians
were sent from Connecticut, Rhode Island, &c.,
to the West Indies, and sold into slavery.
Curious historical facts, these. —New Haven
Register.
A Heavy Failure.— Messrs Zachariah and
Philip Allen, extensive manufacturers at
Providence, R. 1., have failed to the amount
of $3,000,000.
Th« British in India.
As all eyes are now turned towards the
British possessions in the East Indies, where
the natives are in a state of ievolt, it may be
well enough to glance at the cause which has
brought about the attempt to throw off the
British tyranny which ibas held them in
bondage and the direst oppression for nearly
a century. The policy of Ihe British Govern
ment has always been detestable in relation to
all the dependencies of England, at home and
abroad, but particularly so in reference to
India. JThe poor Hindoos have been made to
suffer more, during the last century, than all
others who have borne the British yoke put
together.
“ My Lords, they began
by winding cords round the fingers of the un
happy freeholders, until they clung to and
were almost incorporated with one another ;
and then they hammered wedges of iron between
them , until, regardless of the cries of the suf
ferers, they had bruised to pieces and forever
crippled these poor, honest, innocent, laborious
hands, which had never been raised to their
mouths but with a penurious and scanty pro
portion of the fruits of their own soil, &c. *
* They made rods of a plant highly caustic
and poisonous, called bechetta, every wound of
which testers and gangrenes. * * At night
these poor martyrs of avarice and extortion
were brought into dungeons, three times
scourged, and made to reckon the watches of
the night by periods and intervals of torment.
* * They were led out before break of day,
and.stiff and sore as they were with the bruises
and wounds of the night, were plunged into
water, and whilst their jaws clung together
with the cold, the blows and stripes were re
newed on . their backs. *■ * On the same
principle and for the same ends, virgins who
had never seen the Sun were dragged from the
inmost sanctuaries of their houses, and in the
open Courts of Justice, these virgins vainly
invoking Heavan and Earth in the presence
of their parents, and while their shrieks were
mingled with the indignant cries and groans
of all the people, publicly were violated by the
lowest and wickedest of the human race.—
Wives were torn from their husbands and suf
fered the same flagitious wrongs. * * Often
they were taken out of the consoling gloom of
their dungeous, stripped naked , and thus ex
posed to the world, cruelly scourged, and in
order that cruelty might riot in all the cir
cumstances that melt into tenderness the
fiercest natures, the nipples of their breasts
were put between the sharp and elastic sides
of cleft bamboos.”
Now be it remembered, says the Philadel
phia Argus , that this peculiarly British mode
of diffusing “the blessings of civilization,” did
not by uny means end with Warren Hastings,
but was in full force when the present rebellion
broke out. It was the subject of a Parlia-
mentary inquiry not more than two years ago,
when the evidence taken before the committee,
(evidence of conduct still more revolting, if
possible, than that so eloquently denounced
by Burke,) filled two large octavo volumes,
which were reviewed at length by the Edin
burg Quarterlies, the London Athenceum, &0.,
&c., and of the truth of whose contents there
was no question. In the name then of justice,
humanity and reason, we would ask, why will
England still pretend to wonder that an at
tempt is being made on the part of the people,
whom she has thus continued to outrage for
nearly a century, to break her cruel and bloody
yoke? If the Sepoys have in the frenzy of
their indignation, committed atrocities, let us
bear in mind that they have done so against
those who, to use the words of the poet, have
“Trampled od all human feelings, all
Ties which bind man to man, to emulate
The fiends ”
It is the sheerest affectation for England to
be surprised at what has happened. There
is not an honest man, who knew anything
about India, from the days of Clive to. those of
Dalhousie, and whose voice had any chance of
being heard, that had not warned her against
these very results, or rather against the causes
which were leading to them. It is now sixty
three years since Burke addressed the House
of Lords as follows :—“ To these benificent
hands (those of the Hindoos) that labor for
our benefit, the return of the British Govern
ment has been cords, and hammersand wedges.
But there is a place where these crippled and
disabled hands will act with resistless power.
What is it that they will not pull down when
they are lifted to Heaven against their oppres
sors ? Then what can withstand such hands ?
Can the power that crushed and destroyed
them ?”
How terribly prophetic these words have
already proved to be! Similar warnings have
been uttered time after time by the late Sir
Charles Napier; and more recently by Lord
Ellenborough. But no use. The Hindoos still
continued to be robbed, tortured, outraged in
every manner as if they were brutes and not
men- and women—a race whose ancestors had
attained a high degree of civilization before
our boasted ancestors, whether Gothic or
Celtic, had ceased to paint their naked skins.
It was not to be expected that the posterity of
a people whose language was the Sanscrit—
who have left bo many noble monuments of
their learning and genius, and who produced
some of the greatest warriors—it was
not to be expected that they would continue,
belonging as they do, like ourselves, to the
Caucasian, race, to submit to a state of servi
tude for which there is scarcely a parallel in
the annals of human cruelty and oppression.
