INTELLIGENCER LANCASTERIAN. GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR A. SANDERSON, Associate. LANCASTER, PA., APRIL 13, 1858 CIRCULATION, 2000 COPIES! Ehmeaurnos Pawz, $2,00 per annum. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. JUDGE OF THY. SUPREME COURT : WILLIAM A. PORTER, Philadelphia CANAL COMMISSIONER: WESTLEY FROST, Fayette. le" We are indebted to the Hon. J. M. Mason, of Virginia, for a copy of his able speech in the U. S. Senate, on the admission of Kansas. krHon. A. E. ROBERTS, M. C. will accept our thanks for valuable public documents. SENATOR BIGLER'S SPEECH We print, on our first page, the excellent speech made by this distinguished Pennsyl vania Senator, on the motion to non concur in the amendment of the House of Representa tives to the Senate bill for the admission of Kansas. Like everything emanating from Governor BIGLER, it is clear and cogent in argument, and must carry conviction to the mind of all unprejudiced readers. THE KANSAS QUESTION The House of Representatives, on Thursday last, again took action on the Kansas bill. The question came up on the Senate's non concurrence in the House amendment. It was moved by Mr. MONTGOMERY to adhere to their own bill, and the motion was carried by the same vote (except Messrs. Bowiz, of Md., and lkltatimem,, of Ky., who had paired off) whioh was cast a week before on amending the Senate bill. It was but a reiteration of the previous action of the House—being neither a stop forward nor backward. The next step is the programme may be a call by the Senate for a committee of conference —but whether the majority of the House would agree to this is doubtful. Our own impression is that nothing will be done, and that " bleeding Kansas " will be the topic of discussion for anotoer year to come The new Constitutionrecently formed by the Jim Lane party in Kansas, provides, among other extravagances, that negroes shall have the right to vote upon the Constitution and at the first general election after its adoption. This Constitution will,';doubtless, be immediately forwarded to Congress, and we are curious to know how this provision and others equally unpalatable, will be relished by Messrs. Carr TENDEN and BELL, and the other Southern Know-Nothings in Congress, who voted against the Kansas bill. A GREAT MAN FALLEN Hon. THOMAS H. BENTON is no more. He had ben-suffering for a long time with cancer in the tomach, but continued to labor on his " Abrid ment of the Debates in Congress" almost to the last moment of his existence, and had completed it down to the passage of the compromise bill of 1850. He expired at Washington city on Saturday morning last, meeting death with the same fortitude which characterized him through life. He was in the 77th year of his age— being about the same age of Gen. Cass and MARTIN VAN BUREN—and had for more than a third of a century filled a large space in the public eye. Take him all in all, Col. B. was an extraordinary man, and in point of talents and statesmanship had very few equals and no superiors. He had some faults, it is true —and who has not—but his noble qualities eclipsed them, and he descends to the grave universally respected and admired. Peace to his ashes ! President BUCHANAN called to see' Col. BENTON on Friday night, and had a protracted interview with the dying statesman. RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS The elections held last week in Connecticut and Rhode Island have resulted, as was antics. pated by every body, in the triumph of Black Republicanism, aided by Know Nothingism and disaffected and treacherous Democrats. This union of these unpi.incipled factions was too much for the Old Line National DemocratiC . ' party, and their temporary defeat has taken no one by surprise. But the Democracy will soon right themselves again, even in those Yankee States. When the Wilmot Proviso movement was started some ten or eleven years ago, the Dem ocratic party every where in the Northern States, through the treachery and desertion of professed friends, was for a while shorn of its strength and borne down by the opposition— so also when the Kansas-Nebraska bill wa s passed, the same disaffection took place, and similar defeats overtook us, but the storm was of short duration, and who of all the deserters then were benefited? Not one. Some few re turned to the fold from:which they had strayed , but a large majority of them are at this day in the closest affinity with Black Republicans, and amongst the most foulmouthed of the opposition—whilst the Democracy quickly recovered its lost ground, and was in a short time stronger than ever. So it will be again. This Kansas humbug will soon be exploded, and the Democracy will rise from its . tempor ary depression with renewed energy and strength—prepared to crush all its enemies, of every hue and shade, and re assert its power and supremacy. A VOICE FROM ILLINOIS A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democracy was held at Chicago, on the eve ning of .the 30th ult., at which strong resolu tions were passed endorsing the Kansas pol icy of the National Administration. Amongst the speakers on the occasion was our friend DR. CHARLES LEIB, formerly of this State. PHILADELPHIA NOMINATIONS The Democrats of Philadelphia have nom inated the present excellent Mayor, Hm. RICHARD VALLI, for re election. The nomina tion is undoubtedly a strong one, and will be heartily endorseby the people at the polls. JAMES H. Rata/ad, Esq., has received the nomination for City Solicitor, CHARLES WOR REL, Esq., for Receiver of Taxes ; for Con troller, WILLIAM CURTIS, and for City Com- missioner, THOMAS ELLIS EDITORIAL CONVENTION.-A State Conven tion of the Editors of Pennsylvania, will take place in the Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia, at 12 o'clock on Wednesday, the twenty-first of this month, to consult upon matters and things pertaining to the interests of the Com monwealth as well as of the profession. It is to be hoped that there will be a general attendance; and if so, we shall be sure that the occasion will be one of personal gratifica tion and patriotic intentions. seer A. J. GLOSSBRENNER, Esq., has retired from the York Gazette, having been connected with it; as principal Editor, for the last twenty three years. Mr. Stem, has become sole Editor and Proprietor. The paper has always been soundly Democratic in its politics, and we doubt not will continue so under the new arrangement. CLERICAL VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT.—The Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which met at Washington City last month, waited in a body on the Presi dent of the. United States, at the Executive Mansion,., to: pay their respects, and were received with much courtesy and kindness by gje *kale Chief Magistrate. THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL JACKSON AND MR. BUCHANAN. To those who have mingled in the political scenes of the last thirty years there should be nothing, says the Concord Standard, in the present aspect of affairs to induce despondency or doubt. The Democratic party, which has ever been the national conservative element of the country, has been frequently threatened with overthrow and destruction by its oppo nents ; and has upon several occasions been temporarily borne down by a combination of opposing parties and untoward circumstances. But in a brief space, the glorious old standard had been lifted from the shadows of defeat, and again spread its victorious folds to the glad eyes of the nation. Shortly after the elevation of Gen. JACKSON to the Presidency, there was a combination of all the opposition elements under the direction of the great moneyed power of the country for the purpose of putting down the gallant old chief. Amid the fierceness of that struggle many stout hearts quailed, and many of those who had professed great love for Democracy while it reposed in quietude under the sun shine of prosperity, went over to the enemy in the time of trial. Clouds and darkness gathered around the administration. Civil war and rebellion were threatened. Open enemies exulted at the overthrow of Demo cratic supremacy. Timid friends drew back from the danger apparent, and even many true friends seemed paralyzed at the certain prospect of discomfiture and defeat. The elections every where went against us, and both Houses of Congress were arrayed in strong opposition to the Executive. But neither doubt nor wavering was manifest in the conduct of Gen. JACKSON. Firmly he met the shock—proudly and defiantly he stood by his principles, uttering the memorable decla ration, "truth is mighty and will prevail."