JNIEtUGEN&R' & LANCASTERIAN.
> GKO. SASDKRSON, EDITOR.
A. SASDERSON^ Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., NOVEMBER;!!), 1857.
CIRCULATION, aiOO COPIES 1
SUBSCRIPT!os Phici, $2,00 per annum.
A Contrast.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is better man
aged than the Banks. Whilst the latter {al
though in a state of suspension and virtual
insolvency, because of their inability to pay
their honest debts,) are declaring dividends
for their stockholders—the managers of the
former have wiselyjietermined on the post
ponement v of the .payment of dividends to its
stockholders, preferring to pay off their debts'
before attempting to divide the profits of the
concern.
There are some things in the management
of the Pennsylvania Railroad which we do not
admire—for instance the reduction of the
wages of the laboring men employed,- and the
increase of the fare—nor do we think the
Company will be much benefited by these
changes; but the resolution of the Board of
Managers to pay off their debts now due :or
shortly to become due, before they make a
divide of the profits among the stockholders,
is praise worthy, and will meet with the ap
probation of the public. If the Banking
institutions of the State had adopted the same
polioy, they could relieve the community to a
much greater extent than they are now doing,
and be more popular with the people.
More Specie 1
The steamship Stair of the West, from
, Aspinwall, arrived at New York, on Wedncs
day, bringing $1,464,000 in specie.
The Cunard steamship Canada, from Liver
pool, arrived at Halifax on Wednesday, with
$1,000,000 of specie on board. The intelli
gence is rather satisfactory, as the condition
of monetary affairs in England was getting
better, and the pressure had considerably
abated. Breadstuffs and cotton were dull,
eaoh with a declining tendenoy.
There was no further news from India.
tfiy All the suspended banks in the State
have accepted of the Relief Law. Nobody
supposed they would pursue any other course.
They had either to do that, or resume the pay
ment of their honest debts, Individuals are
not permitted to suspend the payment of their
liabilities whenever it suits their convenience
—the law oompels them to fork over. But not
so with the Rag Barons of the day ; they can
violate statutes, justice and every thing else
with impunity—and the law is too weak to
checkmate them. Laws are made to take hold
of small robbers—not great ones ! The poor
fellow in rags is made to feel its severest pen
alties ; the rogue in ruffles and the rag-mills
laugh defiantly at its penalties. O tempora !
O mores 1
More Democratic Victories.
The present month is as fatal to Black
Republicanism as was the month of October-
Look at the returns of the elections held last
week:
NEW YORK REDEEMED!
The Democratic majority in New York city is
23,637!
The footings ot the returns from the differ
ent counties of the State show large Demo,
oratie gains every where, and render it certain
that the entire Democratic State ticket is
elected by some 10,000 majority.
The Democrats will also have a majority in
both branches of the Legislature.
NEW JERSEY.—The “Jersey Blues^have
again come up to the work in good earnest
defeating their Black Republican opponents
at all points. The election was for members
of the State Legislature, and the Democrats
have carried both branches by handsome ma
jorities.
MASSACHUSETTS.—The old “Bay State’*
appears to be joined to her idols. The Black
Republicans have elected their Governor, N.
P. Banks, and a large majority in, both
branches of the Legislature—as was antici
pated by every body.
MARYLAND.—This State is destined still
to be under the curse of Know Notbingism.
The “ Plug Uglies " of Baltimore appear to
have had every thing their own way in all
the wards of the City, with a single exception.
In the eighth ward the Democratic majority
is over 2,000. But in many of the other wards
the Democrats were either driven from the
polls, or absented themselves from the election,
being afraid to risk their lives. The Plug
Ugly Know Nothing majority in the City is
about 10,000, which of course overbalances
the rest of the State, and elects their Governor,
Members of the Legislature, a majority of
Congressmen, &c., &c. Several riots occurred
in Baltimore during the day, and some five or
six Democrats were dangerously wounded.—
So much for the way in which the Know
Nothing Mayor guaranteed the peace of the
City and the rights of the voters !
LOUISIANA.—The Democratic State ticket
elected, and three of the four members of Con
gress. The remaining member is an Ameri
can ; the Legislature is also Democratic ; the
majority on the State ticket is over 5,000.
WISCONSIN.—This State it is thought has
again gone for the Black Republicans—that
party having probably elected their candidate
for Governor and a majority of the Legisla
ture, but by a reduced majority.
MINNESOTA.—The Washington Union
publishes a letter from St. Paul, dated Oct.
30, whioh claims the election of Mr. Sibley,
the Democratio candidate for Governor, as
certain by a majority of from 500 to 1000.
Speaking of the Maryland election, the
same paper of Friday last says :
The returns from the interior of Maryland,
as far as heard from, show handsome demo
cratic , gains. In the fifth congressional dis
trict,-Mr. Kunkel, the democratic candidate,
is in all probability elected—a gain. In the
Montgomery district, Gen. Bowie is triumph
antly re-elected.
The know-nothings of Baltimore olaim to
have carried the city by a majority of some
ten thousand—thus securing the re-election
to Congress of Messrs. Harris and Davis. As
-the whole affair—election it cannot be called
—was a bloody mockery, our only surprise is
the fighting gangs of Baltimore permitted
the casting of a single democratic ballot at
any of the voting precincts in that city.
Death of a Member of the Legislature.
—We regret to learn that Mr. J. B. Back
house, a Republican member of the last House
of Representatives, and re-elected, died at his
in Ohio township, Allegheny county,
a few days ago. He was detained from his
seat at the extra session by sickness. His
disease was consumption. A new election
will be necessary to fill the vacancy.
The State of Illinois is said to have
produced during the present season over 208,-
000,000 bushels of grain —more than six
bushels to each man, woman and child in the
United States I The single county of Winne
bago produced one million six hundred bushels
of wheat! and yet the whole amount going
orward to market is less than it has been for
some years when there were not even middling
crops.
Several riotous demonstrations have
recently been made in New York by, large
bodies of laboring men mostly Germans.
" Bread or Blood” was their motto. Nothing
aerioufl, however, has yet grown out of these
gatherings, and it is to be hoped that no out
break will occur.
The Moneyed Crlili— 4Lhead> . ! Central America.
