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DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR:
HENRY D. FOSTER, of Westmoreland.
ELECTORS:
; SINASOWL ELECTOWS.
Charge M. Kelm, of Barks county.
Richard Vat% of Philadelphia.
• L Brederict &Wier, •
.2. William C.Tatte;son,
& Joseph .Crockett, jr.,
J. G. Brenner,
6. •J. W. Jacoby;
6. Charles Welly,
T. O. P. James,
& David Scholl,
9. Joel L. Lightner,
10. 8. B. Barber,
11. T. EL Waiter,
12. 8.8. Winchester,
LA Joseph Lanbach,
WS" Subscribers who intend to change their
places of residence, are requested to give us
timely notice of the same—always stating the
place from, as well as that to which they remove.
Attention to this matter a few days in advance,
will insure them the receipt of their papers
after the first of April as promptly as they
have received them before.
THE STATE COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Win. H. Welsh, who was appoint—
ed Chairman of the State Committee, by the
Reading Convention, has constituted that
Committee as follows:
Warta! H. WI I, Chairman, (by resolution of the
Convention.)
First 'Dletrict--City of Philadelphia.--John Hamilton,
Jr., Vincent L. Bradford, J. Henry Asking, Benjamin
Brewster, William Morgan, H. R. Linderman, Charles W.
Carrigan. Robert M'Cay, Edward.D. Cleary, Hugh Barr,
Geo. W. Irwin, Jno. P. M'Fadden, A. C. Cetti, Henry Dun
lap, Stephen D. Anderson, C. M. Donavan, Isaac Leech, P.
P. Magee, John R. Chadwick, George Link, E. C. Mitchell,
Daniel Salomon.
Second District—Charies D. Manly, Robert E. Monaghan.
Third District—George Lauer, J. EL Hubbard.
Fourth District—Stokes L. Roberts, John Davis.
Fifth District-0. H. Meyers, Nelson Weiser.
Sixth District—Dr.Oharies H. Minter, Howard L. Miller,
Dr. H. H. Muhlenberg, J. Lawrence Getz, Dr. E. E. Grebe.
mer, Rueben P. Brown.
Seventh District—Bernard Rally, Samuel H. Shannon.
Eighth District—B B. Burnham, Jackson Woodward
Ninth District—John F. Means, Wm. 0. Ward.
Tenth District;--E. B. Chase, D. R. Randall. •
Eleventh District—H. A. Guernsey, S. C. Hyde.
Twelfth District—Henry L. Deiffeubach, W. H. Blidr.
Thirteenth District—Peter Ent, J. Woods Brown, John
Cummings, Reuben Keller.
Fourteenth District—John B. Bretton, Joseph W. Parker.
Fifteenth District—A. L. Roumfort, Thomas C. Mac-
Dowell, William H. Miller, Phillip Dougherty, J. Monroe
Kreiter, Wm. D. Boas, George W. Bowman, Joseph Gleim,
William H. Eckels, John H. Ziegler.
Sixteenth District—Frederick S. Pyfer, Dr. Samuel
Parker, John W. Clark, Dr. A. S. Bare.
Seventeenth District—Peter M'lntyre, A. Hieetand Glatz.
Eighteenth District—Henry J. Stehle, J. B. Sanaom.
Nineteenth District—B. F. Meyers, R. Bruce Petriken.
Twentieth District—Robert L. Johnston, Israel Test.
Twenty-First District—J. Alexander Fulton, Joseph H.
Thompson.
Twenty-Second District—James C. Clark, Thomas B
Searight.
Twenty-Third District--George W. Miller, A. A. Furman.
Twenty-Fourth District—Andrew Burke, John M. Irwin,
John H. Ill'Cloury, Wm. H. M'Gee, Hiram B. St. Clair,
Edward Campbell, Jr., F. M. Hutchinson, James P. Barr.
Twenty-Fifth District—Thomas Cunningham, John
Graham.
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Twenty-Sixth District—Thompson diaham, James W
Kerr.
Twenty-Seventh District—Wilson Laird, James E
M'Faxland.
Twenty-Eighth District—William T. Alexander Joseph
S. Hyde. By order of the Convention.
WSL EL WELSH, President.
MORE PUBLIC PLUNDER..
In 1858 it will be recollected that the Leg
islature passed a law giving to the Sunbury
ana. Erie Railroad Company the remaining
public works, consisting of the Delaware
Division, and the North and West Branch
Canals, for the purpose, as was alleged at the
time, of enabling that corporation to complete
its road. The price fixed by the act was
$3,500,000, to - be secured by a first mortgage
on the road—although it was well known at
the time that if the works had been put up
at public sale, and sold to the highest and
best bidder, there were parties ready to give
for them §5,000,000 in State bonds, thus at
once reducing the public debt to that amount.
But -this did not suit the plunderers, who
wanted another chance at fleecing the State.
The works were sold (if sale it can be called)
to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and already
have the peculators profited largely from the
transaction. But they are not yet content—
they want another grab from the Treasury.—
Accordingly they now have a bill before the
Legislature, which authorizes the Railroad
Company to horrow $3,500,000, and securing
it upon the road by putting the State mortgage
behind the new loan ; in other words, making
the new loan the first mortgage, and the
indebtedness to the State the second mortgage!
The security the State has for her $3,500,000
is, at best, but an imperfect one, and if the
pluderers succeed with the pending project,
(which they probably will withthis Republi
can Legislature,) the Commonwealth will lose
every dollar. Will the people of Pennsylvania
make a note of these things and act accord
ingly ?
71.F.PIIBLICAN LOVE for FOREIGNERS.
At the Republican ratification meeting, held
in Philadelphia on the evening of the 17th
inst., one of the speakers was DAVID TAGGART,
Esq., of Northumberland county. Amongst
other things he said :
" As an American, I am proud of the thrill
that name [Henry Clay] sends through me,
and that banner would - Inver have trailed in
defeat had it not been for the ill advised and
deceived hordes that were precipitated upon
us from across the ocean. I only allude to that
portion of them that do not eat meat on Fri
days."
Such, fellow•citizens, is the language of
disrespect uttered by one of the leaders of the
Black Republican party against a large por
tion of our fellow-citizens—against men who
happened to be born in another land, and who
choose to worship God in the same way their
fathers worshipped Him. Such is the bigotry
which would whet its vulture fang an the
bloody grindstone of religious persecution and
unchristian hate.
This man, TAGGART, was one of the com-
petitors i of Mr. CURTIN for the Gubernatorial
nomination by the Republican Convention,
and, it is, generally believed, will be made
Secretary of the Commonwealth should the
latter be elected. He, doubtless, speaks the
sentiments of his party with regard to that
portion of our Irish and German fellow-citizens
who belong to the Catholic Church. But it
is not alone in Pennsylvania that such pro
scriptive and intolerant doctrine prevails, as
will be seen by the following extract, in rela
tion to the municipal election lately held in
Chicago :
A REPUBLICAN PROCESSION INSULTING A
CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The Chicago Times says,
that on the night of the election in Chicago,
the procession which was celebrating a Repub
lican triumph and howling for Long John,
proceeded to the neighborhood of the German
Catholic, Church, on North Avenue, where
they erected a gallows and proceeded to hang
thereon an effigy of the clergyman of that
parish. The exultant Republicans then in
dulged in a fight, when the police arrested
John Ritchie, Peter Fries, Joseph Wallner,
and Christopher Ritt, who are in jail awaiting
a hearing whioh is set down for the 18th inst.
The Times says:
To show unmistakably, that this outrage
was not aimed at the clergyman for any offen
sive act he has done, but for the religion of
which he is a minister, the wretches dressed
the effigy in the sacerdotal robes, and thus
-exposed it to the jeers and insults of the mob,
who pelted it with brick-bats, sticks and mud.
