rom I.llo.Waqiington'Union.• n's 4 peeeli at the Rau to Lord Elgii., Mr. Buchan . quell : s • - . . banquet given in London, on the 6th - ult., .t.o.Lora.:Elgin, I -of (Jarman, Mr.;' Buchanan zespondea• to a toast-.by tlui tie as fOltows i -- ~ • ,- -! E erdo l i p es t f rd e: ; arii i l n ,dl : : ! ct l o n i g i:1 1 .:1 1 cu l ‘t i . ii c in. o l 01 ' i , i fr i e j i i ..). 1 I : , ~ kineriCan Minister;" and, in. ! to das own recent visit to es, fo the hospitable reception at he bad seen in the western Upon .him. nan then. rose : and :said : My !anen„ I.eame,to England ail I might find - myself. a strau !p land'; but, alto-the first hour, led to`--feel Myself at home in Englishmen which it has been.. o -to meet...: In the name .of , I thank your lordship. (the. ie.) - most cordially for the kind li you. have p*oposed in favor and myself as its repreSenta-. gratitude is due, to this . large, led. e - othpany for. the, entlinsi-. that sentiment has' been re- At a splendi‘ .the _evening of governorlieneo was present and Earl of Ellesmci "•The Esrl o nientary terms, I.7,xcllency the doing , so, referr • the United Sta which he recel ion which all t • 'world had left "Mt. lortls,and . gentl ticipating that ger in a string :I have never fa airy society of . ray good fortun 7 .lny coulltryme4 Earl.ofEllesuier( . sentiment Whic 4 l of. my country, tive; and my , . and distingiusl asm with wliic. ceived.• Thisepor will be fully apPreciated on the other side -'of the ,';ktlantie, If•iny • countrymen't einsek;e:s could, have selected the individual y whoM such gracions•land _kind words sh tild,be, spoken; I ain'persuaded . theiichoice* add have, fallen upon the no-,., .bre Earl. lie, as been atnongSt us; he has-I, i i seen •us.At hort?e * l , and has been • I - KTo our virtues Very kind,: - '• • ' ; • And to our faults a little blind." - -7.-•,.,• , • There are thoCsands ou the other 'side of the Atlantic who *ill respond to the universal , sentiment, of 4pprpbatioh . in this- country, when they leani that his soVereign • has eon:: ~'ferred upon him one of the highest and proud est marks - of distinction which.' it - Was-in her power to bes - toW._ May. he long, live, to' enjoy • it - 1 Certain I fun that•the penalty denounced by the motto of the garter •will never, reach either his head or Ins heart - . And here I' ought, porhaPs, to stop. ,We' .Lace been taught that rater dinner-speeches are danger-' ons ;, and prudence Might; on 'ordinary occa,-. sions, dictate hat I should proceed no fur-. ther. If, howciver, tit an public dinner., given to Lord Elgin, as governor-teneral of Can - h id 'I. da,- I.s ou. •ma -e• no-re,erenee to • I would _expos myself to the condemnation , of my own co i ntiymen. Lfrider his caught . cued goVerwnent,'llerMajestY's NOrth Amer ican provinces realized the worth ofa wise, pru den t,' and pro - spero us adini ills tra ti oi i ;. and - .we of 'tl4 .neighboring nation, though jealous of our rights, have reason to be abtin- • • datilly satisfied 'with his_ justald friendly con- duct towards -Ourselves. - Hes known how to reconcile lii devotion to her' Majesty's ser vice with a proper re g ard to.: the 'rights and interests of the kindred and neighboring pen ple. - Would to Heaven' We bad sueli-gOver nors-general in ali the European eolonies-in the vicinity oflthe United_ States ! IBS lord sliiiihad solved one of the most difficult prob lems of statesinanShip. Ile; has, been able; , " - gitcces'sfully" and satisfinitorily„ to administer, ainidst'inaily difficulties,. a colonial' govern , N nient over a free people: This Is an eaS•s,'„taSk • where, the commands of a despot are law' .to • his obedient sUbjects ; • but net so in a colony •where the people,fe - el that they, possess the rights and priVilegc_.s 'of _native-boOti : Britons. . And noir what. shall'l _say %, iii -reply tb , the wish so - -earnesitly expressed by his lordship, that he inightl never live to see thS bonds of ' friendship interrupted • between:the kindred nations 9 Ilad I' no t i imagind iat my own, binnble instrumentality might ontribute in • Seine small delgree - to .:remove: existing causes of- dissension between the twig ceuritr•re, and to confirm'and perpetuate their mutual, f'',rid-. 