It may be that they will not succeed on the
present occasion in expelling their foreign
masters; but let England triumph to-morrow,
she will never again dare to Bubject them to
the same treatment.
Hon. William Strong - 1
The following, from the Berks and Schiyl
kill Journal, the Wilmot and Republican
organ in Berks county, we commend to the at
tention of the oitizens of other eo.unties, as
showing in what estimation our candidate for
Judge of the Supreme Court is held at home,
even by his political opponents :
“ The nomination of Mr. Strong will elicit
a large vote in his favor not only from his owu
party, but from those who stand in the position
of political opponents, and this will be the
case not alone in Berks, but wherever he is
known. Mr. S. is a graduate of Yale College,
which he left with the highest honor. His
legal career commenced in this county, where
hie talents soon placed him at the head of the
bar. He represented this county in Congress
two terms, and declined a re-election. To
legal abilities of the highest order, he adds
great industry and power of application to
business, and the unimpeachable integrity of
his character, his sympathy with all business
enterprises that have added to the prosperity
of thiß city, and his private virtues, have sc
oured him universal respect and the affection
ate regards of this community. In saying
this we do but justice to a political opponent.”
CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS.
The Parade of the Fire Department.—
Tl*c parade .of the Fire Department on Saturday was the
m -st brilliant of any which has ever taken place in thi*
city. The day could not have been lovelier—“ Old Sol”
shining forth in ail bis majestic beauty. The only draw
back was the intense heat and dust, which was almost
Intolerable. The busy hum of preparation was observable
at early dawn among the firemen and their fair lady
friends, who had in charge the decoration of the different
engines and hose carriages. The city was crowded with
the honest yeomany from all parti of the county—long
before noon the principal thoroughfares were completely
blocked up with a liriog, moving tide of humanity. We
have never witnessed a more cheering sight—the young
men and maidens, farmers and farmers’ wives assembled
together, whose happy, smiling countenances gave token
of the pleasure they experienced. As a matter of course
the hotels were crowded to overflowing. We have below
endeavored to give an account of company as it passed
the Intelligencer Office far the purpose of taking its position
In line.
THE LINE.
The line formed on Duke street, right retting on Orange,
at 1 o’clock, p. m , and moved in the following order:
Chief Marshal—THOMAS COX.
Aids—J. B. SwARTzwELDra, Geobqi P. Asubt.
FRIENDSHIP HOSE.
The Friendship was preceded by the Pennsylvania Cor
net Band of Philadelphia, whose soul stirring music was
greatly admired. The carriage of the company was hand
somely decorated with flowers, evergreens, Ac. A wreath
of beautifnl flowers surrounded the front, and the wboleof
the hose cylender was neatly decorated with the same ma
terials. A beautiful wreath of artificial flowers was dis
played in the rear, and from the four corners of the hose
reel small flags floated In the breeze. The Friendship
numbered eighty as fine looking fellows as we have ever
seen. They were dressed in black hats and capes, with
heavy Firemens’coats. Marsbal-OeorgeW. Brown. Foot
Marshals—Daniel Trewltz, Benjamin Strieker.
SUN ENGINE.
The Sun numbered fifty-six. The engine was decorated
on the top with a boquet of sun flowers. In the front
panel was a portrait of Marti* Shrzhtir., Sr., the builder of
the Sun’s first engine. On the rear of the engine was in
scribed “192 feet and can’t be beat.” The Sun was one of
the finest looking companies on parade. Marshal—Amos
Miley. Foot Marshal—Wm. Aug. Atlee, Esq. The hose
carriage belonging to the company was not in the line.
CITIZEN HOSE COMPANY, HARRISBURG.
This company numbered thirty young, fioe-looklng,
athletic fellows, who were much admired all along the
route of procession. Their carriage was neatly decorated.
The members wore black pants and coats with yellow hats
and capes. Marshal—James Black. Foot Marshal—David
Krause. The Typographical profession was ably repre
sented in this company, by five of the haudsomest-looklug
gentlemen in the whole line, viz: Col. R. J. Haldeman, of
the Patriot A Union; Geo. Bergner, of the Telegraph; B.
F. Whitman, of the Herald; Edward J. Pinkerton, of the
Farmers’ A Miners’ Journal, and Geo. Brooks, Reporter of
the Union A Patriot.
Anterior to the parade this company presented the Wash
ington company, whose guests they were, with a handsome
silver goblet. A neat presentation speech was made by Col.
Haldeman, which was "handsomely responded to by our
talented young townsman, Samuel H. Reynolds, Esq. This
company was preceded by the fine National Guard Band of
Harrisburg, whose playing was much admired.
WASHINGTON ENGINE AND HOSE.
The engine of this company was drawn by four beautiful
greys, driven by Mr. Frederick Speise. The company was
preceded by Killian’s Martial Music. The engine was
most tastefully decorated. The top was surmounted by a
canopy of red carriage cloth, under which sat a youth,
dressed in continental uniform, who represented Gen.
Washington.
