INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN. GBO. SANDRHSONi EDITOR. A* SANDBRSON, Associate. • LANCASTER, PA., NOYEMBER 17, 1&57. CIRCULATION, illOO COPIES 1 - Bubsosikioiv Priojd, $2,00 per annum. The Dental Controversy.— We have in serted a third card from Dr. Waylan, as an advertisement, in relation to the Dental contro versy between himself and Drs. Wetchens & Priggl We shall insert Dr. Prigg’s rejoinder in our next. After that we Bhall decline publishing any thing else of the kind on either side—as we do not suppose the public at large will be either enlightened or benefited by a prolongation of the controversy. Specie from Mexico. —lt is supposed that Mexico will send to this country largely in creased supplies of silver coin. Ilitherto at least three-fourths of her shipments of specie have been to England. But the last English steamer from Vera Cruz took out but $295,- 000, while the steamer to New Orleans took $250,000. Is is thought that the coinage of the month of October, amounting to about a million of dollars, will nearly all come to ihe United States. Receipts of the Pennsylvania Railroad. —Considering the depressed state of business of all kinds, the Pennsylvania Railroad is doing very well, as will be seen by the follow ing statement for the month of October of the present year: Receipt! of the road for the mouth ending October 31, Same month lu>t year, Receipt* from Janaary 1.1857, to November 1, 1867, $4,25*5,065 14 Same period last year, 4,060,076 93 On each of the great New York Railroads, the Erie and Central, there has been a decrease in the Ootober receipts, of abuut 5100,000, and a Tory heavy decrease for the year, aa far as it has progressed. On the Pennsylvania Rail road, however, the decrease in October is only $38,226,91, while for the year there is an in crease of nearly two hundred thousand dol lars. The entire receipts of last year were $4,800,000. We see no reason to doubt that the entire receipts of the year 1857 will amount to five millions. , Pennsylvania Bank.— Upon the applica tion made by the Philadelphia Bank, the Gov ernor of the State has appointed Hon. John P. Hale, of Centre ; Hon. Eli Slifer, of Union, and Jacob Bomberger, Esq., of Dauphin, Com missioners, to examine into the condition of the Pennsylvania Bank, under the provisions of the law adopted at the recent called session of Legislature. These gentlemen wo understand will meet on Tuesday next, and at once pro ceed to the discharge of their duties. Appointment in the School Department. George W. Crabb, Esq., of Harrisburg, has been appointed a ;Clerk in the office of the State Superintendent of Common Schuols, in place of Capt. J. M. Eyster, recently elected SheriffofDauphin county, resigned. Mr. Crabb belongs to the editorial profession, and is well qualified for the duties of his new position. Example.— Hon. John H. Reagan, who was recently elected a Represen tative to Congress from Texas, went to that State eighteen years ago, a poor, friendless stranger, wearing buckskin breeches and a hickory shirt. Ho educated himself, laboring Saturdays, at night—and the hours usually devoted to rest were spent in toil to pay for his schooling and the purchase of books. He split rails, drove oxen, toiled in farm-fields, surveyed in a wild, unsettled country, until he became inured to hardships. Pie gradually rose from one position to another : and now he has been elected by the people of Eastern Texas, Representative to the Congress of the United States, and is spoken of aB having fair prospects before the Legislature for United States Senator. The Maryland [Election. The Democrats of Maryland did very well at the late election, and deserve no little credit for what they accomplished under the adverse oircumstances by which they were surrounded; and had it not been for the outrageous conduct of the Plug Ugly Know Nothings of Balti more, by which thousands of our friends were either kept or driven away from the polls, a much more satisfactory result would have been accomplished. As it is, we gained a member of Congress in the Frederick district—thus making the delegation stand three and three— and elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals in the First Judicial district. The popular vote also shows that the State, outside of Baltimore, is Democratic by over 1000 ma jority. The official vote for Governor is:—Ilicks, (K- N.) 44,764 ; Groome, (Dem.) 36,197. — The Know Nothing majority in the City of Baltimore, was about 10,000. The Senate will stand 15 Know Nothings to T Democrats, and the House 44 Know Noth ings to 29 Democrats. Democratic Victory in Wisconsin.—Poli ticians will be nearly as much surprised to hear of a Democratic victory in the Republican State of Wisconsin, as in the State of New York. That such is the case, however, is al most within the limit of certainty. The Mil waukee News of the 6th publishes partial re turns from twenty-five counties, which show a Democratic gain of 1,391 votes. That paper claims the election of Cross, the Democratic candidate for Governor, by probably 3,000 votes. It says: “ The Wisconsin Democracy send greeting to the Democracy of the Union ! They have met and vanquished the enemy ! The North west is sound to the core ! Against great odds the party went into the contest—an odds of 14,000. But our gallant Democracy never tire. The Dred Scott decision and popular sovereignty are endorsed. Buchanan’s Admin istration is approved by the people of Wiscon sin. 11 These'results are trophies—let them stand forjmonuments!” New York election The Albany Argus makes the majority for the Democratic State ticket, 13,287. It gives the Black Republicans 15 members of the Senate, to 14 Democrats, two Americans and one Independent; the House of Representa tives will be composed of 61 Democrats, 58 Black Republicans and 9 Americans. Another • Non-Accepting Bank.— The stockholders of the Farmers’ Bank of Bucks county, met at Bristol on Tuesday last, and almost unanimously refused to accept the pro" visions of the Relief Law. The Bank will there fore resume specie payments at once* This is encouraging, and presents an example which other Banks might follow, with credit to them selves, and advantage to the community The Bank of Bucks county has a surplus fund of $32,000, whioh is more than one third of its capital. U. S. Senators. —Hon. J. Pinckney Hen derson and Hon. J. W. Hemphill have been elected U. S. Senators from Texas, in place of Gen. Rusk, deo'd, and Gen. Houston, whose term will expiro on the 4th of March, 1859. They are both sound and unflinching Demo crats. Appointment by the President.