080. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON, Aaaoctftte.^ LANOASrEB, j, 1859^ circulate >n, a Obi) copies*.*. Bpbsoeiptiqii Paid, per annum.^ M. PsrpjTQHL Apvxßjai|ira UP .Nassau street, ■ 8. M. PxTTXjrsnx Ah»-, ■« Agrt|r for \hi&ancaMtTi Intelligencer, and the most influential and largest circula ting Newspapers in the United States and the Canadas.— They are authorized to contract, for us at our lowest rates TO THE DEUOCEACT OP THE* CIT Y AND COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In accordance with the.reeolntlon of the County Com* Tnittee, adopted*nt-their meeting—on--the -16th- Inst^-yon are requested to assemble in the several Wards of the City, an4-Boroogha‘axTd Townships ofthe County on SATURDAY the 10th day of FEBRUARY next, then and fliere tojjlect nor‘more'than ffve’lielegafefl' to 'repre/ J . Add on WEDNESDAY, the 23d day of FEBRUARY next, : at 11 o’clock A M., at Fulton Hall, in the City of: Lancae^ ter, for the purpose of electing six delegates to represent the Democracy of the County of in the annual State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg, on Friday the four th day of March next. The several Ward, Borough and Township Committees areYequeated to give early notice, in their respective Dis trlcts,pf the time and place of meeting, for the election of delegates. In accordance with the established usage ofthe' party, the several Districts will each nominate one person Wserve on the Connty Committee for the ensuing politi cal year, and also nominate their Ward, Borough’ and Township place their names on their res pective credentials to" the ensuing County Convention. By order of the Connty Committee. / . , . ~ n. B. SWARB. • Chairman. - Laitoastbb, January 25th, 1859. THE MUNICIPAL BISECTION. The election on Tuesday last resulted in the eleotion of Geo. Sanderson, the Democratic eandidate for Mayor, by a majority of THIRTEEN VOTES over Thomas H. Bur- EOWE3, the present incumbent of the office and “Citizenß* candidate” for re-election. The vote was unusually heavy, larger by nearly four hundred than at the municipal election of 1858 when Mayor Burrowes was elected by a majority of twelve, and very nearly as large as the vote of last October. It was unquestionably one of the closest political battles, on a full vote, which ev.er took place in Lancaster, and was contested inch by inch from morning until night. We have never known so much interest to. be manifested at any previous municipal election. From the official returns of the election, published in our local department, it will be seen , that, in addition to. tfye . Mhyor,. the Democrats have elected the High' Constable, three of the four City- Constables, (a gain of one,) one member of Select Council, and five members of Common Council; whilst the Opposition have got two members of Select and ten of Common Counoil, which result gives the latter a majority on joint ballot. The other ward offioers are pretty well divided between the two parties. The Democracy of the City deserve all praise for the gallant fight they made. Their candidate for Mayor had to encounter t the vilest slanders and defamation, and no effort foul or fair, was left undone by the Opposition to accomplish his defeat. Even money was freely used for the purpose. But it all did not avail. The Demoeracy nobly stood up to the work, and the glorious result is before the public. THE SOUTH-WEST WARD, Whilst our Democratic friends all over the City did their duty faithfully on Tuesday last, the glorious South-West Ward claims, and is justly entitled to the banner. Her noble raa jority of 113 is a proud monument of her worth, and of the unflinching integrity of her Democraoy. SOMETHING FOR TAX-PAYERS. Petitions continue to be sent to the Legisla ture from this county, praying for the repeal of the law which more than doubled the fees of the District Attorney. We take it for granted that nothing will be done in the matter. The fees will not be reduced, and the petitioners might as well save their pains. The issue was made last fall in the eleotion ol members to the Legislature—and as a majority failed then to vote for the Democratic candi dates, who were pledged and instructed to go for the repeal of the $7OO compensation bill, as well as to reduce the District Attorney’s fees to the old rate, the inference will certainly be drawn by members that the question was decided against any reduction of salaries or fees. Having failed to vote for the right men at the right time, it is in vain to petition now. They are only laughed at. Tax-payers have nothing to do but fork over. Not only will salaries and fees not he reduced, but there is a general desire shown* for increasing them, since the tax-payers deoided against a reduction at the last eleotion. A hill to double the pay of the Prison Inspec tors of this county has already passed the House. There is. some hope of its being defeated in the Senate, which fortunately remains Democratic. Instead of doubling the pay of the Prison Inspectors the best thing the Legislature could do would he to abolish the aboard altogether. The whole management of -the prison shows a remarkable degree of incompetenoy, and instead of having their salaries raised the Inspectors should he dismissed - aud the Court be authorized to appoint competent men, who would serve without pay. This is done in every other county in t)te State, where they have Inspec tors, and not see why Lancaster county should pay for having their affairs misman aged, while other counties get good men to superintend their prisons without charge. There is no more reason why a Prison Inspector should be paid than a School Director. The Coroner is also applying for an increase of compensation. He wants a salary of $3OO for his valuable services. The expenses of Lancaster oounty have nearly doubled within the past twelve years, but the tax-payers seem to like having their taxes put up from 15 to 25 cents on the hundred dollars. Whenever they get tired of an ascending scale of taxation they must effect a change by voting for themselves at the election, and not hope to accomplish it by petitioning the Legislature. AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT, .. Wo learn from 'Washington that the Presi dent has nominated to the Senate, Wilson MeCandless, of Pittsburg, to be Judge of the ' District Court of the United States for West ern Pennsylvania, in place of Judge Irwin, resigned. A number of able gentlemen were named for this place, and several were urged upon the President with much earnestness, by their respective friends. While it may be admitted that the public interests would not ■ have been prejudiced by the selection of either, ~ it affords us pleasure to Bay that the appoint ment of Mr. MeCandless is sure to meet the general approval of men of all parties in that, -section. As a gentleman, a scholar and a jurist,'he enjoys the respect of all who know & eyearjtespest be is regarded as . eminently qualified;foiftbe Bench. Tbere'ie "great.Vjuopriety' in this appoint (JP,ebti;iA.6n6th:ef J ' aspect. Col. McCandlesß . has-ever been-the -earnest, reliable, personal and political friend of James Buchanan, and has always been faithful to the Democratic oause—alike in adversity and in prosperity.. While the.atipomtinent of others may have tbeir friends, that of Mr. Mc ,as objectionable i W bffenaiVe by any Democrat or friend of the President What is the object for which men are sent to Congress? Some might imagine merely £> { ventilate their rhetoric or their val<fr, otbeiwr; to display their love for the negro and their' .dihrrorslavery; one miSn might sqspect that -the true business.of amemberwas ter act as •jockeyAand rubber down: for Presidential can-, ;4idaies, and there mig*h| be tiiose who would; -be great end was to line their pockets. The dis patch of the business would never be thought of as belonging to the legiti 'matedatynf:&7member;:to: judgerfram.