~l~e attics#et ntctli mCr GICO.„SA-NDE EDJ-1 3 0 A. SANDERSON. A RSON, m:Ha:ate.4. LANCABTWRA,;,' JANUARY 3,1E60 cum lIL4TION,. S (WO COPIES 802180012120 v PROOF, $2,00 peg*ni -' am. TO n hiI...OOOILAC4O . IP CITY dD 00117111 TY OirLANOVITEO.... In accordance with the resolution of the County Com mittee, adopted at their meeting on the 17th inst., you are requested to assemble in the several Wards of the City, and Boroughs and Townships of the County, on SATUR, ---DA - 4,-the3tli3ay of TANUARY,IBBO, then and there to elect not leas than THREE nor more than FINE Delegates to represent such District in a general County Convention, to beheld on WEDNESDAY, the 11th day of JANUARY, :1894 am o'clock; A. lid, at Fulton Hall,—in the City of TAR'ester, for the purpose of electing Six. Delegates to represent : the Democracy of the , County of Lancaster in the annual State Convention, to be held in the City of - IltsallagonfiVednesday, February 29th1880. The several Ward, Borough and. Township Committees are _requested to4lVe early notice in their respective Dis- tripEs, - of.the time and plide ..of meeting, for the election of delegate/1. In accordance with the established usage of the party, ~the several Districts will each nominate one person to serve on the County Committee for the ensuing political year, and alsO nominate their Ward, Borough and Township Committee to serve for the same time, and place their names on their respective, credeotials to the ensiling 'ounty Convention. BY order of the County Committee. H. B. SWAB.R, Chairman. Lancaster, December 20th, 1859. THANKS.-Our thanks are due to N. B. BROWNE, Esq., P. M. at Philadelphia, for an early copy of the President's Message. FROM WASHINGTON No organization yet of the House of Rep resentatives—at- least there was no Speaker elected at the time our paper went to press on yesterday afternoon. THE DELEGATE ELECTIONS The Democratic Delegate Elections will take place throughout the county on Saturday next. The delegates then elected will meet in. this City, on the following Wednesday, for the purpose of electing six delegates to repre• sent \ the County in the State Convention, which It'll() assemble at Reading, on the 29th of February, to nominate a candidate for Governor and appoint delegates to the ensu ing National Convention. We hope our Democratic friends throughout the county will give these primary elections all proper atten tion, and elect such men in the different wards, boroughs and townships as will faithfully carry out their wishes in the County Conven tion. We hope also to see a spirit of union and harmony prevail in the Convention, and that whatever differences of opinion may exist in the public mind in reference to men or measures, all will be willing to join heart and hand in furthering the glorious cause of Democracy. Come weal or come woe, let us as one man firmly resolve to keep the old flag, which has encouraged our hearts in so many hard fought battle fields, still flying aloft, and let our watch-word be, "every thing for the cause and nothing for men." THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE This highly important State paper was communicated to Congress on Monday the 26th ult., and was immediately read in the Senate. The "Louie not being organized, it was not read in that body, nor will it be, we suppose, until a Speaker is elected. The Message is a plain, straight forward, business like document—discussing with'grtat ability and fairness all the leading quelties, foreign and domestic—and should be cartely read by every well-wisher of his country: As usual, the Opposition press are taking excep tiotis to some of the President's arguments and recommendations, but this is their voca tion. The masses of the people will give him credit for the candid and -practical manner in which he has met the issues of the day. We also, in addition to the Message, give a synopsis of the Department Reports, which will be. found highly interesting. THE STATE LEGISLATURE The State Legislature meets at Ihrrieburg to-day. ,As the opponents of the Democratic party have a large majority in each braneh, no delay in the organization need be anticipa ted, and the Governor's Message will doubtless be sent in to-morrow at noon. The candidates for Speaker of the ; Senate are Gen. SITAEFFER, of tills city, Mr. GREGG, of Centre, and Mr. PALMER, of Schuylkill. The chances are in favor of Gen. S., who has great personal popularity among the members. For Speaker of the House, Mr. LAWRENCE, of Dauphin, appears to be the prominent candi date. For the Clerkships and subordinate offices there are a host of candidates of all shades o opposition to the Democratic party. THE REAL ISSUE The true issue involved in the next Presi dential contest is becoming plainer day by day. It is NOT in regard to slavery in the Territories ; tn. there is not now an inch of territory belonging to the United States open to contro versy as to its status on the slavery question. It is, and will be, simply an issue as to inter ference or non-interference with slavery in t the States where it now exists. The Republican leaders, when pressed to the point, deny any intention of interfering with slavery in the States—but who that has any opportunity of know,4ig the truth is not aware that these leaders are guilty of false hood. That most of the Republican papers did sympathise with John Brown, and secretly regretted the failure of his Harper's Ferry expedition, is a fact which none of them will have the assurance to deny. Many of them called his conduct " foolish," " crazy," &c., „but their lingering regret at his want of suc -4,,, oess was too palpable to be concealed. In fact, the teachings of the Republican leaders tend irresistibly to interference with the domestic institutions of the slave holding States. This truth will be made plain as the noon day sun befure the Presidential campaign closes. For. the present, we merely wish to-draw attention to the following fundamental princi ples enunciated by Theodore Parker in a long communication, to which the New York Tri bune gives a conspicuous place without a word of dissent. After this tacit endorsement by the Tribune of Parker's doctrine, who will deny that the Republican party would here -after be more appropriately known as the " JOHN BROWN PARTY 1" " L A MAN HELD AGAINST HI9 WILL AS A SLAVE HAS A NATURAL RIGHT TO KILL EVERY ONE WHO SEEKS TO PREVENT HIS ENJOYMENT OF LIBERTY. "2. IT MAY BE A NATURAL DUTY OF THE SLAVE TO DEVELOP THIS NATURAL RIGHT IN A PRACTICAL MANNER, AND ACTUALLY KILL ALL THOSE WHO SEEK TO PREVENT HIS ENJOYMENT OF LIBERTY. " 3. THE FREEMAN lIAS A NATURAL RIGHT TO HELP THE SLAVES RECOVER THEIR LIBERTY, AND IN, THAT ENTERPRISE TO DO FOR THEM ALL WHICH THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO FOR THEMSELVES. "4. IT MAY BE A NATURAL DUTY FOR THE FREEMAN TO HELP THE SLAVES TO THE ENJOY MENT OF THEIR LIBERTY, AND AS MEANS TO THAT END; TO • AID THEM IN KILLING' ALL SUCH AS _OPPOSE THEIR NATURAL FREEDOM." FOB. lIRCKINRIDGE The 2Egis, a spirited and able Democratic paper, published at Bel Air, Md., raises the natiies of _ ' JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE to its MEGA head„Tas its choice for the Presidency, and ancOipanies the act with a strong and well wiitten article in favor of his nomination. ,33:,is strongly entrenched in the hearts ^• of the people, and his ohanees for the Charles ton nomination are 'daily strengthening. - - CIII.I3I7IFISTARGES -ALTER- CASES. When the troubles in Kansas were being; promoted by abolition demagogues for pplitical effect, and when outrages were • being coin-1 mitted through the bad feeling between Noithein emigrants - and pro-slavery men, caused mainly by thejnsulting and offensively officious intermeddling of the Repubnean leaders with the affairs of the Territory, every! wrong act of the-pro-slavery - inen, thus pro-1 yoked, was charged . .by the Republicans upon the Democratic party. That party was held responsible for everything said or done by any of those men, whether those men were Demo ! crate or not. This, says the New Haven ! Register, was the only electioneering staple the Republicans had in 1856, and so industri ously did they work up the material, that they came near electing Fremont. The - churches - of the North were turned into Arsenals for the furnishing of Sharpe's rifles, and men were sent by the Emigrant Aid Society to shoulder them; and while , every appliance was resorted to to keep up the ferment, and old Brown and others were carrying the war over the slave border into Missouri, they at- tempted to saddle the Democratic party with the acts of their pro slavery opponents. But how is it now—when a band of " republican