— Philip K. Miller, Postmaster at Reading, Pa., in place of L. H. Wunder. Important Foreign Ne' The steamer Arabia, from Livej‘ dates to the 31st ultimo, arrived at| ! on Friday morning. ! , 'She brings advices of great mon India. The British troops assaults< uf Delhi (the head quarters of the inj on the 14th of September, and ’ 1 lodgement, and after six days obst tance had on the 20th obtained pc s the entire city. Great numhers oj neern escaped, among them the Kinj 1 and his two sons. The British loji land wounded was about 600 mij 1 j officers. The enemy’s loss is not g 1 Gen. Wilson had ordered no qunjl given to the insurgents-—but that t | and children should be spared. ■; Fears are entertained of a new ot '1 Assam. Considerable reinforcemei rived at Calcutta. The Borough Bank of Liverpool • pended. The liabilities are estirt i million and a half sterling, but y i secured. Several Liverpool and Manckc I have suspended, mostly with very Ii I The American horses. Prioress ! lon, have both been badly beaten for the Cambridgeshire stakes. ■ The markets for Breadstuff’s at! Liverpool are dull, and all qualities had considerably declined. Flour is very dull, nominal at a decline of 2 and 3s: jjWTieat is also dull, with a decline of 4 and?,Cd. Corn dull at a decline of 2d. The foil .$3*9,921 21 ...428,148 12 the current quotations: Flour, Canal, 275. a 28s; Philadelphia : .$38,226 91 more, 295. a 305.; Ohio 30s. a 31s. Gen. Cavignac, 'a distinguished French statesman and soldier, died suddenly,lat Paris, of disease of the heart. It is confidently believed in business circles that the financial crisis has passed, .$195,978 21 The Money Pressure.!! That our money market has befen wofully depressed all will certainly acknowledge.— let the imports of specie into the pjbrt of New York alone, during the month of Cjbtober has been upwards of $7,000,000 above the exports- The influx of gold from California; has been heavy during the present month. 1 We have already had two steamers from “ The Golden Queen of the Pacific/' during the present month. The one at the begining of the month brought us $1,200,000, and to-day we have it an nounced, that the St. Louis is o& her wav from Havana with one million abolrd. Two days since the Tennessee came in |rom Vera Cruz to New Orleans with $500,Q00. The Arabia brings to-day $1,000,000 frcjin Europe. Thus within a week 52,500,000 havje reached us from abroad. i! For a few days some nervous people were excited because the Pacific sailed cirying out $226,000, and the Baltic went witlris6oo,ooo. If these latter sums be deducted frapi the for mer, we have still a clear balance in our favor of imported gold of $1,674,00f> within a week. We cannot but regard this Result with hearty satisfaction. This gold cannot lie idle. It must find its way into circulation.: Capital, according to a well established law of com merce, must remunerate its ownerk They will not suffer it to remain unproductive for any length of time. Hence, we sflrgue that the tightness of the money market will at once be perceptibly relieved. Confidence will slowly but surely come back. jl There are two features iu the news of the Arabia which are peculiarity important. These are the rise in English Consols and the storming of Delhi. It is true thni she also brings accounts of the suspension of the Bor ough Bank in Liverpool, and of the failure of a number of heavy mercantile houses in vari ous parts of the United Kingdom. We do not regard this suspension or these failures as amounting to anything. The fact t;l)at in the face of the apparent disasters, oonsijils had not only remained firm, but had actually risen in value, shows that our opinion is wpll based. Another significant fact is, that the gold in the Bank of England had fallen off drily $770,- 000 during the week preceding the; sailing of the steamer. This is small compared with the drain of the week immediately preceding. The truth is, that the fall of Delh’i, and the junction of the two divisions of Gen. Outram and Havelock, and their advance to‘Lucknow, have given more confidence to th’ English money market, than could have bee|n derived from any other cause or causes. These mili tary operations will tend most seriously to prevent the threatened exportation of gold to India. These facts ought to i| afford us peculiar gratification.— Philaddphia Argus. Condition of Banks. !| The examination into the affau-s of the Island City Bank, N. Y., is '.-losedj Its cir culation now out is 8100,000. Assets 81500 IN COPPERS and FIVE INK-STANDS.— Its capital was 8300,000. Loans j 5376,000. Deposits $107,000. |j A Rhode Island Bank. —According to a statement recently published, one ofjtbe Rhode Island Banks had a circulation of; $386,702, and only SEVEN DOLLARS IN SPECIE ! This is the way many of these swindling concerns are conducted, and the sdnner they are wound up the better. j We examined a sworn statement (says an Ohio paper,)-made by one of ouj* Banks in her best days, and we found thai‘ then her average discounts were one hundred and fifty thousand MORE than the sdmlstated 1 This unhappy country coptinuesiiin an un settled state. The news from Vera Cruz to the 7th inst., is highly important, j Congress had suspended the political guarantees of the new Constitution, and invested ([President Comonfort with supreme or dictatorial power. Serious difficulties had occurred between the Spaniards and Mexicans in Cuernavaca, and martial law had been proclaimed in that dis trict in consequence. Advices from Yucatan represent the whole population of the province as in arms. The accounts of the ravages of the Indians are fearful. The towis of Chi oinconot and Tekax were sacked under circum stances of peculiar atrocity, and the people of the Eastern diiiriot were fiying;from the savages in all directioes. [ Rumors are also rife of an intended inva sion of Mexico by the Spaniards in \jnion with the Santa Anna party. There aiife stirring times ahead, and there is no telling what troubles are in store for that distiiircted Re public. 1 ■: From the Far West. ;j Wo have intelligence from Fort il'argmie to the 22d ult. Col. -Johnston, the cpmmander of the Utah military expedition, hai reached some 230 miles be ond that point. '» Hie pro gress was greatly embarrassed fron| the want of food for his animals. IJews had reached the Fort of the destruction of three, govern ment trains by the Mormons. From the accounts it appeara pretty oertain tbiat, owing to the deep snows, the expedition will scarcely he able to reach Great Salt Lake city this season. General Walker, the Fillibusjter chief, after giving bail for his appearance jjin Court at New Orleans, embarked with 300{jmen in a steamer for Mobile, intending to melt on the way the steamer Fashion, which haijl cleared from that port with men, arms, munjltions and provisions, bound for Nicaragna. jj g, - i From the Washington Union. ’pOqL with posting; t“he Books—The next House •of New York c Representatives. i Elections for members of the House of Rep nent from r ®sentativea of the next Congress have now d the City een held * n all the States of the Union, with urreotioD) ‘he following result: ' tr j. a DE*. BIS UP. K.IT enectea a Maine, e nate resu- \ ' ssession of MaMachuaetta, 11 Rhode leland, 2 the mutl- Connecticut, ft.