The hose carriage of the company was also tastefully
decorated. Over the top was suspended a beautiful wreath
of evergreens, under which sat two lovely, smiling little
girls. The banner of the company was borne by one of the
members. This eompany numbered forty-five fine looking
men, dressed in drab shirts and black pants. Marshals—
8. 11. Reynolds and J. F. Sener. Foot Marshal—John Nlx
dorf. ;
AMERICAN ENGINE.
This company numbered seventy, including a band of
sixteen Indians, attired in the aboriginal costume, mount
ed on horseback, whose appearance along the route attract,
ed much attention. This was, decidedly, one of the most
interesting features of the parade, and, by the way, these
amateur red men looked perfectly natural. The engine
was tastefully decorated with flowers, and the top was sur
mounted by an American Eagle. It was drawn by six
white horses, driven by Mr. Lewis Suter. This company
was preceded by Hepting’s excellent band. Marshal—Dr.
J. T. Baker. Foot Marshal—Col. S. H. Price.
FRIENDSHIP FIRE COMPANY, BALTIMORE.
This company numbered forty-five men, and were pre'
ceded by Linbardt’s Cornet Band of Baltimore. Their engine,
which was the “observed of all observers,” was drawn by
the company, four abreast. It is a master piece of work
manship. The box is of polished mahogany, and is superbly
finished with heavy silver and brass mountings. Tbo
whole machine is constructed in the highest style of art.
This company made a splendid appearance. Their uniform
is exceedingly neat, tastey and serviceable. It consists of
rod shirts, black pants, with leather leggings, heavy black
overcoats, and black firemen hats. The gallant Col. S. S.
Mills was the Marshal.
HUMANE HOSE.
This company numbered some forty-fire fine, hardy
fellows, who looked as thovgh they might face any danger.
Their hose carriage was decorated with exquisite neatness.
The top was surmounted by a beautiful wreath, under
which were seated two lovely children—a little boy and
girl. This company had only made up their minds a day
or two beforehand to come into theJine of parade, and they
certainly deserve much praise for the creditable appearance
they made. The engine belonging to the Humane was not
in line. Marshal—Henry Schaum. Foot Marshal—George
Huffnagle, jr.
PIONEER nOSE, MARIETTA
This company numbered thirty-five. They had with
them their beautiful hose carriage, and were preceded
with most excellent music from the Susquehanna Band of
Wrightsville. Their carriage was beautifully decorated with
wreaths and flowers. A finer body of men didoot appear
jn the line of parade. Marietta can certainly be proud of
her noble firemen. Marshal—Capt. S. D. Miller. Foot
Marshal—Charles Kelly.
SHIFFLER HOSE.
This company looked extremely well. They numbered
thirty-three, and were precoeded by Ehrisman’s martial
music. They made their appearance with their new ho6e
carriagt for the first time. It is a splendid piece of work
manship, and reflects great credit on the builder, S. B. Cox,
of this city. It is painted black, with blue and gold bor
dering. On either side is a representation of the death of
Shlffler,from whom it derives its name. The front Uadorned
with a painting of the deities, and on the rear is inscribed
“ We honor him whose name we bear,” and also the date
of the formation of the company, “ July, 1852,” Mar
shal—Johm Sellers. Foot Marshal—John Eberly.
WHEATLAND HOSE.
This company is composed exclusively of youths not over
18 years of age. They made a very neat appearance with
their red shirts and black pants. They paraded forty
members. Their hose reel was beautifully decorated.
Marshal—Thomas Fahnestock. Foot Marshal—John Cham
berlin.
JUNIOR WASHINGTON HOSE.
This company, like the Wheatland, Is also composed of
youths not over 18 years of age. They wore white shirts
and black pants, and mustered thirty members. The min
iature hose carriage, which was decorated with a nice de
gree of taste, attracted much attention. Marshal—Henry
Gipple. Foot Marshal—Henry Ryne.
EMPIRE HOOK AND LADDER.
This company, in our humble opinion, was the grand
feature of the parade. Their dress, which consisted of drab
shirts and black pants, with dark drab overcoats, is exceed
ingly neat, tasteful, and, at the same time, of the most ser
viceable nature. Their truck which was gorgeously festooned
was drawn by a train of six noble iron grey horses, belongieg
to Mr. Jacob Sense, the Democratic candidate for Sheriff.
The horses were covered with purple-barred blankets, on
each of which the word “Empire” was inscribed. The
company numbered twonty-six. What they lacked in
number was made up in their fine appearance. The com
pany was proceeded by the Fenribles’ Cornet Band, which
discoursed the sweetest kind of music. Marshal—W. W.
Brown, Esq. Foot Marshal—Capt. W. G. Keodrick.
The route was extremely long—beiDg, we should judge,
near 10 miles—and it took about five hours to pass over it.
The streets through which the procession moved were
literally packed with human beings. The firemen, of all
the companies, were covered with wreaths, flowers, Ac.
