Stye fcmcastet 3utellxgcncer GEO. sjLNDfiRSON, EDITOR. A. SANDARBOffV Ai^tec LANCASTE%pA.*fIAg:24.IBS9 •- cmeiix.ATiqs, »ooo'c>opikj»i foPrSrpotEL ACo/b Nassau street, New York, and 10 State street, Boston. & M. Pnnssiu A ere Agents for The Lancaster hddUgcnccrt and the most influential and largest eircdta- .th@_Unlted Statea and the Canadas.- TViojTftnthoHaad to "contract for ns at onr lowest rales DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. —““AUDITOR GENERAL i RICHARDSOS L. WRIGHT, FtllUda. SURVEYOR GENERAL: JOHN ROWE, Franklin, » |Sjg- A crowd of advertisements have ex eluded several articles, local and otherwise, intended .for this week’s paper. 'ORIGIN OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. The impending hostilities 1151 Europe have created a desire among the people in this country to know the exact cause of the war about to break out. Our readers- are aware that the main cause is the attempt on the part of Austria to increase her influence in the Italian States, and the determination of those powers, backed by France and Russia, to resist this pretension. The NeW York Times pro gents this question in sueh a clear and forcible manner, that we transfer its able article to our columns. That journal says : “ The Italian Peninsula, with an area about equal to that of New York and New England combined, and a population of nearly twenty five millions, occupies a position in Europe that were it united under one authority, or leagued in one interest, it must carry with it the command, of the Mediterranean, and balance in the South the power of Germany in the North. Were the Italian States free and independent, no Power could successfully undertake to arrogate; to itself the dominion of Southern Europe. 'Were the Italian States ! subject to any one of the great Powers, that Power might undertake the accomplishment J ofthedream of universal European dominion at least p-a Bafely as France in the time of | Napoleon 1., or Spain in the days of Charles V. When exhausted Europe fell back in 1815 from its victory over Napoleon upon the reconstruction of “ principalities and powers/ it was felt to be imperatively necessary not only that Italy should be put beyond the reach of any of the parties to the Holy Alliance, but also that she should be prevented from aspiring to any unity of her own. No ruler could trust his brother ruler with what Riche lieu called the “ Key of the World ” and all the rulers were resolved that the Italian •people should not hold it. Italy was there fore divided as follows: To the restored King of Naples was given his own realm, the Italian inheritance of the Spanish Bourbons. Upon an area nearly equal to that of New York this sovereign was to rule over ten millions of gubjeots, and the whole Southern region of the Peninsula. To the Pope waß confined an area equal to that .of Maryland and Massa chusetts with three' millions of people, in the centre of Italy, and stretching from sea to sea. An Austrian prince, of the young branch of Jthe House of Hapsburg, held Tuscany,. with two millions of people; and a fertile region on the west, fully as large as Massachusetts, locked in upon its northeastern borders by the smaller States of Parma and Modena, also ruled by princes of Austrian extrac tion and alliance, and with a combined population of about a million souls. Northern Italy was finally divided by the Ticino and the Lago Maggiore between the Houses of Savoy aod Ilapsburg, the former as Kings of Sardinia, possessing a dominion to the West about as large as South Oarolinia, with a population twice as large as that of New York; , the latter as Kings of Lombardo-Venetia, holding a region half as large as Maine, with a population of about five millions. In these arrangements it pleased the Congress of Vienna to see a sure guarantee of the impo tence of Italy to menace the peace of the world. But the House of Hapsburg had not for gotten its ancient motto, and was determined not only to retain Lombardy, which had descended to it from the inheritance, of Charles V., and Venice, which had fallen into its hands in t|3C chances of the last Napoleonic war, but also to use Northern Italy as its lever for making all the Peninsula its own. It lost no time in beginning operations. It has never ceased to prosecute them. The moat formidable engines of Austrian influence have been the systematic attempts of the Italian sovereigns to crush their people back into the recognition of “ Divine Right/’ and to kill the hydras of “liberty and law/’ throughout the States. The ink was hardly dry on the Convention of Paris, when in July 12, 1815, Austria signed a “ secret treaty” with Naples, binding the King of Naples to ** rule his dominions in accordance with the views of the Austrian Government.” Five years later, in 1820, Naples forced her King to grant her a Constitution. Austria then appealed to this secret treaty, and by virtue of it marched an army into “ independent” Naples, suppressed the Constitution, and established that Austrian tutelage which has endured, with the brief interval of a few months in 1848, up to this time. In 1821, Sar dinia, likewise, but Austria marched without a secret treaty, and restored despotism there also. An outbreak at Bologna brought Austria into th<j Papal States, one or another point of which she has never Binoe ceased to ocoupy. The Grand Duke of Tuscany is strictly Austrian by family, and has therefore been left comparatively uncomplemented by the armed presence of his kinsmen. With Parma and Modena, in 1847, Austria con cluded treaties allowing her to take armed possession of these States whenever “military prudence” should require it. Within the last forty years, therefore, Austria, from ruling five millions of Italians in one corner of the PeninsUia, has advanced to a practical control over the whole Peninsula, withthe single excep tion of Sardinia, in which state Liberty has established itself, and has held its own with incomparable spirit and good sense. On formal grounds, then, Napoleon 111. has dearly been right as a European sovereign in protesting against the steady infraction. of the balance of power in Italy of which Austria has been guilty. In these protests he has simply echoed the les9-determined lan guage held from time totime by his predecessor Louis Philippe, and by the English Govern ment. His right to protect Sardinia from any invasion of Austria is demonstrable on these grounds alone. As a French sovereign, Napoleon, however, has other and even stronger reasons for his present action, not the less respeotable that they need not be diplomatically put forward. The oourso of Austria in Italy, while it threatens all the Powers oonoerned in the freedom of the Mediterranean, bears directly upon the future welfare of France. France has nothing to fear from Italy, if the Italian States defined by the treaties of Vienna be really independent. From Italy, as a-fief of Austria, France has everything to. fear; and . the French monarch would be recreant to his trust who could suffer the process begun in 1815 with Naples to be consummated with Sardinia in 1859. Should Austria, in the war which she now incites, be wholly driven beyond the Alps, it is idle to suppose that J Italy would be transferred to the dominion of \ France. The same reasons which forbid Italy > to be Austrian forbid her to be French, and Napoleon 111, is not the man to throw himself madly against the combined feeling of Europe. It would be rash indeed now to speculate upon the consequences of such a strife as impends in Europe; but we may feel more than confi dent that the result of a thorough humiliation of -Austria in Italy must be the inauguration of ouch a career of independence and nation ality for the rest of Italy, as has been so gloriously begun by the gallant people of Sardinia and Piedmont.” THE DAILY ARGOS The Philadelphia Argus is again enlarged to its former proportions, and changed from a penny to a two cent paper. . It is now an evening issue, as heretofore, and one of the very best Democratic papers in the Union. — We wish the enterprising publishers, Messrs. Severns & Co., abundant success, for they richly deserve it. Death of Dr. Lardner. —The death of Dr. Dionysius Lardner is announced in the Lon don papers-reoeived by the Canada. Dr. Lardner visited this country several years ago. and did much to popularize soience by his lectures on astronomy, and other subjeota. the principals 15 thMevropean STILL later foreign news war. Important from the Seat of War—Movements of the Opposing .Forces —Two Emperors ist the Field— Wat jPrepgrqffons in England— Biot in Ireland^—BiglUg Interesting JDetads of War News. ; - -. V J The Boston Courier contains the .following sketches of the principal actors in the impend ing general war in Europe :.. Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, though personally the least important member of the belligerent chiefs, may ;be assumed.to be the 'leading influence, simply becausehe is the representative of the traditional, policy of Austria. He succeeded to the _ throne through the abdication of his uncle, in 1848, and cannot be supposed to be firmly seated in the saddle, and therefore is constrained to defer to the views and feelings of the heredi tary governing class of the empire, wbiqh naturally aims at the absorption of the Italian I States down to low water mark on the Medi terranean. English and 'French’ papers impute to Francis Joseph, on account of his youth, an ambition to cope with Lonis Na poleon, in his attempt to enlarge and consoli date his empire on the Italian frontier; but a more rational explanation of his course is to be found in the necessity he is under to carry out the long settled policy of the empire. . Victor Emmanuel 11, King of Sardinia, is the prominent antagonist of Austria. His kingdom lacks solidarity, being made up to some extent of added patches of territory, I without consent of the people, annexed by diplomatic management, fie is thirty-six years of age, and fevered with the ambition of becoming the King of all Italy, and is upon the whole regarded as the representative of the feeling of Italian nationality. His tendencies are military, but Bis oapaoity is not equal to his inclinations. He is alike by ,his position and his spirit an opponent of the designs of Austria. He is enough of a soldier to have infused a military Bpirit into his people, and his troops, under his training, acquitted themselves handsomely in the Crimea, and he himselt secured a voice in the settlement of the four-sided war, which was fought on that ground. He has encouraged the disaffected spirits of all Italy to flock to his standard, and it is estimated that twenty thousand fierce haters of Austrian rule in Italy are enrolled in his army. Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the French, is the next potentate of great power, who has a direct interest in the issue. It, is readily surmised of him, that he is always willing to engage in a war in order to withdraw the attention of the nation from home affairs. — But the kingdom of Sardinia is bounded on the west by France, and in addition to this circumstance some weight must be given to the fact that the Buonapartes are an Italian family. The interests of France and his own natural feeling combine to render it impossi ble for him to regard with indifference any interference on the part of Austria with Sardinia, as at present established. Marshal Canrobert is gazetted as the com mander-in ohief of the Frenoh army for the defence of Sardinia. He is fifty years of age, and has been thirty-one years in the army.— 'He commenced active service in the field in 1835, in Algeria, and in the course of fifteen years rose to the rank of-colonel, and gained the cross of Commander of the Legion of Honor. In 1850, he waß recalled to France, and attached himself to the fortunes of the rising Louis Napoleon, who made him a general of brigade. He rendered aooeptable servioe in suppressing the transient iDsurreo tion whioh followed the coup d’etat of Decern ber. In 1853, he was promoted to general of division, accompanied the French army to the Crimea, and displayed great energy and skill at the battle of Alma, and upon the death of Marshal Arnaud became oommander in-chief of the army. Not being able to bring Lord Raglan over to his plans for conducting the siege of Sebastopol, he resigned the chief oommand of the French to Marshal Pelissier, and returned to his post os head of the second oorps. The services he had rendered, however, were rewarded by a marshal’s baton, oarryirig with it the dignity ol a senator. He is a gallant and enterprising, but not a great general. Baraguny d’Hilliers will command one of the He is about ninety years of age, and has been a general over fifty years. He served in the first armies of the French revolution, and afterwards had an active share under Napoleon, in the annihilation of the armies of Austria in Italy. He was much relied on by Napoleon to carry out his political as well as his military plans in Italy. His selection to accompany the army in aid of Sardinia is a good one. Marshal Raudon, the third French comman der, is sixty-four years of age. Like d’Hil liers, he is a diplomat as well as a soldier.— He served in Napoleon’s Russian campaign, and also in Algeria, and has large experience in governmental as well as military affairs. General La Marmora is the commander in chief of the Sardinian army. He commanded the Sardinian contingent in the Crimea, and acquired a high reputation for himself and his country. Count Cavour ; the Prime Minister of Sardinia, is forty-nine years of age. He is of an ancient and renowned family—a Pied montese by birth. lie first attracted notice as a politician in 1846, as editor of a bold liberal journal, the Risorgimento, and was a leader in establishing the Piedmont parlia mentary system of government, under Carlo Alberto. Since then he. has been the leading minister at home or ambassador abroad of Sardinia. It was through his resolute efforts that Sardinia was admitted to a participation in the conferences of the great powers, in regard to Turkey, in 1855. HON. JAMES MacMANUS We notice that several Democratic papers in the interior of the State have spoken favor ably of the Hon. James MacManus' of Centre county, as the Dext Democratic candidate for Governor. Their choice could not have fallen on an abler man or sounder Democrat. In his long connection with the Democratic party, his devotion has been unchanged, and in every bitter excitement against Democratic princi ples, he has advocated and vindicated them with a fearlessness amounting to enthusiasm. At home he is the most popular man in the party, made so by his honest bearing as a citizen, his consistency as a Democrat, and his great and varied abilities as a lawyer and a statesman. We know Mr. MacManus per sonally, although the circumstances of life have cast our careers in different paths—and yet we refer now to our early association with this veteran Democrat as one of the pleasant reminiscences of our youth. We remember him then as an ardent and devoted Democrat, just such a man whose conneotions could not be shaken by time, or whpse attachment to great principles could never be biased fiy either prejudice or exoitemeot. If he is nom inated, we certainly will yield him our full support. Business Education. —Experience has demonstrated the value of institutions devoted exclusively to the preparation of young men for business : thousands are now engaged in its active duties who owe their efficiency to such means. Messrs. Bryant & Stratton’s Chain of Colleges rank first among instifcu. tions of this kind. They extend through the cities of Philadelphia, N. York, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago, and are high ly esteemed in those several localities. Messrs. B. & S. publish a catalogue of eighty pages, setting forth the course of study, terms, &c., of their colleges, which may be had by addressing them at either of the above cities. The Way to Talk. —The Clinton Democrat, edited by Henry L. Diffenbaugh, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, thus speaks its views in reference to the regular nomina tions of the party: “ Firmly believing that the interests of the country demand the continual success of the Democratic party, we shall do that (and that only) which in our opinion will be the most conducive to Buch result. We discard leaders —we despise factions—we owe allegiance to the principles of the party only—these can only be maintained by a firm adherence to established organization and rule of action— there we stand, and upon that platform we appeal to every Democrat in Clinton county to stand with us 1 Our candidates are capable and honest men—neither of whom sympathize with extreme notions or factional movements —and are worthy of the support and confi deuce of the best men that ever breathed.” Again: “ Let us then maintain onr old organization, support' the Candidates now in nomination, oppose all .who come in opposition) and discharge our duties as Democrats in the good old fashioned way.” Sackville. N. 8., May 18. The express having arrived with the. des . patches for the Associated Press, famished by the ot at.Halifax, !' are now enabled to transmit the fall details of the European intelligence. I THE WAR NEWS AT LONDON ON THE 7tH. ' Intelligence was hourly expected of a serious battle between contending forces, bat nothing of importance had , occurred up, to that time. The Austrians had crossed the river Po near Cambie. and advanced towards I Sala. They had also made an unsuccessful effort to cross the same river near Trassinelto on the third of May. i The Sardinia accounts of the latter effort .says the cannonading lasted fifteen hours. It ■' recommenced at 4 o’clock on the afternoon, of the 4tb and was kept up during the remain der of the day. The Piedmontese troops had bat few wounded, while the Austrians suffered considerably. The Austrians, on the 3rd, \ commenced a cannonade from Valensa without | much effect. Bulletin issued °n fc b e 4th, Bays that the Austrians have increased their forces at Vercelle and constructed defensive works. They have also occupied Trino and Fofillto, having their vanguard at Tronzauß. They withdrew last night from fortona, and yesterday burned seven arches of the bridge over the Piacenza.