Interesting from China.
Tie Bo .ton Traveller has the following ex
tract of a letter from China, which gives a ru
th'-r novel resume of tlic present condition of
affairs in China. The writer advises, at the
conclusion, that the Imperial GoTcrjinihe#t"wiH
most probably finally crush the insurrection. —
Ho aiso states that Mr. M'LEAN, the American
Plenipotentiary, is coming home tor instructions
from his Government, relative to a new treaty
■with China. •
" We would now advise that the visit of the
English and American Ministers to the Peiho
having resulted in nothing more than exchange
of eourtesies with the Chinese, and tho Manda
rins having evinced no inteutiou of extending
their relations with Western nations, Mr. M'-
LEAN leaves by this mail for Europe, having
concluded that he must consult with his own
Government, and, if possible, devise some new
plan of diplomatic negotiations for the re
newal aud revision of our treaty relations with
China.
The rebels at the North having lost ground
at many points, and the ladrones that are over
running the Southern provinces hrviug forced
the better class of people to give their support
to the Mandarins, it would appear nearly cer
tain that any future negotiation by Western
nations must be with the present Imperial Go
vernment.
The city of Canton having been threatened
by the ladrones, and the Mandarin tlects hav
ing been engaged during the past week within
three miles of its walls, the Governor has been
induced, after long and earnest demands from
the better class of people, to apply to the for
eign powers for assistance; audit will doubtless
lie grautcd for the protection of the port in ac
cordance with treaty stipulations; but without
great concessions on the part of the Mandarins,
no further co-operation will be afforded by for
eigners.
So far from the present authorities hero mak
ing important* concessions, we deem it highly
probable that any slight advantage gained by
the Mandarins against the pirates at this junc
ture, would give them confidence, and their
correspondence with foreign officials again as
sume a tone that would put an end to any co
operation.
' The Imperial Commissioner having applied
to Western powers for protection against his
own people, is a measure brought to pass only
by a most critical state of affairs here; mean
while. the language of his application was most
guarded, and the measure differing directly and
positively from the policy of the present govern
ment as evinced at the Peiho interview, we may
safely say the negotiations are likely to be most
unsatisfactory.
The only advantage that may be gained, the
qnestiou being a local one, would be the open
ing of the City of Canton, aud that we deem
of little consideration in comparison with the
importance that has been attached to it.
The trade of Canton is entirely destroyed for
the coming six months, and as 110 foreign co
operation is asked or could be granted, except
fr the immediate protection of the city, the
province is likely to continue in its present dis
turbed state i'or a year to come."
CURIOUS SCENE IN A'KNOW NOTHING COUN
CIL. —-Moses Eames, a member of the Legisla
ture of New York, publishes a letter describing
his reception in a Know Nothing Council in
Syracuse, after votiug for Win. H. Seward, for
United States Senator:
Mr. Barker iuformed the Grand Council,
that I would make explanations in relation to
mv vote cast at the hiot election. While I was
proceeding to do so, one of the members asked
me for whom I voted for United States Sena
tor ? When I replied, William H. Seward.—
It created a great excitement in all parts of the
hall. Some twenty or thirty, more vehement
than the rest, rushed forward to the platform,
hissing, stamping their feet, gnashing their
teeth, extending their arms with clenched fists,
crying out, with countenances flushed with ex
citement, "Traitor," " Perjurer," " Liar," " Vil
lain.'' and other epithets, accompanied by the
exclamation, "hustle him out," "down stairs
with him," " throw him out of tho window,"
Ac.. A*c.
By this, time, the meeting was in a complete
uproar. The presiding officer could not con
trol those present, and declaired the meeting
adjourned for one hour. There was theu a
general rush for the platform where I was
standing. Some of the foremost seized my col
lar, but, by the exertions of a few personal
friends, I was saved from further violence, by
being, with great haste escorted down a private
stair-way, while others closed the doors and
kept back the mob. When I reached the
street, Mr. Barker advised me to go to my ho
tel, and not to show myself about the place,
but to leave the city in the first conveyance.—
Having no other business to attend to, I took
the advice aud left Syracuse in the first train.
Governor Pollock's Appointments.
The following are the appointments for Phil
adelphia, by Gov. PoLLock:
GEORGE R. GRAHAM, Habor Master.