— I And in a brief period the clouds-were driven back—the darkness was dissipated, the people recovered from their temporary defection, the enemies of the Hero and of the Democracy were ousted from their seats, and once more the Democratic party was every where in the ascendant. Such has been the invariable re sult of every political battle. Such we ven ture to predict will be the result of the fierce eontest now waging against the adroinietra tion of JAMES BUCHANAN. The motley hosts of Abolitionists, Free Soilere and Know Nothings, aided by a few disappointed, selfish and aspiring demagogues from our own ranks , are mingling their cries and their eff ,rts together to embarrass and break down the President; but their efforts will he in vain. The great mass of the party and the coun try are patriotic at heart, and though liable to be imposed upon by specious and plausible theories, will not long be deceived. The sober second thought will unveil the principles and purposes of the coalition, and drive from them the honest constitutional men-who have been inveigled from their ancient faith by loud pro fessions of extra zeal in behalf of the people's rights. We look upon the present crisis as a season of purifying. The selfish, the weak, and the corrupt may be turned aside by the hope of more immediate elevation, the fear of defeat, or the desire to sell their influence ; but the true men of the country will stand in solid phalanx as a wall of fire around the citadel of our liberties, and when the storm shall have blown over, the glorious old banner of Democracy and Union will be found still floating from the masthead of the ship of State, with all its stare and stripes in their pristine brightness and beauty.' Neither Kansas, nor Utah, nor Cuba, nor Nicaragua, can serve the enemies of our Union in their effi,rts for its dissolution. Mr. BUCHANAN, like Gen. JACKSON, is ready to stand by the pledge, " the Union must and shall be pre served." ARMY EXPENSES It seems from the records in the War De partment, that the cost of raising and main taining a volunteer force in the field is much greater than the same number of troops in the regular service. The following extract from a speech recently made in Congress, by Hon . C. J. Faulkner, of Virginia, will show the difference : Take the case of the volunteers of Oregon and Washington, a bill to pay for whose ser vices in 1855—'56 is now pending before this body.. Their pay and service have been ascer tained by a most competent and unexceptiona ble hoard, appointed under a law of Congress. And what is the result? Of these volunteers, it appears that not more than 3,500 were ever at any one period in service ; that none of them were in service a year, and many of them not more than a few months. And yet we have been adjudged by a board created under our own law, to pay to those volunteers for that service 85,931,424.78 ; nearly six millions of dollars! !—n sum that would be sufficient to keep three full regiments of regular infantry in service for a period of twenty years. The pay, subsistence, clothing and cost of raising a full regiment of regular infantry (878 strong) being 5308,414.39, equal to $351 24 per man, whilst the volunteers in Oregon and Washington, when we pay the award in their favor, as we shall feel hound to do, will have cost us not far short of $2,000 per man. Mr. Faulkner is sustained in his position by Lieutenimt General Scott, General Jessup, and by the Secretary of War. And Paymaster Towson in his Report to Secretary Poinsett in:lB3B,states the difference of expense between the employment of volunteers and regulars to be as four to one; and Adjutant General Cooper, assuming this statement correct, shows that for ten years previous to the Mexican War, the government expended over four and a half million dollars more by employing volunteers than would have been required for an equal number of regulars ; during the Mexican War nine millions of dollars, and since the Mexican War nearly one and a half millions of dollars —making about fifteen millions of dollars' loss by the emplyment of volunteers. STUPENDOUS LIBEL SUIT The N. Y. Herald states that Fernando Wood, ex-Mayor of New York, is about to bring against the New York Tribune the most magnificent libel suit ever instituted in this country. The alleged libels were published in the Tribune in the course of the three or four years that Mayor Wood was in office, and includes many charges against him both in his public and private capacity. When the Mayor was in office he did not feel called upon to notice these publications; but now that he has retired from all political excite ments, since the recent election, he feels obliged, out of regard for the reputation of himself and family, to demand a complete and thorough investigation, which will result, he is convinced, in a complete vindication of his character in public and private life.' In pur suance of this resolution, we are informed, says the Herald, that Mr. Wood has secured the services of several eminent lawyers, and that the case will not contain less than seven hundred and fifty distinct libels—principally charges of swindling, thieving, forging, and other opprobrious offences, and founded upon certain remote commercial transactions which can be easily explained. The array of counsel in the ease is one of the greatest ever known at this bar, and the parties will be proceeded against by criminal indictments as well as in the civil courts, and thus the whole matter will be thoroughly investigated. NEWSPAPER CHANGE.—The daily Washing ton Union is now issued as a two cent paper, and the publishers announce their intention to make it " a great central newspaper, com plete in all its departments." THE. LEGALITY OF THE LAST HAN SA S CONSTITUTION-OPINION OF AT TORNEy GENERAL BLACK. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Washington, March 18. 1858. SIR: It having been underst sid that some doubts had arisen in Kansas concerning the proper construction of the last clause in the 24th section of the organic law of that Terri tory, I herewith transmit for your information a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General upon that subject. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant LEWIS CASS. Gov. J. W. DENVER, Lecompton, Territory of Kansas. I=l ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, March 20, 1858. I SIB: The question you propoiipded to me is ! on the construction of the following clause in the act organizing and establishing the territo rial government of Kansas: "If any bill should not be returned by the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it unless the Assembly. adjourning, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law." Dues this give to the Governor three clear days to consider a bill? Or is he bound to return it on the third day, counting in the day on which it is presented as one of the three 7 It is the universal rule in the computation of time for legal purpose not to notice frac tions of a day. When the law allows a thing to be dune within a certain number of days, you cannot take a fractional part of one day at the beginning, and add to it another frac tion at the end in order to make up the whole day. But where the fraction at the commence ment of the time shall be counted as a whole day, or whether it shall be excluded from the calculation altogether, was a much vexed question, on which both the English judges and the doctors of the civil law disputed so long and so earnestly that it was called the controversio controvertissiina. (18 How. 158.) The weight of the judicial authorities in Eng land, especially in the more recent cases, is in favor of the doctrine which excludes the first day from the count. Chitty sums up their effects by pronouncing that to be the modern rule of construction. (Gen. R. 109—'10.) In this country, although there may be cases in which the peculiar words of a statute or con tract would require the first to be counted, it may safely be declared as the settled law, universally understood and accepted, that a fractional part of the day from which time is computed cannot he counted at all. A lease of land for one year from the Ist of April does not expire until the first day of April following It would expire on the 31st of March, if the day on which the term began were not excluded. When a bill is payable ten days after sight, the day of presentation is not one of the ten. When the decree of the court requires an act to be done within four days, the party cannot be put in contempt until the expiration of four whole days after the day on which the decree is dated. When a policy of insurance stipulates for two days' notice of a fire, the day of the fire is not included. A right by statute to redeem lands sold for taxes within sixty days after the sale, means sixty days without counting the day of sale. These are a few of the innumerable cases to which the Americiin courts have ap plied the general principle that, where time is to be computed from an act done, the day, on which the act is done shall be excluded, unless it is apparent that a different computa tion was intended. The case under consideration is a stronger and clearer one for the application of the rule than either of ' those I have mentioned.— Though divisions of a day may 'be allowed sometimes to make priorities, or give other advantages in private transactions, they are always excluded in public proceedings.— [5 Washb 653.] If the fraction of the day on which the bill in this case was presented to the Governor eturtot be counted as a fraction and added to the fraction of the day on which the assembly adjourned, (as it mani festly cannot,) then it must be left out of the count altogether by the plain words of the act of Congress. The act says that the Governor shall have three days after the bill is presen ted. To count the whole of the first day would be making the time commence before the bill is presented. Indeed, this mode of counting a part for the whole might be used so as to reduce the three days allowed by law to one. Suppose the bill to be presented at the last minute of the 11th day of February, and the Assembly to adjourn at the first min ute of the 13th; in that case, if we count the two fractions for two days, the Governor has, in effect, but twenty-four hours to consider the bill. The absurdity of this construction may be made still more apparent by supposing the act to give the Governor only one day to -con sider and return a bill. In such a case, if you count the day on which the bill is present ed, you leave him no time at all. The provision of the organic act for Kansas is copied from the Federal Constitution. The ten days within which the President is requi red to return a bill, have never been under stood to include the day of presentation.— Though I find no record evidence of the fact, I have very high and respectable authority for saying that, the question was raised during Washington's administration, and settled in full cabinet council. It was then decided that the d 4 of presenting a bill was not to be counted as one of the ten ; and this rule has been regarded as the true one ever since, though there has seldom, perhaps never, been I any practical occasion for its application. My opinion, therefore, is, that if the Gover nor of Kansas failed to return any bill passed by the territorial legislature'at its late session, such a bill is not a law unless the assembly was in session three days after the day on which the bill was presented. Very respectfully, yours, &c., J. S. BLACK. GOV. PACKER'S STAFF The Harrisburg Herald says Governor Pack er has appointed the following gentlemen Aids-de-Camp, each with the rank of Lieuten ant-Colonel. The list embraces all who have been appointed, and no other. appointments will be made, except to fill vacancies: Samuel L. Young. Berks county. A. B. ITCalmont, Allegheny county. John H. Cowden, Schuylkill county. Kennedy L. Blood, Jefferson county. Archibald M'Allister, Blair county. J. Ross Thompson, Erie county. James D. Daugherty, Dauphin county. John Lawshe, Lycoming county. James Jennings, Greene county. Henry J. Madill, Bradford county. Andrew Ross, Dauphin county. James W. Quiggle, Philadelphia city. Robert J Hemphill, " John Power, Perry county. Alonzo J. Wilcox, Elk county. William A Simpson, Clinton county. REPUBLICAN FALSEHOODS It is scarcely possible to fathom the depth of infamous fabrications to which the opposi tion resort in their mendacious attacks upon the Administration. Truth, honor or fairness weigh not a feather to deter them from any course which promises to create a present prejudice. The improbability of a charge does not prevent its being made, nor the fact of its being proved utterly false prevent its reitera tion. They fatten upon falsehood as vampires feast upon the dead. One of their latest, most improbable lies is the charge that the Admin. istration was using the patronage arising from the Utah expedition to secure votes for the Lecompton Constitution in Congress. The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald shows this to be entitled to the same credit, and no more, that is usually awarded to Black Republican roorbacks, that is, it is utterly foundationless and impossible, as no contracts have been made. He says : " I am authorized to state that all reports alleging that the Secretary of War has made contracts with any parties for horses or corn for the Utah army are without the slightest foundation." The Richmond South also asserts upon au thority that these statements are without substance of truth or shadow - of extenuation, and that the War Department has made no contract for the purchase of either horses or Indian corn. It is upon the breath of just such wanton and wretched calumnies that the Black Republican party exists, and the soon er is dies the better for the morality of the country and for the cause of truth and honesty. NEW YORK pays for schools $3,403,130. Pennsylvania $2,207,090. Massachusetts $2,- 346,3 4 89. Ohio $2,732,800.- CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. WASHINGTON, APRIL 7.