— The demolition of the houses erected on the fortifications have also been ordered. • A Hamburg telegram sayß that England has officially notified the government that she willnot be able to protect commercial vessels in case of a war between Germany and France. The London Globe’s Paris correspondent, says that Queen Victoria has sent an auto graph letter to the Emperor Napoleon, expressing confidence in bis strict honor, and that he would not go a step further than he assured her some months since. The London News looks for the first great battle to occur at Novi. A large portion of the French arnay had been unablo to cross the Alps, in consequence of the passes being blocked up with snow.— The portion that had succeeded in crossing suffered terribly. It is reported that Prince Napoleon will command a corps of 25,000 troops on the shores of the Adriatic. The Turin correspon dent of the London Daily News asserts positively that France is about to mobilize between seven and eight hundred thousand men, and that the French army on the Rhine will amount to five hundred thousand, as the Emperor fears that Germany will not keep quiet. The same correspondent also asserts that on the day the Emperor leaves Paris for the army, he will address a solemn manifesto, to Europe, espousing the cause of nationalities. The Paris Moniteur states that Austrian vessels in French porta, or those entering in ignorance of the war, are to have a delay of six weeks. It also states that the Emperor has deoided that Austrian subjects may oontinue to reside in France and the French colonies so long as their conduct furnishes no reason for oomplaint. Steamers are being chartered at Havre to convey stores and troops from Marseilles to Genoa. The Austrian ambassador, before quitting Paris, confided the protection of Austrian subjects to the Dutch ambassador. It was reported that the French government was endeavoring to secure the neutrality of Prussia, and had promised, on their side, not to form an army of observation on the Rhine, and that the war shall be confined to Italy.— The French subjects in Austria had placed themselves under the protection of the Span ish Minister. An Austrian corps of observation will be posted near Cracow to watch the Russians who were gathering on the Austrian frontier. The citizens of Milan had been ordered to deliver up all the arms in their possession. _ General Wamper has been entrusted with the defence of Trieste and the Illyrian coast. The Russian consul at Venice has under taken the protection of the Sardinian subjects in that country. The King of Sardinia had issued a decree giving a forced currency to the notes of the National Bank at Turin. The Bank has, moreover, authorized the issue of additional notes to the amount of six million francs, and engages to lend ; the Government 30,000,000 francs at cent, per annum. THE LATEST NEWS Vienna, May 6th. The official Bulletin of Gen. Guilay reports that on Wednesday, he made a demonstration near Candia and Transinetti. Our side had twenty wounded near Comale. We have thrown a bridge over the Po river and the troops have crossed and fortified the end of the bridge. Yesterday on our railroad, near Verona, a train filled with troops came in collision with the ammunition wagons, some of which exploded, and 23 of the men were killed and 124 wounded. GREAT BRITAIN An election riot took place at Limerick.— The military were called out and fired on the mob, killing two and wounding five. At the Chester cup races, Seamington won, the American Prioress coraiDg in fourth.— Twenty-three horses ran. The Prince of Wales had embarked at Civita Vecchia on a British man-ofwar for* the Gibralter. The Duke of Leeds—not Sewes—is dead. It was said that Persiquy will certainly be the French ambassador to London. It was reported in the military circles that the Ministers of Great Britain intended to call out the whole militia and fifty new battalions to be added to the line. Lord Cowley reached London on Friday, and had a protracted interview with Malmes bury. „ THE EDITORS’ BOOK TABLE EDINBURG REVIEW FOR APRIL (American edition,) is rich in its contents, and more than uanally interesting. The first article, “ Female Industry,” gives a sketch of the labors and emoluments of Females in Great Britain, from the days of King Alfred, when the surplus womeu and girlsof England wero sold into slavery in Ireland, down to the present time, when under the factory and other sys* terns of labor, they are still scarcely less than slaves, many excellent suggestions are made for the improvement of their condition. “ Barth’s Discoveries in Africa” is elaborately reviewed, and the author pronounced among the first, If not tho very first of African travelers. “Dr. Trench on English Dictionaries” favors the proposed publication of a new Dictionary by tho London Philological Society, and criticises Noah Webster and other distinguished Lexicographers. The West Indies as they were and are” favors the British policy of Emancipation and Free Trade. Tho article on “Montenegro” gives a graphio account of that Mountain Country and its brave inhabitants who have so long withstood the attempt of the Tnrks to subju gate them. “Rifled Guns and Modern Tactics” shows the great strides which have been made in tho improvement of implements of war—tho Mlnie rifle carrying a ball with the greatest accuracy more than a mile, and Armstrong’s Ifled cannon carrying an 18 lb. ball, with no larger bore : han the old four ponnder, and with great accuracy, the Incredible distance of about five miles I “ Sir F. Palgrave’s Normandy and England,” “Major Hodson’b Life” in India, and a very interesting article on the political relations of “ Austria, France, and Italy,’’ to which countries all eyes are now turned with the most Intense anxiety, complete this very able number of the Review. Republished by Leonard Scott & Co., 54 Gold Street New York. Price, $3 a year, or $2 when taken with Blackwood’s Magazine or any of the other British Quarterlies repub lished by the same House. GOOEY’S LADY’S BOOK, for June, ends the fifty-eighth volume of this unequaled periodical—filled, as usual, with tho choicest gems of literature and splendidly embellished The July number will commence the fifty-ninth volume, aud our lady readers who do not yet take it Bhouid make up their minds to subscribe for it without delay. It is emphatically the Ladies’ own Book, and should be found in every parlor and on every centre table in the land. Terms, one copy for one year, $3; two copies for $5; three copies for $6; six copies for $lO. THE ROMANCE! AND NEW YORK LEISURE-HOUR COMPANION. —Published monthly by Herald & Co., No. 12 Ann Street, N. Y., at $1,50 per annum. We have received from the Publishers a specimen num ber of this new candidate for public favor, which is to be regularly commenced on the first of June. It is printed on the finest calendered paper, fall quarto size, with fancy colored cove., and embellished with numerous illustrative engravings. The Komancist will be a monthly Repertory of Novels, Tales, Essays, Hlatoriettea, Sketches, Anecdotes and Facetia of the most lively and entertaining character. It will also contain a regular publication of the Waverly Novels, making it altogether one of the most attractive publica tions of the day. THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL, for May, is on onr table—a little behind time owing to the indispo sition of the editor, Hon. Thomas H. Burr owes. It is a well filled number, and contains, among other interesting productions, a well written and able article on the Utility' of the Greek and Latin Languages In a Liberal Education, from tiie pen of our townsman, Hon. A. L. Hayes, CITY ISO COUNTY AFFAIRS. The New Basin.—Workmen have been employed for the last week la repairing the new Buio. which has not been in a-conditlon.to hold water since las*, dali when s leak occmredin tbe bottonr.r'The repairs;are under the direction of Josh Shea ft, E6qya.practical.and experienced Engineer of this City. The 'desk has been, excavated to the depth of aboot-thirty feet, and the water foaadtohave taken its coarse down the end and aidepfa rock laying several feet below Jhe bottonlof thH-baibf Into a cavern underneath, and from thence It took a southerly direction at an angle of about forty-fire degrees, apparently leading under the Philadelphia turnpike. A thick stone wall has been built at the month of the cavern, and thi g Is farther strengthened by strong inhere covered with plank,' which will prevent any farther escape of the water in that direction. The whole is now being tilled np with th 9 beat of materials, and will be so carefnlly stamped in and puddled as to prevent, we think, any troable with that portion of tha bottom of the Basin in the future. Should the weather prove favorable, it is thought the job will he finished, or nearly so, by the end of the present week. Military. —The Jackson Rifles, Copt. Hah bright commanding, paraded on Saturday evening and were inspected in Centre Square by Brigade Inspector Ahweg. They mustered eighty men; and looked and marched exceedingly well. The Lancaster Feneibles will celebrate their 8d Anniver. sary on Friday next by a full-dress parade, and target practice at the German Rifle Society’s Grounds near Wit mar’s Bridge. Several valoable prizes will be shot for. The Feneibles will also be inspected by 001. Amweg. They are growing stronger and more efficient every day, and are an institution.” of which Lancaster feels justly prond. A Beautiful Picture. —Passing along North Queen street the other day, .and taking a peep at the window in Heinitsh’s Picture Frame Establishment, we observed a beautiful picture, representing a bird scene, which is the prettiest sketch of the kind we have ever seen. A person looking at it would at once take it to be a first-class engraving, and would be greatly snprised if told that nothing but pen and ink were used in its production- Yet, such is the case, and Charles R. Frailey, Esq., the master Penman of this city, Is the artist We do not think Mr. F. baa his equal in many respects with the pen u this country. Appointment bt Governor Morgan.