ABRAHAM MYERS, Scaler of weights and
Measures for the old city of Philadelphia.
SAMUEL D. ABBOTT, Scaler of Weights and
Measures for the old County.
MM. D. BAKER. Bark Inspector.
HENRY PLEASANTS, Lazaretta Physician.
HOWARD TAYLOR, of Chester County, Port
Physician.
JACOB PEPPER, of Delaware County, Quar
antine Master.
J. W. T. M'AUSTER, Health Office.
JOSEPH E. HARXED, Master Warden.
ANDREW M'LEAN, Keeper of the Powder
Magazine.
STEPHEN MILLER, of Dauphin County, Flour
luspcetor.
JOHN W. COWELI., of Bncks County, and
JonN 11. SELTZF.B, of Berks County, Whiskey
Inspectors.
Taos. E. POLLOCK, Grain Measurer.
GEORGE METZGEK, Butter and Lard Inspec
tor.
JOHN I. AUSTIN, of Northumberland, Lum
ber luspcctor.
WILLIAM A. Orr, Salted Beef and Pork In
spector.
ISAAC B. GARRIGUF.?, Marble Measurer.
All the above appointees are residents of J
Philadelphia, except those otherwise stated.
An elephant, valued at $50,000, died \
of sea sickness, on its way from Calcutta to j
Boston, at which latter point the vessel had
just arrived. It is said his sufferings were in
proportion to his size, which proves that Shakes
peare, among other accomplishments, was no
physiologist, for he distinctly declares that a
pigmy " feels a pang as great as when a giant
cLe# " or something very similar i n
l§mbforb|Uporter.
r. o. COOL men, EM TOR.
TOWAXDA:
SatcrUan Xilornmn, -febrnarn 24, 1855.
POLITICAL PARTIES.
It nerds uo unusual amount of discrimination
to perceive that the two great political parties
into which the country has been divided /or
years past, are fast becoming obsolete—old
landmarks obliterated, and party lines broken
down. The machinery which once controlled
and moved the masses, has lost it power. New
issues have arisen, overwhelming and extin
guishing the effete and settled questions that
have hitherto separated the voters, and the ties
of party have become as ropes of sand. The
two parties which have been"arrayed in oppo
sition to each other, advocating different sides
of political questions—but each equally anxious
for the prosperity of the country—have had a
distinctive existence for a period of time unu
sual in our political history. From the earliest
period of our existence as a government, dif
ferences of opinion have existed in regard to
matters of public policy, which have originated
parties, and awakened strife, often of the most
ardent character, and too often bordering upon
bitterness and asperity, engendering acrimony
aud ill-will, until the decision of the people set
tled the controversy, or time demonstrated the
wisdom of the one side or the other. When
questious of policy or principle became settled
or obsolete, then there no longer existed
necessity uor room for antagonism, and parties
resolved themselves back to their original ele
ment, the people ; while a few years sufficed to
obliterate all traces of the animosities aroused
in the zeal of discussion and party action.
Ordinarily, these distinctive party appella
tions and separate organizations were in exist
ence but a few years, and when questions be
came settled, the actors stood upon common
ground, and were ready to ' fuse' in support of
new doctrines, or separate in opposition, as
might be ; —but more lately, the machinery of
parties has been perfected, and their j>ower
strengthened and their existence prolonged be
yond their natural term of existence. The two
parties which have existed for such an unusual
length of time under the designation of WHIG
and DEMOCRATIC, owe their prolongation to a
combination of political questious of great na
tional interest, and of rare recurrence. It is
unusual indeed for any one party to have the
advocacy and settlement of such a number of
important political principles, as has fallen to
the democratic party. It has, during its ex
istence, eombatted such an array of errors, and
established so many correct doctriues, that it
is not surprising that its very name has become
revered, aud that so many of its gallant vete
rans cling to it in respect for the memory of
the past.
The democratic party has been emphatically
the party ot' the Country, of equal rights, of
justice and morality. It has triumphantly de
monstrated and established what BENTON calls
the demos 'crateos —the right and ability of the
people to govern. Originating in the axiom of
the capacity of the people for self-government,
it has sought, successfully, to mould the legisla
tion of the country in consonance with that
grand idea—combatting the illiberal policy that
would circumscribe the privileges and preroga
tives of the masses, and declares that toleration
and equality would be dangerous to the existence
of peace and order, and to the stability of our
institutions. Through that tremendous conflict
with the monster Bank—the reverses aud final
success which attended the Independent Trea
sury—through the establishing of a Revenue
Tariff, and a Strict Construction of the Consti
tution—the banuers of the Democracy have
been borne by gallant and faithful hearts, until
the just aud liberal principles thereon embla
zoned have become triumphant, and are estab
lished as the settled policy of the country.
