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LANCASTER, PA., NOVEMBER 9, 1858
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OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS
The result of the late elections in the free
States, although disastrous enough to the
Democratic party, is not so bad as it might
have been. In view of 'the possible contin
gency of the next Presidential election being
decided by Congress, it will be noticed that
the Democracy are perfectly safe. Of the
fifteen Southern States, all of them save one,
(Maryland,) can be counted on with certainty
for the Democratic candidate; to these four
teen, then, may be safely added, three of the
seventeen free States, viz : Illinois, California
and Minnesota—making seventeen votes out of
the thirty-two. Should Kansas and Oregon
be admitted into the Union before 1830, they
cannot, under any circumstances, vary the
result. The first may, possibly, be a Repub
lican State ; but the latter is sure to be Demo
cratic, and this would leave the vote by States
18 Democratic to 16 Republican, coon ing
Maryland with the latter, which is scarcely
probable.
Under any circumstances, therefore, in the
event of the next President being made by the
House of Representatives, voting by States,
the Democratic party is safe, and this reflection
of itself must be a bitter pill to the Republi
cans after all their jubilant manifestations at
the result of the recent elections in Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and New 1 .irk.
Nor is it yet certain that the Republicans
will have a majority of the members in the
next Congress. A number of States—princi
pally Southern—hue yet to elect. In those
States, some twelve or thirteen of the members
in the present Congress are Know Nothings
or Americans. Should their places be supplied
by Democrats, which is more than probable, it
will still give us a small majority. But, it
may be said, that some whom we count upon
to make up a majority are anti•Lecompton
men ; true, but they are Democrats, neverthe
less, and as that question is no longer a living
issue, having been referred to the people`of
Kansas to decide for theimel there is no
question likely to come before the next Con
gress upon which they will differ from their
brethren. We, thereMre forward with
confidence to the assembling of that bode,
believing that the Democracy will present a,
'united frtnt in opposition to Republicanism
and every other ism inimical to the harmony
and welfare of the Union.
TOE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
The same influences that operated against
the Demberacy of Pennsylvania is October,
were brought to bear, with similar effect, in
most of the States in which elections were
held last week.
NEW YORE has gone largely Repul,hean.—
The Sewardites have elected their (;,,vern,r,
and other State .flieers, a maHrity in both
branches of the I,:gkiattne, :LH , !111(' It,chty
fire of the thirty-three rescuers of Cnng,e,s,
being a gain of flair on tie prosel;r Glgre, ,
lanai delegation.
MASSACII USETTi, a usual, I , 11 , 1 - 1111)11Cari
through, although by a reduced majority on
the popular vffi e.
- In NEW JER. , Er, the Itiop . ,l l, U ;n 4 have car
ried a majcrity of the Legblature, and th,c, -
of the five members of Cimgre,s.
IViscuN:‘ , lN has als, 7 ene Mr the licpubli•
cans by abut the same majority as last car,
but the Democrats have gained one WeillLe.,l
of Congress
3.I.IIeiIGAN has eleeted'a Itepuble•an
nor ; a mujerity of the Legi,laturo. aml t cr, ei
the three members or Congre- , t• et . the ,tine
stripe—a gain of one, we heli,ve. to the 1) , -in -
Crate.
IntNots, a State that never wavers in the
good cause, has been carried hy the friends of
Judge DUUGLAS. They Will have a nmihrity
of five in each branch of the Legi,lature—
thus securing his return to the C. S. Senate,
ever Lincaln, his Black Depulllican opp.ment.
The Congressional delegation will stand tir
Democrats, all friends. of Dotp;las, t.,
Republicans, being the same a- in the pre,..ent
Congress.
In little DELAWARE the DemoCraM have
elected their Governor, Member of Congress,
and a majority of the Legislature.
The Democracy, therefore have been defeat
ed in New York, New J'crsey, Massachusetts,
Wisconsin and Michigan ; and are victorious
in Illinois and Delaware.
APPOINTMENTS by the PRESIDENT.
STEPHEN S. REMAK, Eq., 01 Phill01 , 1p11,;‘,
to be Consul at Trieste.
WILLIAM B. RANKEN. ESq., of Philadelphia,
to be Register of the Land Office at Olympia,
Washington Territory.
G. T. PIERCE, of Wsieonsin, to be a Purer
in the Navy.
Gen. JOHN E. WARD, of Georgia, to he
Minister to Sardinia.
THE NEW YORK TRACE DY
The Gouldv family, an aceount =of the
murderous attack upon whom 'we pub
lished last week, were still living' at the
last accounts, with some prospect of their
ultimate recovery. Their restoration would
seem to be next thing to" miraculous.
The Democratic majority in the City of
New York is, in round numbers, about 19,000.
The rest of the State, however. played the
very deuce with the Demcicratic party. The
Republican majority in the State will be s6me
15,000 over the Democratic candidate for
Governor,
UNITED STATES MINTAGE.—The 01611a:40 I,f
the United States Mint for the month of Oc
tober was 41,630 pieces of gold, of the value
of $102,070 ; '1,598,500 pieces of silver, of
the value of $450,000, and 1,700,000 cents, of
the value of $17,000. The total iv being
4,339,630 pieces, of the value of :':;560,070.
The gold coinage was principally in dollar
pieces, and the silver very largely of tie
smaller denominations uf coin—quarters,
dimes, half dimes and three cent pieces. The
deposits for the month were $110,540 of gold,
and of silver bullion, including. silver pur
chases, $416,430. Old cents exchanged for
new, $1,665. Total deposits for the month,
$540,635.
GREELEY ON Tin NEW YORK ELECTION.-
Horace is the sulks. " Things isn't a
working" to please him. In speaking of the
result of the late election in that State he
"The victory just won by the Republicans
of our State is une of which we cannot feel
proud."
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.—BARRETT, echo was
convicted at Washington City of the murder
of Reeve Lewis, and who was respited for two
weeks, was to have suffered death on Friday
last; but the President, on Thursday, commu
ted his sentence to imprisonment for life in
the Penitentiary.
THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF
Senator WlLsort, of Massachusetts, in a
speech recently delivered. tells the whole story
h.iw the Tariff of 1857 was passed, who did it
and fin. what purpose ; how they of New Eng
land had struggled to enlarge the FREE LIST
and deplete the Treasury. Read the follow
ing extract from his speech
" The session that closed on the 4th of
March, 1857, was mainly devoted BY Z 3 OF
NEW ENGLAND and a portionof the country, to
a modification of the Revenue laws. The
manufacturers of N. England. the Merchants
of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, by
letter and by their personal presence in Wash.
ington, implored us, in the Congress of the
United States, to modify the tariff before we
adjourned on the 4th of March ; and, gentle
men, for sixt% days I gave to that effort to
change or modify the tariff, my days and my
nights. I went to the men who represent the
sheep growing regions of our country—they
were mostly Republicans; they did not like to
yield up the duty upon wool. We used all our
pwers of persuasion to induce them to con
sent to a reduction of the duty on wool, so that
we in New England might set our machinery
at work in our woollen mills—machinery that
had long been silent and unused. I think
that those sixty (lays of labor of mine, were
never surpassed by the labor in anything ex
cept to place Charles Sumner in the Senate,'
and N. P. Banks in the Speaker's chair. I
think, gentlemen, these labors were not with
out some little influence with my personal and
political associates ; at any rate, I had the
worm and generous thanks of men in New'
England an men in New York for the labor
I had performed in thus attempting to secure
a modification of the tariff, so as to protect
the interests of our section of the country.—
Our object was to reduce the duty upon wool,
and to enlarge the free list, and thus save
eight or ten millions of dollars that came to
us in the real fi,rm of taxation, and admit
many articles used in our manufactures duty
free, and thus indirectly aid the manufactur
ing interests of Massachusetts and of the
country. We passed such a bill through the
House, and it came to the Senate ; there it
met the stern resistance of men who wanted
to make a reduction equally upon all articles.
whether they conic into competition with our l
industry or cut. We passed through the
Senate an amendment to that bill, and we :
sustained it because it was the best we could
obtain We su , tained the tariff to deplete the
Treasury, to protest and ono enrage the pro
ductive industry of the eountry. The tariff
men in Congress, with the exception of a few ;
gentlemen from the wool growing sections,
and from Pennsylvania, gave their sanction to
the act of 1.857.'-'
Let it he remembered then that Speaker
Banks and Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts,
and Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, were the
leading men who are responsible for the pas.
singe of the tariff of 1857: and if it he the tar
ill that has contributed to the panic and hard
times, we ask attain if the Black Republicans
are not the proper party to hold responsible,
and whether the people who have been led to
believe otherwise have not been deceived.
