cer GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. .A. SARDERSON. LINOASMk,A.:IIARCH 13, 1860 IRO uLATiIV4Ia r tfoo .o omcs , .. . . B' L M. Paaratuni & oo'a !idinanaraft \ anlaraas M Mus= arrest, Now 'York, Sod faltfate /treat, !Wm_ B. H. Mumma. a 00..70ft v . Via. Laik , nnar intagilmair, and the Wand' an Islfjof airman aing famaPapors In thelpf tor• and thilkoaadaa.-- They are au th orised to crmtraet for no at oar' knout idler. DEMOORATIO STATE NOMINATIONS _YOB GOVERNOR: HEINRIrD:IIVSTEII, of 'Westinoreliand ELECTORS: - orge - Td. - "Melm; - ofl3cerks 'county. ofßbiladelphla. . . L Frederick Server 2. WilliiimA.PettsZson, 3. Joseplf - CrOckett, Jr., 4. J. " - b. J. W. Jaooby, 8. Charles KellypU.. • 7. O. P. James, 8. David Scholl, 9. Joel ..L.l.l.lghther, 10. 8. B.slarber; . • 11. T. H. Walker; 12. 8. B,Winchester, 13. Joseph Lan.bach, • TOE SPRING ELECTIONS The Spring •Elections for Justices of the Peace, Constables, Supervisors, School Direc— tors, JudgeS' , ithdinspectori of Election, &c., will be held on Friday next, the 16th inst., in the several township; - of the. county. We hope our Democratic friends will not neglect their day on the occasion. THE SKIES ARE BRIGHT We have -never - known a GUittinatorial , nomination in 'this State to meet with such general approbation, as that of HENRY D. FOSTER. There is not a dissenting voice heard anywhere amongst Democrats, and even the rankest of the Opposition party admit, al-, though reluctantly, that we have a strong and unexceptionable nominee—one who is, in every respect, the peer -of any man in the • Commonviealth, and who, if elected, will make a model Executive. With Gen. FOSTER as our candidate the victory will be comparatively easy, if our friends throughout the State all do their duty. His personal and political character are with out a stain, .and his eminent talents are undisputed. He presents a clean record, and thousands, not identified with the Democratic party, will vote for him because they know him to be honest, capable and deserving. In the western part of the State he is the idol of the masses, and he will poll such a-vote in his own district as has rarely, if ever, been given to any Gubernatorial candidate before. Let our Democratic friends, then, every where organize without delay, and prepare for the great battle which is rapidly approach ing. The Democratic party of Pennsylvania when united, as it now is, never has been, and, what is more, ' never can be, defeated, unless through supineness and want of proper energy. The enemy will be active and unscrupulous, and we must meet them with corresponding activity and determination.— The people are with us—we have truth on our side—and a glorious success will crown our well-directed and energetic efforts in the good cause. SEWARD'S SPEECH Mr. SEWARD, the Magnus Apollo of Black Republicanism, made a speech in the U. S. Senate, on the 29th ult., which has fairly electrified our.neighbors of the Examiner and Union, and the Republican press generally of the State—especially as it appears to be a backing down from the " irrepressible con flict" and "higher law" doctrines of his former speeches. In reviewing this production, the Boston Post says it; is a defensive speech. The wan ing fortunes of the Republican party only could have elicited from its lawgiver _an elaborate defence of its position before the country. The main purpose- of this labored effort seems to be the utterly impossible work of showing that the Republican party—which is based on hostility to an institution which the Constitution is bound to protect—is " the only party that defends the integrity of that Union "- that was formed to insure domestic tranquility! To state fully this position is to refute this speech. Here Seward, who made speech upon speech to show that, by a law of necessity, t h ere is going on an " irrepressi ble. conflict" between the North and the South, wherein one must conquer, and whose whole past political life has .been an effort to bring the North into a state of aggression on slavery,. affects to be filled with sorrow and even shame that thirty millions of people cannot enjoy the benefits of their institutions " with contentment and harmony !" Here the statesman who has heretofore proclaimed that there were written things in the Federal Constitution that were contrary to the Divine Law, and who has, because of this, again and again counselled an uprising to expunge these provisions, now comes out with the eulogy, that the framers of the Constitution had " a wisdom that surpassed all previous under standing among men !" Doubtless if anybody can relieve the Republican party from the odium that is - settling upon it, it is Seward ; but the good sense and intelligence of the American 'people must pronounce this effort to be as unconolusive and lame as the " im promptu speeches " were startling, bold and sanguinary. STATE SUPERINTENDENT.—The Governor has appointed Hon. Tames H. BURROWES, of this City, State superintendent of Common Schools for three years from the first Monday of June next, when the term of Mr. Hicsox, the present incumbent, will expire. The salary, we believe, is $l4OO per annum. Mr. B. is thoroughly conversant with our Common School System and its operations, and , will doubtless discharge the important and respon sible duties connected with the office to the entire satisfaction of the public. The appoint ment, however, seems, to have taken almost every body here, of every party, by surprise, and the warmest personal friends of the Governor deem to marvel most at the choice he has made: On the same day the Governor also sent to the Senate the following nominations : A. G. WATErtmex, of Philadelphia, PHILIP DOUGHERTY and JOHN H. BRIGGS, of Harris burg, Trustees of the State Lunati; Asylum. TERRIBLE. ACCIDENT On Tuesday last a terrible accident oc curred near Easton, in this State. A small steamer, called the ,Alfred Thomas, had just been built at that place to run between Belvi dere and Port Jervis, on the Delaware. On that day she started on her trial trip up the river, and on 'arriving at the Falls, was moored for a short time. When all was ready to start again, the boiler exploded with a terrible crash, and the boat became a complete wreck almost instantly. Some of the passengers were thrown up-fifty feet into the air, others were blown off into the water and slightly injured, and others still were dreadfully-man gled. .": ' Of about forty persons on board at the, time of the explosion, some'- ten or twelve were killed, and fiftefiior more wounded—some of them mortally: CILLPLAIN.—Rev. nokiim3' H. STOCKTON, of Philadelphia—one= of • the most - eloquent divines of Ahe. age—has been elected Chap lain to the It S:lionse"of RePiesentatives.-- ire rie °"0/ 1 .41 1- 1VAel:P:•A':lSeXiiite' some .wenty oddleses ago. WHO ZS SIMON csamicitoisr declared for Cameron for President, it may not be amiss to inquire " who is Simon Cameron?" This question we find answered at.considerable length, in. an address to their conetitnents, published by the twenty-eight 'members of the Pennsylvania Legislature who withdrew from the caucus nomination of Cameron as a candidate for United States Senator, iii January, 1855, on account of the " means and appliances " used to procure his nomination. Among the names appended thereto appear those of David Taggart, Nicholas Thorn, T. L. Baldwin; - C. J. Lathrop, F. R. Jordan, B. Laporte, J. F. Linderman, H. N. Wickersham and others who occupy important positions in the Republican ranks. We make a few extracts from this address for the edification of our Opposition friends in thiicounty,- some of whom, perhaps, are not aware of the'entertainment to which they have been invited in the person of the " Winnebago chief." They say : " The inquiry arises, .who is Simon Camer on? As a statesman, fame has never associated his name with the word. As a politician, he has always professed to be a Democrat, and yet that party only remembers him because of his treachery, and speaks of him as a traitor. As a Whig, it, is his boast that he never voted a Whig ticket in his life —that party being saved from such a disgrace. As an American and anti-slavery man, let the record speak for itself. * * Shall the American party, then, in the face of all its professions and actions, be now made the dishonored instrument of elevating Simon Cameron to the highest office in its gift, and thus hold him cw to the world as the expo nent, embodiment and personification of Americanism ! We trust not. We consider him a fit representative of nothing good ; and a fit exponent of no honorable principle. 