The stranger firemen, at several places along the route,
were presented with magnificent wreaths and flower
baskets. Flags were displayed from the different engine
and hose houses, from the quarters of the visiting compa
nies, and from numerous private dwellings. The windows,
balconies, steps, Ac , of the public and private buildings
were lined With the fair sex, who distributed Flora’s offer
ings in great profusion to their favorites among the gallant
firemen. The 12th of September, 1857, is a day long to be
remembered by the good people of Lancaster.
Our report of this parade is necessarily very imperfect.
Itjis almost Impossible to give an account, as it should be
given, of its beauty and' arrangements. It is one of those
affairs which must be seen to be properly appreciated.—
This sketch has been written from memory, after the ex
citement has passed away, and we give it to our readers
for what it is worth.
Declined the Call.— Rev. G. F. Krotel,
of Trinity Lutheran Church, Duke street, has declined the
call to the Trinity Latberan Church at Reading, whish
was tendered him some weeks since. The many friends
and admirers of Mr. K., in this city, foel highly pleased at
this declination. He is a gentleman of brilliant talents,
and ranks among onr ablest pulpit orators.
Fire.— On Sunday night, about 9 o’clock,
the stable and ten pin alley attached to Snyder’s Hotel,
corner of East King and Lime streets, was destroyed by
fire, also several tons of hay. A horse, belonging to Mr.
Sheer, Confectioner, 42 East King street was burned up.
The.firewaa, undoubtedly, the work of an incendiary.
The Fire Department was present in full force, and were
ably assisted by the Baltimore firemen.
Woods Meeting.—A Woods Meeting is to
b« held about one mile from Washington Borough, on
Saturday and Sunday next Amongst the Clergymen who
will, be present on the Sabbath and preach, are Rev Dr
Hodgson, of this city, and Boy. Wm. Babnis, of Columbia.
The Friendship op Baltimore;— This fine
company, escorted by delegations from several companies'
ofonrFiro Department, and with music from Linhardt’s
Band, attended divine service at the Dnke Street M E
Church, on Fuuday. Rev. Dr. Hodgson delivered a very
appropriate discourse from 2d Corinthians, s—l
“For we know that if the earthly house of this tabernacle
were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not
made with hands, eternal >in the heavens.” The correct
and gentlemanly deportment of the firemen was generally
remarked.
Yesterday morning a superbly finished Shell Basket, the
handiwork of Mrs. Lewis Frick, was presented to the
Friendship, at that lady’s residence in Mulberry street.—
The beautiful gilt was received, on behalf of the company,
by Col. Mills in a neat and happy little speech.
Yesterday afternoon they partook of some fine refresh
ments at Gruel's Ice Cream Saloon, North Queen street.
From thence they proceeded to the American Engine
House, Middle street, where they again satisfied the wants
of the “inner man,” by partaking of a superb collation.
Last evening a supper was to be given the Friendship, at
Fulton Hall, by their namesakes of this city. It, doubtless,
would be a fine affair, as the Friendship “boys” know how
to do the “agreeable” on such occasions.
The Friendship leaves for home this morning. They
will, no doubt, carry with, them the best of feelings of
their visit to Lancaster. They have, by their noble and
gentlemanly bearing, created a highly favorable impression
on the minds of our citizens. We tender them our best
wishes for a safe and pleasant journey home.
Reception of the Union Engine. The
Union Engine Company returned home, from Philadelphia,
with their new apparatus on Wednesday last. They were
escorted from the Locomotive Works, Plumb street,
through several streets to their house in Market street, by
delegations from tbe American, Snu and ShifflerTConipa
nies, under tht marshalship of Mr. William A. Lewars, of
the American, and with music from tbe Fencibias' and
Hepting’s Bands. The following description *f the Engine
we clip from the Evening Express:
‘‘The Union apparatus is made on the New York style nf
engines, and presents a very neat appearaoeo. The box is
made of mahogany, well finished, with side and end pan
nels and 0. G. mouldings, brass corners, and mounted on
springs. The wh-els are 43 and 46 inches in diameter
A signal lantern is suspended by meatis of scrolls over the
box, brass mounted, with green glass, “17G0” on the front
and rear lights, and ‘‘O’’ on the side lights.
“The pnmps are 10 inches In diameter and 7% inches
stroke, and the folding rakes (or arms) 22 U feet long; it
will throw three streams of water—throwing 589 cubic
Inches of water par stroke. Accompanying the engine are
18 feet of suction hose, 2 brass pipes, 15 uozzlcs, spanners,
wrenches, drag rope, Ac. The motto of the Compauy—
We lend our aid in time of need”—forms a brass arch
over tbe lantern, and “Union” on the sidepannolns in gold
letters, brass plates on the front pannela—the running
gear is painted greeD, striped in gold, and the iron work
painted black.
“This apparatus is a complete and substantial machine
and will form a great addition to our fire d-partment
From the large body of water it is capable of throwing and
the great advantage It has of drawing its own water and
throwing three streams, it will bo very useful in case of
scarcity of water in the reservoirs, as it can be placed at
any point where water can he had and supply those en
gines at the fire. It is warranted to throw 100 feet through
a 1000 feet of hose.”
