4El)e Lancaotet 3ntelligencer GEO. SANDER.SON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON; Associate. LANCASTER, PA., JUL! 27, 1858 CIRCULATION, 2000 COPIES! SußscatterioN Pans, $2,00 per annum. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. MOE OF THE SUPREME COURT : WILLIAM A. PORTER, Philadelphia. CANAL COMMISSIONER: * WESTLRE FROST, Fayette. TO DELINtiIIENTS We fled it Impossible to effect - settlements with all In debted to us, by the first of July, as we had expected.— The making out of bills is a labqr of many weeks, and as we desire to give all a fair chance to liquidate their indebt_ eduess, we shall be under the necessity of extending the time, so that none may have an encase for their neglect of duty. To those who have so promptly responded to our call— and a goodly number have done so—we return our sincere tlianks, and solicit a continuance of their patronage to the establishment. Those who have not--and especially such as reside in distant Counties and States—we hope will re. mit the whole, or at least a part of their indebtedness, without waiting for a bill from us. The paper has now been in our possession for a period of nine years.. Those wbo have never yet:paid anything are, of course, indebted, even at the advance or pre.paymen t price, $lB. Subscrip tions for a shorter period in the same proportion. It would be the easiest thing in the world for persons to send us a $5 $lO, or $2O note, or even one or two gold dollars, by mail, the receipt of which would be promptly acknowl edged by us. 'ON THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM S The late Black Republican Convention of this county, as will be recollected by our rea. sere, whose attention we directed to the fact, passed a resolution in favor of the Democratic doctrine of popular sovereignty—th us abandon ing their former position of the right of Con gress to regulate the domestic affairs of the Territories, and, at one step, without any cir cumlocution, placing themselves on the platform they had previouly repudiated in every possi ble way l This excited at the time no little wonder and surprise by many of the unsophis ticated and unitiated "outside barbarians," but that was not a whit more astonishing than the sudden change, by the same party, in rela tion to the doctrine of a tariff. Their ideas of protection appear to have suddenly evaporated, and their State Convention, which recently met at Harrisburg, has placed the heterogeneous party high and dry on Democratic ground.— As an evidence of what we allege, see the fol lowing resolution which received an unani mous endorsement from that omnium gaiherum of " black spirits and white, blue spirits and grey," 'yclep'd the People's State Convention : 10. Resolved, That the revenue necessary for a judicious and economical administration of the Government, should be , raised by the imposition of duties upon foreign imports, and in laying them, such discriminating protection should be given as will secure the rights of free labor and American Industry. Now, this is sound Democratic doctrine It is just such a resolution, in substance and in spirit, as would be endorsed by any Democratic Convention in any county of Pennsylvania, or in any State of this widely-extended Union.— The tariff so arranged, as that the " revenue necessary for a judicious and economical ad. ministration of the Government may be raised" from foreign imports, is what the Democracy every where have been advocating for many long years; and they have been willing to discriminate (where discrimination was neces sary) in favor of incidental protection to cer tain interests, especially Pennsylvania interests ,of which the Republican State Convention seem to have been entirely oblivious. We repeat, then, what we said a few weeks ago, that the Democracy will have an easy time of it in Pennsvlvauih during the present summer and fall. The enemy have yielded the point on two of the great and leading issues which divided parties for many years— and the only questions which any longer seem to separate us, are larigderisin and a sprinkling of Know-Nolltingism. The Democratic creed is that the white man, no matter where he first breathed the breath of life, is to be preferred socially and politically to the negro, and is en titled to equal rights and privileges with the native born which the negro does not and can not possess in this country :—whereas the creed of our Opponents is, (if not in words, certainly in actions,) that the negro is at least as good, if not a little better, than the white man, espe cially if the latter happen to be a native of Ireland or Germany, and that his social and political rights should be held as sacred as our own. In other words, the so-called " People's Party" would degrade a portion of our white citizens, and elevate the negro above them in point of privilege. Against this and every other disgusting heresy of Black Republican ism, would the Democracy wage unceasing and exterminating warfare, and this seems to be the only question now pending between the two parties in the present political campaign. We gladly accept the issue. CARLISLE LIGHT INFANTRY. — We are pleased to learn, as we do from the Herald, that this veteran corps, which we had the honor to command several years ago, has recently recruited its ranks, and now numbers some fifty-four men, rank and file—also that Capt. R. M'CARTNEY, a capital selection by the way, has been elected its commanding officer, This is the oldest volunteer company in the State, and, with one exception, (in Boston,) the oldest in the United States. It was organized in June, 1784, served in the celebrated Whiskey Campaign in 1794, and also a six months' tour on the Canada frontier in 1814. In giving a list of the commanding officers of the " Old Infantry," the Herald has for gotten to name several. Our recollection of the history of the Company is, that Dr. STE VENSON was its first Captain. He was suc ceeded by Capt. MILLER; next, we believe, came Capt. ALEXANDER, (under whom it marched to Erie,) then successively Captains SPOTSWOOD, ARMOR, FoULKE, JNO. WCARTNEY, RAMSEY, MOODY, RELIRAR, SANDERSON, CROP, and DOW R. M'CARTNEY. The Company has been seventy four years in existence. It is one of the " institutions" of the ancient and venerable Borough of Carlisle, and deserves to be fostered and encouraged by the citizens of that town in all time to come. May its organization be perpetuated through succeeding generations. GOVERNOR DENVER This gentleman was on a brief visit to Washington-City, last week. He left on Wed nesday evening to resume his official duties in Kansas. He is said to be very much beloved by the people of the Territory generally, and is unquestionably the best Governor, in all respects, Kansas has yet had. ger The NATIONAL SAFETY SAYING FUND in Philadelphia, was chartered by the State of Pennsylvania in 1841, and hag deservedly acquired a high reputation. In our advertising columns a notice of it will be found, to which the attention of our readers is directed. REMOVAL IN THE MINT Thenew Treasurer of the Mint, Mr. WALTON, (who took charge of the office on the Ist inst., ) has removed J. LUTHER RINOWALT from the position of Chief Clerk of that department of the Government, and appointed JOHN D. Monnis in his place. Mr. R. has since become connected with Forney's Press as an assistant editor in the political department of the paper. gir Hon. JOSEPH R. CHANDLER, the newly Appointed Minister to Naples, left home on Thursday, for New York, whence he will sail for Europe.. ii TOO YOUNG V' This is he cry of several of the Opposition journals against WILLIAM A• PORTER, the Democratic candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. When the elder PITT, at the age of 25, became Prime Minister of England—and he proved to be a head and "shoulders 'taller in intellect and power than any of his contem poraries—was accused, to use his own language, of " the atrocious crime of being a young man," he contented himself with wishing that he " might be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not one of those who are ignorant in spite of experience."