Such is .one of the first fruits of the election
of the infamous John Wentworth.
SLITZEINTENDENT Or PRINTING.—The Gov
iersur,,bau re-appointed CHARLES D. HisurdciNE,
Esq., Editor of the Sentinel; Superintendent
of•tlie State krinting.
Mr The Legislature will adjourn sine die
- - UNITED STATICS AND PABAGI34Ir.
Our treaty with Paraguay, which is now
officially made public by the proclamation 'of
the President, concedes to us the free naviga
tion of the Paraguay - river as far as the
dominions of the Empire of Brazil, and of the
right side of the Parana river, throughout all
its course within the dominion of the Republic
of Paraguay. The whole territory of Paraguay
—which is the smallest of the South American
Republics, embracing au area of not more
than 70,000 square miles—lies between these
two rivers.
The productions of the country are various.
Grains, Indian corn, vegetables, fruits, sugar
cane, rice, tobacco, cotton, and all the products
of the tropical and temperate zones, are cul
tivated extensively. The tall forests abound
in almost every variety 'of timber, and are- a
great source of wealth. Dye-woods, gums,
drugs, perfumes, vegetable oils, oranges and
figs, and the famous Paraguay tea (yerba
mate) are among the natural productions.—
Immense herds of cattle roam over the plains,
j3upplying hides, tallow, hair, horns, bones,
&0., for export.
Hitherto the commerce of Paraguay has
been conducted chiefly through the ports of
the Argentine. Confederation. By the terms
of the present treaty, we may now enter the
' ports of the republic with our vessels and
cargoes, discharging in whole or in part at
the ports of Pilar, where commerce with other
nations will be permitted, or proceeding with
the whole or part to Assumption, as we may
select. And our citizens will be privileged to
remain in any part of the republic, and trade
in all kinds of produce, manufactures, and
merchandise of lawful commerce, and enjoy
full protection of persons and property. The
exports from Paraguay consist of the yerba
mate (which grows spontaneously, the hills of
the country being literally covered with it,)
tobacco, cigars, woods, hides, hair, leather,
starch, peanuts, beans, sweetmeats, oranges,
&c. The exports of the yerba have reached
$300,000 a year ; and 30,000 bushels of
oranges per month are said to have been
exported. The exports from the United States
which would most readily find a market in
Paraguay, are cotton domestics, calicoes, plain
cloths, clocks, boots and shoes, gunpowder
and shot, saddlery and agricultural imple
ments.
14. J. Reckhow,
15. George D. Jackson,
16. J. A. Au,
17. J. B. Danner.
18. J. R. Crawford,
19. H. N. Lee,
20. J. R. Howell,
21. N. P. Fetterman,
22. Samuel Marshall,
23. William Book,
24. B. D. Hamlin,
25. Gaylord Church.
Mr. A. G. Curtin's hopes of an election to
the Gubernatorial chair of Pennsylvania are
certainly none of the brightest. We learn
from Washington that efforts are making there
to raise funds for him to canvass the State
with ; that unless some extra exertion is
made the State will be lost to him. This
idea, said to have been started by Mr. Curtin
himself, has created no little sensation in. the
Abolition ranks. The fact that Mr. Curtin
has openly asserted at Washington that the
nomination of Mr. Seward at Chicago would
seriously endanger his success, has created
some feeling among the friends of the " irre
pressible conflict" candidate, who seem to
think that Curtin is, on the other hand, rather
a heavy load for Mr. Seward to carry. .
MORAL TREATMENT OF THE INSANE.-It
gives us great pleasure to observe that the
Rev. EDWARD C. JONES, of Philadephia, is
actively engaged in the prosecution of his
philanthropic labors in the Insane Department
of the Blockley Alms House, and that after
having devoted eleven years to a task at once
lofty and self-denying he finds his sympathies
still in the work. He ministers statedly to a
congregation of nearly five hundred patients,
and his services are grateful and soothing to
minds diseased. We are happy to see that he
occupies a high place in the affections of his
fellow•citizens and that his work is largely
appreciated by the intelligent. In days when
the ministry often shrink from such self
sacrificing toil the example of a ripe scholar
devoting himself to a glorious cause, to which
no emolument is annexed, is calculated to win
regard. Mr. JONES deserves to be associated
with Miss Dix in the estimation of the friends
of afflicted humanity, and a bright reward
must await him in that world of light where
the good and faithful servant receives a plaudit
which is frequently withheld by selfish men
below. We wish all success to Mr. JONES in
his blessed task of love, and trust that the
city of his birth may long enjoy his services
in the field of effort with which he has so long
been identified.
The acts for the incorporation of the Lan
caster County Steam Plough Manufacturing
Company, and for the alteration of the charter
of the Mount Joy Savings Institution so as to
make it a Bank 'of issue, have passed both
branches of the Legislature by the constitu
tional majority, and have therefore become
laws notwithstanding the Governor's objec
tions.
At the recent municipal election in Carlisle,
the Democratic candidate for Chief Burgess
was elected by a majority of 18—the vote
being 341 for BLAIR, (Dem.) and 323 for
NOBLE, (Rep.) The Democrats also elected
five of the nine Councilmen. This is the first
time in the last seven years, we believe, that
the old Borough has been carried by the
Democrats, and augurs well for our success at
the approaching State election.
CURTIN'S HOPES
THE VETOES OVER-RULED
ANOTHER VICTORY
HARRISBURG A CITY
A law has been passed by the Legislature,
changing the Borough of Harrisburg into a
City. The first election under the City Char
ter will be held on the 13th of April, when
the Mayor and other municipal officers will
be chosen—the Mayor, we believe, to hold his
office for three years. It will, doubtless, be a
warmly con tested election.
ser The Mifflin County Bank bill, also the
bills incorporating the Somerset Coal and Iron
Company, and the Sullivan County Coal Corn.
pany, passed the House, on Saturday, over the
Governor's vetoes. The veto message on the
Mifflin County Bank bill will be found in
another column.
le- The Philadelphia Annual Conference
of the M. E. Church commenced its session
at Union Church, North Fourth street, Phila—
delphia, on Wednesday last—Bishop Baker
presiding. The business will hardly be got
through with before the latter end of the
present week.
CONSISTENT.—Rev. Dr. Potts, pastor of a
Presbyterian Church in New York, preaches
Abolitionism ; yet this same Dr. Potts recently
held a mortgage of fifty-six slaves in-Missis
sippi as security for a debt, and caused them
to be sold to pay it! Such is Abolition con
sistency ; such thp honesty and sincerity of
Abolition professions. So says the New
Hampshire Patriot.
Siiir The vote in the Senate on the confir
mation of Mr. BURROWES, as State Superin—
tendent of Schools, was yeas 21, nays 7.
Messrs. Turney and Gregg (Democrats) voted
for the confirmation.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—The grist mill, saw
mill and dwelling house of Peter Sholly, near
Jonestown, Lebanon county, were entirely
destroyed, with their contents, by fire, on
Monday night last. It was insured in a
Lancaster Company for $4,500. Mr. Jonas.
Houser had leased the mill and was carrying
it on at the time. The fire swept away all
he owned, books and everything else, and as
he had no insnran.: he is left .enniless.
FOS-
Gen. HENRY D. POSTER, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, paid
a brief visit to Philadelphia, on Monday walk,
and was welcouied with great cordiality by
hundreds of his personal: and political friends
Who called to pay their respects - to him. In
the evening there was a - general and sponta
neous outpouring of the people, in front of
the Merchants' Hotel, in Fourth street, where
he was stopping. The Keystone Club, with -
a
a Band of Music, were aso there and, after a
short address by the President; in which he
introduced Gen. Foarst to the assembled
multitude, the latter spoke as follows:
- FELLOW-CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA :-I COD
fees that I-feel extremely gratefal for the kind
receptton•gmen to me to night. lam compar
atively a stranger among you, but I have
always felt a deep interest in the prosperity
of - the people of this city, in its manufactures
and in its commercial greatness. Every act
of my life, public or private, has always been
in behalf of the interests of the great metropolis
of my native State. [Applause.]