During the political contests which have agi
tated the country wlnl° mooted questions were
unsettled and eombatted, the Democracy have
rallied to the support of the candidates present
ed, almost mechanically. We cau only vote for
our principles by voting for men who are the
embodiment of those principles, and pledged to
carry them out. So long as great principles
are to be sustained the people care but little
who are the candidates, or how they are brought
before them for their suffrages. Having no
political ambition themselves, the great mass
of the voters are indifferent upon whom the
honors are bestowed, nence, the admirable
workings of the machiuery of party organiza
tions. Tlie Democracy, deeply imbned with
the justice of their priuciples, have for years,
followed their leaders, until those leaders have
become infatuated with the idea, that party or
ganization was created for their especial bene
fit and their personal aggrandizement. This
has been the great error of politicians—an error
which has swept the Whig party out of exis
tence, and severed and broken up the Democ
racy into as many fragments as there are
States.
Mistaking devotion to principle on the part
of the people as a blind unthinking subservien
cy to party, for years an attempt has been mak
iug to engraft into the creed of both the great
political parties of the day new and extraordi
-1 nary doctrines. Particularly has this been the
case with the democratic party. The attempt
has been made, through its potency to fasten
still more strongly upon the couutry the chains
of human bondage, to extend its area and per
petuate its power. Forgetting the wise and
solemnly-uttered testimony of the founders of
our faith repudiating the expressed and record
Ed opinions and judgment of the framers of the
Constitution—men endowed with rare sagaci
ty, prudenca and foresight, and yet fresh from
the struggles of the Revolution—in these days
of statesmanship and political acumen, is at
tempted to be interpolated into the democratic
platform strange and damnable doctrines, and
new and outrageous tests of party fealty are
imposed. And this too, nnder the pretence of
respect for the Constitution and its Compromi
ses! as though the framers of that sacred in
strument knew less of what they were doing
than the profound expounders of the present
day, with their new lights!
Emboldened by the success which has attend
ed each new move towards sectionaliziug the
democratic party, its leaders have pushed far
ther and farther towards the consummation of
the scheme. Party ties were strong indeed, as
" acquiescence''in outrage and treachery suffi
ciently proved. But it has only been because
people were deceived by specious pretexts, aud
lulled into security by professions of friendship
for our uatioual interests. The act which en
croached upon the domain of Freedom, which
repealed a Compromise of Thirty-four years
staudiug, which gave up the fertile plains of
Nebraska and Kansas to the designs of the
slavery extensionists, violating a sacred Na
tional compact, and exhibiting a spectacle of
National insincerity aud bad faith, developed
at once the plaus of the leaders and aroused
public sentiment. From that day, the demo
cratic party, as a national party, ceased to ex
ist. Upon it falls the heaviest weight of guilt
and obloquy of that nefarious transaction. A
Democratic Congress perpetrated and a Demo
cratic President sanctioned the deed. It has
become heterodoxy to doubt the Democracy of
Slavery.
The National Democratic party was dissolv
ed by repeal of the Missouri Compromise—but
its disentegration has been gradually but cer
tainly going on, since it has been made to pan
der to the interests of slavery. That mighty
Power, whose interests are so compact and gi
gantic, has stealthily but surely corrupted the
leaders of that party, and has succeeded in di
verting its organization from its true and legiti
mate purposes. It lias been made subservient
to the interests of the slaveholder, and is no
longer a national, but a sectional party. It has
been prostituted aud corrupted. It is 110 long
er the party of liberal principles, of freedom,
of equality, of justice and truth, but the party
of human bondage, of narrow and circumscrib
ed ideas, the adjunct of a powerful oligarchy.
If successful, it would be potent only for evil—
its triumphs would increase and deepen the stain
upon our national purity, would reward public
treachery, and subvert the spirit and genius of
our free institutions, making us a mockery and
a by-word.
