&!)c Camastn tuHligcncer 080. SANDKKSON, BOITOO. A. SANDBRSON, A»ioclat«. LANCASTER, PA., APRU.,S. 1&9 CIROULATIOSi iiOOO COPIKB * BmacMPTOH PMta, $2,00 ymnniim.- ■ sa>B. M. PBOTBS* *iOo/* Anvmnnm AamoT. JIS rtreet, NeW 10 Bt»t« rtrwt, BorimL I BlLlnnaia A On, sre Agmtt to Thelanautcr IMUgmar, and ths molt lnflorattal »n 4 largest circula ting Newspapers In the United States andthe'Osnsdas.- They ere authorised to contract for u» at our lowest raUt DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. AUDITOR GENERAL: RICHARDSON 1.. WRIOHTj Phllsda. r v SURVEYOR GENERAL: JOHN ROWE, FrsnWln. DEMOCRATIC STATE FOR 1850* CHiiRMAJr—ROBEBT TYLKB. Philadelphia—Frederick A. Server, Stephen B. Benton, John H. Dobnert, Morrfson Foster, George M. Wharton, E.Morwitz, Vincent L-/Bradford, J. H. AaUns. Berk*—OoLOharlea Kessler, „ . 'Lehigh and Northampton—Jeremiah SchindeL Chester and Delaware—John Hodgson, Charles Kelly. Montgomery—Dr. E. L. Acker. Backs—Dr. Charles W. Everhart Schuylkill—Edward O’Conner. Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne—B. 8. Staples, , Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming and Sullivan—V. k. A. B. Brandage,Ed. Dolph. •Hoga, Potter, McKean and Warren—H. A. Guernsey. Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and Union —8. 8. Seely. Snyder, Northumberland, Montour and Columbia. —John Juniata, Perry and Mifflin—Chas. Thomas M. Biddle. . , . Dauphin and Lebanon—James F. Sbnnk. Lancaster —George Sanderson, J. F. Kantz. Tork—Alexander Went*. Adams,Franklin and Fulton—Wilson Belliy. Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon—Joseph W. Tate. Blair, Cambria and Clearfield—C. L. Pershing. Indiana and Armstrong—Adam Lowry. Wtftmoreland and Fayette—Jacob Tamer. Washington and Green—B. B. Hays. Allegheny—N P. Fetterman, Andrew Burke. Beaver and Bntler—John Graham. Lawrence, Mercer and Venanao—Wm. M’Knlght Erie and Crawford—William Kerr. Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk —Dr. Hugh Dowling. the state central committee. A meeting of the State Central Committee will be held at the Merchafiis’ Hotel, Philadelphia, on Thursday next > the 7th Inst., aVIO A. M., lor the purpose of organization, and other business of importance to the Party. ROBERT TYLER. Chairman. April 2,1869. OUTRAGE UPON JEFFERSON. Thomas Jefferson's Birth-Day is to be cele brated by the Boston Abolitionists and Black Republicans, at the Parker House, on the 13th inst. The same day is fixed upon for the Disor ganizes’ Convention, at Harrisburg. Strange that the fair fame and memory of the great Apostle of Democracy should thus be dese orated. TRIAL OF DANIEL S. SICKLES. The trial of Mr. Sickles, indioted for the mutder of Philip Barton Key, in Washington City, was to have commenced on yesterday, and is now we presume, in a state of progress. Messrs. Brady and Graham, of New York, are engaged for the defense. It is said the prosecution intends to probe the antecedents of Mr. Sickles thoroughly, and able Counsel will be associated with the District Attorney, whose names have not yet transpired. The defence will be fully prepared on every point, and a large number of witnesses have been subpoenaed by Sickles, from New York, to prove his good character. The trial will be a very exciting one, and it is thought will occnpy two or three weeks. THE WASHINGTON UNION. This paper has changed hands—the an nouncement being made that, on Monday next, Gen. George W. Bowman, Superinten dent of Printing, will become the Proprietor and Publisher. The General has considerable experience in newspaper publishing, having conducted the Bedford- Gazette for about twenty five years. We wish him abundant BucceßS in his new and responsible undertak ing. There is plenty of room for improve ment in the manner of conducting the Union," and we hope General Bowman will be found to be the right man for the right place. THE MOUNT VERNON FUND. The success of the Association for the purchase of the Mount Vernon estate is no longer a subject of doubt. The Secretary of the Association issued a report recently, in which she states that one hundred and fifty eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars have been paid towards Beouring the title to the estate. Forty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars, with interest thereon, is yet to be provided for, it being the fourth instalment due in February, .1862. It is probable that this sum will be * obtained at a very early day. Since the report in January five more Vioe Regents have been appointed, so that now thirty States legally compose the Association. The ladies of the country merit unmeasured praise for the manner in which they have carried on the good work, the termination of which is now at hand to reflect honor upon all concerned, and to perpetuate the memory of Washington more than monu ment that human ingenuity, wealth or talent can devise. GENERAL CASS. Every week or two some of the Washington correspondents, for want of a better occupa tion, amuse themselves by killing off General Cabs, when in fact the sturdy old Roman is in possession of full health and vigor. What motive can exist for the fabrication of these reports we are at a lose to determine. The correspondent of the North American puts them to rest when he says : “ There is something more than a culpable disregard of truth, for there is wanton cruelty in the fabricated reports which are systemati cally revived at intervals, concerning the condition of Gen. 0088* health. When the last rnmors were circulated, a few days ago, not a particle of foundation existed, as I discovered upon inqury, after returning here from a brief absence. In fact, the very reverse was true, as happened to be observed by all who were brought into official or personal contact with him. Few men of his age are in so remarkable preservation, or able to undergo the physical and mental labor which be habitually performs. All his faculties are in full play, and his State papers show that be has still the elasticity and force of intellect which distinguished his earlier years. He attends the Department daily, is regularly at the Cabinet councils, and takes his share of all foreign aad domestic policy with as much- alacrity, and quite as much acceptability to the public, as any of his younger oolleagues.” $6l“ Professor Bonnaffon, a well known teacher of Dancing, died suddenly at Wash ington, Pa., on Saturday week, whilst teach ing a class. He was about 65 years of age, and was well known to many of our citizens both old and young. He was a very estima ble gentleman. The Rocky Mountain Horse Taker. —An advertisement of this new and useful book will be found in another column. We have no doubt, from the flattering notices we see in the papers, that the work is everything promised in the advertisement. ~Theophilub Fiske, EBq.— We see it stated that this gentleman has withdrawn from the editorship of the Philadelphia Argus. We regret this, inasmuch as Mr. F. was one of the most piquant, spicy and effective news paper writers of the day. We hope his place may be well supplied. Newspaper for Sale.