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se.NDERsoN, EDITOR
A. SANDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY 2, 1858
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' • * u I ' ' CO VIII
The Democratic County Committee of Lancaster county,
will meet at Stiober's Hotel, North Queen street, in this
City, on THURSDAY, the 4th of FEBRUARY, 1858, at 11
o'clock. A. H., for the purpose of fixing the time for the
assembling of a County Convention to elect delegates to
the ensuing State Convention.
if. B. WARR, Chairman
gar Hon. A. E. ROBERTS, of Congress, will
accept onr thanks for a copy of the " Report
on the Finances" for 1856-57.
THE ELECTION--TO-DAY
The municipal election takes place to-day:f—
We hope our Democratic friends will not for
get to attend the polls and discharge their duty
actively and energetically. Our candidates
for Mayor and High Constable are tried men,
and have faithfully and honestly discharged the
duties of their offices, and as they were fairly
placed in nomination they deserve (as we have
no doubt they will receive) every Democratic
vote in the City. The other candidates upon
the several Ward tickets are also honest and
capable, and should likewise command the full
vote of the party.
For the last two years, under the adminis
tration of Mayor ZIMMERMAN, the finances of
the City have been gradually assuming a
sound and healthy condition. There has been
a system of economy practised in every de
partment of the government, which has had a
most happy effect, and which cannot fail, if
persevered in for a short time longer, to relieve
the corporation from all embarrassment, and
place it in a much better condition than it has
been for many years. It is, therefore, clearly
the policy of our tax-paying citizens to " let
well enough alone," and especially is it the
duty of every Democrat to lend a helping hand
in keeping the government in its present safe
and economical hands.
We subjoin the complete general and ward
Democratic tickets, and urge our Democratic
friends, one and all, to do their whole duty at
the polls TO—DAY.
LA TOIL
JOHN ZIMMERMAN
mall CONSTABLE.
JOHN MYERS.
NORTH-WEST WARD
Select Council.
1..1. KRAMPH.
Ommon Council.
JOHN REES,
UEORGE L. BOYLE,
BARNES BROOM,
JOHN DITLOW,
WILLIAM F. MILLER.
City o,7l,Gable.
JACOB OUNDAKER.
• Assam"
JACOB FOLTZ.
Assistant _4ssessoes
JOHN NIXDORF,
HIRAM YOUNG.
MAIILON H. MERCER.
Inspedur.
WILLIAM A. LEWARS
I=ll
Sr. Counci/.
JOHN S. DOUGHERTY
Glynnlnn Council.
J. J. SPRENGER,
BENJAMIN LICHTY,
CHARLES E. WENTZ,
JACOB HUBER.
AldAnna 11.
JAMES C. CARPENTER.
City Cbnstubte
WILLIAM COX.
Assessor.
GARRET EV ERTs.
Assistant
JOHN SOMERS,
JOHN IVAIDLEIt.
Judge. ,
FRANCIS GILLESPIE
inspector.
/3TRICKLER EVERTS.
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Select Cours6l.
JUNIUS B. KAUFMAN
Common Cninci/.
DEO. SANDERSON,
YHILU FII'ZPATRICK,
GEORGE M. STEINMAN
Alderman
CHARLES F. VOIUT
City C,onstabl,
JOHN KUHNS.
tfEJRGE HITZELBEIWER
Assistant Assessors
CHARLES MOYER,
HENRY GIBBS.
=NI
Inspect',
HENRY P. CARSON
&led ( sntneil.
JUNIUS B. KAUF)IAN
Cbmmon
WILLIAM GUMPF,
MICHAEL McGONIGLE
PHILIP DEICHLER.
City Con.stable.
WILLIAM M. GORMLY
Assessor.
EUGENE lIARKINS
Assistant Assess,s.
HENRY LIEU Elt,
BERNARD FITZPATRICK
Judge.
SAMUEL J. MORRISON
• 17.pector.
JOHN HENSLER.
A NEW ATTEMPT TO GULL--A BLACK
REPTJBLICAN TRICK
Those two organs of Black Republicanism
in this city—the Daily Times, and Daily Ex
press, both contain base and infamous attacks
upon our worthy Mayor, and falsely charge
him with the intention of smuggling in votes
to-day without the payment of city taxes.—
And why this foul and wicked falsehood ?
Because a self-oonstituted committee of Black
Republicans were refused (and very properly
too) the use of the Mayor's office for the pur
pose of tampering with the duplicates. This
is the true reason of the refusal—and not, as
they allege, simply because they desired to
"take a copy of the unpaid taxables." So
far as unpaid taxables are concerned complete
lists for each of the wards will be furnished
hy the Mayor himself at the polls to-day, as
he informed the above mentioned committee;
and, not only so, but Receivers will be station
ed there to whom the taxes must he paid prior
to voting.
We caution our Democratic friends against
the falsehoods an foul insinuations of a lying
and unscrupulous enemy. Nu more honest
man lives than JOHN ZIMMERMAN, and those
who would accuse him of dishonesty or fraud
know in their hearts that they lie—basely
lie.
After the above was in type, we received
the following communication from Mayor
ZIIIIIIRMAN, which effectually clinches the
base falsehood:
,
Hams. EDITOR-5 t—Perhaps the following plain statement
of facts will satiety some of the gentlemen who called on
me on Saturday morning last, and demanded a copy of the
unpaid taxables.
Mr. William B. Wiley, one of the Committee of Five. had
called mime twice before ou the same errand. I stated to
him each time that I was then preparing a list of delin
quent tax-payers for each Ward, and would have a copy
at each Poll on the morning of the election, and that an
disessor and Receiver of Taxes would be iu attendance at
each place. I further Informed him that if I gave him a
Wt or permitted him to take a copy, others would claim
the lame privilege, and that I had denied a similar request
from my political friends. I air. said to him that, even
admitting that he had a correct list at the present time, it
would be incorrect on the day of election, an a number of
persona had called and paid their taxes within a day or
two, and that I expected others would call before the
election and do the same thing.
Had Major Ditmars, the spokesman of the Committee of
live, been a little more choice and , gentlemanly in his lan
guage and leas abusive in making the request, I should
perhaps have given him a more lengthy explanation than
1 did of my reason for declining to give a copy of the list
of unpaid taxes. •
The only conversation I now recollect to have had as to
the amount of delinquent taxes, was with Mr. Philip S.
Baker, about the middle of la.t, week, when he inquired of
me the probable amount of the out-standing taxes on the
City Duplicates. I than stated to him that I believed there
ware more than $lOOO of out-standing taxes; but that not
one-ball of the amount could be collected, as a great many
names were several times in the duplicates, through mis
take, and that other. had left the City.
CONGRESSIONAL
Nothing of interest transpired in either
branch of Congress during the past week.—
The Army bill was up for consideration in
the Senate, and that with Fillibusterism, the
Public Printing, and a little sprinkling of
Kansas, made -up the sum total of the speeches
in both houses. The Senate adjourned over
for the week on Thursday, and the House of
Representatives on Friday.
XEANSAS-..T11E CONSTITUTION.