philanthropists," as they call themselves, are taken with arms in their hands, murdering peaceable citizens of Virginia, and inciting the slaves to rise and cht the throats of their masters? how quickly the tune is cbanged 7 — and how different a view do they take of party responsibility for the acts of individual mem -._ bers I There is this difference, too, in the cases. While such acts of the pro-slavery men in Kansas, as were , criminal, were vigor ously condemned by the Democratic party, there is abundant evidence not only that the Harper's Ferry outbreak is traceable, with fearful distinctness, to the doctrines of Repub• licanism, as enunciated by their most popular presses and speakeis, but that prominent members of their party were actually accessory to the furnishing of arms, and the " sinews of war." With whakt face, then, can they object to being hald responsible for the attempt to incite insurrection in Virginia, while they owe what little vitality the party has at this present hour to charging the wrongs of " bleed ing Kansas" upon Democrats? The inquiry is a pertinent one. PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF CONSER- EZ32110 We copy the following letter, says the Penn sylvanian, from a gentleman favorably known in the community —addressed to the People's Party Convention in this city—as a worthy and practical evidence of true conservatism. It may he regarded as one of the results of the late Union demonstration in this city ; and the bold candor with which Mr. Lewis recognizes the nationality of the Democratic party, appeals to thousands of others who have heretofore acted with him, and like him venerate the immortal Clay, and appreciate now what that great statesman felt when, in his memorable speech at Frankfort, November 16, 1850, he said : " I have had great hopes and confidence in the principles of the Whig party, as being most likely to conduce to the honor, the prosperity and the glory of my country ; but if it is to be merged into a con temptible Abolition party, and if Abolitionism is to be engrafted on the Whig creed, that moment I renounce the party and cease to be a Whig." Mr. Lewis says: PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16. 1859. To the President and Members of the Peo pie's Convention:—Gentlemen:—Having been elected a delegate to your Convention, I feel it my duty to decline taking my seat in the same. From my boyhood I was taught to love the " Whig party," and I was a firm and ardent supporter of its principles, because they wore National. Oa the dissolution of that great party, I became an enthusiastic adherent of what I considered the next best political organization, the " American." This also has ceased to exist, and its members, gener ally, have joined a party called " Republican," now rallying under the name of " People's." In view of the fact recently shown by its leaders and Journals, that this reople's party," is rapidly becoming "Abolitionized," and therefore sectional, I conceive it to be my duty, as a national man, to enrol myself in the ranks of the only party left—the Demo. cratic. Intending to attach myself to such, under these circumstances I cannot conscientiously take my seat with you, but feel it equally my duty to give frankly my reasons. I am, very respectfully, yours. W3t. D. LEWIS, J. AN INDEX OF PUBLIC OPINION Below we publish a letter to the editor of the Pennsylvanian, from the pen of a prominent citizen of Philadelphia. Mr. 111.r.LLoN is some what advanced in years—a retired merchant in affluent circumstances—and is well known as ari active and enterprising Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Ho be longed to the old Whig party, but cannot consent to be transferred to the "Abolition iSts," and. has, therefore, attached himself•to the great National Democratic party. The letter is short and pointed, and coming as it does from a gentleman who is no office seeker, and who would not accept ono if it was ten dered him, will be rend with interest: To the Editor of the Pennsylvanian. DEAR SlR:—Believing that the Democratic is now the only National and Constitutional party in our country, and that your paper is the most conservative published in this city, and as my old Whig paper has become Aboli tionist, (in disguise,) I wish to subscribe to your paper, and also for three copies of your weekly for my country relations. We have only to let the South alone, and not meddle with our neighbors' affairs, mind our own business, and all will be well again between the North and the South. Yours, &0., THoNAB MELLON, 716 Spruce street PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29, 1859. GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK One of the worst fires known in New York since 1845, occurred in that city on Thursday morning last, which destroyed a large amount of property on Beekman, Gold, Fulton and Ann streets. Some 15 or 20 buildings were destroyed or badly damaged, together with most of their contents, and ..the loss is esti. mated at $600,000. The Philadelphia Argus says: This conflagration is the third great fire which has taken place in New York within a quarter of a century. The first and great. esl of these fires broke out on the night of Dlember 16th, 1835. The wind blew strong ly from the north west, and the weather was so intensely cold that the firemen could hardly operate. Six hundred buildings, in the heart Of the business part of the city, were destroyed, involving a loss of $17,000,000. Before daylight on the morning of July 19, 1845, a fire broke out in a shop in New street. The flames extended to a large warehouse, stored with saltpetre. Three dreadful explo sions took place, killing many persons and spreading the flames in all directions. Two hundred buildings were destroyed, and thirty firemen were killed. The loss was $5,000, 000. EDITORIAL CHANGE.—Thomas W. Grayson, Esq., who for the last twenty years has ably conducted the editorial department of the Washington (Pa.) Examiner, the organ of the Democracy in that county, has retired from that post, and given place to JOHN R. DONE /100, Esq., by whom it will hereafter be con ducted. Mr. D. is said to be a young gentleman of ability as a writer, and we cordially welcome him into the ranks, of the editorial profession. Mr. Grayson has our kindest wishes for his _health and prosperity in his retirement. OFFICIAL - IMPORTS. TDB TREASURY. The Secretary of the Treasury in his 'nor does not doubt that the receiptsof the Tres.Sur for the present and next fiscal years will .e fully equal to the estimates if the aPpro tions- made at the present session do not ex , eed the amount contained in the estimates. t is' believed that they can-be met with the ordina ry and extraordinary receipts already provided by law. The estimated balance that will be in; the Treasury on the 30th of Jtine nextitialy $3,530,000, and leaves no margin for addition al approprititions. "If, therefore, the appro priations should exceed the e:Litn.stes, or Congress should determine to provide wit. n this period for the payment of any p Jrtion . the public 'de.bt,•it will become necessary to make a provision fur Eu.;il - emtingences. If additional demands are created on the Treasury,; by:legislation iu the.present - Con ? gress, pro Vision• must be made to meet them by such an increase of tariff duties as may be required for that purpose. In such an event, he respectfully refers Congress to his last report as containing the views of the depart ment on that subject. As no provision has been made for the permanent redemption of any portion of the twenty . millions of Treasury notes; and as the authority for issuing them ends on the 30th of June next, it will be neces sary for Congress to extend the law for that purpose for another period. THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT The Postmaster. General gives an interest ing account of the affairs of the Department. He advocates various reforms, and trusts that Congress will either give its sanction to the specific contract for carrying the mails between Portland and New Orleans by voting the necessary appropriation, or else that it will indicate for the Department such a course of adMinistration as shall warrant it in closing some- one of .the proposals which have been received and which are now held under ad visement. He =Urges action.. so as to secure suitable post offices- for New York and Philadelphia. He recommends the repeal of the clause-of the act of 1858, which declares that in for warding the mails to foreign countries, the preferPnce shall be given to an American over a foreign steamship, when departing from the same port for the same destination within three days of each other. Dispatch