— The newspaper establishment of the West Chester Republican and Democrat is offered for sale. The editor, George W. Pearce, Esq., in assigning his reasons . for selling, says the position of a political editor has never been a congenial one to,hiin, and he hopes in the future to oooupy a position in the press where he will not be involved in partisan warfare. THE ‘K^TKAPAT” SWISDLB. When the coinm<iiic ,, d, it was fondly Ii 'ped and cmitidently* expected by many, we would tftt hazard much in saying a majority, of .tbeir constituents that one of the earliest'acts of the session would be. the emphatic abrogation of the Act nf last winter, increasing the pay of the members to seven hundred dollars. The session however wore on and nothing was done in the matter, save the indefinite postponement of the considera tion of a resolution to that effect offered at an early day, until it became very evident that whatever action might be taken, it would be made prospective in. its operation, leaving to ..the present Legislature all the benefit of tbe increased salary of the old Act. • When the Appropriation bill came to be considered, some three weeks ago, a last effort»was made by some of the friends of “ repeal" to reduce tbe amount proposed for the pay of members, two hundred dollars per head,, thus allowing the old salary of five hundred dollars per member, bat it was summarily defeated. For this session, then, each member will receive seven hundred dollars with mileage. What failed to be accomplished for this, it was hoped to effect at least for future Legislatures* and accordingly on Monday of last week, the following bill was offered : Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn* sylvaniain General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and after the present session, the pay of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be five hundred dollars per annum, and all laws inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed. Upon the motion for the suspension of the rules in order to proceed to the consideration of the above bill, the yeas and nays were ordered and were as follows: Yeas —Messrs. Acker, Balliet, Barnsley, Barlow, Boyer, (Schuylkill,) Burley, Custer, Dismaut, Durboraw, Fleming, Glatz, Gray, Gritman, Hottenstine, Jackson, Ketchum, M’Clure, M'Curdy, Oaks, Patterson, Peirce, Pinkerton, Pughe, Ramßdell, Rohrer, Smith, (Berks,) Stoneback, Stephens, Stuart, Wagen seller, Walker, Warden, Witman, Williams, (Bedford,) Withrow, Wolf and Lawrence, Speaker —37. Nays —Messrs. Abbot, Broadhead, Bryson, Campbell, Chase, Dodds, Eckman, ELL MAKER, Fearon, Fisher, Foster, Galley, Graham, Gratz, GREEN, Hamersly, Harding, Irish, KENEAGY, Kinney, Laird, Lawrence, (Washington,) Matthews, Mann, M'Dowell, Miller, Neal, Nill, Palm, Pennell, PRICE, Proudfoot, Rouse, Sheppard, Smead, Styer, Taylor, Thompson, Thom, Wilcox, Wiley, Williams, (Bucks,) Williston, Wilson, Wood ring, and Zoller—46. The above vote, we think, shows pretty clearly the feeling of the House upon this subject, and if it be so, we can hope for no change this session. Let the people look to it, however, in the election next Fall that they choose representatives who are not only com mitted to the repeal of this act, bdt who will move and let their influence be felt in favor of that end. The Lancaster county delegation, it will be seen, voted solid in the negative, thus virtually supporting the swindle. They are not satisfied with $5OO for the session, which iB quite enough in all conscience ; but they mußt have SEVEN HUNDRED ! which is about seven dollars a day for their valuable services ! COMMITTEE change: in the: school law. The following bill is now pending before the Legislature, which provides for some im portant changes in the school law. The first, third, and fourth sections were adopted in the Senate a few days ago, and the second and fifth negatived, when the bill was postponed for the present. The principal object aimed at in the bill, is the abolition of the office of County Superintendent, which question will be submitted to a vote of the people: Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That when the directors or controllers and teachers of the several school districts in this Commonwealth shall have made the selection of books provided for in the twenty-fifth section of an act for the and con tinuance of a system of education by common schools, approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, the books so selected shall be used for a period of not less than three years ; and no change or alteration shall be made within that period. Sec. 2. That it shall not be lawful, after the passage of this act, fur- the directors or controllers of common schools of any school district in this commonwealth, to employ any female as teacher in the common schools who has not attained the age of eighteen years, and no male applicant under the age of twenty years. Sec. 3. That before'any director of common schools hereafter elected shall discharge any of the duties imposed upon him by existing laws, he shall be qualified by oath or affirma tion, to be administered by an acting justice of the peace or alderman, to faithfully and impartialy discharge the duties of his said office. Sec. 4. That it shall not be lawful for the school directors or controllers of the common schools of any school district in this State, in determining the amount of tax to be levied in their district for sohool and building pur poses, to exceed eight mills on the dollar on any and all property subject to taxation by existiug laws for school purposes. Sec. 5. That all independent school districts heretofore formed, either by enactment of the Legislature or by any court of common pleas of this Commonwealth, be and the same are hereby abolished; and that it shall not be lawful for the said courts, after the passage of this act, to establish or continue any independent district for school purposes. Sec. 6. That the qualified electors of the several cities, boroughs and counties of this Commonwealth shall, at the next general election, determine by ballot whether the office of county superintendent of common schools shall be abolished or not; and that the ballots so voted shall be for the county superintendent and against the county super intendent ; and the result of said election shall be certified by the proper officers in the mode prescribed by existing laws in relation to the returns for State officers; and if a majority of the votes polled should be against the abolition of said office, then the same shall remain as provided for by existing laws ; but if a majority of the votes so polled should be in favor of the abolition of the . office, then the said office is to be so declared abolished by the State Superintendent of common schools, to take effect on the first : Monday in January next succeeding said election ; notice of the same to be sent by said State superintendent to the several superintendents in the Commonwealth. Sec. 7. That in case the people should decide in favor of the abolition of the office of County Superintendent as herein before provided for, then it shall be the duty of the board of directors or controllers of common schools, of the several districts of this Com monwealth, to annually appoint three compe tent persons, who shall constitute a board of ; examiners, for the examination of applicants for employment as teachers, in conjunction with the aforesaid directors or controllers ; and no other person, except such as shall be recommended by Bald examiners, shall be employed as teachers. THE PENNSYLVANIA CANAL, We are informed that the enlargement of the Canal from the Junction to Columbia is now completed. This portion of the Canal has been deepened and widened throughout, bo as great ly to increase its capacity. The water is be ing let in at the several feeders, and boating has already been commenced on the Juniata. A steamboat has been procured to tow boats aoross the river at Clarke's Ferry. A large business on the Canal is expected this season. The New York Assembly have passed a resolution in favor of amending the Consti tution of that State so as to extend free suffrage to oolored persons, by the decisive vote of 83 to 21. It is needless to say that the Assembly is Republican of the blackest stripe. ARRIVAL OF THE NORTHERN LIGHT. 