-the progress made in legislation during the prep ent session... * _ Two mortal months have elapsed, and tho’ never before have graver and more important matters been on the tab]eB_of_ Congress,.noth-, ing has .ibe.Paeifie .Railroad measure has been mutilated in a way that should make every member ashamed. Besides, there are pending the Appropriation bills, the bill for the adjustment of the which demands immediate action in the present financial condition of the country ; the Loan bill, just as exigent; the Thirty Million Ap propriation bill; the hill forthe increase ofthe Navy, and numerous other subjects of neces sary legislation. The upshot will be that the passage of the bills indispensably requisite to carry on the Government will be crowded into the heel of the session, through the un methodical and procrastinating mode in which the basiness of Congress is carried on. These procrastinations and delays admit of defense; the President has animadverted on this slovenly system as most reprehensible; and public opinion joins in this reprobation ; and yet Congress pursues the same course of sluggishness and neglect. Why should the country suffer in its most important interests because every Congress man is engaged in looking after the prospects of his favorite for the Presidential sweepstakes in 1860? Could not the appropriation bills be passed without interfering with the busi ness of handicapping the various candidates of all the cliques and parties? It is too much the fashion in Congress, aod everywhere, to neglect the present for the fu ture, to shirk duty, and be engrossed in specu lation, to overlook the claims of country, and be ever vigilant for those of self. The good time when Congress will attend to its proper duties without this insufferable procrastina-.. tion, is long coming. Such a reform appears almost too much to be hoped for, notwithstand ing the ei.treaties of the President, and the undoubted desires of the people.— N. Y. Daily News. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, Harrisburg, February 3. Senate. —The Senate met at ten o’clock this morning. The following bills were reported, with favorable recommendations: A bill relative to Aldermen, Justices of the Peace, &c. A bill to divide County Offices in Delaware county. A bill relative to Pawnbrokers in Philadel phia. A bill to make the sessions of the Supreme Court permanent at Harrisburg. A bill to establish a General Banking law. The following were reported negatively: The bill relative to Arbitrations. The bill to authorize certified copies of the records of Insurance Companies to be admitted as evidence. The following bills were read in place: Mr. Mareelis, of Philadelphia, a bill relative to Banks, and to prevent frauds by Bank officers. Mr. Schindel, of Lehigh, a supplement to the charter of the Norristown and Freemans burg Railway Company. Mr. Randall, of Philadelphia, a bill for the relief of Henry L. Norris. Also, a bill to amend the defects iD the laws providing for a more safe and just transmiss ion of and security in real and personal estate. Mr. Finney, ofErie, a supplement to the Act giving jurisdiction in equjijy to the Supreme Court and Court of Common Pleas of Philadel phia, in cases of disputed boundaries. Mr. Wright, of Philadelphia, a bill relative to the Northumberland Improvement Cora pany. A bill supplementary to the Act incorporat ing the Fayette County Railroad Company. On motion, tbe Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill, and it passed second reading and was then laid over. The supplement to the Germantown Passenger Railroud Company was taken up on second reading, and led to considerable discussion, which was participated in by Messrs. Randall, of Philadelphia, and Finney, of Erie, for, and Messrs. Marselis and Wright, of Philadelphia, Myer, of Susquehanna, and Bell, of Delaware, against it. Pending a motion to postpone the further consideration of the bill for the present, the Senate adjourned. House. —The Committee appointed in the Cambria county contested election case, reported that Richard J. Proudfoot, Republi can was entitled to bis seat, and he was accordingly sworn in. The resolution providing for the publication of tbe Legislative Record, was taken up and disoussed to the hour of adjournment. CONGRESSIONAL. February 3, 1859. The Speaker laid before the House a com munication from the Secretary of the Treasury in reply to an inquiry as to what would be about the probable revenue during the next fiscal year. Secretary Cobb intimates the receipts for the present quarter at fifteen millions, and for the next quarter at twelve millions. There has been already received from the ports of Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore and New York, upwards of four millions. The partial returns., received irqm. r otJiex. porta are not aetafcemenroltheirreceipts. i tEbew.-tefieipfe- sayai r co;nfinqed the report; h : e being then of the opinion that the result would show the actual receipts for the remaining quarter of the present- year, and for the next year, would not vary much from the estimates submitted to Congress. He was compelled to say, however, that the receipts were not adequate for the public expenditures, unless they are reduced below the estimated amount. On the contrary, the bills passed through one or the other branch of Congress, would very largely and permanently increase the expendi tures. The Pension bill alone would add several millions to the annual expenses, and indeed a large amount, for the next fiscal year. These expenditures must be reduced or other means of revenue provided. He states that if the bill for the codification of the revenue laws had been passed, it would greatly have faciliated the operations of the Department, and assisted in the collection of the revenue. He thinks the abolition of the franking privilege, and an increase of the rates of postage to five cents, thereby imposing the burden of its support upon those enjoying -its benefits, wouid greatly relieve the Treasury. He urges upon Congress the extension of the provisions of the act of 1857, in relation to Treasury notes, so that they can be redeemed from year to year, as the condition of the Treasury would justify. The communication was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. The House then adjournod. A Boy Carried over the Falls of Nia gara.—A sad accident occurred at Niagara Falls on Saturday last; an adopted son of Mr. Gibbs, foreman of the paper mills, accidentally fell into the river and was carried over the American Fall. We understand that the lad was on the ice, near the mills, where men had been running.the drift-ice from the flume, and accidentally fell into , the swift Btream. He was not seen to fall, but was seen some distance down the river, in the rapids, when beyond the reach of human aid, and- speedily passed over, of course toriseno more .alive. The : child was twelve years old, and a lad of much promise, beloved by his adopted parents and all who knew him. The calamity caused much sensation at “the village where it occurred.—i?ocfc?&r Union, Message ot Governor Gumming. have advices from Salt Lake City, to January Ist. The messAgewas received pn Christmas Day, in 11 days from St. Joseph's, Me. 4- - ; v Difficulties continue to arise between the Army and ebel Mormons, and ; the : latter i &ere .inciting the frequent odfiragesi , •; '/The at Fijinore on Monday, Dec. 13, and adjourned from day to day until Saturday the 18th Dec., when o' quorum of each house being present, they were duly qualified by Secretary Hartnett,* and' the message of Governor Gamming delivered. Tba_message is •ommendably brief. We subjoin,_ths.material portions :—- The‘President of the United States, in the exercise of bis... constitutional .authority,, determined, in the early, part of. lust .year, to reorganize this Territory by the appointment of new civil officers; and, at the same time, he ordered a detachment of the Army to this ; point, to perform the ordinary military duties, and to act as a military posse, upon the requisition of the proper civil officer. The General in command of this detachment received written orders designating his duties, and forbidding him, his officers, or men “to attack any body of citizens whatsoever, except upon requisition, or in sheer self-defence.” . was induced to pursue this course of action, in consequence of reiterated statements made by men who had lived in your midst, and the seditious language used by some of your influential writers and public speakers.: • • - In this connection, it is proper I should announce my opinion that a large number of the inhabitants of Utah participated enhse quently in positive acts of rebellion against the Federal Government. Under these circumstances, I entered Great Salt Lake City on the I2th day of April, 1858, and availed myself of every suitable occasion to notify the inhabitants that I required unconditional: submission to the laws ; chat I would Bustain the civil officers in the proper performance of their duties, and maintain the public peace. After a residence of some weeks among you, I announced to the Government at Washing ton that the disaffected portion of the community had returned to their duty, and would receive and obey the newly appointed civil officers. Subsequently, the. President’s Proclamation of the 6th of April last was promulgated. It offered a full and free pardon to air who would submit to the authority ofthe Federal Government. By your acquiescence in the conditions of this pardon, all political difficulties between the Federal Government and the people of Utah are adjusted; and I trust that your future history will attest the sincerity of your professions of devotion to the Constitution and to the laws. The Government of the Territories has been characterized by certain individuals as a relic, of barbarism and a system of oppression. These cavillers should femember that the patriots and sages, whose memory they profess to revere, not only achieved our and framed the Constitution, but inaugurated also the system of Territorial Government—a government of constitutional laws. We must rely upon them for protection. All commuDi*. ties of freemen possess an inherent right of revolution and self government; but communi ties, like individuals, have their periods of infancy and tutelage, preceding those of matured strength and independent action. When abuses exist in the Government of a Territory, the true remedy consists in an appeal to the pareut Government for redress. You complain, that civil officers arc sometimes unmindful that their offices were created for the benefit ofthe whole community, and not exclusively for their own, but public opinion does not justify resistance to their authority on that account. The maintenance of the army, and the dental expenses attending its suppvjrt, require very large disbursements in the Territory. These necessarily increase the price of labor and its products. Hence the length of time the army will remain here becomes a question in which your constituents are pecuniarily interested. In considering this question it is necessary to refer you to the following clause contained in the Proclamation of the President. “ The military force now in Utah, and hereafter to be sent there, will not be withdrawn until the inhabitants of that Territory shall manifest a proper sense of the duty which they owe to this Government.” In view of this clause, every honorable citizen of this Territory must feel the presenceof thearmy as areproaohupon his patriotism. It therefore behooves you to avoid even the semblance of disloyalty, for to your present condition it is not sufficient that you manifest a proper sense of that duty which you owe to the Government, but public opinion must be satisfied of your loyalty. It would be unreasonable, under existing circumstances, to except that the transient population now here will exercise any influence to hasten the removal of the army, a removal contrary to their pecuniary interests, nor can you expect that they will undertake the task of your vindication. The publie press and private correspondence will finally reveal the truth with regard to your community. This must be a work of time, and therefore I believe that the detach ment of the army, now stationed here, will enjoy vour fine mountain climate, and have ample time to perfect that discipline for which, as a corps, it is even now greatly distinguished. To enable the people to be to some extent, independent of importations, we should encourage domestic manufactures —but an entire independence in such matters, is neither practicable nor desirable. Social intercourse and commercial exchanges are indispensable to true progress. Neither communities nor individuals can seoure permanent prosperity or happiness in a condition of complete isolation. Soon after my arrival in this Territory I communicated to the Secretary of War my views in regard to the supposed practicability of navigating the waters of the Yellowstone, including its tributary, the Bighorn. By the adoption of this route, navigation might be established from tbe Missouri river to a point not exceeding four hundred miles from Salt Lake City. 1 also requested him to order a detachment from Camp Scott, with instructions to make a reconnoisance between Wind river and the confluence of the Yellowstone with the Missouri. The Message concludes with suggestions about irrigation, a new prison, care in legisla tion, and certain vacant local offices. THE EDITOR’S BOOK TABLE BLACKWOOD FOR JANUARY. Leonard Scott A Co. New York. “ Maga ” opens the new year with a most attractive number. Bulwer’s master-piece, “ What will he do with it?” is brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Darrell and Lady Mountfort, Lionel and Sophy, are all made happy and the intense anxiety of the millions who have read this famous novel is relieved. We trust Bir Edward, who, of late years, gives all his literary labors to the public through the pages of “Blackwood,” has something new in store for us as good as the inimitable work he has just completed. “ Burmah and the Burmese” is a review of “ A Narrative of the Mission of the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava,” with notices of the country, government, and people. “ A Cruise in Japanese Waters ” is continued with unflagging interest, giving us a still further insight Into the manners, morals, customs, etc., of the people of Japan, with some humorons remarks on their apparent, not real, indelicacy in exposing their per sons at the public baths, in that delicious climate. “ How to Boil Peas” is not, as its title indicates, a dissertation on modern cookery, but one of the most witty, pointed articles on the folly of making ourselves miserable, that was ever penned. “An Angling Saunter ” claims to be of interest to the general -reader as well as to anglers, and is certainly a very readable article. “ Popular Literature and the Periodical Pi-ess ” is ably handled. It aims to show that the talent of the realm is leaving other pro* fesaiona, and concentratihg in the press, and especially the periodical press of Great Britain; to which fact, more than to any other cause, may be attributed the decline ot the drama, and the lessening interest felt for oral discourse, whether from the lecture room or the pulpit. The article Is worthy a careful perusal. “The Royal Proclamation to India” closes the list of articles in this interesting num ber, and gives us the Tory view of the present condition and prospects of that vast country, as comparod with what they were under the rule of the famous “ East India Com pany.” We are pleased to notice that Blackwood, this month, is printed on much bettor paper than we have ever before seen It, and the publishers assure us that this improve, ment will continue. Price, (2 a year. Office, 54 Gold street. M. Donavan, an ex member of the Legislature, who was convicted ui an assault and battery on Joseph M. Church', a member from Philadelphia, was, on Tuesday last, sen tenced by Judge Pearson to an imprisonment 'of three months, to pay a fine of two hundred dollars, and to giro security insloQo to keep the peace. eiTY wtf 'c--6W , rY f;atry';. The City Election.—Below will be found the official returns ofthe election for City Officers on Tnes day last: , Ibr Mayor. Sanderson..... Bdrrowee n.w.w. N.E.W. B-w.w. s.s w. Total. . .360 261 303 244 .. 420 100 252 ' 1165 . Jbr High Omsiablt. hat. w. trxw. ut, B.W.W. Total. Jofain Myer* I_. 466 ; 298 359 - 290 1593 Job. Brlntoall 288 .256 126 VISA 859 Dem. Woeth wzsr tfiSD—ftTerf QntncQ; Qt JaeObß. Amwake 340 Zahm M ..;. .„_..442 Qrmmon fbuncU. \ ■'' Henry Blickenflderfer—..3B9 Rudolph P. Rauch ’..415 Col. John Rankin—.. 368 Dana Graham ..4->6 366 John R. Bitner 402 Wm. Diller 366 John Kuhns, (T.) 407 Emanuel Shober 360 Geo. Yeißley 420 ConriaHe ~428 | George Huffhag1e—.1......345 Jacob Gandaker'.. •John M. Johnston 370’ | James 'WUey... Judgt- 374 1 YrPderic* Albright-. Inspector. | .John. Kabla....— Mahtoo Mercer. Woa.cWUson, Jr.. D-m. 50eth bast wjsu>— Select Council. Clt. Henrv B. Leman~~'...;.V.'26o f Robert A. Evans. .291 rftyniaon Qoipidl. .■ . - Jacob -8.-SmaUr 292 ..258 J. B. Swartzwelder- 285 .244 Antbony Lechler 314 ..265 David Fellenbanm 299 Constable. W. -ifeodrick.-^ .Jacob Zecber..... H. E. Dougherty....:.. Chae. £. WeDtx«....