Trial of the Union Engine.—The new
suction engiue belonging to the Union Fire Company was
fully tested on Thursday evening and Friday morning
last. It was found to do everything its builders had rep
resented it to do. The playing took place in Centre Square
on Thursday evening, and on Friday morning at th* Triu-
Ity Lutbern Church, Duke street, and was witnessed by
a large concourse of people. This engine !h a great addition
to our fire department, and will be of efficient service lu
case of a large fire.
Arrival of this Visiting Firemen.— The
Friendship of Baltimore, Citizen of Harrisburg, aud Pio
neer of Marietta, arrived in the 4 o’clock train on Friday
afternoon, for the purpose of joiuing-ihithe parade of Sat
urday. They were met at the junction of the Uarrlsburg
Pike and Prince street, by several compaoies of the fire
department, under the marshalship of Dr. J. T. Bakes, of
tbe American, and Jlrsk Landis, Esq., as his Aid, and
escorted to their different quarters. The Friendship were
the guests of the American, and were quartered at Youart’s
Exchange Hotel, East King street; the Citizen, of the
Washington, had their quarters at the Keystone House,
North Queen street; the Pioneer of the Shiftier, and quar
tered at Shenk’a Fountain Inn, South Queen street. A
notice of these companies will be found In our report of
the parade of Saturday.
Black Republican Ticket.—Tbe Black
Republicans, after a two days’session at Fulton Hall last
week, and amid a good deal of aDgry feeling, nominated
the ticket we annex below. Anything but a generous
spirit was manifested among tbo different candidates. It
is pretty evident that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was at work in the Convention, and controlled several of
the nominations. More on this subject hereafter:
Senators —Bartram A. Shteffer, City; Robert Baldwin
Salisbury.
Assembly —E. D. Roth, Marietta; Samuel H. Price, City;
Jonathan 11. Roland, Earl; Joseph D. Pownall, Sadsbury!
Sheriff— Benjamin F. Rowe, City.
Prothonotary —Peter Martin, Clay.
Register —John Johns, Upper Leatock.
Recorder —Anthony Good, Brecknock.
County Treasurer —Daniel Herr. (Pequea,) Strasburg twp.
Clerk nf Quarter Sessions —Samuel Evans, Columbia.
Clerk of Orphans' Court —Christian L. Stoner, City.
County Commissioner —Daniel Good, Manic.
Directors of the Poor —Robert Byers, Colerain ; Lewis
Sprecher, City; Christian R. Laodis. Upper Leacock.
Prison Inspectors —David Brandt, Mount Joy; Joseph
Ballance, Fulton.
Auditor —Thomas C. Collins, Colerain.
Coroner —Lovi Summy, Lancaster twp.
Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad.—
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Harrisburg
aud Lancaster Railroad .was held at the Company’s office,
on Friday week, when the President laid before the meet
ing a very satisfactory report of tbe doings of tho Company
for the year. From it we learn that tho gross income for
the year has been $492,802. The expenses for tho same
time have been $360,570, leaving a profit to stockholders,
after paying the interest on the funded debt and current
expenses, of $133,071. After paying a dividend of six per
cent, for the first six months of the fiscal year, and six per
cent, on tho old and new stock for tho last six months,
there will remain asurplus 0f517,587 from tho business
of tbe year. The gross receipts from the passengers have
been $136,720, and from freights, $296,519 —makinga total
of from these two items of $433,540. Of the Company’s
receipts, $265,420 were from tho Main Line, and $182,687
from the Branch road. Tho bondebtedness of the Company,
due in 1858, has 6een reduced to $592,952. To meet this
liability, now Dearly due, the Company has divided new
stock at par among the stockholders, to the amount of
4350 shares, the proceeds of which will be applied to the
payment named.
Superintendent of Water Works.—At a
special meeting of Councils, held in the City Hall, on
Thursday evening last, Robzrt Kino, Esq., of the N. E.
Ward, was elected Superintendent of the Water Works, in
place of Mr. James Chambers, resigned. This is a most
capital selection. Mr. King is one of our oldest and staunch
est Democrats, and, withal, a very competent gentleman
for the post.
Fire.— A fire broke out on Thursday mom
log last, abont 1 o'clock in a stable belonging to F. S. Bletz,
on the south side of the alley running from Third to
Fourth, between Locust and Walnut streets. The fire ex
tended to the stables of D. Heialey, Beoj .min Barr and
Jacob Strioe, and to a frame house belonging to F.S Blotr,
occupied by Kitty Patterson, a colored woman, all of which
were consumed. The frame back-buildings of three of the
brick dwellings on Fourth street, were also burned, and
nothing but the absence of the wind saved the latter build
ings from destruction. Mr. W. C. Bradiey’B stable and a
portion of the large stable belonging to the Shawnee
House, were polled down to prevent the spread of the fire.