1 1 • Ship, rshorildinot have enjoyed the privile„. 1 of - nddressing You this,dav as the minister, of illy country. llt is ply most earnest . desire 'that the two nations, kindred as they ,are in 'point of bloodk should be equally kindred in, each :other's affection's. And" . why should.' they' jiot be ? ' We-have many - free. .princi- 1 pies in common, whichit• would be tedious to. ' enumerate;, vile .speak the same language 4 we read-the same books, ..and we both enjoy a free' press, Without Which liberty in ' any. countryLivould soon become an empty name. 'We el:dm - your old masters to be our proper ty•as much ii.S: votirs, and, thank, -.God ! - our people are able to read and-appreciate them. . Every horn in -roost of our -States has the same 'right to receive a' good and uSellil . - : comitionAelio l o,l education as,to breathe his native air or to drink Ifrom his native culla . tains. • IVlY,lthen, shook' any jealousy exist , between' Us? I There Have never teen two na tions on the face of the earth whose irinteriab ... interests are. 40 closely ' identified: Commer- cially speaking,-, ' the progress. of the.,l.T . nited tateshlas proven: nearly . 'as . beneffeial to . -i • •, 'reat our as s to ourselves.• The extension - , of Our - possessions 'On ,the continent . of 'Amer-. ,ica, from' the purchase' of Louisiana' to the . present Imoinent--;--art extension which has ' . !Yieen ticeoinPlisliA4hatever.may be said to the COntraryl 'upon Pure principles of honor 7 hiiti.l6tlC - e.,—Liba in the very:same 'degree. ex tended Britigh cemm i e rce and, manufaetnres.. 'thiiii . &, , :li not ' lessed 1 ith a poetic imagjnation • 1 .. 1 look forw.(l,. with confident, hope 'to-the' ' • Ility,Witeri.tl e Engli. :language, •whiehis the .1.., • language of 1 liristia ,' eirTl . and -political free dom, will be the' latf(lruage 'of the larger pot-. . - . - *. tion of 'the hatitableTglote.' NO people speak- Ling this language cacti everbecome - the Willing - instruments bf ilespotie poWer. These great re,. "suits, in the! detirly •iSf the. future, are to be ' ' l peacefully..AC:ceroplishedby the energy; enter;, • • prisec.iiiditidomitabbi perseverance of tire Brit; ish and American races. I do not confine my; self to thelinglo-SaXen. iiiee, alone, beCause a. :large, rez.. - peritatile, aid useful 'portion of the ° population Of my., oWn country have sprung ` - - from thelriih,the , Cerrnan,and 'other European stocks. Tam myself, whatever' may be my merits or roy _ aults,lthe son Of tin natiKe-born Irishman, and I.ain,proud'of my dscent.— ' With sour indubvelit I patiellec, I shall advert ..te:oue other topic hefore I take nay seat. I ••• •.. cannot Stif l re p r'this ot'casionAo pass - without _ expressing ruy grafi ication kith her Majesty's . • .:wise and .liberal declaration in favor` 'of neu • . .tral tommetial ri his dining.. the-'existing _.