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THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
The platform of the Opposition, now
composed of Black Republicans, Abolitionists,
Snow Nothings, Free Love Advocates, Infidels,
dtc., ttc., the former faction predominating, is a
bloody one, and contemplates a bitter and
unrelenting strife between the great sisterhood
of States. Senator SEWARD, of New York, is
the distinguished exponent of this new
principle of internecine war and bloodshed in
our hitherto peaceful Confederacy ; and as he
is to be the Republican or Abolition candidate
for the next Presidency, his programme
becomes of immense importance to the whole
country. Hear what he says in his celebrated
Rochester speech, delivered a few weeks ago :
"The United States must, and will,' sooner
or later, become EITHER ENTIRELY A
SLANTEHOLDING NATION, OR ENTIRE—
LY A FREE LABOR NA fION. Either the
cotton and rice fields of South Carolina, and
the sugar plantations of Louisiana will
ultimately be tilled by free labor, and Charles
ton and New Orleans become marts kr
legitimate merchandise alone; or else the rye
fields and wheat fields of Massachusetts and
New York must again be surrendered by their
farmers to slave culture and the production of
slaves, and Boston and New York become once
more markets for trade in the bodies and
souls of men."
This, then, is to be the great question at
issue to be decided in the next Presidential
contest. Stripped of all disguise, it mean ,
that the North, being the most powerful in
numbers, shall obliterate negro slavery from
the South, and reduce the fifteen slave holding
States to unconditional subjection and vassal,
age. This is the plain meaning of Mr. SEWARD'S
declaration ; for no sane man would ever
think of seriously talking about the possibility
of Massachusetts and New-York and Penn
sylvania becoming again the Heat of African
slavery.
For seventy years this great country,
composed of free and slave States, has existed
under our glorious Constitution, each State
being sovereign within its own borders, and
left perfectly free to manage its domestic
affairs in its own way. But in these latter
days new light is thrown in upon us by infidel
philosophers and statesmen of New. York and
New England.
,Our sisterhood of States has
existed in peace and harmony for two
generations, and we have prospered and
become great as no nation ever did before—
the wonder and admiration of the whole
world—but this state of things is to continue
no longer, if they get the sway. The wonder
ful sympathy of SEWARD and his coadjutors
for the negro, would induce them to rend the
Union into fragments, and deluge its fairest
portion in the blood of the white race. Their
policy, if successful, would make US a by
word and a reproach among all the nations of
the earth.
It is full time for the patriotic, conservative
people of the Northern States to look this
danger full in the face. The times are
portentous, and the danger imminent. The
declaration made by WILLIAM 11. SEWARD, at
Rochester, is no empty, unmeaning one—he
never speaks in that way, but always means
what he says, and his language is full of the
deepest significance. It is very evident that
the great battle of the Union is to be fought
in 1860. The Presidential contest two years
ago was but a preliminary skirmish the
decisive conflict is to take place two years
hence. The Democracy of Pennsylvania will
not shrink from the encounter, nor will our
Democratic friends in the other free States.
The triumph of Judge DOUGLAS in Illinois is
an earnest of that. His competitor for a seat
in the U. S. Senate, Mr. LiNcol.x, stood on
the SEWARD platform, declaring in his speeches
during the Canvass that the States composing
the Union must either become entirely free or
entirely slave. This was the leading issue
made before the people of Illinois, and upon
this they have given a verdict which will be
heartily responded to by the Democracy of
the entire North. We are fully prepared for
the great contest.
PROSPECTS OF THE OPPOSITION
The future is dark and gloomy to the Black
Republicans and their allies. They hol e for,
but cannot calculate upon, success in the next
Presidential contest with any certainty.—
They see the solid and substantial basis of
the Democracy, which, notwithstanding their
recent reverses, has steadily increased since
1854 and 1856 in many of the Northern
States, and also the unstable and unreliable
union of Abolitionism - and Americanism loc.
the Presidential campaign of 1860. They see
that.a great sacrifice of principle must neces
earily take place—an utter and absolute
ignoring of all old issues—to make any shoal
at all of possible success against the Democ
racy. The doubt and uncertainty of being
able to accomplish any such arrangement, by
which the clans can be brought to act hat ,
moniouNly together, is depressing their spirits
very much. Shall Sewardism or Crittenden
ism or Cameronism prevail—shall rank Abo
litionism, liberal Republicanism, or exclusive
Know Nothingism control the next contest, in
the Opposition ranks? That is now the great
trouble between the discordant elements of
the Opposition, and as time wears on their
perplexities will continue to thicken upon
them. Meanwhile the Democracy are quietly
and complacently resting upon their oars, and
consolidating their strength, preparatory to
making a final and exterminating onslaught
upon the tesselated cohorts of the Opposition
when the proper time for action arrives.
Gen. WARD, of Georgia, is appointed Min
ister to China, instead of Sardinia, as men
tioned in our last. The mistake was made by
the Washington Slates, from which paper we
copied the announcement. Ile succeeds Hon.
WH• B. REED, who will shortly return home.
A NEW FIRM
The Richmond South and the Washington
States have united their fortunes, under the
editorial charge of Mr.' PRYOR, of the former.
He is generally known as a vigorous and
dashing writer, tinged with the ultraisms of
the . fire-eating chivalry. It is understood that
the new paper will advocate the claims of
Judge DOUGLAS to the Presidency. The com
bination, pncongenial as it appears, has
excited considerable remark and criticism.
fildr Capitalists are invited to the Farm of
MOOSE CONNELL, Esq., in Upper Leacock
township, which is offered for sale—see
advertisement. This is. beyond all question,
one of the best and handsomest farms in
Lancaster county, and cannot fail to attract
the attention of purchasers. Also to the
properties of the estate of the late Gen. Miller,
the Messrs. Lane, and the Lancaster Savings
Institution.
COMMISSIONED.—The Governor has issued
the commission to Hon. Jaw M. READ, as a
Judge of the Supreme Court, for fifteen years
from the first Monday of December.
A LOST PARTY
The party calling itself "American " says
the Harrisburg Patriot, is just now in a most
deplorable condition. In the two great
States of New York and Pennsylvania it has
been reduced to subjection by the Republicans.
After the failure to form an alliance with the
SEWARD party in New York, are Americans
undertook the job of discomfiting the great
anti slavery leader and rendering him unavail
able for the race in 1860 ; but he was too
shrewd for them. On the very eve of the
election he placed himself in the position of a
leader of the sectional anti slavery crusade
against the South, and thereby detached a
considerable wing of the GERRIT SMITH abe
litionists, and induced them to vote for Moa
GAN. This movement succeeded, check mated
the American conspiracy, and cast that party
into outer darkness. Immediately after this
object was attained, SEWARD posted off to Rome
and made another speech, modifying, explain
ing, and qualifying the treasonable doctrines
of his before-election harangue. Having sue.
cessfully performed the double operation of
fooling GERRIT SMITH and kicking the Ameri.
cans out of his road, SEWARD covered up his
ugly footmarks, and spiked hie cannon, so as
to leave no frowning fortress in the rear of his
march to the Presidency.
That thorough "American" journal, the
, New York Express, accounts very satisfactorily
for the small American vote when it says :
"The American party has been pretty well
ground down between the Republicans and
the Democrats—American voters often making
their choice for Parker or Morgan, according
to their ancient predilections as democrats or
Whigs."