The official result of the vote on the 21st of
December last, is stated to be as follows
Tor th. Constitution with slavery
YR the commutton without slavery
THE CONSTITUTION AT WASHING- r
NCASIERIA
The Lecqmpton Constitution reached Wash
ington City on Saturday night. It is accom
panied by a letter from Mr. Calhoun, the
President of the Kansas Convention.
The Union is informed that the free State
vote, said to have been rejected by Calhoun,
because returned to Governor Denver, was the
vote on the Constitution alone, and not for
State officers.
The Constitution, it is said, will be sent
into Congress immediately, accompanied by a
message from the President giving his
views on the subje* The people will,
therefor:, in a few days have this whole Kan
sas business officially before them, and they
will then be able to judge intelligently as to
who is right and who is wrong in the premises.
Heretofore, the discussions on the Kansas
question were a groping in the dark, and
therefore, entirely premature.
Speculations are rife as to the probabilities
of the passage of the Lecompton Constitution
through the House of Representatives—its
passage through the Senate being conceded on
all hands. The following calculation on the
subject we copy from a New York paper, and
give it to our readers for what it is worth :
Republicans 92
Nary/and—Davis, Harris and Ricaud 3
Kerducky.—Jewett, Clay and Stevenson 3
Pennsytounirs.—Hickman and Montgomery 2
Indiana.—English, Davis, Niblack and ......... 4
Illinois —Morris, Harris, Shaw. Smith and Marshall 5
Ohm—Cox., Groesbeck, Pendleton, Cockerill, Hall. Mil
ler, Burns and Lawrence
Neu, Thrk.—Sickles, 31sclay, Haskins and Corning 4
Nest: Jersey.—Adrlau
The ninety-two republicans embrace Blair, of Missouti.
Morris, of Pennsylvania and Campbell, of Ohio. Mr. Ca
ruthers, of Missouri, is absent from the country, which
reduces the number of members to 236, making Ilft Totes
necessary to It choice in a full house. By the above calcu
lation, the opp.mition would have three nt,jority. I am
free to say that I Gelb., the Administration, with its
powerful patrona.;e already at work, can remove that ma -
Jon ty ."
The calculation, it will be observed, em
braces seven members from Slave States, viz :
1 from Missouri, 3 from Kentucky and 3 from
Maryland. It is scarcely probable that all
or even a majority of these will go with the
Republicans—consequently the three votes of
an estimated majority against the Lecompton
Constitution can hardly be relied upon by the
opponents of the Administration.
We incline very strongly to the opinion
that the Lecompton Constitution will be
endorsed by both branches of Congress, and
that Kansas will be'admitted as a State under
that instrument during the present session.
Governor Pollock, a few days before his
term expired, sent a message to the Legisla
ture, announcing that the following bills
passed at the last session of the Legislature,
and presented to him less than ten days prior
to their final adjournMent in May, 1857, and
not having been returned by him with his
objections, within three days after its meeting,
in extra session, in October last, had become
laws, :agreeably to the Constitution, in like
manner as if he had signed them :
An act to incorporate the Octorara Bank.
An act to incorporate the Monongahela
Valley Bank at McKeesport, Allegheny coun
ty.
A supplement to the act to re-charter the
Easton Bank.
An act to incorporate the Milton Savings'
Bank.
An aot to incurp rate the Bank of Plnynix.
An act to incorporate the INl'liean County
Bank.
No Governor since the days of the "Kitchen
Cabinet" maker, says the Clinton Demo , yat,
has so utterly disregarded the general welfare
of the people, as h,fts the apology for an Exec
utive who has recently vacated his seat at
Harrisburg. Daring the last three years, the
bankingcapital of this State has been increased
about nine millions of dollars, although Mr.
Pollock promised in his inaugural that he
would allow no banks to be chartered which
were not demanded by the public necessities.
Yet soon forgetting his good intentions, (if he
ever had them,) ho lacked the nerve to forbid
the many schemes of plunder which were
being concocted continually at Harrisburg, to
defraud honest men of their rights and enable
villainous speculators to enrich themselves by
stealing from the "mouth of labor the bread
it has earned."
It will be seen by reference to the Legisla
tive proceedings published in another column,
that a bill has been introduced into the House
for consolidating the'sessions of the Supreme
Court at Harrisburg. This, we understand,
is the desire of the Supreme Judges them
selves; and we believe it meets with general
favor among theilawyers of the State, outside
of the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg
If the Supreme Court is required to continue
holding sessions at Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Sunbury and Pittsburg, as at present, then we
opine the Legislature will have to increase the
salaries of the Judges, which we think would
hardly be good policy in the present state of
the finances. But as it seems to be a settled
fact that the sessions of the Court are to be
consolidated at some one place, we do not
doubt that the Legislature, looking to the con
venience and interests of the public, will
adopt the bill and fix upon the seat of Govern
ment as the proper and most central point.
The steamship Moses Taylor arrived at
New York 'on Wednesday evening, from As
pinwall, bringing 31,500,000 in gold.
A slight shock of an earthquake was expe
rienced at San Francisco on the morning of
the 24th of December.
Downieville was destroyed by fire on New
Year's Day.
Eighty-two divorce cases have been brought
in San Francisco during the last year—a large
majority being commenced by wives against
their faithless husbands.
A horrible murder and suicide occurred at
the Red _House, about four miles from San
Francisco, on the night of Dec. 22. The pro
prietor, named Sylvester Murphy, aged 2i, a
native of Pittsburg, Pa., murdered hie house
keeper, named Mary Ann McGlinn, aged 23,
a native of Ireland, by shooting her with a
pistol and then cutting her throat ; after
which he took his own life by inflicting with
a small knife eight stabs upon his left breast,
and also by cutting his own throat.
RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL
The School Department has been removed
from the Executive office to a room in the Capi
tol next the Canal Commissioners' office, which
has been refitted, and is much better suited for
that Department than the old quarters—which
have also been renovted and fitted up for the
Attorney General. That officer will, therefore,
be always in readiness to communicate with
the Governor. The arrangement is an admi
rable one, and will be a great convenience to
both the School Department and Attorney
General's office. The State Superintendent
has made the following appointments :
Jolts M. Sum.,ivnikz, Deputy Superintendent.
CLEfixe—GEo. W. CRABB, of Harrisburg,
and JAMES G. SAMPLE, of Crawford county:
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THE KANSAS QUESTION AT HAI-t-
The Kansas question, introduced into the
House of Representatives at Harrisburg, by
the Republicans, has been referred to a special
committee of seven, (five Democrats and two
Republicans,) consi-ting of Messrs. Calhoun,
Goepp, Lerchman, Miller, Rhoades, Lawrence
and Turner. When the committee make a
report, which will hardly be very soon, we
suppose any number of speeches will be made
for bunkum.
GOV. POLLOCK AND BANKS
THE SUPREME COURT
MORE GOLD
DEPARTMENT
R ISBURG
lINPATENTED LANDS
Mr. Rowe, Surveyor General of the Com
monwealth, has sent a communication to the
Senate, concerning the unpatented land of the
State, the spirit and object of whion , :deserve
commendation.