Out* able and sound ■‘Democratic; contempt)- I The news from Central America is impor
( rary, the Washington Union, is j tanfc: IJJora is to be made President for lifej
] much sprifce to the consideration of th'e ques- i witji liberal pecuniary allowances. Thirty
i tion of. banking and currency; viewed in con- ; deserters from Walker’s army remained at
! nectiuniwitfi’the preHent'moncj ed crisis. The [ Punta Arenas in a destitute condition. It is
i articles are foil of information! and exhibit an ; reported thaff Morgan & 00. having failed to
\ array of facts which cannot be overthrown.— ; make good their part of the contract in refer-
In a recent article, the Unio i presents the 1 ence to the Transit route, the Government has
following picture of the condition of the conn* j determined to make, the transit free, under
try at this time. It is truly cheering, and ! the protection of the maratime Powers, and
| furnishes abundant evidence for the belief! that a special envoy has been despatched to
j that our moneyed difficulties vjill be of com-j Washington to treat upon the subject. The
paratively brief duration, if the people will government has monopolized the traffic in ar
only rise up like men and meet the crisis.— dent spirits. There is trouble brewing in
The Union thus exhibits our commercial posi-; Nicaragua.. The Costa Rican troops have
tion with foreign nations: . i; ; blockaded Fort San Carlos, and were deter-
We owe them nothing. The balance of mined to hold the San Juan river until the
trade is in our favor England is in our debt.; Transit ronte di6pnte is settled . Meantime,
It iB immaterial to the question that some of ~ ; , e
her capitalists have chosen, froin time to time, * here 18 a probability of a coalition of the
to invest large earns of money jin our railroad ; other Central American Republics against the
companies. Their biting misfortunes with ! pretensions of Costa Rica. W. Cara Jones
the stocks of Mississippi years ago projected : waB a t Granada. The United States sloop-of
have been safe. All that is thus vested will! the cholera has disappeared. It is estimated
be lound to be so. The interest which those ■ that eight thousand persons have died of this
loans will draw from the country will be com-! disease during the past season. There had
paratively small. But the actual indebted- been d ; BtnrbanceB in Santa R „ bnt th
ness of England will beftmore than a counter- . J
balance for any drain which mjky be made by were suppressed without much difficulty.—
her citizens for interest upon loans. We at San Salvador was quiot, and everything in a
this moment stand fair and equal with all flourishing condition (
nations, and have nothing to oppress or even There ; 8 n 0 news of ra] ; tance
to annoy us from abroad. Whj&t, then, is our P XT r. j \ ... .
condition in regard to our bohie resources ? * rom -^ ew Crenada. ihe decree prohibiting
We shall simply speak in round numbers, but the landing of fillibusters at the Isthmus ports
within the minimum of the tru| figures. had been revoked. The United States ships
. cot ton crop ?? ar - n W ? S ° ne Adams and Decatur were at Panama,
hundred and thirty millions. It will be now , t x Wl , . . ’
worth one hundred and sixty, !j and the Bteam fn g ate Wabaah was at As P in -
Our tobacco crop this yea* will produce The John Adams would leave forborne,
twenty millions of dollars, jj There are on the Ist of November. A severe shock of
twenty one States in the Union which grow earthquake was experienced at Panama on
tobacco, ana the crop of this year is an average . r . , , _
one< n ° the loth ult., but no damage resulted from it.
Our wheat crop in 1850 whs one hundred 1° Chili a new ministry of liberal political
millions of bushels, and estimated that year views had peen inaugurated, and an amnesty
at an equal amount of dollars. !j Since then a | t 0 „]] offenders engaged in the events of 1851
very great stimulus has been applied to wheat, , , , , . , .
growing. Then we had only eleven millions | ad een P romu *g ateA A panic on a small
of acres in wheat. Now we have not less than j Bca l® prevailed among the mercantile commu
twenty-five. It is seven years since then, nity. From Peru we learn that the move
which ie an item to cause increase, and must mentB of the revolutionary party continued,
be added to that of years, and the greater ... t .. , , , . , ~
demand now than then. The product of I Wlt^oufc ftn ? not ahle advantage to either side,
wheat, we have no doubt, will b.fe two hundred The agent of an extensive organization for the
and twenty five millions of bushels. It may purposes, as is alleged, of wholesale robbery
be rated at an equal sum in dollars. in South and Central America, had been
California will produce forty five millions . . xT
of gold. This will not leave UB> heretofore. arreated a ‘ L ™ a
Then four-fifths of it went away. This year
four-fifths of it will remain. I
Our crop of corn in 1850 wal estimated at
two hundred and sixty six millions of dollars.
This year we shall have eight hundred millions
of bushels. It will be worth more than the
sum of that year. jj
Besides these staple articles, yr;e have a long
list of exports, which would swell the aggre
gate amount to an immense nutnber of mil
lions. j
But we have not finished the reckoning. It
is to be remembered that there is at this
moment in the hands of the people a much
larger amount of specie than h|s ever before
been in the United States. Besides, the
people owe less. As a people ttley are not in
debt. The South is comparatively free from
debt, and a very general prosperity, North
and South, pervades the agricultural commu
nity. |
These great resources will assuredly put us
all right within eight months, this is about
the period when a large body ofi' our exports
will begin to yield us ample returns.
As to the markets which wejiare to have
abroad, and the remedies which are to be
applied at home, we shall mlvtert to them
hereafter. We think as to the first they may
be relied upon, and as to the last they may be
made efficient. j
Here are facts from which the real wealth
of the country can be plainly and fairly
estimated. There is no cause for despondency.
The stream of prosperity is onlyj impeded in
its uniform flow. It is not dried bp. Europe
needs our produce, and we have d great abun
dance to sell. Cotton and Tobacco, Wheat
and Flour are so much gold to the people.—
The only thing necessary is tolremove the
primary cause of this stoppage of bur national
prosperity—inflated paper currency—and sub
stitute in its place a currency of fixed, certain
value. This will infuse confidence into all
departments of business, and remove the cloud
which now lowers over the homes land hearths
of our people. That duty must i l ,be met and
performed by men of all political parties, if
they would see their country permanently
prosperous.— Pennsylvanian. jj
Light Ahead. ;|
The New York Courier and Enquirer esti
mates the commerce of the United States for
present fiscal year as follows: ji
Exports, . . . $43^.000,000
Imports, .... 28(5,000,000
Balance in our favor,
Add California Gold,
Debt due Europe,
Balance,
From this it can be seen that! if Europe
remains solvent, the balance dufe us, after
paying the debt which is now due to Europe
will exceed ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! This,
according to the opinion of the piper above
referred to —always good authority on such
matters—is an under estimate of oiur exports,
as, in all human probability, theyjwill exceed
that amount. If these figures should be real
ized, and we believo they will, in less than
twelve months the country will haye not only
recovered from the present panic, but will
show a state of prosperity Buch aiß we have
never experienced before in our history.
The Tariff of 1846. '|
The tariff of 1846 went into operation on
the Ist December, 1846, and continued until
June 30th, 1857, ten years and sev&n months.
During that period our imports were $2,504,-
168,646, and our exports $2,429,1517,209. Du
ring that period our exports of breadstuffs to
foreign countries were $401,527,362. The
amount of our tonnage employedjjin foreign
commerce was 1,800,000 tons annually, the
aggregate earnings of which, during that pe
riod, could not have been less thanij $230,000,-
000. n
The Official Vote of Ohio,
Cincinnati, Nov. s. —The officialivote of the
State, for Governor, foots up as follows :
Governor Chase, (Rep.) 1^0,568
Henry B. Payne, (Dem.) 15.9,065
Peter Van Trump, (A.) ib,227
The above shows that Gov. Chase has been
elected by a plurality of 1503. I;
Thanksgiving Day. —The Governors of the
following States have, by proclamation,
designated a day for public thanksgiving and
prayer: |
Maine, Nov. 19 I Pennsylvania, j Nov. 26
Mississippi, Nov. 26 Connecticut, > Nov. 26
New York, Nov. 26 | Rhode Island, ! Nov. 26
N. Hampshire, Nov. 26 I lowa, ‘ Nov. 26
Maryland, Nov. 23 Massachusetts, ' Nov. 26
N. Carolina, Nov. 26 j Ohio, 1, Nov. 19
The Mormons
The N. Y. Times Nebraska correspondent
announces the arrival in that territory of
divers Mormon deserters, who left Salt Lake
City in October. They bring two wifeeks later
intelligence which, if true, is of high impor
tance. They say that Brigham Young, at the
head of a large force, was preparing to leave
Salt Lake City, to give battle to the United
States troops. They allege that the Mountain
Pass, at whioh the Mormons will attempt to
oheok the progress of the troops, is ;onc that,
in a military point of view, will give them
overwhelming advantage that, !m their
rebellion, they will receive material' aid from
the Indians; and, that their ultimate design is
to throw off all allegiance to the Upion, and
establish an independent government.