Such we say, would be the inevitable result,
should the democratic party become the ally
aud the tool of slavery. But, thank God, that
day has not yet arrived. As powerful us that
name is, it is not sufficient to excuse the basest
intentions and the most treacherous designs.—
As deeply as it is revered, it is not potent
enough to cloak the perpetration of wrong.—
The late overthrow of corrupt leaders has de
monstrated this. The demos kraleos principle
is asserting itself. We have 110 fears for the
result. Animated by the same spirit which iias
guided us through past conflicts, aud directed
by the same principles for which we have al
ways contended, we shall await the purifica
tion of the democratic party from the discord
ant and foreign element which has brought up
on it, deservidlv, so many disasters. Defeat
may be necessary to purge it, but we have the
consolation of knowiug that its reverses will
result in serious loss only to the dishonest lead
ders who have made traffic of the integrity of
the people.
Despite the many kind things we have
said of our daft friend, ANDY HOPKINS, lie con
tinues implacably surly and snappish. We
spoke of his new way of convicting public men
of inconsistency, and he turns about and calls
us all kind of severe names. He invariably
ends his notices of us by saying we are too small
game upon which to waste ammunition. The
knowledge that we can address ANDY, elevates
us considerably, aud his responses arc quite flat
tering to our vanity.
We are afraid that this Senatorial contest
will finish ANDY. We are certain that his mo
dicum of brains will never suffice to carry him
safely through the tremendous excitement into
which he has worked himself. The quicker
his friends put him under medical treatment,
have his head shaved and blistered, and con
fine him in an ice house, the more probability
there will be of his passing the climax in safety.
VETO OF THE SPOLIATION BILL.— The Presi
dent has sent into the House a long and able
veto of the French Spoliation bill. According
to the President's view of the facts, the United
States Government have already discharged
their duty towards such of their citizens as may
have been at any time aggrieved by acts of the
French Government, and France has honora
bly discharged herself of all obligations in the
premises towards the United States. There is
nothing further, therefore, required of either
government. The facts aud the reasons for this
conclusion are clearly set forth. It is said the
Message is founded upon SILAS WRIGHT'S argu
ment against these claims. The President could
not go to a better source for sound statesman
like views and just public policy. SILAS WRIGHT
was a clear, comprehensive statesman, and would
not have opposed any measure which had pub
lic justice to recommend it.
The message was-taken up in the House on
Monday, and the vote on its passage was 113
yeas, to 86 nays. This of course defeated the
bill
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Wc have already informed our readers of
the result of the attempt to elect a U. S. Sen
ator on Tuesday week, and we publish below the
I balloting, and the vote on the motion to ad
journ.
The Speaker and members of the Senate be
ing introduced into the Hall of the House of
Representatives, the Legislature resolved it
self into a convention for the purpose of elect
ing a Senator in the Congress of the United
States, to supply the place of Hon. James
Cooper, whose term of service will expire on
the 4th of March next. The Speaker of the
Senate presided over the Convention. The fol
, lowing ballotings were had :
FIRST BALLOT.
Messrs. Crabb, Crcsswell, Frazier, Fry, Hai
denian, Hendricks, Killiuger, Sellers, Shaman,
Allegood, Barry, Boa I, Bowman, Caldwell, Car
lisle, Clover, Crawford, Criswell, Cummings,
(Phila. Co.) Cummins, (Somerset,) Donaldson,
! Eyst.er, Fearon, Fletcher, Foster, Frailey, Free,
1 Gross, Guy, Ilaines, Hubbs, King, Kirkpat
i rick, K repps, Lane, Leas, M'Conkey, M'Con
f nell, Mengle, Morrison, Muse, North, Palmer,
i Resse llitteiihou.se, Butter, Sherer, Smith, (Al-
I legheny,) Smith, (Blair,) Steel, Stehley, Stur
devantj Waterhouse, Weddell, Wood, \ orkes,
; Ziegler, Strong— Sjieaker —sß, votes for Siniou
Cameron.
Messrs. Browne, Goodwin, Hamlin, Hoge,
Jaminson, M'Clintoek, Piatt, Quiggle, Sager,
Walton, Wherry, Heister, Baker, Bush, Christ,
Craig, Daughertv, Dunning, Edingcr, Fry,
Johnson, M'Clean, Maxwell, Orr, Sallade,
Stockdale, Thompson, and Wright—2B, voted
for Charles It. Buekalew".