According to some of the British journals,
the manlition itf a large portion of the English
laborers is truly deplorable. They can with
great difficulty earn the means of subsistence,
while their social comforts are few and far
between. Various efforts have been made to
pr: puce a change. but thus fir with little
succe-s. The Notthern Tholes, published ;it
Liverpool, takes up the subject in detail, and
in the course of n. sympathetic article says :
" We "toast of our abhorrence of negro
slavery ; we romance, we moralize, and we
actually weep over the tales of African suffer
ing, bur we cannot afford a passing thought
fir the miliinTlS of white slaves who constitute
the masses of our laboring population. ' , What
:Ire those in reality Lit mere animated ma
chines employed only because it has not
been pos=ills as yet to discover others to
supersede them. As their employment has
been the remit of necessity, and not of choice,
the great object of .;he employer has been to
tax . rite physical endurance of the employed
to its uttai.,t limits, and reduce the rate of
remuneration to the lowest minimum. En
fortunately, the fierce competition of trade,
and the unusually overcrowded state of the
tr trio kit, coml,ine T. render this state of
Ibiogs aimarently inevitable.
I his is, indeed, a lamentable picture: but
the Casa is similar, we fear, to a very consid
oraide extent, in idline portions of the world.
and even in this country. There arc few
among the laboring classes• however econnini
o.al and indmdrious, who even secure more
than a living for themselves and I.:ntilioe.
one of excessive, toil. Those who
”1 , •kilIP:1 in sem' , particular art nr craft can
of curse 11, better. But the mere lab,rer,
even in Last condition, hag a hard task
ber , re him. There is, moreover, t
f c it fo r Cul. particultr cla,:a. Their
want , , their Orii , tvinenk. their recreati , ns,
are rvely coro , hiered. They ale re, 1.e9
more hewers of wood and drawer:: o;
and are treated accordingly. Ilow rarely.
indeed. (1 ,, we hear of ant movement intendrl
ro
elevate the social condition or extend th e
social enjoyments of the merely working
doasses: philanthropy seems to-look
on them. wit)) indifference or contempt.—
It it this slriuld not he. There is a season for
all thincs—and due consideration should lie
felt fur every member of the human family."
IMPORTANT DECISION.—The U. S. Attorney
General has just given the following deekion
on the law of June 3, 1158, in regard to the
title to hind warrants, which is addressed to
the Secretary of the Interior.
opinion had been asked by the Secre
tart' of the Interi , r, on the construction to be
given to the law of June 3, 1858, which pro•
videS that the title to a land warrant issued
after the death of a person who lawfully ap
plied fir it, "shall vest in the widow, if there
be one: and if there n wid , kV, then in the
heirs or legatees of the claimant. "
The Attorney General decides that—
"The heirs of a man are those persons who
are entitled, by the /ex reisitus, to take Ills in
heritaide real estate at the time of his death.
Ilk legatees are those to whom he has 1.,e
-queathed his property by will. Heirs some
times means children, in common parlanc, and
the word is to be so understood in a statute
When the eontext shows that intention to have
been in the mind of the Legislature. But I
am not aware that any reasm exists here fur
taking it in a sense different from that in
which it is usually and properly accepted.--
Tills act of Congress, then, vests the land in
the persons to whom the claimant may have
left it by will, and if he died intestate, then
it goes to his heirs--that is, to the persons
who are entitled to claim his real estate liv
the intestate laws.
"I do not see anything in the general policy
of the previous laws which would justify us in
giving the act of 1858 a cons:ruction
not warranted by its plain words. It is true
that all the acts on the same subject are to be
construed together, as in pari inateria : but
where the words of a later act differ from
those of an older one, the latter act must pre•
rail, and give the rule in all cases to which it
applies. "
We are not in possession of a full : copy of
this opinion. but have quoted one of the lead
ing paragraphs. The concluding sentences
are as follows:
" In reply to your propositions I shall
therefore say:
" Ist. That a warrant issued after the
death of a claimant who left a widow and
children, inures to the widow's benefit alone.
" 2d. Where the deceased claimant was a
widow with two sets of children, the warrant
inures to the benefit of her heirs or legatees.
"3d. Heirs are those who are so declared
by the law of claimants domicil. "
IMMENSE CORN CROP IN KENTUCKY. —The
Louisville .Tourna/ says that the corn crop has
never been so large in Kentucky as the present
crop promises to be. It states that there are
fields in the blue grass region estimated at
175 bushels to the acre, while fields promising
75 to 80 bushels are quite common.
THE 'WHEAT MlDGE.—Geolee S. Woodhull,
of Fenton,Micb., asserts that the midge dues
nut leave the wheat until it is thrashed, and
then it goes to the chaff and straw, and prob
ably lies dormant till Spring, when it hatches
into a fly and deposits its eggs. lie thinks
this troublesome pest might be destroyed by
burning the straw and chaff of affected wheat
for a few years.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
Whereas information has reached me from
sources which I star 1 n , t disregard that certain
persons, in violation of the neutrality laws of
the United States, are making a third attempt
to set on foot a military expedition within their
territory against Nicaragua, a ftireign State,
with which they are at peace. In order to
raise money for equipping and maintaining
this expedition, persons connected therewith,
as I have reason to believe, have issued and
sold bonds and other contract's pledging the
public lands of Nicaragua and the transit
route through its territory as a security for
their redemption and fulfilment.
The hostile design of this expeditions is ren
dered manifest by the fact that these bonds
and contracts can be of no possible value to
their holders unless the present government
of Nicaragua shall be overthrown by force.—
Besides, the envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of that government in the
United States has issued a notice, in pursuance
of his instructions, dated on the 27th instant,
forbiding the citizens or subjects of any nation,
except passengers intending to proceed
through Nicaragua over the transit route from
ocean to a ean,to enter its territory without
a regular passport, signed by the proper min
ister or consul general of the republic resident
in the country from whence they shall have
departed. Such persons, with this exception,
" will he stopped and compelled to return by
the same conveyance that took them to the
country From these circumstances. the infer
ence is irresistable that persons engaged in
this expedition will leave the United States
with hostile purposes against Nicaragua.—
They cannot, under the guise which they have
assumed, that they are peaceful emigrants,
conceal their real intentions, and especially
when they know, in advance, that their land
ing will be reisisted, and can only be accom
plished by an overpowering force. This
expedient was successfully resorted to previous
to the last expedition, and the vessel in which
those composing it were conveyed to Nicar
agua, obtained a clearance from the collector
of the port of Mobile. Although, after a care
ful examination, no arms or munitions of war
were discovered on board, yet, when they
arrived in Nicaragua. they were found to he
armed and ei i iiipped and immediately com
menced hostilities..
The leaders of former illegal expeditions of
the same character have openly expressed
their intention to renew hostilities against
Nicaragua. One of them, who has already
been twice expelled from Nicaragua, has invi
ted, through the American newspapers, Ameri
can citizens to emigrate to that republic, and
and has d3signated Mobile as the place of
rendezvous and departure, and San Juan del
Norte as the port to which they are bound.—
This person, wh, has renounced his allegiance
to the United States, and claims to be Presi
dent of Nicaragua, has given notice to the
collector of the porta Mobile that two or three
hundred of these emigrants will be .prepared
to embark from that port about the middle of
November.