An article in the Chicago Tribune informs
us that shoals of people from New Englaud
and the Middle States are traveling westward
to look after the farm lands and building lots,
in which they invested so much money last
Summer and Spring, at a time of great infla
tion, or upon the security of which they lent
money to western men. The Tribune adds
that these investments are hopeless, and will
be so for years to come. But this probably
depends upon whether the holders of such
lands and lots continue to expect good prices.
,The article we quote from says that the
amount of land now for sale is immense, in
fact, out of all proportion to the demand at
present, or any prospective demand for the
next ten years. As for the building lots nine
tenths of them might as well be sacrificed at
once by their owners, for any price they will
bring. From the tone of the western papers
it is quite cleir that none of the land now
held by speculators will be saleable for a long
time to come, unless thrown into the market
for whatever it will bring. Then emigrants
and settlers will be attracted to the regions
which the eager appetites of speculators had
swallowed up. But if not, then the next tide
of emigration will pass over them entirely,
and they will be forgotten.
The Democratic Victory in Minnesota.
The St. Paul Pioneer is of opinion that
lion. Alexander Ramsay “ is probably elected
Governor by a hundred votes,” and then posts
the books as follows as to what the Democracy
of Minnesota have secured at the late elec
tion :—A Democratic Stato Senate; a Demo
cratic House of Representatives ; two Demo
cratic United States Senators ; three Demo
cratic members of the United States House of
Representatives; a Democratic Lieutenant
Governor ; a Democratic Secretary of State;
a Democratic State Auditor ; a Democratic
State Treasurer ; a Democratic Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court; two Democratic As
sociate Justices of the Supreme Court; a
Democratic Attorney General; a Democratic
Delegate in Congress ; a Democratic Clerk of
the Supreme Court. This is certainly a most
cheering and satisfactory victory to the De
mocracy of Minnesota, as it places that in
coming State safely and permanently on the
Democratic platform. There is no mistaking
the political sentiment of Minnesota. It is
with the national, Union loving men of the
Republic, and opposed to the treason of Blask
Republicanism, no matter in what shape it is
presented.
$151,000,000
40,000,000
$191,000,000
40,000,000
$15].,000, 000
New Constitution, of Oregon.
The new Constitution of Oregon bids fair
to contain some curious features. One of these
prepared at the last dates, in the Constitution,
was to abolish the grand jury system, on ac
count of its expense and inquisitorial charac
ter, and substitute therefor the result of
examinations before justices of the peace.—
Another is to make the Governor ex-officio
Treasurer of the State, to have no Lieutenant
Governor, and make the Secretary of State
Governor pro tem., in case of the death of the
Executive. A third novelty is the limitation
of the number of members of the State Senate
to fifteen, and the assembly to thirty, with
biennial sessions. A fourth is the viva voce
system of voting at all public elections. This
has been done all along in Oregon, and is the
old English plan, adopted thence into Virginia,
and from Virginia carried westward through
Kentucky and Missouri to Oregon. The vot
ing is done in the same way in Kansas. There
are some other interesting features which may
be briefly stated thus: Judges of Courts are
rendered ineligible to any office other than a
judicial one during the term for which they
may have been elected, and for one year there
after ; towns and cities are prohibited from
contracting debts for any purpose whatever ;
bank charters are absolutely prohibited, 'bo
the business of corporate banking will not be
recognized.
General Packer at Home.
Gen. Packer’s official majority in Lycom
ing county is 1171. Last October the Demo
cratic majority was 397. In Williamsport,
his residence, he ran about 200 votes ahead of
the party vote last fall.
We have not the official vote from Bradford,
but Wilmot’s majority is less than that of the
opposition State ticket last fall, and much less
than Fremont’s. In Towanda, hia residence,
he receives five votes less than the candidates
on the tioket with him !—Democrat
The Navy Yards at New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Norfolk and Pensocola, are
each to have the building of one of the new
sloops-of-war. The machinery for the Pen
sacola vessel will be constructed in Washing
ton.
Expected Failure. —The Albany Argus
Bays: 44 The traffic in free negroes, as a polit
cal commodity, must soon cease. We expect
to announce among the bankruptcies in
November, the following: ' Greely & Co.,
dealers in human wool—suspended, owing to
the short crop, and the fact that the clip now
on hand has ho Bale.’ ”
The Land Speculators.
Wilmot at Home.
K&nsa* Polities*
The opposition all over the North are dis
posed to construe the election of Mr. Parrott,
the Free State candidate for Delegate to Con
gress, and the success of the Free.* s State
nominees for the Legislature, into a great
Republican triumph. This effort is altogether
unwarranted, according to the declarations of
the press of the Territory, .The following item,
in relation to the recent ’election, is from the
Herald of Freedom, of the 10th ult :
“As the contest is now over, we caution our
Republican friends against claiming the result
here, as a Republican victory. It is a Free
State triumph and nothing else. It is a ver
dict of the people in favor of self-government,
and in favor of freedom for Kansas without
any relation whatever to the old parties as
organized in the States.”
The hermaphrodite sheet, the Geary City
Era, by its American editor, denounces the
assertion that the election in the Territory was
a Republican triumph as “impudence unpar
allelled.” It adds that “if none but Republi
cans and pro-slavery men had voted at the
recent election, Republicanism would have
been whipped so badly *that its own mother
would not have recognized it.”
So much for Republicanism in Kansas.
But it would seem equally certain that in the
event of a contest between Democracy and
Republicanism, the latter would be utterly
and ignominiously routed. The Ellwood
Advertiser , an independent sheet, in reviewing
the result, says :
“ The vote of the Democratic party, aside
from all other issues, is the strongest in the
Territory; and this election the candidates
and organs of the party, tried hard to ignore
the issue of free or slave State, with a hope of*
getting the whole vote, but without success.—
Should they pursue a fair policy, respecting
the manifest wish of the mass of the people,
making no effort to thrust slavery upon the
territory, they may confidently rely upon
Kansas entering the Union as a loyal and
Democratic State.”
It will be seen then, that this election is to
be regarded, in the language of the “Herald
of Freedom,” “as a Free State triumph, with
out any relation whatever” to distinctive party
lines. It is, doubtless, perfectly true that a
large portion of the pro-slavery settlers of
Kansas are members of the Democratic party,
as we recognize within constitutional limits,
perfect freedom of opinion with respect to the
abstract question of slavery, and anti slavery.