Two valuable horses and a cow, together with abont $5OO
worth of sash and blinds were burned in Mr. Bletz's stable,
and a quantity of hay, Ac., was lost in Mr. Heislcy’s and
Mr. Strine’s; Mr. Barr’s stable was empty.
There appears but little donbt but this fire was the devil
ish work of an incendiary, whose fate, if caught in our
neighborhood, Is easy to conjecture. —Columbia Spy.
Difficulties at the Siege of Delhi.—Del
hi, in India, which is in the hands of the
mutineers at the last accounts, is not likely to
be taken by the British very easily. The dif
ficulties which the latter labor under are
glanced at in an extract from the Bombay
correspondent of the London News , who writes
July 12th :
“Delhi, the only British arsenal of magni
tude in Central India, being in the hands of
the rebels, General Barnard has been placed
under the obvious disadvantage of fighting
against a well-provided enemy with short and
inadequate supplies of ammunition. The
siege train which he took with him from Phi
lour was furnished with a limited quantity of
shot and shell, and, strange to relate, was un
accompanied by artillerymen enough to work
the guns. It was found necessary, at the lat
est moment, Jo draught a number of gunners i
from the various stations of Lahore, Ferozepre,
Loodhiana and other places, with the painful
oertainty that lives so pfecious cannot for the
present bo replaced in case of loss by wounds
or sickness. >
The necessity for economizing ammunition
has not been confined to the artillery, but ex
tends to that of small arms, now also likely to
run short. The enemy, aware, no doubt, of
these deficiencies, have harrassed the besieg
ing force by daily sallies, knowing that even
when repulsed, they are inflicting incompara
bly greater injury on us than we can on them.
Nor is this the only danger under which we
labor at Delhi. The regiments which have
mutinied at a distance have reached the
ground in the vicinity of the oity in large
numbers, and taking up position in our rear,
they render still more unsafe a position already
full of dangers. To meet the exhaustion of
our members by death, we have now at Delhi
little or nothing to fall back upon, after the
junction of the Punjaub forces and a wing of
the Bombay European Fusiliers, which march
from Mooltan to Lahore on the 22d of June.
“While our European army is thus likely to
be but feebly reinforced from the northward,
and circumstances at present render aid from
the southward impossible, the mutineers haye
gained considerable accessions of strength from
all quarters.”
ST. LOUIS CORREBPONDENOB.
The Markets, Weather, etc.—Local Affairs—Death of a Prin
ter—A rrest of a Merchant—Assessed Valuation of City
Property—Land Manto—Pigeon Dropping—Murder in
Kansas—Judge Lynch on the Bench—black Republican
Capital about Exhausted—Look Out for Roorbacks on the
Eve of your Stale Election , die., cGc.
STjbOoiS, Sept 7,1867.
We have had cool and dellghtfril weather since our last
date—the mornings and evenings unseasonably cool. Borne
rain has fallen, and we hear no complaint from any quar
ter as to drought or too much rain. The corn is growing
finely, bat about two weeks later than common, and an
immense crop will be raised unless an early frost should
overtake It. The Immense amount of grain—and more
particularly corn—raised this year In the West, will soon
bring the prices down rapidly. Onr produce market Is wall
supplied, but all descriptions of grain are dull. Flour
ranges from $4,87% to $6 per bbl; Wheat very dull and
buyers are contending for lower prices; low grades are sel
ling at 76@90c, and prime and choice red will command
$1 10 to $1 15 for milling; Com U dull at 62 to 68c ; Oats
steady at 36 to 37%c; Rye 70c; Barley, spring 80c and
prime do. at $1 25 per bush; Whiskey has declined to 21c;
Hides, Dry flint, 20c, and potatoes in full supply at 40 to
50c per bushel. The rivers are all in fair stage but freights
are scarce. Business has somewhat Improved, and »ur
merchants are making preparations for the fall trade. Our
city maintains its usual good health.
On the subject of monetary affairs, the St. Louis Price
Current says:—
“ The panic created In the city of New York last week by
the suspension of the Ohio Life and Trust Company, and
the several noted private bankers and stock brokers in
Wall street his not yet subsided, and the effect Is seriously
felt In the derangement of monetary afT-tirs la all parts of
the Union. Several banks and bankers, mostly small and
weak concerns, have been compelled to suspond, or have
been discredited—a list of which wo append. Kanawha
Bank, Ya., Farmers’ Bank, Tiverton Bank, Arcade Bank,
Swinton Bank, and Central Bank, all of Rhode Island;
Bank of Middletown, Farmers' and Drovers’ Rank, Uoneq
d»l« Bank, and Warren County Bank, all of Pennsylvania;
North America Bank, Ontario Bank, Port Plain BaDk, Far
me-s’ Rank, Hollister Bank, Sackett’s Harbor Bank, and
Reciprocity Bank, all of New York ; Hancock Bank, Maine;
Warwick Bank, Massachusetts; Wooster Bank of Connecti
cut; South Royalton Bank, Vermont: America Think of
New Jersey, and the Agricultural Bank of Tennessee.