*tit. - itls ; orthy • f the -• civilization- of -the $ nineteentril Cent - m.l, _I and; worthy" ,of the, 'Vest constitutional. sovereign-! - Wlielias ever' , ••sat. , upon the prond .. and ' poWertlit throne • of. 2,o„ratit. • IBri till n.. • :The ti Me 'will I arrive . ~ when - war again private- property- ..up,- , au, the; OCeati will „ :entirely _prescribedq l all eiviliief nation , -as.' it has' :already been t e ' upon the lard, and when . ilie :gallant coniq ' •-. I : in:Anders-of the no, s! orthe. world will es::: . . ... - . teem •it as ,4yreat• disgrace to, rob '-a pence -4 . • ' - ..ll,rinerehan-ivessel, upon : the seas as the gen t =4l of an army WOild, no* do to, plunder the, • - rivet° Louse .:of .41:1 . :;u.noffending ditio- 11 -71 - .. . : • LOnd cheers. -I 1. - . ,• ,- ' i .11 zi jam' Nebraska '-about which we hear is'? : znifeb eani t OSt diIICIASIOU just to); }s an' if i n ; . ..perial 'tante!). it atent., :It embraces A , the fantail- cede.d4hy France to the United ..' Siates,iwhiek yet. mains unorganized und4 State or Territorial government. it—lio ut pd between Ati isao ' IP,wa; landXhluesota et. the eat3t;itu d th e kr Mountains on th meet: Jte-bounda t -, is three thousand mil+ in length ; 4ts, a ''''fiver liandrad tbousanli squre-rnil: , ; and It will farn, it tw stated. wet .e Sta e. , , cac as litrge as Oltio. ii ' giattost liE watoggft. lORTHE r- L B. CHASt SAT IN pAY;EDricins Thursday, May 4, A 11854. 01111 Vomina ipns. • For Goivroor, ' WILLIAt- BIGLER, OP CLtAlitF 4 Iy.L.D COILNIV. For Judge of !4,ltpreme\Coarf, JEREMIAH S• BLACK, or 13019R/ET CONLFII7. ror Canal Coinmistioner, HENRY A. MOTT, ox rn:s COLINTrj irif - We ire .updet• obligations to Hon.: JAB. CotirEn, of U. S.l&nittr, Icon 'M. PL , :rr,of Stati - .! seilate,.: r ttnd Passniore ant.Deo7 the Ifoittle; fork valuable public to ors. jte - The Senate orkFriday last passv l tl the House resolution for a final . adjourinnent, with amendment s substituting the 9th for the 2ci - ofiNfay. The Hotiseuftcirward stru:ek out the Ofh t and buierted the 4t . lea that Gov: I " n ii GLER ns sign. e(1 the ill tiro Wing for the salo of the; nain line of the Puble, Works. • , . , , ;--..-41.-0---------- ,: . tar We I • Cain that , the -iLancaster liar have invited ~Tudge• 'JEssuv to . take a 'plice• on the pencil of that . l)istrict r . and ar , urg ing 014ernor ritoLin,te uppoilit. him 011. the electionneeill, t - xibich time they Ingree to eleefiltim:' They Ca'tt get no' Imilyer :)t* their-tr to. accept. the place; prac tee in, that ottntybcing thindt better than th e sala ry of i ludge: li. ;, • Welhave no doubt ;Governor 13tot.r;a wilt' the Represeniative. of, 614 county • 4 1 1- • consul • . - •1- . , tanking that appointMent. • - • I; i , - .1 0, Pooi Whigs!„ _,The Lancaster tribune, Pittsburg Jo:Urnal, and, other . prominent j whig journals are' call ing upon Mr. PottoOcto vithdr4 from the. field andlet tbein tate up.o.',Demociatlas an . independent ' candithite for Governor;', We think this decidOly tool, and 'wonder!:not a little at it: -A'decet!respeet for themselves, as!.well :is -f .l ortte: feelings ;of the man they „• have put in nomination, ought to hav j e pre vented such t l suggestion being made 4 The ... .contest is tlu given f . ,np• at - the. outset With Piit...OcK,.but\ say they, "we want sonieboly to,h , :it BIGLEit.” . ' Well, noW, gentlemen,you cannot find that man :in iiiis Conittionnealth,., for BIOPPn cannot be beati; .!o you mOy just as. well save yourselvds front ftirther trouble, and not exhibit " the,dark . :Fidc,of human na titre' any furtherL I „We. cafe not whorn ~you put in.the fielti,.ThtiLan will be electeti by a ~. - , inajoray like that given "iQld Hickory" .in . PoinsYlvania.': .. Now*eadyise you to keep -10(4. an grin and hare li," amid trAht. Mr. Pollock as f an honorable eland erve4 to • Ile 1. . . located by a patty _that has 'voluntarily put iiirn• in nomination. ; - 1 ' ...! 