slic Cancostct Intelligencer ÜBO. SANDERSON, EDITOR- A. SANDERSON.'- Associate. > lB, 1859. CIRC Hi. ATIONy aooo 90P1ESI Brnsommos Puna, $2,00 per annum. lartu m.Pm'iion*ioo.’» ADTOTBao.'Aoraot,no Huun street, Ne* Yoe* uri 1° State street, Boston. ' 8. M. Pmcronx A Co., are Agents for The Lanautar leteMgmcer, end the most Influential end largest circula ting Newspapers In the United States and the Canadas.- Iher are aathorlsed to contract for-ns at oar Uniat rotes democratic ward meetings. Die Democrats of the city of Lancaster are requested to meet at the following named places, on SATURDAY EVE NING NEXT, the.22d Inst., between the hours of 6 and 8 o’clock,-,to settle candidates, to be Burported at the ensuing election on Tuesday the Ist day of February, for the efflees or niili Constable, City CobVables. Assessors, Al- Zermatt. Judges. Ineptclors. and! Select and Common Conn ell,; At said meeting each Word will appoint three ee gntes. to meet in Conretillon the same eyenlng at 0 oVoct, at Messenknp’s Hotel, East King street, to add up the re tnrns for Mayor and High Constable, and declare the nom inees of the party: mcis or «*nso. N.W. Ward—Trout’. Hotel. West Oranfe street. 8. W. Ward—Fltlpatricke Hotel. Smfh Qa “™*' rM N. E. War.l—Miller’s Hotel, East Cbesnot street. B. E. Waid—Witllinger’s Hotel, South Queen The Democrats ot the City ate requested to meet at the ■bore mentioned places, on Wednesday (to-morrow) even log, at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of placing la nomination all the candidates who desire to be supported at the nom natlog meetings on Saturdny evening. / BY ORDER OP TUE WARD COMMITTER. COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING. The Democratic County ComraUtie met Shober's Hotel, on Saturday lsuv; and fixed on the 19th of February as t tfe time fur bolding the Delegate Election, aod the 23J as the time for assembling of the County Convention. We shall jtVe their proceedings at length in our nttt. A GREAi’ SPEECH. We publish on our first page the truly able and eloquent speech deliveied by Vice Presi dent Breckinridge, in the Senate of the United States, upon the occasion of that august body leaving the old Hall, hallowed by bo many memories. It is one of the finest productions we have ever read, and we think our readers will agree with us in this opinion when they have given it a careful perusal. We also publish the Veto Message of Gover nor Packer, of the Insurance Bill passed at the close of the last session. This, too, is an able production—sound and conclusive in its reasoning—and is highly creditable to its distinguished author. We have on file an excellent speech deliv ered by Senator Bigler, on the Pacific Rail road Bill, and shall publish it in a week or two. LANCASTER CO. LEGISLATION. Col. Price has presented a petition in the House, from citizens of Lancaster county, praying that the Coroner in and for said county be allowed a salary of $3OO per annum. The same gentleman also read a bill in place, directing that the taxes arising from Collateral inheritances now npplied and appro priated to the sinking fund of the State, be hereafter applied to the school fund of the city and county wherein such taxes are col lected. Col. Price moved that the committee to whom the application was referred, be dis ! oharged from the further consideration of the bill eotitled “ An Act extending the time of commencing the Columbia and Octoraro Rail road.” and that the House- proceed to the Consideration of the same ; which was agreed to, and the bill was taken up and passed finally. The same gentleman also read a bill in place, incorp wating the Conestoga Gaslight Company of Lane ister. IMFOItm HANK NOTES. The Germantown Tdcymph urges upon the Legislature and banking institutions, tin* necessity of a law requiring uniform bank notes for all the banks of the Commonwealth, and adds that the different notes under such a system, will be so few, and so well executed, and their general appearance become so familiar to the masses of the people, that it would be next to impossible they cuuld be successfully counterfeited. A bill to this effect has been introduced into the House by Mr. llamersly, of Philadelphia, and the pre sumption is that the measure will be favorably considered by the Legislature. We think the idea is a good one, and should have no objection to see the experiment tried. STATE TREASURER. The election for State Treasurer takes place today. lion. Eli Smfer, of Union county, (former State Treasurer,) is the can didate of the Republicans, and will, of course, be elected. In the Republican caucus which assembled on Friday evening to fix upon the candidate, the following was the result of the ballotingB Strothers .. Souther Cochran Heoderecm. Taerart Pilfer Zu'ii-h Walters .... On the second ballot, Messrs. Taggart and Walters were withdrawn. POLITICS IN KENTUCKY The Democracy of Kentucky, met in cnnven tlon, on the Bth inst., and nominated Beriah Magoffin, for Governor, and Linn Boyd, for Lieutenant Governor, and adopted a platform endorsing the Cincinnati platform and the Dred Scott decision, encouraging the acquisi tion of Cuba, denouncing sectional agitator? in the North, and Know Nothingism, endors ingthe National Administration, and propos ing that the determination of their differences upon minor and unessential points, such as Kansas and Lecomptonism, shall not be permitted to disturb the harmony of the Democracy of Kentucky. TriE Late Cold Spell. —We Pennsylvani* an«,who live in a temperate zone, were shocked and horrified on Monday week, when the mer cury in the Fahrenheit thermometers went down to three or four degrees below zero.— But it was far worse in the Arctic regions of New England. Here we give a summary of thermometrical*rcpnrts at various places: Proton, Mbps., January 11 th, 1 A. M. 16 below zero. Ch-lseft. Mars., “ 10th, midnight, 13 “ “ W. Roxbury, “ “ “ 18 “ “ Cnnrnrd, “ lltb, SA. M. 22 “ “ Medfnr l. “ “ 7A. M. Townsend Centre, “ “ 6 a.m. TheifTil.Vt. “ lOih. lIP. M. JMliMieni. NIT , “ “ 7a. m. Great Fills, N.U,“ llih. 8 a.m. Diirli m, “7a m. *’ 7 A. M. “ 7 A.M. Qn- rhee. Vf., “ Liltlet □. N. A., “ All through Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire, the mercury ranged from 15 to BO degrees below zero on those memorable days, the 10 h and 11th of January, 1859. How comfortable and almost tropical was our eub zero weather of those dates compared with that of the Arctic States of New England. Tammany Celebration.— The Tammany Society, of New York, celebrated the forty fourth anniversary of the battle of New Or leans, at their Hall, on Monday evening week. The “ Old Wigwam ” was splendidly decorat ed. Among the toasts were the following: James Buchanan, President of the United States—The integrity, interests and honor of the Union are safe beneath his guardianship. John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States—Young, gallant and gifted. High as he already stands in the hearts of the people, there is a brighter future before him. A name embalmed in pur country’s grati .tude—We drink in silence, the memory of Andrew Jackson. • We are indebted to A. J. Glossbrbn- Wer, Esq., Sergeant-at-Arms of the TJ. S. House of Representatives* for a copy of the Patent Office Report of 1858. .JESS** Crenel, announced the fallowing ! £g£ S^K/ Gurney, Bandril, W.Uh, Coffby, an! Whereas. The Island of Coha geograpb.- arefg. ~ eally possesses a commanding influence over »?