This call is unexpected. .1n coming here,
I supposed I should not be seen, and I should
retire to rest. I did not certainly expect to
meet so many of my Democratic friends as
are here assembled, notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather, which will noes
sully prevent me from detaining you long.
I have received the standard of the Demo
cratic party to carry through the coming
canvass. It is for you to say whether it shall
be to victory or not. But if that flagis stricken
down, I will be stricken down with it.—
[Cheers.] It is, I repeat, for you to say what
the result shall be., Like soldiers you must
enlist for the war, and determine to carry the
flag to victory.
Gentlemen, I must again return my thanks
for the kind manner with which you have
received me tonight. We are told that my
competitor- was traversing every Ward
throughout the city. I can only say, here I
can come. [Cheere.] Wherever the people
may meet they will hear me, and if the Op
position are victorious, it will be over our
bodies. [Cheers.] I expect to meet you
before the canvass is over to discuss the great
issues of the day.
Personally, I have the greatest regard for
my competitor. He is a gentleman , and with
him I have no personalissues. I will make
none and I desire that my friends will make
none. If you are not able to carry this elec
tion upon high National and Constitutional
grounds, I don't"want it to be carried at all.
[Applause.] Upon these principles we will
carry. this canvass through. And let me say
that much depends upon you in the way the
preliminary battle which:is to be fought here
in May, shall be decided. That is to tell
upon the State and National campaign to
follow. It will tell more upon the destinies
of the Democratic party than any election
ever held. [A voice—" We'll lick them,
sure !"] [Cheers.] •if you rally to your flag
in the Municipal contest and carry that elec
tion, and thus elevate the standard, to you
will belong the honor of deciding the contes
in the Fall. I know that you will do it.—
[Cheers.] I feel that there are none, here to
night 'but who will turn out when the time
comes and do his duty like a man.
I simply come forward to thank you for
your flattering reception, and not to discuss
the issues involved in the canvass, because I
did not expect to be called upon. Let me say
that I will be at the head of the battle, and,
until the time comes, farewell.
The most enthusiastic cheers, firing of
cannon, and
the
strains of martial music,
interrupted the speaker repeatedly and con
tinued to the close of his address.
THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD
The State Legislature have much trouble
with the Black Republican printer of their
Legislative Record, forwhich they contracted
to pay seven dollars per page, but which is so
managed as to cost a much greater sum. The
Committee appointed to investigate the matter
reported to the Senate on Monday, that the
contractor, Mr. GEORGE BERGNER, of the
Harrisburg Telegraph, had entirely disregard.
ed his contract, filling the "Record" with
dead and unauthorized matter, for which he
had been paid by the State four, six, eight,
and even nine times over, at the rate'of seven
dollars per page. They say :
From the beginning of the present session
to the 14th of March, inclusive, five hundred
and thirty six pages were published, while up
to the same date in the year 1859, only three
hundred and ninety-six pages were issued,
making an excess in the present year of one
hundred and forty pages. A large number
of public and private bills on the files of both
Houses have been published, without the
authority of either branch of the Legislature.
The exact number of pages of unauthorized
matter it is impossible for your Committee to
determine; but had all the matter published
by the contractors been ordered by the Legis
lature, there would still be an excess of about
fifty pages made by the republication of various
bills and resolutions in different portions of
the Record. Over sixty-five bills have been
duplioated, and in some instances they have
been published three, four and five times.—
The act relative to proceedings on mortgages
and recognizance is inserted six times; the
supplement to an act to enable joint tenants,
tenants in common, and adjoining owners of
mineral lands to manage and develop the
same, seven times ; and the act to authorize
the lease of the Hempfield railroad, nine times.
Your Committee also find that the contrac
tors have published much matter that was
:specially ordered in another form from the
public printer. Included in this are the report
of the Commissioners appointed to revise the
Penal Code, and the bills accompanying said
report, making more than thirty-eight pages ;
Washington's Farewell Address, making three
pages; and the report of the Superintendent
of Common Schools, making five pages. The
contractors have also inserted, in many instan
ces, in the body of the proceedings, the bills
pending before the Legislature, and, in some
cases, they have detailed them, section by
section, as they were approved or rejected.
The Senate, by a unanimous vote, adopted
a resolution directing the accounting officers
to withhold pay for all matter published in
in the Record not regularly authorized.
immila
The man who can, with equal temper, bear
the extremes of fortune, may in the end com
mand his place. It is not easy to face a defeat,
nor in the first moment to check the bitter
risings of a disappointment. He who does
riot feel them is less or more than a man; he
who can control them is greatly to be envied.
At the late Democratic Convention, after
the nomination of Gen. Foster, a call was
made for the gentlemen who had been candi
dates for the nomination. Most promptly they
responded. They made excellent, warm
hearted, magnanimous speeches—acquiesced
cheerfully in the action of the Convention—
eulogized the character, abilities and qualifi
cations of Gen. Foster, and promised a cordial
and earnest support.
But no man, in our judgment, on that
occasion, acquitted himself with more credit,
in all respects, than GEO. SANDERSON, of
Lancaster. He made a most capital speech,
in excellent temper and great good taste. His
friends have just cause to be proud of him,
and the good old county of Lancaster, if true
to him, will yet, at no distant day, be able to
chronicle his success.—Bloonisburg (Col. Co.)
Democrat.
FROM WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The House Post
Office Committee to day almost unanimously
resolved in favor of the restoration of the
Inland mail service, which was curtailed by
.the Post Office Department after the failure of
the appropriation bill during the last Congress.
Official despatches show that apart from tho
direct followers of Cortinas, the Mexicans have
endeavored to retard rather than encourage
his forays. The people of Tamaulipas were
much alarmed, being fearful of an invasion by
the Texans, of which, however, there is no
probability.
The receipts in the Treasury last week
amounted to $1,412,000 ; amount subject to
draft, nearly $6,633,000. Increase over the
amount on hand last week, $BOl,OOO.
A Convention of Iron Manufacturers
met in Philadelphia on Thursday, the object
being to secure an advance in the rates of
duties on foreign iron . A Committee on Anso.
lutions was appointed, which includes three
dale: atom to the Ohi• :: Convention.
CITY - 4ND COUNTY AFFAIB.S.
, TtiE litTWAltll EVSNINCB. —The Court RJom
wits again crowded on Tuesday evening iABL EDWARD
itziti.r, R. 1., lectured on ••The State and the Citizen." It
was rather a prettily written eophomorical declamation, and:
delivered In a bold tone or It wart devote& from,
beginning to end to an advocacy 'ot the "Higher Law",
ioctrine. Mr. IL's indirect allusions to an illustrious per
nonage who suffered crucifixion at Jertualsm, - and the:
connexion in which he placed it, were extremely tinforta
nate, if not to say sacrilegious. The ides of a. young MM ,
uttering such laneage in a Christian community, and in
a Temple of Justice, is preposterous.
His boyish fling at the "nine old gentlemen who sit in
gowns at Washington" was exceedingly immodest and
entirely out of place. Mr. R. is a lawyer, or at least pro.
aliases to be one, and it is his duty to bow with submission
to the - decrees of the highest and moat august tribunal of
this or any other country. However, since he has set AU
dictum up against that of such eminent jurists as Roam B.