1 -li - We are . willing Mr. PoLpocK should be withdrawn and a renegade Don:ler:it taken up in his.pliee, for then ,there *ould :,; be no , .. seul to DIGLEWS, majority. Thelimest rank and file of the.'Whicrslcould tiler]. nottfaiL to -...,~ see the.want of sincerity. in their leaders,- 7 ivonitl naturally • lenongh become . dhigusted . with[ the whole 'scheme, and the most of them who would notlvOte for - 131GLEn would stay afhoinej 'and not ?vote at all. , , If the, Whigs Were;sincere in! theirp i reten , - ded.flevcitionto principle, it 'strikes nl they :would not be taking Up Some "squenkeDera ocrotrLsome Mail whom the democrati par ty would not Ortk of asking . the pcloile of Pennsylvania to inpriort, and that tool after ;they have nonfinated, a man of their Oi po litieol Rath, if ;indeed they" Can.be 'shpioosea to Itave any faith:: i' ~ • ~ 4 ;• ••;'....-...---- 1 ear #'llltre Prowp4cts. _ i The present) perplexed 'Condition . Of Euro pean nations, sirs the Washington S'aitinel, ma' be made l cMinently conducive to tte pc curriary intOrc,VstS of our country, if !Wei shall tie-Wise enough to, keep ourselves (reel from their wars'and chtartglements. , A false step, a rash more, may Wvolt43, us in `the Melee.— It' then becarnesus to .l be prudent; Wary, cir- Crinlispet. . With the [fights 1 - .)f . ne4trids ac -1.--tio'fledged, ouriprodu,ce .wil I command ready and l libigh prices; for, it will be needed to'feed fitatintha of tijousands. We may also be- cout~e the 'comirMn carriers of the world. - In . addition to thiS,Twhile the nations of Europe arelveakeiring i lthemselves' by their , wars, we shall advance I)steadily in - ( growth, develop:l Tent ; and' power: The only .two dangers .to guahl against ',re the "extension o any Euro 'pearl !alliance teiltlis.coutinent,... so as to con: trol land fetter iis, „and the unjust eUtOrcemi.nt against us on the high seas Of. what - is called the right of search:;'. Should either or .*.ll Of these ibin i gs es Ocelot r, then it do' not require a Prk,phei, or the ,iibi:i of a ; prophet; to foretell ttiati l War l Will_ be inevitable; nor Will it , be diffritult,to nartie gib powers with which we wouid tie embrOiled: - I'. ' ' • , The, Freshe I If veillbe seen bireferene,9 to the ilows.in- Anotbar colutian 14elstAiirtai have pisc, duce& such a. fresh as. to, seriously *pair raillfoaa travelling.) Great (14mage .been ;till!.___ 7 .... Ig.p. ~.i . ,..,..1,w.". ..,... 1 dcon the N. Y. 'S: E. Itailroadiin co nence of l !which we' hare not received 4our mail sup Plies regularly. ' Ak. Stairway stalit,about eight nult. west of Po Jerrie,'n,tt N. Y. dil E.,'a portion of theitraci and embanhlnent wer'ef waelied - aw;sylin o the Deleware river. Nine men,'employed in repairing ihe track ati thiS point were' alsd carried into; the IriVer with it, and all; sire +to, Were iiroivned: l 'Ar The New Yet Courin" says.: ." We to Lave iin our power s tate that,lslr;,.Buenitt -An ' received offmi avAtut:ances.froto,,Eng laud, no , attempt iwill be made to enforce' nny elaitn to the sernees of Buel!' of her sub ',feete its have bezOnie natnraliFed .citizens ' of the Lnited states." ' . .: ~- , asbeen read ousoo h d • if itei)*tatires to abolish, the _B oat el of Ca ialdozniuissione: I pougolit. Oitoriat QEorrOponbence. \c, • HARRIBMIRO, April 21:. PitA.n *rote you a ‘A.ek ago to nigl4,'. and tlieti told you that I prolArbly not - Writey'eti again before the close of the gession:bUti happen. to Marc a little Isis- • •, . ure evening, -.—our weeks work being clvei; By the.W.tv, did you-aet my last let ter IA- time; The mails were blocked up with Stiow betWeeu' here and . Philadelphia . r .. • two:whole days.. _ Whether .the - letter' got rtheail of the atoint is a question. . Tie lIouSe: has finally agreed on a day of adjotirtnnent,t,a week from 'next Tuesday,-=-- but' l 'We have had bad luck with the' ApproL Priation . bill,. and I learn to=night that it is dotbtfulwhethe'r the Senate ,will concur With our ;illesolution.' , . 