- 2 2 |g of Delhi Sw uStii'.Z". »in killed S3SS^.:: in and SO r South Carolina,, liven. Florida, era to be Missouri Ihe women Wisconsin, Indiana,.., Ohio,. jatbreak at hts had ar- Michigan, California Texaa Kentucky, had BUfl- TeotiHwee Ifnrtb Caroiina,. ated at a Alabama, c ~ Georgia. r ere tully Mississippi, Maryland... Louisiana,... aster firms 1 r h-i 128 92 14 m i The jj ouge 0 f Representatives consists of p 234 members—lXB members constituting a ji majority. It will be seen from the above ta* ijn e race D emo crats have a clear majority of 22 over the combined vote of the Black Re publicans and Know Nothings. This majority will be increased to twenty-five at an early period of the session, by the admission of three Democratic members from the new State of Minnesota. It may be added as a most signi « cant fact, that six of the seven Territories of the United States will be represented in the j-next Congress, by Democratic delegates. We give below a list of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the next (35th) Congress. Democrats,in Roman. Opposition, in Italic. SENATE. tbwmg are Western and Bftlti- Mexico. • MISSISSIPPI. Albert G. Brown, Jefferson Dari". ALABAMA. Clement C. Clay. Jr.. Benjamin Fitzpatrick. MISSOURI. James L. Green, Trusten Polk. ARKANSAS. William K. Sebastian, Robert W. Johnson. NEW HAMPSHIRE. John P. Hale., Daniel Clark. CONNECTICUT. Lafayette S. Foster, James Dixon NRW YORK. Wm. H. Seward, Preston King. CALIFORNIA William M. Gwin. David C. Broderick. NEW JERAET. William Wright, Johu R. Thomson. DELAWARE Martin W. Bates. James A. Bayard. NORTH.CAROLINA. David S. Reid, Asa Biggs. FLORIDA. David L. Yulee. Stephen R. Mallory OHIO. George K. Puvh, Benjamin F. Wade. ORORGIA. Robert Toombs, Alfred Iverson. PENNSYLVANIA. William Bigler, Simon Cameron. INDIANA. Graham N. Fitch, Jesse D. Bright. RHODE ISLAND. Philip Allen, James F. Simmons. ILLINOIS. Stephen A. Douglas. Lyman Trumbull. SOUTH CAROLINA. Josiah J. Evans, Vacancy. lOWA. George W. Jonos, James Harlan. KENTUCKY. John B. Thompson, John J. Crittenden. John Bell. Andrew Johnsou. TfcXAS. LOUISIANA, J. P. Benjamin. John Slidell. Sam Houston, Vacancy. VERMONT. Jacob Collamer, Solomon Foot. MAINE. William Pitt Fessenden, Hannibal Hamlin. MASSACHUSETTS. Henry HTivon, Charles .Sumner. VIRGINIA. R. M. T. Hunter, James M. Mason. MARYLAND. James A. Pearce. Anthony Kennedy. WISCONSIN. Charles Durkee, James R. Doolittle. MICUIOAN. • Charles E. Stuart, Zachariah Chandler. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Number of members. mai ne. OHlO — continued. 1 John M. THwk/, 17 Wm. Lawrence, '2 Charles J. Oilman, 18 Benjamin F. Ln'ter. 3 Nthemiah Abbott , 1U Edward Wade. 4 Freeman 11. Morse, 20 Joshua R. Giddings, 5 I. Washburne. Jr., 21 ./ A. Bingham. 0 Stephen G. Foster. Pennsylvania, new Hampshire. 1 Thomas B Florence, 1 Jamej; pike. 2 Edward Joy Morris. 2 Mason TV. Tappan, o James Landy. o Aaron 11. Cragin. 4 Henry M. Phillips, veu.mont. . 5 Owen Jones, 1 E. P. Walton, ' 6 John Hickman, 2 Justin S. Morrill, 7 Henry Chapman, 3 Homer E. Rttycc, 8 J. Glancy Jones. Massachusetts. 9 Anthony E. Roberts, 1 Robert B. Hall. 10 John C. Kunkle, 2 James Buffington, 11 William L. Dowart, Il'/a. .S\ Damrcll, 12 P. Loidy, 4 Linus B. Comitis, 13 William 11. Dimmick, f> Anton Burlingame, 14 Galusha A. Grow, f. Tinfothy Davis, la Allison White, 7 2V P. Banks, jr., 1G John A. Ahl, 8 C. L. Knapp, 17 Wilson Reilly, 0 Eli Thayer, 18 John R. Edie, 10 Gilvin C.Chajfec, 19 John Covode, 11 Henry L. Daws. 20 William Montgomery rhode island. 21 David Ritchie. 1 y. B. Durfce, 22 N. .4. Purviance, 2 IP)!!. D. Brayton. 23 William Stewart, CONNECTICUT. 24 J. L. Gillis, 1 Bern Clark, jr., 25 John Dick. 2 S miuel Arnold, 2d, Delaware. 3 Sidney Dean, 1 Wm. O. Whitley 4 William D. Bishop Maryland. new tore. 1 James A. Stewart, 1 John A. Sparing, 2 James B. Kicaud, 2 George Taylor. 3 James M. Harris, 3 Daniel E. Sickels, 4 Henry IV. Davis, 4 John Kelly, 6 Jacob M. Kunkle, 5 William B. Macl.ay, 6 Thomas F. Bowie. G John Cochrane, Virginia. 7 Elijah Ward, 1 M. R. 11. Garnett, 8 Horace F. Clark, 2 J. L. Millson, 9 John B. Ilaskin, 3 John S. Caskie, 10 Ambrose. L. Murray, 4 Wm. O. Goode. 11 Wm. F. Russell, 6 Thos. S. Bocock. 12 John Thompson, 6 Paulus Powell, 13 Abraham B. Olin , 7 Wm. Smith, 14 Erastus Corning, 8 C. J. Faulkner, 15 Edward Dodd, 9 John Letcher, 16 Grnrge IF Palmer, 10 Sherrard Clemenn, 17 Francis E. Soinner, 11 A. G JeokißS, 18 Clark B. Cochraue, 12 11. Kdmundson, 19 Oliver A. Horst, 13 G. W. Hopkins. 20 O. B. J fatteson. north Carolina. 21 Henry Bennett, 1 H. M. Shaw, 22 Henry C. Goodwin, 2 Thomas Ruflin, 23 Charles B. Hoard, 3 Warren Winslow, 24 Amos P. Granger, 4 I. O’B. Branch, 25 Edwin B Morgan, 6 John A. Oilier, 26 Emory B. Pottle, 0 Alfred M. Scales, 27 John S'. Parker, 7 Burton Craige, 28 IFtYh'am Kelsey, 8 Thomas L. Clingman. 29 Samuel G. Andrews, soum Carolina. 30 Jud. IF Sherman, 1 John McQueen. 31 Silas M. Burroughs, 2 TV. Percher Milos. 32 Israel T. Hatch, 3 Lnwrence M. Keitt, 33 Reuben E. Fenton. 4 Millege L. Bonham, new jersht. 5 James L. Orr, 1 Isaiah D. Clawson, 6 Wm. W. Boyce. 2 George R. Robins, gegrgia. 3 Garnet B. Adrian, 1 James L. Seward, 4 John Huyler, 2 M. J. Crawford, 5 J. R. Wortendyko 3 R. P. Trippp., Alabama. 4 L. J. Gattrell, 1 James A. Stalwarth, 5 A. R. Wright, 2 E. S. Shorter, 8 James Jackson, 3 James I’. Dowdell, 7 Joshua HiU, 4 Sydney Moore, 8 A. H. Stephens. 5 George S. Houston. fi W. R. W. Cobb, INDIANA. 7 J. L. M. Curry. 1 W. J. Nlblack, Mississippi. 2 Wm. 11. English, 1 L. Q. C. Lamar, 3 James Hughes, 2 Reuben Davis, 4 James B. Foley, 3 Win. Burksdale. 5 David Kilgore, 4 O. R. Singleton, 6 James M. Gregg, 5 J. A. Quitman. 7 John G. Davis, Louisiana. 8 James Wilson , 1 George Eustice, Jr., 9 Schuyler Coljix, 2 Miles Taylor. 10 Charles Case. 3 Tho«. Green Davidson, 11 John 17. Pettit. 4 J. M. Sandige. Illinois. Tennessee. 1 E. B. Washbumc, 1 A. G. Watkins. 2 J. F. Fumsxoorth, 2 H. Maynard, 3 Owen Lovejoy," 3 Samuel A. Smith, 4 William Kellogg, 4 John H. Savage, 5 Isaac N. Morris, 5 Charles Ready, 6 Thomas L. Harris, 6 George W. Jones, 7 A. Shaw, 7 John V. Wright, S Robert Smith, 8 F K. Zolliknffer, 9 Samuel A. Marshall. 