Tatum and Jour Masan, men noted for their learning and
piety; we presume Senator *Swaim will bring forward
a bill for the abolishment of the Supreme Court, and offer
one constituting EDWARD EZILLT, the Solon of the Lancaster
Bar, the tribunal for a final settlement of all disputes, and
the great legal and constitutional expounder of the laws
of the country. Shades of hiesansm. and Grimm hide your
diminished heads I Your opinions are no longer of any
consequence or benefit tq mankind. A stripling of a lawyer,
a modern Lycurgus here in Lancaster, will give the law as
it is needed by we poor, ignorant, benighted mortals! But,
at the same time, our great legal and 'constitutional ex
pounder will allow us to pat our own construction' upon
it, as he held out the absurd idea in his lecture that every
man had a right to construe the law to suit himself..!
His ill-natured and unmannerly allusions to Jona J.
Cairresnes and other eminent statesmen was on a par
with the rest of his absurd and monstrous ideas. It is
very unbecoming in a young man to speak with disrepect
of older and wiser heads than hirrutelL • We presume Mr.
B. received 10 education in tiust• school where a proper
respect for the aged, eminent and good is not taught.
His egotism knew no bounds. It was "I say so and eo ;"
"I think so and so;” believe so and so!' Mr R. is said
to be (and we have no doubt he thinks himself such) a
very smart young, man .;
but this lecture was nothing but
a tissue of vanity, egotism and presumption.
To conclude, as too much apace has already been occupied
In noticing this lecture: Our readers will be surprised that
such ideas should be advanced In the form of a lecture in
a city In the good old law-abiding Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. They would have suited well enough for the
crazy, one-idea, "Higher Lawn fanatics of New England,
but we do hope to never hear their like here again.
The discussion, which was excited and interesting, was
participated in by Gen. Steinman, Mayor Sanderson, Hon•
I. E. Mester, Dr. John L. Atlee, Br., and Mi. A. M. Frantz,
who severely denounced the lecture, and by Nov. Mr.
Rosenmiller, Prof Wise, Col. 0. J. Dickey, Maj. Dltmars
and Prof. Brooks, who in part or whole favored the doc
trines enunciated.
Kevinsiri's Juvenile Orchestra furnished excellent muffle
during the intervals.
The last lecture of the course will be delivered this
Tuesday) evening
CONFIRMATION.—Rt. Rev. Bishop BOWMAN
administered the rite of Confirmation to a large number
of persons, in St. James' Episcopal Church, Duke and
Orange streets, on Sunday evening last. The Church was
crowded to its utmost capacity. The exercises were deeply
solemn and impreeeive. The Bishop never appeared to a
better advantage. His remarks were delivered with all the.
characteristic fervor and eloquence for which he in noted
ADULTERATED LIQUORS.—Two Lectures were
delivered in Fulton Hall, on Friday and Saturday evenings l i
last, by Dr. Rimini Cox, Chemical Inspector of Liquors for
the State 'of Ohio'. There was but a slim audience. After
his lectures he performed several experiments on liquors
brought there to be tested; in every instance he pronounced
them to contain poisonous drugs or substances, in a greater
or lesser quantity—although in one case, at least, the owner
assured the audience that the liquor was distilled from
the pure juice of the grape, without any admixture what
ever. Who was right or wrong we, of course, will not
attempt to decide. The lectures and experiments were
interesting, and we marvel that so few of our citizens took
any interest in the subject.
ROBBEBY.—On Thursday night last the
Clothing Store of P. S. licTague 8; Co., Columbia, was en
tered and robbed of a considerable amount of Clothing.—
' A reward of $25 is offered for the arrest and conviction of
the robbers.
BURGLARY. —A daring burglary was com—
mitted at the house of Mr. Nemer, corner of Orange and
Mary streets, in this city on Wednesday night. The burg
lars took VI in money and several pieces of dried meat.
UNFERMENTED WINE.—We have received
from Dr. Ely Parry, the agent for this city, a sample of
unfermented wino or pure juice of the Catawba grape,
mamnfactured by Mr. Reynolds, of Ripley, Ohio. We have
no hesitation in saying that it is the purest Catawba wine
we have ever tasted. It Is intended for communion pur
poses, and is an excellent remedial and refreshing beverage
for the sick and debilitated. Dr. Parry has made arrange
ments with the manufacturer to keep a supply constantly
on hand at his Drug Store, 36 East Ring street.
A FASHIONABLE FOLLY.—It is well enough
not to follow the beaten track of custom when reason con
vinces us of the wisdom of adopting a better route, and
innovations upon old established forms are oft appropriate;
but there is a puerile affectedness visible among fledgling
boys and pert lads In regard to names which seems to us
in very bad taste. As illustrations, John B. Brown now-a•
days drops the honest prefix and writes—J. Beauchamp
Brown; while Henry T. Col by the same process becomes
transmogrified and metamorphosed into IL Taliafero Coi,
and so on. Indicative of great want of taste as this style
is, it is not near so reprehensible as the one now in vogue
among young ladles, who, not satisfied with Parisian bon
nets, try to put on the French brogue of it, thereby spoil
ing the prettiest and most endeared names in our language.
There are some names whose euphoniousness you cannot
mar, call them by whatever sound you may; but we object
and protest against the sacred one of Mary, hallowed in
past historical memories, revered in Scotch and English
annali, the mother of our Washington, being thus changed
to gratify an imitative weakness. The subjoined In rhyme
so completely ridicules this new tangled foible that it needs
only to be read to beappreciated
Fallen from grace old names come down,
And dressed in tatters roam round town I
Falling, they've grasped and tried to clench
At fading beauty In "Bad French I"
Magdalen penitent, oh, what a fate!
As MAGGIE thou must navigate.
Agnes, deprived of NES, as AQGIE,
Looks like a leg of mutton scraggy
Nancy, war girl, is now a NAIINTS;
Frances founts all around as FANNra.
Mary, sweet name of grace, is MARIE,
While Caroline falls down to Nam.
Stately Cordelia walks as Date,
Matilda writes-her name thus—Tmus.
Margaret, "the pearl" of names, is MAciars,
Martha descendslo simple Marne.
Phoebe [oh, Phoebus I] we call PATTIE,
Harriet is better known as HATTIE.
•
Emily, faith, her name is MIME,
Jane has become an errant JENNIE.
Elizabeth dances up as Lizztr.,
Betsy as Besets is as busy.
Gertrude. oh, horrors! shines as Tanis,
While Julia [black-haired] beams as Jams.
Louisa only known as Luta.%
Helen as NELLIE wants to fool ye.
Rebecca as BEMIS signs her name,
Susan as SUSIE does the same.
Bridget with truthfulness is BUM;
Lydia contents herself with LoDIS,
While glorious Sarah makes a SALLIE,
And Alice lives all round "Otra ALLIS."
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, AND CLOSING OF THE
MAILS AT THE CITY YOST OPFICE.—The different Passenger
Trains on the Pennsylvania and branch railroads leave this
city as follows:
Foot Line
Through Express
Lancaster Accommodation
Mail Train
Harrisburg Accommodation
LEAVE WESTWARD
Through Express
Mail Train
Fast Line
Harrisburg Accommodation
Lancaster Accommodation..
Emigrant Train
OLOSINO OP MAILS BY RAILROAD.
Eastern Through Mail—For Philadelphia, New York and
Eastern States, at 8 a. m., Iy 2 ' p. mi., and 6}4 p. m.
Way Mail East—For Philadelphia and intermediate offices,
at 8 a. m.
Western Through Mail—For Columbia, Harrisburg, Pitts •
burg and Western States, at 1034 a. m., and 634 p. m.
Way Mail West—For Landisville, Elizabethtown, Mount
Joy, Middletown, Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon,
Tyrone, Altoona, Hollidaysburg (and Way Mail between
Altoona and Pittsburg.) at 1034 a. m.