is the highest element in the mission of this depart ment, and hence that legislation which pro vides fur retarding instead of accelerating the mails may be safely pronounced at least extraordinary in its character. The Post Office Department, according to the theory of its organization, should be self sustaining, and because of the peculiar character of its functions should not be a charge on the com mon treasury. The Postmaster General advo cates the abolition of the franking privilege, and the substitution of pre payment by stamps, when its abuses would fall where they belong, on the Government officials by whom they were perpetrated. THE NAVAL, DEPARTMENT. The Secretary of the Navy, speaking of the successful termination of the Paraguay Ex pedition, says, that the cost of maintaining the seven purchased vessels in commission was not much greater than that of maintain ing a single steam frigate, and that their acquisition has enabled the Department to adopt more efficient measures for the suppres sion of the African slave trade. Since the commencement of the present Administration twenty steam vessels have been added to the Navy. He renews the recommendation to still further increase the Navy, and instead of perpetuating old vessels or expending millions in constructing a few large ships, it is earnestly recommended to prosecute with vigor the line of policy which has been adopt ed by Congress, and 4_dd a much larger num ber of steamships, which can be maintained at comparatively small cost. He says that it is a source of extreme regret and mortification that we now, at times, are obliged to sit by passively and see in some foreign countries American citizens imprison ed, plundered and murdered, because the Executive has not the means to protect them. He urges an increase in the Marine, Medical and Purser's Departments. He narrates the operations of the various squadrons during the last year. The Depart ment, in May, last, made a conditional contract with the Chiriqui Improvement Company, and Ambrose W. Thompson, for the purpose of securing a very valuable transit, depot and naval station, and coal privileges, in the Province of Chiriqui, with a harbor un the Atlantic and another on the Pacific side. It is for Congress to make an appropriation of $300,000. TUE WAR DEPARTMENT The Secretary of War says of the army : Of nearly seventeen thousand five hundred men, not more than eleven thousand are tivottabio £o. avti.c oct v trixo that they are scattered over an area of three millions of square miles. He hopes to make such an alteration in the disposition of the troops next season as will prevent any future repetitiOn of the outrages on the Southern and Mexican border. lle recommends the enlistment of men for a mounted corps, for six months, beginning in May. In actual battle with the Indians success is more owing to individualTrowess, skill in arms and horse manship, than to discipline. In point of economy great advantages accrue to the country. He recommends a provision fur retiring disabled and infirm officers, as a measure fur increasing the efficiency of the army. It is not deemed ad visable to'proceed in the manufacture of rifled cannon beyond those wanted for experimental purposes. He speaks favorably of breech loading arms. The Secretary says it does not appear necessary to request any consider able appropriations for additional masonry work for the fortifications ; such as are not strong enough to offer a good defense, against shipping, may, when the emergency arises, be re inbreed at a small expense with earthen batteries, properly combined with them for mutual support, and of such extent as to give an aggregate armament of sufficient power. The army of Utah remains inactive, and stands in the attitude of a menacing force toward a conquered and sullen people. He is satisfied that the preservation of right and justice through the means of any Jurispru dence known or recognized by the people of the United States is impossible in that Terri tory. There is, in the present attitude of affairs, scarcely any necessity for the presence of troops there, and they will be otherwise disposed of during the coming season. The above named Secretaries show wherein they have largely reduced the expenditures and estimate as compared with previous years. THE DEPARTMENT OF TUE INTERIOR The Secretary of the Interior says that during the five quarters ending in September, the sales of lands have yielded over $2,807,- 000, and 3,617,000 acres have been located with bounty warrants. Among the several recommendations is one, that a law be passed, in a spirit of liberality to settlers on unoffcred lands, allowing to each two years from the. date of filing his leclaratory statement, with in which to make his proof and p.y for his land ; and at the same time making it incum bent upon the President to offer for public sale, by proclamation, all lands that may have been surveyed by the authority of Con gress at any time within two years after the plates of survey' have been approved. Ile also suggests a manner to prevent frauds. All things Considered, our relations with the various Indian tribes continued during the past year in a satisfactory condition. He regrets to add that official documents furnish sufficient evidence to justify the belief that the most atrocious cases of murder and rapine, charged to the account of the Indians, have been, in reality, committed by white men wearing the disguise of Indians. Meas ures have been taken for the amelioration of the Indians. The policy .now is to gather them on small tribal reservations. The necessary expenses which will be incurred for the census will require the ap propriation of at least $1,000,000. It is believed both wise and just to confine the purchase and distribution at the Agricul tural Office to such varieties of plants, seeds, cuttings, eto., as have not already been intro duced into the country. He recommends an appropriation to provide for permanent and convenient accommoda tions for the Courts of the United States in New York, in Burton's Theatre building, Chambers street. GIIBERNATORIAL.-A large number of the ortizens of Washington county have addressed a communication to Col. WILLIAM HOPKINS, of Washington, requesting permission to bring h is name before the State Contention for, the Gubernatorial nomination. He has acceded to their request. Col. H. is an honest, intelli gent and upright citizen—a sound and con servative Democrat—and would make a capital Governor. AND couriTy ' 1 he following. tr.:Hracts from a patriotic r CITY DRLEGATE MEartrzcs.—The Democra.. 2 . , T of um N. W. W ar d will meet at s hohet t, Hotel , N ort h ! 1 ter written by Senator . Bigler to a friend in Queen street ,- on Saturday eveningnext, the 70s inst., ;Th alelphia have found their way into print: hettreen the hours of 6% mid 8 o'clock, far the t iargoa. Pa i ~ NV AsOIINGTON..pI D., Dec. 19th,. 1.859....-. electing, five delegates to the county,Covorentlon to Meet I M DEAR SIR : *I '-x" - * YOSil have my OD Wednesday, the llth inst. The Democrats or the N. E. Wird will:Meat 'al Fear's 1 -al3n s-for a . py_ of gteiseDnion Meeting, held preceedings - of the at:Jayne's H al l._ : on Coe th nota„ East Chesnut street. for the acme purpose. a o the the 7th instant. Lhave read theta: through name etetteg, between the " v ' elvmte- "•• " -- t -with emotions of delight. Row gladly I Should . ..The Democrats of the A. W. plaid will gmentlit Pitapat, ~.a ,,- -- PartielPatett-M; thetn; - but 1.- - - con Id -• not; risk's it del. South Queen streta, for the stime purpose, on i '._ V the same evening, between the same hours i Nothin c . ould have been more befitting than . - the e nciation of such patriotic sentiments, The Democrats of the S. E. Ward will meet at Witlinger's I . '4l nee of the Constitution and Union, BO Hotel. South Qp h an and Fine streets, for the same purpose ~I ' I la sta the sacred spot lwhere both were formed. on the same evening , between the same hours. ' I n BY ORDER OF TUE WARD C0315/11TTRES. I as opening the fire on fanatics and trai :.. ... . . .. - . ..,„.-... .... r .,- - ..,..- re, from the rightbattery, andll hope this .S,g.BENTATI/IN To FIREMEN. —airs. IJ. AL assault on them may be followed up by other DAHL, of this city, through CRpt HENRY BLIGGENHD Northern communities until the demon of . madea Christmas present to Washington Fire Company, ;sectionalism is driven from the land. ....40:4.,wtileh is decidedly i one of the moat ae h eefxble . ,g,iffs .. Yon can hardly igine how the manifesto, - we have ever seen. - It is a table cover. made of silk, and ions of svmpathY with that wretched man is of what is called Chinese work. It la natresd the "Wash' t , , - ive, , , unded and i bittered the feel '-Father Table Cover,'" and several scenes in the life of the ..!" rown i n , w .' , ~ Snuthern men. They are heartily “Father of his Country" are neaay wrought in needle loge (-/ work. Amon , ot disgusted with such ekhibitions of a deprayed h r scenes are his "Entrance into Boston e," and id. 