4 ' Invite us not in there to partake of a BUZZARD'S feast. Ask us not -to support a nomination brought about, as we believe, by the concentrated and ' cohesive power of public plunder,' and the superadded element of shameless and wholesale private bribery." Such are the antecedents of Simon Cameron, as expressed by some of the most prominent men of the political organization to which he now professes allegiance. Such is the man whom the Opposition are asking to support for the highest office in the gift of the Ameri— can people. 14. J. Beekhow, 15., Georza.G.JadbOur 10. J. A. - Atd, - 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. B. Crawford, 20. J. B. Howell, 21. N. P. Fetterman, 22. Samuel Marshall, 23. William Book, 24. B. D. Hamlin 25.. Gaylord Church.r TEXAS AND THE GOVERNMENT The President has replied to the Senate's resolution calling for information in reference to the present condition of affairs on the Rio Grande. Among the documents is a letter from Governor Houston, dated Austin, Feb. 15th, addressed to the Secretary of War, in which he says that he deplores the situation of Texas, with an empty treasury, her unex ampled Indian troubles for the last ten years, and the forays of Mexico on her southern border, and asks in the name of humanity if the Federal arm shall not be speedily raised and extended in behalf of her suffering fron tier. Should this not be done, he says be will in a short time be compelled to resort to the indefeasible right of self-defense to protect the border, not only to defeat the enemy but to prevent the recurrence of similar disorders on the frontiers. Texas can, and will, if applied to, in 30 days be able to muster in the field 10,000 men who are anxious, embar rassed as her finances are, to make reclama tions on Mexico for all her wrongs. Can she hope for aid from the Federal Government ? She will, in addition to her manifest forbear ance, venture yet to defer to the action of the Federal Government. The Secretary of War, in his letter to the President of March sth, gives a:synopsis of all the recent transactions on the Rio Grande.— Nothing, he says, can exceed the contrariety of opinion in relation to them among those having the best opportunity to inform them selves. The call of Gov. Houston is the first which has yet been made by the authorities of Texas for any assistance in these disturbances from this Government, no doubt because it was considered by them up to this time as a mat ter involving local laws and. interests rather than such as pertained to the honor and interests of the Confederacy. But upon the call of the Governor of Texas, and upon the undeniable proofs of the gross outrages committed on our soil, the Secretary says he has not hesitated to order a concen tration of all the force upon that frontier which the exigencies of the service elsewhere would allow. RE-ELECTION OP SENATOR PEARCE.—Tha legislature of Maryland, on the 2d inst., re elected the Hon. James Alfred Pearce, of Kent county, a Senator of the United States from the State of Maryland, for the term of six years from the 4th of March, 1861, when his present term expires. There were eighty five votes cast—eleven members being absent from indisposition. Mr. Pearce received 50 votes; Jas. U. Denniss,,Esq., of Somerset county, 34 votes—there was one blank; Mr. 'Pearce's majority, 15 votes. Mr. Pearce was first elected some eighteen years ago, then re-elected for a term of six years, again for a term (his present one) of six years, and with the term be is just elected to serve, will make, should he serve it out, a period of twenty four years in the United States Senate. A ROYAL VlSlT.—Great preparations are to be made at Montreal, for the reception of Prince Alfred, who is expected to pay the Canadians a visit in June next. He will he accompanied by a suite of noblemen and gentlemen, and will, no doubt, make as great a figure as the Prince De Joinville did when he visited this country some years ago. If His Royal Highness shall deign to visit New York, he will, no doubt, be waited upon by a vast shoal of flunkeys and codfish aristocracy. The sight of a live Prince would be considered a great luxury to our friends in Gotham. DE BOW'S REVIEW, for March, is a great number in every respect. The two leading political articles are "The Issues of 1560," and " Squatter Sovereignty." THE HOME MONTHLY, for March, is embellished with two beautiful engravings, representing " Maternal Influ ence," and " Morning." Published by Cyrus Stone, Boston. "THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD." By the distinguished American Authoress, Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, Author of "The Lost Heiress," "Missing Bride," "Dis carded Daughter," &c., &c. We have received from T. B. PETERSON & Brothers, Phil adelphia, an advance copy of this new and charming work , and take great pleasure in recommending it to the reading public, as one of the very best of Mrs. Bouthworth's pro ductions. Mrs. S. is not excelled by any living -female writer of the age. 'Her -style is free from insipidity on the one hand, and bombast on the other. Her characters are never overdrawn. Her scenes are life pictures—her inci dents founded on facts—and her sentiments are character ized by a singular purity, both of conception and expres sion. The " HAUNTED HOMESTEAD" has been pronounced by those who have read the proof-sheets, to be her best work, and this is sufficient to commend it to general peru sal, and to give it great popularity. Prefixed to the work is an Autobiography of the Author's Life, written by herself. The work is complete in one large dnodeciino volume of nearly 300 pages, bound in cloth, for $1.25; or in two volumes, paper cover, for $l.OO, and will be , sent to any one free of postage, on the receipt of the money by the Publishers. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURG MAGAZINE, (American Edition,) for February, is for sale at Weathaeffer'e, in N. Queen et. A capital number, as usual, and filled with much inter eating and instructive matter, not contained in any other Periodical. Sm.tia ! Num.—A bill is before the Legisla ture to compel merchants, hotel keepers and brokers, to appear before the County Treas. urer, before their license is granted, to make oath that they will not pay out or circulate notes of a less denomination than five dollars. Ear The lowa Demooratio State Convention line .instructed its delegates to Charleston, to vote for Judge Douous. THE EDITORS , BOOK TABLE GEN. VOJIITIEWS On - the titeatk - of - thei difthat — aommat Gen. HENRY D. FOSTER for Governor, a large and enthusiastic meeting was held at Greens-, I - burg, where he resides, tq ratify the-nomina tion. Gen. F. having been invited, by resolution, to address the meeting, appeared in the Court House and spoke as followe:_ Mr. 'President and Fellow citizens :=1 - con fess that, -a few hours two, no man in Penn sylvania less anticipated the action of the Democratic State Convention, and of my fellow citizens here present, than myself. I had no expectations that I would be selected for the high and honorable position that has been assigned. me.. Upon every proper and convenient occasion, I had discouraged the use of thy name ae a candidate. But the nomination has been made and tendered to me in a manner and with a unanimity that precludes a declination. 'While I had no personal desire for a nomination, it is not now a question whether it is to my a dvantage! and , my gain, or my disadvantage and my loss. I cannot but accept it, and thus accede to what appears to be the urgent desire of my party. That such a nomination, tendered in such a manner, is gratifying, it would be idle and foolish in me to deny. But while I appre &tate the hanotllone me, I cannot but feel that it is rather a compliment paid to me out of respect for, and on account of, the noble Democracy of Old Westmoreland. All that I have, and all that I am, I have had from. the hande of its Democracy ; and this nomination has been given to them, rather than to me. It is not expected of me that upon this occasion I should undertake to discuss any of the issues of the campaign. It - will be a long and an arduous contest. There will be no child's play in,the battle which is to be fought in the fall of 1860 ; but to deserve as well as secure success, there will be required not only the untiring energy of your candidate, but of every individual Democrat in the State. That Democratic principles ought to prevail, should never for a moment be doubted. By the principles of that party—by its measures— measures that have made this country what it is—l shall stand firmly. Its measures and its principles are dear to every Democratic heart, and upon its platform I shall surely stand. Great questions of public policy and of vital interest are agitating the country to its very centre. Those questions must be settled, and settled upon sound national constitutional grounds. They must be settled, not for the benefit of the North—not for the