—Gov ernor Morgan, of the State of New York, has appointed A. H. Hood. Esq., of our city a Commissiener to take the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments of writ ing for the State of New York. Another Patent. —On Wednesday week, Mr. Robert J. Colvin, of this city received through Mr Stauffer, patent ageut, a patent for an “ improvement in convertible carriage shafts,” an invention by which the shafts of a carriage can be converted into a pole to attach two horses, and vice versa in a few minutes. A Splendid Supper. —The worthy host and hostess of the “ Relay House,” North Prince street, Lieut. Thomas Cox and Lady, gave a magnificent entertainment to the members of the Bar aud others, on Monday eveniDg of last week. The table fairly groaned with the abundance of “ good things” placed upon it, and we hazard nothing in saying that the guests did ample justice to the bountiful fare set before them. Excellent music enlivened the occasion, and every body present seemed to enjoy them' selves. Post Office Change. —Noah H. Zook, Esq., baa been appointed Postmaster at Sporting Hill, this county, vice John Metzler, resigned. The April Pickpockets Caged. —Our read ers will remember that on the first of April last, Mr. Seochrlst, of Manor, had his pocket picked in this city ot $l,OlO. No cine was ever obtained to lead to the lodentifl* cation of the thieves, although Mayor Sanderson has been in correspondence with the Chief of Police in Philadelphia for some time, in the hope of gaining some trace of the guilty parties. Wo now learn from a letter received by Mayor Sanderson, from Chief BulkLy, that the identical parties who robbed Mr. Seachrist have been sent to the •Massachusetts State Prison for similar performances in Worcester, Mass. Their names are Wm. Forepaugh, Philip Brummy. Wm. Daley, and Joseph and Alfred Riloy, all of Philadelphia. It seems that they had been following up a circus in that State, and being caught in the act of picklug pockets in a crowd, were arrested, plead guilty, and sen tenced, the first three to three years, and the Rileys to two years each in the State Prison. Brummy confessed -to having stolen or “ picked” the $l,OlO from the pocket of Mr. Seachrist, when himself Forepaugh, Daley, and one of the Rilevs left with their plunder, walked down the rail road some distance, where they divided the proceeds, and then took the cars. A man from Philadelphia named Kneass, who has been seen in this city on similar occasions, excited suspicion by his movements, and especially by lying about his business here at that time, saying he had been to Harrisburg with Deputy Marshal Jenkins, to assist in arresting a fugitive slave—a story which had no foundation in truth. The man now admits that he could have testified .to the facts admitted by Brummy in bh confession. This Kneass is sometimes employed as a detective” or “ stool-pigeon” by Ward constables in Philadelphia, but we think his conduct in this case was suspicions and would have justified bis arrest as a party implicated—else how could be have known the facts of the Seachrist robbery! The movements of Buch men ought to be closely watched.— Friday's Express. Toothache. —This disease can be cured by Dr. Keyser’s Toothache Remedy, prepared by him in bnrg, Pa., which is put in bottles aud sold at 25 cents each. It is an excellent medicine, when diluted, for spongy and tender gums, and is worth ten times its price to all who neod it. Sold here by C. A. Heinitsh. Keep out of Harm’s Way. —This is good advice to all persons at any time, but especially at a season of the year when coughs and colds harass the system, and which frequently lay the foundation of permauent disease of the lungs or some of the organs connected with resnira tion. To all afflicted in that way an early resort to the proper medicine will at once arrest the maladv and hinder the development of an incurable disease. Dr Keyaer’s Pec toral Cough Svrup. made by him at his medicine store, HO Wood street, Pittsburg. Pa., is such a medicine, and if it were resorted to at the commencement of a cough or influ enza, there would be fewer deaths from pulmonary con sumption. You c.-»n buy it at C. A. Hdimtsh’s, Lancaster. An Example Worthy of Imitation. —The Quincy Herald says that the German Repub licans of Massachusetts have issued an address to the people of the United States, commenting upon the recent action Black Republic can Legislature of that State, which put an amendment into the Constitution, depriving them of the right 10 vote, until they have been there seven years, in which they say : “ We citizens of German descent , will have nothing more to do with the Republican party —we will never more lend our help to elevate a party to power which tramples us under foot.” That’s the way to talk it- The Black Republicans have attempted to crush out the Germans in Massachusetts, and they .will attempt the same thing here if you give them the power. The Germans of Massachusetts, have acted wisely in leaving them, and the German voters of this State should profit by their example. Justices and Aldermen. —The following is a copy of a new law passed at the last session of the Legislature, and approved by the Gov ernor, which is of importance to Justices, Aldermen and Constables: AN ACT in reference to the Commissions of Justices of the Peace and Aldermen. Section 1. Bo it enacted, &c., That every person hereafter elected to the office of Jus tice of the Peace or Alderman, shall, within thirty days after the election, if he intends to accept said office, give notice thereof in writ ing 'to the Prothonotary of the Common Pleas of the proper county, who shall imme diately inform the Secretary of the Common wealth of said acceptance, and no commission shall issue until the Secretary of the Com monwealth has received the notice aforesaid. Section 2. That so much of an Aot of As sembly as requires constables to send copies of the returns of the election of Aldermen and Justices of the Peace to the Governor of the Commonwealth, is hereby repealed. Approved April 13th, A. D., 1859. WM. F. PACKER. A Brisk Business. —The number of pas senger trains arriving and departing daily from Harrisburg, is twenty four; eight of which are on the Pennsylvania Railroad, four on the Lebanon Valley Railroad, fonr on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, six on the Northern Central Railroad, and two on the Dauphin and Susquehanna Railroad—together with one emigrant train each way on the Pennsylvania Railroad. DEATH OF BARON HUMBOLDT. The venerable Baron Von Humboldt, the great German Naturalist and Philosopher, died at Berlin, in Prussia, on the 6th insfc., in the 90th year of his age. As a practical man of science, a traveller, an observer and elueidator of the phenomena of nature, a diplomatist, a practical philosopher, and a great writer, the Baron made a reputation which will outlive his own age, and be handed down to the latest posterity. Destructive Fire in Williamsport — Church Burnt. —Williamsport, Pa., May 17 —A destructive fire occurred here last night. The barn and farm building on Market street, belonging to Mr. J. L. Mussina, and occupied by Peter Wise as a liquor store, together with the adjoining storehouse and a number of other buildings, were burnt. The First Presbyterian Church (0. S.) was entirely destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $20,000, a portion of which is covered by insurance. ?T. L.UUIS OOKA&SPU.VDICNCICi Heavy Rains and High Waters—The Tnundxtion in the Smih—Market Revi w—Mnrt City Defalcations—Black -- Rcp'tbUcan Rule and Buifr—John Wise. jEronaut—HU Proposed Vouage Across the Country—Horace Qrtdey— ■Sad News from-Pike's Peak—Suffering in J-rwa—Land .... .Sales, t£c.