'di/sorption by theladiet3 of Trenton," The whole popular taste, and I think justly so. Browy, cover is wortjed in most beautitul style, and the ingenuity by the showing of his own party organ, in and taste displayed in getting it up inflect the highest Kansas, the Herald of Freedom, was a man of • credit upon Sirs. B. It must hsve cost a vast amount of infamous practices; one who sowed dissensions patience and labor. Th e gift is highly prized by the mem- amongst his neighbors—who counselled dig- bees of the Washington, and the handiwork of the fair obedience to law, and resistance tee its officers; donor has been assigned a conspicuous place in the Com- who advised the use , of the rifle, the revolver patsy's Hall, North Queen street. ' and the bowie knife, rather than the ballot -A special meeting of the Company was held on Thurs. box, in the settlement of political differences ; . day evening last, called to take action in reference to this who more than once, participated in the mur gift, and the Secretary has handed us the following pro ceedings thereof: der of white men mid the larceny of negroes and horses—who, in 1857, solemnly pledged str.Ensa or WASHINGTON FARR COITPANT, No. 4.—The t i 1 imself, with others to take life just so often Company met specially, at 7 o'clock. on Thursday evening t December 29th, 1859. In the Absence of the President as might be necessary to prevent any man DANA GRAHAM, E.g., was called to the chair. TheChairtnan holding office under 'the -Lecompton Constitu etat,l the object of the meeting. Capt. llghav BLICEENS- • • DEEPER then, in a few remarks, in behalf of the donor, pre- the "Washingtin Table Cover," and also banded the non, in case of its 'acceptance by Congress •, and who, as we all know, afterwards devoted' letter of presentation, which accompanied the gilt, to the Secretary. A committee, consisting of Messrs. J. F. BENER, months of his time in collecting together the ALFRED SANDERSON and Hums' M. Wittig, appointed to 111085 brutal implements of warfare with which draft resolutions returning the thanks of the Company for the slaves, not familiar with firearms, were the gift. The Committee reported the following, which were unanimously adopted:' to murder their masters and mistresses, in case Resolved, That the thanks of Washington Fire Company, he succeeded in raising an insurrection in N 0.4. are cordially tendered 'Airs. D. IA Barn for, her ele gant Chriatruaa present, which she has very appropriately named the "Washington Table Cover.' The different Vic inlay and that he did actually commence , • the work of blood and carnage at Ila.rper's .. scenes, As beautifully wrought on theosuse we will treas ure ripirCe.iinnbertal memorials of him' who woe "First in Peace, First in — {liar, aril First its the Hearts of ,his COun tremen." As a slight tokeri of appreiciation of. the gift, it - is assigned a conspicuous position in tiurellall. , Resolved, That the interest always manifested' in the' suecese of this COM pttllS' by the tale sax is entitled to our highest consideration. Our endeavors will be to still further gain the smiles and kind wishes of the Ladies of Lancaster. Resolved, That, as heretofore, the efforts of our organiza tion shall be to merit the good will and confidence of our fellow-citizens. Resolved, That these resolutions, together with the letter of presentation, be entered on the minutes of the Com pany; that a copy of the resolutions be sent to the fair donor, and the city papers be requested to publish the same. DANA GRAHAM, Chairman. HENRY M. WRITE, Secretary. THE HOWARD EVENINGS.—The next lecture of the course will be delivered this evening (Tuesday) by Rev. D. STF.CK, one of our most gifted and eloquent divines. His subject will be Profanity, and we anticipate not only an able lecture, but an interesting discussion. Every body ought to go to Fulton Hall, this evening, to hear it. VENISONIAN.—Caps. WILLIAM K. LEONARD, whilom of this city, now of the flourishing borough of Altoona, sent us lest week three choice Venison steaks, of a particularly flue flavor and tenderness. Our old friend will please accept the thanks of the Intelligencer fraternity for his kind and welcome remembrance. THANKs.—The Carriers of The Intelligencer desire us to returd,their hearty thanks for the substantial manner in which their patrons and friends welcomed them on Saturday last. It has gladdened their hearts, and mad e a peculiar impression on the consumptive-looking pocket books of which they are the owners. DEANER & SCIIADM.—Read Messrs. Deaner Schaum's advertisement to to-day's Intelligencer. It is to the interest of "Houskeepere and those who intend going to Housekeeping" to patronize their extensive estate lishment. COLD WEATHER.—On Thursday last snow fell in this vicinity to the depth of three or four inches.— Sleighs were soon put in requisition, and since then all who could afford that kind of amusement have been enjoying themselves. "Jingle, jingle, clear the way, 'Tie the marry, merry sleigh." The weather has been excessively cold since Saturday, and the ice-dealers and others are busy at work filling their ice-houses. DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, AND CLOSING OF THE MAILS AT I'HE CITY POST OFFICE.—The different Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania and branch railroads leave this city as follows ==! Fast Line 9 30 p. in Through Express 4.05 a. m. Lancaster Accommodatitin 8.10 a. m Mail Train 7.25 p. m Harrisburg Accommodation 4.12 p. m LEAVE WESTWARD. Through Express Mall Train Feat Line Harrisburg Accommodation Lancaster Accommodation.. Emigrant Train CLOSING OF MAILS BY RAILROAD. Eastern Through Mail— For Philadelphia,'New York and Eastern States, at 8 a. m., p. m., and 65 p. m. Way Mail Emit—For Philadelphia and intermediate offices, at 8 a. m. western rn.vuati wail—For Columbia, Harrisburg, Pitts burg and Western Status,. r,)," ai. Way Mail West—For - Landisville. Elizabetlitow a. Mount Joy, Middletown. Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon, Tyrone. Altoona. Hollidaysburg (and Way Mail between Altoona and Pittsburg.) at 10) . 4 a. m. Southern Mail—For Columbia, York, Baltimore, Washing ton, D. C., and Southern States. at 10,2 a. m. Pittsburg Through Mail, at 1% p. m. For Strasburg, via: Camargo, Quarryville, Martinsville, and New Providence, at 8 a. ns. ARRIVAL OF MAILS BY RAILROAD. Through Mail East ...... 1.41 a. m., 11.17 a. m., and 2.34 p. m. Way Mail Fast 11.17 a. in. Through Mail West 4 a. m., 7.30 a. m., and 234 p. m. Way Mail West 8.40 a. m., and 2.31 p. m. Southern Nail 30 p. m. CLOSING OF MALLS ON TOE STAGE ROUTES. For Beading, via: Nett villa, Litiz, Itothsville, Ephrata, Reamstown, Adamstown and Gouglersville, daily, at 8 a. m. 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Call and get an Ayer's Almanac, and when got, keep it. FUEL POE EGYPTIAN LOCONOTIYES.—TIaere are now over 300 miles of railroads in Egypt. A foreign correspondent gravely states that, on some of these lines, the engine -stokers burn " mummies" for fuel, that the latter make a very hot fire, and that, as the supply is almost inexhaustible, they are used by the "cord." The firemen of those engines must have no tender feelings for departed greatness. What a destiny for the Egyptian Kings Think of your body being carefully preserved for three thousand years, and then - used to " fire up " .a locomotive ! "To what base uses do we come at last!" _ SZA -- .TOR ON THE PRESENT - ' Ferry ; and yet, to the disgrace of the country it must be confessed that when this man, thus steeped in crime, is, brought to justice, men are found in one part of the Union, and many of - thern, -to:rise up 'and bewail his fate, and claim him as a martyr to freedom..l Even the pulpit has been desecrated to this - work; and all this because Brown was making war on an institution common to fifteen of the sovereign States of the Union, which it is admittedly their constitutional right to have and enjoy in peace. Had Brown's crimes had no con nection with slavery, who does not know that Phillips and Cheever and Beecher and Wright and Smith would have turned from him with loathing and disgust. But it is said Brown was crazy about slavery. I do not believe that ; but if it were so it is no reason whole communities should, become crazy about Brown. As to the Helper book to which you refer, I