benefit of the South—not for the exclusive benefit of any section, but for the best interests and the common good of the whole country. The flattering manner in which this nomi nation was made compels me to accept it. I ahould be false to my principles, false to my party, false to my friends here and elsewhere, by and through and for whom it has been given, if I failed to accept it. I take it from the Democratic party, and if that party goes down, standing as it does upon principles of justice and of right, I am content to go down with it. To you, my neighbors and my friends, I can hardly find words to express my gratitude for this spontaneous exhibition of your friend ship for me. Here, of all other places, it falls most flatteringly upon me. You have known me for many years, and to you I owe all that I am. Wherever situated, and wherever my lot may be cast in the future, my heart shall always be turned to my present home, where my imperfections have always been overlooked, and a meed of praise award• ed me far greater than my deserts. I thank you again for this warm manifesta tion of your kind regard, and, believe me, I shall cherish it through all the years of my life. [During the delivery of these remarks, he was frequently interrupted by the wildest applause, and when he sat down, the Court House fairly shook under the cheers of the multitude.] VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTHERN CON- GM= The following resolutions, which were adopted in the Virginia Senate on the 6th inst.. by a vote of 31 to 11, definitely dispose of the question of the participation of that State in a Southern Conference: Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, recognizing in our present relations with non-slaveholding States an imperative necessity for decisive measures, does not yet mistrust the capacity of the Southern States, by a wise and firm exercise of their several powers, to protect the rights and liberties of the people and to preserve the Federal Union. For this purpose we earnestly desire the con certed action of the Southern States. But the General Assembly respectfully submits to the consideration of South Carolina, and all sister States of the South, that efficient co operation can be more safely obtained by such direct legislative action of the several States as may be necessary and proper, than through the agency of an assemblage which can exer cise no legislative powers except to debate and advise. Resolved, therefore, That, in the opinion of the General Assembly, it is inexpedient to appoint deputies to the Conference proposed by South Carolina and Mississippi. Resolved, That the Governor of the Com monwealth be requested to communicate the foregoing resolutions to the Governors of the States of South Carolina and Mississippi, and to the Governor of each of the slaveholding States. In the House of Delegates these resolutions were adopted by a vote of 90 to 42. THE CINCINNATI CALAMITY The Gazette gives the following particulars of the calamity in that city, by which thirteen men, all married but one, were crushed to instant death : The St. Xavier Church was being removed to give place to a new church edifice, and some thirty or forty laborers, mostly Irish, were engaged in the process of razing it. All the walls of the church had, instead of being picked to pieces, been partially undermined, and, then, by means of levers, thrown over inwardly. The thirteen who were killed were at work on the Northern wall, preparing to tumble it down. This wall was nearly fifty feet in length, and thirty feet in heighth ; it rested on a stone foundation, and at the base was two feet in thickness, tapering at the top to eighteen inches. Along the lower part of the wall these thirteen laborers had taken out a row of bricks, and it was without a moment's warning, the wall fell inward, burying them in the ruins. The wall stood apart from all the others, having no connection with other walls, and no protection was taken against an accident by " shoring " the wall. This work of undermining was commenced on Tuesday, and at nightfall was nearly completed ; thus it was left throughout the heavy rains of Wednesday, and the strong winds of Wednes day night. The news of the calamity flew from mouth to mouth, and- in half an hour 10,000 people had congregated at the ruins. The bodies of the men were exhumed as soon as possible, and presented a terrible spectacle. The bodies were taken to a room in an adjoining build ing, and the Gazette says : It was here the most distressing, scenes of woe were to be seen. Friends seeking friends, wives after husbands, and children after parents, were admitted one by one, and as the mangled bodies of the dead were exposed, it is not wonderful that agonizing cries were the consequence. Scarcely one of the dead could be recognized from facial features; it was by clothing, or some other remembered marks, that they were distinguished. The families of all the killed are poor, and were dependent on the pittance earned from day to day. With much commendableness, the Society and Church of Jesus (Jesuits) have deter: mined upon aiding and caring for the families of the debeased. At all the different Catholic Churches of the city there will also be taken up,.next Sunday, a collection for the same purpose. ' ger The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts has elected a full SEWARD del egation to the Chicago Abolition Convention. Wisconsin and Minnesota have both instruct ed their Delegates to the,Chioago Convention to.vote for Senator Seward as theii choice for the-Presidency, Aar Alexander Cminniags has - retired from. The Philadelphia .!yening Bulletin "and Messrs, Pec3°°l', Chambers , gueeee4 to the proprieorship. CITY.. LL D . _C OMAN -TM' -A PIP ,14:11LEV. Tut IlOwartD EVEAtINC.S.—A notuer crowded home otrTueoday evening last. Prof. Thomas C. PORTER wati.the lecturer on the occasion. "Domestic Economy in its Relation to Health" was the thenie upon which he ably dwelt for half an hour. The Professor spoke macro" poraneously, but his Mess were beautifully pok,tomather'' and his whole lecture was full of sound sense and wisdom. Prof. P. never talks nulesa to the point. :HU lecture was well received. The exercises were enlivened by most au:client innate prom Prat Hirvinski's Juvenile Orchestra, oziaistink some fifteen or twenty performers. A vote of thanks was given them. The diatiiiaiDn was participated in by Dr. Atlee, Mr. Frantz, Maj. Ditmars, Prof Wise, Mayor Sanderson, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Eir.belberger and Judge Hayes. - - The next lecture of the coume will. be „deliverad this (Tnesday)evening, by Col. O.J. Dims!. Sabjeet "Should office be sought for in a Republican form of Government', This will prove interesting and instructive, as Col. D. has the requisite ability to make it such. - THE CITY FINANCES.—From the. Annual Report of the Committee on Finance, made to Councils at their regular meeting on Tuesday evening last, we learn that the faience in the Treasury, at the beginning of the present fiscal year, (Feb:lBth;) was $6,710.99: The Committee also 'submitted the following table of estimated receipts and expenditaras for the fiscal year, 1860; which was adopted by Councils. It will be seen that the Committee have agreed in opinion with the Mayor, and reduced the tax to 90 cents in the $lOO. This will, doubt* leas, be gratifying to the tax-payers: Examers. Tax of 90 cents on Property valuation - ($3.400,000) $30,600.00 Water rent from duplicate 9,000.00 Water rent from Penn's R. R. Co 600.00 Miscellaneous for ferrules, licenses, forfeits, fines, &c 200.00 Rents of Market Stalls, (including arrearagee of 1819,) 1,800.00 ot Rent of City Property Addition to Tax duplicate for default of payment 200.00 Addition to Water Rent duplicate for default of payment 100.00 Refunded quota frqm county for bridges and road damages • 600.00 . Arrearage of tax for 1859 800.00 Balance in Treasury at beginning of year 6,710.99 EX.PM - DITITEZEI To pay interest-on loans and sinking fund $20,282.31 street damages 600.00 - Interest on street damages 156.00 water pipe and laying ' 800.00 grading, paving and repairs of streets— 3,800.00 paving crossings in Centre Square 700.00 making two squares of turnpike . 2,000.00 ii on account of North Queen and Orange street sewers 1,650.00 watchmen daring the winter months-- 1,836.00 " lighting city . 