Southern Mail—For Columbia, York, Baltimore, Washing
ton, D. 0., and Southern States, at 1034 a. m.
Pittsburg Through Mail, at 1:34 p. m.
For Strasburg. via: Camargo, Quarryville, Martinsville,
and New Providence, at 8 a. m.
ARRIVAL OF MAILs RV RAILROAD.
Through Mail East 141 a. m., 11.17 a. m., and 2.34 p. m.
Way Mail East 11.17 a. m.
Through Mail West 4 a. in, 7.70 a. m., and 2.34 p. m.
Way Mail West 8.40 a. m, and 2.34 p. m.
Southern Mail 2.30 p. m.
CLOsING OP MAILS ON THE STAGE ROUTES.
For Reading, via: Neffsville, Litiz, Rothsvil le, Ephrata,
Iteamstown, Adamstown and GouglersVille, daily, at 8
a. in.
For Lebanon, via: East Hemplield, Manheim, White Oak,
For
Hope and Cornwall, daily, at 2 p. m.
For Millersville and Slackwater, daily, at 1 p. m.
For Safe Harbor, daily, at 1 p. rn.
For Hinkletown via: Landis Valley, Oregon,West Earl,
and Farmenaille, Triweekly, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, at 2 p. m.
For Paradise, via: Greenland and Souderaburg, daily, at
2 p. m.
For Litiz, via! Neffsville, daily, at 2 p. m.
For Marietta, via : Hempfleld and Silver Spring, Triweekly,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 a. m.
For Strasburg, via: Fertility and Wheatland Mills, daily, at
2 p. m.
For Lampeter, Triweekly, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day, at 2 p. m.
For New Holland, via: Binkley'e Bridge, Leacock, Bareville,
Beartown, Bowmansville and Muddy Creek, daily, at
12 m.
For Phcenirville, via: New Holland, Blue Ball, Goociville,
Churchtown, Morgantown, Honeybrook, Chester Springs,
and Kimberton, Triweekly, Tuesday,Thursday and Sat
urday, at 12 m.
For Port Deposit, Md, via: Willow Street, Smithville, Back,
Chesnut Level, Green, Pleasant Grove, Rock Springs, Md.;
and Rowlandsville, Md., Triweekly, Monday, Wednes
day and Friday, at .6 a. m,
For Colebrook, via: Swarr'e Mill, Old Line, Sporting Hill
and Mastersonville, Semiweekly, Wedesday and Fri
' day, at 6a. m.
For Vogansville and Terre Hill, Triweekly, Monday, Thurs.
day and Saturday, at 2 p. m.
For liberty Square, via: Conestoga, Marticville, Coleman- .
villa, Mount Nebo, Bethesda and Itawliosville, Semi
weekly, Wednesday and Saturday, at 1 p. m.
For New Danville, weekly, Wedneeday, at 9 a. in.
Office hours, from 7a.m.t08 p. m. On Sunday, from 9
to 10 a. m.
Postage to California, Oregon and Washington Territo.
ries, 10 cents.
Letters, alleged to be valuable, swill be registered, and a
receipt glen therefor,bn 'application inelpayment of the
registration fee of five cents, in addition to the regular
postage.
All letters are required to be pre-paid with stamps before
• • can be mailed. H. B. Postmaster.
FATAL ACCIDENTs.—A fatal and horrid acci
dent occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on Wednesday
night fact, opposite the Locomotive Works in this city.—
The unfortunate man's name is aupposed to be. Charles
Myer, who came from Wurtembelg, Germany, and was
apparently about forty years eager. During the evening
he visited several houses at the east end of Chesnut street,
and asked for something .to eat, with which he was sup.
plied. He was, at the time, considerably intoxicated, and
after leaving the neighborhood he started for the railroad,
and took a seat upon a stone pile near the track, which
was the bmt thaiwis seen of hint alive. Wandering on the
track, dethroned of reason, he was struck in the dark by
one of the night trains. The_ lommotive caught him, and
dragged him along the track for a distance of forty or fifty
yards, crushing his head and scattering the brains and
broken portions of the skull in every direction, and tearing
every limb from his body, and cutting the body itself in
two. The road as far as he was carried was strewn with
blood, brains and portions of thelxidy, which were discov
ered next morning. ' Deputy Coroner Gomdywas called to
the scene, and held an inquest. The remains were placed
in a box, and conveyed to the Alms Honee burial ground
for interment. '
A sad accident happened near Peach Bottom on the 15th
inst., the particulars Of which are as follows: Mr. Hugh
Lee, a lock tender on the canal below Peach Bottom, went
out on the river on that day' for the purpose of Betting
some traps, taking his gun with him. Before leaving, he
told his family that he would not return until after night,
as he expected to shoot 'some ducks in the evening. As he
had not returned on Friday morning Andrew Lee and two
others started in search of him, and found him lying dead
on an island, a few feet from where his canoe was tied. It
is supposed that in 'removing the gun from the boat that
tie hammer caught on some part of the boat causing a
discharge of the piece. The load entered his right breast,
carrying away _a portion of the heart and passing through
one of the lungs, lodged tinder the akin of the right shout.
der, causing in all probability an instant death. The
deceased was a man of sober and industrious habits, aged
about forty-six years, and leaves a wife and six children to
mourn his sudden departure.
SPECIAL MEETING or CooNcii.s.—A special
meeting of the Councils was held on Thursday evening
last, in their Chambers, City Han, for the purpose of taking
action in reference to the bill now pending in the Legisla
ture for the extension of Mary street. The extension is
proposed to run from James street to the Han isbnrg pike.
A remonstrance was drafted and signed by the Presidents
and members of both branches and forwarded to the
Legislature.
A petition was received from certain citizens of the
South West Ward asking for the paving, curbing and
grading of High street. The petition was referred to the
Street Committee, when Councils adjourned.
IMPORTANT TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, JUST
ELECTED.—We direct the attention of the Justices of the
Peace elected on Friday week to the following Act:
An Act in reference to the amunissams of Jueticee of the
Peace and Aidern.l
Btu Be it enacted, dh., That every person hereafter
elected to the office of justice of the peace or alderman
shall, within thirty days after the election, if he intends to,
accept said office, give notice. thereof in writing to the Pro
thonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the proper
county, who ahalt immediately inform the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of said acceptance; and no commissions
shall issue until the Secretary of the Commonwealth has
received the notice aforesaid.
See. 2. That so much of an Act of Assembly as requires
Constables.to send copies of the returns of the election of
aldermen and justices of the peace to the Governor of the
Commonwealth is hereby repealed.
Approved April 13, 1859.
HOW TO CURE A Cal Ell OR COLD SPEEDILY.
—Some will tell you to sweat, bathe and take burnt
brandy and sugar; but we say no! There is a safe and
sure remedy, better than either of the above, in Dr. Key
ser's Pectoral Cough Syrup, which has stood the test of
years' experience. Dr. Keyser says that he prepares every
bottle of this medicine himself, and the public may rest
satisfied that it will be prepared with the same care as
heretofore. One thing we know, that for a cough, cold, or
lung disease of any kind in the incipiency, it has no rival.
We say this much as public journalists, and are sure we
will do some good by directing public attention to it. Dr.
Keyser makes his Pectoral for two reason: to satisfy
public demand is one, to make an honest living is the
other. Sold by C. A. Heinitsh and all Druggists.
TOOTECACHE.—This disease can be cured by
Dr. Keyser'a Toothache Remedy, prepared by him in Pitts.
burgh, Pa., which is pot up in bottles and sold at 25 cents
each. It is an excellent medicine, when diluted, for
spongy and tender gums, and is worth ten times its price
to all who need. it. Sold here by C. A. Heinitsh and all
Druggists.