After this, the American party had better
disband and give it up as a bad job. The up
per and nether millstones of the two great
parties will grind them to powder in every
important contest. In the Southern States
they are powerless. In New England they
wait obsequiously upon. the Republicans. In
New York they have not votes enough to inter
fere with SEWARD'S plans. In the great West
,they have no fo•ithold ; and in Pennsylvania
they hove managed to sell out all their goods
and chattels, rights, interests, and effects, to
the Republicans for a very small eonsidera
JUDGE DOUGLAS IN ILLINOIS
The political struggle in Illinois, by which
Mr. Douglas has succeeded in securing a
victory for himself and the Democratic party
of his State, is one of the most remarkable
events of the kind, says the Trenton True
American, that has ever occurred in the history
of the country. The result has not proved
satisfactory to the Republicans, who so courted
his favor a few months ago. The effect of his
co operation with them during the last session
of Congress, had well nigh cost him dear, and
notwithstanding his herculean efforts. nothing
but the fact of his having been the nominee of
the Democratic State Convention could have
saved him from defeat.
That very circumstance, added to the fact
that he was running in opposition to a Repub-
lican, obtained for him the influence and
sympathy of Democrats everywhere, and
although many differed with him as to his views
on the Kansas Lemmpton Constitution, and
many condemned him for the eagerness and
severity with which he opposed the adminis
tration and the great body of his political
friends in the 1.3. S. Senate, there are very few
Democrats anywhere who are not now glad of
his success. On the other hand, the Republi
cans hove received the intelligence with,
marked dissatisfaction. They who so lauded
him as the " friend of freedom," and were
almost rettdy to hail him as their leader, have
discovered 'that he is not the thing they
thought he wits. The New York Tribune.
alluding to the triumph achieved by Mr.
Douglas, says :
When it had been settled that the Republi
cans of Illinois would determinedly oppose
Mr. Douglas' re eleotion at all hazards, it was
obvious that he would feel constrained to take
a position so near the South Pole as should be
necessary to prevent the formation of any
considerable Buchanan Democratic party, so
as to enclose him between two fire,. Yet we
must confess that we were not quite prepared
to see him take the positions in the canvass
which the South pretty accurately sums up as
follows :
1. Judge Douglas affirms the original and
essential inferiority of the negro.
2. Ile denies that the negro was intended
to be embraced within the abstt:,c-it,. .f
Declaration of Independence, and assorts that
the right to freedom and equality was predi
cated only of the dominant race of white men.
3. He denies the privileges of citizenship to
the negro.
4. Ile affirms the oomplatibility of a con
federacy of free and slave States, and the
possibility of their harmonious co existance
under a common constitution.
5. He affirms the absolute sovereignty of the
States in tespect to their domestic institutions,
and denies the authority of the Federal Govern
ment to discriminate against the interests of
slavery.
6. fle inculcates apulicy of non•interventinn,
as between the free and slaveholding States,
as well as between the latter and the Federal
Government.
7. He supports the decision of the Supreme
Court, and asserts for slavery the right of
colonization in the Territories.
8. He upholds all the guaranties of the
Federal Constitution in respect to the rights
of the South.
9. He maintains the dignity and indepen
dence of the Senatorial function, against the
encroachments of Executive usurpation,
10. lle protests his opposition to black-
Republicanism at every point and upon every
principle.
11. Ile pledges himself to fidelity to the
organization, principles and nominees of the
Democratic party.
THE NEXT CONGRESS
The Washington Stanitcontains the follow.
ing speculations on the political complexion
of the next Congress:
"The next Congress will be Democratic to
a certainty. Our readers may rely on this as
a fixed fact.
" In the elections which have already taken
place for members of Congress the position of
parties stands: Democrats 49, Republican,
102.
" The States yet to elect are Alabama, Con
necticut, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Liu
isiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi,
New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, which
elect eighty six members. In the present
House they stand as follows :
Dem. Rep. Amer.
07 7 12
Add already elected 49 102
"In the States yet to elect the Republicans
may gain two members in Connecticut, and
the Democrats will, in all probability, gain six
members from the South Americans in Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina
and Maryland. Such a result will make the
next Congress stand : Democrats 120, Repub
licans 111, South Americans 6, which will
give the Democrats a majority of three over
all ; and if the fourth district in Michigan
has gone Democratic, as reported, the Demo
cratic strength in the House will be 121, and
a majority over all of five."
FOR SALT RIVER.—The editor of the Rome
Sentinel takes the defeat of our party in the
State of New York very easy, and has even
the pluck to wax funny about it. He says, on
Wednesday morning after the election:
" THE RETURNS.—By such election returns
as we have received, we are inclined to the
belief that the County and State have gone
slightly " Republican I" The late hour our
returns close, leaves us no time fur comment ;
besides, we are otherwise too busily engaged,
as we have our bundle of clothes under our
arm, with a pocket handkerchief full of
doughnuts swung over our shoulder, and we
are just leaving on foot for Salt River ! Good
bye !"
FROM. THE FAR WEST
By the ovorla-d. moil four days lacer news
has been received frrnr Oregon and California
at St. Louis. The arrival of the first mail
from St. Louis had been celebrated with great
enthusiasm at San Francisco on the 11th ult.
Salutes were fired, speeches made, and resolu
tions adopted thanking the Post Office Depart
ment, etc. Volunteers have been called for
to protect travellers on the road between
Weaverville and Union, against the Indians.
A large quantity of gold had been obtained
from the Frazer river mines. but the weather
was too cold to work, and many of the miners
were returning to California. In Oregon the
grain fields and provisions of the hostile
Indians have been destr. led ; and as they are
reduced to a state of st.irvatinn rhey are suing
fur peace, which C,luuel Wright refuses to
grant unless:, au unconditional surrender is
made. The iron hand of civilization is
pressing sternly upon the aborigines in the
Western Territories of the Union. With the
present rapid extension of settlements from
Kansas, Nebraska Arkansas, and New
Mexico westward, and from Oregon and
California eastward, they are being hemmed in
on all sides ; and unless they adopt a civilized
mode of life they are destined to speedy
extinction. This overland mail route to
California will soon form a continuous high
way of civilization from the. Pacific to the
Atlantic States. Lieutenant Beale's wagon
road will serve a similar 'purpose, and before
many years roll by a great Pacific railroad
will still further open up this vast region.
Probably almost the last series of battles that
will be fought between the troops of the United
States and the Indians are now being fought
on our frontiers. The day cannot he far
distant when all the Indians will be either too
weak, or too well informed, to defy the power
of our Govern:l:rm.
THE WAY THE KNOW NOTHINGS SUCCEEDED
IN BALTIMORE.—One of the. Judges of the
election for the Eighteenth Ward of the City
of Baltimore, details the manner of voting in
that city recently, when the 'carididate of the
Know Nothings for Mayor received such an
unprecedented vote. We venture the assertion
that all the border ruffian voting in Kansas
cannot bear a e imparison with this conduct of
the Baltimore villains. Mr. Ballard, the judge
at the Eighteenth Ward poll, states:
The time fur opening the polls arrived and
the voting commenced—and I am compelled
to say I never before witnessed such scenes at
an election—men and boys voting as often as
they pleased, both seen and unseen by the
judges who bad( their ballots.
I strenuously protested against such pro
ceedings, but to no avail. This sort of voting
went no for about half an hour, when there
was added to it another mode, viz : That of
voting from hacks andomnibuses—a means by
which mire gross outrages are perpetrated on
the elective franchise than probably any other
that could be adopted; for in nearly every case,
two or three times as many ballots were taken
as there were persons in the hacks, and there
can be no doubt of the illegality of almost the
entire number of those that were in them, to
say nothing of the repetition of voting.
This mode of voting was carried on to an
extent incredulous to state.' While those who
wished to vote a ticket other that, those
marked tut the hack, except in a few instances,
were not allowed to vote at all. I saw, in
more than a dozen instances,' a person come
to the fence in front of the window, holding a
ticket in each hand, both of which were taken
and put in the box, the person giving some
names, no doubt assumed, as they voted.