*•»■1 “>® ‘"B® aodannually inoreasing trade, both Mnw-i>i V v>na l iier.Wrljibt dollars be placed in the President s bands tor Viw and ImmoraUty—Schlo public Bonding*— Qyfg, gbeii and Gnmey. Housb.— The French Spoliation bill, which New Counties and bounty Seats—Blood, Gurney, Relief, received in the House yesterday from the Gregs “4 Senate, provides for an amount not exceeding Hobsv J*The Speaker announced the follow- $5,000,000, but the aetdoes not extend tosuch ins Stitfw Committees: „ vi claims as are stipulated for and embraced in Wiufimi Me«n«—Mw»m- d>» M > La " rence » win the Convention between the United States and of Berks, M'Oowell, Greek, Thorn, Wilcox, Wal- French RepubUo , C o nc l ad ed April 30,1803; Irl.h,Goeep,Kill,Thomp.cn,Ketch- nor Bueb as were paid in whole or in. part [ "Ve“\™e°c‘T*G n rSfe«-DodC., Bose, Brodhead, Dm- under the Treaty with France in 1831. There I baraw I Zoiier. Uoitenstine. Wolf. „ have been twenty eight reports of Committees CNima— Wiiuama Of Bucks, Harding, Baird, Wagonseller, . q f a7or 0 f th e bill. At different periods, A XicnTt'.lr?™mn'. f ßr,».i., Berlolet, Shaeffer, Galley. Messrs. Everett, Livingston and Choate pre Dumont, williams, of Bedford. aented very elaborate reports in favor of the I .fnrl»f£Kipr’a h :7“’ ,, ‘"• I Z0, • indemnity claimed The Senate hm, voted Domestic Manuiactures—Bayard, Dodds, Warden, Peirce, nlne times in favor of the bill, ana the UOUS6 Good. Mann. Walker. _ t .. „ . . twice• but Presidents Polk and Pierce vetoed !he bill! after it had been passed by both Vice and Immorality— Abbott,Graham, Oaks, Bnyer of W oQB g Bt Mr. Bucbanao, while he was in the Schuylkill, Evans, Wondrlog, McCurdy, Rouse. Campbell. s r„-;► s MMitia System—Wilson, Bouse, Neall, Wiley, Good, Senate, voted for it. . . . Bohrer, Harding. The death of Hon. ThomasiL. Harris, late Districts—Keneagy,BaiHet, Galley, mem b er 0 f the House of Representative from a °i!*anUs— waahln K tnn, McClure, Smith of Illinois, will be announced in Congress on phiind-iphi*. Bnriow,Patterson, Mahaffey, Glatz, Williams Monday next, at which time it is expected “ r K; mid Kacbeata — Tnvlor, WPliston, Smend, Bohrer, that his successor, Mr. liodges, will arrive and Wilson, Thompson and Rose. take hifi seat. Una, is and Bri.tk-e—Pennell. Smart, Durbnraw.Hotten- The reception at the Executive mansion, stein Quiilrv. Campbell and Walker. .* Corp'THii"ns — liammersfoy, Eiimaker, Quigley. • this evening, was quite brilliant in beauty and Acker GUt'z, Price. Church and Fisher. fashion The bill introduced into the Senate to abol- L«ind-f—Acker, Stephens, Whitman, Nealt, Miller, Custer j fl b the franking privileges to members of bun- Hftmtnersley,Foster Gray, Witherow, Gritman gress after the present session provides that Smead and Graiz. each member is entitled to receive annually New Counlies and Connty Seats—Burley. Boyer of Clear- 4JSQ \ n postage Btamps, tO be delivered at the field. Fleming, Palm, Shaffor. Di«mont, Mebaff-*y ’ . . r Compare Billfi—Barnsley, Gray, Sheppard, Stoneback, beginning of each annual session. ’eirce. _ Strenuous efforts are being made to l ibrary—Church. Goepp. Irish. Canals and Inland Navigation—Patterson, Ramsdell, Wnril-n. Oahe. Kenaagv, Kllmaker, Bayard. Railroads—Waiborn. McDowell. Thnrn. Smith of Berks. Church. Lawrence of Washington, Slyer, Evans, Burley, Ketchnm, Wilcox. Price and Patter-on. Printing—McDowell, llamsdell and Witrton. Public Building—Green. Wagonaeller. Kinney. Mines and Minerals—Puih. Tayl'T. Fenmn. Porter, Pin* kerton. Broadhead, Bryson, Fisher, Wilcox, Boyer of Scbuyl-t kill, Neal, Hill, Whitman. The Territorial Legislature of Kansas had met at Leoompton and adjourned to Law rence, with the sanction of Governor Medary. The Governor’s Message had been received.— According to the Comptroller’s Report, the amount of taxable property in the Territory is $25,000,000, and about three millions of acres of land have been sold and pre-empted. Several papers from southern Nebraska represent public sentiment there as almost unanimous in favor of its annexation to Kan- Thq Governor strongly reprehends the con duct of the persons who are creating excite ment among the inhabitants of Linn and Bourbon counties. He says he is prepared to unite with the Assembly in the most cor dial manner, for the adoption of such measures as will restore order, and will bring to their aid all the power placed at his discretion by the Executive. Lie hints that Kansas will be l.kely to get more liberal favors from Congress hy continuing us a Territory than by imrnedi ately beeuming a State. THE PHILADELPHIA. ARGUS. We accidentally omitted to mention in our last that this spirited and able Democratic journal—which has always been one of our most welcome Philadelphia exchanges—has been changed from an evening to a morning paper, and put upon a footing of the highest efficiency. Its circulation is at ODce tu be increased by a thorough system of canvassing, which has been successfully put on foot, to at leist fifteen thousand copies. It cannot fail, under the able editorship which controls its olumns, to exert a salutary and powerful influence upon public sentiment. We take great pleasure in copying the prospectus of the Argus: To the Public. —The proprietors of the Evening National Argus ” design issuing the same on and after Monday, January IU, 1859, as a morning paper, to be published at ONE CENT PER COPY, OR THREE DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE, OR THREE DOLLARS AND fifty cents when sent by mail, payable in advance. This change has been decided upon from the fact that a reliable organ of true democratic principles, published at a rate which places it within the reach of every mechanic and laboring man, is demanded .by the people of the city of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania. The working men are the true democracy of the country, and it is to them that the principles upon which our republican system of government is founded should be explained. They are the bones and nerves of our confederacy, and just in proportion as democratic principles are made plain to them will the success of that party, be advanced, and the great interests of our country be maintained. A morning democratic paper that will be free from the control of all cliques or factions —that will be the organ of no personal arabi' lion or interests—that will do justice to all, regardless of denunciation from any quarter —is a desideratum long desired in Philadel phia. The corrupting power of corporations, and the tainting influences of private schemes, has operated to reduce the character of many newspapers among the honest masses. It will be the object of the National Argus to avoid all these contaminatiog and debasing objects. There can be no doubt that the democratic party has been injured by men who used it as a means of accumulating wealth or gratifying personal preferences or prejudices. It is time that the-*e men should be checked and exposed, and that the party should again become what its founders in tended it to be-the brotherhood of patriots and the conservator of freedom and equality. The Evening National Argus has attained an enviable reputation for its fearlessness and soundness upon all great national questions, but the sphere of an evening paper is neces sarily limited. As a morning penny paper its circulation can be vastly increased, and its usefulness more widely disseminated. While the political sentiments of the paper will undergo no change, additional care will be taken to collect the latest and most impor tant news, and no subject of interest to the public will escape unnoticed. The publish era design making it a newspaper worthy the great party to which it belongs, and deserving of the liberal patronage of a reading public. The many friends of the Argus are re queued to use their influence to extend its circulation, and any favors extended to it by the press of the country will be cheerfully reciprocated when opportunity offers. Ist. 21. 