Hence, until the local question of the prohibi
tion or toleration of this institution is deter
mined, the strength of our party, as a great
national organization, cannot be practically
determined at the ballot-box, by a union of
our full vote, upon the same candidates.—
Pittsburg Union.
Good Advice.
We do not know of any admonition better
for our readers at the present time, than the
subjoined:
“ Advertise . —Dull times are perhaps the
very best for advertisers. What little trade
is going on they get, and whilst others are
grumbling, they pay their way, and with the
newspaper as a life preserver, swim ou the top
of the water, while others are sinking all
around. Advertise liberally, and you will
hardly smell the hard times.”
Every word of this is true, and iL will be
worth money to any business man who will
act upon it. Reduce your prices to suit the
times. Small profits and quick sales are much
the best just now. It will be of no advantage
to stick to the rates asked in prosperous days,
and thus fail to sell. Retrenchment is the
order now. Therefore, advertise your goods
liberally, and let the public know where cheap
articles can be had. Advertise, and let people
Bee that your head is still above water, and
that you go on selling on advantageous terms.
There are plenty of cash buyers who make
their appearance about these times, eager to
pick up bargains.
Our Resources.— The United States has
increased its products on such a grand scale
this yeUr, that it is difficult to realize its wealth,
to be applied before many months to cure the
financial sickness now prevailing. England
is already in our debt, the balance of trade is
in our favor. Our resources at home consist,
first in our wheat crop on 25 millions of acres,
and product estimated in 225 millions of bush
sis and worth as many dollars—our corn crop
800 millions of bushels—our gold crop in Cali
fornia 45 millions of dollars annually—our
tobacco crop 25 millions of dollars, and our
cotton crop 100 millions of dollars.— Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
And yet with a paper currency inflating andi
depressing prices, making an artificial abun
dance of what is called money, tb be followed
by an equally artificial scarcity, we are now a
nation of bankrupts—the country presenting
the strange nDomaly of abounding wealth and
prosperity, and at the same time, covered with
embarrassment, wretchedness and distress.
So it will ever be until we return to a hard
money currency. Give us a currencv of gold
and silver, and artificial panics will hereafter
be forever unknown. —Delaware Gazette.
The Bounty Land Business'
The condition of the bounty land business
under the acts of 1847, 1850, 1852 and 1855,
is full of general interest. Under the act of
1847 there were issued to the 30tb ultimo
87,715 warrants, covering 13,130,320 acres, of
which 79,999 acres were located. Under the
act of 1850 188,994 warrants were issued,
covering 13,155,360 acres, of which 164,326
acres were located. Under the act of 1852
11,979 warrants were issued, covering 693,520
acres, of which 9619 acres were located.—
Under the act of 1855 214,394 warrants were
issued, covering 26,710,670 acres, of which
11/,685 acres were located. This gives a to
tal issue up to the 30th ultimo, under all the
acts, of 503,082 warrants, covering 53,689,870
acres.
S&&* Since 1849 we have exported specie and
bullion to the amount of $319,708,929, and
imported the same to the amount of 47,076,-
213,jnaking the difference against us of $272,-
632,732 in gold. This is the effect of Loco
loco Free Trade. —Chambersburg Repository.
There is philosophy for you—black as Re
publicanism can make it. We have been
printing rags by the ton weight, and because
specie will no more stay where worthless Btrips
of brown paper are used as a currency than
light can exist in darkness, we are gravely
told that Free Trade sends the gold and silver
abroad. If we would use it at home, it would
stay at home. Establish a specie currency in
the United States, and Old England would no
longer be able to send uncounted million’s
worth of useless gew-gaws to this country in
exchange for real money. It would afford a
salutary check at once to our national extrav
agance and folly, which has already produced
so great an amount of misery, wretchedness,
and crime. It would check this almost uni
versal spirit of gambling and speculating—
money that is worth something costs some
thing, and every idle loafer in a broadcloth
coat would not obtain it merely by writing his
name oh a slip of paper. —Evening Argus.
Hayti. —We have letters from Hayti down
to the 14th ult., whioh contain very interest
ing news. Capt. James A. Leet, of the Amer
can barque A. G. Washburn, belonging to
Bristol, R. 1., had been thrown into prison for
driving a local trapper of foreign Beamen from
off his vessel when engaged in tampering
with his crew. Captain Leet was very harshly
dealt with, and official appeals to the Minister
in his behalf met with no consideration. The
Emperor refused to see the Acting Consul of
the United States on the subject, which had
produced great excitement. Captain Leet
states his case in our columns to-day. The
weather was very favorable for the colleetion
of the coffee crop, which would be immense,
averaging 90,000,000 pounds, an excess of
20,000,000 pounds over that of last year. It
sold at $9 50 per 100 pounds. Logwood was
plenty at $4 per lOOOpounds. Trade had
improved somewhat at Port au Prince, but
was dull at Jacmel, Aux Cayes and Cape Hay
tien. Yellow fever had again appeared at
Port au Prince, and Captain Hutchinson, of
the American barque C ordelia, with two of
the crew, died of it oa the 13th ult.
The Western Hog Trade.
.The transactions in hogs continue dull at
the W oat. The 'Louisville Courier says the
market there is at a stand, with no prospect of
prices being established for some time to come.
The crop of corn is immense, and the fkrmers
can fatten, their hogs at comparatively, little
.expense, and being unwilling to accept tow
prices, will convert a large proportion of their
pork into bacon, which will not Teach the
market much earlier than spring. The last
contracts were at cents, but buyers now
refuse to contract at even 5 cents. The Courier
adds:*
At Madisohr, Indiana, early in the season,
some 25,000 hogs were contracted for at $6 30
net, for which, together with lots engaged at
the market price when the season commences,
the business men of Madison have advanced
about $230,000. At Evansville, Ind., and along
the Wabash,.there is an utter indifference
among the buyers to operate at the decline in
prices. Corn fattened hogs for November
delivery were offered in Cincinnati last week
at $5 50 without finding buyers. Those who
have bought at $6 and $7, feel very sore, and
are contriving how to get out of the loss., A
house in Evansville entered into engagements
before the panic for 8000 head, at an average
of $5, to be delivered on the Wabash. We
hear of several purchases in Gibson county of
small lots at $5.
The St. Louis Republican, of Monday week,
has the following :
Farmers would offer freely if there was a
prospect that 4a $4 could be obtained ; but
packers will Dame no price whatever, not even
a figure materially under those quotations.—
Recently 200 head, averaging 200 lbs. gross,
sold at $4 net, but they were for shipment.
Another lot of 250 head was offered to-day at
the same rate, but without finding a purcha
ser. This is heavy decline, but the state of
the times render it inevitable, and farmers are
necessitated to take what they can get ; or
hold over to the next season.
The Chicago Tribune says of hogs in that
and other sections :
For present delivery $4 75a55 25, gross, is
paid for hogs in this market, though no con
tracts for November delivery have been made
recently, and should money matters grow no
better not over $5 net is likely to be paid du
ring the packing season. At Burlington, lowa,
we learn that $3 50, gross, only is now paid,
which iR some $4 25 net, and at this rate could
be delivered here at about $5 net.
Circulation of Democratic Newspapers.