— Mr. PITT only uttered the sentiment of all sensible men—that neither age nor youth in itself makes fitness or unfitness for station, but that qualification is and should be the only true criterion. An old goat is none the more venerable for his gray beard. Instances innumerable occur in the history of our own and other countries, in ancient and modern times, where youth showed itself infinitely superior to old age. Alexander the Great had conquered the then known world before he was 30 years of age. Napoleon defeated the armies of Austria, commanded by her most distinguished and veteran Generals, at the age of 27. Washington was appointed to the chief command of the Revolutionary army at 43. Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury when but little past 30, Henry Clay was elected to the U. S. Senate at the age of 29. Felix Grundy was Chief Justice of Kentucky at 29. The late Chief Justice Gibson, of this State, was appointed to the Supreme Bench when not more than 30. William Bigler was elected Governor at 38. Judge Knox was on the Supreme Bench at 35. Summerfield was the most eloquent and impressive pulpit orator of the age at 24. And so we might go on and enumerate, ad infinitunt, the names of distin guished soldiers, statesmen, divines, etc., all of whom made their mark on the country and the world's history long before they had reached the- meridian of life. We admit that trimly men do not reach their full powers of intellect and experience until they are sixty or upwards—but, on the other hand, many are older in these respects at 30 than some of their contemporaries at 60. Judge PORTER, the Democratic candidate,_ is 37 years of age, at least seven years older than the late distinguished Judge GIBSON when ho went upon the Bench. It is admitted on all hands, by political friends and oppo nents, that he is a man of superior intellectual powers and of great legal learning and ability. Such is the judgment of those who had busi ness before the Supreme Court since he has been a member of it. Kind and amiable in his deportment to the members of the Bar, and of high moral character, he is, in all respects, a model Judge, and, with a few years experi ence, would take rank with any of the able Jurists who have preceded him at the head of that Court. That he will be elected is, we think, beyond a doubt. 6, ONE RENEGADE WORSE THAN TEN TURKS I" Hon. JOIIN HicxmAN, of Chester, is a full and complete exemplification of the above trite but apposite adage. Not content with a mere difference of opinion with the Administration on the Kansas question, which might be tol erated, he goes infinitely farther, and, at a single bound, lands fair and square, in pro• pria persona, in the very midst of the Repub lican camp. He not only takes a hostile attitude on the Lecompton issue, but, for the purpose of showing his thorough devotion to his new political brotherhood, and zealous co-operation with them, he is willing to stoop so low as to be guilty of misrepresentation and falsehood, if so be he can damage the Demo cratic party from whose ranks he has so re• cently deserted. In, a recent speech, in 'West Chester, which is published under his own supervision in the Republican if: Democrat of Tuesday last, he says : " The appropriations of the present fiscal year reach almost to the sum of ninety millions of dollars. and before its close it will he found that certain deficiencies will have to be sup plied. Therefore, I am not inaccurate when I set it down at the round sum of one hundred millions a year." Now, Mr. lIIcENtAx must have known when he uttered or published the above, that it was , deliberate misrepresentation, far exceeding in atrocity any thing previously uttered or published by the blackest of his Black Repub lican compeers. Even the New York Courier Enquirer, edited by the notorious JAMES WATSON WEBB, only charges the expenses of the Adminisrattion for the current year at $83,000,000, or about seventeen millions less than the sum stated by HICKMAN. A very important discrepancy, truly I According to the figures of the Courier d , Enquirer, the cost of carrying on the Govern a year ago was . . . $58,000,000 The cost of carrying on the Gov ernment for 1850, according to the National Intelligencer, and Washington Union , will be, by the appropriations, 53,500,000 Difference, Now, then, taking the most reliable infor mation, (and no one of the Opposition will ques tion the authority of the National Intelligencer, for it is the leading organ of their own party,) and we have a reduction in the expenses of the Government, of FOUR AND A HALF MILLIONS in a single year! And yet, in the face of this fact, which cannot he success fully cohtroverted, the Courier & Enquirer, and, worse than all, JOHN lllmmanm, asserts the most barefaced and unblushing falsehoods with regard to the " extravagance" of the present Administration ! It is not James BUCHANAN'S " ruinous expenditures," we opine, but the fabrications of such Black Republicans as WEBB and HICK MON that exceed any thing of the kind ever before known in the country. What a mon strous violation of the truth it requires to sustain the infamous cause of Black Repub licanism, and how the consciences of some men must be stretched to their utmost tension to justify their base apostacy from the Demo. cratic faith! We marvel at the conduct of JOHN HICKMAN, from whom we had reason to expect a more honorable course. THE TELEGRAPH CABLE The attempt to lay the Telegraph Cable across the bed of the Atlantic Ocean has again proven a failure, as we apprehend will be the case for a long time to come, with every new effort to accomplish the great undertaking.— After paying out the cable about 150 miles, from on board the British steamer Agamem non, and when 1000 miles from the coast of Ireland, the line again broke. This occurred on the 20th ult. Previous to commencing opera tions and when steering for mid-ocean, the vessels encountered a severe storm which lasted for the space of nine days, during which the Agamemnon came near foundering. The American steamer Niagara rode out the storm gallantly, and received very trifling damage. All the vessels of the fleet made their way back to Queenstown, on the coast of Ireland, from whence they had sailed, and the enter prise we presume is abandoned for the present season. CAUSE Or THE OREGON WAIL—The recent Indian outrage in Oregon has arisen, it is stated, from the notion of want of good faith on the part Of the 11. S. Government imbibed by the Indians, in consequence of the failure of the Senate to ratify treaties made with these tribes some two years ago. THE "PEOPLE'S PARTY ILEPII DIATED. The Ohio Republican State Convention, which recently met at Cohimbus, emphatically and peremptorily refused to affiliate with the new combination calling itself the People's Party. Nothing was done conciliate or give any countenance whatever to it. On the contrary, the door was Slammed full in their face by the resolutions which declare that " the ' Republicans' of Ohio hereby affirm their old principles, and commend them to the favorable consideration of the people." They have determined to go into the campaign under their own black banner, and in defense of their own peculiar and hateful principles. The Convention took the ground that, if the People" desired to co operate with them, they must join the Black Republican party, fight for their principles, and support for the next Presidency some such representative of them as CHASE or SEWARD. The overtures for a union, under the name of the " People's Party," were indignantly spurned—yea, spurned with the utmost contempt. The Cincinnati Enquirer gives us the facts in detail - of the proceedings of the Convention, and then concludes with the following reflec tions, which we recommend to the careful attention of all our readers : The " old Republican principles," which are made the issue in this contest, are known to all