The Sarveyr,r General says that there are
six millions of dollars outstanding. due The
Commonwealth from individuals who have
taken up public lands. This is not in the
hands of debtors of doubtful responsibility,
but is secured, so to speak, by first mortgage
on real estate. These six millions of dollars
could be collected if the proper laws were
passed by the Legislature, and the Surveyor
General very properly remarks, if it is not in
tended to let the arrearages of land run on and
accumulate forever, the work of collecting
them may as well be commenced now in earn
est. The, present revenue from these lands
consists of the insignificant sum of $21,000
per year. The graduation aet of 1835, relat
ing to the State lands, expired, by limitation,
in last December. It would be well if the
Legislature would now pass a law by which
the State could reap some benefit from this
extensive source of revenue. Perhaps the
collection of the full amount due the State
from these lands would be attended with many
cases of extreme hardship, and no one would
counsel the Commonwealth to deal harshly
with its citizens ; but if but two millions of
this sum could be collected, it would be of
considerable assistance in reducing the State
debt.
The Surveyor General closes his oommunica
tion with the following suggestions:—" Doubt
less the number of patents for land taken out
annually would be greatly increased if the
people were rightly informed of the require
ments of the law. Much of the neglect here
tofore displayed is probably attributable to a
want of proper knowledge. Coupled, there
fore, with any legislative enactment on this
subject, there ought to be a law authorizing
the Surveyor General to pt dish the act, or a
synopsis of its provisions, in nearly alk the
newspapers of the State. If ignorance of the
law is to excuse no man, then the law ought
to be printed where all men can see it."
A GOOD BEGINNING
Governor PACKER, it is apparent, has no
love either for tmall notes or shinplasters. An
act passed both branches of the Legislature, a
few days ago, which under the guise of pro
viding work for the poor of the Borough of
Scranton, Luzern() county, was really intend
ed to authorize the corporation to issue a batch
of shinplasters. It was snaked through the
Legislature, but could not escape the vigilant
eye of the Executive, who at once discovered
the " cat under the meal." The following
extinguisher was immediately put on the bill:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
HARRISBURG, Jan. 28, 1858.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania :
GENTLEMEN herewith return to the
House of Representatives, in which it origina
ted, the bill entitled " An act relative to the
borough of Scranton," without my approval.
This bill proposes to authorize the Burgess
and Council of the borough of Scranton, in
Luzerne county, "to issue orders on its Treas
urer for the payment of Laborers employed
by said borough, and pledge the taxes for
street and borough purposes for the year 1858,
for the payment of said orders, and otherwise
anticipate the revenue (,f said borough for the
same year for the purpose of providing work
fir the destitute and unemployed laborers
during this winter."
The evident object of this bill is to create
a species of local currency, upon the credit of
the corporation, to be distributed in small
amounts among the laboring population.—
This is in direct conflict with existing general
laws of the State. The act of 12th of April,
1828, entitled " An act concerning small notes
for the payment of money," and the resolution
of the 24th of June, 1842, established a gen
eral policy, which it will be wise to maintain.
I am not aware of any recent attempt to depart
tram that policy, nor am I aware of any pub
l4o, opinion which would sanction it. The ob
ject of the State should be to furnish her
laboring population with a sound currency,
and in my opinion, their true interests will
not be promoted by laws of the character now
proposed.
The objections to small notes apply with
peculiar force to those issued by municipali
ties, depending for their prompt redemp
tion upon the uncertain revenue policy of the
Corporation, and partaking generally of the
imperfections of paper not redeemable on de
mand in coin, they are liable to sudden and
great depreciation.
This bill is also liable to the general objec
tions which apply to special acts for particular
localities, exempting them from the operation
of general laws. Our laws relating to Bor
oughs are believed to be liberal, and sufficient
for all legitimate purposes. If they should be
found to be imperfect, the true remedy is to
amend them by provisions whic'h shall operate
equally and generally throughout the Com
monwealth. WM. F. PACKER.
CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Senator Mason, Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, has made a report to
the Senate on the subject of Central American
affairs. After reviewing the facts of the case
respecting the arrest of Gen. Walker and his
filibusters by Commodore Paulding, it fully
sustains the course of the President, and con
cludes with the following resolutions:
First, that no other provisions of law were
necessary to confer authority on the President
to cause arrests and seizures to be made on
the high seas for offences against the neutral
ity laws of 1818 ; because such power was
necessarily implied from the Bth section of
that act. Second, That the place where Wal
ker was arrested, being out of the jurisdiction
of the United States, the arrest was without
the warrant of law. But viewing the circum
stances and results, the act did not call for
censure except from Nicaragua. The further
consideration of the subject was postponed
until the 9th of February. A bill also accom
panies the report authorizing the arrest .of
filibusters on the high seas. Senator Doug
las, a member of the committee, dissented
from the report.
THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO CHINA.—The
Hong Kong correspondent of the New York
Times, announcing the arrival of the U. S.
steamer Minnesota, says
" Mr. Reed and suite are quartered on the
ship. He was received very cordially by the
authorities and people here, and has been
called upon by Lord Elgin, Sir John Browning,
Admiral Seymour, and other dignitaries.—
Numerous military honors have been show
ered upon him ; for a while the amphitheatre
formed by the mountains around Hong-Kong
smoked like a battle field in consequence of
the powder burnt in his honor."
KANSAS LETTER WRITERS
The Herald of Freedom, published at Law
rence, Kansas, the oldest and most consistent
free-State paper in the Territory, thus speaks
of the letter writers who fill the columns of
such papers 'as the N. Y. Tribune. Under
date of Dec. 19th it says:—
We say frankly, that our difficulties hare
been complicated, and th• cause of freedom in
Kansas almost ruined, by the falsehoods of the
pensioned letter writers in Kansas. $ But
fop them the free-State party would hare elected
the delegates in June last to the Constitutional
Convention, and prevented the consvuences
which have followed!
A Two MILE BRIDGE.—The Victoria Bridge
across the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, which
has been in course of erection for several
years, will be the largest and finest in the
world. It is to be two miles long. The total
amount of masonry in the bridge will be 3,-
000,000 cubic feet, which at 13i- feet to the
tun, gives a total weight of about 22,000 tuns.
Fourteen of the piers are completed, and it is
expected that eight more will be finished next
season, leaving only two to erect in 1859.
The total weight of iron in the tubes will be
10,400 tuns. The bridge will cost about $5,•
000,000.
A CANDID ADMISSION.