'THE CHEAT VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Later' from tlie South Pacific Coast. The Cal f r iia papers of the sth ult., re R B v.OL CTION is Valparaiso, ceived by the Empire City at New York, bring | the particulars of the great volcanic eruption i at the island of Hawaii, in January last. The THE OUSKLEY TREATIES, j moantain is Bome , two travel from Hon —- oluln, and several vessels had left that port MOSS. BEfcLY AT 6RBYTOWI. = ’ . , \ . The Northern Light, of the Vanderbilt new for the ecene of the e™P“°°-, A correspondent line of California steamships, E. L. Tinkle- of the A Ua California, writing from Hoo.Un paugh, Commander, from AepinwaU on the L Jn, Feb. 12th, give 3 the following account of night of the 22d, with 670 passengers and the eruption : $136,820in treasure, bronght by the steamer Qn Sond Jan 23d, at 4 o’clock, P. Omaha from San Francisco on the sth insL, M withon , any 0 f the usual premonitory to Panama, armed at New York un Wednea- phenomena 0 f earthquakes, subterranean day evening Jgat, . . -_ - . __. _ j sounds, or sultry weather, the* lava hurst out By this arrival are brought the latest dates , three thousand feet from the sommit of and mails from ports in the South Pacific, i Maana Llja or ton thonBand feet ab((Te the which reached the Isthmus betimes for this , , eye , of the g and Baoll was tbe rap j dity <)f departure by the English mail steamer Cloda. the flow _ that before mo rning spectators at • C^s t ’ I ! D S epaDKb ' , frOD I- Hilo, a distance of sixty miles from the ernp ceived reliable accounts of another abortive t; ’ were of - mion t he lava had run revoluhon having taken place on February diatbnce of l twe ntyfive miles down the 22, at tbe City of Valparaiso, the battle, after in side . Tb i/ e rnption is declared by a gallant struggle of some four hours, result- oU regideDts to be grea ier in Tolame , and mg adverse to the patriots. , more magnificent in appearanoe, than any “"""Jfj 1 * me ‘ e ® th ° American Consu ate yiouB ® ne thftt can b FF rem6mb ered. was riddled by shots, but with what motive, M Labainai a diatance „f over one hundred or by what party, was unknown at ««ctepar mileB from the crater , on Saturday night, the tore of the steamer. It would, however be 29th Qf Jan the vol(Jano di ttioctly made forthwith the special subject of official illumin / tin _ one-third of tbe heavens lD( L a . lr y Mipister. like that of an immense and neighboring con- The vigilant censorship over the press pre gn &nd frQm eleyated it ie eludes he possibility of ascertaining with any BhootB of liqQ f d flame could certainty the terror of the Government at this be aeon a( interyals a 8 the immense cauldron bold and sudden outbreak; still enough is „ boiled and bQbbled » The sea was lighted gleaned that the revolutionary movement Qp with the reflection of the flame everywhere throughout the Republic, has already become thin one bnndred mileB of the erat ' r) and dangerously powerful and popular, many of thfl ooaBti yeSBO , B enjoyed the advantage the best and most influential names in the without the presenee ofVtell moon. Lots of country actively supporting it. dea d fish were observed floating about in the Nicaraguan intelligence by the English nei hborbood of the Islands, bsth before and Mail steamer Dee, from Greytown, is piquant tfae comm6Doement of the eruption, and and startling. _i *. u • the inference is, that they were killed by TheU. S. sloop-ofwar Decatur avmg - BQ b mar i ne fi reB or heat connected with the ohored at one of the numerous oovos near the yo , oano We of Honolulu .have experienced port of San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific, wm a Ben Bible eha n ge of climate, which fact is taken for an American filibuster. The Prem- attribatable 6 to the eruption, dent, on being apprised, ordered out 300 By last accounts, not far from one thousand troops, and personally commanding, took he mUeB { the Burface of the igland 0 f Transit road ter the purpose of resisting the awai; muat h^ve been covere d by the burn landing. but had not quite reached the shore , oaus i^ g a great ratification of air before being met by a special courier giving a ,f oyor that * 6 As a consequence, our the true character of the stranger. A retreat uBua , trado wi £ da baye Tejered £ warde the was then made, burning or otherwise destroy- nor and oold ourrents of air raah C J . ant . ing every bridge they passed over Mean oyor thig island tQ roBtore the iu £ ium while a French officer heading a small military l Hawai; , ; t 0 the 80utbea8t O H f oJhu.- detachment, crossed the lake to the river San Th(J weath / r h | B been uncommon , y obo l in Juan, where they violently seized the White Honolulu eyer Binoe the 23d ult., especially steamers, and forcibly imprisoned their cap- ; and evenings, the thermometer T 9 ?u n ore , W r; lhey Were ° 1 frequently falling as low as 60°, and on one when the Dee left. morning it was at 58°—something very Mods Belly with 40 officers and men ar- 8t B h where our tempera t U re is so rived at Greytown on the 15th alt being the eyen \ yfir i for ears toge F tber at IW >._ pioneer staff for the construction of the canal, Sflm ; * aß f ar M ta B that a t an who will be semi monthly reinforced by the eleyati F n of p foo feet boar f ro - at „as seen one English steamers with 50 Frenchmen d ]a9( . week bu( . Buch a etatemen t is to be Forts Castillo and San Carlos are to be given tak y en mm mli in m inion up for their headquarters immediately. Rather The » who , oft horo por F Kamoii on the a significant circumstance, however, when u inot F nt J tQ yisit the eruption, retnrned coupled with the fact that some of the corps 10th hayin b(JOn ab F nt only Beven are of Algerian and Crimean fame. Col. two of whicb 6 were paBBed ; n tbe neigh- Cooper, an English topographer, is also on bo y hood of the flow . xhe F deBoribe the Bcene S round - . as inexpressibly grand, but that language The three Ouseley treaties have been rati- oannot F 0 fon / d « c(myoJ an adequat | 00n fied to a dead certainty. ception of its impressiveness. The eruption The workshops and houses on Punta Arenas, . 0 tbe wogt of Mauna Loa a now orater belonging to the late Accessory Transit Com- 08timated at fiyo t 0 ei ht hundred feet acroBB . pany have all been swept away by the sea hayi formed there 6 from whicb the liquid Greytown harbor is rapidly filling up, the maBB * aB momeDtarily e j e eted in immensejets entrance thereto is inaccessible to ocean „ fa tbouoand t 0 flfteen hundred feet high, and steamers, being narrowed down to less than falling Qyer the aideBi poured down 6 toward torty teet. the sea. This it reached on the 31st ult., at a place called Wainanalii, about 12 miles to the westward of Kawaihae, and 40 miles from the crater. Here it destroyed a native village, and a fine grove of cucoanut trees, running out into the sea two miles, and entire ly filling the little harbor. The inhabitants of the hamlet were roused from “ the slumbers of midnight ” by the approach of the liquid fire, and had hardly time to save themselves. At this point the stream is only two hun dred yards in width, and by last accounts bad cooled over on the surface, so that one can walk over it, at the risk, however, of breaking through the thin crust into the still flowing stream beneath. "Where the fire meets water, a very splendid sight presents itself, old ocean hissing and spouting like a huge sea serpent, And constantly sending up clouds of steam and cascades of water A seoond stream has started from the crater, and at last accounts was running down parallel with the first flow. Old residents agree tDat the present eruption of Manua Loa is the grandest ever witnessed. There is, of course, no means of knowing how long it may continue or what damage it may do. The eruption of 1855, on the Hilo side, ran constantly for seven or eight months in succession, and this may do the same. A person who visited the scene of tbe erup tion, communicates to the Honolulu Commer cial Advertiser a long account of the state of the country and appearance of the crater. He NICARAGUAN lATELLIGESCE. SL O O P - 0 P - W A It * D B Ci TU.B THE FOREIGN NEWS. The steamship Persia arrived at New York on Wednesday last with European news up to the 19th ult. The Italian question seems no nearer a peaceful settlement; but, on the contrary, appearances are indicative of a general European war. The Austrians had concentrated in Italy an army of 150,000 men, with 300 field pieces, and a reinforce ment of 50,000 men had been ordered. The German feeling is represented as having been evoked by Austria in this quarrel. Russia is said to be interposing its good offices in favor of peace. Whatever may be the feeling of Germany in regard to Austria, there is no doubt of the feeling of the people of Italy. It appears to be more than ever embittered against Francis Joseph. The emigration of youths from all parts of Italy into Sardinia is very large, and of such a corps