Messrs. Darsie, Frick, Chamberlin, Price,
Skinner, Powell, Ross and Witiner—B, voted
for Thomas Williams.
Messrs. Ferguson, Flenniken, Ball, Frank
lin, Ilerr, Lewis aud M'Cullough—7, voted for
James Veech.
M essrs. Avery, Baldwin, Downing, Ilolcomb,
Laporte, Lathrop, Lott, M'Cahnout aud Wick
ershatu—9, voted for David Wilmot.
Messrs. Foust, Harrison, llodgson, Taggart,
Litiderman, M'Combs, Megill, Pennypacker,
• Simpson. Smith, (Phila. City,) Stewart—ll,
j voted for J. Pringle Jones.
Mr. Buekalew, voted for Jeremiah S. Black.
Mr. Bergstresser, voted for O. 11. Tiffany.
Messrs. Gwinn, aud Thome, voted for Thos.
H. Baird.
Mr. Jordan, votod for John C. Kunkel.
Mr. Lowe, voted for George Chambers.
Messrs. Muddoek, and Morris voted for 11.
M. Fuller.
Mr. C raig voted for Smith Fuller.
Mr. Chamberlain, offered a resolution that
Convention adjourn to meet again this day three
weeks, which was disagreed to—yeas GO ; nays
GO.
On motion a second ballot was had the raem-
I bers voting as before, excepting the vote of
I SALI.AI>E, of Berks, which was given for CAME
! HON'.
Mr. TAGGART moved to adjourn for two
! weeks from this day. Oa motion the yeas and
j J
I nays were called, and were yeas GG, nays G2 :
YEAS —Messrs. Browne, Crabb, Darsie, Fcr
j guson, Flenniken, Frick, Hamlin, Hendricks,
I .Jordan, Lewis, Mellingcr, Price, Sager, Skin
! Ncr, Taggart, Walton, Wherrv, Averv, Baker,
I Baldwin, Ball, Bergstresser, Bush, Ohaniberlin,
! Craig, Downing, Edingcr. Fearon, Foust, Fry,
' Franklin, Gwinn, Harrison, Hcrr, Hodgson,
; Ilolcomb, Hubbs, Laporte, Lathrop, Liuder
' man, Lott, Lowe, M'Cahnont, M'Clean,. Mc
• Combs, M'Cnllongli, Maddock, Maxwell, Mc-
I gill, Mengle, Morris, Orr, Page, Palmer, Pen
nypacker, Powell, Ros?, Simpson, Smith. (Phil
adelphia city)Stcel, Stewart, Stockdale,Thome,
Wickersham, Witmer, Wright.
NATS —Messrs. Creswell, Frazer, Fry, Good
win, Ilaldeman, Hoge, M'Clintoek, Piatt,
! Quiggle, Sellers, Shunian, Heister, Allegood,
Barry, Boil, Bowman, Caldwell, Carlisle, Clo
ver, Christ, Crawford, Criswell, Cummings,
(Phila. Co.) Cummins, (Somerset.) Daughertv,
Donaldson, Dunning, Evster, Fletcher, Foster,
Frailey. .Free, Gross, Guy, Ilaines, Johnson,
King, Kirkpatriek, K repps, Lane, Leas, Mc-
Conkey, M'Connel, Morrison, Muse, North,
Reese, Rittenhouse, Butter, Sallade, Sherer,
Smith, (Allegheny,) Smith, (Blair,) Stehley,
Sturdcvant, Thompson, Waterhouse, Weddell,
Wood, Yorkes, Zeigler, Strong.
The Convention then adjourned.
The adjournment of the Convention at this
time is regarded by some as a virtual defeat of
CAMERON. The Patriot exultingly proclaims
that CAMERON is doomed! We do not see,
however, how any one else can be elected.—
His opponents are agreed upon nothing else,
except opposition to him. There is no proba
bility of their uniting upon any candidate, and
the most they can do will be to adjourn the
Convention from tinie to time and thus pre
vent an election. We shall'see.
—This Senatorial contest is developing some
queer coalitions. The Patriot is denouncing
Messrs. CRESWELL and FRY, of the Senate, and
FRAILEY and SALLADE, of the House, for betray
ing the Democratic party, and violating their
pledges in voting for CAMERON. It says "there
is a suspicion afloat that some of these were
not actuated in their course by the purest mo
tives."
