)itaittasti 311teilivitter OEO. tiANOICR.4ON. EDITOR. A. tiANPERSON, Associate; - LANOASTEK, PA., JUNE 22 1858 CIRCULATION, mop() COPIES t . Meat . ems Para; $2,00 per annum. DEMOCRATIC, STATE NOMINATIONS., JI2ID4E OP THE SUPREME COURT : WILLIAM A. PORTER, Philadelphia. CANAL COMMISSIONER: WESTLEY FROST, Fayette. A WORD TO DELINQUENTS." There are hundreds of persona Indebted to us for sub scription, advertising, or job work—varying in sums of from one dollar up to twenty dollars—which ought to be paid, and Audi* paid without much longer delay. We have commenced making ont bills for town and cottotry—near and remote—and shall expect settlements to be made, either by cash or due bills, between this and the let of July next—co that then; at the commencement of the tenth year since the Iwrentasacza passed into our hands, we may be enabled to open new books. After twat period those who refuse to liquidate their indebtedness in one of the ways specified, will be stricken from our ilet of ~p atront," and their accounts placed in the bands of proper officers for collection. We have become tired of working for other people and finding ourselves." and we give this timely warning so that all may be prepared. We cannot - live and keep the estab lishment in operation on mere "promises to pay," and as we have no notion ofetarving when every thing is in abund ance all around no, we have concluded to adopt the course above Intimated. To such of our patrons no have been prompt in their pty ments, we return our encore thanks; and we shall also feel grateful to those who may repent of their past delin quency, and either all at the office and settle their bills, or remit by mall the amount of their indebtedness. But we wish it to be distinctly understood, and therefore we re peat it, that we take the step because our necessities require It, and shall expect all accounts of more than one year's standing, to be settled between this and the Brat of July If rik, they will be settled In another way. A HANDS6ME COMPLIMENT Vice President BREC K.l N RIDGE has won golden opinions from every body, on account of the dignity, ability and impartiality with which he presided over the Senate during the late session of Congress. On leaving the chair, according to custom, just prior to the adjournment, a highly complimentary resolu• tion was offered by Senator SEwARD to the Vice President, and unanimously adopted by the body. The truth is, Maj. BRECKINRIDGE is every inch a man—a brilliant statesman, an eloquent orator and an accomplished gentleman—and. wherever personally known, will take a fast hold on the affections of the people. !'he time, we apprehend, is not very far distant when the Democracy of the country will ele vate him to yet higher honors in tne Republic. Hailing from one of the great south western States, a statesman and a patriot, and occupy ing a preinent position before the whole e know of no man better calculated to excite the enthusiasm of the masses and rally the Democracy around his standard, should he at any time hereafter be a candidate for the Presidency. THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS The closing scenes of the late session of Congress, which terminated on Monday eve ning the 7th inst., at 6 o'clock, P. M., pre sented none of the characteristics of hasty legislation and tumult so often seen at the close of past sessions. The Senate unani mously passed a handsome complimentary resolution - to Vice President BRECKINRIDGE, and the members of the House were cordial and general in their congratulations to -Mr. Speaker ORR. The session closed with un usual good feeling. The great feature of this session will be the settlement of the Kansas question. After five months discussion, the result was reached that effectually removed this subject from Congress and localized it ; and the effect has been already peace to the country. President BUCHANAN pledged himself to effect this pacification, and he has succeeded. Among the bills passed at the last stage was the post office appropriation bill; and it is gratifying that the proposition to raise the rates of post age did not succeed. The call of the extra session of the Senate was occasioned, it is said, not by any great publio urgency, but by the expectation that a large amount of executive business would require action. The body only remained in session two days, and adjourned sine die on Wednesday afternoon. HEAVY FLOODS The excessive rains of week before last appear to have been general all over the country, and particularly heavy at the West. Illinois was literally deluged. The city of Cairo, at the southern terminus of the great Illinois Centre! Railroad, containing some ten thousand inhabitants, was nearly destroyed by the flood, and a considerable portion of the railroad swept away. The Ohio river was swollen to an unusual height, by the small tributaries rushing in from all quarters. For a graphic account of the flood in the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, see letter of our St. Louis correspondent. At various points, nearer home, much damage was also done by the flood. At Baltimore, on the 12th inst., the water in Jones' Falls, where it crosses Charles street, carried away a large bridge which stood twenty feet above the usual bed of the stream. This creek is supplied by runs and rivulets along the line of the Northern Central Railroad, and hemmed in by rugged hills, affording every facility fur a dangerous freshet. On the river Schuylkill the water was very high, and a great deal of damage was done in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Manayunk and other places along the river. In our county the Conestoga, Pequea and other streams were unusually high, and some damage was done to the meadows, fences, &c. THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT The primary elections in the Washington Congressional district, for the purpose of nomi nating a Democratic candidate for Congress, have resulted in the choice of Hon. Wu. MONTGOMERY, the present member. The con test seemed. to be principally about the loca tion of the candidate—Washington and Greene counties both claiming it. The majorities in the several counties are as follows : Montgomery. Lazear 817 Greene, Fayette, Washington, 2300 Tr's READING JourtNaL.This paper, de cidedly one of the ablest of the opposition in Pennsylvania, has donned a complete suit of new type, and presents an exceedingly pretty appearance. The Journal has been for many years the organ of a miserably hopeless mi nority in the citadel of Democracy, " Old Berke ;" but brother KNABB has succeeded, notwithstanding, in building up a good pay ing establishment—which is nothing more than he deserves, however, for his enterprise and ability. May he have plenty of pecu niary success. His political course it is neither our province or inclination to commend. Siar Congress has ordered seven steam sloops of war to be built. The number should have been doubled. ter Tho President has appointed HENRY L. ACKER, Esq., editor of the Democratic Stan darg, Postmaster, at Pottsville, Pa., in place of Miolnu3l Cochran, Esq., whose nomination was withdrawn from the Senate. Arne Harrisburg Telegraph is out strongly in favor of Gen. Silcox CAMERON, as the next &publioan candidate for the Presidency. OPPOSI PION STATE CONVENTION. The Erie Con.rtilution, decidedly the ablest Republican paper in North Western Pennsyl vania, whose editor is one of the most influen tial of his party, is out in strong terms against the propose&Union State Convention, to assent ble at Harrisburg; on the 14th of next month. After announcing the project, and the means by which it was obtained, it uses the follovi ing language:' For one we enter our protest in advance against any affilliation, coalition, union or fusion with such political renegades and traitors as Swope and Flannigan. Thrice have the freemen of the State struck hands with them and thrice they have been betrayed. If they honestly desire a union of all the oppo nents of the administration in the present campaign, they ought, in view of the past, to have the prudence to keep their names from any published calls. The Republicans can set it down as an established fact that the Sanderson-Flannigan-Swope faction will never keep faith in any political arrangement. They are partisan guerrilas unfit fur association with men who are governed by honest motives in political action. They have cheated us in three campaigns, and it remains