of 15,000 strong has been formed and placed under the command of the famous Garibaldi. There appears to be no sign of the with* drawal of the Frenoh or Austrian troops from Rome, although efforts are being made to increase the Papal army to the force of 22,000 Lord Cowley had arrived at Paris on his return from his peace mission to Vienna, and was to have an interview with Napoleon. No benefioial results were expected from the mission, and the secresy maintained in regard to it tended to increase the apprehensions of The Turin correspondent of the London Times says that, as a condition of the marriage of Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde, a secret compact bad been entered into, by which the Emperor Napoleon promised assis tance, offensive as well as defensive, to the King of Sardinia, and guaranteed to him whatever territorial advantages might ulti mately be obtained in Lombardy. In return, Savoy and Nice were to be transferred to France, and Austria to be allowed to retain Yenetia and the fortresses. This statement has been distinctly denied by the Emperor Napoleon. Mr. Preston, the United States Minister to Madrid, presented bis credentials and was received by the Queen, when the usual courtesies were exchanged. An article in the Journal des Debats states that one result of the expedition of our squad ron to Paraguay will be to unite the Southern republics in common interest against the supposed territorial encroachments of the United States, so that after peace is brought about between Paraguay and our government, the expedition is likely to be attended with happy consequences to South America, at least for a time. Advices from Hayti to March 5 contain a circular from President Geffrard, advising a mild but firm administration of the several departments of the government. Local reforms were in progress at Port au Prince, and com merce was reviving. All was quiet at Jeremie. The officers of the United States corvette Brooklyn had been presented to President Geffrard, who received them favorably. The President had had a slight difficulty with the editor of the Revue de whioh was shortly settled amicably. It was thought that there existed a lingering sympathy for Sou louque. Donation to the Mexican Soldiers. —The Finance Committee of the Senate, we regret to see, have_stricken from the General Appro priation bill the section adopted by the House, granting a donation .of $2OO to each of the surviving Pennsylvania volunteers who served in the war with Mexico. After this stretch of economy at the expense of gratitude, how can onr Legislators come home and look their constituents in the face, without repealing the law by whioh they give themselveß $2OO extra pay apiece ? War Decked Inevitable. —A Washington correspondent writes Despatches have been received from onr Ministers at London, Paris, Madrid and Vienna. They all agree that war seems inevitable, newspaper artioles to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr, Pallas and Mr. Mason state that extensive preparations are being made, and that matters on every side look warlike—that sarcely anything else is talked of. This question absorbs and swallows up all others. From Vienna our Minister writes that Europe is on the eve of a volcano, complications thicken every hour, and great depression exists in every branch of industry. On the afternoon of our arrival at the camp ing ground, a new stream started some few miles below the orater, which had evidently been dammed up by some obstruction, and came rushing down with tremendous noise and fury through the thick jungle which lay in its track, burning the crackling trees, and sending up for a time thick smoke almost as dense as that from the crater. This stream, from the time it broke away its embankment, moved along two miles an hour till it reached the vicinity of our camp, when its progress was checked, and it moved not more than a quarter of a mile an hour. But it formed a grand sight. Here was a stream of lava running over the plain, twenty to twenty-five feet in height, and an eighth of a mile in width, though its width varied a great deal. It was a mass or pile of red hot stones, re sembling a pile of coals on fire, borne aiODg by the liquid lava stream underneath. As it moved slowly along, large red boulders would roll down the sides, breaking into a thousand small stones, crushing and burning trees which lay in the track. It is impossible to give a true conception of the immense foroe and power of this lava Btream, bearing along, as it an almost inconceivable mass. It . reminds us most vividly of the breaking up of the ice in a large river, only the imagina tion must stretch the comparison and suppose the ice piled up twenty five feet, and thus borne along by tho current beneath, the whole of the river moving at the same time, crashing and breaking and piling up cones and irregu lar masses on top. But even this comparison is far below the reality—to be conceived it must be seen. A correspondent writing from Waimea Hawii, February 4, says the burning orater seems to be constantly enlarging, and throw ing up its volumes of liquid fire above the mouth of the crater —I will not venture to say how high—and the fiery stream rolled on ward and onward, still adding grandeur and terror as it proceeded, till, on the morning of the 31st about sunrise, the stream was compelled, though reluctantly, to styp, by meeting the waters of the ocean. Eveo then its resistless aod opposing energy carried it some distance into the sea. The poor inhabi tants of Wainanalii, the name of the village where the fire reached the ocean, were aroused at the midnight hour by the hisßing and roaring of the approaching fire, and had but to save themselves. Some of the houses of the inland portion of the villages were partly surrounded before the inmates were aware of their danger.— Wainanalii is near the northern boundary of North Kona, and about twelve or fourteen miles from Kawaibae. It is, of course, all destroyed, and its pleasant little harbor all filled up with lava. The whole distance of the flow from the crater to the sea is some forty miles. Last night (February 3) the volcano was in full blast, and the burning stream seems to have taken another direction. Parties have gone out to-day to see and explore. Perhaps, on their return, I shall have something addi tional to communicate. Business Prospects. —lt is gratifying to notice the increasing evidences arppnd us of returning life and animation in business pursuits. The Camden Journal Bpeaks thus oheeringly of the prospects in that locality : “ Where one year ago everything was dull and stagnated, now abounds activity and vitality. AU our factories, shops and foundries are in the full tide of successful operation, and judging from the heavily ladened boats whioh daUy land their freight of live stock and goods, our population will be greatly augmented thiß summer. Real estate is looking up, and houses are looming up all over the oity.” Earlt Vegetables.