1,500.00 " fire companies 1,900.00 salaries 3,975.00 " mi3cellaneous Water Works expenses 4,000.00 " abatement for prompt payment of city taxes 1,200.00 " abatement for prompt payment of water rent 300.00 " per centage for collecting taxes after De. cember 1 600.00 Probable outstanding taxes at close of fiscal year 800.00 Contingencies 3,011.68 A MOONLIGHT PARADE—THAT WAS TO BE ! The Fencibles—gallant, whole-smiled fellows . they are— made arrangements for a parade in fatigue dregs on Tues day night last, under the light of the "bright, silver moon." The evening came as a matter of course, the sky wee over spread with threatening clouds, and her Moonship deigned to make but a very faint appearance. Our military friends, nevertheless, to prove themselves not merely "holiday soldiers," turned out strongly, Lieut. FRANKLIN command ing, and paraded over a portion of the city, accompanied by their fine Band. Whilst somewhere in the suburbs, and at "common time, march," the "gentle rain-drops" descended briskly, making "quick time" very agreeable for the nonce to the feelings of the soldier pedestrians.— , By the time they arrived at the Armory they were pretty thoroughly soaked—our Temperance readers will under derstand, however, that It wasn't with fire-water. Better luck next time. RE-ELECTED.—JOHN C. VAN CAMP, Esq., was reelected Alderman of the 9.. W. Ward, on Tuesday last, by 55 majority. VALUABLE PATENT—THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY or TEIE Ansi—We are happy to announce that Messrs. H. & E. Mayhew, of this city, have just received Letters Patent, dcited March 6th, 1860, through the Agency of Col. J. F. Relgart, for a process of making Coal better in quality, for all ainds of Smlthwork, Furnaces , Foundries and Locomotives. It is an invention of great importance, as in a fire made with his prepared Coal, iron of an inferior quality, can be worked to great advantage. Copper and Tin-smiths prefer it to the best charcoal, as it not only lasts much longer, and is better adapted to their work, severally, but it Is cheaper and in every way superior to charcoal, and much more healthy when burnt in a close apartment. In the welding of Iron and Steel together, it is a desideratum that has long been sought for, and the heaviest work can be accomplished perfectly with less trouble, and in much less time. For the last few weeks it has been thoroughly tested by some of our beet mechanics in their Machine Shops, on the most difficult kind of Steel and Iron work, making a hotter fire and cleaner weld . whilst the fire retained its greatest heat double the length of time of other coal, and perfectly free of cinders. The cost of preparing the coal is merely nominal. This prepared Coal has also been perfectly tested in the manufacturing of Gas, and found to give out over one third more of Gas of a much better quality, and brighter in flame than the coal now used for that purpose. For further information address the Patentees, at the Patent Agency Office, second story of Sprecher's Building, North Queen street, Lancaster. APPOINTMENT.—Our good Democratic friend and fellow citizen. JAMEEI WHITEHILL, Esq., has received the appointment of a Clerkship in the Interior Department, at Washington, and has already entered upon his duties. Mr W. Is one of our most worthy and respectable citizens, and we are pleased to be able to chronicle the fact that his ap pointment gives general satisfaction in this community where he Is so well known and so highly esteemed. MOUNT JOY BANK.—On yesterday week the Mount Joy Bank Bill gamed the Senate by the following vote : YEA. —Mesthi. Baldwin, Crawford, Gregg, Imbrie, Irish, Relcham, Landon, M'Clure. Meredith, Parker, Penney, Rutherford, Schindel, Shaeffer, Smith, Thompson and Francis, Speaker-17. _ Nwys—Messrs. Bell, Benson. Blood, Craig, Finney, Hall, Keller, Margolis, Miller and Welsh-10. Having previonAly passed the House, it is now in the hands of the Governor. EECTION OF OFFICERS.—The following gen tlemen were last week elected officers of the Manor Turn pike Road Company : President—Baniel Harman, Esq. Managers—Abraham Peters, Jacob K. Shank, John Lint ner, Jacob M. Frantz, Samuel Hausman and Abraham Bausman. Treasurer--Geo. F. Breneman. THE DEMOCRACY OF LEACOCK.—At ft very large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democracy, of Lea cock township, held at the house of John Sheaffef p in the village of Intercourse, for the purpose of settli4 candi dates to be supported at the ensuing township ;"election, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Democracy of Leacock fully', endorse the nomination of the Hon. HENRY D. FOSTER as our candi date for Governor, and, as members of the only National party, we pleoge our support to the nomineu of the Charleston Democratic Convention. AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE. —We have been presented by Dr. Henry Breneizor, of Halinstowri, with a box of his Indian Vegetable Tooth Powder, veiy, nicely put up. We have not yet had the opportunity of testing it; but from what we have heard from those jvho have used it, we feel no hesitancy in recommending It the use of those who need the article. Dr. Breneizer claims that tho Powder manufactured by him possesses excellent qual Mei not only as a cleanser of the teeth, but Is. Xis() good for purifying the breath and solidifying the gums and Is a sure preventive to scurvy. The Doctor says his Powder is in much demand and he Intends to establish agencies for its sale throughout the County—he is now on a tour for this purpose. Those who purchase Dr. B.'s Powder should be MB to get the GENUINE AOTTCLE. LIST OF GRAND JURORS to serve in the Quar ter Sessions' Court, commencing Monday, April 18th: John R. Bitner, City; Henry Dickinson, Salisbury; Jacob Foreman Conoy; Lewis Haines, Fulton; Edward Hibsh man Ephrata; Samuel Hem, Peqnea; John Hildebrand, Providence; Henry Keen, Providence; G. Taylor Lane, City; Adam Miller, Manheim Bor.; John Metzler, West Earl; George Moake,' Martic; George L. Messenkop, City; John Neff, Manheim; Samuel Nissley, Clay; Henry ' , Holey, East Donegal; John S. Reiss, Manor; Peter 8. Heist, Warwick; John Strickler, Rapho; John B. Stebman, West Hempfield; James Tyson, Columbia; Samuel Wolf, Ephrata; J. M. West. haeffer, City; Marks G. Wenger, Upper Leacock. LIST or PETIT JURORS to serve in the same Court Joseph Armstrong, Mantic; Abraham Bruckhardt, Penn; John Brubaker, Raplao; Benjamin Buckwalter, East Lam peter; James Bones, Manor, Benjamin Bletz, Columbia; John D. Boring. City; Elias Diller, Leacccig Joseph S. Den linger, West Hempfield; Henry S. Eberly, Clay; John Fri day, West Ilempfield; Rudolph Fry, Manor; Abraham Groff, Earl; Isaac Gingrich, Penn; Christian Hoover, Bina burg;' Michael L. Hoover, Lancaster; Martin Hoover, Prov idence; Jacob Hacker, Clay; Isaiah Herr, Manor; Benjamin Hertzler, Lancaster; John It. Hess, Clay; John B. Herr, West Lampetsr; David Huber, West Lampeter; Samuel M. Knox, Leacock; Franklin Kinzer, Bari; John List, Colum bia; Peter Longencker, Penn; Adam Lefever, West Lampe. ter; Christian Martin, Warwick; Park Mason, Manor; John Miller, East Donegal; Benjamin Owen, Upper Leacook;• Samuel Patton, Leacocka James H. Pagan, Martiq Christian Petershelm, Sadsbury; Jacob Rohrer, Jr., East leunpeter; Henry Risser, Elizabeth; Andrew Ream, East Coca'lac; 0. J. Rhoads, Manor; J. Miller Raub, Providence; Amos Bank, East Earl; Daniel Sensenig, Brecknoclr, Joseph 0. Snyder, City; Christian Sourbeer, Manor; John A. Sheaf, City; John W. Thompson, Salisbury; Joseph B. Wright, Manor; Godfried Zahm, City. LIST or Juanita to serve in the Court of Common Pleas, commencing Monday, April 23d: John J. Andrews, Colerain; Isaac Brown, • West Earl; David Breneman,- Elizabethtown; Joseph Brubaker, War wick; Peter Bruner, Mount Joy Bon; Abraham Bruner," Columbia; Francis W. Christ, Warwick; Jacob B. Eshle man, Manor; Daniel Erisman ' City; Henry Eby, Columbia; James EL Piaster, Sadebnry ; John Flickinger, West Coca'. ico; Henry L. Frantz, East Hempfield; Antos Groff, Martin, Elwood Griest, Sadsbury; John H. Hershey, Manor; John Haldeman, Coney; Samuel Heiser,' West Earl; Emanuel furnish, Peques; Frederick Hoffman, East Hempfield; Henry Hiestatict, East Donegal; Israel H. Johns,' 'Upper Lesicock; Jacob F. Rants, City; .Levi ',Busch, Rreckruick; Jacob S. Miller, Columbia; William W. Mechesney; Colum bia;-John Marley, Conoy; Christian S. Mosley, , Mount Joy; Jacob H. Nissley, East Donegal; John H. Pearsall, City; John R. Bonsai, City; 'Daiid Styer,Cmrnarvon ; Jacob S. Witmer, Manor ,: John Winters, Illtrtatmtv Christian Wen. Tor, East Earl; Jacob Whitson, Oalisbnry... TOOTHACHE.—This disease can .be cured by Dr. Keyser's Toothache Kennedy, prepared by him in MU , barkh, Pa., which Is put np In bottles and sold at 26'conts each. It le an aAceareat .Inadititlist - whim dllattalaat spongy and tender Karma, and Is worth,ten times its twice to all - who mita Saki' Uri' by O.' Aaltirdtilk und; all Druggists. E 1 7. .141 tiftfik—fer Mr. Willinut_Spencer, one of the most worthy and respected citizens of dadshury towrehip, was threshing. attest with a machine, in attempting to fix the hitching strap which, bad got out of place, his foot slipped and he Wasr-thrown into the gearing, and'before he could be relieved had his leg smelted so badly as to render._amputatkin necessary. This operation was' tkilfally performed by Dr. Martin, assisted by Dr. Houston, and it is thought there is a fair prospect of his recovery. . . • TROUBLESOME' C9l/CIRE AND - COLDS.