to be seen whether Republicans will allow themselves again to be gulled by such tricksters. We are willing to unite with all honest opponents of the extension of Slavery, and co-operate to overthrow the present National Administra don, but we are not willing to join hands or associate with venal leaders who make a show of friendship only to betray. The leading politi cians may make what arrangement they please in this matter, but if they in any way ignore the cardinal principles of Republicanism, or if they expunge from. our flag the motto of "No more `lave States," they will deserve and receive defeat. We march to the battle under no mongrel flag. They will find thousands of staunch and true freemen in the North and West who will repudiate any evasive, unmeaning platform, no matter who the can didates are. We warn the Republican: to beware of the scheme." We imagine• the tricksters who ,have en deavured to take the lead of opposition to the Democratic party, will find after all that their self glorified patriotism will not ~produce the exact effect they designed. That " glorious victory" some of their papers claith will not be won with quite as much ease as•they predict. CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS OF THE CIMEIIM We do not intend to claim absolute and complete accuracy in the appended table of appropriations at the session just closed, hut we are confident we have created therein very nearly all, and in the grand total a sum equal to the gross amount voted this year. It has been our conviction, which we have On several occasions expressed, that the present Congress was exercising a sincere and vigilant watch over numerous doubtful claims, and that the result of its labors would show considerable diminution in the annual appropriations. It is, then, extremely gratifying to be able to say that, notwithstanding the heavy drafts upon the Treasury on account of the Mormon difficulties, the gross amount appropriated is considerably less than what was made last year. Thus it is as light breeks in upon the ad ministration of James Buchanan, the wisdom of its policy, the economy of its goVernment, and the firmness and integrity of its official career become more and more striking and evident: Ref /War A pprOpriat of the ~Er 1859. 769.500 00 o 4 97,9 957 30 339 505 00 91.2 120 Oo 3,2 804 1 , 0 14 008 3! 4 23 5.557 149 07 0.134 093 01 17.1.4 - , 800 90 , 750 00 3,500,000 OU Pension Indian Regiuivr do Su plrmrnt do U. ficieocv Consular and diplomatic Military Acarieimy ...... Naval Sundry civil Loirislatice, executive and judicial Army Vail Stiiiimer Poet Colleri Mg recoilue trial imports permanent additional To which add Treamnry n0te5...... .,. Manufacture of arms Expenses investigating committees 185.8 35,009 Treaty with Denmark... 1.85 8 408.7 M 44 Ditlcitr,ey in printing. &c. 1858 311.189 58 do for the year 1858 9.19).4, - X° 89 Deaf, dumb and D. C 185 S Ex penp.os lu cost ng MIME committee • Clerks in Orett n to Regis ter and Itec.iver ISSS Running Texas boundary Hue 1859 80.000 00 Incident to the loan of $20,000,000, Estimate : Other appropriatinnx, bills not printed and jade mile, including all private bilk This reduces, it will be seen, the regular appropriations for the service of the year 1859 to something less than fifty-three and a half millions of dollars—a very satisfactory exhibit when we reflect that the opposition are about arranging for a campaign against the democratic party on the double ground of its extravagance and upon the old maxim of pro tection.— IT'ashingtou Union. HON. CIIARGES R. BUCKALEw.—The appoint ment, by the President, of this gifted son of the old Keystone State, as Minister to Equador, will meat with a cordial response from all parties in this Commonwealth. The Penimyl. vanian truly says that Mr. Buckalew occupies a prominent place in the confidence and affection of the public. In private life he is the soul of honor and chivalry ; in the dis charge of public duties there is no man more firm, honest or consistent. As a sound lawyer, and far sighted, sagacious politician, Mr. Buckalew has not an equal of his own age in Pennsylvania, and but few in the Union. Close attention to his profession has somewhat injured his health, and we sincerely trust that a sojourn in a milder and more genial climate may restore him to his friends, with renovated constitution and re established ability to once more take a leading part in ail the great questions of the day. FOREIGN MINISTERS The following nominations, made by the President, were confirmed by the Senate some two or three days prior to the adjournment of Congress : J. R. CHANDLER, of Pennsylvania, Minister to Naples. JI , IIN P. STOCKTON, of New Jersey, Minis ter to Rome. E. Y. FAIR, of Alabama, Minister to Bel gium. B. C. YAIk:CEY, of Georgia, Minister to the Argentine Republic. JoSEPLI A. Wammr, of Indiana, Minister to Prussia. CHARLES R. BUCKALEW, Of Pennsylvania, Minister to Ecuador. A TARIFF MOVEMENT.—Petitions have been in circulation and numerously signed in Schuylkill county by • the Democrats, asking for the restoration of the Tariff Act of 1846 in place of the Act of 1857, passed by the Republicans in Congress. The interests of Pennsylvania were better oared for under the former Act, and hence its restoration is asked fur. It is a remarkable fact in connection with the Tariff question, that whilst some of the Republican journals are now very vociferous in regard to a Tariff, only a year ago, the Tariff of 1846 was further reduced by Repub lican votes in the louse of Representatives in Congress, and that last year these same Republican journals supported Wilmot for Governor of this State, the only member of Congress from Pennsylvania who voted against the protective Tariff of 1842. These things do not harmonize very well. , Some curiosity is usu ,lly felt to know the private history of men who are proposed. for public office. Judge Porter spent a con .tiderable portion of his life in this town. On hiS appointment to the Supreme Bench we published a short sketch of him, which was copied by some of oar exchanges. We add few, more facts, well known to his friends, here, which . may prove interesting to others. He was 'born in Htintingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1821 and is now 'about thirty seven years of age. He is the son of the Hun. David R. Porter, whose name has long been familiar to our people. His mother was the daughter of Mr.- MDermott, who emigrated from Scotland daring thejast century, for the purpose of engaging in manufacturing' iron, in western Pennsylvania. 'Being Irish on one side and Scotch on the other, Judge Porter has a good right to the title of Scotch Irish, so much eulogised in his life of Judge Gibson. His early life was passed in Huntingdon, but we have no information respecting it.— He came to Elston more than twenty years ago, and spent several years at the college in this town. Teachers speak of him as a boy of quick and active mind ; a persevering student and exceedingly truthful and honorable in his thoughts and feelings. During his college course he maintained a position at the head of his class. He early showed a talent for debate and represented the literary societies of the College on several occasions. He became proficient also in moral and intellectual phil osophy. In the ancient languages he was particulary distinguished, so much so that on g,raduating Be delivered an original speech in Greek and Latin. In 1839, Mr. Porter commenced the study of the law in the office of Hon. J. M. Porter, who has turned out more lawyers than some of our bars contain. Several years were here devoted to the study of the law. During this time he became a general favorite of our citi zens, and they will vote for him with a unani mity which few publio men could command. In 1842 he was appointed by Attorney General Johnson, Dtstrict Attorney fur Philadelphia, which brought him in contact with some of the ablest members of the bar. We have always understood that he discharged the duties of the office with ability. The Sheriff of Philadelphia having died, a violent contest for the remainder of his term ensued. Unable to please either faction, Judge Porter's father, then Governor, appointed him to the office. This was an uncomfortable position, for the uproar on all sides was great. Bes' , lne the political discon tents, proceedings were c anmenced to test his eligibility, on the ground of age. But the character of the office V. soon