intelligent voters, and few ought to be so ignorant as not to be aware of their ulti mate aim and tendency. Beyond all possi bility of doubt, if carried out, they will inevi tably lead to the dissolution of the Union, and to an embittered civil war between our confed erated thirty two States. The whole Republi can movement is sectional. Of the thirteen hundred thousand votes received by John C. Fremont for President, not one thousand were given in all the fifteen Southern States, and in ten or eleven of them not a single human being could be found to vote for the Republican candidates. Su sectional are the principles of the Republicans that no Southern men wi take part in their Conventions ; or, if they do they immediately secede from them. Is it to be supposed they will remain, then, in a Union which is controlled by those with whom they cannot act, either in voluntary or religious associations? The plan of the Republicans is, to unite the North, and, by virtue of its superior power, govern the South, without any respect to the wishes of its people. They would debar the fifteen slave holding States from any participation whatever in the Gov ernment. Who that has a particle of sense imagines that, in this confederation of States, a Central Government can be maintained, which does not receive a support in, and show a respectful deference to, the opinions of those who reside in every portion of it? Is it to be presumed that one section of the Union can take possession of the Government and administer it, not only without the aid, but against the unanimous wish of the other sec tion? There must be harmony and concert of action between the North and South, or a separation will take place between them. It is impossible that a party existing entirely in the North, which has no Southern friends —which lives entirely by appealing to the feelings or passions of the people of the North —which consults only their predilections, can have the supremacy in the Union without shattering it to atoms. Yet such is the condi tion of the Republican party, as we have clearly shown by the vote for Fremont. As an exclusive Northern organization, it would be met by a united South, and in the conflict of sections our confederation would he broken up. Several of the churches have acted upon the Republican principle, and the result was, that they separated into two independent churches, North and Smith. If a religious brotherhood like the Methodist Church would not support the Republican strain, how can we expect a political organization to maintain it? It is the Democratic organization, which exists in all the States of the Union, which polled twelve hundred thousand votes for Buchanan. in the Free States, and six hundred thousand in the Slave States, which knows no geographical line. that is now the great bond which holds the Union together, and pre• vents a disastrous sectional issue within its two great divisions. WHERE IS FRAZER'S RIVER The recent discoveries of held on Frazer's river, will doubtless lead many to examine their maps in vain for the purpose of finding the precise locality of this now important stream. Frazer's river empties into the Gulf of Georgia, a branch of Puget's Sound, a few miles north of the 49th parallel, which is the boundary between our North Western territory and the British possessions. Its head waters interlock with those of the Columbia and the Athabasca. For the first half of its course it runs in a southerly direction, when it turns westward. At the distance of 160 miles from its mouth it is joined by Thompson's river, a considerable stream flowing from the eastward. The Cas cade range of mountains, which may be regard ed as a continuation of the Sierra Nevada, ceases here. At the junction of the two rivers, and in the immediate vicinity, lie the diggings which are causing so much excitement on the Pacific coast. They have been worked more or less since last summer, but their real impor tance was not ascertained until lately. Fort Langley, the lowest post of the Hudson's Bay Company on Frazer's River, is situated on the left bank, about twenty-five miles from its mouth. Thus far the stream is navigable for vessels of considerable burden. The next post is Fort Hope, at the mouth of Quequealla river, sixteen miles above Fort Langley. To the " Falls" is twelve miles further, and thence to Thompson's River Forks is fifty five miles.— Thus the whole distance from the mouth of Frazer's River to the gold diggings at Thomp• son's River is one hundred and sixty miles, or thereabouts. $ 4,500,000 MERCANTILE COLLEGES.—We have received from Messrs. Bryant & Stratton, of Philadel phis, a beautiful Map or Chart of their chain of Commercial Colleges located at Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Phila delphia. The chart is executed entirely with the pen, in the most finished and perfect style of the art, and describes all the minutia of their method of imparting instruction to the pupils, the commencement of their college terms, business hours, expenses, &c, &c., to gether with the names of the Directors in their several Institutions at the places above men tioned. It also contains recommendatory notices from distinguished merchants, lawyers, and business men ; and also the names of the Professors, with the branches taught and the course of instruction, as follows : Business and Ornamental Writing, and Lectures on Commer cial Correspondence; Special Lectures ; Lec tures on Commercial Law ; Banking and Finance ; Political• Economy ; Commercial Ethics ; Commercial Computations. The Philadelphia branch is located at the S. E. Corner of 7th and Chesnut streets, and is patronised and strongly redommended by such distinguished men as Professor HART, of the ' High School, Col. Wu. C. PATTERSON, MORRIS L. HALLOWELL, and many others to whom reference is directed. A Ladies' Departmenl has also been organi• zed, and every facility is afforded for both sexes to acquire a perfect knowledge of pen manship, as well es a thorough insight into the proper manner of book keeping, and every thing connected with mercantile and business transactions, banking, &c, &c., The chart can be seen at this office. POST OFFICE ROBAERF.-A clerk in the Philadelphia Post Office, named Edward B. Dewees, was arrested on Saturday week, on a charge of purloining a number of valuable letters from the mails. He was held to bail in $2OOO, for his appearance at the 11. S. Dis trict Court to answer the charge. He has since confessed to the crime. AT Ceps MAY.—Govprnor PACKER, Seen tary Humes, and Attorney General liarox. TEE REBELLION IN INDIA. The terrible struggle at present going on in Hindoostan is well calculated to arrest the attention of the American public, inasmuch as our relations with Great Britain are so numerous and so intimate, that the loss or even abridgement of her power in India might affect the interests of the United States in many ways. The civil war in that distant part of the world has now raged fur nearly fifteen months—the first outbreak of the rebel lion having taken placutt Meerut on the 10th of May, 1857. On Or next day Delhi fell into the hands of the rebels, and the Mogul Empire was proclaimed. The mischief done in these two days, the British have never since been able fully to repair. 