— Green peas sold in th,e Charleston (S. 0.) market 04 the l/th ult. Peas shad previously this season been in market from Florida and Cuba, but these are the earliest of Carolina growth. CITY AND COUNTY 'AFFAIRS The Philadri.phi a M E Chorch Con FEBXKCX. —B-low will be found the IL-t of appointments of this Conference Th-o.dy was presided over by the Ten arable Bish-ip Sc-»n:. assisted by Bishop Simpsos. The sessions were held in the Green Street M. E. Church. Phil adelphia. commencing on Wednesday, the 23d uIL, and doaDK on Friday nlgbt last, at ll}4 o’clock: Xorth Philadelphia District —P. Coombe. P. K; St. George’s—J. F. B*oo; D. Oar row, Green Street; —D. W. Bartine; Fifth Street—W. 0. Robinson; St. John’s —W-Cooper. J. flomphrey, snp; Kensington—^J.Conning-: tom Hancock Street—J. B. Maddox; Sanctuary—E.J.Way; Front Street—M. H. Listy; Twelfth Street—R. H. Patterson, 3. .Higgins, snp4 Hedding—J. EL Turner, R. iL Greenbank, Cavalry;—To be supplied: Tabernacle—G. Quigley; Obocksißk —T. A. Fernley; Carson: Sotnmer fleld— P. J. Cox; Port Richmond—S. Townsend; Rising San —M. A. Day; McKendree—To be supplied; Zoar and John Wesley—Tn be snpplied; Milestown—J. W. Arthur; Leh man’s Chapel and Fairvlew—J. Carlisle; Doylestown—W. J Stephenson; Frankford—A. Atwood; Bridesburg—H. 8, Thompson; BusUeton—G. T. Herlon; Somerton—Joseph Welsh; Holmesbnrg—To be supplied; Bristol—G. W. Mc- Laughlin; Attleborough—W. B. Wood, one to be supplied; Newtown—J. B. Ayers: Lumbervills and Lakasky—lS.J. G. Pepper; New Hope—W. Mullin; Allentown—F. D. Egan; Bethlehem—T.rP. Miller, one to be supplied; Easton—M. D. Kurtz; South Easton—T. 8. Childs; Richmond—B. G. Hare, 8. T. Stephens; Stroudsburg—J. 0. Thomas; Cherry Valley—R. Owen, J. F. Reynolds; Paradise—J- A. Hinson. . Missionary Society of the M. E. Church—J. P. Durbin, Cor. Sec’y; A. Manship. Agent Tract Jociety. Smith Philadelphia District —F. Hodgson, P. E.; Union— Alfred Cookman. A. Longa ere, sup.; Nazareth—J. W. Jaek son; Ebenezer—J. B. McCullough; Salem—Joseph Mason; 8t Paul’s—J. E. Meredith; Wharton Street —F. Moore; Mariner's Bethel—V. Gray, Western Church—Joseph Cas tle; Broad Street—W, MeCoombs; Central Church—J. H. Lightbnrn, J. Neal, sup.; Pitman Chapel—Joseph S. Lane; Young Men’s Central Home Mission—To be supplied; Sec£ ond Street—E. T. Kenney Eleventh Street—N. Fraim. Scott Chapel—J. L. Hysinger, Thirty-eighth Street—T. Montgomery; !isb‘ury—C. J. Thompson; Haddington—R- . J. Carson; Eooroeville—A. Cather; Radnor —W. M. Dal, rimple; Kingseasing—J. P. Du Hamill;—First Church, Lan_ caster—William H. Elliott; Bt. Paul’s, Lancaster—L. B* Hughes; Safe Harbor and Manor—H. B. Morgan. A. Fisher; Columbia—J. Y- Ashton; Marietta—Joseph Cook; Mount joy—A. Howard; Baiobridge, J. M. Whelan; Harrisburg— William Bishop, P. W. Martin; Dauphin—G. G. Rakestraw, Middletown —8. W. Kurtz; Hummelstown—G. G. Barr, Halifax—W. B. Gregg, G. F. Crouch; Wlseonisco —J. 0. Gregg; H. M. JohDsou. Professor iu Dickinson College. Reading District.— T. J. Thompson, P. Ebenezer, Reading—J. R. Anderson; St Peter’s, Heading—A. W. Milby; Berks County Mission—To be supplied; Mt. Zion. Manaynnk—W. L. Gray; Ebenezer, Manayunk—Q. Orim; Roxborougb—H. A. Cleveland; Falla of Schuylkill—S. B. Best; Haines Street, Germantown—J. H. Alday; 8t Steph en’s, Germantown—B. W. Thomas; Chestnut Hill—G. M? Griffith; Conshohocken—J. Lindemuth; Marion Square— W. H. Fries; De Kalb Street, Norristown—J. W* Mecaakey Oak Street Norristown—J. Thompson; Montgomery Square —G. D. Miles; Perkiomen—J. Bllchter, J. L. Taft, sup.; Phoenixville—A. Johns; Salem—L. C. Pettit; West Chester —J. M. McCarter, Grove and Downlngtown —W. H. Burrill; Pottstown—D. L. Patterson. I. Brandeth, J. A. Watson, sup; Birdsboro—J. O’Niell; Waynesburg—J. F. Meredith; Lebanon—B. Irwin; Cornwall—W. 0. Best Pottaville —H. E. E. Gilroy; Port Carbon and Silver Creek—J. J. Jones, J. R. Bailey; Bt. Clair—3. L. Gracey; New Castlo—B. T. Kemble; Minersville—B. F. Price; Tremont and Doualdson To be 6npplied; Schuylkill Haven—L. B. Beakley, sup.; Cressona and Urwigsburg—W. Smith; Tamaqua—C. F. Turner Mauch Chunk—W. Major, J. H. Wine, sup.; l’arry viUe—W. T. Magee. Wilmington District.— William Erie, P. E.; Asbury, Wil mingtou—Wesley Kenney; Bt. Paul’s, Wilmington—Wil liam H, Brisbane; Union, Wilmington—William Barns; Scott Church, Wilmiugton—W. M. Ridgway; Brandywine —John Frantz; Mount Salem—A. T. Scott East Zion—To be snpplied; Newport—T. Sumption; New Castle—J. W. Pear&ou; Delaware City—James Hand; St. George’s—R. W. Todd, J. E. Kessler; Newark—J. A. Brindle; Elkton—J. S. Cook; Bethel—G. W. Lybrand; North East—S. M. Cooper, Charlestown—C. W. Ayers; Port Deposit—H. F. Hern; Zion t~F. B. Harvey, one to be supplied; Oxford —J- B. Dennison, -one to be sopplied: Fulton —S. R. Gillingham; Mt. Nebo— J. N. Magee; Strasburg—W. Rink, J. B. Btewell, H. Button, sup.; Cochranville—J. Cummings, N. B.Dorell; Coatesville —W. J. P&xson; Brandywine Circuit—J. B. Quigg. Marsh-' allton—J. Smith; Chester—John Ruth; Chester Circuit—C. J. Crouch; Village Green—H. H.Bcdine, one to be supplied; Media—J. Pastorfleld; Crozierville—Joseph Dure. 11. G. King, sup.; Mount Lebanon—lsaac R. Merrill, J. Tally, sup. H. Pattersou, Prof. Wilmingtou Female College. Easton District. —D. C. Murphy, P. E.: Smyrna—Charles Hill; Smyrna Circuit—T. J. Quigley, J. T. Van Breslo; Mid dletown—George Haycock; Odessa—J. T. WUUb; Dover —C. Cook; Camden—J. Flannery, T. E. Skinoor, D. Laoden, sup.; Frederica and Barrett’s Chapel—John Allen; Willow Grove—John Edwards, W. O’Neill; Milford—J. Dickerson, G. Lacey, sup.; Vernon and WHHamsville —W. B. Walton, W. W. Redman; Dantnn—J. L Houston* 8. Townsend; Greensboro’—R. E. Kant, L. D. McClintock; Wye—W. M. Warren, T. E. Bell; Talbot—J. L. Cooper, T. S. Williams, S. Williams, S. Grace, sup.; Easton—J. D. Curtis, J. E. Bryan; Centreville—E. Miller. 8. T. Gardner; Kent Island —J. E. Bmith; Sadleraville—W. E. England, P. I. George, G. Barton, sup.; Kent Circuit—Joseph Askln, E.F. Cooper, Millington—Thomas W. Simpen, W Hammond. Snow Hill District. —H. Colclazer, P. E.: Seaford—John F. Chaplin, William Formosa; Federalsburgh—Thomas W. McClnry; Dorchester—James B. Merritt. T. Kirkpatrick; Cambridge—T. Bnowden Thomas; Cambridge Circuit— Thomas I. Poulson, J. Turner, sup ; Aries—To be supplied; Quanticn —James Hargis, one to be snpplied; Salisbury— Adam Wallace, E. G. Irwin, J. Hubbard, sup.; Church Creek—Abraham Fread, 8. Powers, one to be supplied; Princess Ann—John Hough, William Trickett; Annemus sex—J. A. Massey, W. T. Quinn; Atlantic—William Merrill, Charles F. Sheppard; Accomac—A. M. Wiggins, G. Cum mings, B. Tullow, snp.; Newton—Thomas Newman, one to be snpplied; Snow Hill—V. Smitn, W. T. Tolbert; Berlin— J. W. Hamersly, C. H. McDermond; Frakkford—E. Town send, J. McLaughlin; Worcester N. W. Bennim, one to be supplied; Lewiatown—H. Sanderson, J. N. Mulford; George town —J. T. Gracy, one to be snpplied; Laurel—John Dyson, J. A. Furner. Newton Hestou, transferred to Newark Conference. Rev. Wm. H. Elliott. —This gentleman, the newly appointed Pastor of the Dnke Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of this city, commenced his labors on Sunday last. He preached in the morning to a fnll house, and in the evening to an immense congregation. His sermons were practical, able and eloquent, and but one opinion among bis vast auditory seemed to prevail, and that was that he was the right man for the place. It will bo a gratification to tbe numerous friends and admirers of Rev. Dr. Hodqson, the late Pastor, to know that he is now the Presiding Elder of this District, and that, therefore, they may expect to see and hear him preach at least once in every three months. —Rev. L. B. Hughes, appointed to St. Paul’s Church, South Queen street, also preached his introductory sermons on Sunday. He is spoken of as a young gentleman of fine promise. The First of April.—Friday last—being the First of April, aud the great money changing day of the year in Lancaster—our city was literally jammed with people from "early morn till dewy eve.” It is supposed that there were hundreds more strangers in town on Friday than have been here on similar days for years past. The Banks and Brokers’ offices wfere crowded all day and_ till late at night. What amount of money changed hands is hard to estimate. We presume, however, it conld not havo hpen much short of a million of dollars. Move, move was also one of the orders of the day, and many were the denizens who changed their habitations. We thank our Btars that webad nothing to move. There being so many peo ple in our midst, of course the -‘light-fingered gentry” were about and made extra "hauls” in one or two instances; one gentleman was relieved of his pocket-book containing $lOlO. The First of April la a great and growing institu tion. “Confusion worse confounded” is an apt illustration of the day in the City of Lancaster. Election of Officers. — Od yesterday eve ning week the Fencibles held a special election for several non-commissioned officers, to fill vacancies caused by resig nation. Charles R. Frailey was elected Quartermaster, vice Dr. William Whiteside; Henry E. Slaymaker 2d Sergeant, rice Harry Hook; and Dr. Samdel Fahnestock 4th Corporal, vice John L. Adams. The company is rapidly increasing