changed. Order was brought out of confusion and all illegal fees abolished. Money was promptly paid over, and the business was conducted with an exactness and precision which are said to be memorable to this day. The notable riots of that period commenced about this time. One of the most exciting secured in Kensing ton. Departing from the custom of his predecessors, Sheriff Porter placed himself at the head of a posse of several hundred citizens, and against all remonstrances proceeded to the scene of disturbance. The newspaper accounts are still fresh in our minds. At the first discharge of firearms, the posse left the Sheriff with but a handful of supporters. The testi mony afterwards given in Court, brought the subsequent facts prominently to view. One of the witnesses testified that after a long search he found the Sheriff in the midst of the fight, surrounded by several hundred of the rioters and severely injured. On being urged to retire, lie replied, `not until the riot is quelled. In the presence of the witness he was again knocked down and very much trampled. The result was a, long illness. We have frequently heard Mr. Porter say that on recovering from his illness a new world seemed to open upon him, for all opposition to hi s administration as Sheriff, was oone. The frowns with which he was formerly met were changed for congratulations. 'Those whom his amiable temper :Ind Integra had failed r., influence were nn h. hi diSpo•itioll to lux duty. At the close of his term as Sherif, the members of the bar, without distinction of Marty, iiresented to him an address which was republished in this paper, at that time. Among other things, they say " we cheerfully bear our testimony to the faithfulness and purity with which you have discharged your responsible ousts, to the decorous m inner in which the of of your office have been managed, and n, the promptness and correct ne-,s with which all its business has been conducted." On turning t.i the list of signa tures, we see the names of Meredith, Randall, Ingraham, Mallory, Dallas, Gilpin, Brown, Price, Reed, Tyson, Campbell, Tilghman, -Wharton. Cadwalader. Ingersoll. Scott. H..b bell, Perkins, Bayard, and several hundred equally distinguished and of all political opinions. . . _ 1 150 000 00 Cu retiring from the Sheriff's office Mr. Porter resumed the practice of the law, in Philadelphia, and continued it with success for fifteen or sixteen years, and until his appoint meta to the bench. His success which was al most unprecedented, might have been expected from Ids nhili ty, industry and legal knowledge. In 1849 the Trustees of the late Ba•:k of the United States, selected him aS their counsel. Some of his opponents, we see, abuse him as the Solicitor of the Bank. This was not so:— lie was the counsel of the Trustees, who were hostile to the former managers of the Bank, and were engaged in suits against many of them. This appointment, which brought him in contact with lawyers in nearly every county in the United States and many of the cities of Europe, added to his practice. Several hundred thousand dollars were thus collected, and in the end the notes and deposi of the Bank were paid in full, principal end interest, (a result at first wholly unexpected) and the remainder of the assets were distribu ted among the other claimants. In 1856, when the finances of Philadelphia had been greatly reduced, and a vigorous effort to overthrow the dominant party had been determined on, Mr. Porter was selected as the Democratic candidate for city Solicitor, and the ticket was elected by a large majority. His skilful, energetic and independent course in that office, is well known. Ills letter to Councils, composed of a majority of his own party, in which he refused to interfere, at their request, in a case pending in Court, was generally read and applauded by men of all narties. I=IM lUMETB 3,5 5 b3o 87 When Judge Knox resigned from the Bench of the Supreme Court, Governor Packer, in accordance with the wishes of the party throughout the State, appointed Mr. Porter to his present position ; and the convention which assembled at Harrisburg on the fourth of March last, confirmed this selection by an almost unanimous vote. Such has been his political and professional course. Hie life has not, however, been whol ly devoted to professional occupations. At College he exhibited much literary taste. His address before our literary societies, in 1843, was highly instructive. We remember also his delivering an address before the Law Academy of Philadelphia, of which he was one of the Prevosts, but the subject has escaped us. His most successful publication is his work on the character of Judge Gibson, who, it seems from the preface, showed him much kindness in early life. This work was exten sively noticed by the reviews throughout the country, and had a rapid sale. He has been engaged in other labors some what peculiar for a lawyer. He was for sev eral years one of the Managers of the American Sunday School Union and a member' of the committee of publication. In this capacity he selected, supervised or assisted in the pub lication of some of the important treatises published by that Institution, which have exerted so much influence on the minds of the young throughout the country. In private life the character of Judge Por— ter is without a blot. In his de- orttnent and disposition he is frank and cordial. In private charity he is liberal to a fault. As an advocate he was exceedingly clear and forcible. The books are full of his arguments. Of his fidelity to clients, the citizens of this county, of whose business in Philadelphia he had the almost exclusive charge, require nothing to be said ; and beside a safe adviser, they have always found him a courteous and hospitable gentle man. As a Judge we are told he leans much towards the common law, and that bie views are very conservative. In religion he is a Presbyterian. In politics be was when he was here, and always has been, a Dem ocrat. As a Judge he may and probably does suppose it improper to take any part in the political questions now under discussion, but those who know him beet are sure that he will be found at all times on the side of the right.—Easton Sentinel. POSTMASTER CONFIRMED.—Amongst the appointments of Postmasters confirmed by the Senate last week, was Dr. PORTER, of Harris burg agaiustwhom there had been a strenuous effort made on the part of a number of citizens of that Borough. WILLIAM A. PORTER. AN I.IIPOILT I.NT STATE PAPER. An important letter of the ELm. Howmt,t, CnBB, the able Secretary of the Treasury, has been published, and attracts general attention, as it will necsssarily, do, coming from so dis tinguished a Southern statesman. It appears that a firm in Charleston, S. C., Messrs. Lafitte & Co., applied to the Collector of that port ftm a clearance of an American ship for the coast of Africa, for the purpose of taking on board African emigrants, - in accord ance, they said, with the United States pas senger laws, and with the design of bringing those negroes to this country ; and the Collec tor asked instructions from head quarters, on the subject of granting this request. In reply to this request the Secretary states that the object of the applicants must be either to import Africans to be disposed of as slaves, or to be bound to service, or to bring them, like other emigrants, to be entitled to the rights of freemen. The two first contin gencies are first examined, and the conclusion arrived at that the introduction of negroes, either as slaves or apprentices, is clearly in violation of both the spirit and- letter of the law ; and the 'clearance cannot be granted.