“The effect In this city has not been very serious, but
has caused much Inconvenience by interrupting the regu
lar routine of business, and causing tbe Banks and private
Baukers, through prudential motives, to curtail their dis
count line. Aod suspend their usual facilities to their custo
mers. which bos occasioned an extremely ticht money
market, which Is likely to be felt for some days to come.—
Money has been In active demand, and a largo amount of
g od and first class paper has been offered on the street,
and the rates hare ranged from 2t03 ft cent month
discount. The usual business is being done in sight ex
change on tbe Eastern cities at previous rates, but time
bills are not saleable. Sight exchange on New Orleans la
purchased at % cent discount.
“Currency, especially Illinois and Wisconsin, is in largu
supply and difficult to dispose of, as the private bankers
will only receive or purchase it from their regular custo
mers.”
Tbe Merchants' Bank of this city weut into oporatloD
last Monday.”
There has been very little of interest transpiring in a
local point of view.
During the past month there havo been admitted into
our County Jail 61, and discharged 22—stJU coofiood 129.
For murder 2, for intent to kill 6, free uegroea In the
State without liceuse, 4.
Our Harbor Master reports for the past month—arrivals
258; tonnage of samo 73,80 S ; wharfage $5,648,05; fees $344;
paid into City Treasurer $5,393. I
About 250 U. S. troops have arrived from Governor's
Island, X. Y., and are destined for Fort Deflanco, for the
Santa Fu expedition.
i Mayor Wimor has been called off to the east in consequonce
1 of the illness of bis wife.
Mr. John Russell, a printer, died in this city, and was
j buried on Sunday last. Ho was an active membor of tbe
1 “ Printers Union,” and tbe craft turned out en masse
Ex-Governor Bibbs, formerly of Ohio, but now a resident
of Illinois, as well as Sam Carathors, are In this city.
The sheriff of Now York city was here a few days sincei
and arrested one of our Fourth street merchants on achargo
of obtaining goods under false pretences, and started for
p Now York on Wednesday morning.
I Several strangers bavo had the pigeon dropped upon them
during tbe past week—one from Northern Pennsylvania,
to tho tune of $660, and another for $26 ! It U very singu
lar that strangers do not guard against these cut-throats,
gamblers and pigeon-droppers that continually infest, nob
only this city, but every place of any size throughout the
South and West. It would seem that all strangers coming
. to the West have, as it were, through necessity, to become
acclimated to our thieves and light-fingered gentry, as well
as the water of the Mississippi and our climate. This is
all nonsense, and whenever we hear of a man suffering
himself to have the “ pigeon ” dropped on him, we put him
down as an ignorant simpleton, and unfit to leave hia
mother’s apron string—such verdant youths have no busy- *
ness out of their own yards, and we would advise their
parents or guardians to accompany them, should their de
sires prompt them to visit the West.
There is just now a moObmonia for Western lands, but
nine out of every teu are not willing to pay over a “ bit ”
12% cents—an acre. There are plenty of lands in thifl and
the adjoining States yet to be had at that price, but the
provisions of the Graduation Act, prevent any from enter
ing over 320 acres, with an obligation that It Is tho pur
chaser’s intention to settle and live upon it. Improved
lands, and lands entered years ago, can now be bought
ohoap, and there Is plenty of it In the market. Some' of
the owners of this land are holding It at Just three times
its value, whilst others around them are disposing of theirs
at just what they cau get and glad to sell. Those who hold
on for higher prices will be greatly deceived, for those who
now pay 12% cents will improve and cultivate a few acres,
and in a year put it in the market at from $1 to $1,25 an acre,
and thus pass over the land which is now held at $5 iu:J
$8 per acre—and no better than that for $1 and $1 25.
After Government gets through with its sales, there will
be very few purchasers left, and those who hive lands to
sell, cannot get the one-third of what they now ask withi
taxes yearly accumulating. Not that land will depreciate
in value, but that those who bavo been attacked with tho
land fever, will have cured themselves by purchasing from
“ Uncle Sam,” who is rich enough to give us all a farm.—
This is our conclusion of tho prosont land mania, based
upon the opinions of those who aro supposed to bo well.
“ posted ” in this branch of tho trade.
The total assessed valuation of property In this city for
the past year, is $73,662,043 90, on tbe per centum
of tax assessment will be shortly mftdo. In 1865 the as
sessed valuation was less tliau $52,000,000, an Increase in
two years of over $21,662,000, and. something over 40 per
cent, which is the result of a, solid growth. We think na
other city in the Union can show the same growth.
An unknown man was killed on the Pacific Railroad on '
Thurday last, by the train running over him—the body
was cat entirely In two parts.
Some ten or fifteen inquests havo beon held by our Cor
oner during the past week.