31. 16 18 16 6 9 1 .8 6 4 14 10 7 8 22 34 58 4 4 25 “ 36 «• 81 “ 25 “ 30 “ 31 “ Messrs. Sanderson : As the time is drawing near when the Di-mncrHcv of Pennsylvania will assemble in Conven tion nt Harrisburg, to settle State Offlrers,it is to be bop-d that the Democracy of Lancaster county will not be over looked as heretofore. The State Officers and Clerkships at Harrisburg for the la«t twenty-five years have been sehet e. deposited theie by the officers of th» Warren County Bank, and $2,400 of its notes, received Imm-dUtely before that date at the Tr usury. The ertire indebtedness has since been secured, payable on the Ist ot ucxtmonth. Very respectfully, •-Bell. Johnston, Jack ft Co : llntik nt Delaware ' nunty Carlisle Dr-posit Batik William C. Carey & Co Dauphin Deposit Batik .1. R. Dick. Meadville. I'a Bell Smith 4 On., Johnstown Bell. Gatte's-m 4 Co , Huntingdon Batik of Chanibersburg Batik of Chester Valley Bank of Beaver C-mpiy Farmers’ Batik of Lancaster Farmers’ Bank of Schuylkill Farmers’ Bank of Rending Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Phllada Girard Bank Hanislmnr Bank Humes, M’Allister. Hale k Co John T. Hogg. Indiana S. Jones k Co., Pittsburg l/Hporte. Mason & Co Lancaster Savings Institution Lewisburg Bank Bank of Middletown ••••• Merchants’ and Manutacturers' Bank or Fitts- Merchants’ Savings Bank, Harrisburg Mauch Chunk Bank William Russell, Lewistown Reading Savings Fund Tradesmen’s Bank, Philadelphia Union Bank of Reading West Branch Bank Warren County Bank York Bank For the Intelligencer. TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. Lest some unthinking person should be misled, (none other could be misled.) by the article in your last paper signed “ Tax Payer,” I have a few strictures to make upon First? 5 a strange feeliog of bitterness in “Tax Paver’s” article. lie seems very much out of humor, and. wanting to fight somebody or something, attacks those very inoffensive organizations called “Teachers Institutes.” He strikes what he evidently supposes to be such telling blows agairst member-’, instruciors. lecturers, superin tendents. and all concerned in Institutes, that in his own malicious fancy he already imagines that be has annibl Uted them. He does it all with such i 1 feeling, insinuates so much, makes so many allusions to somebody , ns a guilty party, that any one can see that under the mask of seeking the public good, he la merely seeking to gratify some per sonal spite. lama friend of “Teachers’ Institutes,” and knowing their worth, both to teachers and the rommuulty, I look upon the insinuations and Inuendoes of “ Tax Payer ” as of no more importance than the antics of a mad cat which bites at everything around her, or a bad-tempered cur which barks constantly with the seeming hope that .tomt body will bear him and he incommoded There are more than five hundred teachers in Lancaster county, and certainly nine-tenths of them are in favor of “Teachers’ Institutes.” Probably three hundred of them attended the last Institute, and I imagine that they will attend the next, just the same as if “Tax Payer” had re mained silent. The teachers know their own business, and mean to attend to it. If directors are sufficiently liberal to grant time to attend the Institutes, they will return thanks therefor, and endeavor to more than pay them back by doing more efficient, work in their s-bool; bnt if Di rectors refuse the time, they will attend them at their own expense, and be glad of the privilege. Advice from men engaged In other kinds of business, teachers seek and strive to profit by; but when couched in such language as “ Tux Paver” mes, they will not heed it. If“ Tax Payer" be bimself a teacher, and uses such language as he d.»es toward teachers, he cannot expect anything b-tter than that they should despite both him aDd his advice. As to the importance of Institutes, I am willing to allow teachers to decide the matter for themselves. Three hun dred teachers could scarcely be induced to spend annually so much time and money for nothing. They are not com pelled to attend, and whenever the Institutes grow un profitable. they cao remain at home and “read the accounts in the newspapers,” as “ Tax Payer 8-em« to have done. I suggest that a man can hardly judge fairly of a thing from report, and “Tax Payer” should not fail to at tend the next Institute: but he should bv all means remain ineng as his awful frowns and cutting ridicule would certainly frighteu away both instructors and teach ers. If any persona attend these Institutes to glorify others or to be glorified, to tickle or to beth-kled. to be called doc tors or professor*. to cashier fallhful teachers for doing their duty, to enable superintendents to demonstrate that they have done much when they have done nothing, to advertise thems-lves as learned philosophers or eloquent lecturers, when they know Utile or are stereotyped, as “Tax Pnyer” alleges. I admit that it. U very naughty in them, and they should verily b® ashamed of themselves, fQuery ? Dil •> Tax Payer ” find all this in the newspapers!] Teach ers, hunt up this immaculate “Tax Payer” and invite him to lecture and manage the next Institute. I’il answer for him—he’s a pa'ngon. But it Is hardly worth wbi’o to add anything further about the matter. Teachers and all other Intelligent per son* who have been watching tbeir working, approve of “Teachers’s Institutes.” Who “Tax Payer” is I do nnt know, and do not care to know. Judging from bis art! rle T Bnppose that he lives in Lancaster, since be speaks of “ this city.” that be has some private pique toward some persons connected with the last Lancaster County Tnsti tute; or that, he has not the public importance, which. In bis generosity, be ihlnks he deserves; and that having nursed his fancied wrongs until he has become chemically soured ar.d venomed, he is reckless as to what he attacks. This known, and he Is doubtless harmless. With much pity “Tax Payer” is dismissed, in the hope that a more wholesome regimen aud the application of the Water Curt may improve his health and disposition. JUNIUS. The Intense Cold Weather. —The cold is said to have been more intense at noon on Monday week, in New York, than it has been for seventy years. Quite a number of personß were severe Bufferers, and one, an omnibus driver, waß frozen to death on his box. At Oswego, there was a foot of snow, and the thermometer is reported to have stood at 29 degrees below zero, in the suburbs of the town ; at Ogdensburg, Watertown, N. Y., Burlington and St. Johnsbury, Vt., the ther mometer stood at 30 degrees below; and at one or two other places, it was even lower than that. At no place north of the city of New . York, was it higher than 17 degrees below Eero. With such unprecedented weather there mnst have been a terrible amount of Buffering in throomfortless dwellings of the poor. ’ Quarter Sessions Court.