Men from other Warb., known to al , ' intiges.
came up and had no difficulty in voting. I
determined to leave the window arid have
nothing more to di, with the election as judge.
I totik a sear in the back part of the rout,
and witnessed a continued repetition of voting
by the same persons until their faces, whichl
had never seen beiore that day; became as
familiar as the sun. From notes taken then,
I am sure I would not exceed the bounds of
truth were I to say that the same person
voted in the Eighteenth Ward on that day,
eighty to one hundred times, and certainly as
often as he wished. I know the people pretty
well in my Ward, having lived there for the
last eight years, and I am confident not more
than incl thousand legal votes were polled,
although the returns show nearly thirty two
hundred.
Since this scandalous conduct, purporting
to lie an election, two murders have been
committed by the Dead Rabbit Know Noth
ings, and one of the murderers convicted, the
other yet to be tried.
lE= E!
Gen. Walker's visit to Washington was not
directly with the government. It is in part
to ascertain the extent of the proposed British
interference. lie is satisfied there will Le no
hindrance to lawful emigration to Nicaragua,
and denies the truth of the statement that
there has been any sale of bonds or of the
transit route. Hence he declares that part of
the President's proclamation must have been
founded on incorrect information ; and
further, that passengers leaving Mobile are
expected to pay their own expenses, and act
upon their own responsibility. The emigration
is under the auspices of the Southern Emigra
tion Company, which has been in existence
six months, and which has branches in Ala
bama, Mississippi, Ltuisiana and Georgia.—
There is no clashing of interests between it
and the Canal Company. Gen. Walker will
probably leave fur Mobile to-morrow, though
it is not certain that he will go out with the
first party to Nicaragua.
MR. REED AND THE CuINESE TREATY.—The
Union of Wednesday last, has a defence of
Mr. W. B. Reed, U. S. Commissioner to China,
from the attacks of the London Times. It is
in substance that his mission was a peaceful
one, and that he sought commercial and not
political advantages, differing thus in both
respects from the French, English and Russian
missions. It declares that our. Government is
satisfied with Mr. Reed's treaty, and with his
conduct, and it adds the published drafts of
the treaty are inaccurate as to the portions
given, and totally omit eight or ten important
articles. The full treaty cannot be published
till it receives the action of the Senate.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION.—The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce writes an interesting
letter upun the present aspect of the Central
American question. He says, in alluding to
the entanglement of it, and to the successive
rejection and failures of all the treaties which
have been made with England or the Central
American States, that if Congress bad clothed
President Buchanan with the power, he would
ere this have taken possession of both ends of
the Isthmus and opened it to the commerce
and travel of the world. It is expected that
in his message to Congress he will throw the
responsibility of matters upon that body by
asking for power to maintain our rights and
interest in the question.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Boston Traveller, an opposition paper,
usually has an eye to the windward, and now
evidently foresees the defeat of sectionalism in
1860. It admits that the Democrats " are
sensible men," and adds :
" It is one of the felicities of the Democratic
party that it generally gets beaten at the
right time, and becomes wise under the rod.
It has a vast vitality, and is so hard to kill
that its destruction is one of those things that
are never thought to be possible"
CHESS PHENOMENA.-A correspondent of
Harper's Weekly speaks of two little chess
phenomena, resident.in Fayette county, Ky.
They are a boy and a girl, aged 11 and 13
years respectively, and, blindfolded, can beat
any of the most experienced players in that
section.
Be sR SWAMP "—There ere in the adjoining
count it of Lewin (I'4l-let, entirely inacces
t,l tile to man. The Courier gives a descrip
tion of a place called - Bear Swamp," an
immense thicket, of miles in extent, where
the bears harbor, and from which it is im
possible to dislodge them. The Courier
save:—
The deer lie on the hill sides, but frequently.
if too closely chased, take to this "Swamp."
At other times they take to the open country,
when they most frequently fall victims to the
huntsmen's skill. We have heard of but few
deer being killed this fall, but a number are
generally killed during the season. Some of
the residents in that vicinity spend much of
their time in hunting, and acquire the skill of
a backwoodsman with the rifle. Bears are
mostly hunted after a snow, when want of
food brings them from their lairs, tn prey
upon the pigs of the farmers in the more open
country. There is one immense old fellow in
the "Swamp," which the hunters have been
after for years, but which is too cunning to
be captured. Every once in a while, in times
of snow, he comes forth and helps himself to
a porker, and then hastily makes for his fast
ness. Bear traps have been set, and watches
have been kept for him, but he manages to es
cape all dangers. One hunter remarked late
ly that he had been. on the lookout for him for
several winters, without success, but he would
get him yet. Last winter a bear trap was kept
set, and one night an old bear and her cub
were unfortunate enough to get into it. The
old bear led the way, and the young one com
ing after, was caught under the lid.—The old
One, in her efforts to pull her cub from its un
pleasant position, literally tore it to pieces, and
left its remains scattered about the floor of
the trap. In her desperation, she then broke
through the trap and escaped. Young men
who want the free, pure air to strengthen them
could not do better than spend a few days,
occasionally, among these hills. Exercise in
such a region will not only develop the body,
but it will elevate the soul and cultivate a
manly spirit of independence and self-reliance.
It is such exercise that is needed by the peo
ple.
ANOTOER HORRIBLE MURDER.—We see by
the Cincinnati papers that a most brutal
murder was committed in that city on Satur
day evening the 6th inst., in a house of ill
fame. Three young men visited the house
early in the evening, and in a very short time
after entering murdered one of the inmates in
a most fiendish manner. The name of the
murderer is Charles Cook, son of a wealthy
and highly respected citizen, and, like young
Gouldy, had plenty of money at his command,
but was idle, and hence this issue. The
Cincinnati Commercial says :
" Young Cook is about twenty-five years of
age, and although he has been furnished with
a liberal education, he never profited by it;
but, on the contrary, he is said to have pos
itively refused attempting any description of
employment which might place him in an
independent and honorable position. It was
natural that lie should fall into evil company,
and this was another source of anxiety to his
parents and family.
WONDERFUL. EXIIIRITION.-A Living Man's
Heart Open to Inspection. —A great curiosity
was yesterday exhibited to the students of
the University Medical College at the hour of
Prof. Mutt's clinique.
It wits a case of deficiency of the sternum,
(breast-hone,) which enables the several move
ments of the heart to be seen. It has excited
intense interest for several years past through
out the cities of Europe and Britain. The
subject of the defect is a very intelligent
gentleman, M. Groux, a native of Hamburg,
twenty eight years of age, somewhat under
the average height, and rather pale, though
he appears to be in health:
The collar bones are not connected, (neither
are the rid. t, their epposites,) but there is a
groove where the sternum should be; the
skin is natural. In its natural state this
groove is shout an inch and a half wide, but
it can be distended to three iu hes. On look
ing at the groove a pulsatile swelling is dis
cernible opposite the third and fourth ribs; if
respiration be suspended, it rapidly rises to an
enormous extent, and remains full and tense
until the breathing is restored, when it sub•
sides. This the heart. Between the clavicles
there is another pulsatile swelling, easily felt,
which is the aorta, the great artery from the
heart. The dilatation and contraction of the
lungs is also seen. In coughing, the right
lung suddenly protrude from the chest through
the groove, and ascend- , a considerable distance
:Wove the right clavicle into the neck.—N.
Post, of Themitty.