~, .Philip 8. Baker., Scattering Auettor. Garett Ererts, Sr 272 | Geo. P. King Judge. John Lipplncott .257 | fimlen Franklin Inspector. , .258 | Benj. P. Baer Francis Gillespie. Dem. booth wksT;WAeu —Select Council. : Cit. Jas.'H.Barnes 239 | Henry Pinkerton Common. CbunciL. 330 Bernard Hagg.... ......323 Samuel.Cormeny. .323 Thos. Silvios. Omslabit. .223 I John-Beckel -77 j Assessor. Frederick Coonly-. Wm. Kantz: Philip Fitzpatrick,... John Kahns.... Philip Fornoff. Henry P. Careen. .2011 Henry L. Frailey 187 Scattering 86 | Judge-. .319 | Henry Gaet 180 Inspector. ..320 1 Wm. Wright 180 Michael Withere. Samnel Hoover.. Dem. south bast wabd— Select Council. Cit. James H. 250 | Henry Pinkerton 217 Common Council. ...,-..244 I Christian 'Hamp. 235 258 C.F. Laise..~. 249 ....~255 | Jacob Lights.....'. 240 Alderman.. . . < 247 | fleury Gorrecht...:.. 241 Constable. Wm, M, Gormly 250 ] Albert A. Meaßenkop 247 Assaior. .230 ] J. Gnimpf, (Turner,) .262 Judge. Samuel J. Morrison 257 | Conrad J. Piitt 233 Inspector. Henry Leonard 247 J Benj.F. Cox 249 Organization of the New City Councils. —We have condensed an acconntof the proceedings of the organization of the new City Councils, on Friday last, as follows: Wm. Gnmpr....; Dr. Patrick Cassidy. Jacob Gable J. T. MacGooigle. Eocene Harkins. Select Council.—The body met at 10 o'clock. A. M., in their Chamber, City Hall, and was called to order by James C. Carpenter. Esq, Clerk of the last Council. Dr. Henry Carpenter was elected temporary President. The roll being called, all the members answered to their names except Merartr Eshleman and Jack. : A committee of two was then appointed to procure tho • election returns, when, on their return, the names ol the successful candidates were announced by tbe Clerk. . The Mayor, having beeu requested to attend, appeared and administered the oath of office to the members’ elect. Nominations for President were then made. Messrs. Dr. Carpenter and Harman were placed in nomination. The Council-proceeded to a ballot, when Dr. Carpenter received 4 votes, and Mr. Harman, 3 votes. Dr. Henry Carpenter was declared elected, and returned his thanks for the honor conferred in a brief, neat and pertinent speech. The election of Clerk being next in order, James 0. •Carpenter, Esq., and Mr. Samuel Martin were placed in nomination. On the first ballot. Mr. Carpenter received 7 votes, and Mr. Martin, 1 vote. Mr. Carpenter was declared elected. [This a just compliment to a worthy gentleman, and a faithful, efficient and laborious officer.] The resignation of David G. Eshleman, Esq., was ten dered and unanimously accepted. A motion to fill the vacancy of Mr. Eshleman was unan imously agreed to. Mr. Kaufman nominated Charles M. Howell, Esq., as a candidate to fill the vacancy. The Clerk was then directed to call-the roll for the pur pose of receiving the votes, when Messrs. Evans, Harman and Zahm left the chamber in violation of the first rule for the government of the body, wbirh reads as follows: "As soon as five members appear, (who shall be a quorum,) the President shall take his seat, and call to order. After which no member shall depart,, .without leave of the President.” The election was proceeded with, and Mr. Howell was unanimously elected. Tbe Mayor being, by committee, requested to attend for tho purpose of administering the oath of office to the new member, did so, but alleging that a quorum was not present, declined to recognize them as the Belect Council, and to quality Mr. Howell, ascribing the above as his reason. The President reponded that the Council were the best and clnlv proper judges of their rules and elections. The Mayor then retired. The City Recorder, Col. J Franklin Iteigart, (by com mittee solicited,) then appeared and administered the oath of office to Mr. Howell. The resolutions for the appointment of the usual Stand ing Committees were read and adopted. A resolution deferring the announcementofthe Standing Committees until Tuesday next (ttwlay) was adopted. A resolution appointing a committee to inform tbe Mayor elect that the time for his inauguration was fixed for Tuesday next, (to-day.) at 2 o’clock, P. M., was adopted.— Committee, Mr. Zocher. Common Council.—' The body met at 10 o’clock, A. il., in tho Chamber, City Hall, and was called to order by Mr. Alfred Sanderson, Clerk of the last Council. Mr. J. B. Swartzwelder was elected temporary President. The roll was called and all the members answered to their D&mes, except Messrs. John R. Bitner and David Fel lenbaum. Mr. Bitner appeared shortly after roll call and took his seat. A committee of two was then appointed to procare an official list of the election returns; Upon return of the committee with the election returns, the Clerk read them over and announced the name? of the members elected. A committee of two was appointed to wait upoq the Mayor, to request bis attendance for the purpose of admin istering the Oath of office to the members’ elect. Upon the appearance of his Honor, Mayor Burrowes, the members were duly sworn in. Rudolph F. Rauch, Esq., was nominated and unani mously elected President. Upon assuming the chair, Mr. Rauch briefly returned his thanks for the honor conferred. The election of Clerk being next in order, the name 9 of Messrs. George F. Breneman, Amaziah C. Bair and Alfred Sanderson were placed in nomination. Upon tbe first ballot Breneman received 8 votes, Barr, 1 voto, aud Sanderson, 5 votes. Mr. Breneman was declared duly eleoted, and a committee of two appointed to inform him of bis election. A committee of two then informed Select Council that Common Council was now organized and ready to receive any communication which that body might see proper to make. The various Standing Committee resolutions passed in Select Council were read and concurred in. Upon the resolution, from Select Council, fixing the time of tbe inauguration of the Mayor elect being read, Mr. Swartzwelder moved to amend so os to include the election of tbe City Officers at the same time. Tbe amendment was agreed to, and Mr. Fitzpatrick appointed tho committee. This amendment was non-concurred in by Select Conncil, and a committee of conference, consisting of Messrs. Kaufman and Howell of Select Council, and Messrs. Kuhns and Swartzwelder, of Common Conncil, was appointed. This committee not'being able to agree, a resolution was passed in Common Council directing that Councils meet on Tuesday next, (to-day,) for the purpose of electing City Officers. This resolution was tabled in Select Council, and both bodies adjourned. Mr. Welsh’s Lecture. —The lecture at Fulton Hall, ou Thnrsday evening, of Hon. William H. Welsh, State Senator from York, was numerously attended by a select audience of ladies and gentlemen. The audi ence was not so large, however, as it should have been, to listen to tho ability and thrilling eloquence of the lec turer. ‘‘Development of American Mind” was treated in scholarly style. In fact, those people who staid away missed a rare intellectual treat. Mr. W. is one of the most gifted yonng men in Pennsylvania, and whether as an attache to the Legation at Locdon, or a Senator In the Councils of his native State, he has displayed ability of the highest order not often 6hown by one so young. Mr. Welsh was accompanied to this'city by a number of the Senators and members of the House, among whom were Senators Gregg, Myers and Shaeffor, and Messrs. Speaker Lawrence, Wood and Goepp, members of the ITouse, and the Deputy Secretary of tbe Commonwealth, Mr. Dif foobach. Their entrance into tho Hall was greeted with oud applause. —After the lecture, the above gentlemen were hand somely entertained by Gen. Shaeffer, Senator from this district, at his hospitable mansion in West King street.— The Gen. and his accomplished lady are proverbial for their hospitality. Theentertainmentwaa also participated in by a number of our own citizens. An Able Sermon.— Rev. Dr. Hodgson, of the Duke Street M. E. Church, preached a very able and profound discourse, to the young men of his congregation? on Sunday evening Inst. The Church was crowded in every part. Tee Howard Evenings —Rev. Mr. Apple ton’s Lecture.— Rev. Edward W. Appleton, of St. John’s Free (Episcopal) Church, will lecture before the Hoard Association, this evening, on “Criminal Reformation .”— Mr. A. is fully able to throw much light upon this subject, and, as he ranks high among our pulpit orators, will doubtless have a full house. Horace Greeley’s Lecture.