'Tie true, that Meerut and Delhi, with several other places which the rebels subsequently captured, have been recovared from their hands, but the latest accounts represent the country• as far from tranquility as ever. At least half a million of rebels have still arms in their hands ; and a guerilla war, on a very extensive scale, keeps the English troops, and the native forces that remain loyal, all the time actively employ ed. When this is to end no human sagacity can foresee. Hundreds and thousands of the rebels may be slaughtered at every skirmish or battle, but still, in a few days, they loom up numerous and formidable as ever, and again the work of death hes to be repeated over and over again. In the mean time the war, and the climate which is still more fatal to Europeans, are wasting away the armies of Great Britain with much greater rapidity and certainty than the home Government can fill up the ranks. Judging from present appearancek it would not be suprising if the Hindoostan war should be protracted for five, ten, or even twenty years, and in the end reduce the British nation to bankruptcy and ruin. Should such be the result, it is very easy to perceive how seriously our trade and commerce would be affected, and how much we have at stake in the speedy pacification of India. At the same time, we are free to confess that we have very little sympathy for Englnd in the struggle. Her grasping ambition and tyranny in that country, and her high handed measures of conquest, are very well calculated to divide our sym path, and cause us to bestow a portion at least oq the down trodden millions who are struggling to throw of the yoke off oppression. THE OLD SLANG REVIVED I Since the excitement has commenced in refer ence to the gold region at Frazer's River, some of the Opposition journals are re vamping the charge against Mr. PoLs's administration and the Democratic party for having been the cause of the cession of all the territory north of the 49th parallel of latitude to Great Britain. The Cincinnati Enquirer thus triumphantly answers a charge of this kind made by the Louisville Journal, and places the saddle immovably on the right horse : It will, of course, be rein embered that every vote given in the United States Senate against the treaty which fixed latitude 49 as our boundary, and in favor of 54 40, was given by Democratic Senators, who amounted to nearly one third of the Senate. •The treaty was carried by the solid vote of the opposition to the Democracy, united with a few Democrats. Mr. Crittenden, the Journal's favorite, led the party that was in favor of the surrender. Had the eoun , els of our present President, Mr. Buchanan, who, as Secretary of State to Mr. Polk, made 00 unanswerable argument in favor of the American claim to 54 40 in his letters io the British Minister, been adhered to, as General Pass, Mr. Allen and other prominent Democrats desired, we should now have owned the gold un Frazer's River. It would have been carried, too, had not the opposition went in a body for the treaty, and upon them will rest the responsibility, LATEST FROM UTAH General Johnston, with the army under his command, entered Salt Lake City on the 26th of June, without molestation. Only about 150 Mormons were in the City, having remained to take care of the crops and other property. The rest were all at Provo, about 50 miles distant. There is not a woman in Salt Lake City, except the wife of Governor Cumming. Communica tions of the most friendly character were kept up between the Peace Commissioners and Brigham Young. Governor Cumming has issued a proelama thm to the Mormons, inviting them to return to their homes, and promising a " full and free pardon" to all who shall submit to his author ity. TROUBLE WITH MEXICO There is every reason to believe the reports of a formal rupture of diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico. Tho very injudicahs course of.the authorities in Mexico, in regard to the forced loan from foreigners, has furnished a sufficient excuse to our Minister, Mr. Forsyth, to suspend all communication, and now it is stated that the President has sustained him and directed him to demand his passports and return home. This look+ like the begining of the end in Mexico. Indemnity will be required for the damage done to the property of Americans in Mexico, in compelling them to contribute to the loan. Mexico will be unable or unwilling to pay it, and the United States will have to help themselves. The days of Mexican nation ality are, we apprehend, well nigh numbered. THE FOREIGN TRADE OF N. YORK. We condense from ample tables published in the New York Courier &• Enquirer of Thursdays synopsis and comparison with the previous year, of the foreign trade of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1858 Total exports of the year 1857-'5B Do do 1856-'57 Exports of specie, 1857-'5B Do do 1856-'57 Imports, 1857-'5B Do 1856-'67 66.344,822 82,288.115 . V 4.322 071 . 44,842.843 . 171,503,3..9 . 226,177,149 The customs' dues received at New York in 857—'58 were $27,434,667. In 1856—'57, $42,270,065. New York collected last year more than three-fifths of the total revenue of the country, exclusive of trust-funds. The revenue, with this exception amounted in the year ending July 1, 1857, to $68,700,000. Assuming that New York has collected the same proportion of the revenue in the year just closed, and the total revenue will amount to about $46,- 000,000. THE DIFFERENT ROUTES TO CAL IFORNIA Although occasionally we have seen pub lished the distances from Philadelphia and New York, to San Francisco, yet we presume that comparatively few of our readers possess any exact recollection of them. We therefore copy from the New York Courier, the follow ing table of distances from that city, which we presume is very nearly accurate: Dieu. on Dist'ce on Transit Total Atlantic. Pacific. Dist. Thst. Miles. Liles. Niles. Mites. Panama 2392 3755 51 6198 Nicaragua 2403 ' 2564 137 5504 Elondnuras 2102 2865 161 5126 Tehuantepec 2276 MOG 239 4817 By way of Panama, the distance i 5 twice that from Philadelphia to Liverp6ol. GOOD NEWS TO CONSIIMERS.—A New York paper, of Saturday last, has the following par-, agraph : DECLINE IN BEEF.—The price of beef has reached a lower point than has been known for years. provers are having a losing time e it. Cattle have sold at six cents per pound live weight, and in some instances at five cents. But at this price betels five times as expensive as bread. We impute the unexpected decline in price to the fact that thousands of our citizens are bbgining to understand that most of the cattle and all of the hogs ahioh are brought to this tbarket are in a diseased con dition, and so have resolved to use a less proportion of animal food. BOGUS BANKS The Philadelphia papers publish an official report of the legislative investigation into the affairs of tke Tioga county, Crawford county. Shamokin, Phoenixville and Octoraro Banks, five new shaving shops chartered by the Bank Legislature of 1857. They all seem to have been used to subscrito the capital stook of one another. A batch'f Buffalo (N. Y.) spec ulators figure as the principal contrivers and agents for carrying out the scheme of decep tion and villany. The disclosures are remark able, and include a developement of the black mail operations of the Bank Note Reporter publishers. The report shows, as remarked by the Committee of Investigation, that " never, • perhaps, in the history of the financial institu tions of this Commonwealth, was so compre hensive a scheme of plunder deVised, and so nearly executed, as on the part of these banks." When this report, together with the reports of the Commissioners appointed to examine into the causes of the failure of the Lancaster Savings' Institution, and Lancaster Bank, shall be laid before the next Legislature and prin ted, we think the eyes of the people will be fully opened to the evils and abuses of the banking system, and the necessity that exists for some radical reforms, and they will so in struct their representatives. After such an exp,sure, if the masses of the people are plun dered of their hard earnings it will be with their eyes open, and because they are crimin ally indifferent to their own interests. The subjoined synopsis will serve to show the modus operandi by which at least three of of the above mentioned batch of banks were put in operation : The Committee give a history of the " Tioga County Bank," from which it appears that the hooks were opened on the 22d of June, 1857, and up till the 6th of August in that year but 163 shares were subscribed—on which day 1,040 were subscribed, 440 by Wells D.:Walbridge, of Buffalo, as attorney for nine women, 200 in his own name. 200 by Edward E. Thayer, of Buffalo, and by J. Porter Brawlev, of