9 J. D. C. Atkins, Missouri. 10 William T. Avery. 1 F. P. Blair, Jr., EENTI'CKv." 2 T. L. Anderson, 1 Henry C. Burnett, 3 John B. Clark, 2 Samuel O. Peyton, 4 J. Craig, 3 IF L. Underwood, 5 N. H. Woodson, 4 A. G. Talbott, 6 John S. Phelps, 5 Joshua H. Jewett, 7 Samuel Caruthers. 6 John M. Eliott, Michigan, 7 Humphrey Marshall, 1 William A. Howard. S James B. Clay, 2 Henry Waldron, 9 John C. Mason, 3 David $. Walbridge, 10 J. W. Stevensan. 4 De Wilt C. Leach. OHIO. lOWA. 1 Georg<» 11. Peßtlleton, 1 Samuel R. Curtis, 2 W. S. Grosbeak, 2 Timothy Davis. 3 Lewis D. Campbell, (con- Wisconsin. tested.) 1 John F. Potter, 4 M. H. Nichols, 2 C C. Washburne, 5 Richard Mott, 3 Chas. Billinghurst. 6 J. R. Cockerill, Arkansas. 7 Aaron Harlan, 1 A. B. Greenwood, 8 Benjamin Stanton, 2 Edwd. A. Warner. 9 L. W. Hall, FLORIDA. 10 Joseph Miller. 1 Geo» S. Hawkins. 11 Valentine B. Horton, tixas. 12 S. S. Cox, 1 Gu3 f M. Bryan, 13 John Sherman, 2 J. H. Reagan, 14 Philemon Bliss, CALIFORNIA. 15 Joseph Burns, 1 Charles L. Scott, 16 C. B. Tompkins, 2 J. O. McKibben. DELEGATES FROM THE TERRITORIES. Minnesota-W.W.Kingsbury. Oregon—Joseph Lane. New Mexico—M. A. Otero. Utah—J. M. Bernhlsal. Washington—l.l. Steveun. Kansas— M. J. Parrott. Nebraska—P. Ferguson, (contested.) The large Rolling Mill, at Phoenixville Chester county, is in full operation, with the regular complement of hands. The other mills and furnaces in the . same place, will resume in a very short time. SeaT* Hon. Robert Toombs has been re elected to the United States Senate, by the Legislature of Georgia, for six years from the expiration of his present term. Resumption of Work.— lt has already been stated that quite a number of mills in Massa chusetts have resumed operations, and it is now said that the celebrated Lodi Print works in New Jersey..will start their machi nery on the 16th inst. Some idea of the extent of operations of this concern may be formed from the faot that they employ five hundred operatives. Where mat-rials are furnished and work done in the erec tion of a boilding under m eu*!re contract, a mechanic's claim, filed within six taoQthß from the completion of the enutract. i* in *ime . . A mechanic’s claim must not only that tho workwas done or materials famished within six months from the date of its filing: but either upon Its face, or by refer ence to some accompanying paper, must give a date: or dates by which the general’stHtem*nt caabe verified.! • Where the work is done or materials furnished under'an •entire contract bat one date need be stated: and if the evidence shows that the contract was completed within six moatbs of the time wheo the claim was filed, the claim will be good, although the day staled in the clslm as the time of the consummation of th>» contract iu»y not correspond precisely with the one established in th* evidence. Fourth Baptist Church, ) Error t*» District w* V Court of PhiladeN Trout et al. J phia. Scire Facias upon a merehanio’s claim. The claim was filed January 3,1855, for materials furnished and work performed under a special contract, within six months'last past, to wit: December 14,1854. A bill of particulars was annexed to the claim, which specified Decem ber 14, 1854, as the date upon which all the materials were furnished and work done. Upon the trial, the evidence showed that the work and materials were done and furnished at different times, but none later than Novem ber 12,.1854. The Court charged the jury, That the question for them to decide was whether the work and material were done and furnished within six months before the claim was filed : that it was not necessary to show that they were done and furnished on the date specified in the claim and bill of particulars. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs; whereupon the defendants took this writ ;• of error, and assigned the charge of the Court for error. The opinion of the Court was delivered. By Knox, J.—Where materials are furnish ed, and work done in the erection of a building under an entire contract, thebuildingisoharge able with the contract price, if the lien is tiled witbia six months from the consummation of the contract. The jury have found thac the lien in the case at bar, was filed within six months from the completion of the contract; but it is objected that the claim was invalid, be cause the plaintiffs had set forth in their claim filed, that the materials were furnished, and the work and labor done within six months from the time of filing the lien, to wit: “on the 14th day of December, 1854 ;” whereas the evidence proved that the last work was done in November, 1854. The lien was filed on the the 3d January, 1855. The 12th section of the Act of 16th June, 1836, requires that one who files a lien for ma terials or work, shall set forth upon his claim filed, the time of delivering the materials or doiog the work. There must be a substantial compliance with the statutory requirement, and it has been held that a claim was defective where no year was stated, Rehrer vs. Geigler, 3 W. & S., 258. Or where it was merely sta ted to have been filed “ within six months according to Act of Assembly.”— Lehman vs, Thomas , 5. W. & S. 262 a In Wit man vs. Walker. 9. W. & S. 186, no time was expressly stated when the materials were furnished, ; and it was held that the copy of a bill with a date attached embodied in the claim was in sufficient. But it has never been decided that the precise day when the work was dons or the materials furnished, must be stated in the claim, and that no evidence could be received, not exactly correspond in point of time with the claim as filed. On the contrary, it was held in Driesbach vs. Keller, 2 Barr; 77, that all that was required was certainty to a common intent; and that a claim which stated that a contract for the wurkmanship of a dwelling house and shed, was made on the 16th April, 1841, and the work done between said 16th April and the 29th August, 1842, was sufficient. In Calhoun vs. Mahon, 2 Harris, [l4 P. S. JR..,] 56, the claim was for 10,836 bricks furnished “ within six months last past” referring for date to all to a bill of particulars which had but one date, viz., 3d June, 1847. This was held good. So, also, was the claim in Boyer vs. Reeside, Ibid 167, which was for work done and materials furnished, between June, 1848, and April Ist, 1849. HiU vs. Me Dowell, ib. 175, and Shaw vs. Barnes, 5 Barr., 20, are to the same general effect. The rule to be gathered from the various authorities is, that the claim must not oply state that the work was done or the materials furnished, wi hin six