in numbers, and expect to muster seventy men at the next parade. They have adopted a new code of stringent By- Laws, similar to those of the National Guards of Philadel phia. The Fencibles have no equal In this State In point of soldierly appearance, efficiency and drill, and we venture the opinion that there is no company in the country to excel it. Bivalvic. —It will seen, by reference to his card in another column, that Councilman Kautz, of the glorious S. W. Ward, has taken entire possession of the Restaurant under the Swan Hotel, Centre Square, recently conducted by himself and brother, tho latter having retired. Mr. K. will give his constant personal supervision to the same. It is not necessary to say a word in praise of Eantz; bis reputation as a caterer is too well established among Lancastrians, and anything we could say would be superfluous. Local Mail Arraignments—Closing of the Mails at the Lancaster Post Opfioe. —The following carefully prepared table of the hours for closing the various mails at the post office In this city, will be found very nso fnl for reference, by business men and others. A correct schedule of this kind has often been enquired for: BY RAILROAD. Eastern Through Mail—For Philadelphia,New York and Eastern States, at 2 p. m., and 6.45 p. m. Way Mail East—For Philadelphia and intermediate offices, at 8 a. m. Western Through Mail—For Columbia, Harrisburg, Pitts burg and Western States, at 6. p. m. Way Mail West—For Landisvllle, Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Middletown, Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon, Tyrone, Altoona, Hollidaysburg (and Way Mall between Altoona and Pittsburg.) at 9Ua m. Southern Mail—For Colombia, York, Baltimore, Washing ton, D. C.. and Southern States, at 9% a. m. Pittsburg Through Mail, at a. m. For Strasburg, via: Camargo, Quarryrille, Martinsville, and New Providence, at 8 a. m. BY BTAGE. For Reading, via: Neffsville, Litlz. RothsrtHe, Ephrata, Reamstown, Adamstown and Gouglersville, daily, at 8 a. m. For Lebanon, via: East Hempfleld, Manhelm, White Oak, Mount Hops and Cornwall, daily, at 9% a. m. For Millersville and Slackwater, daily, at I p. m. For Safe Harbor, daily, at 1 p. m. ForHinkletown.via: Landis Valley, Oregon, West Earl, and Farmereville, daily, at 2 p. m. For Paradise, via: Greenland and Soudersbnrg, dally, at 8 p. m. For Litiz, via: Neffsville, dally, 3 p.m. For Marietta, via: Hempfleld and Silver Spring, daily, at 3 p. m. For Strasburg, via: Fertility and Wheatland 31111 s, daily at 3 p. m. For Lampeter, daily, at 8 p. m. For New Holland, via: Binkley’s Bridge, Leacock, Barevllle* Beartown, Bowmansville and Muddy Creek, daily, at 1 p. m. For Pboenixviile, via: New Hollaud, Blue Ball, Goodville, Churchtown, Morgantown, Honeybrook, Chester Springs, and Kimberton, Tri-weekly,Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday, at 12 m. For Port Deposit, Md., via: Willow Street, Smithville, Buck, Chesnut Level, Green, Pleasant Grove. Rock Springs, Ud and Bowlandsville, MiL, Tri-weekly, Monday, Wednes day and Friday, at 6 a. m. For Colebrook, via: Swarr’s Mill, Old Line, Sporting Hill and Mastersonville, Tri- weekly, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 12 m. For Vogansville and Terre Hill, Trl-weekly, Monday, Thorn day and Saturday, at 2 p. m. For liberty Square, via: Conestoga, Marticville, Coleman ville and Mount Nebo, Semi-weekly, Wednesday and Sat urday, at 1 p. m. For Bethesda, via: Willow Street and Rawlinsville, Wed nesday and Saturday, at 6 a. m. For New Danville, weekly, Wednesday, at 9 a. m. Office hours, from 7a.m.t08 p. mi On Sunday, from 9 to 10 a. m. Postage to Californio, Oregon sud Washington Territo ries, 10 cents. Letters, alleged to be valuable, will be registered, and a receipt given therefor, on application and payment of the registration fee of five cents, in addition to the regular pdetage. All letters are required to be pre-pald with stamps before they can be mailed. H. B. SWARR, postmaster. Toot^ach^.—This disease oan honoured by Dr. Kzrsxa's Toothache Revest, prepared by him In Pitta bqrgj which la'-put In bottWs and sold at 35 ehcb. It Is an excellent medicine, when diluted! for spongy and tender gums, and Is worth ten times its price tb all who need it Sold here by C. A. Helnltsh. The Howard Lecture or Prof. Gum.— Pn.f. Jambs E.Girrnr, ofthaOoat sville Academy,delivered the last lecture of the coarse before the Howard Associa tion on Tuesday evening last. His subject, "Panorama of Trades and Professions,” was a flue composition and well delivered. Tbe di«cusrion was participated la by Judge Hayes,’ Maj. Dit'nara, Major Sanderson, Rev. Messrs. Bosenmiller, Gerhart and Harbangh, and Gen. Stelnman. Th«re will be a meeting for discussion this evening at the usual place. A Sad Case. — lt will be recollected that more than a year ago a man named Haines was killed, six miles below Safe Harbor, under the following drcumstan* ees: Ur. Clarkson who Uvea in that locality, hearing some noise among his chickens, at the barn during the night, went oat with his loaded gun and discharged It, at random, In the direction of two men then running away from his premises. Next morning a number of chickens with their heads off, and the dead body of a man named Haines, were fooud in the road a short distance from the stable. Mr. H, at the time, surrendered himself to the legal authorities, end was held to ball, but the Grand Jury refused to find a bill against him, and he was discharged. We have just learned, says the Wrlghtsvllte Star of Thurs day last, that the fact of the killing has since preyed upon the mind of Mr. L. to such a degree that he Is at present at death’s door. We are Informed that, at the request of his friends, a physician from the city of Lancaster visited him a short time since, and subsequently expressed the opinion : that the unfortunate man could not long survive the mental agony—that he was actually dying by Inches from the depression of his mental faculties, whilst there is an entire absence of physical disease, or at least no perceptible marks or diagnosis by which a particle of any physical disease could be discovered or predicated. Panorama of the India Mutiny. — Let no one fall to see the beautiful and stirring exhibition of India and the Late Mutiny, now on exhibition at Russel’s Hall South Queen st. It comprises a series of the most Exquiß. ite Paintings, the artist having achieved, through the medium of a short distance, at which they are seen by tbe aid of artificial light, effects greatly surpassing those of tbe Finest Oil Paintings, while the Chemical and Mechanical means are resorted to with Wonderful Results; the Scenery, the Foliage, the Architectural Pictures, and the Battle with all the Din of 6onfiict, have a likeness truly startling. It is a splendid production of Art and Genius. Removal. —H. B. Swarr, Esq., the Chair man of the Democratic County Committee, lias removed his Law Office to No. 18 Noith Duke street, nearly opposite his former vocation. See his card in the advertising columns of to-day’s Intelligencer. Alleged Highway Robbery. —This morn lug complaint was made before Alderman Van Camp, against Jacob Frniley, for an assault and robbery on Josaph Oberdoff, under the following circumstance?. It ap pears that complainant and accused were In company last eveniug making a tour of tbe town—Oberdoff being from Lancaster twp., and when at tbe extreme end of Manor 6t., they entered the store of Mr Scheidel. who knowing Ober doff and seeing that be wa* in liquor, told Frailey that his company conld be dispensed with, and that he (Scheidel} wonld see Oberdoff home; Frailey theu left and Scheidel. it is reported, accordingly went part of the way home with Oberdoff. After he left him. however, tlberdoff when near the toll-gate on tbe Millerstown road, wae knocked dowu and robbed of his pocket book, containing, as ho very explicitly alleges, about $40,60; and befurtiier asserts that be believes that Frailey was the party who committed tbe assanlt and robbery. Frailey was this morning arrest ed by constable Myers, and. in default of bail, committed for a further