The New York Times, a leading Black
Republican journal, has the following article
in relation to Kansas affairs :
"The Kansas question is substantially set
tled. The points that remain fo be adjusted
may have importance and interest upon
grounds of principle, but so far as practical
results are concerned, they are of very little
consequence. Congress'may adopt or reject
the Lecompton Constitution—may admit or
exclude Kansas, under that instrument, it can
in neither case seriously or permanently affect
the State, or the character uf its political
institutions. The people of Kansas are now
in possession of their rightful sovereignty,
they can mould their own institutions to suit
themselves, and neither Congress nor the Fed.
eral Executive can much longer postpone a
result whieh dispassionate men have fur a long
time seen to be inevitable. I
" In October last, the Free State mon elected
a majority of the Territorial Legislature,
which will have full legislative authority if
Kansas is not admitted into the Union under
the Lecompton Constitution; On the 4th of
January the same party elected the State
Legislature, for which provision is made in the
Lecompton instrument, and/ which will have
supreme control if Kansas should be admitted
and become a sovereign State. In either
event, therefore, the Free State party has
political possession of the Territory. It has a
two-third majority in each branch of both
Legislatures, and is thus entirely independent
even of the Governor. In either event, there
fore,—upon the admission or rejection of the
Lecompton Constitution—it has only to order
a new Convention, and frame a new Constitu
tion, which shall embody the sentiments and
represent the interests-opeople of Kan
88.a
"It may possibly be said that if the Le
compton Constitution should be adopted, it
could not he changed or superseded until aftjir
1864. We apprehend, however, that this
objection would have no weight whatever,
either with the people of Kansas or with the
country at large. In the first place there is in
the Constitution no express prohibition of its
amendment previous to 18(34, but only a direc
tion how it shall be done after that date ;
while the Bill of Rights expressly recognizes
the right of the people to alter, amend, or
supersede their Constitution at any time and
in any manner they may see fit. 'Besides,
without any such provision, the right of the
people to do this is fundamental and inaliena
ble. It has been exercised in many States,
and in regard to Kansas has been distinctly
recognized by all the leading organs of public
opinion in all sections of the country and
without distinction of party; and more than
all this, if the people of Kansas were to exer
cise this right, there is no power that can
interfere to prevent it.
* * *
"Under existing circumstances, the Kansas
debate in Congress must lose much of its
interest and importance. We are afraid Sen
ator Brown, of Mississippi, will not find affairs
propitious to the completion of his speech ;
nor can we see upon what grounds any very
strenuous efforts can be made either for or
against the admission of Kansas under the
Lecompton Constitution. The leading figure
in the drama has disappeared. If the play
goes on the ghost may enter, but the part of
Hamlet must be omitted."
This, from a Black Republican journal, is
quite as much as we could reasonably expect.
It admits that the policy of the President, his
wisdom, sound judgment and great political
sagacity, have been _ crowned with perfect
success. The farce in Kansas is ended—the
play is over, the audience is about to disperse,
and " Othello's occupation" of agitation,
mischief and fanaticism, is gone forever. The
President has stood by the law, the people,
and the Constitution. and he will triumph.
PARTIES IN KANSAS
We copy from the Albany Argus, the fol
lowing letter from a member of the legal Kan
sas Territorial Legislature, Alton C. Davis.
It throws light upon the question as to who is
responsible for the Lecompton Constitution.
Mr. Davis was formerly a resident of Albany.
In reply to an address of a portion of his con
stituents, who wanted to know his views, he
wrote the following letter :
WYANDOTT, K. T., Dec. 5, 1857.
Messrs. Millar, Walker, Garret, Patterson,
Aiken, Mc_4lpin, Quirk, Wise, Drake and
others :
GENTLEMEN—Your favor is before me. I
have but a moment in which to reply. 1 have
always been in favor of having the organic
law for tho state of Kansas submitted to a full
and fair vote of the bona fide residents of the
territory for their free approval or rejection.—
Acting upon the conviction that such a sub
mission was eminently just and democratic, I
voted against the members elected to the Le
compton convention from this district, because
I understood that they did n:t agree with me
upon this point ; and voted for candidates who
were pledged to such submission.
I did more. I earnestly urged upon other
free state men the propriety of joining with
me in sustaining the candidates who were
thus pledged. The result of that election
showed conclusively that, had all the REGIS
TERED voters come to the polls on election day,
nearly every district in the territory could hare
been carried by the party opposed to the non.
submission theory adopted by the convention.
If the object of the meeting to which you
refer is to inquire what peaceful and leyal
action may be taken to secure the object so
needlessly trilled away by the non-voting policy
adopted at the June election, then I am deeply
interested in your investigations and will join
you most heartily, either officially or in pri
vate, in the execution of any feasible plan of
operations. We should, however, examine
carefully every step we propose to take.
In our endeavor to extricate Kansas Prom
one set of difficulties, it is all important that
we do not plunge her in other and more dan
gerous ones ; neither violence nor disregard of
law should be resorted to, to repair the errors
of unfortunate party action.
Permit me to say in conclusion that I do
not deem the democratic party in any way re
sponsible for the acts of the late constitutional
convention. That party, so far as lam in
formed, is the only one which took any action,
by means of party resolutions, or otherwise, to
induce the convention to comply with what was
believed to be the popular wish. No party
could stand more free to adopt any possible
policy in regard to this matter, promising
good to Kansas, than does the democratic
party at this moment. Very sincerely,
Your obedient servant
ALSON C. DAVIS
THE GOLD COINAGE OF THE UNITEDSTATEB.-
Since the establishment of the Mint in 1792,
according to the American Almanac, the
amount of gold coin issued, to the close of
1849, was $79,923,202 ; from 1850 to the close
of 1857, it was $425,889,738 ; making a total
gold coinage of $505,812,94.
At the commencement of 1850, the amount
of specie in the United States was estimated
to be $114,000,000 ; the amount of gold re
ceived from California, to the close of 1857,
has been estimated to be $630,000,000 ; the
amount of specie brought into the country by
immigrants during the last eight years, is
estimated to be $100,000,000 ; making a total
of $844,000,000. Within the last eight years,
according to the Report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, there have been exported in
specie (less imports) $200,993,860 ; leaving
the amount existing, at the present time, in
the United States, in the shape of coin, bullion,
plate, jewelry, &c., of $643,016,140.
Prior to the discovery of the California
mines, the United States were importers of
the precious metals ;.but since that event the
position has been reversed.
PORK PACKING• —The Cincinnati, (Ohio)
Gazette says, the number of hogs packed at
Vincennes, Ind., is estimated at 20,000, being
an increase, as compared with last year, of 2,-
000. The Indianapolis Journal reports the
number peeked at that place larger than the
whole murder cut last season. From Terre
Haute we learn that hogs are arriving quite
freely, and that the number in the Wabash
Valley, which, a short time ago, was supposed
would be short, will be in excess of last year.
The packing at St. Louis, Mo., was 85,000
head. Letters have been received at Louis
ville,
Kentucky, estimating a deficiency in the i
State of 100,000 head.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27.
SENATE. --Mr. BELL, from the Judiciary/
Comm;ttce, reported with an affirmative ree l
ommendatiou. the bill relative to annulling the
marriage contract >f Thos. Washington SMith
and his wife, Elizabeth D. Smith.
iTher:e are the parties wh• have been before
the public so prominently for some time, in'
connection with the St. Lawrence Hotel trage
dy.]