For these and other good reasons, and for
the purpose of saying American citizens who
may have been honestly deluded into the be
lief that they are about to go to Nicaragua as
peaceful emigrants, if any such there be, from
thedisastrnusconsequenees to which they will
he exposed, I, James Buchanan, President of
the United States, have thought it fit to issue
this my proclamation enjoining upon all offi
cers of the government, civil and military, in
their respective spheres, to be vigilant, active
and faithful in suppressing these illegal enter
prises, and in carrying out their standing in
structions to that effect exhorting all good
citizens, by their respect fur 'the laws and their
regard for the peace and welfare of the country,
to aid the efforts of the public authorities in
the discharge of their duties
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed to these presents.
Done at the city of Washington, the 13th day of
[r„ s.] Oct ber, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty eight, and of the independence of
the United States th e pi,ht v third.
AM ES BUCHANAN.
By the President,:
LEWIq Cess. SCICTOtarV Of Stab
IkTETIIODISM IN THE UNITED STATES.—In the
Northern connection of•the Methodist E. P.
Church there are forty seven annual confer
eno ,s s . of which nineteen viz :—New York East,
North Indiana. Providence, West Virginia,
New. Entdand, New York, Kansas and Nebras
ka, Troy. Pittsburg. Erie. Ohio, East Genesee,
Town. Cincinnati. Rock River. Michigan,
Detroit, South Eastern Indiana and North
Ohio. have a net increase of membership of
nearly 69.000 during the year. If the other
twenty•eight`conferences yet to report. show
the same average, in increase this year will be,
in the Northern Division alone, about 170.000.
The Methodist E. P, Church, South, has
twenty-three annual conferences, and the other
minor branches of Methodism, scattered over
the United States, being brought into caicula•
tion, it is fair to assume that the increase of
the present year will largely exceed 200,000
communicants. What an astonishing, exhibi
tion of efficiency is het P shown in the working
of that, mighty system devised by that great
and good man of the last century, Jnhn Wes
ley.
ORIGIN OF THE F. F. V's.—Many of our
readers have heard of the "First Families of
Virginia." hut few, we take it. know how the
term originated. An exchange explains it
thus :
In the early settlement of that State, it was
found impossible to colonize it unless women
went there. Accordingly, a ship load was
sent out, but no p] inter woo allowed to marry
one of them until he had first paid one
hundred pounds of tobacco for her passage.
When the second ship load came, no one would
pay more than seventy five pounds for the
matrimonial privilege, except it were a very
superior article. Consequentby, the decendants
of all those woo were sold for one hundred
pounds of tobacco were ranked as the first
families,while those who brought but seventy
tire pounds are now ranked as the second
families and the reason why no one can ever
find any of the second families, is because you
can't get a Virginian to admit that his mother
only brought seventy-five pounds of tobacco.
WHAT SHALL BE DINE WITH MEXICO ?—The
New Orleans Th , 110.. in the coursn of a
setn,i hie article on Mexican affairs. sacs:
" What shall we do with Mexico ? Shall
we st;,rel by and see one of the fairest regions
in the world wrenched from civilization and
devoted to waste and savagery? Shall we
see wealth by the hundred daily
sacrificed t, glut military brigands? Shin]
we see league after league of cultivated ground.
once rivaline. the garden of Khubla Khan in
beauty and luxuriance, abandoned and fruit
less? And shall we see. American citizens
daily plundered and insulted, and often worse
abused, in that country, by every pelting,
petty officer who may choose to exalt or enrich
himself by abusing the privileges of national
NC ,Isne—?
"Thee, and similar considerations, are
becioning to affect public opinion, not more in
this country than in Europe. Indeed. the
London Times has already said that we of the
United States ought instantly to put a sip to
the state of things described ; and some of the
most conservative journals in this country do
not hesitate to recommend an American
protectorate over Mexico—some suggesting
one mode and some another, hot all agreeing
in the conviction that slmething must be
done."
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THE OREGON WAR
Battle of the Four Lokee—Defeat of the
Indians—Effect of the Minnie Rifle.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 1858
On the let of September a battle took place
between Col. Wright's command and the
combined hostile tribes of Palouzes, Cour
d'Allenes and Sp Jkans, at a point called Four
Lakes, eighty miles beyond Snake river, and
fifteen miles south of the Spokan river. The
Indians numbered five hundred, and fought
well. The troops under Col. Wright were
four hundred and fifty, of which two hundred
and ninety participated in the action. A
guard of reserve of three officers and one
hundred and fifty rank and file were left in
the camp, while the others went out to fight.
The Indians were completely routed, with the
lossof seventeen killed and thirty five wounded.
There were no casualities on the side of the
soldiers. The battle and its results have
demonstrated the immense value of the Minnie
rifle, and explain the cause of Col. Steptoe's
reverse when his men were armed with
miserable musketoons.
Capt. E. D. Keyes, commanding Third
Artillery, addressed the following repoil to
the Acting Adjutant General :
- •
CAMP AT THE FOUR LAKES, }
WASHINGTON TERRITORY, Sept. 21.
SIR—In obedience to the orders of Col.
Wright, I have the honor to submit the
following report of the operations of the bat
talion of the Third artillery, under my
command in the battle of this date, with the
hostile Spokans, Cour d'Allene and Palouze
Indians.
My battalion is composed of five companies
(A, B, G, K and M,) armed as infantry, and
a detachment of twenty men of G company,
acting as artillerists, with two mounted
howitzers. It had present for duty this
morning, 13 officers and 325 enlisted men.
Of my battalion Capt. J. A. Hardie, the
field officer of the day ; Lieut. H. B. Lyon,
the officer of the guard ; Lieut. 11. G. Gibson
and G. R. Dandy, with M company, and one
howitzer of the artillery, were lelt to guard
the camp at 9 1 2 o'clock A. M., and after
marching in column about two miles, I was
ordered by Col. Wright to detach a company
to co operate with the dragoons, and drive off
about forty Indians posted on the top of a
high hill to our left. This was done in gallant
style by Capt. Ord and Lieut. M. R. Morgan,
in command of K company.
On reaching the crest of the hill, the whole
force of the enemy, numbering from 400 to
500 mounted warriors, was seen spread over
the plains below, and on the slope of the hills.
By the direction of Col. Wright, I immedi
atly ordered forward the mountain 'howitzer
detachment under Lieut. J. L. White.
supported by company A., deployed as
skirmishers,under Lieut. R.O. Tyler. I ordered
Lieut. G. P. 'brie, assisted by Lieut. James
Howard, to deploy his company B to the left
of Lieut. White, and Lieut. Ransom to deploy
company Gon the left of the line. Capt. Ord
was ordered to assemble his company K on the
hill, and hold it in reserve. In this order the
battalion moved briskly down the long slope,
passed the dragoons under Major drier, and
opened a fire so steady and well directed, that
the hitherto untamed audacity of the savages
began shortly to be disturbed. Large numbers
of them took refuge in the woods at the foci , .
of the hill, upon which White, Tyler and the
Rifles were bearing down, and where the
combat soon became very warm. For a short
time, appearances in that quarter gave me
some anxiety, but the attack was so spirited
that the enemy shortly began to stream out of
the woods and up the hills beyond.
As our line moved down toward the plain
considerable numbers of the enemy made off
to the left, but company 0, under Lieut.
Ransom, pressed down upon them, and after
a short engagement sent them flying over the
plain. Lieut. Ransom was thus necessarily
retarded, end it was not till near the close of
the engagement that his company could be
brought up to its position in line.
After we had driven the Indians some dis
tance into the plains, and they were making
r and up the hill , in great numbers, the
dragoons p.,-s e ll through our intervals, and
charged amon g them in 0 style which excited
the most intense admiration. We were of
course obliged to suspend our fire for some
time. but I pressed foward the line with all
possible speed, and half way up the high hill
we passed the dragoons again. whose horses
were thoroughly blown, and it was not till
about half the men had fallen to the rear
from exhaustion. that I ordered a short halt
fo r tho stragglers to come up. As soon as the
majority had j,uined, I ordered the line to
m ove fbrwarti to the top of the high range of
hills, from which we ctiuld see far over the
country beyond. Very few of the enemy were
visible, they having found shelter in the
woods and ravines beyond our reach. A
group of twelve or fifteen, however, were
•een standing ale tut eight hundred yards
beyond Lieut. White's detachment. He fired
a shell in that direction, which, bursting a
short distance directly over their heads, sent
them down the ravine and out of sight.