—This morning Peter Besancon, formerly of Louisiana, had violent words with the Secretary of the Inte rior, in the hall of the Department. The former struck, or attempted to strike the Sec retary. The latter turned and discovered Mr. Besancon in the act of drawing a pistol upon - Mr. Thompson immediately seized him and threw him upon the fluor, dislocating and fracturing his arm. It is believed that Mr. Besancon, who is well known here, was refused an office by Mr. Thompson, which, with pecuniary embarrass, meats, had temporarily debilitated his mental faculties. Mr. Besancon has been for several years in the employ of the Government, at Washington, and was looked upon with re spect by all who knew him. Lord Napier is frequently at the State De partment. There are matters of importance under consideration. Negotiations are now going on between the United States and England fur the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The Senate and House Committee on Foreign Affairs will shortly, by a decided majority, recommend its immediate abrogation. The English govern ment, through their Minister here, profess to have no objection, provided our government will make certain concessions in Central America. The President is determined to act promptly in this matter. The large delegation of Pawnee Indians, which has been here to make the treaty, left Washington yesterday fur their home in Ne braska. W&SHINGTON, April 8 SENATE.-A discursive debate took place on the expense attending the printing of picture books, in connection with exploring expedi tions, Lieutenant Emory's being especially under discussion. Mr. Johnson, (Ark,) and Mr. Brown, (Miss) repudiated the practice of Congress in paying immense sums for the publication of Zoologi cal and Botanical specimens, etc. Mr. Bright, (Ind.) defended Lieut. Emory, as having brought back a hundred thousand dollars from the appropriation fur his survey. He also contradicted the opinion that these scientific works are useless. On the contrary, they are regarded as authority, and several have been reprinted in England and elsewhere. Mr. Fessenden, (Maine) urged that Congress should not order the publication of any work until all the manuscript has been prepared. The works are certainly valuable. But judi. cious, rather than injudicious expenditure is what is required. He asked Senators individ ually not to enoourage printing for personal friendship. HOUSE.-Mr. washhurne, of Illinois, moved to lay on the table the Deficiency Appropria tion bill. Negatived—yeas 43, nays 143. The question was then ordered on the motion pending at the adjournment yesterday, viz: to recommit the bill to the Committee of Ways and Means, with instructions to report, in separate bills, the items for deficiency under each head, for the expenditure for service during the present fiscal year, and in another bill all appropriations designed for the next fiscal year ; and also with instructions to inquire what further legislation is necessary to restore to Congress an efficient control over the expenses of the Government. The motion was decided in the negative— yeas 101, nays 119. THE EDITORS , BOOK TABLE. THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. By Henry S. Randall, L. L. D., of New York. 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Execution of Anderson and Riehards From Friday Ereoin's Express.] THE EXECUTION'TO - DAY—PREPARATIONS FOE THE TRAGEDY—AFTECTENG SCENES IN THE CELLI OP TEE CON• DENNEB—ANIERBON'S FINAL ADIES TO BIS PAW:LT—RIB LAST Weans—Tat LAST Aer or rae Tasokor—Owrams lawmiarrs, Stc.—Notwithstanding the heavy rain last night, and the unfavorable state of the roads, persons were teen wending their way towards the prison from all directions at an early hour, attracted tiltherward by a prevailing cariosity to get even a glance at the enclosure within whirls the dread ful tragedy of the law was to be enacted. We repaired to the Prison at nine o'clock, where a number of jurors and Sheriff's deputies had collected. There was considerable outside preasnre at the prison gate, but not so much as had been anticipated by many. At seven o'clock last evening, Rev. Messrs. Hopkins and Appleton, of St. John's Pree Church,vislted the condemned and remained with them until nearly ten o'clock, admin istering to them the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. They had been baptised on the previous Saturday. The communion scene was one of the most affecting and impressive ever witnessed. Richards was brought over into Anderson's cell, and both seated themselves upon Anderson's prison cot. Their spiritual advisers then went into a thorough examination of the moral condition of the condemned, as to the sincerity of their repentance and their comprehension of the fundamental truths of the Divine plan of salvation. They both professed the deepest contrition and mani fested much feeling. Richards was deeply agitated, and appeared very different in manner from the previous after noon. Their spiritual advisers being Satisfied that they did truly repent them of their sins, proceeded with their preparations to administer the Communion, according to the beautiful service of the Protestant Episcopal Church.— Anderson's stool was used for the table, a white cloth being spread over it, and there in the dim light of that lonely cell was witnessed a scene which has few parallels. After the blessing of the sacred elements, there was the usual pause, and Anderson, not being familiar with the service, supposed it to be Intended as an opportunity for prayer.— He accordingly kneeled down by the side of his cot, and offered up a most eloquent, appropriate and fervent extem pore prayer," breathing the deepest penitence, bitterly bewailing his sins and expressing the fullest reliance In the pardoning mercy of God. A more eloquent and appro priate prayer could hardly have been made, even by the learned christian. The clergymen, as well as Richards, were deeply affected by it. Before the clergymen took leave of the condemned for the evening. Anderson thanked them most tenderly for their kindness and the deep Interest they had taken in their spiritual welfare. and regrett,d that he bad nothing suitable to give them as a token of his gratitude; but he had znt some copies of a hymn printed for that purpose, a copy of which he begged each of them to accept. lie had written his name on the back of each. in several plues.— ' The hymn is as follows: lino% The Spirit in our hetrts. Is whispering. Sinners come; The bride, the Church of God. proclaims, To all his children corner Let him that heareth say Tn rill about him, crime; Let him that thirsts for righteousness To Christ the Fountain come. Yes, whosoever will-0 let him freely come, And freely drink the stream of life; 'Tie Jesus bide him come. Lo! Jesus who invites, Declares, I quickly come! Lord, even on I wait thy hour, Jesus, my Saviour come. INCIDENTS OF THE MORNING. This morning Anderson sent a letter, written in a trem ulous hand, requesting that his likeimea be brought up to prison from Locher's. Ills request was complied with, and he expressed himself pleased with it. The prisoners slept very little during the night, Ander son being engaged. almost the entire night, in devotional exercises. Richards informed us that he had slept some , but theapproaching scene was all the time running through his mind the same-as if he were awake. This morning they were dressed for their execution, Anderson in white pants and plain white shirt, and Richards in white punts, shirt and white roundabout or monkey coat, with white gloves. Although evidently penitent, resigned and prepared for his dreadful doom, he looked as pleasant as ever, clad said he felt as if he was going nut west on a long journey, or to get married. In taking