Among the hills read in place of a public
nature, was one presented by Mr. GAZZAU,
relative to notices by notary publics of protests
in cities and towns.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill entitled 'a `• supplement to the act rela
tive to the election of District Attorneys in,
Philadelphia." [The bill has reference to the
repeal of the law authorizing the election of
two District Attorney in Phiadelphia.) After
some slight debate the bill was laid over.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the orders'of the day—viz : Bill entitled, Reso
lution relative to the prohibition of a small
note currency among the several States."
After considerable debate, the further consid
eration of the bill was postponed until to
morrow.
Housg.—The most important feature of the
proceedings in the House of Representatives
yesterday; was the reading of the following
bills in place :
A bill to repeal the law for the assessment
and collection of collateral inheritance tax.
A bill to make the sessions of the Supeme
Court permanent at Harrisburg.
A bill regulating the rate of interest. [This
bill repeals the present Usury Laws, and gives
moneylenders the right to make their own
contracts.]
A bill to subject certain real estate to taxa
tion. [Abrogates the law exempting Church,
College and other religious institutions from
taxation.]
THURSDAY, Jan. 2S
SENATE.—In the Senate, the Sneaker pre
'tented a oommunicarion from the banal Com
missioners inclosing a letter from Wm. R.
Moffit, resigning his post as Superintendeut of
the North : branch Canal, which was read, and
500 'copies ordered to he printed for the use of
the Senate.
'The Senate resumed the consideration of the
orders of the day—vie: Bill entitled Resolu
tion relative to the prohibition of small note
currency among the several States," and after
proposing several amendments, and considera
ble debate, it passed as follows : Yeas-21.
Nays-9.
The following is a copy of the hill as pas
ssed :
WHEREAS, By our pr4ent Banking system,
the hulk of the circulation is thrown into the
hands of the masses, in every case, precipita
Ling a commercial crisis, and common justice
requires that the people should be protecthd
from the slightest risk in the use of a circula
tion the benefit of which accrues mainly to the
b anks.
AND WHEREAS, The great obstacle to the
prohibition of a small note currency, and to
the introduction of gold and silver as a circu
lilting medium, is the independent legislation
of the different States, the federal government
having no power to interfere in such a case:
Tnerefbre.
Be it Resolved, &c., That the tlovernor is
hereby requested to open a correspondence
with the Chief Executives of the several States
in the IJuion, suggesting and urging upon
their consideration the importance of concert
of action, so as to procure the passage of a law
in each and all of sail States, prohibiting the
issue by banks of notes of a small denomina
tion, and suggesting the propriety, if thought
expedient, of appointing a certain number of
persons, from each State by the Executive
thereof to meet in convention and agree upon
the least denomination of paper currency to
be adopted, and to assimilate in all other res
pects the banking system of the several Stal PP;
and report the same as ;1 recoimnendatim to
the Legislatures thereof.
Promlded, That suell delegates shall not be
appointed unless at least One half of the
States- f this Union shall appoint delegates to
said convention contemplated by this act.
Housx.—Various resolutions were introdu
ced calling on the Special Committee to whom
was referred the consideration of the Kansas
resolutions, to report—ono within ten days,
another to the next Legislature, in 1859—a1l
of which were defeated by a strict party vote.
Mr. Williston, of Tioga, offered a resole
tion to instruct our Senators and members of
Congress to vote against the admission of Kim
sas under the Lecompton Constitution. Lost--
Yeas-29. Nays-66.
SENSIBLE REMARKS
The Chambersburg has the
following sensible remarks on the recent mur
der trial in Philadelphia, in all of which we
heartily concur :
Some persons justify the killing of Carter
by Smith, on the ground that the law furnished
the latter no adequate remedy for the wrong
done him by the former. e deny the right
of any man to take the law into his own hands
under any circumstances, and we deny that
Carter ever wronged Smith. What are the
facts ? Carter had put a girl, of whom he had
the care, at school at Wilmington. Smith's
sister was a teacher in the school. Smith
visited his sister ; saw the girl ; fell in love
with her, like a fool, at first sight ; and a few
months afterwards, without taking mu3h pains
to ascertain who or what she was, married
her. He got more than lie bargained for, as
sometimes happens with people who neglect
to look before they leap. His wife presented
him with a child four mouths after their mar
riage, and told him it was Carter's.
Carter had grievously wronged the girl and
her family, but he had done no wrong to
Smith. It was not Smith's wife he seduced,
for the girl was ruined before Smith met her.
And Carter, so far from being instrumental in
fastening the ruined girl upon Smith, when he
learned of their intended marriage, endeavored
to dissuade her from marrying, writing to her
that, in view of her condition, she ought not to
think - of doing so. It was shown on trial that
Smith had seen this letter, but he tnarried the
girl in spite of it.
Instead of applying for a divorce, as he
should have done, and leaving the woman and
child to be taken care of by Carter; Smith
armed himself and took Carter's life ; and
because he did it "with a flourish," Judge
Allison and his incomparable jury acquitted
him. And now Smith seeks to end the matter
where he should have commenced it. He has
applied to the Legislature for a divorce. He
does not deserve to have his petition granted.
Neither he nor anybody else who sets the law
at defiance by taking :up deadly weapons to
redress his wrongs, be they imaginary or real,
deserves sympathy from the public or relief of
any description from the representatives of the
people. It is time to put a stop to the use of
murderous weapons.
INSPECTOR OF LIQ.UORZ
In the Senate, on Tuesday last, Dr. Uaszam,
from Allegheny, introduced the following, res
olution :
Resolved, That the Committee on Vice and
Immorality be instructed to report a bill estab
lishing the office of Inspector of Liquors for
each county, or for districts composed of seve
ral counties ;
said bill to provide for the corn
pensat on of Inspectors out of the funds
raised by licenses granted to wholesale and
retail dealers in liquors; and also providing
for the confiscation of all adulterated liquors
offered for Bale, and imposing such other penal
ties for selling or offering for sale adulterated
liquors, as the committee may deem proper.
Passed finally—yeas 24, nays 3, as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Bell, Brewer, Buckalew,
Craig, Cresswell, Ely, Evans, Fetter, Francis,
Gazzam, Harris, Ingram. Knox, Laubach,
Marselis, Miller, Rutherford, Scofield, Shaeffer,
Straub, Turney, Wilkins, Wright, and Welsh,
Speaker-24.
Nays—Messrs. Coffey, Gregg and Myer-3
TUE PATENT Orrice.—lt appears by the Pat
ent Office Report for last year, just .submitted
to Congress, that there have been 4771 appli
r cations for patents during the year and 2910
granted, of which 42 were to citizens of foreign
countries. The number is 408 more than the
year previous. The largest number of patents
was granted to citizens of the State of New
York, being 855 in number ; to Massachusetts
421 ; to Pennsylvania, 314 ; to Kansas, 1. The
receipts of the office wore 5196,132 ; expendit
ures, $211,582. There is a balance on hand
from the patent fund of $39,719. France is
the only country in which a greater number
of patents has been granted than in the United
States. With a population of nearly thirty
' six millions, there were issued 0187 patents ;
in the United States, with a population of
nearly twenty-three millions, 2910. Great
Britain and Ireland with a larger population
than the United States, issued 2115 during the
past year.