Alter keeping my battalion a short time on
the hill, be order of Colonel Wright the
re-call was sounded, and we returned ty camp,
from which we were absent only four hours.
The trallantry of the officers and men was
admirable, and among the officers it was so
uniform that I will not attempt to disefdminate.
The positions of some of the officers brought
their conduct into especial notice, and in this
eonneotion I must mention Lieutenants White,
Tyler and Ihrie. Captain Ord was ordered
first to enoaoe the enemy, but being in the
reserve. I did rut communicate with him
afterwards till the recall had been sounded.
The activity and intelligence displayed by
Lieutenant Lawrence Kip, Adjutant of the
battalion, in transmitting my orders to all
parts of the line, were most commendable.
It afffirds me the highest pleasure to state
that not a man of my command was killed or
wounded the whole day. This fact is, in my
opinion, the highest merit of which we can
boast. During the last two months, it has
been my ceaseless endeavor, seconded by
my officers, to impress upon the men, by
instructions and precept, the conviction that
with our long range of arms we could kill the
Indians in a fair fight, and not be killed our
selves. Our lessons have been well learned.
The men fired at the gallant red rascals as
they would have fired at targets. and all the
movements during the action were as orderly
as on a field day. The enemy ha- lost courage,
hut he may change his tactics.—N. Y: Herald.
RUSSIAN EIIANCIPATION.—The Czar Alex
ander has recently given proof of his determi
nation to carry out his plans for the emanci
pation of the serfs. In different parts of the
empire, the nobles and proprietors have shown
the utmost reluctance in seconding the Em
peror's views, and the Emperor has taken oc
casion to rebuke their conduct and to signify
to them that he will not be thwarted in his
aims. Various Russian Emperors have de
sired to abolish serfdom, but they shrank from
encountering, the formidable opposition of the
nobles. Nicholas, the present Emperor's
father, made a movement, in the earlier part
of his reign, to emancipate the serfs, but he
found the accomplishment of the task incon
sistent with the realization of his ambitious
schemes. Alexander, however, finds himself
in a positim: to devote his attention to mea
sures of internal reform, and he prosecutes the
work with an energy which it was supposed,
before he ascended the throne, he did not pos
sess. As illustrating the state of things
which the Emperor has undertaken to correct,
an English paper states:
" Moscow is a very wealthy commercial
city, the seat of great manufacturing as well as
trading industry. Now the bulk of the rich,
bearded merchants are serfs having nn legal
property in their wealth, or at least, no abso
lute liberty asto its disposal; and in spite of
that wealth, their social status is infinitely
below that of the most unmitigated scoundrel
and bankrupt who wears a civil uniform. To
enfranchise these men will he to reverse the
positions. The teldnovnik or employe, with a
lower salary than a merchant's clerk, will at
once sink to his proper level ; fur he is often
more ignorant, generally more dishonest, than
the thriving shopkeeper whom be now looks
down upon and bullies. "
The minds of the serfs have been thorough.
ly aroused on the subject of emancipation,
and in their determination to be freemen the
Emperor finds the strongest support for his
just and enlightened police.
ROBBERY OF THE DELAWARE BANK.—On
Sunday night week the Delaware Bank at
Delhi, New York, was entered and thirty.
seven thousand dollars stolen. The robbery
was not discovered till morning, giving the
perpetrator duns to escape. The money taken
by him, consisted of the following parcels :
$13,000 in pocket bills, $15,000 in mutilated
Delaware Bank notes, $B,OOO in gold, and
$l,OOO in other funds. The police have been
notified, and a reward of three thousand dol-
lars offered for the apprehension of the robber.
]CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS.]
DEATH or JoHN BEAR, EN.--'Phis gentle
man. founder of "Bear's II manac," which hue a National
reputation. and senior editor of “The Volksfreund and Beo•
bach!er." died suddenly at his revidence, No. 12 North
Queen street, nn Saturday evening last in the 62d year of
his ego. Mr. B. had, we understand, been in rather delicate
health for a long while, but bin sudden demise startled the
community, he having been about transacting business
but a few days before. He had been connected with the
Press of this rite for forty yew* and throughout that long
period commanded the respect of both friend and foe. The
Volkafreund establishment, of which Mr. B. was the hon
ored head, was started in the year 1815 by Josrea Etraze.
eaten, E. 1.. and Watiaa iIaXII.ToN. Esq., then editor of
The Laucaster Journal. lir. Ehrenfried is still living In
this city at a ripe old agey highly respected and esteemed
by his fellow citizens. Mr. Bear became the editor and
proprietor of The Volksfreund In 1818. His dec.!e leaves
a Told in the editorial ranks not easily filled.
The funeral of Mr. Beau takes place this afternoon, at 2
o'clock, to'proceed to Woodward Hill Cemetery.
THE TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.—The Lancaster
City and County Teachers' Institute will be held in this
city, at Fulton Hall, commencing on Monday the
inst., and continuing throughout the week. These Insti
tutes are always productive of much benefit to the Teachers.
as well as visitors attendant upon the sittings thereof, and
Fulton Hall has been crowded by our citizens at the former
meetings of this Institute, The exercises; as will be seen
by reference to our advertising columns, will be varied
and interesting, and every Teacher in 'the county should
make it convenient to be present. The Local Committee
have made arrangements with m , st of our hotel-keepers to
board members of the Institute at half their usual rates.
TFIE HOWARD EVENINGS.—The first lecture
of the Howard Evening course will be delivered this even
ing, at Fulton Hall, by Mayor BURROWES, President of the
Howard Association.
"SOMETHING ELSE."—This is the title of a
new piece of music. fora copy of which we are indebted to
the composers. It is published by LEE ft WALSER, Phila
delphia—the words by REUBEN E. F. 11111.1 and music by
HARES M. SEhca, of this city. It is an excellent c,mic
production, and sung by the quartette. of which they ore
members, cannot fail to please and,gratify those who bear
it. The production is highly creditable to our young
townsmen.
A STEAM FIRE ENGINE.—We learn with
pleasnre that "Empire Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1,"
of this city are about making arrangements to procure a
Steam Fire Engine for their use. A meeting of the com
pany was held at Lechler's Hotel, East King street, (the
Empire's Head-Quarters,) on Thursday evening last, tor
the purpose of concluding the preliminary arrangements
with a Philadelphia firm who manufacture the "steam
squirts." Th. truck and ladders of the company will not,
however, h.. dispensed with. A Steam Fire Engine is as
yet a novelty, but it will he of vast benefit in this city
where incendiarism is rife. The Empire, having in its
ranks some of the most solid and substantial men of Lan
caster, is the very company to carry such a project to a
successful completion.
—The following proceedings took place at the company's
meeting on Thursday evening:
At a meeting of the Empire Hook and Ladder Company,
No. 1. held on Thursday evening. Nev. 4, 1558. it was
unanimously resolved to procure a Steam Fire Engine, and
a committee of the following numbers was appointed to
call upon the citizens. and solicit their aid in the project
Special Committee--Charlos SI. Howell. Jobs Herr. John
D. Skiles, James H. Barnes. William W. Brown. Enalen
Franklin.
Committee for N. W. Ward—Emanuel H. (101st, Wash
ington 11. Keffer, Dr. Wm. N. Amer, John I) ttenhm.
Committee for N. E. Ward—William G. Kendrick. Wei.
E. Heinitsh, Wei. A. Heitshu, Anthony Lechler.
Committee for S. W. Ward—Daniel M. Kauffman, Daniel
11. Ileitshu, Frank. 11. Breneman, John I'. Anderson.
Committee for S. E Ward—Christian Widmyer, B. W.