--The &Ala, or the community is siwayli a, subject. of Serious.. consideration MI Mose whO are .aupposed . to direct puns' opinion, and there is no more prevalent source of untimely deaths than the coughs and colds, which make their as. pearance during-.the Winter, and Spring months. We would advise all such who are afflicted with any long difficulty to apply at once to Ds. Errata's Psoroast. Smote a medicine prepared by a carrefal - physidan of the old - acioal, who has cared kilm.elf by this great medicine, nearly-twenty years ago, and has since used it, with .won derful-effect.' We'know Dr. - Keyser to - be a man entitled to the respect of, the public, and as such, we would recom mend hia PICSOBaI. SrallP as a superior remedy. Sold here by O. A. Meinitah and all Druggists. DOUGII.AS , REPLY TO SEWARD. In the ,Senate, on. Wednesday week, after Mr. Seward's epeech, Mr. Douglas thus con trasted the course and principles of the two parties, and. exposed the heresies of Black Republicanism:— It has become fashionable to refer to the Kansas and Nebraska act as the cause of the disturbances - now in the country, and people talk of thatlre-opening the controversy, and they talk about the repeal of this sacred compact that has been undisturbed for more than a quarter of a century, which would never have happened had that party been faithful to the provisions of the • reservation. The necessity for, the repeal of that act was the fact that the majority in the . Northern States refused to carry out the Missouri Com promise in good faith. He was willing to extend it tb the Pacific Ocean, and to' abide by it forever, and the entire South, with one exception in this body, was willing to abide by it. But .the free soil element was so strong as to defeat that measure,us the slavery question was opened anew. ese men, who now complain of the abrogation of that act, were the very men that denbunced it and ask who were willing to abide by it? It was the defeat of the enactment to extend that act to the Pacific Ocean, which passed this body, but was defeated in the House of Representa tives, to establish the great principle rebuking the doctrine of intervention by Congress to prohibit slavery in the Territories. Both parties pledged themselves in 1852 to abide by that principle, and -in 1854 they carried out that compromise in the Nebraska act. He repeated that the resistance to the set tlement of the act of 1820, and the defeat of the bill extending the compromise to the Pacific, was the solo cause of the agitation of 1850, and gave rise to the necessity of estab lishing the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the Territories.— Hence he was ,not willing to stand here and hear the Senator from New York (Mr. Seward) arraign him and the party to which he be longed, and charge them with the responsibil ity which rests entirely on the Senator and his associates—the Democratic party were willing to carry out that compromise, but failing in that, they have been faithful to the new adjustment, and whatever agitation has grown up since has been in' consequence of the resistance of the party of whom that Senator is the tided, to that great principle which has been ratified by the American people at two Presidential elections. If he was willing to acquiesce in the solemnly ratified judgment of the American people to whom he appeals, there would be no agitation in this country; the argument of the Senator goes far beyond the question of slavery even in the Territories. It rests on the assumption that the negro and the white man were made equal by the Divine law, and hence all laws, all constitutions, all governments, in violation of that principle of negro equality, are in violation of the law of God.. $51,010.99 $51,010.99 This is the basis on which his speech rests, and he quotes the Declaration of Independence to show that the fathers understood that the negro was placed on an equality with the white man. We have had to meet that doctrine of the Senator for years, that the Declaration of Independence recognized the negro and 'white man as equal, and hence the provision of the Constitution is in violation of Divine law. In other words, it is an argument against the Constitution, on the ground that it is contrary to the Divine law. Mr. Douglas then read an extract from a speech of Mr. Seward, delivered in Ohio in 1848, saying that slavery is a sin not only in the Southern States, but also in States that do not give negroes their rights, and that the provision for the rendition of fugitives was in violation of Divine law. Yet, said Mr. Douglas, notwithstanding the Senator is committed to this doctrine, and the leading men of his party are committed to it, he argues that they are accused of favoring negro equality, and he says that the tendency of the doctrine is to promote the equality of white men. I want the gentlemen to carry out their principles to their logical conclusion. Let them carry out legislation to confer on negroes all rights and citizenship, the same as to the white man. For one, I never held to any such doctrine. I look on the Declaration as referring to the white men—to the governing race of this country, who were in conflict with Great Britain, and has no reference to the negro when it declares all men to be equal. If the signers of that Declaration had so understood the Declaration, were they not bound, on that very day and hour, to emancipate all their slaves? Yet not one of those men did eman cipate their slaves, and not one State emanci pated their slaves till after the Revolution.— These facts show conclusively that the Declaration of Independence never was in tended to bear the construction which is placed upon it by the Senator from New York, add by that enormous tribe of abolition lecturers going through the country, speaking bi school-houses and churches, teaching child ren that the Almighty had put the seal of condemnation on all inequality between the negro and the white man. I am free to say, ..as I have said over and over again, that this Government was made by white men, for white men and their posterity forever, and should be administered by white men, and none other whatsoever. THE SHOEMAKERS , STRIKE A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, writing from Boston respecting the shoemakers' strike, communicates the following interesting facts : The boot and shoe manufacturing interest in Massachusetts is supposed to be that yield ing the largest income. The annual sales in a good year amount to $60,000,000. There are from forty thousand to fifty thousand persons employed in manufacturing these goods ; or say a twenty-fourth part of all the inhabitants of the State. You will thus not wonder at the "no small stir" among this large class, when its real or financial interests are touched. These people are also found in considerable numbers in Southern New Hampshire and Maine, and elsewhere in the Eastern States. Many manufacturers of shoes of our acquaintance have become wealthy, but not more, in proportion, than the manu facturers of cotton, woolen and other goods. Perhaps the laborers in all our factories have not been paid any too much. If those who work on daily and weekly newspapers, are paid better as compositors, it must be remem bered that it is a much more difficult art to set types than it is to make shoes. Those who live here know very well that the most of our shoe towns are the most extreme of any we have in their violence towards the Southern States and their institutions. This is mani fested by their votes and by the Abolition Conventions that are entertained by them.— Now that they are suffering for the lack of trade which their bitterness has driven - away, they may be led to ask, "What have we gained by waging war upon the donaestio institution of our sister States.? , What has humanity gained ? Aye, how much ,has she lost by it ; for we do not soften men's hearts by raising a whirlwind of violence and denunciation against them, but by reason, by good will, and by love." DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES 2 MARSHALL, Mich., March s.—At the Char ter election to-day, -the whole Democratic ticket was elected by 100 majority. The Democratic gain is 200 since last year. GALENA, 111., Monday, March 5.--The whole Democratic ticket, except two Aldermen, was elected to day by an average majority of 180. REQUISITION REFUSED. CLEVELAND, March 9.