Meadville, Pa. Upon this stock 827,316 was paid-822,000 in specie, the re mainder in notes of the bank of Pennsylvania, now defunct—letters patent issued, and the directors chosen on the 31st of October, and (before chmedna ' officers) $20,155 discounted to parties in Buffalo and elsewhere, unknown to the officers of the Bank 1 G. P. Steers, of Buffalo, was ,chosen teller, who found but $16,647 in coin on hand. The discounts now amount to $69,034—0f which $54,061 is to non residents of our State, nearly all residents of Buffalo- . e7-the Thayers and Walbridges of that city receiving a large share of its favors. Among the assets is a note of John T. Dye, publisher 4,f a Bank Note Review, for $250. In addition to the discounts, "the Thayers, and others, at divers times, have taken the bills of the Bank, and deposit ed in N. York or elsewhere an equal amount of specie or fonds subject to the order of the bank; that this has been done to the amount of rising $26, 000, which amount oould not appear upon the dicount book." Brawley's subscription I Was paid by Walbridge and the Thayers, and Walbridge ordered the plates for the notes some time before the institution was organized. Having thus put the Tioga County Bank in operation, the Buffalo operators proceeded to use the notes of that institution to, secure the stock of the Crawford County Bank, the Shamokin Bank and the Phmnixville Bank. In the case of the latter Bank, however, the commissioners appointed to receive subscrip tions for the stock, soon became dissatisfied with the character of the funds paid in by the Buffalonians, and alarmed at the suspicious manoeuvres of these worthies, annulled the subscriptions and returned them the logo notes. The consequence was that the Phte nix ville Bank remain: , unorganized to this day. The notes of the other hanks above mimed were extensively put into circulation, and as our readers are aware. are now utterly Nv.rth. less. . . The Oetoraro Bank, located at Oxford, Chem ter county, is the only one of the hatch that was h,nestly organized. CROSSING THRIR LEGS.—Our spirited contem porary, the Chambershurg ralley Spirit, gets off the following: " There is tad' to be a man out \Vest, who has moved so often, that when ever his chicken 6 seen covered wagon stop before the door, they all march out in the road, lie down on their backs behind the wagon, and cross their legs ready to be tied. Our political opponents remind us very strongly of these chickens. Their leaders never let them stay long in one place. In a few brit years they have been " moved" through Whiggery, Know Nothingistn. Black Republicanism, and the Lord knows what elso, and just now they are " waiting for the wagon" of the People's Party. When it comes along tiley will march out, turn over on their backs, cross their legs, and let their leaders tie them and throw them in, to he driven off and dumped out, God knows where." OLTR NATIONAL DEBT.-013 the 151 of July next, says the Washington Slur of lasr week, the debt of the United States will amount to $65,000,000, including the loan of $20,000,000 recently authorized by Congress. Taking into consideration the present state of the Treasury, and the probable receipts during the ensuing year, it is improbable that any payments will lie made until after the fiscal year. ending July. 1859. In the meantime, however, the peaceful termination of the Mormon imbroglio, and the probable amicable adjustment of the difficulties with England, will save the country a very large expenditure, the necessity of which was apprehended up till nearly the close of the session of Congress. TUE RIGHT SPlRlT.—William B. Astor, says the New York Daily News, has determined to build three large steamships, so constructed that they can be used fur commercial or naval purposes. The object that Mr. Astor has in view, is to give work to several thousand suf fering mechipics and laborers at present out of employment. When the vessels are corn pleted, he will offer them for sale to the United States government, and in case it should decline, to the European powers. Any surplus that may remain after payment of the cost of construction and a reasonable interest, Mr. Astor intends to divide among the workmen, The cost will be about $3,000;000. FROM KANMIS.—The Kansas Herald (pro slavery) says that General Calhoun has issued certificates of election to all those elected under the Lecompton Constitution. The free State members from Leavenworth will also receive certificates, which gives that party a majority in both branches of the Legislature. The returns for State officers will he made t the Legislature, in whose hands the whole subject rests. The Herald exhorts the people to vote for the ordinance, and settle the question with out further strife and agitation. KANSAS DON'T WANT TO COMB IN.-Mr. Thomas Ewing, jr., eon of ex Senator Ewing, and a leading free-State agitator in Kansas, " The people of anses are poor, in debt, struggling to open their farms and make homes for their families, and have neither the numbers nor the wealth to bear the burden of a State government; and they will not hasten to assume that burden, or to beleaguer the doors of Congress for admission." INCREASE OF TaxnE.-!-The Buffalo Commer cial Advertiser says the lake commerce of that city thus far this season far exceeds that of any previous year, and " we have every reason to expect to record at the close of navigatiOn an increase at least one-third in the flour and grain receipts over those of any former season.' PEACHES—about as large as walnuts, sold in the Cincinnati mark on Wednesday last, at eight dollars per bushel 1 They retailed at the corner stands two for jive cents! The market price of a look at them is not stated. isr The Erie Observer proposes Wagon. seller as a candidate for Vice President to be run on the ticket with Simon Oameron for President in 1880. CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRB.I LoGAL MAIL ARRANGEMENTS—CLOSING 0' Tag MALLS AT TOO LAKCAiTER PORT OrrlCN.—The following carefully prepared table of the hours for closing the various omits at the post office in this city, will be found very use ful for reference. by business men and others. A correct schedule of this kind has often been enquired for: BY RAILROAD. Eastarn Through Mail —For Philadelphia, New York and Eastern States. at 6. 45 p. m. Way Mail East—For Philadelphia and intermediate offices, at B. 46 a. m. Western Through Mail—For Columbia, Harrisburg, Pitts burg and Western States. et S. 45 p. m. Way Mail West—For Landisville. Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Middletown. Harrisburg, Lewistown. Huntingdon, Tyrone. Altconit. Hollidaysburg (Rod Way Mail between Altoona and Pittsburg.) at 9% a. m. Southern Mall—For Columbia, York. Baltimore, Washing ton, D. C.. and Southern States. at 9% a. m. Pittsburg Through Mail. et 2 p. m. For Strasburg. via: Camargo. Quarryville, Martinsville, and New Providence, a'S. 45 a. m. BY STAGE. FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE. — The' examinations, verbal and written, of the summer term of Franklin and Marshall College, were concluded yesterday. This evening the annual address before the Alumni As sociation will be delivered, in Fulton Hall, by A. R. Srveros, Esq., of Hagerstown, Md. In consequence of the illnessof the orator, Rev. Dr. V ta xa; of New Tort, there will be no address before the Literary Societies. . The Commencement exercises will ba held at Salton Hall, to-morrow, in two sessions, the morning session opening at 9 o'clock, and the afternoon session at 2 o'clock. Consequent upon the Annual Commencement exercises, wamotlce a great many strange faces in the city. REV. L. F. KAMPMANN. Pastor of the Mo. rartltt Church, corner of West Orange and Market streets, having been elected Principal of the new Collegiato Insti tution at Bethlehem, preached his farewell sermon on Sunday morning last, and administered the communion in the evening. Crowded and attentive congregations were present on both occasions. Mr. KampKinn will be succeded by the Rev. JOSEPH Fonouta, of Brooklyn, New York, a young man of noted ability as a pulpit orator. Mr. KAAILPIIAI . f y, diving the time he has been amongst us, some three years we believe, has made many warm friends, and enjoys the affection of a united congregation and the respect of all who know him. NEW ENGINE HOUSE.