" FREE SPEECH " AND " FREE LABOR."-
These are the catch words of the Black Re
publicans, which they . repeat on all occasions
with parrot like sense and consistency. But
they mean only free speech in favor of " nig
gers" and free labor for them. Free speech
in behalf of free white labor and laborers is a
crime with them. Here is an example cited
by another paper : [New Hampshire Patriot.
" Rev. W. G. Babcock, of Natick, (one of
the towns in which the shoemakers are on a
strike for decent wages,) has been dismissed
from his pastoral charge of the Unitarian
Church, for upholding the cause of the
poor laborers. He announced that he
Would preach his valedictory discourse on
Sunday last—but was told he should not
occupy the pulpit; and constables were sent
to the church to enforce the order—but the
shoemakers were there in such strength that
it was not deemed a safe operation to interfere
with the clergyman, and he proceeded with
the services. 'Free Labor' and 'Free Speech,'
are great words in the mouths of the Black
Republicans—but when a clergyman dares to
speak a word for the oppressed mechanic, he
is turned out of his pulpit and threatened
with violence."
EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH
Of P. J. Albright, of Lancaster County, at
Reading
GENTLEMEN :—The Democracy of Pennsyl
vania have assembled and with unanimity
entered an earnest protest against the doctrines
and tendencies of the Republican party by
the nomination' of Henry D. Foster. What
ever may have been my personal preferences
I cheerfully acquiesce in the nomination. The
day for sacrifice has come, and we dare not
indulge in personal wishes ; we have a higher
and holier object to accomplish : the preserva
tion of our free institutions and the strength
ening of the bonds of our glorious Union.—
Gentlemen, the Curtain has been hoisted at
Harrisburg and we see upon the platform
David Wilmot, -Thaddeus Stevens, and others
who are - battling in defence of sectional
jealou-.ies and sectional passions which are
now disturbing our peace and prosperity as a
united people. [A. voice " that's the tune."]
Democrats, in the name of patriotism let us
rally our host and send forth a voice that will
be heard throughout the vast extent of our
whole country that Pennsylvania is conserva
tive, and that she has rebuked fanaticism and
forced the political magicians to drop the
Curtain, [great applaused and take their idol
from public gaze. Fellow-Democrats, let us
unite and the triumph is ours. [Voices, "we
will."] Providence has ordained that when
men, out of good motives, try earnestly, to
perform good actions their efforts are crowned
with success. Gentlemen, we have seen the
passionate violence at Harper's Ferry which
characterizes men who have yielded to this
sectional phrenzy, and which ought to satisfy
every man what is the effect natural to such
organizations. True the Republican party
aver that they are not responsible for Brown's
crime, [a voice, " they are,"] but it cannot be
doubted that the feeling which prompted him
was the same which animates the body of the
party who are led by men that declare the
constitution of our beloved country to be " a
league with hell," and its compromises eternal
infamy. Such are the teachings of Seward;
Wade, Cheever, Stevens, and others. Every
intelligent reader is familiar with the expres
sions and deeds of those men which tend to
weaken and destroy our sacred bonds of union
—and yet they claim to be the " people's
party." I ask, are we prepared to relinquish
the inheritance of our revolutionary fathers
and say, that their labors were in vain to
establish the fact that man is capable of self
government, and that Washington lived and
died in vain, and that all the blood and
treasures exhausted in the American revolution
was an outrage, and that the framers of the
Constitution were men whose names should
go down to posterity stained with the blackest
crime of infamy for recognizing servitude in
the black man? Now, Fellow Democrats, are
you willing to acknowledge all this? I do
not believe the people of the old commonwealth
of Pennsylvania will prove false to the faith
of the constitution. The conservative element
of our good old State will rebuke the fanati
cism which attempts to degrade her, by
rallying to the nominee of the Reading Con
vention, and electing Henry D. Foster Gover
nor of Pennsylvania on the second Tuesday
of October, 1860.
.2.30 p. m.
.5.08 a. m.
.8.40 a. m.
.7.25 p. m
.4.12 p. m.
. 1. 1 a. m.
.11.17 a. m.
..2.34 p m
-5.35 p. m
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ABOLITION PRACTICE VS. ABOLITION PRE—
CEPT.—The Chicago Times says that a large
wholesale house in Chicago lately sent an
agent into Missouri to look into the circum—
stances of one of their debtors in that State.
The agent went, and shortly reported that
the debtor had nothing of value except a
couple of negro children, His employers
were Republican—yet they wrote back to
levy on the negro children, and hold them for
the debt. This was done, but without effect,
for the dietrdssed debtor could net raise the
funds. The Repgblican firm then wrote to
have the children sold to •a , a debt of $6OO.
THE WAR - IN DERXICO.
TWO MEXICAN STEAMERS CAPTURED BY TOE
UNITSD" STATES SQUADRON.
, ALYABADO IN POSSIESION OF IHEANON,-THE
CEPITEL-SUBBOUNDED BY THE LEBEB49.
New Gate/ars, March 20. • "
The. steamer announced below yesterday as
having been captured from the forces of. Mir-
MOD m the Gulf of Idelion by the American,
squadron,-was the steamer Marquez, in charge
of Lt. Chapman,- or the C. S. sloop of war
Saratoga. The Saratoga's men also captured
the steamer Miramon, which arrived below at
noon yesterday. Both vessels were captured
off Anton Lizardo on the morning of the 6th
inst., after a brief action, with a slight loss of
life. The steamer Marquez has a portion of,
the prisoners and the C. S. slooriof.war Preble
is to bring the rest.
Alvarado is reported to be in possession of
Miramou.
- The exequator of the American Consul at
Vera Cruz has been revoked. -
The City of Mexico was surrounded by the
Liberals at the latest accounts.
Great excitement exists at Vera Cruz in
consequence of the capture of Marin's expedi
thm by the Saratoga. The Liberals hail it as
the harbinger of an alliance, and of their
ultimate triumph; while the Church-Miramon
faction are indignant at what they term a
national outrage on a weaker power.
The French and Spanish commanders were
highly exasperated at the action of the Amer
ican squadron.
Lieut. Chapman comes bearer of dispatcheti
to Washington.
PARTICULARS OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
NEW ORLEANS, March 20.
Miramon commenced the siege of Vera
Cruz on the sth inst. On the 6th, two steamers
appeared before the city showing no colors.—
The United States sloop-of-war Saratoga, with
a detachment from the ships Savannah and
Preble, in the steamers Indianola and Wave,
were ordered to proceed to the anchorage of
the steamers and ascertain their character.—
Upon nearing their anchorage off - Anton
Lizardo, one moved off. A shot was fired,
bringing her to, and the Indianola was sent
to overhaul her. The Indianola's hail was
answered by a shot from the steamer Miramon's
guns, with a volley of musketry, whereupon
the Saratoga fired a broadside, and the action
became general. •
Commodore Marin and his men were made
prisoners, and taken on board the 11. S. sloop
of war Preble. •
Miramon paid $55,000 for the two steamers.
Commodore Marin's steamers passed all the
foreign squadrons and the castle without
hoisting a flag, although ordered to do so by
a shot from the castle and other signals. The
English, French and Spanish squadrons did
not notice the fact.
The sloop of-war Saratoga, towed by the
Indianola, took Commodore Marin by surprise.
The engagement took place by moonlight.—
Both steamers tried to escape.
Three Americans were wounded—one mor
tally. Fifteen Mexicans were reported killed.
When the action commenced Gen. Marin
hoisted the Spanish flag. The prisoners cor
roborate the. report in relation to the steamers
having nleared from Havana as merchantmen,
and hoisted the Mexican flag only after they
left Havana. Afterwards they mounted six
guns each.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE TWO
MEXICAN STEAMERS BY THE UNITED STATES
NAVAL FORCES.