bearing on Monday next. — Saturday's Express. Can Consumption be Cured? —The exact period when this terrible scourge of the human race becomes incurable has never been satisfactorily determined, whilst all agree that it is incurable in cortaiu stages. When the lungs are once destroyed in their structure, and when deep-seated ulcers begin to corrode them, there is vory little hope ofa cure, although cares have taken place after such lesions were known to exist, as baß been proven by j post mortem examination. A wonderful remedy, and a sure cure in all Incipient cases, is "Dr. Keysets Pectoral Cough Syrup,” a medicine made by Dr. Geo. H. Keyaer, "f No 140 Wood street, Pittsburgh, Pa., after a number of years of careful experience, and after having cured numbers of caBeaofv«ry dangerous pulmonary disease that had been given np by physicians. Dr. Keysor has studied medicine regularly and belongs to the old school, and the medicine that be offers to the public has, besides, a high reputation among onr people. We could retor to hundreds of cases of apparently incurable lung disease, in which this medicine has cared. Tbe cost of a trial is a mere trifle as be sells it in bottles at fifty cents and one dollar, at his drug store, No. 140 Wood street. Sold by C. A. Heinitab, Lancaster. Col. William Hopkins.—We have received a copy of the very able and conclusive reply of tbie gentleman to Judge Ewing, of Fayette county, in reference to the proposed repeal of the Tonnage Tax. The Judge is a strong ad vocate of the repeal. The Col. takes the op posite ground and opposes the appeal in a let ter of masterly ability, the concluding para graph of which is as follows: The people of the 1 entire border counties, from the Delaware to Lake Erie, as well as those on the Southern border of the State, derive but an incidental advantage from the construction oftheßoad. The policy, then, which would im pose upon them additionalburthona in order to relieve the recipients of these increased facili ties from a small advance on their freight, as the Company itself for the fulfilment of its pan of the contract, would in my judgment be unwise. That the repeal of the tonnage tax would lead to increased taxation on other property, no candid man will question ; and the only practicable mode of supplying the deficiency in tbe revenue thus oreated, would be a direct tax on real and personal property throughout the State. It is said that, as the State has parted with the “ Main Line ” of her public improvements, for the protection of which the tax was originally imposed, that, therefore, “ the necessity for its continuance has ceased.” But when it is remembered that the Pennsylvania Railroad became tbe pur chaser of this line, including the Philadelphia and Columbia Road, and that this whole im provement has cost tbe State some sixteen or eighteen millions of dollars, and for which they paid but seven millions five hundred thousand dollars, superadded to the fact that this great depreciation in price, is attributable, partially at least, to the construction of their Road, the suggestion loses much of its force.' This ton nage tax amounted, the paßt year, to about two hundred and forty thousond dollars, and it must continue to increase to almost an in definite period. It now represents a capital at five per cent, of nearly five millions of dol lars. If the people are prepared to make the Company a present of this amount, and tax themselves in a corresponding ratio to supply the deficit in the revenues which the repeal of the tonnage tax would produce, then may Judge Ewing and those who concur with him, congratulate themselves upon the fact that their appeals to the liberality of the people in this behalf, have not been in vain. Proposed Change in the Law for the Collection of Wages. —Mr. Thompson, of Butler county, a member of the Judiciary Committee, has reported to the House of Rep resentatives a bill of 6ome interest to the public generally. It provides that in all assignments of ■property, whether real or personal, which may hereafter be made by any person or persons, firm, company, or association; whether chartered or not, to trustees or assignees, on account of inability or pretended inability at the time of such assignment to pay his, her, their or its debts, the wages and salaries of persons, employed by such persons, firm, oompany, or association shall be preferred and paid by such assignees or trustees, before any other creditors of such assignor or assignees. In cases of death, the act makes wages the first lien on the estate of the decedent, and in all casesof executions, land bonds, warrants, &c., the amount is to be first paid out of the proceeds of the sale. Wages are also made a lien upon real estate, and when the amount reaches twenty-five dollars, the creditor is empowered to proceed to collect the same by distraining therefor in the same manner as iB provided now by law for the collection of rent. An Aged Warrior. —Old Tarmahbah (one eye,) the well known Indian chief and war rior, was in Wabasbaw, Minn., last week.— He is supposed to have been born about the year 1755, according to the Wabasbaw Her ald, which would make him 104 years of age. He was a chief, says that paper, one of Red Wing's bands of Sioux, and in the war of 1812 fought nobly and gallantly with the Americans againßt the British. He was also on the side of the Americans in the Black Hawk war, and has rendered the whites valua ble services at other times. The Herald gives a copy of the commission given him by Gov. Clark, of Missouri, in 1816. Old Tarmahbah takes great pride in showing this commission, and also demands a cushpop for a sight of it. The marks of extreme old age are visible in his countenance. He is obildish and imbecile, and is but a wreok of the once mighty warrior. A Fearful Position —Narrow Escape.— At the high bridge near Catawissa, the pas senger train on Saturday came near making a wreok. A passenger informs us that some oasting or bolt broke just as the looomotive and first ear reached the bridge, 150 feet high. The front end of the passenger oar was caught by a gust of wind and was lifted from the traok, landing on the end of the bridge. The motion of the oar pulled the bell rope and stopped the engine; so that ho lives were lost. It was an instance of fearful peril, with a providential deliveranoe.— WxUksoam Times, THE PARAGUAY EXPEDITION. Letter from an <« Old Salty'* No* 8. U. 8. StXAXER USIACPMK. \ Hapboe or Rio ns JuttuuvFebruary 16, 1860. J Fbieshs -SAxnzuoff:—ln consequence of our letter bag for the States doting this evening, my present letter must consequently be but a brief one. We arrived here at half past ten, after a delightful passage of five days and three quarters from Pernambuco, and. In conaequenoe of the Yellow Fever being prevalent In the dty, we shall <( top our booms ” and be out of this by noon, to-morrow, mak- log a straight wake for Buenos Ayres, to Join the Para guayan Squadron assembled there. The country around the dty has Improved wonderfully since I was here last. In 1617. Then along the beach, from the Sugar Loaf up to the city; there were bat a few straggling villas located here and there, but now, after leaving the former and approaoh- Lug tbe latter, you see an almost continued row of fine looking buildings, causing Old Rio to appear as though It had grown twice its former else. Again visiting Rio re minds me of an inddent that occurred many years ego, and which I shall give you as well as I can: while stop - ping here, on onr way round the Horn, In the Old North, in 1837, one of our Lieutenants had a boat called away for the purpose of visiting some of the handsome country residence# which adorn the scenery In the vicinity of the dty. On their way to the shore the officer remarked that he would be in a tight fix in consequence of not under, standing the Portuguese lingo, and asked, at the same time of the boats’ crew, if any of them could speak It f— " I can, your honor,” responded one, who went by the name of Irish Charley, and who at timee spoke twice, and sometimes thrice before thinking once. “Tm glad to hear It, for now we shall be