—The Governor of Virginia has made a requisition on the Gov ernor of Ohio for the arrest of Owen Brown and Francis Merriam, alleged Harper's Ferry. insurgents; who are "supposedto be now in Ashtabula 'county: GoveriMr Denison declines issuing the; warrants, and.has - Cotiummionted his reasons to Gov. Letoher. THE READING CONVENTION. BY A Lootia The Democratic Convention which met at Reading on the 29th ult. was the moat linportant, interesting and en thusiastic political body that ever assembled in this State. Every dietrict }tae fully. represented, and the zeal and abil ity:of the delegates were the subject of remark by the spectators who densely crowded the Court Room during the sittings of the Convention. Viewing the critical con dition- of the Pentrerstls party of this State for the last two or:three, years and the normality, of a remedy for this condition; the meetiniof thaßesdinkOonvention, ter -minding as It did In liarmoulorW andomax action, wilt aco n , will l o ng berecollected as the briettat epoch in the annals of Pennsylvania politica. The dissentious and consequent factions spirit .which during the last three years existed in -the :Democratic party of this State, and the fact that the Oppodtion, now domi nant in nearly every Northern State, were rapidly making inroads in this State by their_ *Merles istitwo consecutive - elections ; and the destined influence of Pennsylvania In the political campaign of 1860—these considerations ren dered the recent State Convention of vast importance.— Upon its recent depended the feta of the Democracy of this State, and through it the success or defeat of the party of the Nation in the ensuing Presidential struggle. The pro ceedings of the late Convention were, therefore, looked for with the greatest anxiety by the Democracy of the entire Linton, their cause being oar cause and their fate depending upon our fete.' A. proud, yet a responsible position for the Democratic party of the Keystone State! These were the circurastances under which the , delegatee to the' recent Democratic State Convention : assembled, accompanied by the largest number of persona that ever met in .all eager to contribute their influence to harmonise:the proceedings of the Convention, and restore peace and union tea distracted party. Such a grand spectacle the writer cannot again hope to witness in this State. "Here were assembled many of the moat prominent, talented and eloquent champions of the Democratic cause, each resolved npon doing his utmost for his party's good; but they met with all the differences and prejudices engendered by the recent dissentious of the party, each determined not to drop &principle, but willing to make every reasonable concession and personal sacrifice for the sake of the Democratic party. In every State Con vention there arise difficulties to be settled, but those inci dent to this Convention were of more than ordinary inter est, and gave rise to. much animated. and acrimonious dis cussion. But as these difficulties and the differences arising from the discord reigning of late were one by one adjusted by the Convention, the roars of applause evinced the sat isfaction of the delegates and the enthusiasm of the vast crowd witnessing their proceedings. And while it was to have been expected that peace and harmony Would mark the proceedings of a body of men who were attached to their party because they cherished its principles, no one present; in view of the difficulties in the way, was prepared to witness the spirit of concession, reconciliation, enthusi asm and unity that manifested themselves in the Conven tion. The writer of this article must say that he went to Read ing with gloomy forebodings as to the result of the Conven tion, and be will also confess that he'was strongly preju diced against some of the leading men of the Convention ; but when he saw manifested from the beginning an eager ness to adjust all difficulties and witnessed the determina tion of every delegate, as manifested by their votes and the speeches, to restore peace and effect a union In the party, all gloomy forebodings and every prejudice vanished. The readiness of the leading men of the Convention to bury past differences and forget personal grievances, and their exhortations to that effect were really gratifying, and forci bly prove their love of principles and the earnestness of their attachment to the organization of the Democratic party. In a party where love of principles and attachment to organization are the springs of action to its adherents, a difference of opinion on matters of party policy can be tolerated and personal interests will always be sacrificed at the shrine of the party's welfare. Such a spirit of toler &nee, concession and personal sacrifice was exhibited by the recent Convention; and if the Democracy throughout the State imitate the action of the Convention, past ani mosities' and differences will be forgotten, peace and union will be effected, and the path will be smoothed to certain and glorious Democratic victories at the coming State and Presidential elections. The action of the Convention speaks for itself. There was a difference of opinion as to the manner the permanent officers of the Convention should be chosen, also in refer ence to the mode of selecting the Delegates to the Charles ton Convention' and choosing the State Electors. These differences of opinion, however, were happily settled after long and animated discussions; and saisfactorily settled, except to those persons who now complain of, and who had themselves previously recommended the very course the Convention in these disputed matters pursued; and who also denounce and place in a false position the very men Who were the advocates of this course of action.; Gen. HENRY- D. FOSTER, the Convention's nominee for Governor, needs no commendation: The fact that he did not solicit the nomination, the unanimity of his choice and the enthusiasm that followed, evidence his position in the party; and his commanding ability and eloquence as a speaker render him the fit competitor of Eton. Andrew G. Curtin, the Opposition candidate, in the present Guber natorial canvass. Gen. Poster's political experience, undis puted qualifications, integrity of character and generosity of disposition will have their due weight with the unpreju diced and reasonable men of all parties. Take it all In all, his nomination was. on the part of the Convention an act of wisdom, of policy and duty. To the resolutions adopted by the Convention, as the platform of the party of this State, no Democrat can reason ably object. The principles enunciated may not be as radical as some desire; but they are explicit and adapted to our times, one interests and our people. They raise no new tests of citizenship, nor do they overlook the interests of any class, or the rights of any section of our country.— They are the broad, universal and immutable principles of Democracy as contrasted with the sectional, proscriptive and changeable policy of the mongrel Opposition: they amply provide for the interests of Pennsylvania, and, at the same time, look to the rights of every section of the Union, and extend to every class and creed of citizens their civil and religious privileges. Looking back, then, to the critical condition of the Dem ocratic party previous to the meeting of the recent Conven tion, viewing all the obstacles the Convention had to overcome in order to settle the differences and allay the bitter animosities growing out of the dissentious existing in the party during the last two or three years, let me sulk whether every true Democrat should not rejoice over the workings and thd result of that Con ven tion By its action it presented to the Democracy an unexceptionable candidate for Governor, satisfied and united the conflicting elements of the party, and put forth a platform upon which every Democrat in the State can stand and do battle for the party during the ensuing campaign. Whence then come the murmurs of complaint and dissatisfaction with the proceedings of the Convention, and the condition in which It has placed the party of our State? Surely only from the Opposition, who very naturally are disappointed at the harmonious and successful action of the Convention, and from those professing Democrats who, goaded by disap pointed ambition and incited by a spirit of revenge, inglor iously seek to ruin the Democratic party, by keeping alive past diesentions and encouraging treachery—the last, the foulest of all political crimes. The Democratic party of Loncaster county is now a unit ; even those who were of late !estranged from the party now endorse the action of the Reading Convention, and mani fest a determination to work within the organization. The Democracy of this county have met with many difficulties and have endured great adversity during the last quarter of a century. No one will soon forget the wide breach and bitter contention In the party arising from the difference between the lamented and gallant Faersa and the friends of our present illustrious President; but this disorganiza tion of the party Is only remembered to remind no how utterly futile and dangerous it is to weaken the party by factious splits. Surrounded by a powerful Opposition and wholly without patronage—with their claims too often overlooked by the men whom they aid in elevating to office—the Democracy of this county have increased in numbers and grown in strength until they have succeeded in materially reducing the once unequalled Opposition majorities of this county, the "Old Guard"•of Whiggery.