have not read it through; but if the Com pendium be a fair reflex of its contents, I have no hesitation in saying that it is the most vicious political work ever issued from the American press, calculated, if not intended, to do infinite mischief to our institutions. It is bad enough that men of ability and position in the country should seek to engender strife between the States for partizan ends ; but this man 'Helper, as though instigated by the flesh and the devil, goes deliberately about the work of establishing different classes of citizens within the same State, and advising them to war on each other. He advises the non-slaveholding citizen to suspend all inte• course, social and commercial, with his neighbor who holds slaves, and to treat him with disgust and indignity, thus begetting jealously and hate among those who should be friends, and poisoning the very sources of social fraternity. To what viler end could any man devote himself ? Nor will it do for the sixty-seven Republican members of Con— gress who endorsed the compendium to this book to say that they did so without being aware of its contents. They must come out and discard its doctrines in toto, if they would make amend for the mischief done to the peace of the country. But I fear they will not all do so, for many of them owe their political prominence to the favor of fanatical abolitionists. As I said before, I am delighted with the proceedings of the meeting in your city ; but, my dear friend, all the meetings of the kind that are likely to assemble will not give peace to the country, so long as a great party in the North, like the Republican, seek to gain control of the government by a sectional organization, and by maintaining doctrines and issues in derogation of the rights of the Southern States and offensive to their pride, as co equal members of the confederacy. Mr. Seward's " irrepressible conflict," for the mastery, between the free and slave States, must be di ,,, arded and denounced; and more, so much of the last Republican platform as rates negro slavery a relic of barbarism as base as Mormonism, must also be abandoned. What could be more offensive than this simil itude? An institution common Ito the South is formally arraigned by a party seeking to gain'the government as a barbarism, and, of course, as much a crime as Mormonism, and the people of the United States are asked to endorse that sentiment at the polls—to adjudge that the citizens of fifteen States are criminals; and yet, the representatives of this party in Congress say they have no connection with or sympathy for the Abolition party in the North. This is absurd ; so long as they maintain such doctrines they must sympathize with the Abolitionists, and the Abolitionists with them ; and how could they hold any institu to be a barbarism and a crime and then say they do not intend to assail it everywhere The truth is, we people in the North must mind our own business. We have no connection with slavery, no duties to perform about it, no rights at stake, no responsibilities 'to bear, except to do what the Constitution enjoins about the rendition of fugitive slaves. All that is necessary is to take the Consti tution as a guide and recognize no issue in conflict with that instrument; this done, and the free States are separated from the slavery question entirely, and peace will be restored to the whole country, except the croaking of a feeble band of disunionists at the South, who are not likely to gain power enough to do harm. * * * Very truly, your ob't servant, WM. BIGLER. ..1.41 a. m. .11.11 a. m. ..2.34p. m 5.35 p. m 7.44 p. m .12.20 a. 111 VICE PRESIDENT BRECKINRIDGE This gentleman made a speech in the ball of the House of Representatives at Frankfurt, Ky., on the evening of the 21st ult. The Louisville Courier says: He discussed briefly the important political issues of the day, and assumed a bold and decided position' on the question of slavery. He would stand by the Dred Scott decision, which he fully endorsed and approved. He denied that Congress possessed the power to prohibit or abolish slavery in the Territories; nor had the Territorial Legislature any such power. He denounced " unfriendly legisla tion " against slavery in the Territories, and held that the South should stand by the laws and constitution, and require the same of others. Congress could protect slavery in the Territories, and ought to do so when necessary, though he regarded no necessity existing at this time for the enactment of protective laws. ,- He then referred in strong terms to. the Har per's Ferry affair, and declared that the Union was eminently endangered by the action of the black republican party.. He opposed falibus tering and the re-opening of the slave trade. WELL SAID. —At the great Union meeting in New York, Rev. Dr. Bethune made an eloquent speech, in the course of which he uttered many sentiments which the clergy of this State would do well to adopt and live up to. Alluding to the preachers who have eu logized the old murderer Brown, he said : When men are praised and honored because they have shown the courage of the bull-dog with the bloodthirstiness of the tiger, it is high time then that men who feel themselves impelled by the belief that the Gospel is peace on earth and good will towards men, should act up to the spirit of that teaching." Towards the close of remarks he said : " But I must say that there is no more dan gerous man than he who uses his sacred office of the ministry to mislead men, athi to carry them away into anarchy and sedition. I am content with holding no higher position than a ,minister of Christ, to help men to Heaven when they die, and to keep them in peace when alive. But there is one thing that I never omit, and that is, to vote . ; 'and - when I prepare my ballot, I prepare it with as much care as if. my ticket were to elect ; and if 'I retain my reason, which God grant, I will never vote for any man, whip, American, demerit or republican—even if he were my own brother—if he had laid with me in my mother's womb like Esau with Jacob—if I could trace the slightest stain of disunion in his sentiments." WOLFGANG: on, • TtIE ,WLt•ECSES'S BEACON CHAPTER I. =POEM TIM GALE. The good ship Parartcula, of New Ybrk, and bound to Copeniogse,hzd entered tho,North Sea, having left the _Straits of Dover two days behind. . The commander of the ship was a young man, not over eight - eliff . twents, and his name ' was Dames Linges. Ile stood byilbe terra; gazing off neon the horizon to the eastward, ever and anon randng his head to feel If the-e was auy wind stirring, and as often casting his eye aloft to see how the canvas hong. As he stood thus his mate approached, and spoke to him What d'ye think of this. Capt'n?" "I think we're in fora storm 2 sir," the muster replied. "And I tell you what It Is, Griffin," he added, after sweeping the horizon again with his eye, " when it comes it will be au earnest one. None of your broad Ocean puffs. with nothing but water to batch wind from ; but we'll have it right fresh from some of those places where they know how to make things blow." _ _ . . Then you think we'll have a hard 'one?" said Griffin. " Aye," answered the captain, with almnst a !budder, "I feel it in my bones." In the meantime, Captain Lester had been watchinv, the sea and sky as before, and he fancied that the signs of the storm were growing more and more palpable every moment. The sun was going down in a thick bank, giv ing to the whole western horizon a dull, porpliah.red, bloody brie, with here and there spots of a darker tinge, like openings, through the fiery cloud, looking noon a fearful blackness behind.. "Do you-see how strongoTy it looks off therer said the captain, raising Ids finger towards the point where the Bun was setting. Aye." returned Griffin, "I have been watching those dark places.. And others noticed the soma thing, and spoke of it,, too. Seven o'clock came and went. Eight o'clock came, and the first watch was set. "Don't go below," mid qui captain. as the men of the last dog.watela left their stations. "This calm can't last a great while. You bad better batten down the hatches now, while there is nothing else to do; for I am sure there will be need of having them close before the coming of another day." . The men had had no thoughts of going below, for they could see and feel; and they were not wholly lanerant of what was coming; so they went at work and secured the hatches with thick tare online; and when this was done those who had - no particular station collected alkali the wheel. Another hour passed away—and another Ten o'clock came, and still not a breath. The ship lay upon the water like a dead thing, with the ropes, nod blocks. and sails, rattling and dapping as she was swayed to and Ire by the May swells of the sea. " *hat doer it mean ?" cried Griffin, an the boy struck five bells. • " Hark!" said the captain, almost instantly. "I guess you'll soon see. Did you feel that? Tia!