— Here the reader will find positive instructions against any and all forms of the African slave trade. Anybody who desires to know how the administration think and act on the ques tion of the restoration of this trade will find the information in full; it opposes all attempts to revive it, in whatever shape they present themselves. It meets every phase of this question, and is conclusive on every point. We have only room for the following para graphs from this excellent letter : The motive cannot be mere philanthropy, for it would confer no benefit upon these ne groes to bring them to our shores, where, if permitted to land at all, it would only be to occupy our pest houses, hospitals and prisons. To believe, under the circumstances, that there is a bona fide purrese, on the part of Messrs. Lafitte & Co., to bring African emi grants to this country to enjoy the rights and privileges of freemen,would require an amount of credulity that would justly subject the per son so believing to the charge of mental im becility. The conviction is irresistible, that the object of the proposed enterprise is to bring these "African emigrants" into the country, with the view either of making slaves of them, or of holding them to service or labor. If so, it is an attempt to evade the laws of the country on the subject of African impor tation, to which I have called your at.ention. Ordinarily, it would be an unsafe rule for a public officer to act upon the suspicion of a purpose on the part of another to violate the laws of the country; but in this case it is put so clearly beyond the reach of doubt, that I think that you not only can, but that you are in duty bound to act upon the presumption that it is the intention 1,1 Messrs. Lafitte & Co., to evade the laws of the United States, and you should accordingly refuse their vessel the clearance asked for. am.very respectfully,lloWELL COBB, Secretary of the Treasury Wit F. CoLcomz, Esq., Collector of the Customs,Charlestoum S.O U. S. SENATE-SPECIAL SESSION WASHINGTON, June 16, 1858 Shortly after the meetingof the Senate, the galleries were ordered to be cleared, the thir ty eight members present having unanimously voted to go into secret session. When the doors were opened, Mr. Mason moved to take up the British aggression reso lutions. Mr. !lasso ,aid he had refrained fr , ,m de bating the,e I,twit; , -t:tnding their important ellara”ter. The resolutiumi were then passed unani mously and Mr. Mas , in asked that [hi,. feet be entered on the journal. The resolutions ara as follows Resolred, (as the judgment of the Senate,) That American vessels on the high seas, in time of peace, bearing the American flag, re main under the jurisdiction .1 the country to which they belong; and therefore any visita tion, molestation or detention of such verse's by force, or by the exhibition of force, on the part of a foreign power, is in derogation of the sovereignty of the United States. Resolved, That the recent and repeated vio lations of this immunity, committed by vessels of war belonging. to the navy of Great Britain, in the Gulf of Mexico, and the adjacent seas, by firing into, interrupting, and otherwise for cibly detaining them on their voyage, requires, in the judgment of the Senate, such unequiv ocal and final disposition of thesubject, by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, touchin g tho rights involved, as shall satisfy the just demands of this Government, and preclude hereafter the occurrence of like aggressions. Resolved, That the Senate fully approves the action of the Executive in sending a naval force into the infested seas with orders"to pro tect all vessels of the United States on the High seas from search or detention by the ves sels of war of any other nation." And it is the opinion of the Semite that, if it become necessary, such additional legislation should be supplied in aid of the executive power as will make such protection effectual. A committee appointed to wait on the Pre sident having reported that he had no further communication to make, the Senate adjourned this extraordinary session sine die. EDITORS , BOOK TABLE RANDALL'S LIFE OF JEFFERSON. Third Volume.— We have received from the Agents in this city, Messrs. Barr & Dougherty, No 31, East King street, the third and concluding volume of this great work. This volume covers the history of Mr. Jefferson's Life from the second year of his Presidency, 1002, to the day of his death on the 4th of July, 1826, and. in point of interest, is fully equal to the two preceding volumes. The period of Mr. Jefferson's ad ministration from 1801 to 180, was a pecullary stormy and trying one, but he was fully equal to the task. The whole policy of the Government was changed, and those great Democratic principles were initiated and matured which have, ever since, guided the country in its forward career of greatness and prosperity. So long as this Republic exists, so long will the teachings of this great statesman and patriot form the political text book of the nation. The Life of Thomas Jefferson should be in the hands of every family in the country. No mere statesman, living or dead, attracted so much of public attention during the forty years or snore that ho was in the public service, and no one, before or since his day, loft the Impress of his genius so strongly masked on all that appertains to our government and institutions. So true is this. that all parties at the present day profess to be his followers, and are found quoting his maxims and sayings to justify their peculiar doctrines, /4c. We advise every body, who can afford the expense, to Fours a copy of this great work,as in no other publica tion can they tied the same amount of valuable informa tion respecting the workings of the governmental machinery of the Republic. BARR fif DOUGHERTY, of this city, are the sole Agents for Lancaster county. THE LADIES' WREATH. Published by John F. Scorill, N. York. The July number of this excellent and enter taining periodical is before as—handsomely embellished, and In all respects attractive as usual. OODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, for July, is already published, well filled with interesting reading matter, and handsomely embellished with any number of engravings. Terms, one . copy, one year, $3; two years. $5 ; three copies, $8; eight copies, $l5 ; eleven copies, $2O. To getters up of the three lastmentioned clubs, an extra copy will be sent for one year. TILE PAGE MONTHLY. B. H. Hershey, Publisher, MG lersville, Lan. Co., Pa. This is the title of a very neat periodical Just started under the auspices of the Page Literary Society, of the Lancaster County Normal ,School. • The first number is handsomely printed i u flee white paper, and Is very creditable in every respect, lath In matter and appearance, to Its praise-tot's. TER3l5—i;l per annum, in advanc'e. Address IL 11. Hershey, Millersville, Lancaster Co., Pa. A SELECT COMPANY.—Senator Cameron en tertained, at his residence, Lochiel, near Har risburg, on Tuesday, the British and French Ambassadors, Senator Seward, the Hon. Humphrey Marshall and other members of Congress, and the whole party afterwards visited Pottsville, the Cornwall Iron Ore Bank, Reading, the coal mines, etc., accompanied by Mr. Cullen, the President of the Reading Railroad, and Mr. Kortright, the British Con sul at Philadelphia. ler One of those terrible accidents which are again becoming frequent upon our western rivers, occurred on the Mississippi, on Sunday week, about 75 miles below Memphis. The boilers of the steamboat Pennsylvania, on her way from New Orleans to St. Louie, exploded. Out of three hundred and fifty passengers, one hundred are believed to have been lost. CITY AND COUNTY AVPAIRS THE ANNIVERSARY iir OUR INDEPENDENCE. —The coming Anniversary of American Independence sill be celebrated in an app,opriate manner, at Webank. ou Mond :y, the Srh of July, by the Lanaiater Feneiblee, and Oft( citizens generally. A sham battle will be fought, the of Independence read, and an oration delivered by ll= W. Mcßae; Esq. During the day the assemblage will be Savored with music from the Penciblea' Band. In the evening a brilliant display of the-works will takepliwa on the Conestoga, and the day's proceedings end with a grand ootlllion party at the Wabank House, for which Taylor's String Band has been engaged. A Gaoss LIBEL.—The Lancaster correspon dent of the Manheim &satinet, In that paper of Friday last, Perpetrated an outrageous libel uprn the Motart Society of this city. The writer, who signs himself "0 Flat," not only made an unjust criticism upon the musical performances of this excellent Association, but falsely and malielously represents it as . "a kind of free lave associa tion," whose meetings are kept up to "an unseasonable hour of the night," and recommends parents to keep a watch upon their daughters, &c., who are members of the society. We have seldom or never read a more wicked and atm dons attack upon as respectable a society of ladies and a gentlemen as can be found in this or any other community. and the members have very properly taken men‘ures to vindicate their characters before a court of justice for these infamous slanders against their fair fame and reputation. A committee of the society visited Manheim on Satur urday, and waited on the editor to request the name or the author, ao that he might be punished or made to retrect publicly. Mr. Ensminger declined giving the name of his correspondent and the committee returned to town, when suit was immediately instituted aainst him for publishing the libel. Prc•Nie rma.