Lantz, Henry Gast., John 12. K,vinski
cif As. M. noW Ei.L, Pr”gident
DANIEL H. IlErrsnc. :;,rornry.
THE FENCIBLES' ANNEAL BALL—The Len
easter Feneilil es will give their Third Annual Military and
Citizens' Dress Ball, on Thanksgiving Eve, November 17th,
at Fulton Hall. The Fencibles . Baud and FelTer's full
Orchestra will furnish the on the occasion.
THE FULTON INSTITUTE.--An association,
under the name of the heading of this article, has recently
been organized in this city. Its object being the promotion
of the Industrial, Mechanical, and useful Arts and Sciences:
and also has in view the holding of annual or semiannual
exhibitions, for the advancement of the objects named,
including Hortirulture and Floriculture. We presume it
will be similar in itd character to the Franklin Institute
of Philadelphia. The Institute has adopted a constitution,
and elected the following well-known citizens officers for
the ensuing year: President, Robert 11. Long: Tice Presi
dent. Dr..T. 11. Longenecker: Secretary. Wny Reinltsh:
Treasurer. S. S. Rathvon : Auditor, Emanuel 11. mina. .1.
Mesac.rentit.h Westbactrer ; and s Itnard of thirty Int-tato.,
CARD OD TLIANK:4.—At a meeting the
Lancaster Feneibles held at their Armory. Fulton Well, on
the evening of the let inst., the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the frlimdly feelings which were mani.
festal. and the polite eltentieus which were evenil-•I to
the Clempoly from I,e, quarter during our late visit to
Reading en : Philadelphia, were of such a rharecter es to
dennind a ;•üblic aeknowlieleimMt of our el:Roo:inns to all
with wheat the nceasien lu,ught us jut., 00500 iation
In a special .nanner tur thanks are doe to our fellow sot
diera. the -.laektion Rifles," Itr the fraternal feeling mani
fested by their escort at our departure and return, and we
ate glad of the opportunity to thus publicly welcome that
gallant company into the ranks of the citizen soldiery.
To the officers and agents of the Pennsylvania. and the
Pending and Philadelphia Railroads, we are indebted fir
their liberality and courteous conduct.
cherish a d e ep sense of our nbliztet hat to Gen. Reim
and his staff, and the Reading Battalion for their soldierly
and cordial reception; to the Ringgold Artillery for their
bounteous collation. and to those puhlic.spirited citizens.
Mr. William Kirper and Mr. Frederick Lauer, for their po
lite attentions and entertainments; also. to our old ft iend
and acquaintance. Mr. Frank fltouelf, for his courteous
invitation to the
Resolved. That the citizen soldiery of Philadelphis. in the
civilities extended to us during our visit to their city, hive
Fully maintained their distinguished reputation ticl: cour
tesy and hospitality. To Gen. Cadwalader and staff. to
Col. Lewis and staff, and to the companies composing our
escort. either at our arrival or departure. viz: The hiack
Hussars, the Cadwalader Grays. the Philidelphia (trays.
the ngt un Gra) s, and the National Guards, ice desire
to return our grateful thanks.
To our old and tried friends, the National Guards, who
honored no by claiming us an their especial guests, and who
treated us as such, with a munificence of hospitality, and
a constancy of kindness and attention, as unexpected as it
tins urihrilltilind, we remain under a sense of obligation
which language in unable to express. Their unceasing ex
duns triode our trip one of the most unalloyed pleasure,
.d we owe them a debt of gratitude which will be re
membered Cr long as our company continues to exist.
Our special thanks are also due to that high toned and
spirited company. the Philadelphia (nrays. for the splendid
collation with which they complimented as at their
Armory, and the many other civilities and courtesies which
they extended to na during our stay.
Ti the Hon. Alexander Henry. Mayor of Philadelphia.
we are indebted for his official reception of us in the Hall
of Independence. and to the lion. lticharti Vault, President
of the Board of Inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary. for
his courtesies to us Innu our visit mt.:lnstitution: Wm.
Chapin, Principal of the lustitntion for the Blind, J. It.
Snowden, Director of the Mint. and the officers of the Acad
emy of Fine Arts, and the Academy of Natural Sciences,
will accept our thanks fir the opportunity given us of
visiting these useful and interesting Institutions.
To Mrs. Boners, of the Walnut Street Theatre, the Ravel
Troupe at the Academy of Music, and Sanford's Opera
mouse, we tender our acknowledgments for the invitations
which afforded lin SO mach pleasure.
We heartily thank the Ladies at the Floral Fair. at
Jayne's Hall, for their invitation to visit their exhibition.
We fully appreciate the kindly spirit which prompted this
graceful compliment, and deeply regret that circumstances
deprived us of the pleasure which its acceptance would
have given us.
The elegant and sumptuous banquet provided for us at
the Merchants' Hotel, by a number of former citizens of
Lancaster. now resident in Philadelphia. occasioned in us
feeling: of the highest pride and gratification, offered to us
by gentlemen sobs had deservedly WOO success and distinc
tion in the variants pursuibn of life, in the city of their
adoption: we received it with the most pleasurable emo•
tiORS RS a recognition of the common bond of nativity
which still unites us, and as an evidence of appreciation.
from so distinguished a source, of the motives which actu
ated as in assuming the position and duties of the citizen
soldier.
From our hosts of ,the "National Hotel," Messrs. Car
many S: Sides, we received every convenience which was
necessary to make our sojourn with them entirely pleasant
and agreeable. Their constant ,qire fer nur comfort, their
assiduous attention tonur wants, as well as the splendid
bills of fare which were spread bolerotlA on every occasion,
demand this public acknowledgment at Our hands.
To Mr. John Ditlow, of the -Union," we also desire to
tender our thanks for the acceptable entert,inment with
which lie greeted us on our return to Lancaster.
Resolved. That the above resolutions be published in the
newspapers. and a copy of the same sent to each of the
parties mentioned.
EMLEN FRANKLIN, LAWRENCE MATTHEWS,
WASH. 11. KEEFER. DANIEL M. KAL7FFSIAS,
JOHN 1. HARTMAN, •Committee.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—This Court did
not get through with Its business last week until after
midnight on Saturday, the verdict In the Lebanon Valley
Railroad care not being rendered until half past one o'clock
on Sunday morning. There were only two cases tiled of
general interest.
The first was a suit brought by Benj. M. Stauffer against
the Inland Insurance and Deposit Company, of this city, to
recover an insurance on his stock of grain, be.. contained
in his MIII, in Penn twp., which was destroyed by fire a
year or two ago. Stauffer had an insurance on his build.
hip in the Northern Mutual. Ito then took an insurance
in the Inland for $4lOO un his stock. The pone) , of this
company contains a ciao,. rendering the in
surance void, if the insured party does not give a reasonable
notice of his insurance. subsequently, in any other com
pany. Stauffer afterwards made application for an it.s um.°
of $4OOO, on his stock, in the Southern Mutual. Lle paid
his {Temp" , and his application was approved, but the
policy had not been delivered at the time of the fire. which
took place but tea days after this applicatioe had been
made.
The Court left it as a matter of fact for the jury to say
whether the time which elapsed between the application
to the Southern Nlutual and the occurrence of the hire was
such, under the circumstances alcive stated, no to amount
to remissnes. on the part of Stauff-r to not giving reason
able notice, as provided in the policy ut the Inland. The
Southern Mutual having paid the amount of their policy,
(on the stock) another question of fact was the amount of
lose sustained, which was left to the jnry to determine
under the evidence. Verdict for plaintiff $2,937.50. Eliester
and Fordney for plaintiff—Ste,. and Eshleman for de
fendants.