SMART WoMAN. —Stewart's dry goods
pa ace in New York was the scene of an adroit
affair on Friday evening week. The Post says
an elegantly dressed woman entered and ask
ed to see some shawls. After assorting and
c ,mparing, she at length made a selection,the
price being five hundred dollars. Gracefully
producing her portemonnaie, she tendered the
clerk a two thousand dollar bill in payment.
lie took it immediately to the cashier, who
examined it carefully, and then, to make
himself perfectly sure, sent a clerk out with it
to , ee an expert and obtain his opinion.—
Meanwhile the lady became very indignant,
and resented the affront which she said had
been put upon her. She was not a character
to receive or pass off bad currency, and would
never come again to Stewart's to do any
shopping. Presently the messenger returned
with the intelligence that the bill was good.
She caught it from him, declaring that she
would not take the shawl. After a little while,
however, she seemed to relent, and saying
that she had been to a large number of estab
lishments, and that the shawl was the only
one that suited tier, she remarked that she
would take it, adding her determination not
to expose herself again to a similar affront.—
The clerk was profuse in apologies as he did
op the article, and the two thousand dollar
bill was taken by the cashier and fifteen hun
dred dollars promptly paid back to her, when,
without bidding good night, she took her leave.
' The bill this time proved to be a counterfeit.
Obe had paid the clerk a different one from
! the one first exhibited.
EDITORS , BOOK TABLE
GLEASON'S NEW LINE-OF-BATTLE-SHIP has made
its appearance, three numbers have already been issued.—
It is published in folio form of large else, and for typographi
cal beauty and general neatness of appearance excels any
thing of the kind now extant. The heading Is a beautiful
representation of a Ilne-of battle.ship, under full sail,
malting Boston !labor, while in the distance we have a
bird's eye view of the city Itself. On the right of the head
ing. resting upon a pedestal, the Goddess of Justice is rep
re,?ented,and on the left the Goddess of Liberty; and
between these figures, and surrounding the vessel, is the
ornamental title of the paper. The inside border is unique
and novel in Its appearance, and the whole sheet Is cer
tainly one of the most graceful specimens of taste and
design we have ever seen. The illustrations are profuse
and admirably executed in the highest style of art, and the
literary vessel Is heavily freighted with a prestous cargo of
sketches. tales, poetry. biography, editorials. wit and Immo r.
Indeed. It appears that every thing which good taste and
experience could dev,se, have been brought into requisi
tion, so as to make it the paper of the age.
Truly, Commodore GLEASON has produced a noble looking
craft, able officered and well-manned. and we wish him a
prosperous voyage. Published at Boston. Mass., at .V 2 per
annum, in advance.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOR, for December, Is a perfect gem
In its way—containing no Ipso than fifty-one Engravings,
Sixty Articles, and one hundred Pages. Amongst the
Engravings are two, which are particularly appropriate for
the season—namely "Christmas for the Rich, " and
"Christmas for the Poor." There is also a beautiful col
ored I , ashion Plate containing six figures. and "Thn Edi
torial Slipper, - printed lu bright colors
The patterue and diagrams to cot dresses. with which
each number of the Lady's Book abounds. the music, and
the numerous receipts for making pastry. Ac.. are invalua
ble to our wives and daughters, and are worth ten times
the cost of subscription. Now would boa suitable time to
subscribe, as the January number will commence a new
volume.
air The Governor has issued his writ to
the Sheriff of Berke county, fixing Tuesday,
the 30th of November, as the day for holding
the special election for Congressman, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Hun. J. GLANcr JolvEs. Gen. WM. H. KEIM
has announced himself as a "Volunteer "
Opposition candidate. The Democratic can
didate is not yet fixed upon.
SUNBURY AND Ealc RoAD.—The Supreme
Court have filed, with the Prothonotary at
Pittsburg, an opinion in favor of the plaintiff
in the case of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Company vs. Cooper, deciding thlt the Act of
Assembly for the sale of the canals is constitu•
tional, and that a decree will be entered
accordingly at the next Nisi Prins Court,
subject to an appeal to the Court in Bane.
CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS
Mios KATE DEAN.—This highly gifted and
'accomplished young lady will give two of her exquisite
entertainments at Prit-n Hell during the present week—
this (Tnenday.l nod also on Thursday evening, We have
already spoken in commendatory terms of thin lovely and
charming cantatrice. and praise et this time would bo
entirely snrerlinnus. On the f-rmer occasions, when Miss
Deno visited I,,,caster. Fulton Hall was crowded with
brilliant audiences. and such, we predict, will be the remit
now. By her elegant and lady like deportment. and elm •
plicity of manners. she has won hosts of friends and
admirers in this city
Miss DEAN will be,assistml by Mr. W. H Cams. Tenor,
and Mr. G. T. Evens, Pianist of New York city. These
gentlemen have a deservedly high reputation in their par
ticular spheres. Aloe by "Little Ella, the Infant Shake.
perian Reader." We have seen, heard and conversed with
Little Ella." and she is truly a remarkable child. She has
all the sports and glee of innocent childhood, (her age Is
years.) but when reading or reciting, the true woman
of dignity shines forth. Whilst we were there she recited
from Mrs. Hemans' exquisite poem, 'l3ring Flowers," and
also took the part of Lady Teazle in the "School fnr Scan
dal." and afterwards read several poetic gems from a book
which she had never before seen. The modulation of her
voice In very perfect, the cadence beautiful, and the em
phasis or accent on particular words exceedingly proper.—
Indeed, she is better than many persons we have heard
who pride themselves on their excellent reading qualities.
—Haring written the above from a oorsonal knowledge of
the abilities of - Little Ella." we are fully prepared to
endorse the following from The New York Tribune :
LITTLE Etia's BENErli.—The Reading last evening was a
decided success A large number of Indies and gentlemen
were present. and expressions of surprise and gratification
were unqualified. Master Sedgewick acquitted himself on
the -concertina, - hie favorite instrument, in a masterly
manner. and was warmly applauded. These gifted children
have rarely. if ever, been equaled. A handsome sum was
realized. - A
gentleman present stated that the engagement
of Little Ella to read with Piccobmini, made by Mr. Liman,
had been thrown up, and she had been engaged at a hand
some salary to read at 3liss Kate Dean's concerts during
the coming Winter.
COLD SNAP—SNOW.—Saturday night and
Sunday were pretty cold—enough so to form a thin layer
of ice in many places on Sunday morning. Overcoats,
shawls, Sc., were in brisk demand. It moderated, however,
on Sunday night, and we were favored with quite a brisk
fall of snow on' yesterday morning. The hoary-headed
Sting, "Old Winter," is commencing his reign a little tou
soon. His presence could be very easily dispensed wills for
a while longer.
HANDSOME COLLECTION.—ha the Duke street
M. E. Church, on Sunday morning last, a collection was
taken up, in aid of the Lancaster County Bible Society,
which amounted to 54 , . This, considering the dullness of
the times, was certainly a very handsome collection.
MILITARY.—The Fencibles, Lieut. Franklin
commanding, and the Jarkton Ritles. Capt flarnbright,
will parade on to morrow (Wednesdacl afternoon. at 2
o'clork.•
Col. Duchman. the gallant and veteran_ ,nunander of
the Feucibles, has been seriously ilt for a fern days, but we
are happy to learn is now convalescing.
TuANKsciviNt; DAY.—Thursday next, being
Thanksgiving Day, all places of business, Ice , in this city,
will he cloned, and a general holiday be observed.
—The City Post Office will be open on Thursday from 9
to 10 o'clock, a m.