-^ PjUtical—Goverswtent Lands in Kansas and Nebraska, cfc, t£c. . \ Sc. iLocis, Hay 16,1869. .' We have bad-very heavy rales in (be past week* which have extended Over the entire Western country, and the Missouri,'Mississippi and.lllinois rivers are rislngrapldly i all the way down, whilst the smaller jtribntaries are boom* -ing. ‘At.thls point, theriver is swelling rapidly, and Satur dayand yesterday gave employment] to large numbers of men in removing the freight from the levee—some of which was flooded before it could be removed. High water is looked for. We are pleased to state, bowuver, that’the floo&in the lower Mississippi i* subsiding, bat the recent rains may again cause more and still greater destruction of property—immense damage has already been sustained in the Sonth. The crevasse jnst below New Carthage Mississippi, flooded the plantation of Mr.' Joshua James] containing 1200 acres, on which there win be no crop raised this year. The Calcote plantation, containing 600 acres, adjoining the James plantation, is also inundated, and will produce no crop; also the plantations of Mr. John Perkins, containing 3,000 acres, which, last year, yielded 2.000 bales of cotton; Mrs. Evans’ plantation, containing 800 acres, twelve miles below Grand Golf, Missj; the plantation of 0. D. Hamilton, containing 500 acres; the plantation fli -H. M. Coffey, containing 300 acres; the plantation of C. A* Phearson, 1,20*> acres; the plantation of J. B. Thrasher, I,2ooacres; the plantation oMI. Ballard, 1,200 acres; the Woods plantation. 1.000 acres; the plantation of Mr. Joseph Davis, 2.500 acres; the plantation of Hon. Jeff. Davis, 700 acres; the plantation of E. J. Hoover, thirty-eight miles below Natchez; and the Palmyra plantation, 1,500 acres— are all so completely submerged as to be uncultivable this season. Iseqaena county, Miss., is almost entirely loan, dated, there being hardly 1,000 acres of land in the whole county that will be cultivated. Numerous other planta* tions are so injured by “ seepage ” water as to be unavail- able for a crop this year. 1 Receipts of produce at thia port are very light for the season of the year. Sales on 'Change Saturday, were— Hemp $ll2 to $120; Flour $7,25 to $7,50; Wheat $1,30 to $1,75; Corm 80 to 88c; Oats 67 to 70c; Whisky 29c; Pork mess, $16,50 to $l7; Potatoes 60 to 90c; Onions 60c; Hay $1 to $1,25 ; Dried Apples $2.25, Peaches $3,25 ; —Brooms $1,40 per dozen; White Beans $1,15; Coffee 12c; Butter from 8 to 22c for common country to prime Ohio ; Cheese 10c. We are enjoying flue growlug weather, and reports from all sections of the West give promise of a bountiful har vest. Thehealth of the city is most excellent. Our Black Republican city government is jast beglnlng to make itself notorious. A committee has been chosen by the city Council to examine the Books and Accounts ofthe different city officials, aud that "honest” party is now being 6hown up in the following order: Ist—City Marshal,a defaulter to about $2,200 1 2d—Deputy Marshal, a defaulter to about $2,500! 3d—Harbor Master acknowedges errors 0f5490! 4th—Register of Water Rates finds him.-elf be hind $756.50! sth—Auditor and Treasurer only $5OO short! This is as far as the investigating Committee has gone. “Honest” party! “Economical” administration! “ Peo ples "party! “ Protection to the city’s interest I” “Blair, Brown, Boernstein.A Co!” The People will get the wool oat of their eyes after while. The city council had under consideration the contested Beat of Wm 8. Nelson, on the ground that he was ineligi ble—he not having paid his tax as the ordinance required, and notwithstanding the tax coilecter of Mr. Nelson’s Ward, held, when he was elected, two tax bills against b im, for $5OO and upwards, and which he now holds, was admit ted to his seat on Saturday lost— against the requirements ofthelaw —by the votes of the Black Republican members.— What are we coming to ? Our laws are violated and tram pled under foot wherever Black Republicanism has the sway. How long will the honest and law-abiding people sanction such doctrines and sustain such a part; with their influence and votes ? For the sake of common human ity, wo hope their days of political treason and corruption are numbered. B. B. Stewart, Esq., ofStaunton, Virginia, who was Injured by the explosion of the Bt. Nicholas, died at the Gayoso House, Memphis, last Sunday. Ho was a son of Hon. A. H. Stewart, of Va., and, at the time of the disaster, was on b!a wuy to Louisiana to be married, Letters received In this city from Mr. John Wise, the iErooaut, ofyour city, announce his intention of visiting St. Louis next month with his monster Balloon,the "Nineteenth Century to make an experimental voyage across the coun try. Wo have long ago attracted Mr. Wise’s attention to St. Louis as a capital point for a series of Balloon ascen sions. Since which time we have had several JErenants, of much less experience and practical knowledge, who have nevertheless made grand ascensions, and at the Bame time made it pay well; and wo still think, with Mr. Wise’s repu tation an au JEronaut. he will receive a hearty welcome by our citizens. The Daily Herald, of this city has the follow ing notice in regard to Mr. Wise’s proposed visit: Mr. John Wise, the jEronaut.—We were shown a letter yesterday from Mr. John Wise, the celebrated and renown ed JSrouaut, of the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in which he states he has just completed his arrangements preparatory to a transcontinental voyage from St. Louis to the Atlantic seaboard, as a demonstrative experiment with his mammoth balloon, the “ Nineteenth Century ,” and ex pects to be in cmr city about the middle or latter p;irt of June. The balloon is sixty-eight feet In diameter, and will require fiom 60,000 to 80,000 cubic feet of gas to'inflate it. Should Mr. Wise succeed to his satisfaction in the con templated voyage across the country, of which we enter tain no doubt ho will, it is his intention to carry out his long cherished and favorite scheme of reronauting across the Atlantic ocean. Mr. Wise is regarded as one of the most, and indeed as the most practical and experienced JEronaut of the age. and, we believe, has made more suc cessful assensions than any other man now living. We are pleased to learn that he has selected our city for his starting point, and feel assured will find it the most convenient, as well as lucrative, of all others. Horace Greeley is now in the West. He left Chicago a few days ago for St. Joseph, Mo., and from thence will start for Pike’s Peak, Oregon and California. He will no doubt form a much hotter opini«>u of the Western people than he has horetoforeentertained, unless his foolishjand maddened prejudices have struck in so deep that common sense aud common honesty shall be altogether disregarded. We shall The Pike’s Peak fever has completely died out. We hear very little about it j ust now. Emigrants are daily return ing, aud many of them actually feel ashamed when they are spoken to about their trip. The Ss. Joseph Gazette has the fallowing from the mud holes of Pike’s Peak : We hear that a difficulty originated in Denver- City among some gentlemen concerning the character of infor mation written back of the gold; that charges of having opened, changed and forged letters were made, and that out of the matter a difficulty sprung in which John Scud der killed Col. Basset. Our information is not definite as yet, but we hope to be able to lay fuller facts before our readers to-morrow. We shall also give the report of a dis couraged party which turned back from the other side of Pert Kearny upon information elicited from returning miners. It will scarcely be credited when we tell your readers that the people iu many parts of lowa are actually suffer- 1 ing for the necessaries of life. Daring the early part of Spring, cattle died of starvation by scores throughout the State, there beiDg no grain to feed with; and that affairs are not a whit improved at this time may be learned by tbe-following picture of distress, from the Eddyville Com mercial : “ It is useless to deny or attempt to conceal the fact.— This region c-f the conntry is destitute of the necessaries of life. The stock of food for man aod beast Is about ex hausted. There is, perhaps, corn enough to feed those who are unable to buy Hour; but they have not the means to buy corn. It Is In the hands of a few persons, and they will only sell for the cash at a dollar a bushel. Not third of those who need to buy corn, have the dollar, or any means of getting it; for the money, like the corn, is out of the reach of the destitute. We are no panic maker; jbot of this we feel certain, and we speak advisedly, that in thirty days from this time, unless those who have a surplus agree to part with it. on time, at a fair price, it will bo dis tributed aud carried away by bands of desperate men, to feed their starving families, This sounds terribly ; but it is too near the truth, and men will not suffer their families to starve, when food can be procured by going and taking it. The following sales of land took place in the vicinity of Lexington, Mo,; Arthur Corder eo|d, recently, a tract of land in township 51 to D. J. A A. JV Waters, for $3,100. Samuel M. Banks sold, recently, 172 68 100 acres of land near Dover, to G. J. Bowman, for $7,838 90/"" Conrad Shumaker sold, on the 18th lost., 20 acres of land in Freedom township, to Frederick Swinehart, for $4OO. Christopher Hays sold, lately, to George R. Cowherd, 80 acres of land near Dover, for $2, 400. George R. Cowherd sold April 13tb, to Cave J. Klrtley, 80 acres of land near Waverly, for $2,400 The following sales of live e took took place in Kentucky last week : Two year olds sold in lots as large as seventy two, at from $l6O to $49, aDd privately at $l7O. Yearlings, from $llO to $O2, and privately at $l2O. Colts Just foaled, and those yet to cotqe, sold privately as high as $150; first class averaging $lOO. The fine prospect for grass made stock cattle sell well. The quantity sold was very indiffer. ent. Two year olds sold from $35 to $2O ; yearlings from $lO to $l3. Horses sold at high prices, ranging from $221 down. At the municipal election in St. Panl on Tuosday last, Col. A. D. Robertson (Dem.) was elected Mayor over H. J. Horn, (people)—the former receiving 1,755 votes, and the latter 1,509. The Democrats also elected their mnnicipal ticket in Ne braska City, N. T. The Democratic State Convention of lowa, convenes on the 23d of June, to-nominate a governor, Lient. Governor and three Judges of the Supreme Conrt. The Land Sales to be held'in Kansas and Nebraska in July, August and September, will embrace in the former 5,250,000, and in the latter 4,324,000 acres. The Chicago Post Office is claimed to be second only to that of New York in the amount of business done. It em ploys 02 clerks, 7 express mail agents and 3 route Agents. The Jackson monument at Now: Orleans, has now at tained the height of 70 feet, and 70 feet more are required to complete it, it calling for an additional ontl&y of $21,000. Yours, OLD GUARD. SPECIAL NOTICES. 