The next case was an action for damages brought by Till
Main. of Harrisburg, against the Lebanon Valley Rail
road, which runs through a lot belonging to plaintiffs at
Harrisburg, cutting off a corner of It, and otherwise, as
was alleged, impairing its value. The damages were ap
praised by a jury at $6,000; but the Railroad Company,
thinking this excessive, availed themselves of their right.
under the Act of Assembly, to hare the cave removed to
this county for trial in the Court of Common lievs. A jury
was selected and visited the location about two week. ago,
so as to be competent judges of the questions of fact in
volved. The witnesses showed a great diversity of judg
ment as to the amount of damages sustained. and the
learned counsel differed no less in their expressed opinions.
Messrs. Herman and Hamilton Alrlcks appeared for the
plaintiffs. and Messrs. J. C. Kunkle nod David Mumma for
defendants.
In the course of his remarks to the jury, Mr. Kunkle
said the railroad company were willing to pay 16.000 for
the lot, independent of any reasonable amount of damages
this jury might award. They admitted damages, and had
frequently offered to compromiseAut the plaintiffs, from
the day the road was made, had folded their hands and
allowed their improvements to be neglected, with the view
to get heavier damages. On the other hand, Mr. Alricks
contended that the road had utterly ruined their saw mill
and boat yard. Thejary returned a verdict of $1,162 for
plaintiffs, with costs.—Tuesday's Exprots.
CONCERT.—MiIIe KATE DEAN, Will give two
Concerts, on Tuesoay and Thursday evenings driest week,
in Fulton 11 , 01. Programmes next week.
DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS.—The "HistOri -
cal, A4ricultural and Mechanics' Institute" have made
arrangements with Hon. John P. Hale. Horace Greely and
HeorgeD. Prentice, F.sqrs., to lecture before said Institute,
in this city, during the coming winter. The proceeds of
these lectures will he for the benefit of the Institute's
Library.
TURNPIKE ELECTIONS.- -The annual election
for officers of the following Turnpikes has recently taken
place, with the annexed result:
CONESTOGA AND MANOa TURNPlEE.—President, Gen. B. A.
Shaeffer ; Managers, Wyatt W. Miller, Christian B. Herr,
Abraham Peters, Andrew G. Bowers, Jacob K. Shenk;
Treasurer, Gila. F. Breneman.
LANCASTER AND EPHRATA TERN PlLE.—President, Henry
F. Leman; Managers, John K. Reed. Thomas E. Franklin.
John Hess. Christian Bassler, Benjamin L. Landis; Treas
urer, Henry Shreiner.
SHERHIVB SALES.—On Saturday afternoon
Sheriff Rowe, sold at the Court House is presence of a
large concourse of spectators and bidders, the following
properties:
A lot of ground with a carpenter shop and other improve
ments thereon, In the borough of Strasburg . , the property
of John Zimmerman, sold to Jacob Ream for $5O.
A lot of ground in the borough of Strasburg, with a
three-story brick dwelling house and other improvements,
the property of Amos E. Cochran, sold to Michael and
Irene Groff. for $2,050
A piece of land in the linage of Leesburg. Strasburg twp.,
containing one acre axial a two story brick dwelling house,
, property of H. Carl .Meyers. sold to Susan Huber
for gl3OO.
A tract of land in Salisbury twp., containing 40 acres,
with a two story log dwelling house, frame barn, Sc,
property of Andrew Winthrop and Thomas Winthrop, sold
to John Myers for $2 , 00.
A tract of land in Garlic tap., containing 20 acres, with
improvements, the property of Nicholas Rhoads, sold to
Daniel Good for $350.
A tract of land in llartic tap , containing 30 acres and
15 perches, with a one-story brick dwelling house and
other Improvements, the property of Jacob K. Good. sold
to George Warfel for $lOOO.
A lot of ground in the Borough of Columbia, containing
one acre, with a rolling mill, for rolling all kinds of
merchant, bar and railroad iron, property of Vincent
Smith and Daniel S. Bruner, sold to Samuel Shoat for
$22,400.
A three-story brick dwelling house, on West King street.
between Water and Prince, known as one of 1... kid ton
Buildings, property of Margaret H. Amweg and .I.ibu H.
Auovett, mid to Junius B. Kauffman for $2.55.1.
A lot of ground on the New Rolland Pike. in the Pity of
Lancaster. with a two-story frame dwelling hon.., property
of Matthias Brady, sold to E. It. Miller f. ir sloo
A lot of ground on James street in the city of Lancaster,
with s one story brick dwelling house the property ofJos.
Nixdorf, sold to Milton Wike for $1.200.
A two-story brick dwelling house and lot of ground on
Mulberry street, between Orange and Chesnut streets.
property of Chas. M. Erbon A Henry L. Erten), sold to
D e n. W. Schroyer, for $9.5,
A lot of ground en North Q.., st , Indy, en tls Ingo and
King sts., with a large three story brick dw..ihn g
the property of ill,. lea if. Erben and Henry i, Erhan.
sold to Dr. Compton ior $22. Subject t.i mortgage.
A lot of ground in Pi i .ce st., wills J two stogy brick
dwelling h•nt , vs. of Charles V. 15,1,0 an!
Henry L. Erie., sold to John Slontruer for $25. Sul.ject to
mortgage.
Two lots of ground on the north si to , r IVest inieS sr.,
with a largo two story 'sick diver ing h , use on each, pr op•
arty of Charles M. Erliesi. and Henry L. Erben, nil to W.
W. Brown for $.5 Subject to mortgage.
A lot of ground on the north side of ka.st Walnut s'..
property of Charles M. Erben and Henry L. El bon. sold t• •
Geo. W. Schroyer for $9.
The house and lot of ground on the corner cf Water and
Walnut sts„ property of John Jacob Wm. Petorsilie, sold
to Geo F. Oslo bir fuck.
A piece of ground with n two story brick dwelling house,
on North Queen st., the property of George Fisher, sold to
the eXeCtltOrti of le, .1. Kraruph. deed, for $5lO.
COLUMBIA AFFAIRS.—We glean the low
fug ••items•' fr , an Saturday's Spy:
A LITTLE BIT OF HORSE TAL.R.—On ThUrSday. 92301
Christian Ilirnise appeared before Justice Welsh, asking
a warrant for the arrest of a stranger name mil:town...llo
had ridden away on the steed of Mr. George Ikpp,lo. of
this borough. with no intention—as informant believed
and was willing to swear—of returning the same. The
prayer of periiioner was entertained by the Court. and a
warrant placed in the hands of llellingsworth,lst
Mounted Police, directing him to take the bodyof
-,
and pr o duce him at the Blue Front. Mounted on his
fiery charger, the official departed, centre a tern, and dis
appeared it the bridge with a velocity Me moderately di...
charged arrow. Being aimed with precision, hr hit the
hole of the farther end, emerging into the Borough of
Wrightsville, surrounded by n halo of dust. and au ad.
miring, CrOWli of small boys. lie mat successful in his
mission, and the mans e vening brought to the
seat, one .lohu G / . 3 , V, Of the City of Lameaster, as the ab
sconding equestrian. . .
John, with the tracery of conscious innocence. and a
knowledge of lass, kept a stiff ripper lip. g.nducting his
defence skilfully and successfully. lie proved that hit
employer. a Lancaster trader. had been seized with n desire
to become postiessed of the horse of Ilepperle, by means of
a swap, and, to the end of more fairly conducting the ne
gotiation, had induced the latter individual to accompany
him to the neutral ground of York county, where the en.
change Sella consummated, and the bargain sealed in a
copious flow of lager. Gras. , was dispatched for the animal.
and his ingenious manner of obtaining it at thu hands of
Hirnese excited that gentleman's suspicion, hence the
complaint.
Prosecution attempted to prove a swindle, but the ease
was disalleed by the magistrate; liftmen fer cents.