—Pie Nics are now all the rage in our city and vicinity. Yesterday morning a German Pic Nlc party passed the Intelllgencer office, on their way Landis' Grove, having in charge several Omnibus loads of pretty German girls, and preceded with capital mode from Hepting's Hand. :Co clasq of our }elbow citizenskuow more fully how to appreciate true enjoyment. We hope the Pic 19dians had a merry time. MEETING 131' COUNCILS.—A special meeting of Councils will be held in their Chambers, City Hall, this evening, at 8 o'clock. BRENEMAN'S GARDEN.—This beautiful re sort, fitted up by one of our most worthy and en terprizirg citizens, was thrown open to the public on Wednesdg evening last. A crowded, gay and lively assemblage woo present, and the grounds were brilliantly illuminated.— Mr. B. has devoted many years to ths nay and •allure of the most rare and costly plants and flowers, nod hie reputation in the Botanical world was established "long time ago." This garden is a delightfully charming spot —that of Parkinson's, in Philadelphia, (which is not open, we understand, the present season.) does not begin to compare with it. either in beauty, arrangement or extent. It is a want which has long been fell in this city, and now that our citizens have such a retreat, from ,he turmoil and dust of the crowded streets, they have been appreciating the enterprizing spirit of the proprietor to a great degree by their presence. Crowds flock there every evening, and the superb music of Keffer's Band does not fail to furnish its full share of attractions. The proprietor and his assistants are unremitting iu their attentions to the wants and comforts of visitors. We hope Mr. hreneman will be handsomely remunerated for his trouble and ex pense in fitting up this exquisite retreat, and cannot better conclude than by recommending Breneman's Garden not Saloons to the kind consideration of all classes of the community. We look upon Mr. Breneinan as a Public Benefactor. A QUIET TOWN.—Ou Wednesday last Nye heard it remarked by several of our oldest citizens, that they had never known this city to be more orderly and quiet, and their wonder was what could have boa the cause. Some attributed it to th- wholesome moral in flu. once exercised by the •Union Prayer Meetings," at the corner of Duke and Orange streets, and others to the blandness of the atmosphere after the drenching rains we had a few days previously. The majority, however, (and these, we opine, were nearest the truth in guessing the cauee,l attributed it to the feet that the Lawyers were all out of town on that day, having a ••high old time" at Wabank! We learn incidentally (for no reporters f,r the press were admitted to tbaf '•feast of reason and 11,w of that the Bar bad a Jolly time of it, and that they all reached home at an early hour In the evening, much gratified with the entertainment given them by, those excellent caterers, Messrs. Younrt Er. Duchman, whooo welt understind In le b. rninil-r C. , the Cos FENCIBLES' Pic Annual Pie Sic of the lenciltles came oft on Thursday last, at Rocky Spring. The Fencibles paraded at an early hour in the morning, and arrived on the ground about P Ir. We paid avisit to the Pie Sic In the afternoon, 3tif.,unci a large company of ladies and gentlemen present and much merriment prevailing. The whole party formed themselves into groups, and pleasant plays were made the order for a part of the day. A general cotillion party was made up about 3 o'clock, and until eundowr• the fair beauties and gallant sterner eon enjoyed it amazingly ••teipping eu the light fantastic toe, - to the fine music of lieffer's Thu arrangements were admirab'e. and, with the corop tbSn or conduct of a few rowdies, (culled gentl,mcn, by way of burlesque we presume,) er s erythiog was cutid,icted in the most orderl Mao ; and we were glad to see several of three erertlxlee revolvu pretry eve ere pummeling. 1127 their efforts in trying to create disorder. The Fencibles are iu no way to blame, as they 'lid all in their power to prevent such scenes. It is to be lo•ped that in the future these public nodal gatherings will be entirely fee,• or th e presence of all blackguard. STRAWBP.:RRIES, Ho!—Our excellent friend, Mr. F. S. VOGEL, of liroffstown, took us all down. on Thurs day morning last. by the present of a box of the largest. finest and ruo-t delicious Strawberries we have over seen, Our readers may ha sure we did full justice to them, and In our heart we thanked Mr. V. for the seasonable and handsome present. By the way, those of our citizens who wish a first-rate article of Strawberries for preserving, would do well to call upon Mr. Vogel without delay, as the s .a=on will soon be aver, and they are disappearing from his extensive patch as rapidly as hot buckwheat cakes, well buttered, pass into the hungry mown of a company of wood-choppers. EXCURSION OF ODD FELLOWS.—A large del egation from the various Lodges of Odd Fellows in this city Intend having a celebta , iou at Safe Harbor on the 5 , h of July. The delegation rill make the excursion dAva the Conestoga, a boat having been chartered for the purpose, starting from Grteff 'a Landing. A band of mimic has also been engaged. The trip will undoubtedly be a pleasant one, and quite a number of our citizens Intend partici• pating. RETURNED liomE.—Dr. M. M. MOORE, of this city, returned home from California in the steamer “Star of the West.” which reached New York on Saturday week. During the Dr:s last Djourn In California he has had the mi,,fortune to lcse the eight of both hie eyes, being now entirely blind. This is indeed a sad calamity and we trust that with proper treatment his sight may be speedily restored. AN "OLD SALT" ' AT BUSTON.—Our towns man, Mr. JOHN L. Erring, who was Yeoman on board the U. S. Steamer Minnesota, at present off the coast of China, and detached on account of sickness, has arrived at Boston, and Is now on duty in the Navy Yard at Charlestown. We hope to soon hear of our good friend Keffer being restored to his wonted health and fine spirits. By the way, John, could you not give us souse "notes" of your observations in the 'Flowery Kingdom." They would be very Interesting to the "outside barbarians:' DEALNRS IN LANCASTER COUNTY.—By an examination of the Mercantile Appraiser's list of venders of mercbandize in Lancaster county, it will be seen that the number returoed as cub}-ct to license is 1127, being 23 over that of last year. Of the 1127 there are—Dry Goods, 249; Grocers, S 7; Clothiers, 48; Druggists, 29 : Confection ers, 14; Jewelers, 14; Tanners, 24 ; Dealers in Shoes, 27; Dealers in Tobacco, 7; Dealers in Lumber and Coal, 46; Transporters of Merchandize, Ac., 23 ; Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills, 33; Mills doing merchant work, 163; Paw Mills,l4; Distilleries and Breweries, 42; Miscellaneous, 296. FIRE.—The stable in the rear of Young's United States Hotel, in South Queen street, was deztraysti by fire on Thursday night last, about 12 o'clock. Two or three horses, which were In the stable when the fire broke out, were rescued. but the remaining contents suffered the fate of the building. Mr. Young's loss is, however. fully covered by insurance. THE LATE FLOOD.—We learn that Mr. Mah- Ida Posey, of Drumore twp., suffered a very considerable Ines by the flood on Saturday last. His place is ou the west branch of the Octoraro. and In addition to the destru .th of the grass in his meadows by the unprecedented It Kld, the collar of his store was filled with water, and several hundred dollars worth of sugar, molasses and other gr les destroyed. Ms entire loss is estimated at $BOO to $lOOO. -A neighbor of Mr. Pueey had two or three hundred cords of wood swept away at the same time. The creek was higher' than it had been basso for fortv.tive years.—SM urdny's Express. NEW POST OFFICEB.—A Poet Office has been established at the village of Millport, In West Lampeter township, called "Ftrtilily." Also, one at " Wheatland Mills," (known as Musselman's Mills.) in Strasburg tap Jamre C. Dunlap has been appointed P.M. at Fertility, ai.d John Musselman at Wheatland Mills. Both are most ex cellent selections. The above of will gn into operation on the lot of July. The malls will be carried by one of the :am:burg line of stages oia these points. CONOWINGO BRIDGE.