Duty of Postmasters*
We take the following well-timed remarks
from the Albany Atlas and Argus, and com
mend them to the attention of postmasters in
Pennsylvania particularly, who have been
sadly remiss in extending the circulation of
their own journals :
41 Postmasters are not bound by law to aid
the circulation of nrry newspaper, and it is
their duty to furnish the accommodations of
the mail service to all. But they are indebted
for their offices to their political friends, to
which they belong. Their duty to that party
—simple good faith to their political associates
—requires that they should not labor in behalf
of the principles of the eoemy and engage in
their dissemination.—Nay, more,common hon
esty requires that they should, so far as they
reasonably cau, reciprocate the kindness of
the party which has conferred office upon them
by aiding in upholding its principles and per
fecting its organization and contributing to
its success. In no way can this so conveni
ently and efficiently be done by them, as by
extending the circulation of Democratic news
papers.
“ There is not a postmaster at the smallest
country hamlet who cannot by a small amount
of labor and a little tact, increase the circula-
tion of Democratic newspapers in his neighbor
hood. Where postmasters refuse to recognize
their obligation to their political friends to do
this, and especially where they engage in cir
culating Black Republican newspapers, it is
perfectly fair, nay it is the duty of self preser
vation, for the Democratic party to dispense
with their services and bestow their offices
upon those who have a more correct appreci
ation of political duties.
“ More than this, these post-office appoint
ments, so long as it is agreed they are political
ones, should be in efficient hands. They should
be bestowed upon those who have the dispo,-
sition and the skill to aid and strengthen their
party in the locality, and where they are now
in hands which fail to accomplish this
end, changes should unhesitatingly be made.
On no other principle of distributing political
patronage can a party be sustained. In the
case of Postmasters, a pretty good index of
their political efficiency is afforded by the
number of Democratic newspapers circulated
through their respective offices.
Read and Reflect.— The editor of the
York Gazette , who publishes a sound Demo
cratic journal, discourses as follows:
We believe with our friend Getz, of the
Reading Gazette , that do Tariff, or no Legis
lative enactments, can relieve us from our
present embarrassments. But the truth is—
and the sooner we look the- thing honestly in
the face, the better for all: of us—we have
overstrained credit—speculated wildly—lived
extravagantly—and, as a natural consequence,
involved ourselves so deeply in debt that, with
many of us, extrication is impossible. We
have constructed railroads with nothing but
bonds—mere worthless paper ; established
banks upon paper capital; speculated in sugar,
flour and lands, upon nothing more real than
credit; built palaces of brown stone and
marble upon the profits of next year's busi
ness ; and squandered all our present gains in
extravagant living, merely to keep up the ap
pearance of wealth.- In short, we have reck
lessly followed one part of Davy Crockett's
famous motto, without stopping to regard the
other, and all-important part—we have made
haste to “ go ahead,” but never cared to in
quire whether we were “ right”—of which
the immortal Davy counselled us to “be al
ways sure ” And, added to all this, we have
kept up our false credit for years past,'by the
payment of such enormous shaves for money,
that we now stand aghast at our insane folly,
and wonder only that the bubble to which we
trusted did not burst loDg ago. But pay day
came at last—as it always does, however we
may succeed in postponing it, from time to
time—and how did it find us ? Indeed every
where, and to every body. Our Railroad Com
panies owe their foreign bondholders more
than all their property is worth, and more
than their earniDgs can pay in a half century.
The importer owes a million abroad—the job
ber owes the importer—the retailer owes the
jobber—the consumer owes the manufacturer
—they all owe the banks—the banks owe their
depositors and note holders—and wo all owe
each other. Debt—debt—debt—surrounds us
on all sides ; and we may look in vain for any
means of escape save in its removal.
Have the British Ruled India Well ?
A correspondent of the London Star (we pre
fer to quote an English authority upon a point
of this kind) gives in the following paragraph
abundant occasion for revolution, if the griev
ances referred to weighed upon any other
people than the Hindoos, whose normal con
dition is one of oppression :
“We must bear in mind, that, for the. last
fifty long years, Great Britain had had a firm
footing in India, she has done next to nothing
in the development of the resources of the
country; that, although she has refrained
from occasional fits of active cruelty, like her
Mahratta or Mogul predecessors, yet that, by
a standing and grinding system of taxation,
and an imperfect administration of imperfect
laws by incompetent and, in many cases, cor
rupt judges, she has brought the mass of the
population to a condition worse than what
they were in before her rule.”
Homicide in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4. —Richard Carter,
President of the Anthracite Bank, at Tamaqua,
was shot dead this evening in the parlor of
the St. Lawrence Hotel, by Thomas Washing
ton Smith, of Cecil county, Maryland. The
latter is in custody. He declares that he had
married an adopted daughter or wardofCarter,
and subsequently discovered that Carter had
previously seduced the girl who had a child
by him four months after her marriage. The
shooting was done in revenge. Carter was
middle aged, a man of wealth and family.
—Smith's age is 30 years.
Grain for Europe. —There are now loading
grain and flour at this port, the large number
of thirty ships, all for Europe, about half be
ing for Liverpool and the remainder for Glas
gow. They will average about 20,000 bushels
for each ship. Such a wholesale exportation
of these two great staple articles of agricultu
ral produce is unprecedented.— N. Y. Express.
CITT AND COUNTY AFFAIRS!
Change op yesterday the differ
ent passenger trains, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, oom
meoed departing from this city aa follows:
XASTWARD.
Lancaster ...i.............
Express h55L......
Way. .;...„. W J,
Mail
Fut Line ........
WESTWARD.
Express,...-* 2.00 a. m.
Wayi. — i_-.. ... _ r 6.15 p. m.
Mail ;S. 10.65 a.m.
Fast One 3.45 p. m.
This Schednle Is arranged according to Railroad timt,
which will be ten minutes slower than Philadelphia, and
ten minutes faster than Pittsburg time.
Resignation.—Rev. H. Harbaugh has re
signed the Pastorship of the First German Reformed Church,
Orange street, to take_efTect on the Ist of Janaary next.—
His resignation has been accepted.
The Educational Association.— The Lan
caster County Educational Association held its annual
meeting, at Fulton Hall, on Saturday last. There was a
very slim attendance of member*—leaving outsiders to
judge that the cause of education receives but little interest
from the great mass of the teachers of Lancaster county.—
We hope such is not the ease. Perhaps,
“a little learning is a dangerous thing."
The address of Judge Hayes, in the afternoon, was a fine
production. His remarks were sound, judicious and prac
tical, and couched in the most beautiful and chaste lan
guage. If the members had been present, it
would, undoubtedly, have done them much good to have
hoard the many well-timed suggestions in the one hour’s
address of the Jndge.
Lecture at Safe Harbor.—Our talented
young townsman, S.uicxl H. Reynolds, Esq., delivered a
lecture, on “Literature,” before the Safe Harbor Literary
Society on Friday evening. The following is from a member
of the Society:
Sap* Harbor, Nov. 7, 1557.
Mr. Editor: —Tbo progress of the Safe Harbor Literary
Association is quite flattering and promising. At every
meeting new members are added to its already large num
ber. At the last election for officers B. F. Wright, Esq., late
of California, vvas elected President His | abilities and
courteous manners will give fresh and renewed encourage
ment to its members.