We understand Viol Ilepperle. ron,id e ring hinetelt ov e r
reached in the transaction, the dealer having closed Iris
ee with a wretched charger in exchange for a very good
ho v rse, Intends seeking justice in York county.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.i ERGIII 'BURNING FLUID."—On Tees
day, 2d inst.. n goo -looking German. flight Bans Focht.
applied at the Blue Front for accommodations for the night.
tieing of the race of Cain. in the estimation of th&flerman
Hostelries of the town—liana woo n Swoope—he Mad been
retuned by them bed and board; and with an eye to a
bivouac In the st,eet, or haply a curb-stone pillow and a
glitter bed, lie had prudently fortiffial his inner man with
as litany drinks AS score obtainable under the eircuittstan
,... Tim 'Squire lisp' ursged the encampment project.—
While admitting The roundness of the groat Squatter buy
ereignty principle as a political dogma. or dodge, be appre
heeded in the present instance , the jumping of the Squat
ter's claim on the part of Hollingsworth. Richard, or some
nintuthcrized deputy. 'f he magistrate is generally impar
tial in his recommendation of the tradesmen, landlords and
others of Columbia. when an orentlinil offers for advice to
anxious inquirers. but in the present instance he volun
teered as tooter for t h e Hotel des Etrangers, better known
as the Borough inn. and highly extolled the bar, table
and shake-down !of That liberally patronized firftwlass es
tablishment. Forht unhesitatingly - adopted the 'Squire's
suggestion, and Ilollingsworth was requested to show the
gentleman to his; ronm.
In the morning the recipient of the Borough's hospitali
ties Woo brought kip to the Captain's race to settle, when,
instead of a araCeful rendering of thanks for the favors
bestowed, Justiri Welsh was overwhelmed with °Nur,-
tiuns in such complimted black Dutch, that his limited
knowledge of the language failed to make him sensible of
the point At issue. A wayside interpreter was called in,
and the address was reiterated, at bra tel hand.
Translated Into intelligible Engli , -11. Focht's tirade re
solved itself into a complaint of the borough accommoda•
Lions. Ile inveighed against the apartment as close, damp
and nasty, the hod as disgustingly filthy, and character
ized the entire establishment as rather a pen fur the im
pounding of ectray swine. than a harbor or refuge for in
digent and tint; n-tunate christians. Ms heaviest attack,
howet;er. was directed against the deficionces iu the
department of refreshment. Ile. Flans Focht, had entered
the subterranean with his blood at fever heat from the
fire within, and all through. that thousand year night had
the undying conflagration raged Around and around his
ventral cavern, raced up and down his parched alimentary
canal, issued in Simone gusts from his encrusted mouth,
scorching searing, roasting. lett.ing. stew log, broiling,
frying, sizzling; in short. subjecting him to every member
to the question by fire. Ile humble asked what crime he
had committed . that he should be thus martyrized? Surely
the fact of his having voluntarily kindled the fire should
not cut off his water' More in anger than In snrrow. he
inquired why this little municipal !lades was not furnished
with at least a bucket of the Water Company's bent?
Esquire Thomas Welsh had no word to say in defence.
Ile could not deny that the stranger had fared badly, but
he could not send the Borough down for thirty days. so he
pronounced sentence of banishment against the Swope,
And handed over the Corporation to the justice of "Our
Special."
LOCAL MAIL ARRANGEMENTS—CLOSING OF
THE Mans ur THE LAN:CASTER Pear Orrice.—The followine
carefully prepared table of the hours for closing the various
mails at the post office in this city, will ho found very use
ful for reference. by business men and others. A correct
schedule of this kind has often been enquired fur:
Eastern Through Mail—For Philadelphia, New York and
Eastern States, at f. 45 p. m.
Way Mail East—For Philadelphia and intermediate offices,
at 8. 45 a. TU.
Western Through Mail—For Columbia, Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and Western States, at ii. a 3 p. ni.
Way Mail West—For Landisville, Elizabethtown. Mount
Jny, Middletown. Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon.
Tvrone, Altoona. Hollidaysburg (and Way Mail between
Altoona and Pittsburg) at a. m.
Southern Mail—For Columbia. York. Baltimore, Washing
ton, D. C.. and Southern States. at 41 / .: a. m.
Pittsburg Through Mail. et 2 p. 111.
Fnr Strasburg. via: Camargo. Quarryville, Martinsville,
and New Providence, at 8. 43 Lt. m.
BY STAGE.
For Reading, via: Naffvville, Litiz, Rothsville, Ephrata,
Itrainstown, Ailainstwvn and Gonglnrsvillei, daily, at 8
a. 111
For Lebanon, via: East Hempfield, Manhoim, White, Oak,
Mount Hope and Cornwall, daily, at 9 1 / .:, a. in.
For Millersville and Slackwator. daily. at I p. m.
For Safe Harbor, daily. at I p. rn.
For Hinkletown. via: Landis Valley, Oregon, West Earl,
and Farmeraville, daily. at 2 p. m.
For Paradise, via: Greenland and Soudersburg, daily, at
3 p.
For Litis, via : Neffsville, daily. 3 p. m.
For Marietta, via: Hempheld and Silver Sprint, daily, at
3p. tn.
For Strasburg, via: Fertility and Whmtland Mills, daily at
•
p. m.
For Lampeter, daily, at 3 p. m
For New Holland, via:.lliukley's Bridge Leaenok, Bat - evil le,
Beartown, Bowmaneville and Muddy Creek, daily. at 1
For Phoenixville, via New Holland, 131 w, Ball. Goadvil
Churchtown, Roman town, Iloneybrook, Chester Springs,
and Kimbertor., Tri-weekly,Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, at 12 m.
For Port Deposit, Md., via Willow Street. Sinithrille. Buck,
Chesnut Level. Green, Pleasant Grove. Rock Spriiap. Md.;
and Bowlandsville, Md., Tri-weekly, Monday, Wednes
day and Friday, at 6 a. m.
For Colebrook. via: Swarr's Mill, Old Line, Sporting Hill
and Mastersonville, Tri-weekly, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. at 12 m.
For Vogansville and Terre Hill, Tri weekly, Monday, Thorn
day and Sa , urday. 2 p. m.
F or Libelty Square, via: Coa,m 6 4, Martieville, Coleman
vill e and Mount Nebo. Sorni•weekly, Wedri.day . and Sat
urday. at 1 p. m.
For Bethesda ;la : Willow Street and Rawllnaville, Wed
nesday. and Saturday, at d a. m.
For New Danville, weekly, Wednesday. at 9 a. m.
Ofli, halms, from 7a.m. to N p. m. Ou Sunday, from 9
to In a. at.
Postage to California, Oregon and Washington Territo
ries, lo neuta.
Letters, alleged to be valuable. will be registered, and a
receipt given therefor. on appli:ation and payment of the
registration fee of live cents, in addition to the regular
postage.
All letters are required to L. pre-paid with stamps before
they can be mailed. H. B. SWAIM, Postmaster.
A MAN TRIES TO CHOP Hi, • HEAD OFF.
—A correspondent of it, • ay (Ind.)
Reveille, writing from Carroll county, Ky.,
states that a few days since, a party of men
were raising a log building ; one of the corn
pany, a young, man named Thomas E. Scarcey,
suddenly lef' his work, and seizing an ax, cut
several' severe gashes on the top of his head.
An attempt being made to wrest the weapon
from him, he brandished it in the air, and
threatened to kill any one who approached
him. He then laid his neck upon a log, and
was about to chop his own head off, when his
companions managed, after a desperate strug
gle, to secure him. Scarcey is described as
being an intelligent, upright man, and had
never before given evidence of being insane.
A NEW RELIGTOII:9 SECT IN fowe.-L-Some
sixty or seventy miles north of Council Bluffs,
in the county of Monona, about fifteen miles
from the Missouri river, there is a town,
containing, six or eight hundred inhabitants,
generally known as Preparation.
This town is the Zion of a new body of
religious enthusiasts. who call themselves
" Conjeprezites," and their system of religion
or religious organization " Conjeprezion," the
meaning of which term remaiiii to the Gentile
world a profound mystery.
At the head of the organization is a man by
the name of Charles B. Thompson, who is,
besides the editor of a weekly newspaper
called The .Newspaper. The paper is large ,
well printed, and upon political and general
subject= is edited with much ability.