BOLD FORGERIES. —A colored boy some 18
.r 19 years of age, named Spencer Gilmore. and residing
with Mrs. (leo. B. Porter, in North Duke street. in the
capacity of family servant. was arrested on Friday last for
forging her name to a check on Messrs .Inhn Gyger k Co's
Banking House where that lady keeps his• account, 14
$l5O. Mr. Clarkson, in,the h are of the moment, paid him
the am , unt of the cheek ht gold; but soon dlscovetlng the
forgery.he followed the derby to Mrs. Porter's and made him
disgorge. During the investigation before. Alderman Riley,
ho confessed to having drawn the money on seven prey 4
ously forged cheeks, amounting iu all to about $153 since
the 12th of October. This sum he had spent with the
exception of about $3 found in his pockets after his arrest.
Ile was one of the 'fast young colored gammen, - and
dressed in the very tip of the fashion. lie confessed to the
crime, nod was committed to prison to await his trial.
ESCAPE or PRI6,INER 4 .—AboIIt 9 o'clock on
Saturday evening a negro named Jones On prison awaiting
his trial for burglary) and Gilmore made their escape. By
means of n kffifo they managed to open the lock of the cell
door, and by making a rope of their blankets managed to
scale the Prison Walls. Jones made good his escape to the
Welsh Mountain, or some other negro harbor ; but Gilmore
(who went home to get his '• good clothes preparatory to
leaving these Argo's) was returned to Prison by his
father. the same night about 11 cieb , clr—and this was the
first intimation th , Keep, had of tl,ir
MEETING OF THE CA , UNTI" BIBLE ScCIETY.
The maw,' ineeihr, rif the Lancaster County Bible Society
will be held iu rt..l ihn's Lutheran Church. Wet Orange
street_ on Thursday twat. (Thanksgiving D iy.) at 2 o'clock,
p. m The election of officers for the ensuing. year will
take place, the reports presented. and other business trans
acted which moods the Society's attention.
In the evening of the same day the Suciety's Ankiver,ary
will take plm•. in the saute church, when the• annual repert
will h. r.ad, and add rases delivered by Itcr. Ideesrs.
Powell. Appleton and Kummer
SALE OF BANK PRoPERTV.—Tho hank build
ing of the defunct Lancaster Bunk, on the .orner id - Centre
Square and South Queen street. has been sold, at public
sale. for the corn of igi.9o(i. The purchasers are Reed.
McGraw:, Kelly & Co., Bankers. (Granite Building•.) No. 6
North Queen street, ssbn will recopy it asi( BankillZ house
after the lot of January next.
THE FENCIBLES' BALL.—Thi. affair, which
will undoubtedly be one of the finest efforts in the Art
Terpsichorean of the a, so
comae”Ff at Fulton Hell on
to-morrow evening. Our '•ball going - community have
been on the gni rice for a week or two past in reference to
the same, and. per consequence,a gay. brilliant and
crowded assemblage, we think, will grace the Hall with
their presence. The music engaged, which is the ne plus
ultra of the city, is enough in itself to attract an "over
flowing house." Our thanks are due the managers for F,
complimentary invitation.
THE HOW AHD EVENINGS—MAYOR BURROWES'
LECTURE —The first Howard Evening lecture of the course
was delivered, nu Tuesday evening last. by his Honor,
Mayor linthowns. Ilk theme was “Profanity, and its evil
consequences.' a subject of vast and significant import to
many, which was dwelt upon inn truly able and practical
manner, and listened to with profound attention by a large
audience. The discussion of the subject was carried on by
Judge Hayes, Rev. Dr. Hodgson, Messrs. Ditmars. Patter
son. Black and Wise. Rev. Messrs. Itosentniller and Har
baugh, and Prof. Porter.
The next lecture will be pronounced by .iOnN WISE. Esq.,
who .is fully able to interest. instruot and amuse any
audience which Fulton Hall is capable of holding. Our
citizens, although they do not appreciate ••lectures of real
merit," as the editor of The Express sneeringly remarked,
aro deeply Interested in the success of the Howard lectures.
THE CITY BIBLE SOCIETY.—At a meeting of
the Lancaster City Bible Society. held en the evening of
the Bth inst.. in the Lecture Roam ..1 Trinity Lutheran
Church, Duke street, the following officers acre chosen for
the ensuing year : President. Rev. 11. Harbaugh: Secretary,
F. W. Denies: Treasurer, A. W. Russel.
ON TILE "BRINY DEEP" AGAIN.—Our excel
lent friend, Mr..lons L. KEETEII, than whom a better rep
resentative of the "Art Premervative - of the olden time doer
not live, will shortly again take to the "deep, deep blue
sea." Ile has been appointed Captain's Clerk to join the
steamer "Metaromet." of the Paraguay expedition, and left
this city on Thursday loot for Washington, to proceed from
thence, with Commander Macombs. to Pensacola. We wish
John a pleasant and prosperous croi4e. and a safe return
to his native city.
A NUMEROUS PRoCIENY.—An old colored
woman, named Bactis, died In Fulton township, week
before loot, aged upwards of eighty years! She wire the
mother of boon!; green children'
AN OLD MAN.—There is still living in
Cotentin township. in this county, a colored man named
Jons, who reached the 100th year of his age In the month
of August last. Ile was ahnnt 20 years of ago at the time
of the battle of Brandywine, and has a distinct recollection
of that event. Ile is still in good health, retains to a great
degree all his faculties, and bids fair to 800 ',vent years
longer.
DIN-Inv:D.—The Pennsylvania Central Rail
road Company have declared a dividend of three per cont.,
for the last six months, payable on and after yesterday. the
15th Inst.
A NEW ASSOCIATION.—There . is an on di/
that anew secret organimtion. stylingitself -Howard Asso
ciation, No. 2," bus been started in this city. bnt who the
officers are, or where the Association meets, we have not
learned. Our information, however, is that it is composed
of worthy and estimable gentlemen, of various professions
—Printers! among the number—whose sole Intention, we
presum.. is to do good in an ..c,dingly quid stay, on the
principle that the '•right hand should not know what the
left deeth." The Society differs from its namesake in this,
that besides lecturing on different subjects. the members
are required to exercise their vocal powers a in. Dempster,
Jenny Dud. and Madame Delilah Boston style, and also to
perfect their pedal extremities in tb.• difficult performances
of "jigs." "hoe-downs." *stag dame.," and such other bril
liant accomplishments! If the Society is on a "wild goose
hunt" for charitable objects, just let them step around to
The Intelligencer Office, No. S North Duke street, whore
several lean. cadaverous, half starved, humble disciples of
Faust are busily engaged from 7 o'clock in the morning
until 6 °Clock in the evening. Any number of Tackles,
Ducks, Geese, (not old ones!) etc., which they may bring,
witi be thankfully received, and pat away in approvriute
places! Success to "Howard Association, No. 2."
EXPLANATION —The package of papers for
Intercourse did not reach their destination yesterday, the
driver having positively refused to take them, without
assigning any reason. We inferred, of course, that he was
acting under the instructions of his employer, Mr. Lewis
Suter, and intended to hold him responsible accordingly.
He disclaims having given any such instructions or know.
log anything about the refusal of the driver to carry the
package, and to-day the driver took it ea usual.—Saturday's
Express.
This is just such a trick as Suter would be guilty of, and
it is not the first of the kind. He served no a similar one'
or worse, some two years ago, since which time we have
had nothing to do him or his stage driver.
COURT OF QUARTER SESRIoNS.—The Novem
ber Term of the Court of Quarter Sessione commenced
yesterday—Judge Loco presiding.
MR. ITALE'S LECTURE.—We hope to see a
crowded house at rattan Hall, on Monday evening next.
to hear the lecture of the distinguished. but witty and
eccentric. Senator from New Hampshire, Hon. JOllO P .