—and that?" • It was a puff of wind, and a light firing of spray; or per haps it was a spit of rain. At all events, the puff wait felt; and the drops of water fell upon other cheeks than Maurice Lester's; and other ears than his beard the dull moaning which came over the dark waters. So other «ars heard the roar which followed, anti other bodies quivered beneath the shock of the storm-giant when ho came in his might. Aye—the storm bad come. It came with wind and rain, and with an angry heaving of the sea. It came with a darkness like Embus, and with the voice of thunder. The gale continued to ::crease In fury as the long night passed away. When the morning came the scene was one of awful grandeur. The wind woe howling with terrific fury; and the broad sea lashed into huge mountains, that foamed, and tumbled, and leaped along-over the bowwn of the deep, seeming every moment ready to whelm and engulf the frail bark that struggled within the demon grasp. W hen Captain Lester had observed the signs of the morning, he feared that the ahem would continue through the day, and so he told his men. The sky wore a hue of horror, and rain was now driving down, mingling with the lashing sea. At noon it was still worse. At length night shut in again, and not a sign yet of the passing away of the storm I The frightful howling of the tempest seemed rather to have increased then abated. The men gathered upon the quarter-deck, clinging for support to the racks and rails—for the life-lines swayed so much that they were afraid of them—gathered as near to the light of the binnacle lamp as ihey could, as though even from such feeble beams they might find some comflrt. Dot not all wore there. No—not all! Four stout, tru. hearted men bad been swept away by the storm. Near a score were left; but how many shall see the light of another day ? At nine o'clock Captain Lester went below. He took down a chart of the North Sea, and haring spread it upon the table, he sat. down to examine it. He was thus engaged when Mr. Griffin came down; but be did not look up until he had finished the calculation. How Li it?" the mate asked, as he saw his commander lay down the dividers. "I have been making a reckoning. and I find that we have but little more men-room left. The course we have made since we wore, has been, as near an I can calculate, north-west-by-west, aci that we must have been driving towards the coast of Northumberland. I think we have plenty of room to stand on until midnight; but we cannot stand on much longer. If the gale d.ae not abate by that time I know not what we shall do." The captain sferted up from his chair, and would prob ably have walked across the cabin, but at that moment a heavy sea caught the shlp, and gave her a pitch forward, which caused him to catch his seat an quickly as possible. As soon as the flood had gone from the deck, and the ves sel had struggled up from the shock he looked Into his companion's face, and said, in a voice made tremulous by deeper emotion than he hail before manifested: "Griffin, I have something upon my mind more than you know; and lam anxious to communicate it, too. I must tell it now, for I have a strange foreboding of coaling ill. Something is to happen that will bear great calamity to some of us. lam not croaking—l am only reading what the Unseen has written in my soul. However, you shall hear my' story. You have heard that my parents were both lost at sea?" '•Yea." said the mate. And perhaps you know that they were lost in this I have heard so. sir." "Aye—so it was. I was a boy then. They were on their way to Copenhagen. as we should be now. My father commanded the ship—she was called the Clara Jane.'— She was named for my mother; and she was a staunch, noble craft.. I was at school then, in Troy ; and when I knew that my parents were dead I was well nigh mad with grief. I fancied then, in my first hours of orphanage, that my heart would break; and I think such would have been the case if they had kept me at school. But, some of lingo who cored for me come to see me, and it woo finally arranged that I should go to sea. And 1 prospered—prog rered so well that, when I was twenty years old, they gave mo COrzlinund of a ship. " The man who owned the ship which I first commanded was named Thornton. Ho had a daughter named Carri one of the sweatiest, purest, and loveliest creatures that ever graced this poor life of earth. She was four years younger than myself; but even when I first knew her and she was not then more than fourteen—she was a Wo man in intellect and grace, though a child in simplicity of love and confidence. Mr. Thoruton did not object to my suit, so I loved her with all my soul, and was blessed to know that she loved me in return. It had been arranged that we should be married when she was twenty years old—that had been our plan for more than two years. Mr. Thornton having set the bounds himself. It lacked two months of the time, and. I had arranged to remain at home until we were married. But—Thornton had a heavy ship freighted for Copenhagen, and her cspmlu wan dying. He could Tina no ono to take till piece but me, and he asked me to go I could not refuse; but I asked that I might be married first. Mr. Thornton shook his head, and said no. But he had another plan which he said would be better. Ile had been planning to visit Copenhageia, where he had two brothers in business—they were in company with him—and he said he would take the next ship, and bring Carrie ant with bins, and we should be married there. I finally consented to take out the new ship. and Mr. Thornton, with his daughter, was to moot me in Copenhagen, and there we were to be married, and all three come home together. The evening before I sailed I spent with Carrie, and when I left her I felt that I was leaving my very life. '• Well,' continued Lester, wiping his eyes, "I went to Copenhagen. 1 waited a month—then I heard that the American ship, ' ltihite Fawn,' with William Thornton and daughter on board, had touched at Dover, and that all were safe and well when she lett. I waited another week, and then I crossed over to Hamburg; bat I could team nothing there. Next I went to London. and there I learned enough to assure me that the ship bad been lost 1 On the second day after she left Dover a severe storm had arisen, and several vessels had been reported lost. I sent my ship home in charge of the mute, and spent font months in searching, atter the lost ones; but I could gain no trace of them. Not even a piece of the wreck could I find—not a mark of the ship nor of one of its crew! I came home with a end nod heavy heart." Maurice Lester 'stopped a few moments, and bowed his head, upon his hands. for his feelings had almost overcome him. In a little while, however, ho looked up again, and added. in a touching tone,— " Ah, my dear friend, you do not know what I have suffered—tongue cannot toll it, nor can pen write it. That blow,did break my heart—broke it in the rending of its tenderest cords, and in the crushing of all its earthly hopes! Do you believe to dreams 7" The mate started, not so much at the character of the question. as from the sudden manner in which it was put. " Well." said Lester, in a lower tone, "I have had a dream repeated many times; but never has it come is me so directly and so vividly as within the past three or four says. Carrie Thornton is not dead! I know she is soil— e, has appeared to me repeatedly in a dream, slid calls upon me to .save heel To-night, as I stood all alone by the mizzen rigging, trying to peer out into the thick gloom. I heard tier voice as plainly an you now hear mine, and she called out for me to save her. Of course what followed was mend fancy. though even that affected me much: I thought I saw her, standing not far off, upon a huge sea, with her arms stretched Imploringly towards me —saw her then, with my eyes open, as I have often seen her in my sleeping dream I—" At this point the captain was cut short in his speech by the cry of" LIGHT-110 I . from the deck. They hurried up and found men crowding forward. "What is it 1" Lester asked. "I think it is a light, sir," replied Parker. "Here, sir, —just stand here. Now turn your eye about four points upon the larboard bow. Wait, now, till she rises. Ha— there I—there ? Sec did you see it, sir?" Yes—he had seen it; and he knew it must be a light upon the shore; but it was a great way off. He watched until he had seen it several times, and then he