leave of no ho said, with apparent feeling, that he was prepared; that he felt be deserved his doom, though he had been led into the crime; that he felt God had for given him, and he would go to the gallows with an easy mind. As he said this, however, big drops of sweat stood out on his forehead, and his whole frame quivered with emotion. Ile, however, recovered hie usual calmness In a ahort time, and engaged with Mr. Appleton in his devo. tional exercises, he having boon with the priiioners from nine o'clock In the morning. At an early hour Anderson's wife, their two children, step daughter, mother-in-law, and Mr. James, (at whose house Mrs. Anderson is staying) visited the cell of the condemned, where they remained until half an hour before the tim for preparing for the execution.. This scene was deeply affecting. and although we could loot: unmoved upon the execution itself, this scene was enough to unman the stoutest heart and unbrace the most Iron nerves. When they entered,Andorson said "Good morning." and affectionately kissed his wife and little ones, who burst into tears. Mrs. Anderson spoke scarcely a word about the execution, but wept bitterly all the time, while Anderson himself, with much apparent effort, maintained a surprising composure. At last he said. "I have chosen eleven o'clock for my death. I have prepared my soul to meet my God, and I rare not how soon. I feel that my God will receive my soul, and I care not how soon I go." He repeated, in a faltering voice. • . I feel that God will receive my soul," and continued, for some time, repeating similar sentences, at short intervals. Mr. Rockafield coming into the cell about this time, he gave him directions to whom lie should give books (copies of his life and confession) and said it was the wish of him. self and his wife that a Guardian should be appointed over his children, and asked Mr. Rockafield to accept R. Mr. R. said be had made arrangements to go into the liquor business at Milton, and expected to leave town, and there fore could not act. Anderson then said with groat earnest ness and solemnity— "!t was liquor that brought or her, and loill soon send we In the gallows. ...111 my crimes have been the fruits of whis key." He remarked that Mr. Garber had been to see him, and forgiven him, which seemed to afford him much relief; but Mr. Ream, he said, had come into the cell without saluting him, and asked about the money, when the keeper closed the door. He said he hadeno malice towards him or any one else, and hoped all would forgire him. Ile said the Sheriff had asked him whether ho was hungry: but he had something better to eat than the Sheriff had; and if he and all others did not repent they would have bitter fond to eat before death. He said he bore no towards the Sheriff, and spoke in the highest terms of that officer's deportment towards him. At this limo, Joseph Aaron, his wife's father, a gray haired and infirm old colored man, entered the cell, which made the scene still more impressive. Neither spoke for some time. At length Anderson said, "It is so." The old man then faltered, "I hope you are prepared." “Yes," replied Anderson, '•1 know that God will receive my soul —thank God! But it grieves me and causes me to shed Wars to see you all grieving: but I am not afraid my soul will not be received to God. I hope they will pray for me. I feel that it is not wrong to cut me off from life. It would not be right to let me live. The law must have its course." Rev. Mr. Hopkins arrived at a quarter before eleven o'clock, and Anderson was notified that it was then time to take leave of his family. but before they left he requested that one of the clergymen pray with them altogether. The request being complied with, they took their final leave, a scene we will not attempt to describe. He besought all to prepare to meet him in Heaven, and to have no fears about his future. On visiting Richards we found good reasons to hope his professions of penitence were real He fully realized his condition, and spoke with confidence and yet humility that God had pardoned him and would receive his soul. Mr. Hopkins then engaged with him In prayer and Mr. Apple ton with Anderson. Sheriff Rowe and Deputy Sheriff Foltz then entered and made the final preparations. The former adjusted the card around Richards and the latter around the neck of Ander son, both retaining remarkable composure, though looking pale. They were then escorted by theirirespective spiritual advisers to the gallows, accompanied by the Sheriff and Deputy. Anderson passed a few acquaintances in the cor ridor. Ile nodded and smiled them a final adieu, and the mournful procession moved on in an impressive silence to the gallows. The gallows was manufactured by Mr. Henry Bruckart, of Silver Spring, West IlempSold twp., and is made on an original plan, which we consider a decided improvement over those formerly used. The frame-work of the platform is constructed of four up-right timbers, sixteen feet high, spreading from the top to the bottom, thus giving the structure a firm basis upon the ground. Them are securely framed and keyed together at the top with four crom-ties, across two of which the beam rests, running from east to west. To this beam the fatal cords were attached, running over pulleys. which were used in lowering the bodies after execution. 7 feet 6 inches below this, and the same dis tance from the ground, was the platform or "drop," in which Mr. Bruckart has introduced the improvement above referred to. This "drop" is four feet nine by nine feet nine inches, and inatcad of swinging on side hinges, as in the old plan, the entire platform to dropped to the ground, at the fatal moment. The arrangement by which this is effected is simple, and works with precision. By means of eliding slotted bars underneath the drop, attached to a roller at one end with leather bands, adever being inserted in one end of the roller, the slots are opened on the lower side, by a alight turn of the lever, and the joists of the platform drop from the slots, letting down on the ground instantaneously. In the rear of the gallows were the coffins to receive their bodies. They were of poplar, neatly stained and varnished, and were paid for by the contributions received by the prisoners from visitors to their cells. The condemned ascended the stairs with firm steps, and, by direction of the Sheriff, kneeled down In their respective positions, immediately under the hooks which were to receive the fatal cords. Anderson then, in a fervent and somewhat faltering voice, engaged in prayer, prefacing it with his favorite and appropriate hymn, as follows LIMB of Gon— Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me. And that thou bidet me come to thee -0 Lamb of God I comet Just sa I am, and writing not, To aid my soul of one dark blot, To thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, 0 Lamb of God I comet Just as I am, though tossed about, • With many a conflict, many a doubt, With fears within, and foes without— ° Lamb of God I came I Just as I ,on, poor, wretched, blind— Sight, lichee, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, 0 Lamb of God I come I Just as I am, thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse. relieve, Became thy promise I believe -0 lamb ofl3od I come! Just a I am. Thy love now known, an broken every barrier down, Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, 0 Lamb of God I come! I tome ! Oh, God I make clean my heart and receive my sonl into Thy Kingdom. • • • • • Remember my poor broth er and have mercy- on him. Oh, God lif he has not truly repented. give him to feel his