ITT AND COUNTY AFFAIRS
DEMOCRATS, BE ARousED!—The vflect at
tacks an, being made on our candidata for Mayer, through
the columns of the professedly neutral daily papers. Joni;
ZontiontAx is too well known for hia honesty and Integ
rity, and it will not do at this late day to attempt to injure
the character of such a man before the citizens of Lane-sa
te, Demorrats, sea to it that the dirty spirit of Black Re
publicanism. which is being manifested and, the guise
of a "Citizens' Ticket," be crushed out and thus receive
its final quietus In our good old city..
REPEAL OF THE LICENSE LAW.—Petitions
are in circulation in this city and county for the repeal of
the present License - DM' Large numbers of signatures
have been obtained. The petitions will be forwarded at
once to the Legislature.
THE JUNIOR BACHELORS' CLUB.—This Once
powerful organisation, now dwindled down fn the insig
nificant number of bon by the desertion of,,the President,
paid ita respects in a body, accompanied by a superb hand
of music. to Mr. Aoasusx Gins, the lota' President afore
said, and his accomplished bride, at the residence of Mr.
Juno FUNDERAXIII. in East King street. and were reeeived
with all the cordiality and warmth of our !oral et- bachelor
friend, and their visit made doubly agreeable by the kind
attentions of the fair and lovely brble. Congratulations
were given with hearty good will to the young and happy
couple. We Trish Mr. Glans and his lady a safe and pros.
perm.; journey through life.
TnE PoLLs.—The Polls in all the wards
open at F a. m.. and close at i p. m , to-day.
AN OPPOSITION TICKET.—The following is
the "rag tag—and boh-tail" ticket settled by a Low Black Re
publicans, "opposed to mingling party party pol air. with
sh e a /rairs i t jthe City Government." How patriotic' They
are not opposed, however. to mingling party politics with
the_affairs of the government of the County. We would
mereri remark—that Messrs. Darlington, Dickey and Wise.
the leaders in this praiseworthy movement, must laugh in
their sleeves at the supposed gullibility of the voters of
Democratic Lancaster. After today, see opine, these
worthies will be for "treating the election as if It had not
been held." Couldn't you get up another Contested Else.
lion Case? Do: it would make times somewhat brisk in
our now distressingly dull city. Gentlemen, you will have
to wait awhile before you can accomplish your ends—the
Democrats of this City being not quite so grr, na you
would hive them to be. They are quite content with the
affairs of the City Government as administered by honest
01.1 torso 7,III4:FMAN and the Irene, cri, coon •ils
Is the tiicket :
pw—Thomas 11. BurroWPS.
ffig4 Martin
NORTH WL.ST WARD.—Select Cotivil, Daniel Harman
Common Council, Rudolph F. Ranch, George Yeisley. Jnhn
Dorwart, sr., Jeremiah Bauman Assessor, James Wiley:
Assistant Assessors, findleib Senor, t 4 aninel Killian; City
Constable, George. Iluffnagle: Judge. Frederick A. Albright:
Inspector, John F. Hither.
NOFLTFI EAST WARD—?elect Council. Joshua W. Jack •
Common Council, Wm. G. Kendrick, David lellenbaum
Anthony Lechler. J. B. Swartzwelder; Alderman, Wm. B
Wiley; Assessor, George B. Moirrey Assintant Assessors,
George I'. King, John Shertz: City Constable, Philip S.
Baker; Judge, Eiden Franklin ; I risportor, Robert A. Evans.
SOUTH WEST Wll2D.—Sel , ct Council, William I'. Brooks:
Common Council, William Whiteaide, Gideon Arnold, John
Henley: Alderman, Peter G. liberman: Assessor, Car
penter MrCleery ; Assistant Assessors. Samuel Carmony,
Bent, Gast: City Constable, John Becket: Judge, William
Wright : Inspector, George K. Heed.
Bonet EMS WAR.Ii.—SOICia Council, William P. Brooks:
Common Connell, Conrad Stith's, George F. Rote, iiiainuel
Benedict: Asseasur, 11. F. Cox.; Assistant Assesoors. C. F.
Lake, Jacob Bartle; Judge, Henry Ilnrrerht Inspector.
Jneoli Alit.itzel.
INSTALLATION OF REV. D. STECK.—The in
stallation of Rev. D. Snot, es Pastor of St John's Lutheran
Chardi, {Vera Orange street, took place on Tuesday evening
last. The installation sermon was preached by Rev. F.
Ratrtr, of Trinity Lutheran Church, Duke street. and the
charge to the Pastor elect and the congregation was deliv
ered by ROT. C. J. F:11111101,10, of Middletown. The eser
eines were very solemn and impressive, and the beautiful
church ens lilkat by an attentive end deeply-Interested
audience. Mr. Freon has made a decidedly favorable im
pression on all who have had the pleasure of hearing him.
Ifs Is spoken of so all able and eloquent pulpit into,
RESOLUTIONS OF THANK:3.—AL a meeting 01
the Infantry Corps of the Lancaster Fenclblem, held In the
Armory, Fulton Hall, on the evening of the 25th nit., the
following reloltitions Were unanimously adopted :
ARMORS OF Ten LANCASTER FENCIIILES,
Fulton Hall, Lancaster, Pa. j
Rao/red, That the generous attentions and the kindly
and fraternal spirit relit, which we were received, by all
with whidu iv. re placed in ....mantel, it dm during our visit
to the Capital of the State at the tat. inauguration, ,sore
of suet, a character as to call for it forned acknowledgement
of our obligation, and n public expression of our gratitude.
'to an especial manner our thanks are due to the public
spirited Pre.ildents of the Pennsylvania and Harrisburg
Railroads, and their courteous end efficient Rup er i n te n d en
11. C. Franciecun, Esq., fur the facilities afforded es in out
passage over their roads.
To Col. B. A. Shaeffer, our talented and patriotic senator,
we take great pleasure in expressing our heartfelt obliga
tions for his constant and unceasing endeavors to make
our r 'Fit pleasant and agreeable. and we will cherish the
remembrance of trio noble and munificent hospitalities na
long as life shall lest.
We gratefully appreciate the complimentary attention of
our fellowwilizens. lien. Goo. M. steinman nod James 1..
Reynolds, Enii , nod of inn fernier townsman. cm. G eo , w,
Ilamersly.
To Capt. Eynter and Lieu,. Here of the National Guards,
and the citizens of Ilarrisl.urg generally, we nre'lndehted
for their many rent-Gish,.
By our boot, Krl ld Cororl y. Edo., the gentlemanly pro
prietor of the - Jones Iloueo: . we were abundantly cup
plied with every thing which wad necemsary for our coin.
plot° comfort and c enienco, and we tender him our
thanks, in fhb, public on
menu,. as justly doe tor hid asdidu-
OUS care and attention t.i our welfare.
R,tolveti, That the,...• r.,ltltiunx be placed upon the min.
nice of the company aod in the city papers, and
• ropy of the farm , t. , of the parties named,
EMIEN FRANKLIN,
M. 11. LOCHER,
A. W. SHENK,
EDWIN EBERMAN.