WASHINGTON, March 20
Commander Minor, of the Gulf naval
squadron, telegraphs to the Navy Department.
from the Southwest Pass, that Gen. Miramon
commenced the siege of Vera Cruz on the sth,
and that on the 6th Gen. Marin appeared
before the city with two steamers, and not
showing colors, Commander Turner, in the
U. S. sloop of war Saratoga, with detachments
from the Savannah and Preble, proceeded in
the steamers Indianola and Wave, to the
anchorage of Gen. Marie's steamer, off Anton
Lizardo, to ascertain their character. Upon
approaching, one was moving off, and a shot
was fired ahead and the Indianola was sent
to overhaul her. The hail of the latter was
answered by the steamer Gen. Miramon with
a fire of guns and a volley of musketry.—
The Saratoga then fired a broadside, and the
action became general. It resulted in the
capture of both of Gen. Marin's steamers,
with himself and a large number of men.—
The prizes were ordered to New Orleans. The
Preble is soon expected with Marin and the
bulk of the prisoners on board. The loss is
confined to men, and is slight.
The two steamers captured are said to have
been fitted out through the agency of Santa
Anna, and sent from Havana.
THE CAPTURE OF THE MIRAMON BTEAXIERS-
VIEWS OF THE NAVAL DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, March 20
The language held at the Navy Department
concerning Miramon's vessels, which have
been taken off Vera Cruz by our navy, is that
they were piratical in their character, as they
showed no flags, and were not recognized as
Mexican by the Juarez government. The
vessels could not have been captured under
any instructions to resist a blockade by them,
as they did not make an attempt at blockading.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO
Bombardment of the City of Vera Cruz—
Suspension of Hosti2ities—Reported Aban
donment of the Struggle by Miramon.
NEW ORLEANS, March 23.—Vera Cruz ad
vices of the 14th have been received.
Miramon bombarded the city on the 13th,
doing but little damage.
A detachment of Miramon's troops from
Alvarado were attacked and completely routed
by the Liberals.
A flag of truce was sent to Juarez, which
resulted in the suspension of hostilities.
A military Congress, composed of the chiefs
of the two armies and the representatives of
the Foreign Government, met the same even
ing. The result of the deliberations was
unknown.
It was reported that Miramon had aban
doned the siege and deserted- the army, and
had taken refuge on board the French fleet.
Miramon's communication with tbe interior
was entirely cut off. The city of Mexico had
pronounced against him, and his army was
deserting. -
TAMPICO, March 11.—General Garza has
returned and resumed the government of the
city. Affairs are quiet. The U. S. marines
are still here.
YUCATAN, March 11.—The excitement about
the cession of the island continues.
NEWS FROM THE OIL RemoNs.—We learn
from Capt. Reynolds and others that there are
now about fifty wells in operation and in sight
of the steamboats from Franklin to Emlenton.
On the mouth of Big Sandy creek, Judge
Cross has discovered oil, and the land in that
neighborhood is considered very valuable.
Dr. Kern, of this city, who owns an exten
sive tract near Witkemp's Landing, intends
boring in a few weeks. As yet most of the
boring is performed without engines, and it is
thought to a greater advantage. Land is
selling at from two to three hUndred dollars
an acre, and it is believed that Venango
county might be the richest county in the
State. The demand for the oil will be beyond
its consumption and must supeisede all other
oils in the market, as it can lati sold cheaper.
Thus far the oil has been found along the
rivers, but the borers begin to realize that
their operations must extend to the districts
which have thus far been neglected, as it has
been discovered that the oil is equally as
abundant.—.Pittsburg Post.
SAD MEETING OF A FATHER. AND DAUGH—
TER.—For some time past a house of ill-repute
has annoyed the citizens of a village on the line
of the Cleveland and Columbus Railroad, and
it was determined that the house should be
broken up. On Thursday night the marshal
of the village made a descent upon the house,
tuok the inmates into custody, and Friday
morning they were taken before a magistrate
for examination. There were three girls
among the prisoners, and as the eye of the
magistrate fell upon one of them, he grew
deathly pale and hastily adjourned the Court.
Among those wretched and abandoned girls
he recognized the once fair features of his own
daughter. Several yearefbefore, while attend
ing a Female Seminary in an eastern State,
she had eloped with a Worthless fellow, and
her father had never heard of her or seen her
until that terrible morning. Deserted by her
husband, she-adopted a life of shame, and
found her way to the West. Her father, un
known to her, - moved also to the West and
settled in theNillage above alluded to.--Cleve
land Plaindea2er.
seii7 Two little girls, daughters of . john H.
Segraves, of Lafayette, Macon county, Tenn.,
died week before last from chewing and
swallowing the ends of some German matches
—about twen • or thirt pieces.
PHILADELPHIA. 001talEaSPONIDECNOS.
Aget of American Authnra—Boon*, of the (Angela: of the
North British and / ,, n l4 . Quarkrty Moletor—Crigieza
Remarka nn Futon's Lee of Jaclann. Appleton's Neio
Cyclopedia, Munn Brothers' Biographical Series, and
Sawlhorne's Neu, Romance.
PiIIiADELYEri, March 19th..1860.
In order to complete the List of Ages of Authors, which
we commenced two weeks ego by giving the ages of Foreign
writers, we herewith preeent the readers of the Intelligen
ter with such home authors as are beet known, with their
ages attached. 'Grant Thorburn (Laurie Todd) and Josiah
Quincy are our two most venerable patriarchs in letters,
each being to his 88th year; Joseph. T. Sucklugham, 80:
Lewis Cass and
for
Verplauck, 77; Rev. John Pi er
pont, (married for the third time not long shims) 74; Rich
ard H. Dana, Sr., 73; Dr.! John W. Francis, 71; Mrs. Si
gonrney and Chauncey. Goddrich, 69; Charles Sprague,
the Banker poet, and George Ticknor,- 68; Henry 0. Carey,
Henry It. Schoolcraft and Edward Hitchcock, 67; Jared
Sparks, John Neal, Orville Dewey and Carons:se Gllman,, 68 ;
Fitz Green Halleck, Edward Everett and John P. Kennedy,
65; John G. Palfrey, the historian, and Mrs. Sarah J. Hale,
64; S. G. Goodrich, (Peter Parley,) who boasts of being the
author or editor of 170 volumes, Bryant and Chas. Anthon,
63; Albert Barnes and Francis L. Hawkes, 62; Bancroft,
Caleb Cashing and Francis Lieber, 60; George P. Marsh ,
59; George P. Morris, 58; Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jacob
Abbot, (author of the Rollo Books,) 57 ; George D. Prentice,
58; Nathaniel Hawthorne, John 8. O. Abbott, George W.
Bethune and John R. Bartlett, 55; Wm. Gilmore Simms
-And George Lunt, 54; Richard Hlldreth, 56; Longfellow,
Whittler, N. P. Willis, Agassla and Theo..B. Fay, 52; Park
Benjamin and T. S. Arthur, 51; Oliver Wendell Holmes,
50; Alfred B. Street, 49; Ralph Hoyt, 48; Christopher P*
Cranch, 47; Tuckerman and C. A. Bartol, 46; R. H. Dana,
Jr., 45; John G. Saxe and Epee Sargent, 44; James T . .