able to get along,” responded the Luff Arrived at the beach, the officer followed by most of tbe boats’ crew, proceed up a splendid avenue, shaded, on either side by treee of luxuriant foliage towards the man sion, near which they were met by tbo proprietor, all bows and smiles, who accosted, the officer, in Portuguese “ What does he say, Smith f” enquired the officer of his volunteer interpreter—" He says, sir, would you please to step up to the house, to smoke a cigar and drink a bottle of wine with him—end as for oranges, sir, if you wish any, you must let us pick them for you, as his nagurs are all out on the plantation, picking coffee, and he Is too lazy to do it himself” “Tell him, I shall accept of his i offer with th<-greatest of pleasure,” said theofitcer. "Aye, aye. t-ir,” replied Charley, and atlthewuiit. spluttering forth some kind of jargon, acoompanied by pantomimic gestures which had the effect of causing both host and visitor to turn their steps towards the dwelling. Arrived there, our Luff, imagining that his interpreter had, in duty bound, followed dose in bis wake, tamed round to require his service, when, lo and behold, Charley had vamosed, so that be was compelled to get along the best way he could, and in which, as far as the wine aud cigars were concerned, he did admirably ; as to tbe speaking part, he dropped the subject. In the meantime, the boat’t- crew, with Charley at their head, had managed to increase their rotundity to twice the usual size by stuffing their frocks as full as they coaid bold of oranges, Ac., and were all seated at their oars, “Ship shape and Bristol fashion,” when the Lieutenant made his sppuarance with bis host, who who had accompanied him to tbo beach. "Smith, give my thanks to tbe Senor for bis civility and hospitality, and tell him 1 should be pleased for him to visit our vessel, as I would like to return the compliment.” “Aye, aye, sir,” responded the ever-rcady Charley, and out he spluttered something, while the boat shoved off aud made her way to the ship. Arrived on board, it soon became kuown forward that -Irish Charley” had acted as interpreter. "Where the thunder did you learn the Portergee lingo, I’d like to know?" inquired h veteran Forecastloman of our friend Charley TortAgee. is U you mane. Dick, faith aud dlvli tile bit of i’ortagee do I know at all. all; the mild giutleman, that owns the ornnge farm may have spoke good Portagee for u'lint I know, and Mtli I gave him back ginuwine Irish. Sure, fair exchange is no robbery, and dlvil the bit of difference did it make, as Laftonatit * did not understand alther.” 1 have Just ascertained that we shall not wait here oven to take In coal, but be off os early a? postdble in the mom log, having a saffioiuncy now on board to carry as far as St. Catharine’s at which plat-* wo shall u»w have to stop to take In u further supply—tbe quautity uow on board not being sufficient to carry us through to Buenos Ayres. WASHINGTON ITEMS. From the special correspondeneo of the New York papers of Friday we gather the following: Despatches were received at the State De partment this morning from General Lamar, Minister to Nicaragua. No action had been taken in regard to the CassYrisarri treaty, and Lamar is of opinion that they do not in tend to ratify it. He was not aware that tbe English treaty, negotiated by Sir William Gore Ouseley, had been ratified. The general im pression, he writes was. to the latest period, that the treaty had not been ratified. If the Ouseley treaty has been ratified, tbe Adminis tration is inclined to believe that it shows pretty clearly bow Ouseley feels and how he has acted towards our government. Lamar does not speak in very complimentary terms of Ouseley’s operations in Central America. Jarez, the Minister from Nicaragua, received nothing whatever of importance. His private secretary, who came passenger in the steamer, bos not yet reached here. The Administration is now persuaded that Sir Gore Ouseley has acted in bad faith. No intention was ever signified of incorporating the clause in the British treaty, which Nicaragua has inserted in ours with regard to the expulsion of filibusters, and that condition will never be accepted here. The President is inclined to fail back on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and to open tbe transit at all hazards. Mr. Sickles is busily engaged with his counsel in preparing for bis defence. The impression is that the Distriot Attorney will have no assistance, as he needs none, the case on the part of the government befog entirely simple. The facts to be presented by the District Attorney are few and easily proven— the faot and manner of the killing, and the identity of the accused. Here the case closes on the part of the government, and Mr. Ould regards himself as fully competent to discharge thiß duty. The duty and labor of the defence are very different. Admitting the foots as charged, they have to make out a case of justification; which, if they can succeed in doing to the satisfaction of the court and jury, Mr. Sickles must stand acquitted. I have reason to believe that the eubjeot of Cuba is again occupying the attention of the Cabinet. There is no longer any prospect of blending the States and the Union of this city into one paper, as had been anticipated by some of the parties in interest. Senator Douglas left this afternoon for the North. He was invited to address the Demo cracy of Connecticut, but prior engagements prevented. Mr. Erskine, Secretary of the British Lega tion here, is going as Charge d'Affaires to Stockholm. He returns to England with Napier. Reliable information has been received here that Oen. Hennigeen is not connected with Gen. Walker's projected expedition, but goes to Arizona with an ultimate design upon Sonora and Chihuahua. Gen. Walker will himself remain in Cali fornia until his forces can be reoruited and an opportunity offers for the contemplated inva sion. It is believed that bis movement will be first directed against Guatemala or San Salvador, such country to form the basiß of operations upon Nicaragua afterward. The War Department received a large mail to-day from the Pacifio. General Harney writes encouragingly in regard to matters in his section. Tbe officers connected with the other departments also represent matters favorably. Tbe expedition against the Mojave Indians at last accounts was succeeding admirably. Henry R. Day, of lowa, was to-day appointed Purser in the Navy, in place of Wise, of Kentucky, resigned. Revival of Trade. —The briskness of the spring trade in Philadelphia, says the North American, is but a reflex of condition of things in tbe chief jparts of the south and southwest. The St. Louis Republican says: “ On Main street we never saw better signs of a large, healthy trade, and on inquiry we learn that outward signs did not deceive as.— From one end of tbe street to the other, so far as the wholesale houses extend, there were piles upon piles of boxes of dry goods, boots aod shoes, ready made clothing, saddlery, hardware, drugs and paints, hats and batters' trimmings, and generally every desoription of goods with which the stores on that street are so twell filled. They were marked for Fort Smith and other towns in Arkansas, for Kan sas and Nebraska territories, for lowa and Illi nois, and large amounts for Missouri. The sales of this week in the dry goodß line, will, it is very probable, be as heavy as those of any week of the present Beason, though it is to be observed that the roads in this and other States and the territories, have been rendered almost impassable by tbe heavy rains whioh have fallen for many weeks past. But the stocks of oountry dealers have been greatly reduced in tbe past year, aod they have been almost furoed into the market thus early in the season." Terrible Disaster.— On Monday night week, the steamers Nathaniel Holmes, going down the river, and the David Gibson, coming up, oame in collision a abort dißtanoe below. Petersburg, Ky., with such force aa to sink both vessels; by whioh aooident 42 lives were lost, with the entire cargoes.
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