— The lecture before the “Hletorical, Agricultural and Mechanics’ Insti tute,” on to-morrow evening, will be delivered by Horace Greelet, Esq., of The New York Tribune. Subject: ll Oreat Men.” Complimented with a Serenade.—The Mayor elect was complimented with a serenade from the Fencibles’ Band on Friday night last,.at his residence, in Bouth Queen street. A number of his personal and polit ical friends were present He made a few remarks on the occasion, returning his thanks for the compliment. Charles C. Ihling, Esq. —We learn that our old friend Charles 0. Ihling, Esq., formerly Chief Clerk in the State Works’ Shops at Parkesbnrg, has been appointed Collector of Tolls at Easton, Pa., by the Delaware Division Canal Company, and will assume the duties of his office on the Ist'Df March. A more competent man for the place could not have been found, and.we congratulate him on his success, and the Company on their excellent choice. The Red Men’s Ball. —The Fifth Annual Ball of Ee-shah-ko-nee Tribe, No. 22, I. 0. R. M., will take place, at Fulton Hall, on the evening of St. Valentine's Day, (Monday next,) and from the, preparations ‘which have been, and are still being made, it will surpass any of the Tribe’B Balls that have yet taken place. That is saying a good deal, as the Ee-shah-ko-nee-ians invariably get up the very best parties of the season; but we have the word of the Managers for so promising, and,. as a matter of course, are in duty hound to believe It We wish the participants in the “misty mazes of the dance” a happy time. Meeting of Councils. —The City Councils will meet specially to-day, at 2 o’clock, P. M., in their Chamber, City Hall, for (he Inauguration of the Mayor elect, and election of City Officers. ''Corfßspondenco of'tho Now Yrrk'Horai^ - ’ r ~ THE RECENT CHESS CONTEST IN Paris, Jun. 5, 1859. r Europe has struck her colors to the young hero of the West, and the “ stars and stripes ” uoW wave over the realms of Caissa in undis puted sovereignty. An-lerssen, the recognised champion of the Old World—he who carried off the palm of victory from the greatest Eu ropean players, in the International Tourna ment of 185I r and who vanquished Staunton' in the proportion of four to one—has measur ed swords with Paul Morphy, and “ bit the dust ” Such a career as thatof your gallant country man iB almost unparalleled in -history, Un known eighteen months since* except in hia native city, the idea of hia putting himself on an equality with the great masters of Europe an chess was laughed at as an absurdity. We were told “Paul Morphy is a promising play er, but his antagonists in America have been merely second and third raters ; ” “he lacks experience.” . Even his own oouhtryinen dis believed, and prophesied certain: defeat from such men as Lowenthal and Harrwitz. What has been the result? Lowenthal succumbed in a match, winning but tbr6e games against nine: Harrwitz scores two games, when Mor phy is in such bodily suffering as to be obliged to ride to the scene of action, is subse quently unable to. wrest a single victory from his youthful antagonist, and resigns the match, anticipating the inevitable result; Boden wins ODe game against Morphy’s five; Staunton lacks the courage to face his opponent, and has not dared to show his face in any chess circles since his unmanly backing down.— Last of all comes the brilliant Anderssen—the last and greatest of them all. Herr Anderssen, Professor of Mathematics ; in the Gymnasium of Breslau, arrived in . Paris on the 12th of December. Next morn ing he called on Mr. Morphy, and found him ill in bed, suffering from severe inflammation, the effects of a European winter. Since his match with Harrwitz, Paul Morphy had for saken chess almost entirely, finding no pleas ure in beating men who incapable of defending themselves; but Anderssen’s ap pearance roused the sleeping lion ; and gave him what he termed “ a perfect chess fever.” He told his medical adviser that the Prussian’s i stay in Paris was limited, and that he was, ! therefore, desirous of commencing the match on the following Monday (20th inst.) i'he doctor save his consent, presuming that Paul Morphy would otherwise play without it, and the patient got out of bed—for the first time during nearly a fortnight—so weak that he had to be assisted into his chair. Had your countryman been in ordinary health the match would necessarily have come off at the Cafe de la Regence. As it was, the contest took place in Mr. Morphy’s apartments in the Hotel Breteuil, before a select number of spec tators, the moves being forwarded every half hour to the cafe above mentioned, where crowds daily watched the struggle. Among the spectators at the Hotel Breteuil I may mention the American Minister, Judge Mason, M. St. Amant, Messrs. De Revicre, Journoud, Lequesoe, Craodboulogne, Signors Preti and Carlini, Hon. Captain Bingham, Counts Cas sabianca and Bastorot, and others. Numer ous American gentlemen sent up their cards, and were of course admitted. .....180 lBO Paul Morphy had the first move, and dash ed off with the Evans gambit. None other than he would have had the courage to do so against such an adversary as Anderssen. But long confinement to his bed and abstinence from food during so many days, had made him nervous and feverish, and his antagonist won, after a struggle which lasted upwards of seven hours. Next day Anderssen played the Ruy Lopez opening. Those of your read ers who are unacquainted with the mysteries of chess, must be told that this has been more thoroughly analyzed than any other, and shown to be an almost certain victory for the first player. Nevertheless, Paul Morphy forced a draw game. The follpwing day the young Louisianian showed whkt he could do with theßuy Lopez, and Anderssen resigned on the twenty first move, after an hour’s play The fourth game was immediately commenced, and Anderssen again lowered his flag. The fifth, sixth and seventh games the latter also lost—Morphy thus scoring five consecutively. The eighth was a draw. The ninth was won by your countryman with eagle like rapidity. He permitted Anderssen to capture a bishop, left bis queen, two knights and a bishop simul taneously en prise during-several moves, and forced his antagonist to resign on the seven teenth move. The following game Anderssen scored; it lasted seventy seven moves, and Anderssen remarked to vour correspondent afterwards 14 1 win my games in seventy moves, but Mr. Morphy in twenty ; but that is only natural.” The eleventh and la*game Paul Morphy won in thirty-five moves, thus gaining the match, the score standing finally as follows:—Morphy 7, Anderssen 2, drawn 2. Herr Anderssen is a brave and courtly adversary, and his opinion of his young con queror was expressed in a straightforward manner to the Cafede la Regence. He said, “ It is impossible for anybody to play stronger than Mr. Morphy ; he does not merely play le coup juste (the proper move,) but le coup le plus juste, (the most proper move.) If we play the move only approximately good we are certain to lose. All other players make mis takes ; Mr. Morphy never does.” And in answer to the question as to which was the stronger player, Labourdonnais or Morphy, he replied that if any difference existed it was in favor of the latter. St. Amant, the contem porary of Labourdonnais, and whose name is a “ household word ” in chess, expresses a similar opinion. “If Morphy and Labour donnais could play together the former might lose the first few games, but he would eventu ally be the victor.” St. Amaut believes that he can give, pawn and move to any living player, and desires to see such a contest com mence forthwith with Harrwitz, but that gentleman has not the courage to accept.— However, To this complexion will it come at last, For Paul Morphy has declared that he will pl§y no more matches with any one, unless accepting pawn and move from him. Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, and the old world, in fine, now recognise their master in “ the great American,” as the papers call him. But a solitary exception exists—an exception so funny that I must mention it. Herr Harrwitz, laboring under the impression that Paul Morphy's eight blindfold games were easy of execution, announced his inten tion of performing the same feat, and the affair came off in a private manner in some rooms over - the Oafe de la Regence, five frances admittance being charged for each person. The eight antagonists selected.by Harrwitz were what the French call mazeltes ; three of them would receive the odds of knights from a good player, the others would have hard work to win even when accepting the enormous odds of rock and knight. So ridiculous was the entire affair that Herr Harrwitz has very judiciously not permitted the games to become public, although editingthe chess department of higly a influential weekly newspaper. Frenchmen could not permit so laughable an occurrence to pass without making a joke upon it. Some remarkably clever squibs were got off, showing the public opinion of the frogs attempting to emulate the ox—as for instance the following:— Tu Tens siDger Morphy, joueur phenomenal, Jenne preeompsueux, tu forces ta nature! En Tain tu yeux poser comme un original, Tu n’es qu’nne caricature. Mr. Morphy may shortly pay a flying visit to Berlin for the purpose of playing a few games with Lange, Dufresne and Mayet.— Anderssen particularly requested him so to do, to close the mouths of the Berliners. Just before leaving Paris he Baid to Paul Morphy, “ They won't be pleased with me at Berlin, but I shall tell them Mr. Morphy will come here himself.” Your countryman has nothing to gain from such a visit, for the victory over Anderssen has made him *• monarch of all he surveys,” and he will only go there for the ceremony of coronation. FROM THE PLAINS. St. Louis, Febrnary 3.—Highly flattering accounts of the Kansas gold mines continue to be received. A remarkably rich quartz vein had been discovered at Ralstore's Fork, twelve miles from Auraria, and gold abounds in several localities. Fort Defiance dates to December 21st have been received by the Santa Fe mail. The Navajoe Indians acknowledge losing two hundred lives, 20,000 sheep, 500 horses, and the destruction of 1000 huts, and an im mense quantity of grain—altogether valued at $lOO,OO0 —daring the late war. Mr. Yost, in a letter to the Santa Fe Qazette t intimates that there is a disposition to deal too harshly with these Indians. He says if cer tain terms are exacted, it will turn them from the pursuits of industry and agriculture (by which they now support a whole nation of twelve thousand souls, sustain three hundred and fifty thousand sheep and sixty, thousand horses,) and make them robbers and plunder' ers. THE PARAGIXAY EXPEDITION. Letter from an “ Old Salt,” No. 4, 'U. 8. Shatter Mstacomet, ) BABB&DOSSy.W.L, Jao. 12,1850. j Friend Sandxrson According to promise, made In my first from Nassau, I proceed to fulfil It, and that, too, hut the Colonial steamer has just come, io, and remains but four hours. We arrived here on the xnorningof thelOtb,aßera{Lne run of eleven days from Key West, luring had pleasant weather all the time, with a-head wind to contend-eigahist nearly the whole of the and which, although it stopped our headway some, •was by no meanstahrelQome, salt made us feel almost, If not quite, as a cool as a cucumber.” 1 took a run ashore on the same evening of our arrival, merely to “see what I could see and I saw aod experienced enough before I had been an hoar ashore, to .cause me to wish that 1 was on board agiitt. Scarcely had we lauded before we were besieged by a crowd of filthy negroes, of all ages and sixes, volunteering their services to “ show de Yankee gentlemen -de £ay”— and like flies, if you succeed in driving one swarm away, a score wonld take Its plaee. However, by a Incky hit, I managed to get rid of them and their “Scotch fiddle” colonists. Assuming a regular man-of-war man’s roll, I told the next Intruder, In a tone that all N the rest could . bear, and in .terms not verjr acceptable to ears* polite— “ Sheer off ■*, I could steer my own course, and be ——> thi* w&a not the first time I bad cruised In these latitudes.” Scarcely had I uttered three words, than proto pais and begone, they were off; trot, however, with out giving us a volley of abuse by way of a parting shot— the Yankee gentleman was changed to a——Yankee rascal, not worth, a sixpence. But our annoyance was not yet at au ond, for scarcely had the shades of night set in, than we were subject to the pressing solicitations of the “ milk and molasses ” colored damsels of the town, some of whom-are really good looking. You have no doubt heard the old saying about sailors- finding “ In every new port a fresh wife.” Here Jack would find no difficulty io Applying himßelf with a dozen in less time than the “cracking of a cow’6 thumb,” and would be saved the trouble and expense of providing himself with perfume, as he would be impregnated with a sufficiency to last himself fora elx-moDth; and were he ashore, might advantageously hire himself out in some livery stable, where a billy goat was needed to preserve the health of the horses. Like In Nassau and the other British West India Islands, Barbadoes is thronged with negro soldiers, the enemy of their sable brethren who cannot enlist, because, not like Byron’s Vision of Judgment, “ by any means the place was full;” bnt on the contrary the garrison is always foil.sup plied with recruits, as I mentioned in a former letter from captured slavers, 4c. What does this portond—this eman cipation of slaves first, and drilling and making soldiers of them afterwards ? Many of the British West India Islands lie within a few days sail of onr Southern States, and in case of rupture with us, would find most efficient soldiers, in their black troops, to land upon our shores, knowing that they would find most available allies in the black slaves of the South and Black Republicans of the North.— As the first Pitt stood up in Parliament, and denoonred the engaging of the Indian with bloody scalping knife and tomahawk—a second Pitt wonld be wanted, and I fear found wanting, to protest against letting loose the more blond thirsty negro upon our white brethren of the South. Before visiting these Islands, I saw attached but little im portance to the much mooted question of attaching Cuba to our Confederation. Now Igo in fornotonly taking pos session of Cuba, but tho whole line of Islands fronting on our coast, “ peaceably if we can, forcibly If we must.” The coarse of Great Britain I never heard better described than by an old sea dog aboard of us; ho knows tho run of every island In the Antilles, and in speaking of them one day when tho Little Bahamas, be remarked: “When I was pirating along here.’ - “ what, w , do you say you was once a pirate?” ‘Yes,sir,” re plied the old man, “ the polite name it goes by is wrecking and smuggling, but its all nothing more or less than , piracy; if wo fouud a vessel on any of the Keys, if the salvage would pay, we got her off if we could; but when we knew that the cargo was worth more than the ship, why wo’d let her go to pieces, being dead sure of the most of tho cargo, which we smuggled into some port and got the whole for onrselves. instead of letting the owners havo the biggest sbaie, which we would have had to do had we saved the ship. “Well, W—, I never thought you was ’ so bad as that.” “ Bad, sir, why you don’t call that bad; ; piracy has been carried on for many years by that bloody i old Great Britain, and she carries it on now as bad i as ever. Look out in Ingy, there they got in with the natives, and then got them at outs among themselves, and j after getting them well at loggerheads among themselves, j came in to make peace, and took piece by piece until they , got the whole of Ingy to themselves, and they’d like to do | the same with the United States if they could, or why are i they dogging tho niggers on by ’mancipation as she calls it, when she has more slaves, white and black, than any other nation afloat. She sends her men-of-war to the coast to capture nigger slavers, and helps along her own vessels to carry Coolies from China to Havana. Why sir, for Eng land to talk about her being so good and honest, and down on slavery, piracy, &c.. puts mo in mind of an old “-hay ' bag” from the Five Points or Hook set herself up for a 1 virtuous woman.” This British Emancipation Is a glorious thing to talk about and looks very well on paper—but to look upon its practical effects Is quite a different thiDg—while slavery e xisted in the Islands, the owner, having an eye to his own interest, was, like onr own Southern planters, bound to look after the well-doing and health and comfort of his slaves, and mark the difference: in KeyJWest most of the slaves hire their time from their masters, and go about well clad, contented and happy, earning sufficient to pay their hire and live well off the surplus. Here in Barba does, the negroes are free (?) for “we have no slaves in England”—free to roam where they please, and to work if they please, aye work from morning till dark for four teen cents (not pence) a day, and find themselves—a glori ons example of British philantropy, changing thousands - of well-fed, well-cared for slaves Into a gang of houseless, ragged, half starved negro freemen. A “dignity ball” came off onshore last evoning, but as you .have no doubt laughed over Marryatt’s life-like description of one, I shall not attempt to describe it— suffice it to say, that the above namedauthor has “ nothing extenuated” therein. Our vessel does remarkably well at sea for a River Steamer, but she is by no means what she was cracked up to be in regard to speed. Why don’t Uncle Sam build light draft steamers himself then we wonld have good ones. We leave here In two or three days to proceed to onr next coaHng depot, Maranham, I believe. JaoK. The License Laws.