months, but that either upon its face or by reference to some accompanying paper, a date or dates must, be given by which the general allegation in the statement can be verified : and that upon the trial the evidence must establish the fact that the claim was filed before the six months allowed by the statute had passed. Where the work is done or the materials are furnished under an entire con tract, the different times when the work was performed or the materials delivered need not be stated. One date is sufficient, and the claim will be gnod if the evidence proves that the completion of the contract was within six months from the time when the claim was filed, although the day stated in the claim as the time of the consummation of the contract may not correspond precisely with the one estab lished by the evidence. It is unnecessary to notice further the as signments of error, for what has already been said covers the entire ease. TENNESSEE. Judgment affirmed 0. Guillou and W. J. Maemullan, Esqrs., for plaintiffs in error: 11. M. Phillips and Isaac Gerhart, Esqrs.. for defendants in error. The following, says the Washington Union, is an extract from a letter of a highly respec table and intelligent citizeo of Baltimore to a friend in this city. It gives a most deplorable picture of Baltimore, but deplorable as it is. the picture is not a new oue to our readers : 4 Baltimore, Nov. 5, 1857. “ A word now with regard to the election. In this city I had hoped, from the promises of Mayor Swann to the governor and citizens, that the democrats would have been protected in the attempt to exercise the proud privilege of an American citizen—viz : the elective franchise ; but how villainously have we been deceived ! Not only have thousands been de nied that privilege whose misfortune it was to be born in another clime, (many of whom had resided here for twenty, thirty and forty years,) but others who were born on American soil to the number of several thousand, some of whom had been engaged in the war of 1812 -'l4, and defended this very city from the invasion 'of a British soldiery. This I know of my own observation. The plan adopted to deter such from voting was to approach every person with a know nothing ticket, and if they refused taking them to issue threats and to drive them from the places of voting. In one instance in a family of my acquaintance, where there were three sons of lawful age, aod a father who had lived here for ten or twelve years, they were compelled toflee from the polls, without voting rather than bebeatenfrom them/ In every instance almost where a foreigner apr proached the polls he was knocked down and beaten in a most brutal manner, and half grown youths disguised and made to vote the know nothing ticket. The torch of the incen diary lighted up the dwellings of democratic voters ere the close of the day's brutality on the part of the ruffians. The papers do not contain one-sixteenth part of the doings of yesterday, simply because the reporters were deterred by fears of being assaulted hereafter. The intelligence from other portions of the State is cheering to the democrats—more es pecially from the northwestern, as you will perceive by to-morrow’s papers. This city is a doomed city , and many will be compelled to go from it for peaceful security and the exer cise of a freeman’s rights. God knows I desire to leave it, and I trust iu God that something will turn up to my advantage by which I may be enabled to do so.”’ An endorser on a note down in Massachu setts was informed by the drawer of the ina. bility of the latter to pay it, and forthwith called upon the officers of the bauk for a few days' accommodation., The latter put him off, &c., and then required the money to be paid, the president accompanying the decision with this advice : “ Mr. , you should never put your endorsement on a note unless you are sure of its being paid at the time agreed.” A few days after, that bank suspended, and the endorser, meeting the bank president, took him by the button hole and said : M Mr. I want to give you a little advice. Never put your name on a note unless you are sure it will ba paid at the time agreed. I have noticed a great many notes floating about with your name upon them, but they were refused re demption.” The emotion of the President over powered him. The Worcester (Mass.) Bay State is responsible for the facts above stated. From the Piltaburg L-gal Journal. Supreme Court in Banc. A Deplorable Picture. *( Tit for Tat I” Sound Doctrine. The Ohio and .lilinoi* Democratic papers take hitler. b.»hler, truer ground upon the subject of paper money banking-, than do the Democratic papers generally, elsewhere. The following is from a Democratic paper publish at Quincy, Illinois—the Herald. It will richly repay an attentive perusal: Bank Paper Unconstitutional. —When the banking law of this State was before the people, among other arguments that we pre sented against it, was the one that the State had no right to authorize banks to do what the constitution of the United States prohib ited the States themselves from doing. We maintained that the clause of the constitution whioh declared that no State could 11 coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment for debts," deprived the people of the State of Illinois or the legislature of the State of the power to authorize the issuing of bank paper. In this position, it is true, we stood almost solitary and alone ; but after of six years, we are more than gratified to find the position we then took moßt ably sustained by the Washington Union , the leading Demo cratic organ of the country. In a late number of that paper, in presenting this subject, the editor says that everv State, except Arkansas, in «nme form charters banks to perform the high function of making cur rency, which is alone delegated to Congress, and forbidden to everybody else.. Even for eign coin cannot be made o tender to pay debts without Congress sanctioning it by law. The 10th section of our national constitution provides that, “No State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts/’ Although people in North Carolina and California have furnished bits of gold worth a dollar, and perhaps larger ones, no State,, we believe, has attempted to coin mon ey. Since the Revolution, when most, if not all, the States issued bills of credit, no State, except Missouri, has done so. Under a law of 1821, she emited bills in this form : “ This certificate shall be received at the treasury of any of the loan offices in the State of Missouri, in discharge of taxes or debts due to the State for the sum of dollars, with interest for the same at the rate of two per