condition, and trust in Thy mercy before his life is cut off. • • • • • Hear me now, and receive my soul, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Mr. Appleton then, in a then and impressive TOiCe, preyed as follows: 0 Holy Jesus, who of thine infinite goodness didat accept the conversion of a sinner on the cross; open Thine eye of mercy upon these Thy servants, who desire pardon and forgiveness, though In their latest hour they turn unto Thee. Renew In them whatsoever bath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by their own carnal will and frailness. Consider their condition; accept their repentance; and forasmuch as they putteth their full trust only in Thy mercy, impute not unto them their former but strengthen them with Thy blessed Spirit; and when Thou art pleased to take them hence, take them unto Thy favor. This we beg through Thy merit', 0 Lord, our Saviour and our Redeemer. Amen. 0 Father of all mercies and God of all comfort; we fly. unto Thee for succor in behalf of these Thy servants, who are now under the sentence of condemnation. The day of their calamity is at hand, and they are accounted of those who go down Into the pit. Blessed Lord. remember Thy mercies; look upon their infirmities; bear the voice of their complaint; give them, we beseech Thee, patience in this their time of adversity, and support under the terrors which encompass them: set before their eyes the things they have done in the body, which have justly provoked Thee to anger; and forasmuch as their continuance appear eth to be short amongst us, quicken them so much the more by Thy grace and Holy Spirit; that they, being con verted and reconciled unto Thee, before Thy judgments bare cut them off from the earth, may. at this the hour of their death, depart in peace, and be received into Thine everlasting Kingdom. Amen. Mr. Hopkins offered the following prayer: 0 Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits ofjust men made perfect, after they are delivered from their earthly prisons; we humbly commend the souls of these Thy servants, our dear brothers, into Thy hands. as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and most merciful Saviour, most humbly beseeching Thee that their souls may be precious in Thy sight; wash them, we pray Thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world; that whatsoever defilements they may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and wicked world, through the lusts of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, they may be presented pure and without spot before Thee throthiti Christ's redemption. And teach us who survive in this. and other like daily spectacles of morality, to yes how frail and uncertain,our own condition is: and so to number our days, that we may seriously apply our hearts to that Holy and Heavenly Wisdom, whilst we lire here, which may in the end bring us to life everlastng, through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thine only Son our Lord. Amen. The benediction was then pronounced by Mr. Hopkins, when the caps were adjusted, and the clergymen, Sheriff and Deputy took their final leave. At twenty.flve minutes before twelve Sheriff Rowe pulled the cord attached to the lever, and the platform fell instantly and noiselessly, leaving the victims hanging in mid air. Anderson did not even struggle or perceptibly move any part of his body.— Richards seemed to die harder, but he did not struggle in the least. A few convulsive movements of various parts of his body, and all was over! A few minutes after twelve Dr. Henry Carpenter and Dr. Berg, the Sheriff's physicians, pronounced them dead, and their bodies were lowered into their coffins, which were placed 'in a wagon and drawn to the Poor House burying ground, followed by four or five hundred persona, including the family of Anderson. His wife was more affected at the grave than before, and wept convulsively. The following were the persons selected by the Sheriff as Jurors : 1. Luther Richards, City; 2. Samuel Hess, Pennon; 3 Joseph Eflack, Columbia; 4. David Bair, City; 5. John Ken nedy, Fulton; 6. Calvin D. Mahaffey, Marietta; 7. Christ 1. Herr, Manor; 8. Jacob Clamber, City; 9. Henry Musser, S'rasburg; 10. Jacob Sourbeer, Conestoga; 11. Joel L Lightner, East Lampeter ; 12. Daniel Altick, City. • THE RICHARDS JURY. 1. Jacob B. Tshudy, Warwick; 2. Frederick, Smith, Co. coy; 3. Jacob Hess, Perinea; 6. John F. Herr, Strasburg: 6. John S. Keneagy, Paradise; 6. Samuel W. Beecher, East Lampeter; 7. Jacob,M. Greider, Wert Hempfleld ; S. Adam Trout, City; 9. Urtah Eckert, Paradise; 10. John C. Bald win. West Lampeter; 11. Joseph Bowman, Eden : 12. John 8. Hostetter, Manheim. Among those present we noticed ex-Senator Crabb, who came In on a letter from Governor Packer. He has a mania for seeing people hung, and opposed the abolition of public executions on the floor of the Senate, because he said he liked to see men hung. The following are the memoranda of the witnessing phy sicians, Dr. Henry Carpenter, of this city. nod Dr. Port. of Washington borough : Drop fell at 23 minutes before 12 in. In 1 minute after—Partial discharge of the contents of the bladder, with some priapism in Anderson: no visible evidence of either in Richards; muscular contractions to a moderate degree in both. In 2 minutes after—Slight occasional muscular contrac tions in both. In 3 minutes after—No muscular contraction in Ander son; occasionally in Richards: In the latter an occasional burst of air from the windpipe, and evidence of relaxation of the sphinctu In 4 minutes after—Air from windpipe in Richards, with slight muscular contraction; Amderson's body perfectly still for the last 2 minutes. In 5 minutes after—No muscular contraction visible in either; for the last minute from this period, until the ex piratin of 30 1 / i minutes. when the bodies were lowered, they remained perfectly still; no visible sign of vitality in either. Upon examination. after the bodies were lowered. Ander son was found to have sustained a dislocation of the sorts brm—of the atlas, or nest bony of the spinal column—upon the dentatus. or second, toward the left side—also a frac ture of the right wing of the on hyoidee. or bone, to which the larynx or upper porti,n of the windpipe is attached— the larynx apparently uninjured. I n Richards the spinal column retained its integrity, there being no dislocation—the hyoid bone also uninjured —the larynx Injured to some degree. In Anderson tnere was considerable seminal emission— in Richards only slightly so. THE SHERIFF'S CERTIFICATES STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. LANCASTER COUNTY; 88. Benjamin F. Rowe. Sheriff of the County of Lancaster, Penna.. being duly affirmed according to law, before me, one of the Aldermen of the City of Lancaster. in said coun ty, says that he did, on Friday. the 9th day of April, A. D., 185 E, execute ALEXANDER ANDERSON, in the yard and within the walls of the jail of said County, as directed by the Governor of Pennsylvania, bearing date the sixth day of February, A. D., 1855, and as by the same, I, the said Benjamin P. Rowe, Sheriff as aforesaid, was authorized and required to do; by banging the said ALEXANDER ANDERSON, in the presence of twelve reputable citizens and others, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Assembly, of the 10th of April, 1834. BENJ. F. ROWE, Sheriff. Affirmed and subscribed before me, April 9th, 1858. J. C. VAN CAMP, Alderman. Alsimilar certificate was given in HENRY RICHARDS' CUB. Contrary to general expectation there were but few per sons In from the country, the timely notice, that no persons other than