remarked to his mate that it must be a light-house. The light .one bold and distinct• and evidelttly at a considerable height above the level ofthe sea; for, had it not been F.. it could not have been seen at that distance. After a short consul tation., during which reference wan had to the chart of the Northumberland coast, it was decided that thin light must be upon Dorton Point. To the north of Dorton, as the captain knew from personal experience, an well as from the chart, there was a snug harbor, of easy entrance. These things'were settled. As soon as it had been determined whore the light was, Captain Lester made all possible haste to determine his course of action. Had the thing been practicable, 'he wenld have laid his ship to; but that could not be done. Nolone even gave it a serious thought. So it was deter mined that the ship should stand on, at least till 'some thing farther was discovered. At halfpant twelve the gale had moderated considerably. The light was now to be seen very plainly whenever the ship rose, and the captain and his officers telt sure that they were right in their calculations. "At all events," said the forther, " we have no choice but to stand on, at leant —" He was interrupted by a cry from the bows themede every soul start with horror: BUSAKIFFLIS I IMILAEXBEI!" Captain Lester leaped forward, and in a very few mo merits he,was satisfied that the warning had not been a false one; for he could not only hear the awful roar of the breaking seas, bat he fancied that he could see the gleam ing of the whiteifoam as it flew high in the air. As quickly. ik possible the topsail was taken off, and the anchors cut loose. The ponderous grnpplings plunged into the hissing sea, and the iron cables were span through the hawse-holes like lightning. Snap went the starboard chain; and in a moment more a shock was felt as thellar board anchor found bottom; but it could not hold. The cable parted as though it had - been a hempen string, and on swept the devoted ship. "In heaven's claimer gasped Griffin, "What does this mean? See! The light is still burning as brightly as ever—at least a league away—and yet here are the recite directly under our bows! What can it mean?" Maurice Lester did not answer; but an old, weather beaten sailor, who stood at the wheel, and who had looked a thousand dangers in the face, answered for him : "Ix's A WRECIF.Meti Beacon! I've seen such things afore. There ain't no use in firth' the gun, sir. That light was put there to lead poor Jack to his death that the coast- sharks might pick his bones!" "Mx/ants! Rom! On the starboard bow 1-IVo I —On the larboard!—POßT I" But it was too late for mortal help. The ship had met her doom. She went upon the rocks with a crash that sounded high above thesoar of the elements. CHAPTER II WOLFGANG. . Maurice Lester was near the starboard gangway when the ship struck, having started aft to look to the helm.— The shock- threw him upon his back, and he tried to get cm; but ere he could regain' his feet the flood of mad wa ters came surging over the bark, and he was thrown—he knew not where. He only knew that the flood camo—that it caught him in its giant grasp—that it hinted him as the gale hurls a feathen 7 that his head was hurt—that his body was teased and bruised-,and then the lamp of hie consciousness went out. When he came to himself 'it was daylight, and the rays of the sun were beaming above him. At first he did not attempt to move, any further . than eitztaittiitinre himself that he was really alive and t• sensible ; -sOught to recall the 'events of the-peat, which be did. Teri' clearly, up to the time when his ship struck upon • the rocke,—he could go:no farther. After this he raised himself upon his elbevr,. and tried, do gate • about him. He found himself upon a bed of sand, between two immense rocks. He had been landed there in that drop, deep nook, and the tide had gone out and left him. In a little while he rose to his feet, and.mainaged to crawl up, by the aid of a stranded spar, clef, 0,4*: part of one of the rocks. Alter seeing all that was to be Ore - this point, .;Vinitt in he moved on towards where he thought heAould soonest fled an open beach, for he' felt faint iniftlek. and he • wished to find help as soonas possible. Aiker tolling over slippery, slimy reeks, and 'cruel, tearing'4lVags, until his clothing wee all torn, and his flesh bruised and lacerated, he finally reached An open, space among the rocks, where many pieces of the wreck had been lodged, and wherethe found the bodies of three of his men. 110 hastened to the spot where they lay—two of them being clasped in °ltch •other'srarms—•but he found no signs of life. 'With a sad, heavy heart, Lester passed on, and presently he found two more dead ones. and one of them was David Griffin, his chief mate. - He kneeled down by the officer's side, and raised the head; bet it was cold and lifeless and the skull was broken! Gently he laid it back upon the sand. and then moved on again. And he saw more dead men also! Could it be possible that he had the only one left alive? Hal-wait—what in thin? It moves—it has life I Captain Lester hurried forward, as fast as his feeble strength would permit, and found two men lying by the aide of a heavy spar. -One of them was dead; but the other gazed up into his commander's face, and etretehed forth hie hands AB though he would ask for mercy: His name was Dick Mangle, and he had been one of the be,.t seamen on board the ship. "Poor Dick!" said Lester ' kneeling by his side and lift. ing his head. "Aro you badly hurt 1" "They've done it for us!" the sailOr answered, in a 4 weakening voice. "They've killed Toni. Ain't he dead?" It was the body of stout Tom Bricket that lay ; close by, and when the captain had made himself sure that there was no particle of life in it, he reported the same to Dick.. '`• But, 'he added, " what do you meau ? Who has done you berm 1" Haven't you seen 'em?" the man asked, struggling for breath. "Seen whom? What do you mean ?" demanded Lester, eagerly. Dick started up to his elbow, and gazed around; but he seamed to find eething for which lie was looking. and he sank hack egaiu. Had he not made this effort be might have spoken further, but the act of rising had exhausted him. and the last grain of strength wrei leaving him. '• What do you mean ?" cried Lester, se he saw that the poor fellow was sinking. " Has any body harmed you?" Dick managed to raise his hand to his head—to a point above the left ear—and, SH he did so, he whispered— .' Leek out- - they asked tor the capt'n. That's where they struck!" 11,3 tried to speak further, but his voice failed him. Whet could this Mean Maurice Lester named to his feet and gazed around. Who had killed his tun.? The captain wee disturbed iu his meditetion by the sound of voices not far MT, and upon turtling ha b e held four men ermine up from the water. lie wit , raise in advance woe a tell, muscular man; with a giant, heavy frame soute• . Aloreahsn t fifty or fifty-five years of ago; and heated in a g trl, of blue cloth. cut into R 1,0 k, or shirt, Aid-11 was setrod at the waist by a broad eiambiedt. elsor,ce Lest. r was ri ertled when he beheld the stalwart leader and Inc three rueleitily coMpatliot.s; Itint eendder lar. Ali the eiroteeseares, it is on wonder that It., ems startled. However. he had not much opportunity for re flection. for, by the time he had fairly made out the party, they were UPON hint. Hall," the baiter cried, on he saw our h we, " here we Lave another." And, as he came up, he :idled : •• na • UM. WO'o,l tbund a live one, too.