—The Washing,ton Fire Company have purchased a lot in North Queen street, nearly opposite their present location, and intend erecting a new and splendid unglue ball, one which will ba an orna ment to the northern portion of our city. SUDDEN DEATH.—David Mowery, of New Providence, this county, died suddenly at Leaman's Hotel, this afternoon, a little after two o'clock. Ile went into the yard of the hotel. fell suddenly over, and in lee. time flea minutes was found to be dead. A sudden of apoplexy is supposed to be the cause. Dr. M W Wither; was at once called in, but 00 late to render any asslntance Deceased was forty fire to fifty years old, a dodo man, highly respected, and the owner of considerable property. His remains were removed to New Providence this after noon et half past three. Mr. Hagamiller. who keeps a lacer he, sal,roi on the corner of Duke and Vine streets. this morning between eleven end twelve o'clock. suddenly fell from his chair, and lay for sometime apparently dead. Ile 11/1.11 since some what recovered and is now out of danger. The report got abroad that Mr. Ilagamiller had fallen from sun-stroke and not likely to recover. but such is not th,. emlity's Expregs. ANOTHER CRITICAL AND SUCCESSFUL SCR arcal. (Penedos.—it will be reef Dected that some to •tithe ago we recorded the success of Dr. Jens 1,. Arise. sr., of this city, in ['cheerily?, a large Ovarian tumor fr 11 Mrs. EilltM.SN. widow of the late Michael Eltrutan, residing in West Chesnut street. this city, who rspidly rec.ivereft. her C. 333 not being mask-ft by 3 single Soinplorn. - and she being none ill the enjoyment of good health. We learn from the Fspre,s that, on the oth inst.. Dr. Alice even, successfully performed this remarkable operation on the person of a married lady from Washington City. the wife of a clerk sod translator In one of the departments of the government. The tumor. with its contents. (neater. Ac.,l when rcnioved weighed forty nine and three-quarter pound, -It is three weeks educe this operation was pert trilled, and the patient Is sow doing well, there being every prospect of her speedy and complete recovery. These continued successes in performing no operation 3/ criliCal. that the medical profession generally look upon It with distrust, must be as gratifying to the skilful surgeon as it is to 111/1 fellow-citizens, all of whom feel an honest pride In the career of one whose slacteall in a noble science odds to the claims of our cite abroad—the more so, as Dr. All, per formed bisfiral operation of this kind, in our city, about sixteen )ears ago. which was a complete sur..ess, the patient being still living and in the enjoyment of nxcrllnut health. Since then he has performed the Ovarian operatiOn a number of times, most of the patients bong still alive.— So blue as his am:els in this operation is equal in propor tion to that in colisr critical cases of hurgery, the public will justify the ass of the knife—the other alternative being severe and c,itinned suffering arid ultimate death —and the medical schools cannot withhold their approb.a Lion. Lancaster has a history of her own. in her able and eloquant tier of the past and the present, in her Inventors and artists. anrLnot the least brilliant of her pages will be the record nf the progress and development of medical surgery in the hands of one so successful in this critical operation. QUARTER SESSIONS' JURORS.--7The _fo owing are the names of the Jurors to serve In the Court of Quar ter Sessions. commencing Monday, August 10th tirtAirrt JUILOP.S.—th-orgo It. Bomberger. City; Minh Car porter, Warwick; Tyler Conklin, West Ilemptield; George Rant Reel; Charles Dingey, Ilden; Benjamin Exhitc MHO, Conestoga; A. S. Ewing. Drumore; Isaac bury: David Gingerieh, Mount Jon: David Gruhe, Man heim; Henry Hershey. YAM Ilernpfield; Christian 0. Herr, Manor: Jac, Is 11 iestand. Maltheim; John M. Kreider. West Fismpfield; Emanuel Longenecker, Penn: David Mast, Cmr narsm; John Masterson, Raphot Christian Oberholtier, Salisbury; Robert Pattiusart, Little Britain: George Rigs, Crernarvon; William Rhoads, Salisburv:James Richardson. Colernin: Adam Wenger. West Earl. PCTIT Junons.—Daniel Balmer. Elizabethtown: David Brandt, Mount Joy: George Buckvralter, East lampitter. Cromvrel I Black Col end n. Henry Brenemen. rgi Joseph Brenemsn. Rsplin; W. S. Bair, East Donegal; Isaac Bushong. titp,r Leneock: Franklin Bremn:in. Providence; Levi Bnir. Caernarvon: Thomas C Collie,. Colerain; John Dyer, Manheirti hor .I,ml, 13. Eshleman, Manor; Peter Ply, East Earl: Sanutel Fry, Warwick: Joseph Frantz, East Earl; Martin R. Fry. East Covalicot Philip Heist, West Lampoter. Amos Green. Columbia; Christian Gnash, East Donegal; John B. o,tal. 13reeknock; Huth S. Gam. City; John A. Housed', Ear Donegal; Daniel Herr, Strasburg: George It . Hendrickson. mount Joy bor.: John High, East Earl: Frederick Hoover, West liernofieltb. Jacob Kline, Manheicut Samuel M. Knox. Leacock: John Kirk. Little Britain;. Abraham Leaman. West ',tunneler; Joel IV. Light ner. Paradise: Peter McCmoniv, City: Benjamin Martin. Perinea; Abraham 11. )13 lin. lbsquen, Jacob Miller, Mount I ,For; Simon Minnielt, Manheim. John (Merhol tier, Breck mirk; Jesse Pennynneker, Clay; George K. Reed. City; John A. Sheaff. City". Thomas Sands, Warwick: Benjamin E. Shirk. Adamstown; John Urn Me. jr.. Salisbury; William Withers, Eden; Jacoh Weaver, Salisbury: Joseph Wenger, Upper Leacock; Thomas Zell, Marietta. OPINION* IN TrIS UPIINIIE 001511 T.—The Tlerrisburz Telegraph furnishes the following opirdone In Lancaster County curses delleerod In the Supreme Court at Harrisburg on the 17th Inst.. at which time the Court adjourned: Carpenter', Appeal—Decree affirmed at the costs of ap pellant. Museelman vs. Stoner—Opinion by Chief Justice Lowrie —Judgment reversed. Lancaster County vs. ldanhoim and Lancaster Plank Road Company—Opinion by ChiefJuntice Lowrie—Jndg ment reversed, and judgment in fgvor of the defendant below for .$4OO. with interest from 101 of April, .1056, and costs and record remitted. Bite vs. Ilise—Opinion by Judge Strong—Judgment reversed, and judgment entered for the defendant on the verdict. Broth vs. Gre , r—Opinion by Chief Justice Lowrie-- Judgment reversed, and judgmetit entered in favor of de reactant. with costa and record remitted. Zell vs. Ream—Opinion by Judge Porter—Judgment affirmed. Christopher Burkholder vs. Executors of Michael Lapp— Judgment affirmed. WCallister vs. Commowealth—Opinion by Judge Porter —Judgment affirmed. ' THE JACKBON RIFLES. —This spirited mili tary corps made a street parade on Wednesday evening last, accompanied by their excellent band. They mastered about 100 men. and made a very pretty appearance in the 'bright silver light of the moon." Capt. 'Jammu° HT who is ahead and shoulders above nearly every man in the company, and looking every Inch the soldier del. We congratulate him on the exceedingly fine military bearing which his command has already attained. FIRE IN MARTIC Tws.—A young girl, named flees, war committed . to Prison last week on the charge of setting tire, on the 18th inst , to a new barn belonging to Mr. Henry Galen, of Marne tap., and also an old barn, on the Sth last.. the property of the same gentle man. The accused had been in Mr. O.'s employ, and is supposed to have been tempted to this daring act by Rome fancied wrerig done her In his family. Immediately after the first barn was destroyed, the accused wing mysteriously missing, and we learn the circumstantial evidence against her is strong. She Is about twenty years of age. The loss of Mr. Galen is heavy, both barns havingbeen well stncked with hey and grain, besides a number of valuable agricul -1 turA Implement., which were also destroyed. CONTRACT AWARDED.