Of this sheet one or two pages are usually
devoted to the publication of what are called
"open letters, upon religious subjects,
addressed by Charles B. Thompson, as follows:
" The Chief Apostolic Pastor and Evangeli-
cal Bishop : To all the Elders of Israel, Evan-
gelical and Traveling Presbyters of the
Ecclesiastical Kingdom, and to Bishops,
Presbyters, Deacons and Members of the
Conjeprezion, scattered abroad throughout all
the world, sendeth greeting."
These letters are all dated at " the tower of
the flock," and are most curious specimens of
incomprehensible cant, being made up of
passages fr•nn the Bible, extracts from " the
B,ok of the Low and Covenant of Israel," and
remarks by the " Chief Apostolic Pastor,"
indiscriminately mixed up together.
From what we are able to learn from these
letters, this curious sect believes in the Bible
as the ward of Gad ; hut also holds that it is
in a inea , ure done away with by new revela
tions made since the year 184 X, by " the voice
of Baneemy" through the medium of the
—Chief Ap , F.Hical Bishop These new
revelations are styled " the Law and Covenants
of "
•.t . the organizati n i held in
e..mmon. ant .....nings , brown
into the eommon Ftock, women - ' n •I',or the
manner f the Shake m. The pr-olc
to Ii quiet and orderly in their •rit•tent,
moral in their etiAtom,. and in , otedly
and ldindly attached to their relitti -yHtem
of
11,wever trang ,, it may a, t; . this
erg !wiz tti , n the
inere L,ed from fifty t eight •
and i. rereivi,e , large aeee—i• ite
nurnher. —L,102 State h timcra .
'it:are. —Another Alleged Murder.
—Our e, ti e cnrcunity hay , 'wen very mu eh
excited durin , the past 1,,v days, by the rn
mnr that a most horrid murder had been
porpe! rated in Bedminster township, in the
neighl , .o-h—d of the villa , e of Dublin. It
apt , " that on Thursday week, William'
denkit:. a former, residing there, was taken
with vi dent pains and convulsion. , and lied
up..n the following Saturday. Sane of his
family supposing that hi , . death was the
rcsolt foul means, notHed John C. Shep
herd, the Coroner;and upon the day if the
funeral. he, a:skred by Dr. Wilbam S, lien
drie, r, ok ~u t the stomach of the deceased,
and teem with it to Philadelphia. to have its
contents analyzed by Professor Rodgers
From various circumstances, suspicon attached
t his wife, and upon Thursday etenin, High
Constable l'unlinson, averted by Messrs.
Price and Ream v, went to arrest her. rpon
arriving at the premises, :he made a most
determined re , i , tance, and tired off a .gun
heavily loaded at the attacking party. She
was finally secured, and saf.•!y I..dged in jail,
to await her trial at December term. The
evidence her guilt is said he of th mo-t
positive character; but the trial must devel
op the facts of this startling charge.—Car.
German/own Telegraph.
SFIOCKI NG DEATH. —On Monday evening
last, the neighborhood of Fourth and Shippen
street, Philadelphia, was thrown into a state
of great excitement by the news that a man
was lodged in the chimney flue of a house in
Shipper' street below Fourth, occupied by -
Jane Bell. From all the fa , i- to be gleaned
by us it appears that Ricfmri Dilho, a young
man of about twenty two years of age, has,
for a long time, been keeping company with a
female named Lizzie Heckert, who resided at
the chore house. Latterly, some estrange
ment between the parties took place, and
Dillon was deserted for another man. This
caused him to entertain bitter feelings towards
her, hut no violence was apprehended from
him until Monday, when, after indulging
Pretty freely in liquor, he entered the house
about seven o'eloek. and inquired for his
former companion. He was informed by the
inmates that she was out—which was the
truth. Not believing this, he became excited
and made his way to the third story room,
which is appropriated to the use of Miss
Hackert. Finding the door locked, and
receiving no answer to his repeated demands
for admission, he clambered up the ladder
leading to the loft, and from thence to the
roof. He then managed to work his bode
into the flue of the chimney, evidently with
the intention of thus effecting an entrance
into the third-story room. But, as might be
expected in a small three-story house, the fluo
was too contracted to allow of a free passage,
and be soon became fast. Ills cries Boon
attracted the attention of the inmates as well
as of passers by, and every means were then
used to extricate the unfortunate man from
his disagreeable position. Ropes were lowered
from the top, but his body being in such a
posture, he was unable to take advantage of
the assistance thus at hand. Finally a hole
was cut in the wall on the stairway, and
Dillon was dragged out in an insensible con
dition. Every exertion:was made to resuscitate
him, but to no purpose, and after drawing ono
or two breaths, he expired. A young man,
who was in the company of the deceased.
during the afternoon, stated that be made
threats to settle his difficulties with Mise
Hackert, and purchased a black jack, but
whether to use on the girl in question he did
not say. The deceased was a plasterer by
trade, but of late has been engaged in peddling
oysters. He resided with his mother, in.
Carpenter stre_ t, below Fifth.
STARVING A 'SNAKE OUT OF A MAN'S
STOMACH —The following singular story is told
of a man named Beach, who had swallowed a
snake in Michigan :—For the past seventeen
years the sufferer has been satisfied that there
was a living animal in his stomach. If he
drank liquor the animal would seem to become
drunk. This he judged from the fact that it
remained perfectly quiet until the effects of the
spirits wore off. At times when he partook of
kind offensive to the animal, it %%old become
agitated and rill about with a motion which
would be felt by placing the hand upon the
stomach. Having tried many physicians
without being relieved, Beach was induced
to apply to a German doctor, woo recommen
ded the process of starving the intruder out..
This advice was adopted, and the patient suc
ceeded in inducing the animal to come up in
to his throat, but for fear of strangulation he
swallowed vinegar and drove it back. Fur
four months means were tried to relieve the
man's throat of its unwelcome guest, and
finally on Friday of last week he passed an
entire snake, measuring just three feet in
length. It was sornewli it decomposed, and
had evidiiiitiv l -t four io• five inches of its
As to its original cicc ur c , rrr-pondent
cannot determine. Its bend measured cross
wise just one inch and a quarter. Its teeth
were about one eighth of an inch long. From
the formation of the head the correspondent
thinks the reptile is of the common water
snake species. The man is now doing well,
and in good spirits, in consequence of being
relieved of his hideous tormentor. Our cor
respondent who is well known to us, and in
whose assurances we ens place the utmost
confidence, is knowing to all the facts we
have stated above.— Sandusky Register.
For the lotelllgencer.
TYRANNY AND PROSCRIPTION
Messes. Enrrotts : Political proscription in Safe Harbor.
Is carried out with fearful vengeance, not a clerkship nor
any other postof the least Importance is permitted to be
occupied by any man (no difference how good his qualifica
tions are,) if he be not willing to vote the Black Repub
lican ticket; politics are even meanly carried Into the
Board of School Directors; at their last meeting Col. JOllO
KeLP was an applicant for a school, but notwithstanding
his superior intellect, experience, and equal scholarship,
hr was most shamefully and tyrannically rejected, because
he thinks fur himself, and boldly and fearlessly maintains
his political views. lam Informed from a reliable source
that the Black Republicans of Safe Harbor stooped to any
mean and rb-spicable acts In order to procure votes at the
last election; a few minions who are under the employ of
the Safe Harbor Iron Company, for the sake of a trilling
clerkship or employment will perform any low and dirty
political intrigue to carry their ends. The poor operatives
are taken to the polls like slaves and watched over for fear
they might exercise the dictations of their own conscience.
A few dependent Germans were brought to the election,
their taxes paid, and without permission from their tyran
nical guardians to obtain a ticket to suit their views, were
led to the polls to vote the Black Republican and Abolition
ticket. Such petty proscription should not be tolerated
in a free land—when will the people open their eyes and.
raise their voice and strength against a political party
which carries on such outrage.
Yours truly,
PIILLADELPHI&, Nov. 1, 1853
DEMOCRAT