had already been selected, could gain admission to witness the execution seems to have had the effect of keeping the good citizens of the county at home more profitably engaged. As early as nine o'clock the spare population of the city, and the few strangers who had ar rived, began to collect at the great central-pedal depot— the jail—and crowd about the main entrance, begging admission or otherwise vainly seeking a site wliferefrom to gratify their morbid curiosity; the reservoir, on account of the height of Its banks, offered a general invitation, and from nine o'clock until after the execution, there was an unbroken stream of anxious sight-seers going up the steps to find disappointment and come down again to seek an other locality. On the eastern end of the prison wall a Dutchman erected a ladder from some loose timber lying near, and several commenced climbing to the top of the wall; In the scramble the frail machine broke, but no in . jury resulting to any one, the plan was soon again adopted by several others, and three ladders were quickly raised and mounted, when the enterprise received a sudden check from the appearance of Sheriff Rowe and some of his depu ties and Mr. Cadwell, and officers Baker and Gormly, who surprised the party by making a sortie from the rear gate of the jail yard; the ladders were thrown down and a general stampede followed; Sheriff Rowe then intimated that if any person wag seen on the Jail walls they would be fired on, which remark was received with strong feelings from a club of stubborn Dutchmen, who cried out " Bring de niggers out den," and the leader, after the Sheriff and his poesee had retired, enlightened his countryman by an as surance that he had "a right to hang de niggers an him ownself, and in Germany he do die way." Joe. Brintnall's grand stand, which overlooked the whole of the prison yard, up to the hour of ten o'clock, presented but a meagre she.- of profit to the speculator, but by eleven the curios ity pitch had worked itself up, and the dollar charge of admission was freely paid until the receipts must have reached $7O, and from this and the house-tops and barns In the vicinity, the Inside proceedings were telegraphed to those below. Jno. Swartz, of East King street., made the roof of his barn, at the bottom of his lot, pay, at a quarter a bead, for new shingling. A email scaffold was erected op a frame house, in the rear of Orange street, for the exclusive pur pose of gratifying the curiosity of the owners, and every tree within two hundred yards was crowded with men and boys. The house-top and chimneys were brought into requisition, and three females had the garret windows re moved 4rom their dwelling-house, in East King street, that they might indulge, unobstructed, the pleasure of seeing two men executed; the female proportion of the crowd outside was too great for such an occasion, and above all, two could not resist the temptation of securing a seat on Joe's grand stand. At the north wall, near to which the " drop " was erect, sit, there were collected about 100 persons, who with their care pressed close to the wall,' listened attentively and anxiously to catch every sound of the approach of the ex. ecution and the final springing o? the bolt. At about twenty minutes after eleven o'clock, there was a general shout from the stands, now gentleman and ladies take your seats, the performauce is going to commence. and then came the exclamation of "there they are l" a short time after, a dull booming sound was beard dis tinctly around the rear of the jail yard, which intimated that the tine scene in the execution had taken place.— After the execution, and prior to the taking down of the bodies, the stands and buildings, overlooking the scene, wore cr owded with additional persons anxious to get a glimpse at the victims, even as they bung after life was extinct. After the execution a great many arrived from the country. THE-PROMENADE CONCERT.—The Fencibles' Rand First Grand Promenade Concert will take place at Fulton Hall on Thursday evening. A gay and lively time Is in store for those who attend. THE GCETHEAN EXHIBITION.—The Seven teenth Annual Exhibition of the Gtethean Society o Franklin and Marshall College will take place, at Fulton Hall, this evening. These exhibitions are, as a 'general thing, decidedly interesting, and the ball is perfectly Jammed on all such occasions. The Fenclblea' Band will dissourse some of their eholeeet concert mato. DOG CATO/OSG, &c.—For several days during the latter patk of last week, the police of this city (aided by a parcel of idle boys) were engaged in the very laudable business ofs catching dogs running at large and penning them without food or water, until they were nearly starved , to death. The sufferings of the poor animals becoming intense; their captors very humanely put an and to their existthee, on Saturday, by shooting them with Pistols, guns, etutsin some instances requiring three or four shots to entirely take the breath out of the poor canines, so tenacious were they of life. In this way, some thirty odd dogs, big and little, were disposed of, and we doubt not their executioners felt that they had faithfully discharged their duty to their consciences and the laws.— It was a praitewortffy business, and the community ow. these dclecatchers • lasting debt of gratitude for the promptness, efficiency and humanity with which they attended to this important duty. UNION PRAYER Ik , IEETINGS.—These meetings, held every moruag in . Russel's Building, South Queen street, from 6 to 9 o'clock, are largely attended and con tinue to grow in Interest. May we not hope that great and beneficial results will be accomplished in Lancaster, ns has been the case in other places, from thane efforts, and that many, through their itult \ rumentality, will be brought to a knowledge of themselves, and be induced to range them selves on the side of Religion? PAGE LITERARY SOCIETY.—The Third Anni versary of the Pegp Literary Society, of the Lancaster County Normal School, will be celebrated at Millersville, on Ftkey evening, the 23d inst. It will be seen by the advertisement that Mr. DIFFICNBACGII, the Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, will be present and address the Society. From the well-known talents of this gentleman, and the great Interest he has for years taken in the cause of Common School education, a rich literary treat may be expected. C0L1.7.11111A AND OCTORARO IL . 11..—At I% late meeting of the stockholder" of the Columbia and Octorara Railroad. the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: President—A. S. Green. Directors —Cornelius Collins. James Patterson. Samuel A. Worth. A. S. tisring. James L. Reynold:, Wiris II ,0i,,,,5,Ju0 M. teeeell. Wyatt W. Miller, J. G. peas, Day Wood, Wil linen Wheeler, Sanders MeCulloudh. James Patterson Esq., was elected Treasurer, and James . Reynolds EN., re-elected Secretary, by the Board. IMPORTANT number of suits have been commenced by JONATHAN D. lIIESTIR. of Berks county, against property holders in the Borough of Mnuheim, for arroarages of ground rents. said to be due and owing to him for the last thirty-three years, and amounting in all to some $l5 or $l6OO. It lute caused great excitement in that community, us much of the ground upon which these rents are claimed, has changed hands severaltimes during the period mentioned. The Plain tiff hits retained as his Counsel, Messrs. STEVENS and REILLY, and the Defendants, Messrs. II ESTER and ELLMAKCR. The first of the series of sults which have been, or will yet be instituted, was arbitrated on Wednesday last, and resulted in an award fur the Plaintiff fur the whole amount claimed, with Interest. This, of course, will be followed by an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas, and, no matter how it may be decided there, we suppose from thence it will be carried to the Supreme Court for final adjudication. CONESTOGA COUNCIL, No. 8, 0. U. A. M.