The Pennsylvania n is denouncing men who
have formerly been opposed to CAMERON, but
who have, this winter, been endeavoring to aid
in his election. In this category it names, Is-
R.EL PAINTER, JAMES BLRNS, WM. T. MORRISON
and REAH FRAZER. Gen. ROUMFORT, it says
" is also engaged in the same disgraceful busi
ness, and thinks he is very cunning in deceiv
ing his friends aud the public as to his real po
sition." It puts their names on record for fu
ture use, and particularly " makes a note of' a
gentleman who resides on the West Branch of
the Susquehanna river, and who is an aspirant
for the Chair of State, at the hands of the
Democratic party. It will not write his name !
at length, but promises " to remember his dis- !
interested services when the proper time ar- 1
rives."
The Pennsylvanian also makes the following j
astounding revelation, which it heads " Trea
son to the Constitution !"
" What we now say in reference to Cameron's
treasonable schemes against the Constitution
of the Union, we pledge our words for its ac- ■
curacy. The member from Allegheny county,
(Mr. Kirkpatriek,) is a rabid Know-Nothing
and Abolitionist. He was apprehensive of
Cameron's souudness upon both those points,
and before he could be brought iuto his sup
port, determined on addressing Cameron a long
letter, containing nine or ten interrogatories
touching both subjects, bit more particularly
abvlitianism. Cameron answered his letter in
full, and avowed the most ultra abolitionist
aud native sentiments. The followiug arc a
few of the declarations solemnly announced un
der his own baud and seal:—lst. A repeal of
the compromise measures of 1850. 2d. Eter
nal hostility to any more slave States, on any
terms. 3d. An entire repeal of the natural
ization laws. This letter was to be used in the
caucus, or was for private inspection, as might
be deemed most prudent. The latter course
was pursued.''
FOREIGN NEWS. —Since our last issue, the
steamship Asia has arrived, with one week's
later iutellegence. The point of sjiecial inter
est is the defeat and resignation of the Aber
deen Ministry, which was officially announced
in Parliament on the Ist inst., at which time
Lord Derby stated that he had been invited by
the Queen to form a ministry, but that he
could not do it. Auother and an importent
feature of the news in the defeat of the propo
sition of Austria, iu the Germanic Diet, to mo
bilize the federal army, and the adoption of the
proposal of Prussia to place the contingent
force only on war footing. These measures
caused a decline in the funds, and much specu
lation as to the course Austria would pursue
under these circumstances. Prussia has assum
ed a more energetic attitude. The latest des
patches from Berlin state that portions of the
army had been ordered to advance into Saxo
ny and Silieia, and an application on the part
of the French government to permit the pas
sage of a force through Prussian territory was
peremptorily refused. Prussia has signified to
the Western Powers that she entirely accords
with the result of the conference at Vienna,
and that the admission of a representative to
its deliberations is indispensable to her adhe
sion to any treaty that may be made. The in
telligence from the Crimea is unimportant. The
French number 68,000, and additional rein
forcements were 011 their way. Gen. Canrob
ert has offered to assume the charge of all the
the offensive .operations. The British appear
to be completely paralyzed. A change in the
Turkish ministry was expected. The commer
cial news by this arrival is somewhat unfavor
able. Cotton and breadstuffs were dull, with
a slight decline in price.
THE COLLINS' STEAMERS. —The House of Re
j presentatives on Monday in Committee of the
Whole, adopted the amendment of Mr. Olds
i appropriating $868,000 to the Collins' line for
the transportation of the mails from New York
| to Liverpool and back, and to repeal the pro-
I viso in the deficiency bill of July, 1862, re
quiring the Secretary of the Navy to give no
i tiee for terminating the arrangement for the
' additional allowance for the transportation of
the United States mail between those two
' ports in the Collins' line of steamers, provided
that Collins k Co. build another steamship for
that service within two years after the passage
I of the act.