—The January veto MESSAGE—INSURANCE BILL, i Tbaright or liberty to settle the terras ant < 1 jerto of the Court of Qiiuw commenced oo 2b Ssixutc and Souse of JisprostTiicitivu of conditions and form of the COQtraot, 19 DM6l* . Dxath or County Superintendent Crum yesterday—joig® Oatzs pwi-tio.;. w* shall sire e the ommontoeaUh of Pennsylvania : sarilv included in the general grant of power baugh.—lt Is with regret we announce the death ofßev. siaopsU of the proceeding' iu our nest. GENTLEMEN J—Oo the last day of the Legis- to mike insurances, without ©Xpress WOrdSp Joss 8. County Sapertntendent of Schools.—| Tdb First Annual Exhibition op THE Ills* lative Session of 1858, a bill was presented for and it is also given expressly injury many The «ad event took place at hu late residence, in w«rt Aoltfcra , xmull asd Mxtauma' insmm-Wm. W approval, entitled “An Act further to charters. The conditions, liminations, modifl- King street, on Thursday ooruin? Hat Mr. a had been > h(lTeßlreaiJ pa bii*hed theMm« of the general commute* - pwvide'for the incorporation and regulation , cations, covenants and warrantees, in policies in a bad «ut« of health for aeverai yean. Hi. death create. fa c _ Uje UtchaaieaU Horticultural »d oflnsurance Companies within this Common- of insurance, are as various as the risks, and *p, giva.bj t* Hutorte.l. Apical- wealth.” h«r.tofora thspartie. to the, contract wern at frUndioftiw Common School xmi commuoing <» the i#th I have examined the biU before au, which ; liberty to mak. thoir own bargain Bat thi« o.wuto ' * fa " 7 The firet section of the bill makes it the is such a departure from that polioy—oonfirm bj the ve.tryofst.Jobn-, Lutheran Church, ete meeting the patronage ud eld of our citiun,. daty 0 f th(3 j u( j ReB 0 f the District Courts in ed, as it ie, by the experience of ages—o 3 to on Thuredsj evening: Religious.—Rev. JoHtf Cooehas, of Phila- the oitiea of Philadelphia and Pittsburg render the experiment neither praotioable nor WHintie. It hu pieued Almlght, God to oell from our deiphle, the yonngeet son or the lamented Cooekav, who annually to appoint three Commissioners, who desirable. It is quite impossible to foresee “'d'fl b t pSfo'r “o'at 8 Joim’? La C th , em'^ t Ohureh ° hi! wu lo«t in the ship Preetdent come eeventeen jeer, ego, shall io each year examine the statements what special conditions it may be necessary to Sy: therefore, we, the Vwtrj or mid Church, deeply lm- will preach in the Dnke street M- E. Church on Sunday made by the Insurance Companies in their introduce into a policy, and it, iB unwise to preered by this visitation of Providence, give expresalon to Qj.xt, The elder Cooxmas was considered one of the moat respective cities, and in the county of place it Out of the power of the parties to ° n ßo3eS e xhat*whi| l at"we how In hnmble mbmirelon to elo< l' leDt lni gUtad pulpit orators in the country, and the Allegheny, and where the Commissioners are provide for such contingencies. The result of this decree of •‘the Fitib«»r of mercies,” we will ever cbertnh son is said to possess much of his father’s power for satisfied that any such company is possessed the adoption of this provision would undoubt* for the memory of the deceased the moet erncere and pro- imager, „nd gorgeous picturing of Scripture Incidents. 0 f tbe ami)U nt of capital named in the Section, edly be that no prudent Company Would take we deeply eympathiu with the afflicted Dabing Outrage—A Lancasterian Wat- the Commiseionera shall certify to the faot any risk that was not sufficiently provided for widow and relatives. In thlA their tad bereavemeit, and Fr idav’» ExoreM the and, upon obtaining said certificate, the by the contract settled by the convention ; and company may lawfully transact the badness j consequently parties wanting special risks we are assured that “our loss is his gain.” • recht, grain faa manufacturer, of this city, by three ruffians of an Insurance Company, snbject to the ; insured would be compelled to go OUt 01 tne thft u J rL, T rk Of^thf. Simmy 8 , in Cheater county, one of the brideet outrages we have for annual renewal of the certificate But in the State to gettfheir insurance, bereaved widow and family permission to bary the body some time been called upon to record. It seems that as event that the Commissioners shall find Upon U Will attord me great pleasure WCO operate of our esteemed brother, on the ground in front of the y r . Qorrecht was pissing through Yinceut township, on examination that the company or association with the General Assembly in providing addl* ehurch be loved so wen, and for whose prosperity be so he Wftß Btopped by three who demanded is insolvent, or without the capital required tional checks and making other salutary regu^ CITY iSD CJIFITI *F P.A IB S ardently labored. Tte City School Board held a special meeting on Friday evening, and the following preamble and reaolntlcns unanimously adopted: Divine Providence having removed from the scene of his earthly labors, our fellow citizen, the Rev. John S Crum bautrh. it is the doty as well as the sad privilege of this Board, to express the feelings occasioned by the event and its estimate ofbischaracterand public services. Therefore, Revived. That in common with the citizens of the county of Lancaster, we deploie in the death of the Rev. John 8. Crumbaugh, the loss of a County Superintendent whose learniug, zeal, urbanity and sound practical sense, in the dlschaige of the various and difficult duties of the office were unsurpassed. , Resolved, That while a teacher in the highest station In the gift of this Board, the impress made by him on the moral aDd intellectual condition of the youth committed to his care was such as entirely to Justify that important trust. Resolved, That as member of this Board, his deportment was such as to command the confidence and respect of his associates. Resolved, That though our city has recently been called on to lament the departure of maoy of her most useful citizens, the name of John S. Crnmbaugh may be added to the list of the most worthy, as that of one whose brief life is a record of learning, usefulness and honor. Resolved, That the officers of this Board present to the family of the deceased, a copy of these resolutions, as a tribute of onr respect for bis memory and of condolence with them in their affliction. Resolved. That we attend his funeral in a body, aDd invite the teachers of the city echo'd*, and the present and former pupils of the Male High School, also to attend. The funeral on Sunday afternoon was attended by an immense concourse of people. The funeral procession was beaded by the City School Board, and many of the former and present pupils of the Male High School. Oq arriving at. the Church, the coffin was taken inside and placed in front of the altar. Appropriate, eloquent and affecting addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Hodgson, Messrs. Har* baugh, Stock, (who preached the fnneral discourse,) Krotel. Powell and Laitzle. The exercises were opened with a solemn dirge by the Choir of St. John’s Church, and closed with the singing of a hymn by the same. The remains were interred In a Tault in front of the Church. Tee Howard Evenings—Rev. Mr. Rosen mil lee's Lectore.