HALE, than whom no one is more able to entertain and
amuse on audience.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—At a special meeting
of the Mechanics' Society, held In their Hall. (3lcConomy's
Building,) West Ring street, the following preamble and
resolutions, in reference to the death of Sons Bora. Esq.
Late President of said Society, were unanimously . adopted:'
Wanes, It has pleased God, in the exercise of his In
scrutable Providence among men. to remove from the plane
of visible being Mr. JOHN Boon, the late venerable and re.
spected President of the Mechanics' Society; and Whereas.
It behooves us to bow with humble submission to these
manifestations of the Divine Will nn every occasion; yet.
while we are under the influence of net oral affection we
cannot but feel a pang of regret at the sudden departure
from amongst us of one who bee shared largely the esteem
of his fellow citizens. and whose sympathies have been for
so many years identified with the interests and welfare of
this association ; therefore,
Resolml, That we sincerely sympathise with the family
and friends of our late fellow member and President. and
with the community at large, in the void which his death
bas left amongst those with whom he has Neuter so many
years associated as father, friend, and public benefactor.
Resolved. That this association attend the funeral of Its
late President, without any other token of mourning than
that which enshrines the virtues and memories of an es
teemed member of society in the laaarts.of his fellow citi
zens.
Run!red, That these resolutions be pobliihed In the cite
papers, and that a copy of them be cent to the family of
the deceased.
ARREST FOR PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
—This morning, Mr. James Spence. a respectable farmer
of Martic Imp., came to maket, and dispaged of a lot of oats,
p•tat - oes and other produce to Lewis Suter, of this city, the
whole amounting to $15,50, on which Mr. Suter paid him
fifty cents and agreed to pay him the balance when the
goods were delivered. This AVM done. Mr. Spore receiving
his pay in too Lice dollar bills on the York Comity Bank.
and the balance in speck,
Mr. Sp,lt•ti then bought it sack of salt at the grocery
store of Watson 11. Miller, where he offered In payment
some of the silver coin recsived from Suter, which Mr.
Miller, to the surprise of his customer, promptly pro
nounced bogus From there he went to Mr Lipp, tinsmith,
In West King st . where he exhibited come lover of the
money, to satisfy himself of its spuriousness, with a similar
result. He then started In hunt of Suter to get Clio money
exchanged, having first sent his boy to the Hank with the
notes, which proved to be counterfeit also.
In the meantime, otlicor Gormley was apprkel of the
circumstance, and started in the track of SPone , and
coming up with him, was about to arrest hie. when lim
latter stated of whom he got the money. The . fli,.er very
properly insisted that instead of bunting Suter. no ste
go before an Alderman and make the prop e r statenion',
which he accordingly did before Alderman Frh , .. who
issued a warrant on which Suter was arrested. and held in
600 bail to answer at court.
' •
The defendant was searched in the Alderman's office,
and $2,2i spurious silver coin found on his pers.iu, our
fifty cent piece and the rest in quarter, Thie coin is well
calculated to deceive, and is of the saute stripe as that
against which we cautioned our readyoss some days ego. a
quantity of it having been passed at fie County Fair. and
on insrket about the same time.
While Suter ...as in the Alderman's office. M r Rao. k lens
waiting with another counterfeit $5 On the same hank.
which the wteused had panned nu hint Pa. fed. but when
the Alderman cattle to take his compinhit he Ileind that
Suter had riven Lim good money for it. A tew lairat:::
anotLer party was paying Mr. Howell for a to:Mist:no,
when $lO or this counterfeit money was detected by Mr.
Howell. The party stated that he got it ot Suter, and whin
pieseuted the latter exehanged it for rood money.
It is tube hoped that this arrest will lead to :hediseovery
of the min?. w.hieh is not fir from Lanewder! - IV:du:ad:/v
I.lrpress.
COURT of CQMMON PLEAS.—The ti , ,rembPr
Term er the Court ut Common Pi , . will rmwueme on
Monday next, 22,1 irint. 'Ph•. following are the Jarmo to•
nerve for the term:
WEEK.—Benjamin Brenenitin, Mount Joy: Jacob
Boozer, West Earl; Peter Brubaker, Elizabeth: Thomas
Halter, Cotentin; Frederick S Bletz, Columbia; James Bones.
Maitot; Warnlck M. Cooper,Sadsbury; tuntel Custer. Earl:
Edward C. Darlington, CT. Abraham Diffenbach. East
linmpeter; Christian Frick Rapho: Daniel Fret, Naples
Abraham Groff, Martic: Christian Good, Itapho; John Hoff
math. Strasburg wp ; Lewis Haines. Fulton; .ittcob lltditt•
ter, Jr , West !tempi:told; Benjamin Hershey. Penn; Eman
net Burnish, Penn.; John Metzler, Raphc; Christian Nlin
tin, 'Warwick; John 11. Overholtzer, Earl; Christian Mite.
City; Isaac Rowe, Salisbury; William L. itakestraw. Bart:
Daniel Rohrer. East Hemptield; Israel Rohrer, Para,lies
David B. Rohrer, W.I. Ilemptleld; Ernstun Reynolds, Dru.
more . ' John W. Snyder, }limbo; Benjamin Suavely, Petition;
Abraham Shelly. Mount Joy twp Robert Saulsby, !Hartle;
Amos Smoker, Earl: James Woodrow, Latta Britain. .1.
Messersealth Westhaelfer. City.
SECOND WEEK.—Joseph Boyers, Mount Joy:.Diller Bare:
Upper Ltiacook: Isaac Bradley, Fulton; Jeeob Baker, Raptor
Henry Beer, Strasburg bor.; Jacob C. Clara, West Ihmtp
field; Charles Coble. Mount Joy twp.; John Duchumn, East
Earl; Drittiel E. Erb. Elizabeth; Jacob Foreman, Conoy;
John Fondersmit h. City; ,`Mlllael B. Flickinger, West Coral
Jun Henry B. Garman. Ephrata; John C. Hager, City:David
Hauck, Cm); Benjamin Hoffman. COMA . ; ./.1.111 Hess, CUD...
estoga; Jacob Hildebrand, Strasburg: lienjamin Harm tab,
Manheinn; Benjamin Hershey, Lencock; Benjamin Hostet
ter, East Donegal: John Kuhns, City; Christian It. Landis,
Upper Leacock; Robert Montgomery, Eden; Henry Musser.
Strasburg; James G. Morrison, Coleraitt: Michael M‘trtiti.
001111 V; Henry Niasly. Mount Joy; David Pancoast, City:
.l crab R. Smeltz, City; Benjamin Stauffer, Manor. J a c o b
Stelonan. Manor; Edward Stewart, City; John Slyer, Earl:
15'il linen C. Worth, Culerain; Thomas S. Woods, Paradise
COLUMBIA AFFAIRS.—We glean the follow
ing "items" from Saturday's Spy:
PCISLIC LECTIMRS COLUMBIA.—We announce a projected
series of ioutures. during the comina ' season. undo.- the
pires cf the ynung 0100. members of the Mew:ohs nut:.
They have spiritedly it pdortaken the het etofore thankless
:Aire pcgotiatinti with ilrstrate speakers who will. at
monthly int.:rods, address the public on such subjects es
they may select. and which will be duly published. We
ask for the enterprise of these gentlemen encouragement
and support. We know that there is sufficient appreciative
ta-te and judgment in our town to insure a full house on
any tension where good intellectual fare is offered: and
we have the assurance of those moving ill I lie matter that
to effort will Ise spared to procure the ablest lecturing
alent of the country. BO no excuse. except indifference, can
Lo gison ter neglect of this opportunity. The object of the
Club. beyond aflUrditt,, needed evening entertainments to
the public, is to provide e charitable fund Agairlßt the calls
of the peer during; the coming pinching season of want.—
The proceeds lit the lectures. over and above expenses. will
be devoted to the poor of the town. The opeuttb; lecture
is announced in beday's paper for Wednesday, Dec. Ist,
when John W. Forney. Csy, will address no 011 "The
American Statesman.' Tb” season could not have been
opened by n more popular speaker, and we anticipate en
enthusiastic reception by the people on the occasion.