♦
I PROXVNCIAMENTO AGAINST THE U. S.— A
' letter from Santa Fe mentions a report that
I the Mexicans in the Mesilla Valley have haul
ed down the United States flag, and raised the
Mexican national tri-color. It is rather a dear
bargain if after honestly paying for this terri
tory we have got to fight to keep it from Mex
ican filibusters. The fight will, however, not
be of very long duration, for our people are
not accustomed to such political vagaries as
prouunciamentos, having no military loafers
| hanging about with nothing to do and no
' means to live unless they raise an insurrection.
They will come down on such Mexican diver
sions in away that will astonish the natives.
RAY* THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL passed the
Senate Tuesday, by a vote of 24 to 21. It
provides for three routes—a Northern, Central
and Southern. During the debate, Mr. GKYER
j said the three roads would cost from three to
four hundred millions of dollars. The railroads
of the United States now use annually 380,000
tons of iron, of which 100,000 tons are manu
factured in the United States. The roads now
in course of construction w ill soon make the
amount consumed annually 450,000 tons, ex
clusive of the roads projected by this bill.—
Where is all this iron to come from ?
EXCITEMENT IN CCBA. —Latest accounts from
Cuba represent the Island as in a state of great
excitement from fear of fillibustering expedi
tions. New militia companies are forming, and
the whole island is declared in a state of siege
and the ports in a state of blockade.
A Proclamation has been made ordering the
enlistment of all volunteers between the ages of
18 and 50 capable of bearing arms.
THE BEALF.CA.SE. —The Harrisburg lTrrald
says the most strenuous efforts have been made
for the pardon of Dr. BEAT.E, but that after a
full hearing of the case, Gov. POLLOCK positive
ly refused to grant a pardon.
TERRITU.E ACCIDENT. —On Saturday, Janua
ry 20th, a young daughter of Mr. Lucas Smith,
a miller at Painted Post, was killed in the fol
lowing manner: She had been riding upon the !
" carriage" in the saw mill, as children fre
quently do for amusement, and as it was run
back, she undertook to get off and stepped in
to an opening for the escape of the saw dust,
falling upon the balance wheel below, and was
instantly drawn into a small space between
that and the adjacent timbers. One limb was
torn off and floated into the creek below; the
other limb broken iu several places and the bo
dy completely crashed. She was eight vears
of age, and is represented to have been a child
of more than ordinary promise.— Corning
Jouriul
ITEMS OF NEWS,
—Ohio i& estimated to contain a coal field
tqnal in extent to 12,300 square miles, or one-third of th e
surface of the surface of the State. The amount of coal
now dug in this State, is estimated at nearly 21,000 ,000
bushels.
—The Trumbull (Ohio) Democrat remarks
that the farmers in that region of the country say that tie
wheat crop sowed last fall looks exceedingly well a t the
present time, and the prospect of a good crop L> cx-*i
ingly flattering.
—The friends of the Sunbury and Erie Rail
Road Company in Philadelphia, appear to be entirely M .
tisfied with the selection of ex-Governor Bigler as it p re .
,-ident.
—The untiring advocate's of Women's rights
—Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose and Miss Susan B. Anthony, are
discussing at Albany the subject of the right of women to
vote.
—Mr. S. D. lugram, who was elected Coun
ty Superintendent of Dauphin county, last fall, was taken
to the Insane Asylum, a few days since. He was an esti-
Enable gentleman, and much sympathy is manifested for
his misfortune.
—The Parisian Jews have introduced organs
into their synagogues, and the Greeks have done the same.
This is an innovation upon old customs.
—Nine hundred barrels of snails were ex
ported from Switzerland for foreign consumption, in <>-
j tober and November last. What are they wanted for?
—lii Vincennes, Indiana, a gang of miscre
ants have wantonly defaced many of the tombstones in
the vicinity of that place.
—The women who mobbed a groggery, and
destroyed S2OO worth of liquor, at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio .have
all lteeu discharged. It is said that the ladies were most
of them young, and all pretty! No wonder they were dis
charged.
—The Maine Law has passed the Indiana
Legislature, and is now a law. The rejoicing at the event,
at Indianapolis, was very great.
—Mr. Phillips, the American, who was ar
rested and imprisoned in Switzerland, having been mis
taken for M.tzzini, claims an indemnity from that Govern
ment of $.",000 for arbitrary and inhuman treatment, and
his claim has been recognized by the American legation.
—" Calico Parties" are all the fashion now,
at Buffalo, and other cities and towns in that direction,
the proceeds, as in New York, to lie given to the poor.