— At a meeting of Conestoga Council, Nu. S, Order of United American Mechanics, held on Monday evening, the sth Inst., Edwin E. Snyder, George I'. Ashby and Henry M Metzger, a committee appointed for the purpose, reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted: WHEREAS, Tho Great Architect of the Universe has, in His All-Wise Providence, removed from our midst our much esteemed Brother, John Smith, be it therefore Rmlred. That this Council deeply sympathize with the family and friends of the deceased, in thls their sad be reavement. Resolved, That in the death of Bro. John Smith. thin Council has been deprived of a zealous member, and the community of a worthy citizen. Re-co/red, That the Council Chamber be clothed in mourn ing for the spac*.of thirty days. Ro_volred, That a copy of the above preamble and resolu tions be transmitted to the family of the deceased, and published in the papers of the city. EDUCATIONAL—At a meeting of the East Donegal Teachers Educational Institute, held in the village of idaytown on the inst., the Committee on Resolutions W. S. Barr, Joseph Spear, 11. Fletcher, John Marple and John It. Zellers, report.' the following, which wore tumid.. mously adopted, as an expression of the Institute at the close of the School term of 1557-'SS I?exolved, That the present Common School Law of the State of Pennsylvania is far superior to any that has preceded it, and that It is destined to make tho "Keystone State" second to none in the Union. !P.:dyed. That In John S. Crumbauirti. County Superin tendent, we has , ..1 , I,• and efficient Hiampton of odors. tion. whose indefatigable Ittor and untiring zeal in the Call. has WOll for hint an imperishable renew, and that his course thus far has the entire support of every member of the East Donegal Teachers' Institute. Resoled. That in the Board of School Directors of East Donegal Town.hip we behold men who hove the cause of education at heart. and who, from the groat interest they boon manifested up to the present. seem determined to make the s,hools of our Township superior to any in the County. ItesOloul, That the thanks of this Institute are duo to the Board of School Directors of East Donegal Township (or giving the Teachers time to attend Educational Conven tions, and for assisting us in the various duties appertain log to our profession. Resolved, That the President, Henry M. Engle, has our best wishes for the able and Impartial manner in which he has presided over our deliberations. Rantoul, That the publishing of the "Teachers' Mirror," by the Institue, has been a step in the . right direction, from the fact that It has been a source of great Improve ment to the members, and their thanks are hereby tendered the Editor, IL E. Klug,h, fir his able and unwearied super vision. Hero/re/4 That the delivering of lectures before our In stitute by the members has been 11 feature from which much good resulted. both morally and intellectually. Resoired, That District Institutes are highly beneficial to Teachers. and should be encouraged by every friend of education. Resolved, That it is the sense of every member of ttds Institute that ONE Teachers' County Institute is not calcu lated to meet the wants of Teachers In general,—and that we as a body, therefore, avow an uncompromising hostility thereto, and do suggest the formation of at least Tartu In stitutes throughout the County. Resolved, That the Lancaster County Normal School has "literary guns" in its "magazine" which are destined to make "Uncle Sam's Plantation" reverberate with the shouts of Liberty—Free .‘khooLs.--and a general diffusion of knowl edge. . . Resolved, That we are highly in favor of School exami nations, but are just as much opposed to them when they are gotten up for display and show—and would suggest to Toachers who wish to make a display to let School exhibi tions take their place. Resolved, That every Teacher should be a subscriber to the "Pennsylvania School Journal," and a careful reader of the same. Re,nlved, That the foregoing resolutions be published In the "Pennsylvania School Journal," and In every newspa per in the County favorable to the cause of education. THE STRENGTH OP THE BODY.—The strength of the body depends upon the strength of the lungs; the big, full chest is a sure indication of a strong man, hence all should study to keep it healthy, and avoid those sure sappers of the constitution, coughs and colds, for which no medicine is better adapted than "Dr. Keyser's Pectoral Syrup," a remedy known all over the country as Invaluable in Diseases of the Breast and Lungs. You can buy It at Hoinitshis, 13 Dist King street. ,tieir- The Philadelphia Ledger, of March 31, says :—" The mildness of the winter and the comparatively low price of stock, have caused heavy sales of beeves, sheep and swine since the first of January. From the first day of the year up to the 30th day of March, the sales at the Bull's Head, and Avenue Drove yards, amounted to 17,575 head of beeves, 48,500 sheep, and 35,100 head of hogs—making a total of 102,175 ead, and 11,925 head more than were sold Aiing the same period in 1857. The prices during the past three months. for beeves ranged from $7 to $9) ) ; per 100 pounds, and only the best Chester County fed stock realizing as high as $lO and 104 per 100 pounds. On Monday a few beeves sold as high as 10. 1 i, the offerings being extra prime, and the demand excellent, in consequence of a small supply in market. There is a large supply of cattle at the West, but drovers are holding back with the expec tation of realizing better prices ; but those well informed on the subject, think that cattle bring as good prices now as they are likely to do for some months to come." JUDICIAL SALARIES A bill is now pending before the Legislature for an increase of Judicial salaries. It provides that from and after the Ist of January last, the annual salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be as follows : The Chief Justice $4,000, and the salaries of the Associ ate Judges $4OOO each ; the salaries of the Judges of the District Court, and tho Presiden: and Associate Law Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia $3,500 each; the salaries of the Judges of the District Court and Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county $3,000 each ; and the salaries of the Law Judges of the several Districts in the State $2,500 each, except the Judge in the Luzerne District, who is to receive no more than $2,300, exclusive of his compensation as Recorder of Carbondale. Another section of the same bill graduates the salaries of Associate Judges, as fol1ws: Those whose attendance at Court does not exceed six weeks in the;;Year, $l4O ; for those whose attendance exceeds six weeks, and does not exceed twelve weeks, $175; those who exceed twelve weeks, $200; those exceeding twenty weeks, and not more than thirty, $230 ; and all exceeding thirty weeks, $275. , TIRED OF KANSAS.—We have not :de b it a . better hit than the following at the monopoly of the press by the eternal Kansas question:. "The editor who threatened to write two columns a week about Kansas unless his delinquent subscribers paid up, says 'that every•bne has squared up 'his account, three hundred and seventy paid for one year* in advance."
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