—one that:knows 001111, -hin t ;. Say—who are ye?" This last sentence Wan addressed to Maurice, who quick ly answer,d : '• My haute is Lester. Awl now, to be fair, what in your name?" " gueeii you've heard it before. :11, - di .11 me Ryan %Volt - gaud." •• AV 01.FolANG !" repealed Lester, with a Mart. ThlLt ie my 11:1111, Then WOLFGANG W. 1,4 a MIS th aft or all. That mystorl us mrot•ker, whose saute W3l a source ul terror to basest sailors, war a latin, of hash nod blood. Ilk° other loan. gazcd upon hint with winder; and. As ho gazed, hn felt. that ho looked upon a hen incarnate. lle had often heard of the pirate-wrecker, and so dark and mystic had been the tales which the North Sea MUM'S had told, that he hail been the-titled to believe that thr whole thorns was a labcicati,,u. :low, however. hell:1,1 nu mere doubt, tar tho man before ham looked as tiara and bloody as wore any of Ihe pictures be hail beard drawn of him upon the forecastle. But our hero was not ..flowed much time fur ri dortien. Wolfgang plied him with questions, re all of which ',enter gave straightforward answers; well knowing that ev anion would serve no •pracrical purp , se, nod hoping be his frank , e,eito pronblate the merciless fiend in whose unre strained poaer he knew htmselt to ha. When the wrecker chief had elicited all the information he could, and learned with whot rich cargo thu vessel was freighted. ;wad th it she had $41.),v00 in specie on board, he smiled . and remaritod to one of hia confederates that else would perhani be a ri..her prize even thou the White Fawn had lee, n fee yours het ire. The mention of the MUM) of the ill.fatefl ship in which Carrie Thornton and her father had hems lost, gave Maumee Lester ...Li a shock that he nearly felt to The earth.tic g,ew deadly pale, and hi, frame oni•er, d convn,ively t'WhEtt'ta the tit,it t Itott Wo.tzt..v, You tlotit polo to Lace tutt.th Ktrotat,thl,ll: /trial.: him 1 , , him h.tys The r plxna• which aca•wpnuir•d this hlst r,niark, !lc Rte peoulitr etup:msis 12.1 upon the wnr,l struck a chili to our hero's heart. lint he could hot quo his own safety much thought, while he was portly tore-1 and partly earled along . after Wolfgang. who strode I“pitily on for nearly half on hour. He could think only of the It'hile Fittoa that list t.ren wrect.ed ou that coast, and of Iris beloved Carlin who had. perhaps, iu company with those Santo men, trod the saute path he 41 . a S now treading. What had been her fate lied she been murder - 0d by the wretches. or reserved Ibr some more deplorable doom? These thoughts filled him with unutterable agony. , Wolfgang lied now drawn neex the watel'e edge: and soon coming to the mouth of tho rave hr eutel'ed it, tol low,tl by the three ruttlant, wit had charge cf or h,o. u The boi ban'el the cave sloped upward from its entrance for some distance, and then became 0101001 level. 'the captive (for cacti Mauri, better now felt himself to be) frequently hit his feet against what he thought, with chill of horror, were humor hones strewn around the cavern, but he could nut clearly make them out in the dim light. He also noticed Hint the bottom of the cave was very wet. us though it had recently been covered with water. Thu wrecker alba:Ain stopped, at last, near what utrd the end of the rave, :Ind making a sign to his followers. they clapped manacles on the wrists and el/k10 , 3 of Maurice betnre he had time to note their intention. '• Now, Captain Le:ter," said Wolfgang. `•yon must re main In this place fu . a short season. You are perfectly safe here. Silence! Say not a word! If you attempt to leave this spot, you will bo slain the moment you set foot out side the cave." Thus speaking, the chieftain and his followers silently hut rapidly withdrew, leaving Maurice nearly otupilied with astonishment. As they passed frem the month of the cave their feet were wet by the rising waves. The tide was fuel arming in. After a short time, the captive looked about him with eyes somewhat accustomed to the dim light, and became satisfied that what he had supposed to be human bones were really such., There were many of them. And mov ing among . them were huge rum seeking for prey. The top of the cavern, in some places, wee hut a few feet above his head, and in one place he discovered a small aperture, through which n taint light struggled. anti on going un derneath it, ho thought he smelt the odor of vegetation and flowers. On turning, from the contemplation of this aperture, towards the - mouth of the cave, Captain Lester °Laurel% with stares, that the water was creeping up the sloping bottom. What if it should fill the cavern ? Ah! now he could account for the presence there of those human bones! They were the sod memorials of other hapless prisoners who had been left in that cave to perish by drowning! . Slowly but surely the craters crept along. The vermin fled before them to the elevated spot on which Itaurice stood. Slowly following, the incoming water at length reached his feet! At the end of the cave, within a few feet of the wall, and underneath the aperture before spoken of, was a large piece of rock, some four feet high, that might have fallen from above. To this Maurice hastened as quickly as his mana cles would permit. After some exertion he succeeded iu climbing to the top of it, and stood erect, his head within a few inches of the roof of the cavern. But he was not allowed to occupy this retreat alone. As the water began to circle round its base, the rate also sought refuge on It in grew numbers, and in vain did Maurice try to dislodge them with his manacled feet. Soon (us it seemed to the captive) the water came rip- pling over the top of the rock. Ile telt iLs moisture upon his feet. Arid still It rose—slowly but relentlessly it rose, higher—higher; and as it rose, the rats climbed up his limbs for safety. It was in vain that he brushed them off with his fettered hands. They instantly returned. They clambered up his back—to his shoulders—over the back of his neck—to the crown of his head; their clammy- bodies striking a chill to his very heart. And still higher the waters rose, and more thickly the foul vermin clustered upon the devoted captive's shoulders and head, as their only places of safety. Driven frantic at last by the horrors of his situation, he was about to plunge into the surging tide and seek a watery grave, when his attention Was arrested by the tread of rapid footsteps near the aperture above his head, and the sound of a harsh masculine voice, almost instantly followed.by a notfo as of a struggle, and a piercing shriek which thrilled Maurice Le•ter to the very soul. He could not be mistaken: it was CARHIE'S wire. Again he heard it, but now in tones of entreaty. Oh, it was her voles. She was not dead! She lived and was near him I Gathering all hie strength he shouted, "Carrie I Carrie! Concur!" A dead silence followed, broken only by the fearful mur murs of the still rising waters, and the splash of the rats as they fell from the wretchedcaptive's head and shoulders, only to return again, in their fierce struggles for a perch of safety from the advancing tide, which had now nearly reached our hero's shoulders. Theabove is all of this story that will be published In our columns. We give this se a sample. The coutinuatian of it from where it leaves off here ran be found only in the New -York Ledger, the great family paper, to whirl the most popular writers in the country contribute, and which is for sale at all the stores throughout the city and country, where papers are sold. Remember and ask for the New York Ledger of January 14, and in it yen will find the continua tion of the story from where it leaves off here. If you cannot get a copy at any book store, the publisher of the Ledger will mail you a copy - if you will send him five cents in a letter. The Ledger is mailed to subscribers at V. a year, or two copies for vs. Address your letters to Robert Bonner, pub- lisher, 48 And street, New York. It is the handsoni 4 and best family paper in the country, elegantly Illustrated, and characterized by a high moral tone. Ito present cir culation is over four hundred thousand copies, which is the best evidence we can give of its merits. LETTEK FROlf GEN. SCOTT.—The following letter was written by Gen. Scott to the great Union meeting in New York: ' NEW YORK, Saturday, Dec. 17, 1859. To Hon. J. W. Beekman, Chairman, &e.— SIR.: I have the honor to acknowledgeyour invitation to be -, , resent at the Union meeting to be held in this city on ➢lunday next, for the holy purpose of allaying the distrust which is now sowing discord among brethren. After a lung life spent in devotion to the glorious Union, which has already made us great among the nations of the earth,' and which, if happily preserved, with all its.corn 'promises and compacts, cannot fail to make us the first among the great, your committee does me but justice°in assuming that I feel the liveliest sympathy in the ottject of the meeting. This city is certainly in the right to take the lead in the ca :euf conciliation ; and animated by like pa riotic sentiments, there are, I am confident, in every State, a vast majority of. citizens w io, in any serious outbreak, would be found ready to join in the national cry, " The Union i 'ust and shall be preserved !" ' Except in su h a case, beg to decline, as I have now do .e for many years, taking part in any public m•eting—remaining a minute man with the I great reserve of millions. I have the honor to be N Your fellow INFI Those who supported ( would do well to imbibe a ism and manifest a little he inoulpatee, instead of ,s the robber, murderer an. lith g reat re4peet, • itizen, LD SCOTT. n. Scott in 1852 ittle of his patriot ,f the - spirit which • I. Ong the praise of traitor, old John
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