Ito ELECTION —At election for Directors of the CP-
I unibia Bank, held at their Banking House, on Tuesday
last. the following gentlemen were elected to serve for the
ensuing year: Barton Evart, .101111 W. Clark. James White
hill, E:K. Smith, Jacob S. Mann, Henry Copenheffer,
F. Appold. David Wilson, Samuel Truscott. Michael 11.
Moore. Wm. F. Given Jacob C. Mailer. Thomas Lloyd.
Ac ARRIVAL—On Thursday, 11th lost., to new Canal
Boats arrived at this port. by way of the Susquehanna
river. They were built by Wm. Frick A. Co.. Lewisburg,
"Union county, Fa.. for the Penna. Coal Company, intended
for the navigation cf the Delaware mid Hudson Canal, in
the State of Nose York. These boats are of unusual size.
and are generally floated empty to this point during the
Spring freshets. and forwarded to Mew York, with lading,
through the Tide Water. Chesapeake and Delaware, and
Delaware and Raritan Canals. Messrs. Frick & Co. have
been building for the same company for a number of years.
and we understand that their contract, at the rate of 50
boats per annum, extends for a number of years to corm,.
The fleet that arrived bore on Thursday but will be win
tered at our wharves. and forwarded to New York early
next Spring. The boats are consigned to Thomas Welsh,
Esq., who has the contract for delivering them in N. York.
A WIDOw BEwlTSlisii AND A BEWITCUIN,
Thursday, 4th lost., Mrs. Mary Murleyhorn, colored. aged
about 1;3, of the Borough of Wrightsville, and the County
of York. appeared at the Blue Front, and made complaint,
before Justice Welsh, against Mrs. Jane Cole, a fascinating
widow of the Hill charging that volatile and attractive
female with enticing from his home and from herself. the
husband of her bosom, John Murleyhorn. The bereaved
one stated, with copious lachrymal accompaniment, that
she had been united to the recreant John, In holy bonds.
be '•de cullud ciugyman, oher de riber, 'bout five year'go."
and that they bad dwelt happily together up to "last
raffia' time," when Mrs. Cole, in the course of a tour of
collection for rharirable purposes through the neighbor.
hood, came, like another black-snake, to trouble the Mut ,
leyborn Eden. Neglecting Eve M.. the temptress threw
her glamour over old Adana himself, and, whether by
means of an unseasonable apple mar other attraction, corn.
plainant neglected to set forth, seduced him from his
peaceful home to follow her to her crib on the outskirts of
Tow Hill, whence he had, up to date, re•ver escaped.
A warrant was placed In the hands of Hollingsworth,
who speedily produced the widow C. end Murb.yhorn marl,
to answer the charges of the deserted Mary. The parties
were followed by the usual goodly number of witnesses,
prepared to testify, pm or comas the comparative influence
of plaintiff and defendants should render expedient.
The defence wan principally conducted by Mrs. Cole. who
argued that "Itif John liked her better flan flat drunken
wench, Mary Murleyhorn, 'f 'rise he hail a right to lib
rid her. Twan't to be 'apected flat a man could git 'long
wit, a drunken wife, and she wasn't gwlne to turn de obi
fellow out on de street, tio bnw. Ile hided avid her, and
she has as good right to keop ho'ders as any widow wiman
in de town."
The testimony principally bore upon
111f/dial/MS for keeping hoardsre, and the proof running
strongly against the character of the house and inmates,
both defendants were seat down to await the coming C. Q.
6. It lo understood that the cane will form the ground fur
an application to the next Legislature for a divorce. The
ablest lobby Influence lion been secured for the Injured wife.
For nu. Intolligenr,
On Saturday evening last, 1 had for the first time the
pleasure of attending the "Enterprise Lyceum." Thin in
known a= one of ehu most popular Literary Associations In
the county—it in composed of many intelligent and highly
respectable ladies and gentlemen. The opening Lecture
for the season was delivered by W. Seeger Darrow, Eon, of
Lancaster—his subject was the " Benefit of Lyceums " I
never before bad the pleasure of Louring Me. Darrow lecture:
but from his well known abilities as a writer and speaker
we were prepared fur the treat—Mr. D. did justice to his
subject. Ills Lecture roan both interesting and instructive
and elicited the encomiums of all presentrilr. Andrew M.
Frantz of East Lampeter read an Essay on 'lnnovations:'
This was an excellent paper and gave rise to considerable
discussion among the members. The Lyceum was largely
attended and all the members. were interested in those and
other exercises of the Association.
For the IDtelligeucer.
Mrsiir.ii. EDITORS In your issue of the 9th inst.. appeared
a communication signed " Democrat," charging the School
Directors and other persons of this District with " Political
Prnscriptian."
We the undersigned Democrats of Sefe Harbor are happy
to state that the charge is entirely unfounded, and was
evidently gotten up by some malicious and designing per
son for the purpose of injuring those who had never
wronged him.
WILLIAM M. TRAPNELL. JOHN MADDEN.
MICHAEL MORRIS', PATRICK RYAN.
MICHAEL RYAN, JOHN GLICK,
WM. G. WASSON, C. C. LYBRAND,
TERRENCE SLATERY. PATRICK MADDEN.
JAMES McMANUS, JAMES MeVEY.
WILLIAM ROSE.
ry. IlArmoc, Nov. 13th, 1953.
LATER FROM New MEdlCo.—The Santa Fe
mail of the 11th ult. had arrived at St. Louis,
on the 9th inst. Fort Defiance dates of Sept
25th say that a fight occurred between a
detachment of troops under Capt. Hatch and
a hand of Navajos under Searzilios, in which
Larcos, a principal chief, an I udians were
killed. Colonel Hiles would o about the
28th, with his entire command, for Chasca and
Tunice, where it was thought the Indians
would make a stand. They have heretofore
retired befure the troops, and are now driving
their stock as far westward into the mountains
as possible. The employment of volunteers
is still urgently recommended.
TREASURY RECEIPTS.—The receipts into the
Treasury at Washington, for the quarter
ending Sept. 30 were $25,250,000. The
expenditures were upward of $22,000,000,
including over $8,000,000 for the army, and
$4,000,000 for the navy.
CHESTER COUNTY AFFAIRS
ARSON —A frame barn, belonging to Arnold
Niehols, of Ifilworthstown. five miles south of
West Chester, was destroyed by fire on Moo
dily night the Ist .1 . November, together with
three tons of hay. 1 here were several pigs
in a pen adjoining the barn, chich •were for
tunately saved. The cooper shop of James
Sharp, standing close hy, was saved by the
exertions of the neighbors.
The next evening, Nov. 2d, au attempt was
made to burn the barn of Mr. Sharp, but was
fortunately discovered in time to prevent much
damage. Mr. Sharp having occasion to gu into
the yard before retiring, diseovered that a fire
had been built on the barn floor, with some
cut hay, and :t trail drawn down from the
m o w at the r p of the step.; he immediately
set to work and by !he aid of some water which
fortunately remained in the stable bucket,
suceeded in putting the fire out. The contents
of the barn;were very valuable, and but fur
the fortunate discovery, would have been a
total loss. The neighbors were aroused, and
a person, supposed to be the incendiary, was
chased from a neighboring garden and made
his escape. _ .