Sam’l H. Reynolds, Esq., from the City f Lincaster.
delivered a lecture, on last Friday evening, for the benefit
of the Society. He acquitted himself most oratorirally and
learnedly, and elicited the profound approbation of his
large and intelligent auditory. He \* a promising young
man, endowed with brilliant talonta
Yonrs, «fcc.
Mrs. Mott.— This somewhat notorious and
strong-minded woman lectured before the Page Literary
Society, at the Millersville Normal School, on the'.27th ult,
and as a matter of course on the foolish subject of-Woman’s
Rights.” The wonder with us is that people, calling them
selves sensible, will listen to surh silly harangues.
A Beaotiftl Monument.—On Sunday we
paid ft brief visit to the Lancaster Cemetery, to look at a
new monument just erected to the memory of Theo. Burg
Witraer. Esq., formerly of this city, who, it will be recol
lected, was lost from a steamer in the Mediterranean Sea,
in the Spring of 1 850. We cannot do better than by giving
the following description which appeared in the Express, of
Saturday evening:
This monument was designed and put up bv our talented
young townsman, Mr. J. Augustus Beck, and is one of the
mot beautiful and finished performances which it was ev«r
our fortune to look upon. It stands on the let of the de
ceased’s mother, in the north-eastern section of the Cemo
tery, ftnd fronts west. Every part of the monument, with
the exception of the base, is cut from Italian marble, and
a female figure, representing “Resignation,” which sur
mounts it, of marble from the famous quarries of Carara.
On the sides are raised tablets, the back plain, and In front
a half column, containing the following inscription, sur
rounded by a beautiful raised wreath :
IN MEMOHT OF
THEO. BURG WITHER,
’ WBO WAS
BHIPWRECEED IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA,
ON DIB WAY FROM
VALENCIA TO UIBKALTER.
MARCH 29,
1*56,
AGED 38 TEARS.
On the outside of the wreath, below, aro the following
words in Italic letters:
Maternal Affection
Erected this Monument.
The design and execution of this piece of firt Is one of the
finest imaginable, especially the figure, which is that of a
girl |of about fourteen, emblematic of resignation. The
expression on the upturned face of the statue is truly life
like—that of calm, quiet resignation—und so natural that
it seems as if it would start from its pedestal. From the
shoulders to the feet hangs in many folds a mautle, clasped
at the throat, while the right arm rests over the breast,
and the left bangs in its natural position at the side.—
Around the neck is a small ivy-wreath. The design ot the
figure and the monument is purely original with Mr. Beck,
and reflects the highest credit upon his taste and skill as
an artist and sculptor. All who have looked at it pronounce
it a master-piece of art, exhibiting much promise for future
efforts.
Fire at a School,—On yesterday morning,
about 9 o’clock, at one of the S. E. Ward Public Schools,
near the corner of Duke and German streets, in the school
room of Miss Margie Miller, a fire took place, which occurred
from the upsetting or falling apart of the stove. Luckily,
very little damage was done, only some three or four feet
of the floor being burned.
New Counterfeits—Arrest for Passing
Them. —On Wednesday last a man named James Doebler,
belonging to this city, was arrested on a charge of passing
counterfeit $3 bills on the Farmers’ Bank of New
Jersey. When arrested, Doebler-was at work on the repairs
of the Conestoga Bridge, but he hftd been in company with
two other men, strangers, when several of these notes were
passed upon different citizens, and he was subsequently
identified as having passed them himself. Ho was held to
bail on two charges, one before the Mayor and the other
before Alderman Musser, to answer at Court. He is an
ignorant man, not likely to know a genuine note from a
counterfeit, and was a fit subject for the sharpers from
abroad to victimize.
The police officers repaired to Itohreratown, and one or
two other points, in the vicinity of the city, where Doeb
ler’s accomplices were to have been that night, but they
bad no doubt scented the danger and kept out of the way.
They represented themselves as having come from York,
but circumstances .indicate that they are members of the
same gang, three of whom were arrested aad committed in
Philadelphia for passing similar counterfeits.
Accident. —Mr. Richard Waters met with
a painful accident to-day at Ditlow’s Planing Mill, Water
street, under the following circumstances : It appears that
he vjas engaged in piling and marking the floering boards
on the outside of the mill, when a belt connected with the
planing machine was accidentally thrown off, which Mr.
Ditlow proceeded to adjust. While he was thus engaged,
Mr. Waters went inside, and casually laid his right hand
upon a circular saw, which was in full speed, and tore off
his third finger at the second joint, inflicting several severe
flesh wounds on his other fingers, and npon the ball of the
hand. Luckily an inch board, partly ripped, was on the
table, above which the saw did not extend probably over
a half Inch, otherwise the injuries would have been much
more severe. Dr. H. E. Muhlenberg was called In and
dressed the wounds, which, although painful, are not con
sidered dangerous.— Wednesday's ExjrrtSs.
Jurors. —The following are the Jurors for
the Common Pleas Court, commencing Monday the 23rd
instant:
John B. Bowers, East Hempfiold; John Bard, jr., Upper
Leacock; Daniel S. Bear, City; David Bear. Earl; David
Burns, Rapho; John R. Bitner, City; Grabtll Bare, Upper
Leacock; David Cockley, City; James Connell, West Earl;
James B. Clarke, East Donegal; Mifflin Elliott, Providence;
William H. Grosh, Marietta; Henry Gray, Epbrata; Samuel
Gulsinger, West Cocalico; Samuel B. ness. Columbia; Jaceb
Holl, Upper Leacock; Peter Heller, Upper Leacock; John
Hower, East Cocalico; Jacob R. Hess, Elizabeth; Edward
Hess, Manor, Joshua Hagen, Marti c; Christian Uiestand,
East Hempfleld; James King, jr., Little Britain; Robert
Killough, Fulton; Jacob Kauffman, West Hempfleld; David
Landis, Upper Leacock; Samuel Lied, East Cocalico; Bamuel
Nissley, Clay; Daniel Rohrer, East Hempfleld; Samuel Rutt,
sr.. West Donegal; Christian Shertz, City; Samuel Shenk,
Elizabeth; Elijah Squibb, Carnarvon; William N. Slaytna
ker, Paradise; Henry K. Stoder, West Lampeter; Washing
ton Walker, Little Britain.
The Court having fixed Monday, the 30th Inst., for the
hearing of the contested election case, the Jurors summoned
for that weok need not attend.
Turnpike Election. —Elections for officers
of the following Turnpikes took place last week:
Litiz Turnpike.— President, Emanuel Schaeffer; Mana
gers, Christian H. Rauch. Adam Keller, John S. Hostetler,
Henry G. Long, George B. Shober, Jacob Minnich, I. L.
Sharp; Treasurer. J. B. Tshndy.
Ephrata Turnpike.— President, Henry E. Leman; Man
agers, John K. Reed, Thomas E. Franklin, Jacob Bassler,
John Hess, Benj. L. Landis; Treasurer, Henry Sbreiner.
Conest oo a AND Manor Turnpike.— President, Bertram
A. Sbaeffer; Managers, Wyatt W. Miller, Jacob K. Sbenk.
Abraham Peters, Christian B. Horr, Andrew G. Bowers;
Treasurer, Geo. F. Breneman.