— The lecture of Rev. Mr. Rosenmiu.ee. on "The Crusades on Tuesday evening last, was well conceived, admirably written, well delivered, and was attentively listened to by an appreciating audience The discussion was very spirited and interesting. The speakers were Judge Hayes, John Wise, Esq., Maj. Ditmars, A. U. Ilood, Esq, Capt. Sanderson, Rev. .Mr. Harbaugh, John S. Dougherty, Esq., Profesßor Porter, Mr. Eichelber gar. and a gentleman from New York, whose name we did not learn. The next lecture of the course will be given this evening, (Tuesday.) by Lieut. Emlen Franklin. Subject: "Holidays and Public festivals as Civil Institutions." From the well known talents of the lecturer we anticipate a rich intellec tual treat upon the occasion, and would again urge upon our citizens, in view of the benevolent object of these meetings, to turn out and fill the Hall to overflowing. Democratic Ward Meetings and City Convention. —It will be seen by the call of the Ward Com mittees, published in another column of to-dny’s that the Democratic meetings for the nomination of Mayor. High Constable, aud the various Ward ofilcets, will be held at the fallowing pluces, on Saturday evening next, January 22d, between the hours of 0 and 8 o’clock : N. W- Ward—Trnut’n Hotel. West Orange street. S. W. Wald—Fitzpatrick’s H.tel, South Queen street. N. E. Ward—Miller’s Hotel. East Chesmir street. S. E. Ward—Witt Unger's Hotel, South Queen street. The Democratic City Convention, for the purpose of adding up the returns from the Wards and declaring the nominees of the party for Mayor and High Constable, will be held the same evening, at Messeukop's Hotel, East King street, at 9 o’clock. In view of the Importance of the ensuing City Election, we hope to see a full turn-out of the Democracy on this occasion. U. P. MAGTUW. Stato Tiessiirer. $2,798 9G ifi7 41 4 792 8l) 12 8" 2*2 75:J 29 1 82 « 57 I 079 4H 42. U 97 70 81 224 2" 54 32 7,39 < o'i 8.1 H 8 84 19.605 4(3 17.204 93 9.519 03 2.552 55 3,142 09 555 04 27,922 00 1,124 59 845 20 921 98 32,174 38 Tns Dorcas Society. —The Ladies of this benevolent Association acknowledge their indebtedness to Mrs. E. C. Reigsrt, Mrs. S. R. Slaymaker, Hon. I. E. Hiester and Mr. John Herr, for liberal donations. The Society has appointed the following Ward Visiting Committees: N. E. Ward—Mrs. Jacob Griet, Miss Miller. N. W. Ward—Mrs. R. Hubley, Mrs. G. B. Kerfoot, Miss Weaver, Miss Matbiot. S. E. Ward—Mrs. John Metzgar, Mrs, Henry E. Slay* ranker. Miss M. Humes. Miss E. Kicholtz. 8. W. Ward—Mrs. Geo. Sanderson. Mrs. Geo. H. Bom berger, Miss Slaymaber, Miss Louisa Hayes. 36 96 85,930 65 463 67 130 77 7.318 75 97.027 39 3«0 l*) 134 38 4.144 09 30,264 26 The Lancaster County Aoricoltural and Mechanical Society.— The annual meeting of this Society was held at Shober’p Hotel, North Queen street, on the 10th Inst. In the absence of the President, Joseph Konig macher, Esq., Mr. J. E. Kreybill was called to the chair. The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were read. We have prepared a short synopsis of the Society’s financial operations, gathered from these reports, as follows: The Treasurer received from tickets, subscriptions and temporary loaD the sum of $4,888.94, and paid out $4,64/ .97, leaving an amount due by him of $240.97. A number of orders have been Issued, bat are not yet paid. There was also received for rents and tickets, $716 38, which sam did nr>t go into the hands of the Treasnrer. Out of this sum $703 30 were paid, leaving a balance of $l3 08 in the Secre tary’s hands. The assets of the Society amount to $2895.40, and the liabilities are $2028.16, leaving a balance of assets of $867.24. The Ibllowlng report of the Managers was also read: The Managers of the Lancaster County Agricultural and Mechanical Society, in submitting their report for the year ending this day. beg leave to offer to its members, and to all who are interested in its welfare, their sincere congrat- $592,624 23 ulations upon its'prosperity and usefulness, and the con stantly increasing interest in its success which is every day manifested by the citizens of all parts of the county. The grounds of the Society have been permanently se cured, and all the buildings, stalls. &c.. are held in readi ness for another year, which will relieve the Society forthe future of the very heavy expense necessarily incurred in their preparations for their last Exhibition, and enable them to offer to exhibitors more liberal premiums. They take pleasure in calling the attention of the Bociety to its very favorable condition, as shown by the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer. Taking into consideration the facts, that the Society commenced its last year with an empty treasury—with a deficiency of the year previous to be made up—without grounds or any of the buildings ncessary to holding a fair, its members may well congrat ulate themselves upon its prosout very prosperous condi tion. It is believed that another year, equally successful the last, will relieve the Bnciety of a very large share of itn indebtedness, while it is conceded by allibat an anDUai assemblage of the products of the fields, the orchards, the gard'-us and the work-shop* of our county is most benefl dal to the Intelligence aDd pecuniary welfare of the people.— We feel a jti'-t pride in the fact, that nowhere else can a more noble display of Agricultural wealth be dhmmauded. than the farmers of our county can at any time prodtic®, and our mechanics bear a reputation for skill and ingenuity, the products of which will bear any comparison, without dishonor to themselves. We refer with pleasure to the very complete success which attended our Second Annual Exhi bitiou. held on the 6th, 6th. 7th, Bth and 9th days of Octo ber Inst. The extort and variety of the display in stock and the mechanic nrts, far surpassing that of our first exhibition, is sufiMent proof of the Interest felt In the success of the Society by the farmers and mechanics of our county. And while our thanks are Justly due and warmly ten dered to exhibitors and to all others who in any wav con tributed to the interest and success of our exhibiti >n, we feel that we owe to the ladies of our city and county » special acknowledgment of our obligations to them for the zeal and Interest which they manifested by their very lib eral and very beautiful contributions to our exhibition.— The display in the ladies’ department was an achievement in skill and industry of which the lair artizans may well he proud and the Managers cannot offer a more flalte ing testimony to its superiority, than by refereuce to the fact that during the entire fair their department was almost constantly crowded with anxious and delighted visitors. The Manag-ra also tender their thanks to the several Committees of Judges in attendance, as well for. their lib erality in responding to the call upon their time and atten tion. as for the satisfactory mauner in which they dis charged their duties. The Society then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, with the following result: President—Joseph Knolgmacher. Vice President*—o4. J. Franklin Relgart, C. A. Shaffner. Managers—J. E. Kreybill. 8. P. Spencer. A. K. Bowers, Mark Connell, Jr., S W. Beecher, Wellington Yuodt. Treasurer —Benjamin Mishler. Secretary—Col. D W Patterson. Librarian—Cyrus N. Herr. Humane Fire Company, No. 6.—At a meet log of this company held at tbeir Hall, Manor street, on Friday evening last, the following officen were elected for the ensuing year: President—Davis M. Fralm. Vice President—Henry Scbaum. Secretary—Edwin E. Bnydsr. Treasurer —John Lorentz. Engineers—George P. Killian, Christian Haar, Henry Drepperd. George Bbay, Michael Huffusgle. Directors—Joseph Brown, John Beckel, Michael Flear, Wm. S. Kautz, Jacob SDyder, George Troyer, Henry Scbaum, E. E. Snyder. E acting Committee—Christain Haar, George Troyer, Edwin E. Snyder. Trostees— H. Scbaum, D. M. Fraim, E.E. Snyder, George P. Killian, Joseph Brown. Solicitor—Bartram A. Sheaffer. ' New Berlin Lyceum.