—The contract for building the new church edifice of the Slow School Pres byterian congregation of Harrisburg has been awarded to MaJ. Joshua W. Jack, of this city. The Harrisburg people will find that the could not have entrusted their work to a better man. Ile Is one of our nr , st Intelligent and enterprising mechanics, and his ideas are entirely of the progressive order, and of course fully up to the require mentrof this feat ago. " LOVE AT FiftsT SIGHT."—We copy the fol lowing interesting item to "sentimental young men and misses" from the Harrisburg Herald of Thursday last— How affecting the recognition must have been. Hope the Journey in which this youthful couple have started for life may be pleasant and prosperous : Love ix ens Cons.—One of the employees on the Penn sylvania Railroad interim , ns of n singular adventure which occurred on the passenger train of care corning Into this place on Saturday evening last. In one of the care a young gentleman was seated. apparently deeply occupied in read ing a book he held in 1118 hand. until he got to Lancaster. At that place a very handsome yuuug lady entered the cam, and took a seat opposite to him. Before she had been long is the train, the eyes of both met. and they recognized one another as old acquaintances when young, having been regarded by their parents moving apart—those of one to the West, and of The other to Philadelphia. The two soon become enwrapped in earnest couversation. fell ardently in love with one another, and by the lime they arrived in our borough, had resolved to, be united an man and wife, and travel on the journey to the ladv'n home to . gether. Accordingly when the train arrived here, they took lodgings at a hotel, sent fora minister, and were uni ted in the bonds of connubial bliss, and taking the next • train, were off on their bridal tour. Our informant says be is acquainted with the parties, and that they both on cup, high positions in society. IR Towsl.—On Wednesday evening last, Cot. JOHN W. FORNEY, and the literary editor of the Press, Dr. Min:mut, ex-Marshal Room., and Mr. 3Plumisz, of Washington City, arrived in this city. Mr. MORTON CRAM., of the North American, was also in the party. They were on their way to Cresson, on the Allegheny Monti tains. THE LOcOMOTITE Woatts of this city were put in °partition again last week, with a small complement of workmen, for the purpose of turning out a lot of until?. !shed work on hand at the time of the recent enspension. A GRAND FESTIVAL for the benefit of St. John's Episcopal Church, Peones, will be held in thp Grove adjoining the Compassville School Er. 011136 on to-mor row, continuing throughout the day and evening. From the ample arrangementa reads, we doubt not the festival will be one of the most pleasant and agreeablere•nnions of young and old, grave and gay, which has yet taken place In that notion otionnt* For Reading, via: Neffsville. Litit, Rothvvil le, Ephrata, Reainstown, Adamstown and Gouglersville, daily, at 8 For Lebanon, via: East llempfield, 31arthelm, White Oak, Mount Hope and Cornwall, daily. at 9.14 a. m. For Millersville and Slarkwatar. daily, at i p. m. For Safe Harbor. daily, at l p. in. For Hinklotown, via Landis Valley, Oregon, West Earl, and Farmersville, daily, at 2 p. m. For Paradise, via: Greenland and Soudersburg, daily, at 3 p.m. For Lids. via : Neffsville, daily, 3 P. m. For Marietta. via: Ilempfield and Silver Spring, daily, at 3p. in. For Strasburg, via : Fertility and Wheatland Mills, daily at 3 p. m. For Lampeter, daily, at 3 p. m. For New IL Hand, Binkley's Bridge Leacork, Barevil le, B e artown. Itowmanvville aud Muddy Crook, daily, at 1 1 p. For Plminixviile. via New Holland, Blue Ball, Goodville, Churchtown. gloryantown, Honeybruok. Cheater Springs anti Liimberton, Tri weeklr,Toea lay, Thursday and Sat urday. at 12 m For Port Deposit, Mil.. via: Willow Street. Sunithville, Buck, Chesnut Level.Oreen, Ple -.sant Grove. Rock Spring's, Md.; and Rowlandaville. Tri-weekly, Monday, Wednew day and Friday. at ii a. m. For coiebrook via : Swarr's Mill, Old Line. Sporting Hill and Nlastersonville, Tri-weekly, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. at 12 m. For V ° l ousy it le and Terra Ilill,Trl weekly, Monday, Thurs day :LIM 'iv urilny, p. m. For kiheaty Square. via: Conestoga, Martirville. Coleman •ill e and Mount SOW. Somi-weekly, , Wednesday and Sat urday. at 1 p. m. For Bethesda. via : WOlow Street and RA whip: rifle, Monday and Th u I,day, at 6 a. ta For New Bauville, weekly, Wednesday. at 0 it. in Oft, hours, from 7a.m, to S p. m. On Sunday, from 0 to 10 a ni 1 , ,,,Lau., to California, Oregon and Washington Territo- ries. 10 cents. Letters alleged to bn valuable, will be registered, and a receipt gi•en therefnr, on appli:ation and payment of the registration fee of fire cents, in addition to the regular portage. All lettere are required to he pre-paid with stamps before they cut he loaded. U. B. •if Illt, Postuianter. E.% PING !heti INES, &C tWo d end Machines have been sold in 1.,,,56r yowl ty (luting the pre, ut se,on. No other hlet, tillll (ac; :114: our farmers 31 - .1 deter t ”ki avail I.lli-inst•lviii id the naV.illtAgeS derivod from h.t•orsavinjr niAch int rHE " PARTY," Or this County, are elnat hOn the 2lst Aibtilat to rnriu a County 'rickob Quite nn array Of rktfriala are already in the field ha- the lit tb. a utnbar 01 -loavea and 11,11 c," tii be parceled out. 11 1,./ int.: , may have a pleasant than F,PE RAT F, ATTEM PT AT DR' , W NI NG. -TllO Dilly Tim,. lint.. Slat, that work twforo last most deriporato dtt,npt waqil Ado. by it man mulled I;td,t, bincksmitk. rtlinling It-serllle t drown Ids wif, and child pa ,d various symptoms of insanity have hoe. nhservot in Ids conduit and manners. Ito. WI his wife and an infant, went in a carriamo as fa- an Gatti-h. on the Rending read..,:arttl just as they had arrived at the Cuatlico creek, where it is crossed by n brill 2e. he toehlmil, drove the hers° into the mill nt th 1 1, .. that he would drown Alarmed at thi2l, :411 s ei,d her rhlid in her arms and ,prang out of the carrith.te, injur4lo heraelf plovtoaq A hunther i—rsonn inutodiat-iy went to dot as.hdani, of Mr. Geist. and suer,,drd in totting him and hi 4 hortio nod carriage out with ..reel difficulty —At the Lido/. colebration, on the 3d lust., the tldlttivilltd tnnst wa Ir.ttd•d in lii "tr oxel. lent e,eratie frittiol. Mt. Stitttitul P ,L, IT IC i I By Stununt. Km.mot An ottliquo hint 1.3 giveo. that the giustutt and ¢ u d :nom livtomd Amin. -lAA:toot is no sooty. Bututu tight to L.- thankful, that we Law j,„ au ,„ itha tutnuttt t ut t u tu plusute, and sill) Unit tlits lion. Wil liam Bigler is still nlive and kicking" COLUMBIA AFFAIRS.—We glean the follow- in: -items' from Saturday's Spy: Tax Grants Caul , —The hary Pet in this vicinity, with the exception uf getting . in tin. oats, Is over, and has boon gen erally very favorable as regards fine weather. The crops of grain are large. but we are Informed that the field weevil has considerably damaged the white wheat, redtiaina . tle• hi w ilia average. The red wheat in union. bed Ofeir Wesdr happy to stare that there it:every pruhability th rt Mr. Niche' , wr.l retro.: preririon as Principalof the IVashington Institute. At m meeting of the board of trus tee, it was resolved 0 t accept ills resignation of Mr. N., and presurna th..t molt Lanai will return to his post at the opening , •f toe next session. \t eu D , 141,— , 111 Thursday last a large dog, belonging to Mr. lea, Posey. WM pursued into troll by several farmers of the neighbughoed sod shed It is assorted that thu ant twit was mod. and had bitten several dogs in the country and a number of others while being hunted through the streets of the borough. We trust that the alarm may have b e gan a false ore, and the unfortunate brute Es sacrifice, lilt° SWmany others during the reign of the Dog Star. to the llnfunnited fear of "1113(i d../4” NUVllrthl)lo,i, we chat! not ter sorry to ragrard as a 0.1111'..111,11, of the excitement., whether justifiable or lets doss. the gmerel muzzling, or chaining or the CVUOLIOSS ears which jilted our town to no good. .MITIGATED IiONSICIIig.