—The building of this great public improvement, thanks to the indefatigable exertions of the very efficient and industrious officers who have had the matter in charge, has become a fixed fact.— At a meeting held on the 11th Inst., the contract for build ing was awarded to George Ha..ris, Faq.. of York, mown, and Messrs. Wm. H. and Cyrus E. Black, of Lancaster, builders. The bridge is to be built on the Burr plan double track, of first class rock work laid in hydraulic co. ment, and to be completed by the first day of January, 1859. The whole cost to be 1138.0E10. We are glad to hear that the amount of stock within the last few days bias all been taken, and that now nothing can interfere with the immediate proisecution of the work. Let our turnpike friends but follow the noble examples net by the Bridge boys, and soon we Shall see a line of travel established on the route from Conoeingo to Baltimore that will openthe eyes of our dull plodders of muddy roads.—Bea Air Aegis. RAWLINsVILLE AFFAtes.— ItAwLINBVILL6. June 17. 1858. Misses. EDrIeRS:--1" me , tione I in my lest Lett r that would deal in partirulars in my next Men. and very many men. deloim thaws...lva ti vie with their superiors Lelia later, the e 'Quells of nations deign to equal in mower and style. those whoa-, natural ahi ity as far surpasses theirs an the mental qualities of a Calh en or Webster overmatches that of the most ordinary of those of our riti keno, who have, or make, no pretensions to mental great ness. -This kind of men. are not only found in the Della of Legielation, but many very many of them are found in the humble, but quite as honorable pursuits of life in the workshop, behind the (Monter, in the school house. and In every other avonstion of life you find them. The pedagogue in the school-room. (the place of all places where such ego tism (Mould not be found,) Is sometimes where the tenet pedantry germinates. The teacher flatters the pupil in the belief that he can write, that he ran enlighten an ignorant and benighted world, feeds the young mind with the Idea that its Productions are well written, that It will beonme a bright luminary In the literary galaxy. like himself be thinks his two and pupils' ideas are without exception; whilst the ideas of men who. by talents and study, have valued for themselves an sigma( name are mere du...1113 , i09 lu his opinion. That in p retry a (tomer, Heeled. Tirzil and Milton are merycribblers when compared wi th the author of the ••Fay. Indeed. I think it would be well tor some • f our modern poetasters to read the tellowing lines from "Pmt.'s Essay on Criti Same to c 'Melt alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out w every Ilne, Pleased with a work. where nnthing's just nor tit, Ono glaring titans. and wild loam nj wit." This author of the "Fay" deigns to ivri'a var.. hut as such it is dilfr•ult to de •ipher, to call by any particular rumw. I cannot tell whrther hr intends to he nudabrastic. H •mrrlc, or ❑ere Is a the from the author of the "Fay :" " And into hysterics the Piano tlonnti Now what idea the author of the above line wishes to impress up, a the mind nt Iha reader is more than my feeble judgment van comprehend. Whether n piano is .utij ct to the 'hysterics." or the ••hysterics" nu. ject to the piano, would be. a qui,iiion worthy the attentio of the celebrated Aristotle's discriniinati grin tidies. The whole thing, mom the first verse to the Inst line. in rue hetero. geueoun collection of palpable abnuillities This production has one gal quality. and that is originality. I i . e. satis fied, with my limited reading, that no poet would have written the "Foy," and. I doubt to d that the poets of the dim and distant future will to charged with plagiarism trom the production entitled the • Foy " eCiesar was an houtirake man." yet he 1,7011 ‘1 sot trust the slender Cassius. The author of the • Fa'," should not trust the muse of poetry. not mitre tru-itv than the tre ich erous Cassius. If the author. above referred to. would be advised by a friend he wou'd make a better applirati.•u or his time by teaching the young ides bow to germinate. which would he of nvireadvanta, to the youth 1111.111101,if 111111 in grinding out -soh ns the -Fm" and "Whit I don't like. The above is not written out 14111, respect to the author as a man, but as on incentive to better productions. List Saturday we had 'a slight reminiscence of what happened tour thousand years ago or more, We have never witnessed such a d ty's rain. Even that mundt esteem A. yet much abused, citizen, • 'the oldest inhabitant." asserted that he never raw an much rain in oneda in this viciuttv. A vast amount of damage his been done in 1110 surrounoing neighborhood numenms mill dims hove been more or less injured, bridges and f HAI, as nearly all nivel, away. and It it estitu tied that it will not cost less thnn SL.OO to repAlr the roa•ls iu nod Providence tyres. Two linen, Ont . named Deaver, other not known, together with a he , se, were drowned in, Beaver creek. 31ine particulars alight bo given, but 81./.ICO Wl.l not permit Yours, COLUMBIA AFFAIRS.—WO glean the f.llow- Inc, 'ltems" fnnu &t au dny's Spy THE 'FOURTH —We understand that extensive prepars tious art being made for the celstirritiou of the cooling t•Fourth by the fl u companiss f our t ,ten. The Colututtis and Vigilant companies will pin Ina parade thrttuAt the streets of the bor, ugh. We aul icipate a creditable display and hope that the Ue11.91.1 may prove one of itoj ynisut to our et+, r-resdy • boys." THE LADIES' Fata.—The Fair and Festival now being hell in the Odd Fellowel Hail, by the In lira of St. Paul's (pie- Church, hen been well attended, lilieenlly patronis d and astonishingly successful The sales of each day have 111.. re than equalled the anticipationa of the saleswomen, nod the Mini has proved a place et p en,ant resort, w hi. h has been thoroughly enj .3ed by our citizens. The tables have been loaded with Wont beautiful cob tOionnot tnnie and skill in the way of fancy. artistes end lite popubtruy of the refreshmetit tablets the best eviduni-c of its luxuries. Everything has passed off smoothly, and we have nut a coot d of complaint eith r un the part of buyers or sellers. On Thursday evening the company m.sernbled w treated to sonic dvlipillltUl Meek. by Messrs 0 sit t, Napery Zellers and others, which contribuied materially to the success of the ereilinE. We do not deal in fulsome compli ments, and shall not be understood 00 vial tug to,, much in praise of the music cob-ri we express our opitiion that it was sweet and beatuitul. end admirably adapted to please the audience. LI addition to the qua! tv of the per/ no labor it was by lie means oeil.eMplihie, when we coneidar the heat of the /Van. The gentlemen deserve Worm thanks for their efturts. . . MALICIOUS MISCHIEP.—A warren[ Wed Issued on Saturday, 12th tura.. by Justice Y 1 rich, for the arrest of homes Pow ers and Jeremiah sheets, charged by Preilip Fut - due) with haring maliciously sawed and destroyed two canoes, at toe dam below the borough, the propel ty °Cr:oll.l4l°,la A hearittg teas appointed for 'ru• s Say evening, but, the par. tips having amicably settled the matter. the suit was a irti drawn. The d-fenclartts entered security, in the sum of sduO. for future good behavior towards Mr. Fortiney. A STRANGER PROVIDED FOK.i—On Alonilay lost, Joseph Brown ,barged Emanuel Myers, bow. E-quire Welsh, truth picking the pocket of Frank McGovern •,t - a pocket book containing sixteen dollars. D-puty George Derrick was turuistred with a warrant and diatritched Is pursuit of the offender, who was arrested at the Canal Basin and brought before the Justice. McGovern being too drunk to testify, both sharper and victim were committed to the luck-up fur the night. The parties were brouiht up In the morning, and the testimony estalnistied the following facts: Moto: etn, u h t ro,:idus In Huntingdon county, arrived tier, in the no rning train from the West. sit drunk no not to be :Olio [4. navigate. He applied at the basin fir api ice to sleep off his load, nod was accommodated with et shady spot In Warehouse No. 8. Myers followed the Institute tutu tin, watt:ll-Its, saying that. the stranger WAS a Ineed andof his, an he d g Dig to take charge of hon. The prio oner was watch Ana detected iu transferring the con. tetitifof MainVorrl'S pocket to lilt own Ole. Browo eba gell him with t betheft anti forcibly dispose-red hint of hi- which to band• d ovcr to the magi Si rate. My,•ra was committed for tai dAugu-t Bes •I one. ihs J natter thlnktn s t ticlloverin wo•thy or at little e wrection sent hi n down for Chit ty days. at ha d lon re. tor druokennesa, and for teadttig the hottest h /rig-rs,,n of the ha.: and canal into reillptattoll. It, reek co, exposure or $m in au unpro le •Dil pocket. 