—Col. W. Haryey Bpxka, of this city, and whilom of The Intelligencer Office, is expected to deliver a lecture before the New Berlin Xyceum on Thursday evening next. ; We can promise our friends at New Berlin an able and eloquent literary treat. The last lecture was delivered by Dr. Horn BrntssroSß, of Ephrata. •*y his money, which was refused. They then attacked and beat him in the moat cruel manner, shooting at him twice, the balls passing through his hat. Mr. Gorrecht defended himself bravely, and the fight was asperate one. lie cut one of the ruffians three times with a pocket knife, and knocked one of them down with a stone. They finally overpowered and robbed him of $3BO in money, aod promis sory notes amounting to near $lOO, and then tore off his coat and cut the boots off his feet, supposing, probably, that be had more money concealed on his person. The operations of the villains were finally Interrupted by the approach of Mr. John J. Mleley, when they made off. Mr. Mieley found indications of a hard straggle, the groand being spattered witb blood, and Mr. G. lying on his back, almost naked, and unable to get up. By the time Mr. M. had assisted him to put on his clothes, and he was sufficiently restored to walk, the villains had got out. of their reach, and the Injured man still too weak to ride fast. It Is to be hoped, however, that they will be identifimlaud brought to justice. THE DOUGLAS AND SLIDELL AFFAIR. Daring the late Senatorial contest in Illinois a statement appeared in the Chicago Tribune to the effect, that the slaves belonging to Sen ator Dooghas, in Mississippi, were cruelly and inhumanly treated. When pressed for the author of this calumny, the Tribune gave Dr. Bbainard, of Chicago, who, it alleged, receiv ed the information from Senator Slidell. — , Both these gentlemen denied the imputation ; Mr. Slidell of having held any communica tion with Dr. Brainard on the subject of Mr. Douglas' slaves, and Dr. Brainard of having oommunioated the matter to the editor of the Tribune. Mr. Slidell published a communication some time since on the subject, wherein after a positive denial that he gave currency to this offensive rumor, he said that “Mr. Douglas has by authorizing and coun tenancing anonymous attacks upon me through a person officiating as his private Secretary, lost all claim to the explanation that I would otherwise have promptly volunteered to give him." On the Tth inst., Mr. Douglas address ed a card to the Slates, in which he emphati cally denies the truth of this implication, and says, “ it is not true that I have authorized or countenanced anonymous attacks upon Mr. Slidell." This denial again brings out Mr. Slidell, in the Washington Union of the 13rh inst., in justification of his accusation that a person officiating as the private secretary of Mr. Douglas had been making anonymous attacks upon him, (Slidell.) with the implied sanction of Mr. Douglas. The following are the circumstances, as narrated bv Mr. Slidell, under which the charge was made: “This declaration imposes upon me the necessity of showing the grounds on which I made that charge. During my visit to New Orleans in November last, an editor of a paper published there, who is a friend and partizan of Mr. Douglas, (but who at the same time is not unfriendly to me,) informed me that he had received an anonymous letter from Chi cago for publication in his paper, commenting very severely upon me, and that he did not intend to publish it, but desired me to see it. lie accordingly produced the paper, and read to me certain portions of it extremely vituper ative. I told him I had heard enough of it, and insisted on knowing the name of the author; he said that it had been sent to him in an ordinary form of newspaper correspon dence, either without signature or with an assumed one, and had been accompanied by a letter from James R. Sheridan. I requested him to give me the name in writing, which he did. I have it now in my possession. I had heard that this Mr. Sheridan acted as aman uensis for Mr. Douglas, had accompanied him through his late canvass, reported his speeches, &c., and I also asked the editor whether Mr. Sheridan did not stand in this relation to Mr. Douglas. His reply was that he so understood, having had no other letters from him. I then declared to the editor, in the presence of another person, and subse quently repeated the declaration to other friends, that on my arrival in Washington, where I expected, of course, to meet Mr. Doug las, I should call on him for a categorical re ply whether or not he had authorized this let ter of bis secretary, and should be governed in my course towards him by his answer.” MAIL ROBBERS DETECTED, 1 The following, which we clip from the Chi cago Tribiine & Press, shows that our friend Dr. Leib, the efficient Mail Agent in Illinois, is after the mail robbers wiih a sharp stick. The Dr's vigilance in the matter is what might have been expected from his well-known ener gy of character: Arrest of a Postmaster and his Son fou Robbing the Mail. —Charles Leib, E«q., the Special Agent of the Post Office Department, and Deputy Marshal Dougherty, on Saturday afternoon arrested David Martin, Postmaster at Palatine, and his son. Abial Martin, Assia tant Postmaster, for robbing the mail. For some time past, packages of valuable letters passing from the Chicago Post Office to Fre mont Centre, Lake county, have been missing while others have been rifled of their contents and re mailed for their destination. After considerable investigation, the special agent was satisfied that the robberies were commit ted at the Palatine office. On Saturday last Dr. Leib, the special agent, mailed a decoy letter, containing ss—two $1 bills and one $3 hill—which were carefully marked, to Thomas H. Payne, Fremont Centre, Lake county.— The bag containing the letter was placed in charge of the mail agent on the St. Paul and Fond Du Lac Railroad, and by him delivered to Martin, the Postmaster. The next day Mr. Smith, a clerk in the Chicago Post Office went to Palatine, and received one of these marked bills from the younger Martin, and Mr. Williamson, of Palatine, received another from the elder Martin. This left no doubt of the guilt of the parties, and they were arrest ed as above stated. Yesterday the father and son were brought before United States Commissioner Iloyne, and held to answer, the former in $l5OO and the latter in $lOOO. The father is a man of some 05 years of age, and declares his innocence with good deal of sang froid , while the son, who is a poor crip ple—being compelled to go about on his hands, his legs being entirely useless—is greatly distressed, and moaned pitifully. He has heretofore been a sort of itinerant phrenolo gist, necromancer, &e. The Mr. Smith Bpoken of in the above was formerly a resident of this city, and a clerk in Herr's Dry Goods' Establishment. The First Regiment to Cross the Conti nent.—The Sacramento (Cal.) Union of the 20th November, mentions the arrival there of the Cth regiment of U. S. Infantry, which left Fort Leavenworth, Mo., on the 27th May, and performed the march across the continent in 190 days, or, as the regiment remained in camp on Sundays, 162 m&rotpng days. They averaged about 100 miles per week, and reach ed California without the loss of a man, and only abont 80 mules died out of 1100.