—Brewers and Distil, lers. —A case of much importance to brewers and distillers was decided in Pittsburgh, on Saturday, by Judge McClure. Messrs. Rhodes & Verner, manufacturers of ale, were indicted for a violation uf the act of 1858. They had taken out their license as. brewers, but it was claimed by the prosecution that they should also have taken out a license to 6ell liquor.— Similar indictments had also been found against other parties. In bis opinion, Judge McClure reviews with great clearness the provisions and requirements of the several ’ license laws, and says it is plain the Ivewer takes his license from the City or CountY Treasurer, as the case may be. He -takes his license under the aot of 10th April, 1849, and by the third section of the act of 1856, he pays double the rate of tax assessed under the act of 1849. After stating with precision, the distinction the laws, between the license of brewers and the license of taverns, both in the mode of granting, the application of the revenue derived therefrom, and the penalties prescribed, he concludes as follows: The 31st section of the aot of April, 1849, makes it the duty of the appraisers of mercan tile taxes, to make return of breweries to the County Treasurer , of the proper county, in the manner provided by law, for making return of venders of merchandise. Before the Courts or board of Licensers grant a license, they must be satisfied the applicant possesses certain personal qualifica tions, and house accommodations. The law requires nothing of the sort preliminary to granting a brewer license. An applicant to a Court or Board of Licensers may be refused; but the brewer, in the very words of the statute, is “ required by law to take his license out.” The brewer takes his license out from the Treasurer, and the defendants in this case, having taken out theirs from the Treasurer, have satisfied all the requirements of the law in the premises, and have committed no offence of which the law is cognizant. The indictment is quashed. HAVE WE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY AMONG US I This question is promptly and well answer ed in the.following paragraph, which we clip from The Buffalo Post: Some of the blatant Opposition and false hearted Democratic presses of the country are tickling their readers by propounding the above interrogatory. Children are Baid to be pleased with a straw, even, and so we suppose we ought not to deprive the Opposition of the meagre crumbs of comfort afforded them in this innocent pastime. They -will find out when the ballot boxes are closed in 1860, that there is a : Democratic party among us, and a successful one, too. The glorious past history of this country is but a record of the triumphs of the Democratic party. It has already con trolled the Government of the United States three-fourths of the time during its existence, and we venture the prediction that it will con tinue to do so. Surviving the igaominy heaped upon it by incompetent and designing men— outliving the assaults of open enemies and secret foes—the Democratic party will in 1860 take the field under the banner of its time honored principes, and, despite the bowlings of its adversaries, it will again achieve victory. Justice M'Lean, : of-the U. S.'Supreme Court, is quite ill. -» BT. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE. Xavigntiimand Starl-d Btmao—Thc Anti.ltix Movement— The Special Tax dseirtetl Legal—The Democratic Ckntral OrnimiUe—Th* Free Segto Law of Missouri—The Free Negroes all going to P-jmxylvanii—Make Way for Them The Question nf Labor—The Competition between your Write Laborers and Free Negroes—Deaths in this City for x Ou But Year—Later from Bike's Peak—Peace Reigns in Kansas—Fir* in Arkansas—Masonic Lodge destroy ed,<£c. 4c.dc.dc, W# have no complaint* to make against the weather, It haa been seasonable daring the week. We are still with out Ice sufficient for gathering, hot are in hopes the com* ing month will give us a supply. Navigation above the city remains suspended, bat the river opposite bar city is free of floating ice, yet boats are fearful of the undertaking of au adventure up the river— there is no telling what moment the ice may hem them in* The Mississippi is in gdßd stage from this point to New Orleans. There has been very little done in the produce market. Bales on ’Chang* Saturday, were—Floor $5 to $8 ; Wheat from $1 to $1,22; Com has declined 10c per bushel Id tho past few days, and now sells at 80@85c; Oats 700. Barley 86- to 90c; Rye 00c; Buckwheat 65c per bush; Pork;’ mess, $lB to $19,60 per bbl; Bacon 9c; Lard 11% to . Whisky 28@29c; Sugar Molasaea 86c; Dried Apples’ $2,10; Feathers 45 c; Hides flint to 16%c,and green salt to 7&e. There have been one or two suicides, about the usual number of burglariee, and knock-downs, and we believe bnt one murder. Local news of interest is very scarce. Tho political aspirants who are agitating the question In regard to the legal! ty of the special tax recently levied upon property holders by the County Court, have had an other set-back. They appealed from the decision of the Land Court —that the tax was legal —to the Circuit Court, and in the latter tho same decision was made, that the tax was not only legal, and authorised to be levied, but that it waa required to be levied by the Judges of the County Court. It would seem strange to persons who do not ibioto the men engaged in this crusade against the Judges of the County Court, when we tell them that one of,the leaders of war assisted In getting up the bill for this special tax, and at that time was a member from this county In the Legislature, and voted for its passage—he la a Black Repub lican, and at that time the County Court was in tho pock ets of the leaders of that party. Now this same Individ ual Is fou:id opposinc his own offspring I With such men at the hea l of this Aati-Tax movement—the Legislature will look with suspicion upon all memorials that havo and may yet be sent to Jefferson praying f:r a repeal of the •' odious ” law, and under the circumstances. th.> Leg islature may not take any notice of their pru.cre The Democratic Central Committee finally went to the rescue, passed aeries of resolutions, and sent them to the St. Louis Delegation, and action will at once be taken upou them. It is an undeniable fact, thot when any reform in State or Niitloual affairs is required, the DemncrnMr par'y line always to take the matter 1;-, baud. Tin- prnpl.- will yot discover that th"lr welfare, their rights and thnr interests, are safe lu the hands of th» Democracy ; ami bow a man whochorishes his country, Its Institutions and its prosper ity, can oppose the broad principles of the Democratic party, ure cannot understand—unless for ambitious and political aggrandizement.. The “ Constitutional Amendment” has passed both branches of our State Legislature, and only waits the nig. nature of the Governor to become a law—limiting the State Debt to thirty millions of dollars. This w- regard as a most excellent move, and Is but another moan ire of tho Democracy—protecting the people of the State from enor mous taxation. A : 111 is unw Ireforu our State Legislature, which provi- des as follows Bection I.