Acceptance of the Relief Law:. —The
stockholders of the Farmers’ and Lancaster County Banks
met on Tuesday last for the purpose of considering the
provisions of the Act, passed at the extra session of the
Legislature, “providing for the resumption of specie pay
ments by the banks, and for the relief of debtors.” The
meetings at both banks were largely attended, and the
provisions of the law unanimously accepted.
Strasburg Items.—The following “items”
we extract from Strosbarg Herald, of Saturday :
Rather Cool. —A young man, named James Devlin, for
merly of Philadelphia, and lately in the employ of Mr.
Samuel Taggart, of this borough, went to the stable of I*-
sacber Reese, oq the 30th nit., aod bitching up his horse
and wagon left for other parts. When he got down the
road as far as Mr. Geo. B. Withers’, his wagon broke down ;
nothing daunted, be unhitched his horse and. attaching
him to one of Mr. Withers’, he again started on bis journey.
Having no money to pay the toll, he did not strike the
pike until near Philadelphia, aod in order to get through
the toll-gate, he cut the top off his wagon aod told the gate
keeper that he was going into town for oysters, and would
pay as he came back. Mr. Reese started iu pursuit of him
the same day, and recovered bis horse and the wagon on
Saturday, in a tavern yard, in West Philadelphia. It is
supposed by many that, being out of money, he resorted
to this plan for the purpose of getting home.
Oub Bidewalks. —We understand that Mr. James Paul,
P. M., having got tired waiting upon the properautborities
to improve the sidewalk between him and one of his neigh
bors, undertook the work himself, by erecting a bridge over
the drain from his yard, for which he deserves the thanks
of the community.
Last Monday while a drove of fine looking cattle was
passing through our borough, several of them ventured
upon the plank walk, just below the Methodist Church,
breaking it through iu three places.
Influenza. —This is a very common disease
at this season of the year, and frequently leads to deep
seated coughs, and oftentimes Consumption. To those
who may bo troubled in that way, wo advise to read the
followiog notice from the Pittsburg Post, of Oct. 28, 1862,
and act accordingly:
Influenza. —One of the best medicines for the cure of
Influenza, that can be found in the country, is Dr. Keyser’s
Pectoral Syrup. We have tried It, and take great pleasure
in bearing testimony to its efficacy. There is no humbug
about it. At this season of the year, when one-half of onr
citizens are Bneezlug and coughing, it should be known
that a lew spoonsful of this medicine will, in half a day,
work a perfect cure. Reader, if you have a Cold, take our
advice and buy a bottle of Dr. Keyser’s Pectoral Syrup,
It may be had at Helnitah’g, 18 East King street.
-Pardoned.— George Washington, (colored,)
convicted of burglAry, at the January Sessions, 1863, and
sentenced to'eix years’ imprisonment In our County Prison,
was pardoned oo Tuesday last by Gov. Pollock.
Columbia Affairs.—Saturday's Spy fur
nishes us with the following Items about Columbia:
The Bail fog tbs Poor.—This enterprise has taken fbrm,
and, it will ftvm a communication in another col
umn, is Airly under way. We must commend the energy
shown by'Col Green aod his associates In acting upon
their own responsibility, without awaiting tho tardy move
ments of the “pnbUcj” and oar “eitlsens. They saw the
necessity tor action, and, deciding what to do, entered
spiritedly Into the affair, asklog tho people to second their
exertions In a good cause. That their efforts have been
successful It no more than we anticipated; and thus, by
means of a little timely forethought and action, a founda
tion will be laid for a fund, which, we trust, will grow to
a sufficient magnitude to afford Important relief to the*
destitute iu our midst. Up to the presoot time but a small
portion of the inhabitants have been solicited to subscribe,
and already a very respectable numberof names is attached
to the list. We look for a liberal contribution, as the town
will be energetically canvassed by those having the under
taking in charge.
6.50 a. in.
9.25 a, m,
4.50 p. m.
8.40 p. m.
2.45 a. m..
We woufd that our voice were potent in exhorting to
liberality, but feel tbafrno word of ours, however eloquent,
no picture of misery, however touchingly drawn, can equal
tho appeal which must come from every man’s own heart
and conscience, in behalf of thesufferlng aod unemployed:
the voice that cries give work 1 give money! give bread I
give what you can! We ask no man to violate bis princi
ples by contributing to the proposed ball; but we do ask
that no man shall draw back his hand and his mite from
the fund, because an evening’s innocent amusement is
made to contribute a most Importaat item towards Us suc
cessful establishment.
We once more give praise to the promptness and energy
that has characterized the conduct ef this effort in behalf
of tl>e uofortuoate. We trust that tho amount of relief
given may repay the warm hearts that have suggested the
means to the good euiL For the ballAfrmust be asoccess,
and on next Thursday we look to see a happy Company
assembled, none tho less glad at heart that bread Is being
danced into the mouths of the poor.
More Relief for tbs Poor.—We are requested to an
nounce that on Monday night, the 9th inaL, a concert will
be given, in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, by Prof. F. Haas, as
sisted by Messrs. N. McDonald, H. Haldeman, Dr. K. Hal
demon, A. Zeller, an<| Messrs. Eeffer and Schmled. of Lan
caster, the proceeds of which will be placed In the hands of
the Dorcas Society ofthis place, to be applied to the relief
of the poor. We have only time to commend the charitable
enterprise of these gentlemen, And ask for it the support
of the public. They are All well known In Columbia as
musicians of a high order ot talent, and we can promise a
treat to their audience.
Fire—More Incendiarism.— On the morning of last Sun
d.iy, at about 3 o'clock, a fire broke out in a stable attached
to the property at the comer of Walnut and Commerce
streets, owned by Messrs. H. M. North and P. Bhrelner,
totally destroying the stable and injurlngthe house to the
extent of a few hundred dollars. The fire spread to the
stabhmwned by the Misses Odell, formerly a livery stable,
which was also consumed. In tho lattor building a horso,
belonging to Mr. Jonas De Long, was burned. The property
of Messrs. North and Shrciuor, and the borßo, wore insured.
Cnl. s. P. Limlernuth, occupying the promises where the
fire originated. Inst some harness and other articles, amount
ing to about fifty dollars. Mr. Thomas Collins also lost
furnituro, which was stored in the stable, valued at $2OO.
The calmness of the night prevented a most serious con
flagration, for with a huh wind no exertious could have
arrested the spread of the fire to the stables which sur
rounded it. There is every evidenceofthls being incendiary
work, but of coursonocluo cau be obtained to'the scoun
drelly perpetrator of the crime. Our town ueeds a patrol.
Wo are too much at tho mercy of every unhung villain
who conceives enmity and wreaks his vengeance, safely
sheltered by the obscurity of the flight.
A MEMBER
32* At a meotiug of the Stockholders of the Columbia
Bank, held on Thursday. sth lust., the provisions of the
late act of the Legislature in relation to tho teller of tho
banks were accepted by ft unanimous vote.
COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Editor— Dear Sir : —As the winter is fast approach
ing ami almost every one predicts a hard one, it will not,
1 hope, be amiss to throw out a few hints, as to the best
modes of taking care of persona, who happen to get very
c<>ld. or parts of them frozen.