45~PlUs I Piles ! I Piles MX What is ix ? How Cuam ? Thousands of persons have Piles'—suffer for years with the disease—yet few know what it Is, or how it is cured.— Every case of Piles, whether manifested in the form of ex ternal tumors, frequent bleedings, or in violent itebiog and irritation, depends essentially upon congestion of the ab dominal venous .circulation. This; produces the engorge ment, dilation of the veins, formation of tnmors, hemorrha ges, pain and suffering; and the disease can only be funda mentally cored by medicines which, taken internally, re lieve this abdominal venous congestion. Hence ointments, washes, and even injections, are so ineffectual HUMPHREYS’ HOMEOPATHIC PILE SPECIFIC, a simple sugar pill, taken two or three times per day, cores the disease by curing the condition,upon which the disease depends. Hundred have been cured by it, even of the most obstinate cases. All will be promptly benefited by it. Price, 50 cents a box. N. B.—A full set of Humphreys’ Homeopathic Specifics, with book of directions and 20 Remedies, in large 8 drachm vials,,and morocco case, $5; do. in plain cases, $4; family case of 15 boxes and book, $2. , j The Remedies, by the single box or foil case, sent to any address by mail or express, free of charge, on receipt of the 1 price. Address F. HUMPHREYS A CO-, #v Ho. 562 Broadway, New York. Sold in Lancaster by Kaufman £ Ccl, and by all Drug gists. j [may 24 2t 19 49" Great Inducement to Cuh Buyers. Housekeeper* will find it greatly to their advantage to porehkse CHINA. COMMON ‘WARES of TTNDALR <* MITCHELL, IMPORTERS, so. 707 OBISSSVf STRUT, ABOVE BIVSNTHI. PHI CAD EL PHI A , Who have a system of doing business peculiar to them- selves. They import their Wares direct from the best Manufacturers, and sell them in small quantities to the PARMER AND CITIZEN, just as cheap as they can be bought in large quantities at Wholesale by the Country Merchant. T. A M.’s customers have the double advantage of pur- chasing direct from the Importer, and of selecting from a very large and beautiful assortment, at' a saving of at least 25 per cent. Prof. Duvall’s Galvante OiL—The Great Rheumatic and Nenralgiao Remedy. SUFFERING HUMANITT READ THIS The undersigned takes thia method of informing the public generally that there is no medicine now offered to the public that is eqaal to DUVALL’S GALVAN 10 OIL In relieving suffering humanity. I was an observer of its effects in a friend of mine, who suffered almost everything from a neuralgic affection which resisted the best medical treatment in Centre eonnty. We' applied freely the Galvanic Oil to the painfnl part, and gave some inwardly, and in 20 minutes the patient was asleep, and when awakened was free from pain, and con tinned so. Thia is a positive, fact which I am willing to make good at any time. A ease of Felon was cured in nearly the same length of time. J. H. HANN. Centre Hill, Centre county, Pa. Hear what Mrs. Vaughn of DuncatisviUe says I have used the Galvanic Oil prepared by J. D. Stoneroad, of Lewistown, Pit., for a very painful disease myself and recommend it to others, and in every case found it to be one of the very best medicines for sore and painful dis eases. Relieves all palu in a few minutes. Every family should have it in the honse. Altoona, Blair county, July 3,1858. J. D. Stoneroad, Lewistown, Pa. Dear Sir —Mr. Wm. Turnbaugh has been suffering several year's from rheumatism, got so ill that his friends and relatives were sammooed to witness his death. I In duced his friends to try the virtue of your preparation— they did so, as the last resort; and, to their astonishment and joy, be began to improve, got better and better, and now, so far as I know, he is a hale and stoat man This is not the only case where the Galvanic Oil has surpassed human expectations. In every case where I UnVe recom mended the Oil, it has done what it promisee to do. Send ua another s2o’s worth. Yours truly. H. LEHEIt. For sale by ELY PARRY and DANIEL HEITSHU, Lan caster city—and by every couutry merchant in Lancaster county. Look out for the Mammoth Hand Bills Duvall’s Galvanic Oil relieves all pain in from 5 to 30 minutes. J. D. STONEKOD, Proprietor, Lewistown. Pa. A. F. HAZARD A CO. Agents, 508 Market 6t., Philadelphia. dec 28 ly 50] What the Press Say. ‘•Costae's” Exterminators are invaluable remedies for clearing bouses of all sorts of vermin. With all confidence we recommend them.— N. Y. Daily State Register. “ Costar’s ” Remedies for all domestic pests, such as Rats, Roaches, Bed Bugs, Ants, Fleas, Ac., are invaluable wo can speak from actual knowledge of their merits.— Druggists and Dealers should send their orders early, If they would secure a trade in them— Ac to York Journal. “ I shall Wfite something about your Exterminators, as I can do so with propriety. They are selling rapidly here and destroying all vermin.”— ld. "Banner, Ihyeite, Mo. “DEATH TO ALL VERMIN.” As Spring approaches, Ants and Roaches, From their holeH come out, And Mice and Ratb, In spite of Cats, Gaily skip about. Bed Duos bite You, in the night, As on the bed you slumber, While Insects crawl Thro’ chamber and hall, ] In squads without number. IT 18 TRULY WONDERFUL WITH WHAT CKR tainty, Rats, Roaches, Mlco, Moles, Ground Mice, Bad Bugs, Ants, Moths, Mosquitoes, Fleas, Insects on Animals, in short every species of Vermin, are utterly destroyed and exterminated by •‘COSTAR’S” RAT, ROACH, AO., EXTERMINATOR, “COSTAR'B” BED BUG EXTERMINATOR, “COSTAR’S” KLECTRIO POWDER. FOR INSECTS. Supplied direct, by mall, to any address in the United States, as follows: On receipt of $l,OO, a box of the Rat, Roach, Ac., Exter minator. On receipt of $2,00, a box of eaoh of the Rat, Roach, Ac , Exterminator and Electric Powders, (sent postage paid,) sufficient to destroy the vermin on any premises. Sold by Druggists and Dealers every where. “Costar’s” Principal Depot, 420 Broadway, N. Y. P. 3.—Circulars' terms, Ac., sent by mail on application Wholesale Agents for Pennsylvania: COSTAR’S BRANCH DEPOT, Northeast corner Fifth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, and Wholesale Dealers generally. mar 22 6t* 10 MARRIAGES On the 19th, at the residence of the bride’s father, by .Rev. Samuel Kepler, Mr. James W. Clarke, of Williams port, Pa., to Mias Mary Packer, eldest daughter ofGovernor Packer. On the 19th inst.. In Bt. Paul’s church, Columbia, by the Rev. Dr. Alexander McLeod, assisted by the Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, Charles J. Pusey to Rath Anna, daughter of the late William Atkins, all of Colombia. DEATHS May 20th, 1q this city, George W. iletzgor, in the 56th year of bis age. THE MARKETS. Puii.adzi.pqia, May 21. The Breadstuff* market was decidedly ••blue” this morn ing,under the advices by the City of Baltimore, and prices were very much depressed. Shipping brands of Flour were freely offered at $7 25 per barrel, a decline of 75 cents from the highest point, but t here were no buyers. The sales to the home trade are limited from this figure up to $9 for fancy lots, as in quality. Nothing doing in Rye Flour or Corn Meal, and prices are nominal. Grain—The receipts of Wheat are light, but the article is dull at a decline of 5(5)6 cents per bushel, from yester day’s quotations. Bales of 800 bushels good and prime Western Red at $i75@185, and White at $l9O. The millers have withdrawn from the market and refuse to pay these figures. Rye has declined and cannot be quoted over 95(5)96 cents. Corn is plenty aod exceedingly dull. Prime yellow 1b freely offered At 94@96 cents; a sale of 3000 bushels at 95 cents, and ODe lot at 93 cents; 700 bnsbols not prime, 6old at 93 cents—a decline of 3 cents per bushel, but there is no demand for it. Oats sells slowly at 57 cents per bushel. Accounts of Trust and Assigned Es- THE ACCOUNTS of the following named Estates have been exhibited and filed