—A portion of the routfe was over a country rep resented, hitherto, as inhospitable and even hostile, while the latter part of the season has been unfavorable and even inclement .uub, or wunout the capitu. jquu by the act, they are directed to report the fact to the proper court of the county, which court is required to issue an injunction to restrain the company or association, from transacting the business of insurance. And, if the insolvency reported by the Commissioners shall appear to be correct, the court is to appoint a receiver to wind up the affairs of the company, and distribute its assets after the payment of expenses ratabi-y among the creditors of the company. The section also requires the Insurance Companies of the city of Philadel phia to provide an office for the Commisioners in which jl record "f their proceedings is to kept. The power of the Legislature to appoint a Commissioner to inquire into the oudition of Insurance Companies, and tu authorize judicial proceedings in case of such as are believed to be insolvent, is unquestionable, and the exercise of such a power would probably be highly beneficial to the interests of the public ; but this section requires every solvent company to obtain annually a certifi cate in the nature of a license to transact business, and this applies to ail companies now existing, as well as those which may hereafter be incorporated. It is questionable whether such a restriction, or condition, can be imposed upon the legitimate exercise of powers already granted. The various acts incorporating Insurance Companies, give the right to commence and continue the business of insurance on certain terms therein specified. Th'S bill proposes to alter these terms by imposing others which may interrupt their though they may be perfectly solvent and even prosperous, and it also subjects them to other than judicial control ; and, finally, it deprives them of an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State, as by the 19th section the decision of the District Court ia made final and conclusive The section is moreover incongruod* and imperfect; for, while it requires the Commiss ioners to report to the Court such companies 'as are found to be insolvent, or without the requisite capital, it only authorizes proceedings against such as are reported to be insolvent, making no disposition whatever of such as are solvent but without the required capital. The second eeotion makes the refusal or neglect of any company to comply with the conditions of the first section, cause of forfei ture of the charter, and imposes upon the President and Secretary, upon conviction, thereof, a fine of five hundred dollars. It is difficult to perceive why the President and Secretary should be liable to conviction and punishment for the neglect nr refusal of the company, acting through its Board of Mann gers, to comply with the requirements of the weciion. Under the fourteenth section of the bill mutual insurance companies now incorporated and located in the cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburg, or Allegheny, or having agencies , therein, as well an all such companies here after to be incrpor ited, wherever located, are forbidden from issuing any policy of insurance until they have a subscription list of persons desiring to be insured members, whose i premium notes shall amount in the aggregate Ito fifty thousand dollars. Such companies are also required to confine their risks to the counties in which they may be severally located, and the adjoining counties; and are enjoined from issuing any policy until notice of the furm thereof shall be published in one or more newspapers of the oounty where such company shall be located. These provisions, in ray opinion, are unne cessarily stringent and severe upon mutual insurance companies. Some of the most sub stantial and reliable companies in this Com monwealth are based upon the plan of mutual liability with premium notes assessable for losses—their insurances extending to every city and county in the State, amounting in the aggregate to many millions of dollars, and as well secured as they can possibly be by any joint stock companies. Why should such companies, so organized, and which make no dividends of profits, whether located in the cities of Philadelpbia or Pittsburg or Allegheny, or elsewhere, be confined in their risks to the county in which the particular company may be located and the counties adjoining thereto; while joint stock companies, that are the sub i ject ot speculations, and that declare large | profits, are given a charter extensive as the State? I have looked in vain for a sufficient reason for making this distinction. Common justice requires that all shall be placed by law on an equal footing, and that none shall be favored or proscribed ; then, if either system prove unworthy rtf confidence, let it be con demned, and inst; ad of limiting its operations to a single couDty or neighborhood, let it be entirely abrogated. Besides, the provision under consideration directly interferes with the powers and privileges already solemnly granted by charter to mutual insurance companies, to extend their business through out the Commonwealth. Again, would not the provision which requires premium notes to the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars before a policy can be issued, ! prevent any company from going into operation on the mutual principle, at least in the interior of the State ? If two an 1 a half per cent, be taken as average rate of insurance, it would require property offered to be insured amounting to two millions of dollars to produce the required fifty thousand dollars of premium notes ; and when it is recollected that no insurance could be effected outside of the county where the company may be located, and those immediately adjoining it, is obvious that in many sections of the State it would be nearly or quite impossible to obtain the amount of applications thus required. The eighteenth section is also objectionable. It provides: “that the insurance companies and insurance associations respectively, of the city of Philadelphia and of the city of Pitts burg. insuring property against loss by fire, shall, after obtaining the certificates required by this act, appoint one delegate each, to meet in convention in the city of Philadelphia, on the last Tuesday of September next, and adopt such uniform fire policy or policies as such convention shall deem necessary and proper, copies of which shall be filed with the insu ranee commissioners in said cities, and also with the Auditor General immediately after their adoption, aud published by the said companies in each of said cities for at least one week in two daily newspapers having the largest bonajide circulation therein, and said policies shall on and after the first day of December next, become of general use ; and it shall not be lawful for anV insurance company incorporated by or doing business within this commonwealth thereafter to issue any polioy of insurance against loss by fire in the oity of Philadelphia or county of Allegheny other than in the form of the policies so agreed upon and adopted ; and any company issuing any policy in violation of this section, shall forfeit and pay the amount of insurance specified in any Buch policy to