cent, per annum fmpi this date." In Craig's and Byrne’s cases, the United States Supreme Court held these to be bills of credit, and their emission prohibited by the Constitution. But, although prohibited from inflicting an evil severely felt during and after the Revolution by their own act, all the States except one have created corporations, and conferred upon them the power to do so. When the State is restrained by a distinct act to avoid a specific evil, we cannot understand how she can con stitutionally confer upon others the power and capacity to inflict that identical evil to an unlimited extent. A State has the same right to confer the power to coin monev as to emit bills of credit. The prohibition is all the same. The evils arising from emiting bills of j credit by corporations oreated by States are! greater than could arise from the State issu- | ing them herself so far as currency is concern- j ed. This evasion of the Constitution, which i is worse than an open and manly breach of it. lies at the bottom of our currency difficulties, and we shall never escape from its fatal con sequences until the Constitution is honestly complied with. They will then disappear as our financial difficulties did when we estab lished a constitutional currency, which was a fixed value at home and a known one all over the world. As long as this plain provision is violated, speculating and visionary men, who desire special laws to enable them to ac cumulate money rapidly, secure such favors by some means from the legislature, through which to flood the country with a currency that cannot be made a tender in payment of debts, and which will fluctuate in value, and often become worthless. They will push it upon the community when it suits them, and with hold it when'they choose, and redeem when convenient, and refuse when deemed politic and profitable. When it suits their purposes, they set the laws of the State at defiance, and turn a deaf ear to the legal claims of creditors. They often have such holds upon public func tionaries as to make them ‘ubservient to their purposes. Interesting to Fork Enters. Dr. Dixon, the racy editor of the Scalpel, dissects the dietie qualities of a porker as he slashes into the anatomy of diseased humanity. Either the doctor is right, or Moses of old is The wisdom of’ the Jewish huv which pro hibits the use of pork will soon bo acknowl edged by all rational beings. That swine are afflicted with scrofula and tubercles, we have repeatedly shown, and every killer of hogs well knows it; the indigestibility of the flesh is acknowledged, and, if people were enlight ened, the hog would be raised for bis fat alone. Th is is available in all cases instead of whale and other fish oils—a few excepted of the finer kinds for eating. Mutton and beef, if our farmers ever become enlightened, may profita bly take the place of the hog, and would add greatly to the health and dignity of the farm er’s household. Hog husbandry is debasing. The influence of pork eating on the farmer is degt-ading. Good husbandry would furnish other facts for the farmer, to say nothing of butter, which the present catalogue of grasses, cereals, and enlightened irrigation furnishes in abundance. If—and we emphatically aver it a correct criterion—the material and getting up of the family meal classifies the occupant of the household among rational and intel lectual, beings, then we say those on whose table pork is most frequently found are the least intelligent and most groveling in their views. California Products. One of the California papers gives the fol lowing account of the State Fair recently held. The golden State certainly produces wonder ful vegetables : On the 27tb, the California State Agricul tural Fair was held in the city of Stockton.— It was arranged on a most comprehensive scale, and included within its scope agricul tural products, works of mechanical art, both useful and ornamental, and live stock. The display was exceedingly creditable to the State. Squashes weighing 264 pounds, beets of 90 pounds, potatoes of 20 pounds, apples and pears weighing 28 to 30 ounces each, corn stalks 20 feet in height, indicated the wonder ful productiveness oi California soil, and chal lenge comparison with the world. A large wagon was also on exhibition, which weighed over five thousand pounds, and w'as capable of carrying twelve tons of merchandise. It was intended for a team of twelve mules. Among, the incidents of the Fair was a display of female equestrianism, characteristic of Cali fornia in some remarkable respects and not easy to be excelled. One young lady, after riding nearly all night, from Sacramento to Stockton, entered the lists on the ensuing morning, and secured the first prize. Among other accomplishments in this department, she showed that she could saddle her horse, leap on his back from the ground, then un saddle him, remount in the same way,, and then ride him at full speed bare back a la woman. A little girl, of eight years only, joined in the race, and came near gaining the first prize. She could also saddle her horse, change her position, in full career, from a female attitude to that of a male, and ride her horse with a rope about his nose instead«ef a bridle. The exhibition was attended by thous ands from all parts of the State, and so great was the assemblage that accommodations for sleeping could hardly be found. . The Unemployed at Philadelphia.—A meeting of the unemployed, numbering 6ome five thousand persons, met 'on Thursday afternoon, in Independence Square. The affair passed off orderly, the speakers advising the observance of law and order. A reporter on the Press, being called upon to speak, recommended the unemployed to seek work, instead of idling their time at the meetings, and taking it at any terms in preference to starving. His remarks were groaned, while the declaration of another speaker that he would die rather than work under prices, re ceived applause. The proposed issue of small notes by the city was advocated. Fall in Beef. —Yesterday, says the Ledger of Tuesday last, the cattle market fell one dol lar on the hundred weight, below the prices of last week. The market is very dull, and the supply largely exceeding the demand. — There is a prospect, before tho wiDter is over, of beef being down to a fair average price. It has been up for the last few years to an inor dinate figure, but not proportionately greater than every other kind of food. CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS Indian Summed—Winter—Sympathy for the Poor—That delightful season called Indian Summer l* now upon us in all its glory. The tree* have nearly all lost their foliage, the weather la fine, thr air of a quality 1 to : make a person feel languld-llke, and presenting a smoke? appearance,' wblcjjr. ia a Bare indication of tbe •eajon we Are eDjoying. ThA term Indian Summer is said to bare oHg!oated wHh the«arlj-*ettlers of New England, who were suprlsed and gratified tri find that, after tbe killing frosts of Autumn, a period intervened between that and Winter of mild, smoky, pleasant weather, which peon obtained the name of Indian Summer, from the fact that the natural Indolence ortho Indian character led them to defer until this period the work of Summer—"uch as har vesting their corn and vegetables, and gathering nuts, or putting up hay, and general preparations for Winter.