in the office of the Prothonotary of said court, to wit: Henry R. Mnsselman & Wife, Assigned Estate, by Levi Haber, Assignee. Simon R. Weaver & Wife, Assigned Estate,by Bamuel Weaver, Assignee. DanielDlndaman.it Wife, Assigned Estate, by L. J. Llndemnth, Assignee. Daniel Good it Wife, Assigned Estate, by Peter Good, Assignee. Joseph Hughes, Assigned Estate, by Joseph McClure, Assignee. _ John Nanman A Wife, Assigned Estate, by Peter Brubaker, Assignee. Martin Herr it Wife, Assigned Estate, by Jacob Hil debrand and John H. Miller, Assignees. Joseph C, Shenk it Wife, Assigned Estate, by George Martin, Assignee. Henry Gochlin, Assigned Estate, by Jonh Reinhold’ Assignee. Henrietta E. Llndemnth, under will of Dr. Abm. Bitner, Trust Estate, by Joseph Schock, Trustee. David Good A Wife, Assigned Estate, by A. B. Blxler, Assignee. Susanna Garber, under will of Philip Fulmer, Trust Estate, by Peter H. Gibble, Trustee. James C. Dunlap it Wife, Assigned Estate, by John Ecbteroach and John Kreider, Assignees. Christian Nolt A Wife, Trust Estate, by Abm. Nolt, Trustee. Christian F. Groff & Wife, Assigned Estate, by Daniel Mayer, surviving Assignee. Job Morris, Assigned Estate,by Isaac Sharp, Assignee. Charlotte Frank's Estate, by Jacob Geitner, Trustee of Lydia Thomas. Samuel Pennell, Assigned Estate, by James P&ttersoD, Assignee. Jacob L. Gross A Wife, Assigned Estate, by Abm. Ban man, Assignee. Abraham Shenk A Wife, Assigned Estate, by John S. Hostetler. Assignee. John W. Gross A Wife, Assigned Estate, by Martin Gross, Assignee. Samuel Kohr A Wife, Assigned Estate, by Jacob R. Hoffer and Martin B. Pelffer, Assignees. William Kirkpatrick, Trnst Estate, by Emanuel Schaef fer, Trustee of Charlotte E. A late Sarah Huffa&gle. Christian Umble A Wife, and Henry H. Umble, As signed Estate, by John Umble, Jr., Jacob Umble, Joseph Umble and Bamoel Blank, Assignees. Jacob Charles' Estate, by Jacob Seitz, Trustee. Notice Is hereby given to all persons interested in any of said Estates that the Conrt have appointed MONDAY, the 20th of JUNE, 1869, for the confirmation and allow ance of said Accounts, unless exceptions be filed or cause shown why said Accounts should not be allowed. „ Attest: . W. CARPENTER, Proth’y. Psoth’t'b Office, Lane., May 23,1859. may 25-4t-28 AND PLAY. BT TEZ BAED 07 TOWSZ HALL. [Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D., 1859, by Bennett A Co., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsyl vania.] Friend A., one night, received bis friends; And Mrs. B. and C. Asked Mr. A. if he would play Some pretty melody. He made reply, that hard he worked From dawn till dark each day, And he was willing thus to work, So that his wife might play. The wife eat down to play, and sang, “ God bless my hnsband dear! My lips are turned to songs of love When he with smiles is near.” •• My song at night shall from bis brow Drive ev’ry care away, And give his arm the strength to work, While I thos sing and play.” A glow was on the songstress’ cheek, Like tints of rosy dawn; Her tones were like the minstrel lark’s When heralding the'Morn. The song bad touched a tender chord Within the husband’s breast— He felt that he, for eueh a wife. Could work, and be more blest Than if she were a high-born dame, With wealth at her control, And yet no love within her heart, Nor “music in her soul.” Thus feeling, by the thought inspired, He gives his fancy wings, And words of truth, with music rife, To raptured ears bo rings. The song was one, by Bennett’s Bard, That told of Tower Hall; Of clothing for the millions made, And sold at prlcos small. The men, with faces bright in smiles, Enjoyed it with a zest; For they were wise and prudent men, In Bennett's clothing dressed. The ladies listened till the song • Of Tower Hall was o’er— . Then from .the. heart; to rosy Ups, There came a warm “Snoot* l l ' BENNETT A CO.’S TOWER HALL CLOTHING ZARB, 618 MARKET St., between Fifth Shd fttkth fttmt* South side, Philadelphia. _____ Proposals for iiatbeials for THE NAVY. . NaTt Department ) Bureau or Construction, Equipment, Ao., V May 19, 1859. j l SEALED PROPOSALS to famish materials for the navy for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1860, will be received at this bureau until 3 o’clock, p. m, of the 20th Jane next These proposals mast be endorsed “Proposal* for Materials far the Navy, Bureau of Construction, d 0.,” that they may be distinguished from other business letters. The materials and articles embraced in the classes named are particularly described In printed schedules, any of which will be furnished to such as desire to offer, on application to the commandants of the respective yards, or to the navy-agent nearest thereto, and those of all the yards upon application to this bureau. This division into classes being for the convenience of dealers In each, such portions will be famished as are actually required for bids. The commandant and navy-agent of each station will have a copy of the schedules of- the other yards, fbr exam ination only, from which it may-be Judged whether U will desirable to make application for them. Offers most be made for the wholo of the class at any yard npon one of the printed schedules, or In strict con formity therewith, or they will not be considered. The contract will be awarded totho lowest bona fide bid der who gives proper security for its fulfilment. The United States reserves the right to reject all the bids for any class, if deemed exorbitant. All aiticlee must be of the very best quality, to be de livered in good order, and in suitable Ivessels and packages, as the case may be, at the expense and risk of the con tractor, and in all respects subject to the inspection, measurement, count, weight, Ac., of the yard where re ceived, and to the entire satisfaction of the commandant thereof [april 6 6m 3s3f 12 Bidders are referred to the commandants of the respec tive yards for samples, Instructions, or particular descrip tion of the articles; and, all other things being equal, pre ference will be given to articles of American manufacture. Every offer, as required by the law of 10th August, 1846, must be accompanied by a written guarantee, the form of which is herewith given. Those only whose offers may be.accepted will be notified, and the contract will be forwarded as soon thereafter as practicable, which they will be required to execute within ten days after its receipt at the post office or navy agency named by them. Sureties in the full amount will be required to sign tho contract, and their responsibility certified to by-a United States district judge, United Btates district attorney, col lector, or navy-agent. As additional security, twenty per centum will be withheld from the amount of the bills nntil the contract shall have been completed; and eighty per centnm of each bill, approved In triplicate by the commandants of tho respective yards, will he paid by the navy-agent at the points of delivery within thirty days after its presentation to him. It is stipulated i:. the contract that, if default be made by the parties of the-firat part in delivering all or any of the articles mentioned in any class bid for in the contract, of the quality and at the time And places above provided, then, and in that case, the contractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay to the United States a sum of money not exceeding twice the amonnt of such claxs. wbicb may be recovered from time to time, according t • tho act of Con gress in that case provided, approved March 3, 1843 Class No. 6 to be delivered one-fourth part oh or before the 15th May, one-fourth part on or before the 20th July, one-fourth part by tho 20th September, and the remainder bv tho Ist December, 1860. Class 3, the whole by the 15»h May, iHtkl. The remaining clusses to l-u delivered one fourth part on nr before the Ist September next, one fourth port on or before Ist December n-xt. one-fourth part on or before the Ist April, and the remainder on or before tbt*3oth June. 1860, unless earlier required with a notice of twelve days, comprising at each delivery a due proportion of each article. CUss 10 and all following, If additional quantities of any of tho articles named therein are demauded, they are'to be furnished on like terms and conditions previous to the expiration of the fiscal year, upon receiving a notice of fifteen days from the bureau, the commandant of tho yard, or navy-agent. I. ,of -- —, in the Stat* of , hereby agree to furnish and deliver, in the re spective nAvy.yardß, all the articles named in the classes hereunto annexed, agreeably to the provisions of tho schedules therefor, and in confermity with the advertise ment of the Bureau of Construction, Ac., of the 19th of May, 1859. Should my offer bo accepted, I request to be addressed at , aod the contract sent to the navy-agent at ■ ,or to for signa ture and certificate. The schedule which the biddor encloses must be postpd to his offer, and each of thorn signed by him. Opposito each article in the schedule the prlco must besot, tho amouut carried out. tho aggregate footed up for each class, and the amount likewise written In words. The undersigned, In the State of ■■■■ hereby guaranty that in case the forogoing btd of ■ ■■■■■ for any of the clauses thurciu named bo accepted, bo or they will, within too days after the receipt or tho contract at the post office unuiKi; or navy-agent designated, execute the contract for the name, with good and sufficient sureties; and incase said ■ shall ftil to enter into contract as aforo* said, we guaranty to make goid the difference between the offer of the said —— and that which may be ac cepted. I hereby certify that the ahoye-namod ■ are known to me as men of property, and able to make good their guarantee. To be signed by tbo United States district jndge, United States district attorney, colleotor, or navy-agent. Thn following are the clasmee roqulrod at tho navy-yard 9 Class No. 3. White-oak promiscuous timber. No. 14. White-ash oars. No. 15. White oak staves and heading.