— And if we may judge tram the victory gained by the Dem ocratic party at the recent municipal election in this city, we have reason to believe that during the following cam• paign, and by their vote at the next elections, our Democ racy will prove themselves worthy of their past history, and advance a step further in their efforts to rid our county of the influence and control of the party whose representa tives in our State and National Le - gislaturesthave so often brought to us the blush of shame. It is here due to say a few words of the choice of Lan caster county for Governor. Our delegates to the Reading Corivffitition were unanimously instructed for Capt. GEORGE SANDERSON, the senior editor of The Intelhgencer. His friends 'favored his nomination because of his unfaltering devotion for the last thirty years to the Democratic party, his purity and integrity of character, and his acknowledged ability. They believed that, under all circumstances, his nomination would be acceptable to the whole Democracy, and that he would be a fit candidate for the party during the present Gubernatorial contest. The Convention, how ever, saw proper to nominate another, and to this nomina tion Mayor SANDERSON and his friends yield a hearty sup port. And to those delegates who cast their votes for our choice the Democracy of Lancaster county will aver feel grateful; and without meaning to make any invidious distinction, the writer cannot avoid referring to the sup port given Lem first to last , by our neighbor of York, Hon. Wttuest H. Wfuth, the efficient President of the Conven tion, to Mayer SANDERSON. Mr. WELSH IS one Of the s most talented and promising young men in our ranks, and I hope that we may often have the opportunity of manifest ing our remembrance of his services for our candidate and our appreciation of his talents, merits and sterling Democ racy. It is also gratifying to his friends to know that no man appeared to have a faster hold on the affections of the delegates and persons attending the Convention than our worthy Mayor. On his appearance before that body, to give in his adhesion to the nomination of Gen. Forma, no man was more rapturously greeted, and his speech was frequently applauded and properly appreciated by all present; and, during the speeches of others, frequent al lusions were made to the success of the party of our city in re-electing. Mayor SANDERSON at our last election, and the prestige it gave to the campaigns of this year. At the earnest solicitation of his friends he remained in Reading, and in the evening following the adjournment of the Convention addressed an immense ratification meeting. After a very complimentary introduction to the meeting by the President, Gen. GEORGE M. Kam, Mayor Vastiszasox delivered one of the happiest speeches which his home friends Over had the pleasure of hearing from hini• ' :during the whole course of his remarks he was enthusiastically applauded by the immense gathering. After theadjonrn ment of the meeting he was serenaded by the Rand of the Keystone Club of Philadelphia, and called upon to address them, which he did hi a few brief and happy reMarks.— These marks of respect and admiration shown to our worthy Mayor were really gratifying to his friends present, and filled them with the hope—which was frequently ex pressed by delegates and others from different party of the State—that the claim and choice of Lancaster county will not hereafter be overlooked, and that we may receive our just reward by the nomination of Capt. Groans SANDERSON for Governor in 1863. Among the hosts of visitors to Beading, during the hold ing of the Convention, Lancaster county was well repre sented. Many of our friends were there to witness the proceedings of the Convention, and to use their Influence for the interests of our county. Among the veterans in the cause were H. R. Swans, Esq., JACOB F. Haters, Esq., Gen. GEO. M. STEINDLAN, Lieut. Josh Rees and Messrs. RICHARD McGriantr, Mutest hiar.ons and Lewis MOLDY of the city, Mr. Wuxuar Wintast of Crernarvon, and Gen. Isaac WlN nos of Earl, and all were pleased with the kind attentions shown them by the people of Reading. It really does ap pear that our neighbors are partial to Lancaster folks. And for their marked attention to an, they have our thanks and the promise of reciprocal treatment when opportunity of , fere; but for the fear of slighting others, we might justly mention the names of those who were particularly kind and attentive to our friends. ' The hcad.quarters of our delegation were at the Mansion House, kept by Mr. Wu, melt L. Da Bosses, the .prince of landlords" in _Pennsyl vania. Too much cannot be said of the excellent accom modations of this house, (in fact, they canna be surpassed anywhere,) arid the kindness and gentlemanly bearing of Mr. Dr. Bounds; his charges, too, were reasonable. Nor should the accommodations afforded by all the hotels be overlooked; considering their crowded condition none have cause to complain, arid all seemed satisfied with the treatment they received-:-every thing having been done for the comfort of the vast throngs who crowded the beau tiful Capital of Old Berke. In' conclusion: A more suitable place than Reading could not have been selected for holding the Convention; and let us hope that the spirit, concession and harmony manifested by that body will descend to the Democracy of Berke, that, forgetting all past differences, they will once again present a united front and, by her accustomed ma jorities at the next elections, redeem • her blighted laurels. THE METHODIST ANI , IIIAL CONFERENCE.- The Philadelphia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will meet in the city of. Philadelphia, on. Wednesday, the 21st of March. The :Rev. Bishop Baker will preside, assisted by the Rev. Bishop Scott. The election of Delegates to "the General Conference, which will hold its nest meeting= in the city of Buffalo; in May, will be a Met ter of considerable interest. There are meas ures in contemplation involving great changes in the Discipline of the Church, each as, the introduction of lay repreeentation .into the Annual and General. Confereces, modifica tions of the Presiding Elder's' Office, and the extension of the time of ministerial service in the Church. -movAlmittifirik voluerspoNDEßCEsi A Literary Letter, *a/darning a Lut of Living .Threign Authors. and Crinkai Remarks on aeper'si homeward Hound, Die? ens ' role of Two Mies, Miss Fterdoe's Adopt . . est Heir, Norton's ArE Lije.in IWEy,.slgior-slfetailk'tler Stony, Grate : ok, theKnowlerfai of Life; also, announcement; 62 books in press, do. Artincorrect statement of the ages of certain-authors of note having been started by a London period teal, we hive carefully compiled the following list which may be relied upon. Since the death of Humboldt, Walter Savage Lan der Is the oldest literaq man in Europe. He is 85 yean of age: , Lard Breugininfla 82. Rey. Dr. Groby 80. David Brewster and Lord-Mahon 78. Guirot 73. J: P. Collier 71: Victor Cousin mid Rey. H. H. Mllman 69. Alison, the Historian, Lamartirie, and Sir John Bowring 68. Fran• cis B. Head 67. George Grote and Michael Farraday 66. = - Carlyle and William Howitt 65. Albany Fonbianque, Sir Charles Lyell and M. A. Thiers 63. Samuel Lover 62.