WE. WHITESIDE,
Committee
THE HOWARD A,StiEl ATION. —At the regular
weekly meeting of the Executive Committer of the Howard
Association. held in the Common Connell Chamber, City
Hell, on Thursday evening, the following report of the
doings of the Association for the week ending January t 7,
was submitted :
N. E. Ward-26 families of 101 persona to aui ot. t 01 $10.02
N. W. Ward-63 - 1100 •. 48.06
-
8. E. Ward-50 " 213 " 45.0,3
-
S. W. Ward-53 - 227 .• 43.65
Total -- --
After hooting the report, the fldh.wing proceedings took
place:
By Invitation a number of gentlemen were preeent to
hear and exchange views upon the subject of getting up
lectures and dobutes.
The President stated the object of the invitation, and
gave his views how such lectures might, if properly con
ducted, prove profitable and instructive as well as beneficial
to the treasury of the Asecniation: the project being that
a person be appointed to deliver a lecture or essay, not ex
ceeding thirty minutes in length, after which a debate
would be had, when any one would be permitted to take
part, confining each ton limited: a price to be charged for
admission, and the proceeds of which to go the Howard
Association.
After which, Judge Hayes, A. H. Hood. Fsq., Bev. Dr.
Bowman. Dr. John L. Atleo. sr., Rev. Prof. Gerhart, Rev. B.
Keenan and a number of others gave their views, agreeing
in the main with the project stated by the President.
The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to
carry out the object proposed. and present such subjects as
may seem best adapted to such lectufes and debates, viz:
Judge Hayes, Bev. Dr. Bowman, Bev. Prof. Gerhart, Dr.
John L. Atlee, ar., Rev. Mr. Harbaugh and Messrs. Hood
and McCononty.
The committee were requests , ' to report et a meeting to
be held tomorrow evening.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.—The new
Board of Commissioners, as constituted on the retirement
of William C. Worth and the accession of Daniel Gond, or
ganized on yesterday week, when Mr. peter 0. Eberman,
the former worthy incuniliont, was unanimously reap.
pointed Clerk, and Emlen Franklin, Esq., Solicitor of the
Board. These are both fitting appointments and will be
eminently satisfactory to the public and all who hare bus
irlesa at the Commissioners' office. Mr. Joseph C. Snyder
was also re-appointed Janitor of the Court 'louse. This ie
ajust compliment to a worthy and efficient officer.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS.—At a stated
meeting of the Lancaster City and County Statical Society,
held on the 20th nit., the following officers were elated for
the present year
Prat:dela—Dr. John K. Raub.
Vice Prcridents—Dr. Adam Shenor, Dr. Satn'l
Recnrding Semtnry—Dr. John L. Allee, jr.
, brresponding SerrYtary---Dr. Thowns Ellmaker
T r , nsurcr and Librarian—Dr..l. Aug.
(7, nsor—Dr. Ely Parry
The following persons worn ekcled Delegates to attend
the American Medical Association that convenes In the
City of Wnohlegton next May. viz., Drs. P. Cassidy, IT
Carpenter, .1. Roam. R. Rohrer, S. Pat her, .1. K. Kau)) and
F. Hinkle.
ANOTHZR SUICIDE. --Last evening, about 5
o'clock, the people in the vicinity of the upper end of East
King street were thrown into touch excitement by the re
port that Frederick - Bailsman, long a resident of the neigh•
borhood, had committed suicide by hanging himself. The
neighbors on repairing to his horns found the report only
too true. Mr. linesman. it 1. , said , was In the habit of going
on occasional sprees, and yesterday, it seer., he had been
indulging very freely, and repaired to his home about four
o'clock In the afternoon. Afton having a few impletn,ant
wards with his sister, he went up stairs with the intention,
It Is thought, of sleeping, but as he did not appear at the
usual supper hour 65 o'clo4o his sister went to his room . 1
to roil him. but not finding him there, she proceeded to
the garret, when she dlscoveted him suspended from '
collar-beam. Shocked at the sight, she immediately
scraamed, which attracted the attention of the neighbors,
but before assistan, arrived she succeeded in cutting him
down.
Coroner rummy, who happened to be lu the city at the
time, was immediately called in and summoned a jury, the
verdict of which woe in accordance with the above facts.
Mr. Bausman wee about 55 years of age, and was well
known throughout the city, more familiarly by the sobri
quet of - Squire Bauman."
As yet no reason is assigned for the rash act, he never
having intimated any intention of destroying himself.—
The funeral of the unfortunate man will take place some
time to-morrow (Saturday).
--blur° the above was in type, we hare heard a report
that 31r. 151.5M11111 has lately been laboring under a de
pression of spirits, owing to a difficulty In paying some
money on the property in which he lived. It seeme that
bin sisters and himself bought the housejointly, some years
since, and were to pay a certain amount on the earns an
nually, which they did, until recently, when they were
unable to raise the amount required. Threatened with
executions on the property, and fearing it would pane from
their hands, it weighed so much on his mind that, mad
dened with the fiery cup, he put an end to his troubles.—
Friday's Eaprest.
Crr CouNcics.—The last meeting of the .
present City Councils will be held this evening, in their
Chambers, City Rail, at 7 o'clock.
Cuatous INCIDENT IN NATURE—Mr. John
Forney of West Marl township, this county, has a breeding
eon, which, on the 12th ult., hnd a litter of nine pigs, and
on the 23d ult., eleven dap afterwards, had another litter
of eight pigs, making seventeen in all. Three of them
died, but fourteen were still living on Monday week, and
doing well. This is certainly the strangest incident in
nature we ever heard of. The number of pigs le not so
much to be wondered ni, as the time when they were Ut
tered. What will our naturalist. say to this?
COLUMBIA. AFFMI3.9.—We glean the follow
log "items" from Saturday's Spy:
Fins.—A fire occurred on bust Tuesday morning, at the
Columbia Manufactoring Company's - Machlne Shop, which,
bet for its fortunate discovery by the conductors of the
Express Freight train, ',could most probably have destroyed
the works. The train arrives at 1% A. M. and at that
time the roof was beginning to blaze. Mr. Harper and Mr.
Simon Fisher jumped from the train. and giving the alarm,
succeeded, with the assistance of a few of the neighbors, In
extinguishing the fire. So material damage was done,
although, from the late hour at which the flames were
discovered, there had been ample time for serious work.—
The hands had finished casting at I% o'clock on Monday
evening, and no one had been in the shop afterwards. The
fire must hare been communicated from the stack, as it
was confined to the floor and weather-boarding Above the
casting house, adjoining the cupola stack.
El.Rt r . - FION OF OrriCanS.—At the annual election, held on
the 11th inst , by the stockholders of the Columbia Mann.
facturing Company, the result was as follows:
Pr,ident—liarford Fraley.
Alanqgers--George Bogle, Hiram Wilson, T. R. Supplee,
', Ite , hlar, 7.. Supplee, I. Posey.
The ity-Laws proposed by the former Board of Managers
wpre unanimously adopted.