— Whether this vu the origin or not, who can help but ap preciate this Intervening space between the last of the “melancholy days" and "hoary-headed Winter ” Soon tho latter will be with us in real earnest, and while many will gladly welcome It, there are others who look forward to Its fast approach with sad and heavy hearts. An appeal is mado to all, to bolp the poor. Uelp them, not with yonr sympathy alone, but with money and work if you have it This sympathy is a queer thing—it Ua very convenient word for some people who do not wish to contribute any thing more substantial for the aiding of a cause, no matter what It might be. Here is a case of sympathy which lately occurred in this city, at a political convention, between two aspirants for office. It seems there had been a mutual agreement that each should help the other. On the day of the convention they met. “Well, , what have yon done for me?” “Why. ——, my sympathy is for you, bnt .” “Oh, d n your sympathy,” said the other inter rupting him. “it’s yonr work and influence I want.” It turned out that the sympathizer got the office he wanted, but tbe other didn't. Again we say. give the poor money, give them work, or give them bread, but do uot give your sympathy alone—that will not prevent hunger or starva tion from staring them in the face. The citizens of Lan caster have always been noted for their liberality and benevolence, and, we trust, their reputation on these two very important items has not suffered much in conse quence of tbe “hard times.” P. S.—Since writing the above, on Friday, quite a change has taken place in the weather. On Saturday we bad a alight sprinkling of snow, itnd since then it has been quite cold—overcoats, shawls, ic.. being in very active demand. Well, we are only gettiug Winter a little sooner than we expected, and it proves most conclusively that the, weather is eutirely too uncertain a subject to write about. Frank Stouch. — This liberal-hearted cen tleman has made every preparation for giving a grand ball, for the benftft of the poor of our city, ou Thursday evening, December 3d. It will take place at Fulton Hall, aud we trust the bonevoleuce of our people will be fully exhibited ou that occasion. Quarter Sessions’ Court.— The November Term of the Quarter Sessions’ Court commenced yesterday —Judge Long presiding. Marvelous.— The Daily Times, of Saturday evening, tells the following story, which partakes slightly of tho marvelous Freak of Natire.—A correspondent from Hothsville inf-rms ua that a child of Mr. Christian Ainstend, of that place, bad h strung resemblance of a black snake imprinted t]pi*u its person. When any circumstance transpired, of an exciting character, which would in the least disturb the chilli's sports, it would apj>pnr all over its person. The various distinct, leattires, with all the peculiar marks of n real black enake. would appear, and could almost *lwavc be seen. 'lt was al»out ten years of ago, and cou'd neither speak nor walk. It was exhibited by a gentleman from Lancaster, whose name wo were unable to learn, through neurly all tbe Westrrn States. Wherever it went, it excited the most unbounded amazement; this “freak of nature" was examined by physicians, both of celebrity and ability, but they were unable to account for this unnatural and strange phenomenon. After a while it became unwell, when, upon the consultation of several eminent physicians, it was thought advisable for if to be taken home, but it died in the neighborhood of Pittsburg on its way ; it was iuterred on Wednesday afternoon last. Resignation *nd Appointment.— John F. Sener, Assessor of the N. K. Ward, has resigned, and James Wiley has been appointed, by the County Commissioners, in his place. Closing Match.—The grand'closing match of the Henson between the Conestoga and Keystone Cricket Clubs, of this city, will be played, on Thanksgiving Day. on the grounds of the latter, near the Locomotive Works. Tiie Bible Society’s Anniversary.— The next anniversary oftbe Lancaster County Bible Society will be bald in the Duke Street Methodist Church (Rev. Dr. Hodgson’s) on tho evening of Thanksgiving Day, when addresses will be delivered by Rov. President Oerhnrt. Rev. 11. llurbaugli, Rev. T. A. Hopkins, Rev. A. X. Shoemaker, and Rev. Walter Powell. The annual report Is to be pre pared by Rev, Dr. Hodgson. The usual business meeting of tbo Society’ will be held in the Lecture Room of the Church at two o'clock in the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day. wheu the annual election for officers will be held. Fire.—A fire occurred on Thursday after noon last which destroyed a portiou of the roof of Kirkpat rick's Mucbiue Shop and Foundry, in East Orange street. — The workmen were casting at tbe time, and as the furnace required a henry’ blast, sparks wore thrown from the chimney on to the roof, which ia very old and combustible, and requires constant watching when the furnace is in blast; but on Thursday the man whoso business it was to watch the roof happened to be absent, and henra tho fire. As there was no wind at the time, tbe flamffl wore soon checked, without doing very serious damage. Mercantile Appraiser.—Mr. Benjamin Longfnkckkr. of Strasburg borough, has been appointed Appraiser of Morcautik Taxes for tiie ensuing year. Premiums. —At the late Fairs in the States of Ohio. Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, no fewer than sur tern Diplomas anil Silver Medals have been awarded for the system of Book-keej)ing taught in the Lancaster Mercantile Coliepo! This is a fact worthy of notice, particularly when we consider the preat reputation of many of tbo Institu tions in those States, io which other systems are taught. In fact, not a single instance where this system has been exhibited, in competition with others, that it has not taken tho first promium! No system of Book-keeping-now pub lished, has shown for it so great and general a partiality as the “North American Accountant.” Can webe wrong in the face of these facts—in asserting that stronger evidence could hardly bo giveu in favor of the correct discernment of those who conduct the Mercantile College above referred to, and selected for it, from tho multiplicity, a system of Book-keeping so universally popular ? See advertisement. Charge of Misdemeanor against an Elec tion Officer. —On tho 2nd inst., says Wednesday’s Express, Truman Wallace, of Salisbury twp., preferred a charge, before Alderman Musser, of this city, against Samuel J. Henderson, judge of the eighth election district, (Salisbury) for a misdemeanor in office, committed under tho following circumstances, as alleged in the complaint: That en the 13th of October, Mr. Henderson, acting as judge of the election then end there held, “did wilfully and knowingly” receive the vote of Levi Pyle, who was not a qualified voter of said district, he not having resided in the district ten dayß previous to the election, as required by law ; and that he also received the vote of Adam Iloar, jr., he never having been assessed or paid a Stat« or County tax, and being past the age of twenty-two years, and having voted at the previous general election (being then between twenty one and twenty-two years of age) and that the inspectors of said election district twice refused to receive his vote.— The complaint further charges him with receiving the vole of Fred. Lauxman, he being a resident of Leacock twp., and therefore disqualified from votiug in the Bth district. On this complaint a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of Constable I’roudfoot, who arrested Mr. Hen derson, and took $5OO bail for his appearance before Esquire Slokum, of Sadsbury, on the sth inst., when and where be appeared and entered bail in $lOOO for his appearance before the same magistrate on Tuesday, demanding a hear ing, which was granted accordingly. We learn from our correspondent that the parties met on Tuesday, wheu the defendant and his friends insisted upon a hearing, to which the prosecutor demurred, on the ground that the magistrate had no jurisdiction in the case, the complaint not having been made before him. The magistrate having overruled this objection, Mr. Wallace produced a letter from Alderman Mussor, stating that if the defendant should be discharged be would be re-arrested, so that a bearing could be had where the complaint was made. The production of this letter somewhat astonished some of the partios, and the magistrate declined hearing the case, but held defendant in $lOOO to appear before Aid. Musser in this city, on Friday last at twelve o’clock. At the hearibg on that day Aid. Musser held the defendant in $lOOO bail to answer at the present Court. As this will be an interesting and important case, we have thus minutely stated the leading facts, and, for the information of our readers, subjoin the sections of the act of 1839, under one of which we believe this action has been brought: “SEC. 102. If any inspector, judge or clerk,,as aforesaid, shall be convicted oi any wilful fraud in the discharge of his duties, as aforesaid, he shall undergo an imprisonment for any term not less than three, nor more than twelve months. and be fined in any sum uot less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and shall be for seven years thereafter disabled from bolding any office of honor, trustor profit in this commonwealth, and shall moreover be disabled for the term aforesaid, from giving bis vote at any general or special election within this com monwealth.” “Sec. 104. If any such inspector or judge shall receive the vote of any person whose Dame shall not be returned on the list furnished by the commissioners or assessor, without first requiring the evidence directed in this act, the persoD so offending shall, ou conviction, be fined in any sum not less than fifty, nor more than two hundred dollars.” Thr Teachers of Providence Twp.— We received the following communication from our friend Passmore, and cheerfully comply with the request of the Teachers of Providence: Friend Sanderson —Dear Sir: —The Teachers’ Alpha Beta Society, of Providence Township, met at the Harmony School House, on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 7th. The meet ing was a very interesting one; and a strong desire was shown, by all present, to prepare themselves more fully for their duties. The meeting was opened by a very pleas ant discussion on the best modes of governing Schools.— The following gentlemen then gave their modes of teaching the different branches, viz: P. H. Gochnauer, Grammar; j. F. Passmore, Geography; H. L. Thompson, Arithmetic; aud Amos Shirk. Heading. The success of this Society is no longer a question of doubt—as the formation ofit is intended to effect an im portant improvement in the Schools of tho Township. And we are right glad that the Teachers of the Township (with one or two exceptions) have availed themselves or the opportunity given them through the Society for preparing themselves more fully for their respective school rooms. It is a distinguishing feature of this Society that it is intended not only for tho Teachers of the Township, but all, who may need its aid, are welcome to attend the meet ings, to learn end bo learned.- Od motion, the Secretary was requested to have a short article published in the Intelligencer, relative to the meet ing of the Society. J. F< Passmore, Secretary. Nsw Providence, Nov. 12th, 185 T. Columbia Affairs.— Rev. E.W. Appleton, of this city, preached in tit. Paul’s Episcopal Church, oo- Sunday lae.' titF*The Spv speaks In glowing terms of the Ball given for the benefit of tho poor in Columbia, on Thursday evo nlng last. For tho following “Item.i” wo ar« ludobted to tbo otor vlgllaot,Spy: Mond.lT fiTXNUta’s Concirt.— I The concert for the benefit of the poor, announced by ns last Weak, was given la tbe Odd Fellows’ Hall on Monday evening, and was most mea ger! y atteoded by our sympathizing citizens. We must coufvs* to disappointment, not in the per'ormitire. but In tho patronage bestowed on a ben- vr . *,t undertaking.— The talent or tbe musicians engaged, imt i p and amateur, was such as should have l.muied a ,ull kuio, had tbo proceeds of the ontortalnmunr « m- t-> the ti'divld uni profit of tho performers; but an tho* un-st generously bestowed their time and skill for « chum.it.h> iMirposo, we think their efforts deserved sufficient n ionru D ' ..lout to prove Columbiana not entirely Indifferent to a laudable endeavor to add t'» tho fund which nm-i In* creat'd and expended in our tnwu. In relief ot dUtru**. >f thoa iu.vnoe, nlne-tonlbs wore ladies, and it is but niiitbor proof of their ever ready respoqeeto the