—M iss Harriet A. Underwood is missing
from Forty Fort, Luzerne county,and her friends are fear
ful she lias been foully dealt with. It is some weeks since
she disappeared.
—A Washington correspondent of the Wil
liamsport Press states that Col. Johij Forsyth Carter has
" experienced another streak of luck, by which he realizes
a handsome sum."
—The Jersey Shore Xetcs Letter notices the
death of " Catty"' or James Smith, at au advanced age
He was a black man of Herculean strength, that paper al
leging as a fact that i:i one of his river trips he carried a
weight of fourteen hundred pounds of iron from the beach
to the wharf.
—Three men from Lycoming county, named
Leonard Vangarden, Era-stus Eggleseonand John Mengas,
have lieen arrested and lodged in jail at Philadelphia, for
counterfeiting.
—Each of the ten inch shells thrown by the
Allies in the seige of Sebastopol, costs, it is said, £3s—
about
J —During the year 1854, no fewer than 73,-
097 persons died in London, out of a population of two
| millions and a half.
I —Mrs. Sinclair (late Forrest) has been pre
j sented with a'.diamond necklace, worth S3OOO, bv some of
i her admirers in Han Fruntisco.
I —The Harrisbnrg Te!egraj)k has placed at
; the head of its columns the name of Hon. James Pollock,
us a candidate for the next Presidency.
—lt is stated that Gen. Shields declines run
ning for Congress in the district vacated by Lyman Trum
bull, Senator elect.
—The Legislature of lowa adjourned on the
■ 26th tilt. Tliey passed a law submitting the question •' a
j Constitutional Convention to the people; a prohibitory
I Liquor law was also passed, which is likewise to be sub
j mitted to the people.
—Mr. George W. Curtis, in a late lecture
j at New York, spoke of those pious people who clasp their
j hands so tight iu prayer tiiat they could not open thea
; when the contribution box came round.
—Hartford was a tolerably healthy city un
til the liquor law was enacted in Connecticut. Since the
iaw went into operation, spirits to Vhe amount of SII,OOO
have been sold there, for medicinal purposes, withiu four
mouths.
—A negro witness at Detroit, lately stated
j that he had been blessed with five wives and forty-eight
children, of whom twenty-eight still live, all boys but one.
In the Counties ou the Missouri river, ad
joining Kansas, land is worth from ten to fifty dollars so
acre.
—One of the Texas papers remarks, " that
at the recent sitting of the Court at San Autonia, thirteen
gentlemen were assigned places in the Penitentiary."
—Green peas, corn, fresh turnips aud straw
berries, are among the regular fares at the hotels in Flori
da. Great country, that!
—lt is stated by a late writer in the Boston
(Mass.) Transcript, that nearly a million of dollars has
accumulated in the Treasury of Harvard University.
—Mr. Barton, editor of the Concord (N.H.)
Reporter, dropped dead ou Saturday last, from disease of
the heart.
—The Lock Ilaven Watchman, an Ameri
can paper, just started, has placed at the head of its co
lumns the name of Sam Houston, of Texas, xs its choice
for President, and that of James Pollock for Vice Presi
dent.
—The annual statement of the business of
railroads in Massachusetts shows an increase during the
last year of 509,162 passengers compared with the previ
ous year, and 204,979 tons of freight.
It is stated that the small-pox has niadf
its appearance among the U. S. troops at the Jeffer-o
Barracks.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO SKATERS.— We learn
front Philadelphia papers that on Saturday
afternoon last, its large crowds were skating on
the Schuylkill river above Fairinount, the ice
broke, aud Mr. Earle S. Shinn, druggist at the
northeast corner of Broad and Spruce streets,
and a Miss. Russell, his wife's sister, were
drowned. Mr. S. was skating and pushing
Miss Russel on a sled before him, as is the
custom. A very large number of porsons saw
the accident but were unable to render any
assistance.
CARD FROM SENATOR SHlELDS. —Washington,
Feb. 16.—The Intelligencer, of this morniug
publishes a note from Senator Shields, stating
that Judge Douglas, and his other colleagues
in the House, all exerted themselves to pro
mote his re-election, and are as much disap
pointed at the result as himself.
The Union charges the Intelligencer with an
effort to breed ill blood between General
Shields and Judge Douglas, by the recent pub
lication.