Fields, 42; E. P. Whipple, James Russell Lowell, Henry
Giles and Mrs. Southworth, 41; Julia Ward Hovie, author'
of A Trip to Cuba, Thomas W. Parsons and Herman Mel
ville, 40; Ik. Marvel, Win. R. Alger, Buchanan Reed and
Augustine Duganne, 37 . ;George H. Boker, Winthrop Sar
gent and Chas. G. Leland, all of Philadelphia, 35: Bayard
Taylor, 33; Richard 11. Stoddard, 32, and Paul H. Rayne,
of Charleston, S. C., 28. -
Taking together the last numbers of the London Quar
terly Review and the North British Review—two of the
ablest foreign periodicals republished fu this country by
Messrs. Leonard Scott & Co., New York—we have seventeen'
as brilliant magazine articles as all periodicaldom for the'
last quarter can boast. In the London Quarterly there are
papers on Australia, on Cotton Spinning, on China and
the War, on the Roman Wall, on Religious Revivals, on
The Life and Works of Coiper—a delightful biographical
sketch—and 'on Reform Schemes. In the North British
are articles on the famous Madame Recamier add Salon
Life In Paris, on Coast Defenses, on Erasmus as al Satirists
on The Silence of Scripture—these two, last are powerful
articles—on Austria, on Form and Color, on Wesleyan
Methodism, etc. The titles of the papers will show how
miscellaneous in interest are the contents of these tine
Reviews. Every article is a finished essay, containing the
marrow or pith of a dozen books on its representatiire sub
ject, placing the reader la possession of the meet popular
information in a condensed yet eufficlently comprehensive
form. He who will habitually and carefully e:oneult these
periodical°, with the three others republished as above,
need care for little other reading. As new volumes are
begun with these numbers of course "now is the time to
. subscribe."
The number of those who worship the memory of the
brave old hero of New Orleans is legion; but, until Mr.
James Parton, who wrote the singularly fascinating, biog
raphy of Aaron Burr, but recently, undertook the prepara ,
tion of a full, elaborate and thorough Life of Andrew
Jackson, thu public who look deeper than the surface of a
man's life, have never had any satisfactory history of the
hero's career. Mr. Parton is just the man to supply a
deficiency like this. Those who remember with what a
charm he Invested the life of Aaron Burr, the bold and
cunning man of will, will have expected him to throw an
equal charm around his history of Andrew Jackson—the
bold and candid man of wilL Thoroughly lies he satisfied
any such expectation. Two volumes of his Biography are
now before the public. The first conducts the reader
through the boy's early years and those of young manhood,
down to the moment when he was just stepping at New
Orleans upon that magical spring board from which be
bounded at once to popularity and power. The second
traces his career to the year 1821; sod a third volume+
soon to be issued, will complete the history. A clearer,
fresher, heartier, honester, richer, or more Instructive or
eutertaining history of any life we have never read. and
the man's library, at least the American's library, which
would be without it is simply undeserving the name. It
should be found in every American home.
The same publishers (MasOn Brothers, New York; Lip
pincott & Co., Philadelphia) also Issue 'The American
Biographical Series," a fine set of books of lives for young
patriots, by George Canning Hill. Four books are already
published, each book entirely distinct in itself, handsomely
illustrated, and containing the biography of some one groat
leading spirit in our early history. The first is The Life
of Captain John Smith, the Founder of Virginia, the second
is The Life of General Israel Putnam., Old Put; the third
The Life of Benedict Arnold, the Traitor; the fourth The
Life of Daniel. Boone, the Pioneer—one of the most stirring
and absorbing of the series, and fully as captivating as
Robinson Crusoe. Written with great: clearness and atm
piicity these books are fully adapted to the comprehension
of young readers, and in no other form do we know where
their equals are to be found in interest, adaptation, or
example. The best way to stir the young to purposes of
noble achievement is to place before them such incentives
as these little volumes, or any of them, contain.
The ninth volume of the Messrs. Appletons' New Amer/. •
can Cyclopedia is nearly ready for publication. The last
instalment of this compendious and valuable'publication
has been everywhere received with demonstrations of the
highest favor, the cumulative energy and interest of
authors, editors and publishers, never pausing at any
excellence already attained, being widely acknowledged.—
The value of such a work as this to every man of intellP l
genre and learning can never be estimated. The inaugura
volume held out the promise of what the work must become
in importance and value, but the realization thus far is far
in excess of any expectations we entertained. For a clear
survey of all the departments of human knowledge brought
down to the latest moment and by the best educated minds
of the time, for clear and concise treatment, for quick
insight and orderly arrangement, adapting it for immediate
and thorough reference we look in vain for its equal In
the English language. Its pages teem with these practical
illustrations, stilted to the requirements of every poraible
profession or occupation in life, and its price Is such that
the poorest purse can share its benefits with the richest.
The Messrs. Appleton announce several interesting
works, among them A Voyage down the Amour River, aid
a new novel by Miss Yon ge.
Twenty-three yearn ago, in the pages of the North Amer"
scan Review, before the genius of Hawthorne had been
recognized by a single authority, Longfellow, in a genial
tribute to the unacknowledged but solid worth of ;he
young author, pointed to his peculiar and far-reaching
power, and predicted for him a fame of no common
bril
liancy. - What was then prophecy is, in 1860, matter of
history. Certainly the eagerness with which thousands-
upon thousands of copies of his new romance are being
taken warm from the press—and a romance too with a
mystical theme that in any other anthor, we care-not
whom, would secure for It certain destruction—ls evidence
enough of the hold he has upon this genius-loving repub
lic. The publication of The Marble Fawn, or The Romance
of Monte Beni, is Ilse literary event of the season. Messrs.
Ticknor & Fields for many days were unable to supply = the
demand, and the romance hiss in it higher elements of
permanent fame than anything else that Hawthorne has ,
written. Reader have you read it? If not, don't lose a
day till you buy, borrow or steal it. IL
AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS POR WAR.—A let
ter from Verona, of February 23, says:
" Austria is yreparing for war, and the
colossal proportions of her preparations lead
to the belief that she expects a formidable
contest. For more than a week past steamers
have arrived'at Venice with enormous cargoes
of munition, which has been immediately sent
on to Padua, which, it appears, will be the
basis of the stragetic operations. All along
the line of rail from Dolo to Padua are to be
seen rifled cannon of recent fabrication. There
are enough of them, it is said, to mount about
twenty batteries. They are field pieces, bat
some few are heavy ordnance for breeching ;
both were cast in 'the arsenals of Vienna,
where the works are carried on night and day.
Here we are still digging and repairing the
moats around the old fortifications. They have
just placed the new rifled bronze guns, and
removed the iron siege guns. They are build
ing a fort at Peron and strengthening those
recently finished at Montorson, and near the
church of the Madonna di Campagna. At
Peschiera they are working in all haste on the
construction of batteries on the Malusina side,
on that of San Vergilio and Cisano. Provis
ions are being stored up in the forts ; they
have even gone to Milan and purchased corn
and forage for the Austrian army. We believe
that the agents of some important houses in
our city have been to Milan for no other
reason. Our towns are deserts; you must
know that better than ourselves, Arrests and
perquisitions continue."
ACTS VERSUS WORDS
Senator Davis, of Mississippi, one of the
bravest and best men our country bodsts, put
the above words. tiO appositely and pointedly
to Mr. Seward and.bie party, in his remarks
in answer to the labored speech of that gen
tleman on the 29th ult., that we republish
them, and ask for them a candid perusal:
"But the Senator from New York invokes
us by his love for the Union, and in the spirit
of fraternity. But are we to believe these
mere professions of the lips while he proclaims
opposition to one of the most marked features
of the Constitution ? While he and those
with whom he is associated, not only here, but
at home, are endeavoring to trample under
foot the laws of the United States enacted in
conformity with the Constitution, and to secure
one of its provisions—a provision so significant
that it has been remarked, and is a part of
history, that the Union could not have been
formed if it had not been- incorporated into
the Constitution ? The oaths' of •sucli•Men:
become cheap as Custom Houstkoatluil, and we
ate asked to stake our future security on.the
mere guarantee, which such an oath gives!"