The steamer Omaha, just arrived from the Missouri river,
reports that as she landed at Leavenworth City, Kansas,on
the morning ol the 3d inst., two mon named Gordon and
Gillespie hod been arrested and were about to bo hung by
the exasperated citizens, for tho foul and brutal murder
of a man named Walls, from Ohio. He was decoyed by
these villains to the levee, and there robbed anSmurderod
and bis body thrown into tho river. Gordon denied all'
knowledge of the murder, though his shirt and clothes
were stained with the blood of bis victim. The population
were greatly excited. A rope was procured and placed
about the neck of Gordon, and ho was soon elevated a abort
distance from the ground, but finding that he wished to
•ay something, was cut down, when he acknowledged that
he was one of three who brutally murdered Walla, and Im
plicated Gillespie and one O’Brien. He said that he ftabbed
his victim but onco, that Gillespie stabbed him four times,
and O'Brien twice, before they succeeded In killing him.—
Gillespie was soon after arrested, and tho execution was
stayed for two hours, allowing tims to run down O’Brion ;
if caught all three were to be hong together, and If not In
the specified time, then Gordon and Gillespie were to pay
the debt for the foul deed. We have no doubt but that
O’Brien was captured, and ere this all three have paid the.
penalty o! their crime. It Is a serious and delicate matter
to advocate “Lynch Law,” but we believe a few examples,
set by Judge Lynch, would do more good, Just at this time,
in Kansas, thaD the ordinary process of law, and the-law
abiding people of that Territory woujd soon find peace and
safety from those now feared, whoso blood-thirty spirit
seems constantly to seek tho life of their fellow men.
Excepting the above excitement, all appears to bo quiet
in Kansas, notwithstanding the Black Republican letter
writers are endeavoring to impress upon the minds of tha
Northern poople, that civil war reigns In Kansas. Thai
political capita], it is huped, haa been entirely exhausted—
that it gave out in the vain endeavor to elevate John 0.
Fremont to the Presidency. No sooner than the Presiden
tial election was oTer, and James Buchanan elected by not
only a majority of electoral votes, but by a decided major
ity of the States and of tho peopjo, “ Poor Kansas ”
to “bleed.” We heard no more “shrieks" until within a
tew weeks of oar Stale election, when the shriekors com
menced, and those who did not know better would have
supposed that the “Border Ruffians” were slaying all
the northern Free State men in tho Territory, when all
was quiet—each man attending to bis own business— and
no evil thought for a moment entering the mind ol a singlo
resident of the Territory. In proof of tnis, we will relate
a foe; which was told us by a lady resident of Kansas, a
few days since, that murders, and what not, that were
said to be perpetrated in their town, aDd at Jheir very
door, were not known or even heard of until the Now York
Tribune was .received, when they would then make some
inquiry, aud find no one In the wuoio pla-:e who could tell,
or had even heard of their perpetration. If the New York
Tribune stands no higher for truth and veracity in the
North than it does here and in Kansas, we pity the poor
correspondents when they shall go home to their native
Stales. Thus it has been since the commencement of the
Presidential campaign, and thus, it seems, to continue, and
will bo kept up uuiii after the elections in the Northern
States, to operate iu favor of the Black Republicans. Wo
do not entertain so poor an opinion of our Nuithern people,
as to believe that they are so miserably ignorant as to be
gulled, humbugged and deceived by me pitiful cries and
“ shrieks ” from the paid hirelings sent to Kansas to write 1
letters for political capital. We had hoped Ibis capital
was entirely exhausted, aud account fur the many defeats
to the opponents of the Democracy, to the simple fact, that
evorytbiug they take hold of to accomplish their end, they
invariably “ruu in the ground,” when tnrough necessity
they are compelled to abandon their hobby. Their Kansas
capital has been ruo completely out of eight, and they are
now, in the meditatiou for something new, only wearing
black to keep up appearances!
From this time tui after your election In Pennsylvania
you may expect to hear of butchered “ Free State,” men
by the tens aud huudieds, when all again will be quiet
for perhaps a twelve-mouth. We hope to hear that the
people whom UUc* Republicans are eudeavoring to
humbug on this Kansas hobby, are not so gullible and ea
sily deceived as the leaders of their party imagine and
that the Democracy will, as iu tho times of yore/rallv
around the standard bearer of their party, and endorse the
Verdict of last fail, by oiecilug Gen. Packer Governor with
the entire State ticket. Wo of the Boutn aud West have
done our doty—wiped out forever Know-Nothingism and
showed the Black Republicans in Missouri, that next’vear
we will be ready to aunihilate them as we have their twin
brother —Know-Nothingism. •
.u T “*.?i d u““ wh *** w ‘“ thsir duty lu Pennsylvania as
they did here, and show their contempt for those who were
Instrumental In breading up that onto powerlul and hen
orable pprly to which it was their furtune to have belonged
a" 1 ";, im,“ C , llBmo ? lln OQr St “ te hM entirely eul>
sided—all willing that the majority ehuujd rule, which is
one of the great characteristics of the American peoph? and
J“tJ l ’ rla,:lpl " , ° f 1118 BtMl
Yours,
OLD fitTAnn,