- InnTY Oomerall OL S.C. Hall, G. P. B. James, Mrs. Gore and Mrs. Marsh 60. Emile de Glrar din, Victor Hugo and Harriet Mfiztinean 58. (Litteil, ingillaneman, of the Liv ing Age, says that Harriet must be 75.) Denies and Charles Swain 57. Mary Howitt 66. Bulwer, Ainsworth, D'lsraell, and. Rev. P. D. Maurice 65. Charles Lever, (Harry Lorrequer) 64. Mrs. Norton 62. Mrs. Cowden Clarke IL Richard Moncton Mines and Mark Lemon 61. Tennyson and Mrs. Browning 50. Thackemy , 49. Dickens and John Foroter 48.. Louis 'Blanc, and Prof. Aytowd 47. • Shirley Brooks, Wm. Howard Russell and Albert Smith 44. Tom Taylor and G. H. Lewes 43. Capt. Mayne Reid and Cook 42. Win. Hepworth Dixon 39. James Grant 38. Matthew Arnold 37. Wilkie Collins and Sidney Do. bell 38. Julia Kavanagh 35. Miss Maisel 34. James Hannay 33. An entertaining and instructive book is just published by Messrs. C. J. Francis tt Co., New York. It is A Guide to the Enrookdge of Life, Vegetable and • Animail being a Comprehensive Manual of Physiology, viewed in relation to the maintenance of health, by Robert James Mann, M. D. The title of the book explains its purpose; and as to its quality.so excellent an authority as Chambers' Journal, says "This book is by one of the scientificluaObers of the time; sound in knowledge, earnest in purpose, and above all writers gifted with wonderful powers of explanation and description." Structure, Respiration, the Blood, Oper ations of the Mind, the Air, and twenty other subjects of vital interest are clea;ly and fully treated id this elegant treatise, which we wish every reader could peruse care fully. It is a neat 16 coo. volume of 420 pages, with nu menotts illustrations. An important literary event of the year will be a new volume of Poems by Mrs. Browning, which Messrs. Francis & Co. have now in press. They also announce a new volume, Men who have helped themselves. To the young readers of The Intelligencer the name of Grace Greenwood is doubtlessl, a familiar and a favorite one. Her Little Pilgrim is taken by thousands of good girls and boys. and her pleasant Story books have brought a sparkle to many a bright little eye. For all good chil dren Grace has just been writing another book, which Masora Ticknor & Fields, of Boston have published In pretty style, with handsome engravings. It is called Stories From. Flzmous Beitatis, the Idea being to take soma well known old poem, like Chevy Chase, and Auld Robin Gray, and put it into easy prose that children may under stand. We give the little book-the warmest recommenda tion. An attractive romance of the days of Cromwell and Charles, entitled Hqimby House, A Tale of Old Northamp tonshire, has just been issued by Messrs Ticknor A. Finkle, as the second number of their new Library of Standard Fiction. This new series of books proposes new novels by Mrs. Gaskell, Mary Hewitt, Julia Kavanagh, and all the best story writers of the day. Though in paper covers, and cheap popular form and price, we would hove it dis tinctly impressed on the reader that the works in this library of fiction are not of the ordinary yellow covered school. No Reynolds, no Jack Sheppard, no Mr. Blood and Thunder's History of a Red Hot Stew Pau. And the aim of the publishers to elevate the character of cheap fiction should be liberally encouraged. Holmby House b! a splendid story, and it is exquisitely printed. The same publishers issue a charming 16 mo. volume, a record of art impression made in the land of art. It is Mr. Charles Eliot Norton's long promised book, Notes of Treed and Study in Italy, and is a simple but eloquent record of observations made in the studies, galleries, chambers, convents and conservatories of the home of Dante and BeIBM and Michael Angelo. Without boring his readers with aesthetics' of art Mr. Norton exhibits In every page the eye and ear, and taste of a true lover and critic, and presents to his readers many genial and loving commentaries on the past and present of Italy's greatness as the central power in the world of art. Mr. Norton speaks with a manly Independence on the politics of the country, nod looks hopefully into the future of "poor Italy.. With the various octavo editions of Dickens' Tide of Two Cities, as published here by Messrs. T. it. Petersdn & Brothers, our readers are doubtless familiar, as tons of thousands of copies in paper covers and in every variety of binding have gone into all parts of the country. But the edition for the book lover, the convenient and always acceptable duodecimo. in two volumes, is just now issued from their press. Thin handsome edition is very finely and profusely illustrated, and is in uniform style with Dickens' preceding works from the saute press. Wa know of nothing more elegant for the book ish.sives than this whole series in duodecimo, now numbering twenty-six volumes. The same publishers issue Miss Pardoe'e fine romance, The Adopted Heir, in a neat duodecimo volume. Julia Pardee numbers a host of admirers in this country, her fictions being no less known than her powerful histories of Louis XIV, Maria de Medici and Francis 1. Her success in The Romance of the Harem, The Wife's Trials, and The Confessions of a Pretty Woman, will secure for the new volume an attentive circle of readers, and The Adopted Heir has moreover the merit of being Published In a better style for the reader than any of her previous fictions. New books by Mrs. Southworth and Mrs. Stephens will be issued this week by Messrs. Peterson Brothers. The new volume in Messrs. W. A. Townsend & Co.'s splendid new edition of Cooper with Barley's illust rations, contains Homeward Bound, or The Chase, a Tale of the Bea. Cooper's novels can be read again and again. In fact it is something to go over again the same delight and excitement which one first experienced in reading such descriptions as the Chase of the Nantauk, the wreck on the Arab Coast, and all that concentration of character and incident centering in Paul Powls, Eve Effingham and the Yankee Editor. Give us Cooper, in Messrs. Townsend & Co'., superlative style, and we want nothing more satis fying, to the mind or the eye. S. McHenry, here, is the sole agent. The same publishers announce for next week a new American novel, Life Before him, which it is predicted will create a sensation. H. REHEARSING A PRAYER.-A Washington. correspondent of the Cleveland Plaindealer noting a visit to the White House, says the President did his full share in joking and telling anecdotes, among - which he he related an anecdote of an eminent lawyer of Pittsburg, which was well told and will bear repeating. James Ross was fitted first for the ministry, and being about to preach his trial sermon, which he had committed to memory, he went to the woods alone, as ho supposed for the last rehearsal. A venerable old patriarch of the church, Father McMillan, suspecting ,Ross's intention as well as his piety, followed at a safe distance, and creeping up behind a tree Ross spread himself, and finally wound up with " Amen ! Pl! be damn'd if that won't just suit old McMillan," and wheeling on his heel, old McMillan stood before him. " No, James Ross," said the old man, " that does not just suit old Mc- Millan, nor will you do for a preacher."— Ross reviewed the evidence of his calling, and concluded that the law was "just the thing for him." That will do ; and it recalls to our mind an occurrence related to us in 1856, by a friend who is still riving in this city, that took place some forty years since, in which a now very distinguished civilian was the chief actor and the woods near Lancaster the theatre, with the rocks and trees for an auditoi.y. Whether the young man was then satisfied that he did his imaginary client full justice our friend, who was an unobserved spectator, does not know. But he says, in subsequent years, when witnessing the efforts of that young man at the Bar, or in still more recent times, when reading his powerful speeches upon political economy, the scene in the woods near Lancaster would be sure to pro trude itself before his vision ; nor would it absent itself when he deposited his vote for JAMES Beau/fiat fur President of the United States. Oh, if tongues were but given the dumb rocks and trees but fur a single hour, what thrilling tales—what scenes of joy—what incidents of beauty, and what revelations of crime and terror would alternately elate and terrify the senses. The wisdom of man is as nothing. Who would dare to unchain these silent things bad he the power Y Their very muteness pleads eloquently in behalf of that silence which, were it broken, might give joy to some while it would carry sorrow and fear to the hearts of millions.—Wilinington. (Del.) Gazelle. TAXABLE PROPERTY IN PENNSYLVANIA.- The Board of Revenue Commissioners ad journed on Saturday last. They have fixed the aggregate valuation of taxable property in the State at $569,049,995. Of this amount $563,577,795 is subject to a tax of 2?t mills on the dollar $5,290,336 to a tax of one per cent., and $181,864 to a tax of two per cent.. The following is the valuation of the city of Philadelphia : Property subject to a tax of 2.1-, mills, $164,556,282 ; to a tax of one per cent., $2,780,793; to a tax of two per cent., $59• 650. The aggregate increase of the valuation of taxable property in Philadelphia, since the assessment of the last Board, three years ago. is $4,417,072. It will appear that Philadel phis pays nearly one third of the 24 mill tax,. more than•one half of the one per cent. tax. and one third Of the two per cent. tax. seir The - New liampshire State elecAohi takes place to-day:'' li• will be very. warmly contested by both parties. and Guido to
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