'lke Irishman plead hard for rewireotat of you stunect, and took Ili, sentence wt:h nor,. appar 01 coocern than 31; ors exoilattel on .4, olot of hi- misfit, 1.1.1110, the tatter being' composed nod in tut Wine peottot.t. THE REBELLION IN INDIA The latest news from the E must Inc far . from gratifying, to the British Gvertunenr.-- Their eff•dts to suppress the rebellion in their East India possessions, have s, far failed of the desired success. The following items we copy from the news brought by the Liverpool, on Wednesday last: B , MBAY, May B.—The news which during the past fortnight has reached us from the variousducalities in which British troips are c , mliating with the enemy and with the intensel heat of the weather is, on the whole, of a checkered aspect. During the hitter days of April two reverses were experienced by our arna4—cme in Oude, the other in Behar. In each cape the loss of:prestige was greater than the lossi of officers and men, yet ihat was far from inconsiderable. In each it would seem that thel disaster arose from an undue contempt of the enemy's numbers and defences. Oudelis still in rebellion, and each British columniin its march through the country, if its couri , e be ever so unopposed, does but part for an instant the sea of disaffection, which closes again fast upon its rear. Even in the Doab, stray bands of mutinied Sepoys and attendant rahble have made their presence felt: whllein Bnodeleund,despite the successes j of Russ and Whitlock, the rebels are, as a I friend writes to me in a letter just received, "getting very active and troublesome" in the rear of the victorious columns. On the other hand, I can write of three British columns entering at as many different points the rebellious provinces of Rohilcund, overthrdwing all opposition, occupying two chief towns of the province and pressing on to meet of the third—Bareilly itself. Then, again, Sir 11. Rose has engaged and defeated the enemy covering Calpee. Whitlock, with similar success, has occupied Banda. Troops have gathered at Arra, and some days ere this the repulse to which I have alluded has no doubt been avenged. 'Thus the goon news outweighs the bad. But much yet remains to be dune, under this terrible sun, and the hands to do it are but few, though the hearts are true as steel. From the Bombay Standard, of May S. We have ten several columns, all lately acting independently, some only now in con cert, engaged in difficult siege and field oper• ations at a season of the year usually deemed unsafe for European troops to quit their barracks. Setting aside three reverses, the fortnight reckons up twelve several encounters with the enemy, in all of which we have been successful, having captured 40 guns, with an aggregate slaughter of little less than 2000 men. We regret to say that the policy which the overnor general is pursuing in Oude threatens to be unsuccessful. The country is not be coming tranquilized, and we shall require another 40,000 troops from England within the next two years. We have had three heavy calamities within the fortnight to deplore. On April 15th a detachment, sent by Brigadier NN ulpole without guns or supports to attack a fortified town, were defeated, four officers and fifty men being slain. On the 231 Captain Le Grande, sent to protect Arran, had permitted himself to be drawn into the jungles and was surrounded, when the party was put to flight, with the loss of their guns and 'ammunition, three officers and 130 men having been left dead upon the field. An event occasioning greater grief than even these is the demise of Sir William Peel, cut of Cawnpure by small pox on the 27th. TREASURY NOTES On Tuesday last, the proposals for Treasury Notes, invited by notice of the Department, under date of May 15th, were opened by the Secretary. The amount of the loan was $4,000,000, and the aggregate of all the bids reached over $28,000,000. The bidders num bered 42, and , were distributed among the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Noce of the bids were for a less premium than 4i per cent, or none for more than 6 per cent. The bi Is at 4i amounted in the aggregate to $2,750,000, and were all 4- oepted. The balance of the loan ($1.250.000) was distributed pro rata among the 4$ pet cent bidders, giving to each of these just one eighth of the amount of their respective bids. ST. 1.111 , 1% CIPIUMEMPUNIIIISNVIC. The Great Flood in the T'u Leuts Wet( Des , ruc inn of Prop.rty—Wh 10 oie 10IIS Inuoduted— he • Ilea ibitinfasiekini,,fur Elsewhere—Thew ft, hay way up In the sermd ft or nit our Lew—The Dike em the Illi nois side—The Huilr cuts submergott—Boals norigat , np over thrll-fitllll—T he flocs,anao /by?, of IlUnoin—Demo cradc Nominations in this Diltrid, du. dr. tics Lotus, June 14,1858. Blom our last the " Father of Waters" has beau pouring out a perfect flood. The Constant heavy rates which have prevailed here, and In the upper niuntry in the putt four weeks, began to ewell the Missisaippi at this stint In the early part of last week, elects which time the river has been gradually rising. On Monday last fears wale enter tained that the water would reach the stores on the levee, and many of our merchants at the extleme upper OM well as the lower end of the landing or levee. commenced MOT. ing ont Mom the lower to the ascend and third atorl-s From that time to the present, it has been rapidly rising— and In the hut tan drys at the rate of one troll per hour. Th red of our merchants occupying the central portion of the levee, which is considerably higher than the upper and : lower portion, move 1 all their go do from the ground fl or on Friday. At that time thens was 'car sly room sufficient for two &eye to pass ou the levee, and that at the high et • point. Considerable difficulty woe thus experienced, and this, with the large crowd g tittered to the river, rendered, iu a great M0481.11'8, the crers streets at timee almost im pass,ble—dray, ber•ouitng locked together and a curious creed pressing to and fro. During Friday night the valet roe. rapidly. uud on Saturday morning the levee. i cludi g the sidewalk, we, completely covend, as were also the first doors of the stores. The len& ng is crowded with steambnats. and th-ir bows are extended half way across the levee. Th l) tog oppo•• site the crow streets are new the only ones which eon be reached, and they only by ataging erected from the streets to the boats All business, of course, nmitected with the river trade, is suspeatel—it being an impossibility to dis charge the cargoes, lhore being no room for gcmds. The Illinois Fi , e lid much liower, and the whole area, knnwn oe the "American Bottom, - is 'mind lted. The railroad bra ko lo many place. are three fist! mid, water. Railroad bridge have b-en wa-tied away. machine shops :lid denote completely flood-d, and those at tam kin ttn•es were driven out by the water. A I the inhabitants of illi• noistown have abandon. d dteir booms to the roe., , the turbulent ti : many of them hare erms,al • .ter tr, this side with their go al+ anti .iiaitels: whilst then ttatk refuge in the steamboats Iy lug up on thntside of the river. Cattle were left standing in the water; pig+ tisrimmitig op and down the yard+, and chi •kens high up in the trees The dike on the Illin •In shore. bus as yet snataineri nu material' injury, but tears are entertained for its safety . — A en.e.a.s, start,l •JI et hall wile atm., th- dike, which gre3tly rvlievrs the ,Itucture. but nt thn sumo than Is uver tt iwing the lick country and tieing Immense damage. It is now running n stiff (-ninon! beyond tho dlko and over the low lands of Illinois—sweeping ever, thing beforo It Many of the houses re 11. in nit probability tio carried minty. Passengers giilng east or coming west are taken from the dike to the railroad In small boars. MESE Shou'd th o water cnntinuoto,,rnll much more, the entire nuntry lying between Iba Mt.t.lssippl rivor end the IllutTn, t.a the !Monis side. n di.dance of S or g mile„. will be washed