ARREST IF TUE INCENDIARIES —On Thurs
day morning last, Titus Seal, Myers Daily,
Caleb Wittsttn, William Gibbons, and Sarah
Jane Gibson, were arrested and brought
before John Newlin, Esq.. of this borough,
charged with the offence. They were sent to
prison preparatory to a further hearing. They
are all young people—the girl perhaps not
%ter 16. Suspicion fell upon some of them,
and they were closely watelted. When Daily
was charged with the offence, he exclaimed
"M v (1.1, have Ito got lie Sbtte's prison ?"
Da , .), we understand, says that 'ritus Seal
fired the barns, and that Watson gave him
(Dail}') ten dollars to do it.
Astrueit.—On the night bef-re the arrest
named, the barn of Joseph Dil
iv irhed to the Dilwortlnd-wu Inn,
It fire, tugetli••r with its
and str..., I his was
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t . .•111t., , , .11
al , '. the e rh of Illeetldi3ll., , , nd it 19
F-1,11.1P dint !he - !..kt•
qrre:ied, while other , HIP ,tIII I 11 . ../y.
G.(-.11 prline is due tii the neigh! • it their
nid in ferreting iiut the guilty -- L'lteNter
,kitrrson it/ U.
'II AD STEEIt.—Mr. Joseph Penn .ek. ~r West
rlhot..m.i , w 1,4 (lie-ter v, lust
has steer- Ip hydiuplielo weeks
kii .wledge he li . • icing
,lefilg it clia,o -uie hogs
that were in a field with it. caking a
eat ;1...e, his son ult.; the field
•en irate them, it turned and chased him,
hot he very fortunately junined ever the fence
hefere it caught him Mr. l'enti..ck then had
it tied d ncn wish rol will leaving, it
breame pllet ; it \VIP , the', let 1005 e and some
water pia, ed Iteloro it, of which it
immediately became very rapid—much more so
than it had previously been. It was filially
driven into an curb "ore and shot —havii g to
give it two hinds before it wa , . , killed. A short
time niter. Mr. ;I valuable nx,
while workinm it in the held. It showed no
flreVlellS SytllptelllS 111.0,1.. e• hilt fell down
while crossing the liull, and immediately
expired. - Rceori/
THE BA LTIM .12E M r IMF:HERA. —A Blltimore
correspondent if the Y. //e4O/e/ gives the
following description d' the murderer Oambrill
and Corrie and Crot as, who Ire neeesed of
the murder of Rigd n : con
victed last Fridav hkwinv, out the brains of
P..licernan Boni- 0 ; Hine week• since, is a
stripling. wares tw, of a g e.__
'Tall, slim, pal : hi- C , ilitiollanWe denoting
am hi, air that 1 a ;--e, disor
derly youth. lie 10.,ks r.. 11 •..rive :101
troubled. This i„,v, ;,, • 1
ire , saloon, and 11.1 , cohabited with a
loose woman fir the last two years. lie is
the son of a re,peetable tradesman; has brothers
and sisters, one of great beauty, just married.
One of his brothers is on bail for arson. This
juvenile assassin was called the pet of the
"Plug Uglies,"and his influence amongst them
arose chiefly from his drinking saloon being a
place of rendezvous. Peter Corrie, who assis
ted cr , pp, in murdernt, 4 heeittaii Rigdon
last Friday, ;It seven o'clock he evening.
sh,rt, thick-set. In:in, twenty five years of
age: his shirt sleeve, ',died up to his elbows;
display., a bras, ny rut covered with black
hair: hi, hazel eve.::, bright with a malign
expression ; his high cheek bones and closely
compressed lips impart something sinister to
his face ; a butcher by trade, but for years
past given up to drunken dissipation, and
without occupation or means. That fellow,
sitting there on a low stool, in a blue check
shirt, with.tut vest or coat—light brown hair,
gray eye, pale face, with an expression of
brutal malignity revolting to cpntomplate—
that wretch is Marion Cropps, twenty-three
year , old, a "Rip Rap " by profession, and ti
drunken rowdy by calling ; no trade or means
of livelihood but those of robbery and murder.
A. MAIL ROBBER IN TILE NEW YORK POST
OFFICE.—One of the night clerks in the New
York Post Office, named Ilenry,lßeed, was on
Wednesday night caught while committing
mail robberies in the office. He had been
suspected for some time by the' Post Office
agent and others, and while they `were watch.
lug his movements on the said night, he was
seen to transfer to his pockets a number of
letter packages.
Subsequently he was arrested. Ile confes
ses, among other things, a large rubbery
committed some three weeks since, embracing
over a hundred letters on their way to Brook
lyn, New York.
ANOTHER MURDER IN NEW YORK.—This
(Wednesday) afternoon, about 1 h o'clock,
officer Robert Cannes, of the Ist Ward, arrested
a man who threatened to kill the captain of a
vessel bound for New Orleans, now lying at
pier 15, East River, who had refused to take
him with him. The officer took the man to
the Ist Ward Station House, in Franklin
Market, where he left him, and then went in
search of the companion of the prisoner he had
arrested, but failed to find him. A short time
afterward he returned to the Station House,
took his prisoner out, and started with him for
the Tombs. 0 . arriving at the Fulton Market,
near the ferry, the man dealt the officer a
severe blow On the left cheek, and fled. The
officer recovering himself, fired three shots
from a revolver at him—some say four, as
after the affair there were four barrels of the
revolver found discharged. The last shot took
effect in the right side of the runaway, at
which time a man, named Charles Deifendorf,
had just come up and seized hold of him to
detain him for the officer. 'rho man immedi•
a t e ly fell, and h e was conveyed to the City
Hospital instead of the Tombs. lie died
immediately on rdaching there, and as yet his
name has not been ascertained. Tht, blow
deceased dealt the officer was a very severe one,
and one side of his face is largely swollen. The
police are in search of his eompanion. —N. Y.
Express.
THE GREAT BANE Runnette.--We find in''the
Delaware county, (N. V.) Gazette the follow
ing particulars relative to the robbery of the
bank, last Sunday night week :
On opening the Delaware Bank. of this vil
lage, on Monday morning, it was found that
the lock to the inner d. :rof the vault could
not be unlocked, and a was sent fur,
who had Itt cur the he before it
could be opened. When access was obtained,
the vault was found empty. tie rol,bers had
by false keys entered the banking room from
the rear, moved the wood box and sawed a
hole through the floor. and then crawled un
der the floor some ten feet to the side of and
under the door of the vault, then undermined
the stone work so as to gam an entrance.
Taking all they wanted, they returned the
same way, after slippi. g a nail in the luck in
ouch a manner as to prevent the bolts from
moving. On coming out, the) carefully re
placed the hoards sawed out, sod put the
wood box in its proper place. Not the least
suspicion was excited until the vault door was
opened. About $38,000 is missing, 828,000
of which is in bills of the bank, $B,OOO in gold
and silver, and the balance in other money.—
$1.5,000 of the bills of the bank are mutilated ;
and were laid by fir the purpose of returning
to the Bank Department. It was one of the
boldest and most successful robberies ever
perpetrated. The bank offers 4 reward of
$3,000 for the recovery of the money and the
detection of the thief or thieves. The business
of the bank will not be interrupted in conse
quence of this robbery.
THEM CAMELS.—The Secretary of War is
thoroughly satisfied of the great usefulness of
these animals, and their superiority for army
service in the wilds of the interior over both
horse and mule. The opinion is confirmed,
too, by the experiments already made, especi
ally those by Lieut. Beale, who has used them
in crossing the plains of New Mexico, and in
traveling over the mountains, and found them
entirely capable of enduring the climate, and
of being employed to great advantage.