the party so insured. Provided that this section shall not apply to companies exclusively mutual.” This section deprives the companies therein named of the power of making contracts of insurance on such conditions and terms as may be agreed to by both parties. Whatever the nature of the property, or of the risk, or wherever it may be situated, and whether the contract ho made through an agent or by an immediate officer of the company, no form can be used, under a heavy penalty, except the one agreed upon in convention. lations for the government of insurance ownpanies, so as effectually to protect the public against the impositions and fraudulent practices of dishonest institutions. But for the reason* olrc idy assigned, I cannot approve of of this bill. It is, therefore, herewith returned to the House of RepreHentatives, whore it originated, for reconsideration. WM. F. PACKER. Executive Department. ) Harrisburg, January 6, 1859. ) A Murder Revealed bt a Dream. —A miraculous aii«:'>v*ry of a horrible murder ia related by a Belgian journal of a recm date, of which wfl make a summary : Two brothers, Jews, set out from Gyrek, with a view of placing their two daughters at a boarding school in the town of Grnsswardein. During the night of their absence, the young est daughter, aged ten, who was left at home, woke up suddenly during the night, and cry ing bitterly, declared that she saw her father and uncle, and all being murdered. The mother, for some time, took no notice of the child's declaration, but, as she persisted, and would not be pacified, she begau to be alarmed herself, and the next morning took the child before the mayor of the town, to whom she declared her dream, stating at the same time that the murderers were two men living in the neighborhood, whom she deliberately pointed out, and added that the murder was commit ted at the entrance of the forest, «>n the road to Grosswardein. The Mayor, after this revelation, thought it prudent to make inquiry after the two neighbors indicated by the chi id, when, singularly enough, they were discovered to be absent from home. This suspicious circum stance induced the Mayor to dispatoh some officers to the forest alluded to by the child, who discovered the horrible spectscle of five bodies extended on the ground, which were those of the two brothers, the tw i daughters, and the driver of the vehicle in which they all took their departure. The corpses appeared to have all been set on fire, so as to destroy their identity, and the vehicle was nowhere discovered. This horrible tragedy led the officers to examine the whole neighborhood, when they fortunately pounced upon the two neighbors at a fair not far distant, as they were in the very act of changing some notes on which some spots of blood were visible. On being seized, they immediately confessed their crime, and on thechild's dream being revealed to them, acknowledged the fingeruf Providence in their capture. The wonderful dream on the part of the child, aDd its fulfilment, excited an immense sensation in the neighborhood. Snow Storm in the Olden Times —The year 1717 is memorable in the history of New England on account of the unusual quantity of snow which fell February 20th and 24th of that year. In those storms the earth was covered with snow from ten to fifteen feet, and in some places twenty feet deep. Many bouses of one Btory were buried, and in numerous oases paths were dug from house to house under the snow-drifts 1 The visits were made by means of snow shoes, the wearers having first stepped out of their chamber windows. One gentle man wishing to visit his lady love/ 7 walked three miles with snow shoes, and entered her residence as he left his own, namely by the chamber window. He was cordially reoeived, as be was the first person the family had seen from abroad for a week! Cotton Mather has left a manuscript account of "this snow, 77 and the many marvels and prodigies attending it. Brutal Assault on Lewis D. Campbell— Qis Life in Danger. —We are pained to learn that Mr. Campell, ex Congressman, was struck by some ruffian, and seriously if net fatally injured, while on his way from his office to his residence on Tuesday night. Mr. C. says that he left his office between twelve and one o'clock and was struck by some one who came up behind him. It was about three o'clock when he recovered his consciousness, and was able to reach home, having laid insensible on the street for more than two hours. There is a severe wound in the back of his bead—the < skull being broken in—and the blow is sup posed to have been given with a slung shot. Mr. C. is in a very critical condition. At intervals be converses rationally, but moßt of ' the time his mind wanders. A printer from Dayton—so says our informant—had been > arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the assault upon Mr. Campbell. —Dayton [Ohio) Journal , Jan. 6. CONVICTION OF A MURDERER. Baltimore, Jan. 11. —The Jury in the case of Marion Cropps, who has been on trial some days, at Tonsontown, near this city, came in to Court, this eveoing, with a verdict of ; “Guilty of murder in the first degree.”-r Cropps is quite a young man, but has led a very disreputable life. The facts of the case are these: A policeman named Benton arrest ed several rioters, and while ou his way to the Station House he was shot dead by a young man named Henry Gambrille. The murder was witnessed by officer Rigdon, and be accordingly testified against Gambrille, who was convicted, and is now under sentence of death. After the verdiot hod been rendered Rigdon went to his residence, and shortly after his arrival there he was shot dead, in the presence of bis wife, by Cropps, and an ac complice, named Currie. Separate trials were ; granted, and the latter will be tried to mor- ; row. > Governor S—, of South Carolina, ; was a splendid lawyer, and could talk a jury : out of their seven senses. He was especially noted for his success in criminal cases, almost alwavs clearing his client. He was once counsel for a man accused of horße stealing, lie made a long, eloquent and touching speech. The jury retired bet returned in a few moments; and proclaimed the man not guilty. An old acquaintance stepped up to tbe prison er and said : “ Jem, the danger is past; and now honor bright, didn't you steal that horse ?'' To which Jem replied, “ Well, Tom I've all along thought 1 took that horse, but since I’ve ; heard the Governor's speech, I don’t believe I ; did l” Amalgamation. —The daughter of a wealthy Abolitionist near Pontiao, Michigan, recently eloped with a black man who was in tbe em ploy of her father as a farm hand, and fled to Canada, where the pair were married. The brother of the girl followed the runaways, and, ascertaining her whereabonts, went to her and implored her to return. She was contented, however—loved her ebony half—was happy in hiß arms and couldn’t think of going back. The emotions of a brother at sach a sight can better be imagined than described. Some men would have blotted out their disgrace with a Bingle blow, but he had been taught that it was no sin against God or man that his young sißter should repose in tbe embrace of a negro, and at the same time calmly look him in the face aod say that she was content ed. He went he had come, alone. The Free Press Bays the father was a red hot Abolitionist and has always advocated amalgamation, and the (jirl has been .reared under the demoralisinginfluence of sooh Ab horrent pnoiples.