— No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. No. 23. Lead, /Joe, and tiu. No. 25. Hardware. No. 27. Paints, oils, &c. No. 32. Leather. No. 33. Hose. No. 34. Brushes.— No. 37. Pitch, tar, rosin. No. 38. Tallow, soap, all. No. 39/ Ship chandlery. No. 40. Stationery. No. 41. Fire wood. CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS. Class No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. No. 23. Lead, zinc, and tin. No. 25. Hardware. No. 27. Paints, oils, Ac. No. 28. Flax canvas. No. 29. Cotton canvas.— No. 30. Flax and cotton twine. No. 32. Leather. No. 33. H 066. No. 34. Brashes. No. 35. Banting and dry goods. No. 37. Pitch, tar, ro3in. No. 38. Tallow, soap, oil. No. 39. Ship chandlery. No. 40. Stationery. No. 41. Fire wood. Class No. 6. Yellow pine plank stock logs. No. 10. White pine. No. 11. Ash, cypress, white-oak boat boards. No. 12. Black walnut, cherry, Ac. No. 13. Locust. No. 14. White-ash oars, hickory bars and butts. No. 15 White oak staves and heading. No. 16. Black spruce. No. 18. Lignumvitaj. No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. — No. 23. Lead, zinc, and tin No. 25. Hardware. No, 27. Paints, oils, Ac. No. 28. Flax canvas. No. 29. Cotton canvas. No. 30. Flax and cotton twine. No. 31. Glass.— No. 32. Leather. No. 33. Hose. No. 34. Brushes. No. 35. Bunting and dry goods. No. 37. Pitch, tar, rosin. No. 38. Tallow, soap, oil. No. 39. Ship chandlery. No. 40. Stationery. No. 41. Fire-wood. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Class No. 3. White-oak promisouons timber. Class No. 11. Asb, cypress, white-oak boat boards. No. 12. Black walnut, cherry. No. 14. White-ash oars and hickory\bars. No. 18. Lignuinvitte. No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. No. 23. Lead, zinc aDd tin. No. 25. Hardware.— No. 27. Paints, oils, Ac. No. 28. Flax canvas. 1 ' No. 29. Cotton canvas. No. 30. Flax and cotton twine. No. 31. Glass. No. 32. Leather. No. 83. Hobo, No. 34. Brashes. No. 35. Bunting and dry goods. No. 37. Pitch, tar, rosin. No. 38. Tallow, soap, oil. No. 39, Ship chandlery. No. 40. Stationery. WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Class No. 10. White pine. No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. No. 23kLead, zinc, and tin. No. 24. Pig iron. No. 25. Hardware. No. 27. Paints and oils.— No. 31. Glass. No. 32. Leather. No. 38. Tallow, soap, oil. No. 39. Ship chandlery. No. 43. Tank and galley iron.— No. 44. Chain iron. No. 45. Ingot copper. No. 47. Bel lows. No. 48. Poles. GOSPORT, VIRGINIA. Class No. 16. Black spruce. No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. No. 23. Lead, zinc, and tin. No. 25. Hardware. No. 27. Paints, oils, Ac. No. 28. Flax canvas. No. 29. Cotton canvas. No. 30. Flax and cottoa twine.— No. 31. Glass. No. 32. Leather. No. 33. Hose. No. 34. Brushes. No. 35. Bunting aod dry goods. No. 37. Pitch, tar, rosin. No. 38. Tallow, soap and oil. No. 39. Bhip ehandlery. N 0.40. Stationery. WARRINGTON, FLORIDA. Class No. 10. White pine. No. 12. Black walnut, cherry, Ac. No. 15. White-oak staves aod beading. No. 21. Iron. No. 22. Spikes and nails. No. 23. Lead, zinc, and tin. No. 25. Hardware. No. 27. Paints, oils, Ac. No. 29. Cotton canvas. No. 30. Flax and cotton twine. No. 31. Glass No. 32. Leather. No. 33. Hose. No. 34. Brushes. No. 35. Bunting and dry goods No. 37. Pitch, tar, rosin. No. 38. Tallow, soap, oLL No. 39. Ship chandlery. No. 40. Sta tionery. [may 24 4t 19 / 'I ROVER A BAKER’S CELEBRATED Jr FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. NEW STYLES—PRICES PROMS 5 0 TO $ 126 . ZXTOA CHAEOE OP $5 FOB HZMMZRI. 730 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 495 Broadway, 2V. York. Agencies In all principal Cities and Towns in the U. S. These Machines sew from two spools, as purchased from the store, requiring do re-winding of thread; they Hem, Fell, Gather aud Stitch In a superior style, finishing each seam by their own operation, without recourse to the band needle, as is required by other machines. They will do better and cheaper sewing than a seamstress can, even if Bbo works for one cent an hour, and are, unquestionably, the best Machines in the market for family sewing, on ac count of their simplicity, durability, ease of management, and adaptation to all varieties of family sewing—executing eitbor heavy or fine wo. k with equal facility, and without special odjQßtment. As evidence of the unquestioned superiority of their Ma chines, the Grover A Baker Sewing Machine Company beg leave to respectfully refer to the following “Having had one of Grover A Baker’s Machines In my family for nearly a year and a half, I take pleasure In com mending it as every way reliable for the purpose for which It Is designed—Family Sewing.”— Mrt. Joshua Leavitt, wife of Rev. Dr. Leavitt, Editor of iV. Y. Independent. “I am delighted with your Sewing Machine, which has been in my family for many months. It bas always been ready for duty, requiring no adjustment, and Is easily adapted to every variety of family sewing, by ‘simply changing the spools of thread.”— Mrt. Elisabeth Strickland, wife of Rev Dr. Strickland, Editor New York Christian Advocate. •‘After trying several dlflorentgood maebinos, I preferred yonrs, on account of its simplicity, aud the perfect ease with which it is managed, as well as the strength and du rability of the seam. After loDg experience, I feel compe tent to speak in this manner, and to confidently recommend it for every variety of family sewing.”— Mrt. E. JJ. Spooner , wife of the Editor of Brooklyn Star. *‘l have used a Grover A Baker Sewing Machine fur two years, and have found it adapted to all kinds of family sewing, from Cambric to Broadcloth. Garments have been worn oat without the giving way of a stltcb. The Machine Is easily kept in order, aod easily used.”— Mrs. A. B. Whip• pie, wife of Rev. Geo. Whipple, New York. “Your Sewing Machine bas been in nse in my family the past two years, and the ladies request me to give yon their testimonials to its perfect adaptedness, os well as labor saving qualities in the performance of family and house hold sewing.” —Robert Boorman , New York. “For several months we have used Grover A Baker’s Sewing Machine, aud have core to the conclusion that every lady who desires her sowing beautifully and quickly done, would be most fortunate in possessing ODe of these reliable aod indefatigable ‘iron, needle women,’ whose com bined qualities of beauty, strength, and simplicity, are In valuable.”—TT Morris, daughter of Gen. Geo. P. Morris , Editor of the Home Journal. Extract of a letter from Thos. R. Leavitt, Esq., an Amer ican gentleman, now resident iu New Sooth Wales, dated January 12,1858: “I bad a tent mndo In Melbourne, in 1853, In which there were ovor three thousand yards of sewlDg done with one of Grover A Baker's Machines, and a single seam of that has ontstood ail the double seams sewed by sailors with a needle and twine.” • , k , “If Homer could be called np from hiß murky hades, he would ring tho advent of Grover A Baker as a more benig nant miracle of art than was ever Yulcan’a smithy* He would denounce midnight shirt-making as ’the dtrvfal spring of woes unnumbered.’”—/ > rqf. AortA. ••I take pleasure iu saying that the Grvrer A Baker Sew .]ng Machines have more than sustained my expectation.— After trying and returning have three of them fn operation In my different place*, and. after Tout .year*’ trials have no fault to Qml ”-—J. /f, ffatonvewS, ■Senator bt&n/fk Carolina, ■ “My.wlfo has had one of Grover A BaVern VatoTtydewing Machines for some time* and \ am fchtwfied ftffe the best labor-eating machines that has been Invented, i fake much pleasure m'recomvneudfug ft to the iphbTle. — o. Harris, Governor <f “It Is a beaulifoi thing, and nnti CVet\-bodyritrth kh ex citement ofgood hnvnor. were lhvkthbHb,iwhttttWfftytst upon Salute GtoVet end B&er hhVth* fcfi In of Ihtdr good deeds tor trothfcfclty.”— Outto* A tftay.. \ v L ~ .. *'l think it hy 7HV'the beri toktotit to nto. can h* *d\ptodtVoWi the hWftrt to cks eimere. dt veto tovtW.trttfl I nn* ran wnufltfn, Yf.tn'ftfo 'Wrt pfe V&Uhtoa.TtibMy eonldnct G. ffr&atn, -JVtftfceftte, ‘ftnn. " Form of Offer. Signature. A B. Fbrm of Guarantee. Signatures of two guuraulorH. C IX E Y. Signature. O H. KITTERY. MAINE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. TESTIMONIALS.
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