over. and farms, fences and growin.lcr.Tlol-111rehl rulned—a greater porti -a of which ii now under water. The little French town of Cab .kin, about four miles south on the Illinois note, iv completely irituflat d Our Mayor hearing of the distress of the inhahitauts, charter ed two steamboats and despat.ll.l the at to their relief, and found some of them wsill..g thn ugh water In their houses. whilst others had gone to the second story for safety. Small hosts weir rent to the house.. IVA the In rules conveyed 6 , 111 Ih, m to the steamboats and brousht to this city. The cattle atcl other stook were left to chi the best they could. In rime instances the owners ki 1.1 their hogs to keep them ft nut droirtilrt. The question will no. Jodi be hire asked, why ale farmers Owl own ers do not drive their stock to, a place of safety I"—which question we nil answer. to the first place no one antici pated such a line. and it Call, 1.11 , 00 01,11 so rapidly, that all the roads Lading front tunny el' th-se places to the uuntry hack lies mcch lower than the towns—and frnrn the towns to the thuds, a distant, era or 9 miles. throe are gererait it very :ante stream. and future particu larly noir, riontii.uslly aw.il Mg under the constant lots) rains To in -tr..3111, ain•P had overflowed ila bilitts—rhore• by cutting off ell .ounection between Thom and the Muffs. Indeed. old a luau attempt to leave the town for the high land, he would have to wade in water, ant in many plums Dud himself in ditch.s and swamps overflowed ten end fifieen feet, and it would be the height of folly to at tempt to drive cattle through such a wile expittbieof water. This is the cause of so much stock being lost. The towns on tho Upper Miqiinsippi, tho Missouri and the Illinois rivers are all mare or lea. sufT•rers by the flood. Along the Illinois, paribinlarle, have the Inhabi tants sutf•reil. In one instance., e bole :study. , .11.1nling of Cline mom' ere, weld wash--,1 .I.ov o ile•rorreut with t holr house. and all, Kaye one. wore d row to•,I. A groat nil:ly lives hove been last by I and property beyond cal- at the present tint.. d:•etrovsd Up in SiltUr day u Lilt the river at I hi 4 point turd very nearly reiched the high water mark of 151, and still Gig. with despatches tram all the upper streams, apprising us of a heavy rise all the wee up, and to prepare for I•.— Dating all Saturday night, those doing business on the levee, with their go tis stored On the second and thlr II tors, kept a watch over the tut Indent 11 ,at On San•l .y mori i eg it woo found that the river had riven six lache I during Saturday night and rose in the mains ratio all day Sunday and Saucier night, and this moru4ig the Nlissie sippi ptesents a sublime spectacle. The water this morn ing ou the highest point of the levee, Is sewn six or rl.tht feet in that cross streets. and shuts and yawls are pining up cud down along the front doors of the rtorox. On the upper end of the levee, the water in from one to three feet on the lower floors. Th • height of the river this morning is within twelve incites of the high water of 1851, and fire and a half feet of the groat it cal of 1841 Weave in hopes that A will not retch the latter, but it is still on the rise. The f .11 Ldries and machine shops on the levee, both at alto upper and lower ands tile city. have suspended business— the water Hooding the shops. All the mills along the dif ferent rivers and streams have been obliged to st 'p opera- - tons. La go nustu , iiies of wood and lumber have been washed away from the upper part of the city. The IVO im er Des Maine broke loose tr to tier uproriPgs and floated down the current. The Mayer has Issued an order com• pelting the stranibea l s to keep their wait] Mat:trice from the bniblingh on the levee, as a pre oration against fire. Th • river is uplift/1g sad havoc to /he towns, farms and plantations hollow. and the atnoutit of property thus fir destroyed is Incalculable. The country In alt 4tee••tloes is going deeper aid (I,eper under water every day.— Every stream In the wh• le west has overt, .wed Its banks, and rho land on be' h sides being (trenched to such an ex tent that the mops are totally ruined, and farme , s sustain ing he ivy I. s.es—not only to their crops. but by the carry - lug away of fences, wood, timber and live stock. The Ainericin Bottom is far under water and this stee,mer Thrk Stale is plying over what was Intended to be corn Bolds and f-tees. She serves no an Al k" of Safety for people nod property wh i are seeking refuge from the a lean-log water. Every trip of the ferry boat brings over the resi dents of the other side. and on retain takeover large num bers of the curious. Thu dike in now au Island. and from it a grand view of the mighty Missisi.ippi is presented.— llieusands mailed themselves of this view on Sunday. Several h ats have started fur the low lauds below our city to the rescue of sob as nee 1 their assistance between this and Cairo. The latter town is entirely, submerged, and the Inhabitants have abandoned the place. At Item• phis ihe a leer is up to high water mark. A planter opposite Clanchnia Island lost 242 cattle out of 250. Another .ut IWO acres under cultivation has not a foot of dry ground to stand upou. A bridge im the G. eat Western Railroad of Illinois, was wash.' away by the II cal, and an engine coming along shortly after plunged into the mad waters, killing the engineer, named Bowers, aid a fireman. Another accideut occurred on the Lafayette and 'lndian opolis (led ) Railroad, by the i.weeplug away of a bridge. The firemen and engineer were killed, but none of the passi.digere revolved any serious injury. Nearly all the bridges en the road have been iairled off by the flood. Four ladies were droned on Lake Pepin by the upeet- Ling of n boat. Two of teem were daughters of Judge Skint. The current of the river opposite our city is about 8 or 10 Mill's an hour. We have had heavy rains nearly every day since our lust date-30 hours without Interruissiop the ruins came down in torrents. Yesterday was pleasant and clear. and we hope the wet spell is about over fur the present. Drift wood In running thick and feat by the city. Two brat. were seen going down the current clinging to a log. A born with a long trnin of Wow and hay tweed the city on ~ a turday. Immense guar/Wien of lumber in com ing from above, scottered all over the river—and the end is not yet. Lie have no roost ad.) w.•ek for anything else than an account of the Boot, but roust slate for the ben. ti. of your political readers, that the -Buchanan or National Demo cratic Convention convened at Springfield, Illinois, put int not to adjournment, and nominated a lull State ticket— The Convention is said to have been the largest and most enthusiastic body ever convened in that Slate. The ad ministration of 31r. Buchanan was re-endorsed, and the boat 01 feeling prevailed among the delegates, fr. m all quarters of the State. There are now two tickets, bo.h claiming to be Democratic, bef re the people of our sister State. Thu Block Itepub teats will have their titkot hatched before long. when the three parties will enter the Id—each, no doubt, clinging closely to their respective candidates, and It will nut require the foresight of a prophet to tell the probable result. We will have more to say ou this subject in a future letter. The National Democratic party of this District met lu Convention on Monday last and nominated a full lit-let %Ir. J. Richard Barrett, President of the Agricultur , d and Mechanical Association, received the nomination ('r Con 4ress. Every man nominated by the recent Know Noth ing Curvet:akin, publicly declined the '• honor" conferred upon them—not 3 grease spot Is now lea of the hollow hearted rotten concern. One or two of it+ managers have called another Convention to meet to-day, but It tigems no respectable man wants any honor conferred upon him by the Dark Lantern Order. Tne Black Republicans will shortly make a display of their poneys, when the August campaign will be opened. Yours, YELLOW FEVER AT LIAVANA —Correspond ents of the New Orleans journals say the yellow fever is making sad havoc among the unaeclimated at Havana. Upon the sugar estates the disease is represented to be of an unusually malignant type, eompelling . .en entire suspension of work upon the most t;f them, and threatening to bring the remainder to a full stop before the end of the month. OLD GUARD
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