If persons b.*<-oute very cold, they should be kept from
using any kind of nutritious food ; as anything nutritious
is apt to be too heating for the system. Spirits, or wine,
should not be used under any circumstances whatever,
without first being weakened by very cold water.AThe
use of camphor and opium is of great benefit, thuugli the
opium should be used in very small portions At (list.
Too much care cannot be exercised with those who have
been frozeu. If anything warm Is applied to the human
body after intense cold, it is usually atteuded with the
most dreadful if not fatal cousequouces. It produces the
most excruciatiug pain, and very frequently causes morti
fication of the parts to which the heat has been applied.—
Therefore, iastead of allowing persons who have suffered
from cold to go near a firo, let the parts which have bee®
frozen be well rubbed with ice, or snow, or let the parts
frozen be put into very cold water, and then rubbed with
flannel for some time. Persons have been nearly mined
by using strong drink after suffering trom cold; thinking
that liquor, b«dng a stimulant, would warm up tho system.
Others have used warm poultices, which have caused tho
most dreadful effects. The too free use of spirituous
liquors, has caused the death of many a man, when tho
system was benumbed with cold. We are not a temper
ance fanatic, and are not opposed to the use of liquor; but
we think amun should know when to use it, that it may
uot injure him. J. V. PASSMORE.
New Providence, Nov. 3rd, 1857.
Tho editor of the “ Columbia Spy.” who appears to be a
kind of Fngleman, or special m >utti-piece and apol
ogist for all kinds of corporations, says in his journal of the
24 tb ult.: “We learn by authority that tho President, Direc
tors and Cashier of the Columbia Bank, have guaranteed
the frill payment of all th« notes issued and all deposits
held by said Bank.” We are not informed what kind of
security has been given; whether a regular legal ariiclo
linn been drawn, siguod. sealed and witnessed, pledglug
all their real estate —stating its present value, where to be
found, and recorded in the proper office at Lancaster, or
whether it was a mere resolve made by this baker’s dozen of
officers.
Now, if it was the former, what would it amount to in
comparison with the issues and deposits of said Bank ? It
would be an easy matter to ascertain by an examination
of tho books of the Assessor, the full value of the real es
tate held by those gentleman, and then show whether or
or not their combined wealth would bo adequate to the
redemption of the issues and deposits of this Institution.
But it would be a delicate matter to make such an exhibit,
and I forbear. It will be observed that I do not take stocks
•and other flea-like securities into cousideration, for whoQ
the pinching times come they are as slippery as a fresh
caught eel. If it wah the latter, based on a mere resolution,
I for one would feel mortified to think that a set of intelli
gent men should attempt such a humbug; for it would
have no nmre binding force than if it had been passed by
a meeting udd on “Tow Hill.”
I must acknowledge this “authorized guarantee” has
I completely thrown me upon mv back ; for l,havo always
I learned that the Columbia Bank waa last chartered on tho
I individual liability principle, making the atockholdors lla
j ble to a certain extent; but it would appear tbattha editor
] was not “authorized” to so stato, and we are now to de
| pend upon the security the baker’s dozen have given us as
| a “ guarantee ” against loss. 1
j Now, Messrß. Editors, lam one of those who bellov#
J that the Columbia Bunk is as well conducted, and its
I note-holders as well secured as any Bank in this Common
■ wealth; but If I believed this little “Spy” squib, pub»
| lißhed by “ authority,” I should feel truly sorry for onr
I safety. The greatest difficulty that I encounter fa to
understand the object of the notice iu question. If it is to
bumbng the peoplo in this enlightened age, it is one of the
most silly, weak and puerile acts, put forth to remove certain
fear, that 1 have ever seen. It has beon completely abortive,
and appears to have been intended only for the “ ninnies,”
and not for intelligent people “ who many a time and oft”
“ searched Gouge on Banking.” To sum up the whole
thing, this notice was perfectly ridiculous—the Directors
know how suspicious the peoplo had becomo on thesnbject
of the banking system, aod in their fright, they, no donbt,
thought the best policy was to pattern after the Corner
onisn system of trying to humbug the masses, the same
thing having been adopted by the godfather several weeks
ago. TUBAL CAIN.
Columbia, Nov. 6. 1857.
The Editor’s Boole Table.
U. S. DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.—Conrad Swackhatnor,
Editor and Proprietor. Office, 335 Broadway, N. Y.—
Terms $3 per annum, in advance.
The table of contents is as follows:
Currency and Trade—The Duty of Government.
Song of the Democratic Review.
The Beginning of the End.
The Formation and Admission of New States Into tho
Union.
The Election in the Stato of New York. The Issue.
The Catskills.
Elements of Popular Stability.
Benton’s Congressional Debates.
Charity and Misery.
in Memory of the Heroic Captain Herndon.
Secrets of the Past.
Our Book Table.
Death of Tiiomas Crawford. —This dis
tinguished American sculptor died in Loudon
on Saturday, October 10th. His disease was
a malignant tumor which first made its ap
pearance in his left eye, and after causing him
intense and long continued suffering, finally
extended to his brain, and has thus at last
extinguished one of the most brilliant lights
of American art. The sad event has not fal
len unexpectedly upon his many and ardent
admirers and friends in this country, but the
shock will be little less severe inconsequence.
It will be universally felt that a shining genius
has been called away, while still farther if not
still greater achievements of art seemed to be!
not unreasonably looked for. —Journal of Com
merce.
The Pittsburg Bank Difficulties.
Pittsburg, Nov. s. —lt is announced by
authority, that a full, satisfactory and honor
able settlement and payments of all disputes
and accounts and suits that lately existed
between the Merchants' and Manufacturers’
Bank and the Messrs. O’Conner, Brothers A
Co., bankers, of this city, has been effected.—
This settlement will place the Bank in its
old position as one of our safest and most
popular institutions, and will be highly satis
factory to the depositors, stockholders and bill
holders. Messrs. O’Conner, Brothers & Co.'s,
banking business will go on as usual. The
latter firm gave bonds, Rtocks and real estate
of the nominal value of $215,000 to secure the
balance of $188,174, claimed by the Bank.
A State Out of Debt and Not Wanting
Money. —The Little Kock (Ark. ) Democrat
says that the Treasury of Arkansas is over
flowing with gold and silver. The various
funds are enumerated that have their hun
dreds of thousands of the hard. The Treasury
has no bank-notes; nothing but specie in
Arkansas ; except a small old bank debt, does
not owe a cent, and has in her strong box
more gold and silver than will keep the gov
ernment for two years without any further
taxation.
There are no banks in Arkansas, and tho
taxes are paid in gold and silver, and the State
pays out nothing but that kind of currency.
Jgy* The Lebanon Valley Railroad will be
completed to Hummelstown, nine miles east
; of Harrisburg, in a few days. The track is
now laid to within a mile or two of that sta
tion. The road will be opened to Hummels
town (or rather to a point about a mile west
of it) for travel in the course of a week or two,
when, by means of stagecoach connections for
eight miles, passengers will be conveyed
through from Reading to Harrisburg in about
four hours. When the whole road is finished,
the distance between the two places will be
run in two hours by the express passenger
train. —Beading Gazette.
For the Intelligencer.
For the iQtolligeneor.