—That no negro or mulatto shall bo set free or emancipated in this State by any person or persons whatsoever, unless «u<-h person or persons, their heirs, exe cutors or administrators, cause euch negro or mulatto so set free or emancipated, to be transported from this State within *ix months after such setting free or emancipation, aod also pay, or provide for the pay, nf the expenses ofsuch transportation. Sec. 7.—Every free negro or mulatto, ever tho ago nf twenty-one years and tinder the age of forty-five years, who shall be a resident of this Stele on the first dav of January, oq« thousand eight hundred and sixty, Bh ill be transjior ted from the State by the sheriff of the county whendn said free negro or mulatto resides, unless Bitid free negro or mulatto, by his or her own voluntary act. on or before said day, select some white man to be his or her master and owner. Such hills have passed and become laws in other South ern f>r Slave-holding States, and w - should m t bo surprised if this bill passes our Legislature and Legislatures to be convoned in other Southern States. If the Black Repub licans of the North are opposed to Slavery in States where they have do Interest or concern—ln a latitude altogether beyond their jurisdiction—and favor the emancipation movement—rob the poor negro of a home, and turn him loose upon the community to do for himself—the manner of doing which is evidenced every day in your owo county —your jails. State Prison aod Poor Houses furnishes you with such evidence, we cannot consent to bo a party to any such movement. The negro slave himself objects to making a livelihood upon his own responsibility—be much rather prefers to work for his master, knowing that so long I as ho does that, hia master is nut onlv b'>un<J by the com mon feeling of humanity, but by the. laws of the Shite to provide for his slave in sickness as well as in health. The Slave has always enough to eat; un i in a word much rath er prefers slavery to the so much talked of freedom— that freedom which means when they can get work to do, they can get something to eat and wear, and when no work is to be had—which is very ofton tho case—then they are in want. aDd compelled to steal or beg. A Southern negro wonld scorn to beg in a free Btate. It is not so with a slave, his master is bound to provide for him work or no work. Whilßt it is al*^«t starvation with a free negro to be without work, it is a gala day with the slave. It would be folly for us to write of the great many advantages the slave has over the free negro. The Block Republicans know It as well as we do—if they have any knowledge of what the Institution of Slavery really means—but that is not what they are after—they want political capital, ond think by agitating tho Slavery question, thoy can enlist in their ranks a large number of voters, ignorant of the true workings of Slavery, and by this means place themselves into office and power, regardless of the misery and distress they bring upon the poor negroes. But it would soorn that the Southern people are determined that they shall have the game as well as the name, hence the passage of such laws as the one now before our Legislature. If they really love tho free negroes so well, as they profess to, wo will send them all North, so that they will be near them, and can the more readily know their condition, and see the necessity of providing fur thoir support. Several years ago we told your readers that the Block Republican party wonld be tho means of ridding the South of all her worth less free negroes—that they never would consent to the Northern fanatics interfering with the domestic policy of South—that laws similar to these now so faßt being put in force, would drive them all into tho North or free States.— These things are coming to pass, and ere long yon of Penn - sylvania will have a large influx of immigration In the shape of free negroes from the West and South, and which will have a tendency of forcing many of your present in dustrious and enterprising mechanics and manufacturers to the Western Btates. This influx of emigration to your State, must, ot necessity, be the means of reducing the price op labor, op increasing tour taxes for the support of these negroes; of daily witnessing the misery and dis tress which is bound to follow them wherever they go.— With these facts staring the working man in the face, we cannot conceive how he can sanction, and vote for, and support a party, which, if successful, cannot do otherwise than lower his wages, lucrease bis taxes, and be compelled to associate with negroes. Will the mechanic, the Indns trlous working man sanction and uphold a party that is destined, if even successful, to bring free negro labor in competition with the white man? The Black Republican party, with us,call themselves the “Free Labor party”— indicative of Free Negro party —that free negro fabor-has the right to complete with the white man. In Cincinnati and in Chicago—two Black Republican citlea—labor has been cut down to 50 cents a day, and these facts were well knowo here at onr August election, as many poor mechan ics were driven from those places to this city, and the laboring men here saw the impending result of this “ Free Labor” movement,turned out like patriots, in defense of their homes, their wives and children, and by their active exertions hurled from office aud power the men who were endeavoring to live in luxury at -the working man’s ex. pense. Yes, like patriots, they rallied around the Demo, emtio banner—always tho poor man’s shield and protec tion—and carried it in triumph through one of the hottest political battles ever fought In this, and perhaps in any other State. That Democratic vote saved, the city and State from disgrace—that vote has split Black Republicanism into a thousand fragments—that vote waa given for tho common good of all. Let the working men everywhere do likewise. The total number of death* in tbl* city, for the past year amount to 4.356; 2,260 of which were children under five years of age. Colored persons, 102. Deaths from consump tion,?29; pneumonia, 206; old age, 34; mania a potu, 53 . Injuries from accidents, 93 ; still born, 20: typhoid fever, for seven months, 54; dysentery 51. There were 64 deaths the put week. We bear from all quarters that large parties are forming for an early start to Pike’s Peak. Gen. Kaatln sent the following loiter to the Leavenworth (Kansas) Times , for tbe reliability of which he stands responsible: Deab Gentem,. —I arrived at Leavenworth City yester day, and as everybody is contributing to yonr paper some thing from Cherry Creek gold diggings, 1 thought I would tell yon what I did while I was there. T arrived on the 20th of August, and prospected through the country for some time, and at last struck a vein about twenty-nine and a half miles South of Cherry Creek that iu richness exceeds anything that bad been discovered.— I dug out of this vein, iu twenty five days, $3,000 worth of gold, and the vein did not seem to bo exhausted iu any degree. Yours truly, We bnve been shown several othrr letters from the Gold Diggings, and they all seem to lean In the same strain— that gold Is there, but they have not yet becu üblo to do much, and anticipate better times in a f<-w months. We repeat to your readers—those who intend to try their for tunes In the new Eldorada—to move early in the spring —a tide of emigration u wiil soon set in that direction. It is said that tho outlaw, Montgomery, lias voluntarily surrendered himself to the authorities for trial. “ Old Brown/’ as he is familiarly called, Is reported as having left the Territory, and consequently—the surrender of Montgomery and the departure of Brown—no further dif ficulties are anticipated. It is also reported that Ihe notorious Jim Lane has be. come a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Law renco. We have our doubts for we don’t believe any Church member would tolerate him in their presence long enough to bo enrolled as one of their number 1 A fire broke out in tbe towuof Batesville, Ark., destroy ing property to the amount of $50,000, among whioh was tbe Batesville Institute and Masonio Lodge—loss $25,000, and no insurance. The Masonio fraternity lost most of their valuable furniture,regalia* Ac. The Blue Lodge also lost their record and charter. The charter of the Chapter was sav*d. • Jos. P. Ohenault, a few days since, sold his Hum on, Boo&Jboro Turnpike, near eont&lnln Bt. Louis, Jan. SI, 1869. December 29,1855. John Hartman.
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