—On Friday, 111th inst., Wm. Wag ner apperred before Esquire Welsh and, under high-pres sure excitement, made Colliplaint against Wm. E. Krater, of Marietta, for slaying (partially) Richard Campbell with a stone. It was the opinion of the Informant that unless n warrant was speedily issued the blow would prove in stantly fatal. Under these circumstances Deputy Constable Derrick was empowered to take the body—not the dead body—of Krater. and produce him to answer the charge of homicide. The warrant was served, and defendant ap p,ired un Monday morning, at which time also Caine the defunct, with a huge plaster on his head and the fumes of an old drunk spinning inside, ready and willing to testify to the manner of his taking off. The parties are navigatois of tho savory and odorous ditch which supplies so liberal a proportion of our dolly bev•rage, and wege. with their respective vessels, under full sail towards “Saint's Rest," vulgarly known as Mari etta, when the little unplea,intnese between them oc curred. The dispute was one of right of way, Krater'e boat having run aground, and Campbell. In endeavoring to pass with his own craft, ictting it foul of the other vessel. The snarl led to an Interchange of civilities between deceased cod K.'s hands, one of whom was about "sailing in" when Capt. grater arrived from the front, where he had been In charge of the motive power, and dissuaded his balloons subordinate from hostilities. Campbell, who had consid erable loose whiskey "sloshin"round" In him. was Intol erably abusive, and Immediately the flow of his offensive eloquence upon the peace-maker "reading his pedigree" and keel-hauling him after the mast approved bilge-water style. His choice selection of canal compliments was more than Krater's good humor and philosophy would bear, so, to stop bis talk, Capt. K. knocked him on the head with a stone. The remedy was effectual. Abundant evidence was produced, establishing defend ant's character as an industrious, orderly and peaceable citizen, while the late Campbell, even in face of his sudden and lamented decease under circumstances, according to all precedent, naturally Calculated to establish as a saint, was proven notoriously quarrelsome and abusive, especially when in rye. The magistrate, in view of the virulent blachguarding lavished by Capt. Cam pbel, upon defendant, adjudged the former guilty of profanity and"conduit unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." but In consideration of his late death anti the price of the plaster which decorated his cranial development, let him off with a reprimand. The charge of homicide against Capt. Kramer was dismissed, the killing being deemed justifiable. but, as somebody bad to pay the costs, the Justice decided that the luxury of plugging" with a stone to enticing a mark us Campbell's I head, was worth the money. And Capt. K. bled for the amount. VISIT OF 31It. MULDiIoN TO WHEATLAND.— An Irish gentleman. Mr. DUN IA MULDOON, has taken up his ''summer residence . ' iu this city, and among other objects of interest which he has visited 13 Wheatland, of which in the following letter, addressed to us, an interest ing description is given. Ilk reasous for making Lancaster his temporary place of :thole are alsl fully sat firth: lancasther julie mina 41nininy, 1858. me Deer mr. editor send you these few lines to let you lino that I'm alive an kiehits' an lest I've taken up me Bummer Residence in thin city of numberless Bells. I got up till deliver a speech the other evening and just then (tbr joy I suppose) an endless chlm struck up which com pletely drowss'd me vice some call thin "Joy Bells," hut ho me faith they wor sey thing but Joy to me, fa- in fifty two condeketie seconds they had rung ivery ides out at me bead...o I was obleeged till elt down amid n gineral roar as vocal Movie, commonly dermmen ated Hefter." no dosil‘t there's music in that grand owld song ;Iv Father proms, the hells of Chandon, an which mo friend Teddy 0. sings on well, partkubsrly of he's got a dhrop ay the crathur in first. by way nv clear In his throat; but it was uiver a favorite av mine. an new I dispiee thim. may their tongues gro thick and their tunes crak in the open air ivory time the're rung. af i leer get to be Prisidint her leery one av thim throne in The connestoga! talkie an his honor, the prisidint, brings till mo mlbd. polyticks and pollyticke, the eons as me comin till this city. sure it was in filly Deify i was, an es times turn'd es t so bad 1 thot till meself that I'd turn Pollytician for the time brio', or in other words; live on Unkle Samual till better days would dawn. I that the Mee a good one, an so i started for Washingtown till see Mr Buchanan; when t got till the White h use I rung the bell (confound the bell) an handed in me hard, an after a while the prisl. dint eau. down stairs to where 1 wag eittin an eez he "Mr Muldoon I presume?" "Ye're perfectly right in per ors, oh amnion" nee i; "may be ye're the Prisidint" eez it "I'm the prisidint, what ken i do for ye Mr Muldoon?" sea We sce i eumunein up kurage, "ye ken give me a nice fat office worth 7 or o', thousand a year, i'll be a credit till the government." ‘ . Where Ivor ye born ?" set he. "nrrah now mr Buchanan." set i, “is it after makin fun av met'e'd bet sure an was'nt i horn In owid Ireland, is it a distinction yr'd be makin':" ser. i. "not at all, mr Muldoon, I look upon a naturalized citizens as a throe Americans butt that that, perhaps is your wanderings, ve had lived some time in lancasther city or county as Fol . naternsined till give no Office till soy man not bailie' from said city or county, or at Islet, who has not made a pilgrimage till me own be loved Wheatland." 1 Baer there wee no use argin avid him, as lie seem'd detetermind to stick 1111 his words. so I ups an towld him, that i would go an live in lanandher for a and moreover, that 1 would make a pilgrimage every day till Wheatland; •'very good." sez he; "I hope I'll her bother luck next time," sez i. and mid that we parted. no that's the Raisin me deer mr editor that I'm livin here, an that i pilgrimage every day not till the "lonely Hall" on the 3laryetta pike; i walk up au down the wiridirs avenues an around the circular green plat In front av the how, I count the paines av glees In the windy., I cut me enishlale on the largest trees, I patois the head the great shaggy dog, which lies sleepin on the porch with ono eye shot au the other half open, like a grassy Becky doisin away one pile or molasses barrels, in the summer's sun. I forgot till mintion that at my first visit, an whin ap proachite the Bald dog, he stood up, shook himself from head till foot an eyed ma fiercely en If I were a theta or en anti lecomptonite, but I bawled out the password—lecomp. ton—an immediately he resumed his dolga attitude on the porch. I next proceed to the spring at the upper gate an mid the help at an India Robber tin cup which i always carry out I drink the health at our Good Prisidint. cowld walker Is good in its way—many look upon cowld spring walke r as the ellckser av life; but as I deescended the painted steps lodise to the walker's ego a longin hem over me to plunge down to the white flinty stones at the bottom, but just thin Mimory—always in the way av prisint bites—comes up an Recalls till mind that once a time Alexandher the grate Jumped in till ewim In spring wather like this an it nearly proved fatal till the poor man. so 1 determind not till take the water in its nathrtral frigidity ; I mix It 6 parts at whisky till 1 at walker Ilk the rail owld Irish "Scald theen " an altho' it's not burnt on a elo 111'01 find It."not laird till take." but I've made the lettber too long already so beggin thousand. pardons for Tronblln ye tvld =affairs t subserlbs =self Ter • obadtent sarrent D.l=l MULDOON.
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