The President and Managers elect, held a meeting on
Friday evening, Jan.22d, ISIS, at which time T. R. Supple.
tr. chosen Secretary, .d George Bogle. Treasurer.
Ds. McCsoN's Lcc - rotts —On Monday evening last quite a
large and appreciative audience assembled at Odd Yellows'
Hall, to hear the lecture by Rev. Dr. John McCron.
subject. as before announced, was ••Eloquence essential to
Republican Institutions," and in delivering the lecture he
occupied over an hour and a quarter, and was listened to
with the most profound attention, being frequently greeted
with loud applause. Should Dr. McCron again lecture in
this place, we have no doubt, he would have an overflowing
house.
RESPIRATION IN DISEASES OF THE LUNGS.—
In Diseases of the Lungs, respiration is always imperfectly
p,rformed, owing toy the fact that in those cases there are
always obstructions In the bronchial tubes and air cello
whi , h - hinder the free passage of the air. These obstruc
tions are readily removed by a Tory pleasant medicine,
prepared by Dr. Keyser, Wholesale Druggist, of 140 Wood
street, Pittsburgh, Pa., called "Pectoral Syrup," and which
has 1..r„1n,' ju,t: y colobritod in the removal and cure of
invipirut Lung You can buy it at ileinitses, 13
1 , 44 t King Ptrant.
The latest arrivals from Europe bring in
telligence of the death of Gen. Havelock, in
India ; Field Marshal Radetzky, of Austria;
Redschid Pasha, Primo Minister of Turkey;
and Mademoiselle Rachel, the great tragedi
enne, of France.
The papers are filled with the details of the
intelligence front India.
Sir Colin Campbell has evacuated Lucknow.
General Outram remains at Alumhagh with
a strong division.
General Windham, alter defeating the
Gwalior contingent, was himself taken by sur
pri,e, and his camp destroyed. The Gwalior
mutineers subsequently were b'eaten by Gen
eral Campbell, and again by General Grant,
with the loss of all their guns, stores, &c.
The (Jude ineurgents were pushing to the
southward.
All was quiet in the Pun.inub
ENGLAND.—The Leviathan was moved 20
feet on Tuesday, Jan. 12, and it was expected
that she would he at the bottom of the launch
ing ways on Wednesday, when she would be
hauled off by Triitman's anchor. She had
been moved iiver thirty feet in the last two
days.
The Prince of Prussia is to visit England,
to lie present at the marriage of his son with
the Princess Royal.
The ship Philadelphia, which arrived at
Liverpool on the 11th, was struck by light
ning. Two seamen were killed, and three
badly injured.
MUTINY IN THE BENGAL ARMY.—
The 34th and 73d regiments of the Bengal
army had mutinied, thus7extinguishing the
army. Two companies of the latter had been
cut up by sailors at Newt.
'Twenty four thousand European troops were
in the Bengal Presidency..
The steamer Great Britain, with a thousand
roops, had reached Bombay.
INSURRECTION AT KOLAPORE.—An
insurrection had broken out at Kolapore, but
it was speedily suppressed.
Jung Bahadorr, with 9,000 men, was on bis
way to assist Sir Colin Campbell.
The dates are from Calcutta to the 11th,
and Bombay to the 18th of December.
The death of Gen. Havelock is confirmed.
The victory of Sir Cohn Campbell, over the
Gwalior mutineers, was decisive.
The mutineers had 14,000 men, and were
pursued fourteen miles. Tho fugitives were
subsequently fallen in with by General Grant,
as they wore beginning to cross the Ganges,
and after a sharp firing, fifteen guns and all
their stores and amunition were captured.—
Gen. Grant was slightly wounded, but he lost
no men in the action, although the loss of the
enemy amounted to about ono hundred.
FRANCE. —A despatch to the London
Times, dated the evening of the 14th, says :
"The Emperor was fired at this evening, at
half-past nine o'clock, while entering the Ital
ian Opera House, in Rue Lepellier. Some
persona in the streets were wounded. The
Emperor showed himself to the people at the
doors of the Opera House, and was received
with enthusiastic cheering. He remained till
the end of the Opera. On his return, at mid=
night, he was hailed by the enthusiastic cheers
of the immense multitude who were waiting
in the streets to greet him."
The Moniteur of the 16th says : " On their
Majesties arriving at the Opera, three explo
sions, coming from hidden projectiles, were
heard. A considerable number of persons
who were stationed before the theatre, includ
ing some soldiers of the escort, were wounded,
two of them mortally. The hat of the Em
peror was pierced by a projectile, and General
Roguest, aid-de-camp of the Emperor, was
slightly wounded in the nook. Two footmen
were also wounded. One of the horses at
tached to the Emperor's carriage was killed,
and the carriage was broken by the projec•
tiles." The latest advises say that tdxty per
sons were wounded and three killed by the
shells which were thrown at the carriage.
The conspirators are Italians, and many
arrests have been made.
The Emperor and Empress suffered nothing
from the event, and the following day attend
ed solemn mass, accompanied by the Minister
of State.
THE WILL OF THE REV. CHARLES AVERY.-
The Pittsburg Gazette publishes the sub
stance of the will of the late Rev. Charles
Avery, who died leaving $700,000 worth of
property :
The most of this fortune he has devoted to
the good of his fellow-men by his will. About
$20,000 he devoted as a fund fur the support
of superannuated clergymen of the Methodist
persuasion. The property thus devoted is in
the stock of Monongahela Navigation Com
pany, and pays good dividends. $20,000 he
left to the Oberlin Institute in Ohio. This
bequest is very valuable property in the city
of Chicago. $5OOO are given to Mr. Passa
vanes Infirmary—a noble, bequest to a noble
institution. $5OOO more are devoted to the
Insane Asylum fur Western Pennsylvania.
The African Church in Pittsburg is endowed
with tkhandsome sum. The school which he
founded for colored children in Allegheriy,
and which he has sustained for a long time,
he has now placed upon a permanent basis
forever. $25,000 are set apart for it. Very
many churches of the Methodist persuasion
have been remembered by hint. All his rela
tives, almost without exception, have been
named in his will, and those who were most
in need generally received most.
After all these specific devises to institu
tions, charities and friends, the residue of his
estate is divided into two portions one-half of
which is to be devoted to the civilization and
Christianization of Africa, and the other half
to the elevation of the colored people of the
Free States and in British America. We are
not sure, as we write simply from memory,
whether the bequest last mentioned refers to
the colored people of the United States ur of
the free States. All that part of this will in
which the public is interested will doubtless
he made public in due time. Hon. Thomas M.
Howe, l'resident of the Exchange Bank, and
W. M. Shinn, Esq., are named his executors.
It will surely he no small task to decide upon
and carry out a plan for the civilization of
Africa. The late Mr. Avery, has, however,
left this princely sum in hands that will not
weary in carrying out his purposes as exprea-
Fed in his will.
THE VOTE OT JANUARY 4TH
Governor Denver and the two Speakers of
the Territorial Legislature, have issued their
proclamation announcing the result of the.
election of the 4th of January
Against the Lecompton Constitution.
For the Constitution with slavery
!or the Constitution without slavery,