'lt looks as though we 1 1 t shotild not bd able to get the Bill through both Branch& by that time, in. Which event .. . , I suppose vv6'Shall have . to stay longer. We mUitlp " ass that qr " the wheels 'of government i 1 . . mnst stop, of course.. - - - . got have finally We , the Bill, for the sale 1 i of the Maine :i.iti . e. through both -branches. I • i 5 had the ple.asure of signing it Thursday night ittst!ariii it is tow in the hands 'of the Gor enter, whorl signature, it .will certainly 're-. ceiVe. .The..prie'fiXed below'Which no bids. shalt be entertained; is ten millions ofdollars, • two billions Of,Whiclt must be: paid in ninety klays; 'froth aceeptance: I Was informo- by the President 4 the PerinsylVania Railroad . 'company yeilterday. that they would take it .1 . . ; at that price withi aii - extension of time for thel first payMent, alreduction'of the interest on. the ; balani.e• to five per cent. and aJelease of tbe tonagOtaX . op 'their • road included.- 7 M)1 notion. is that ‘ it; will be taken by that ecinpany. without .t.hese reservations, and ten : Vial be wiped Out ten millions of .our SO+ debt, With' the most prolific source 'of its 'Creation. 1 I ain S l ure that a short-of rejoic ing, ong. and lend, tvill go\ up, from the tax. payers of tili Cloinntonwealth When such a result - shall . Ifinally be ' accomplished. The - -I , !public workslought to be, must and 'shall be' .Sold,' and thel State, broken down and grown oldlainder the etiormens load' they have im- I '' posed, will tben: be • irejuvevated in all Leten- ergies and strength. I wish every tax payer in the Countionwealth - could have heard .the . speeeh of ill& eloquent COOK - of. AVestmore laud (he introd need the Bill) in concluding • the: lonr , amt s.tortny "discussion in the no.use. Ile Opened the debate and closed it, and-con-. eluded his hist;speeeli With these words.— "r tell !ion gentlemen - of the. , opposition, in thiS Ilot*, that the d ie cast: Thii 0u , ...- tionean no l . .onger be evaded—can not again be Crushed ;doivii: ;The.. peoPle demand a . a sale,- , -- - -froni evert hill side and every valley comes' th. 3 miiverml.shout of demand, and by thiS throu'gh this Legislature, or oveithis Legrslature, this. Bill will pass.t--- It has passed by and through it,—the people will not have ft : over it ! • The Senate has.been liusy several ilays iii attempting to disposelof the •:' Erie Railroad trobbles." . 'i'we bills have beendefeated,and it looks much like beiiim obliged to adjourn finally ( . without a diiposal of the Road--:-I hoir such ,1411 not be pie ' • The Bill 'reolcranizing the School system '" is'final passte in!the IIonse:: «e s~iall react and pass it, the first thing when the Ap propriation 3ill shalllbe finally disposed of and 'sent tb theigenate, , It is a capital Bill, midi' have no doubt Will mect'.general faction. lt i .is opposed strongly by, Some members, pimeipally from the German Dis trits.i.iviier44 thi.7 ha 4 not been so Partial to . system of free schools as to schools suppor-' t:€4l !entirely by themselves. They will comeinto r , the system; after. .if !it shall once beetane establish i - The Bill giving to ;Justices of ,the Peace final jurisdiction in .p;etty criminal caSes,. in whiCh many of your poople felt a deep inter est, has gone dwn. It is lying ; on second reading, but it is so Alisatled, .that its friends see no use n attempting its final passage:— More than one half inf. the counties were stinck out. of the ammitnent in Committee of the-Whole, besideiheincrso mutilated oth erwise as to datroy its efficiency. There is sucit an utter aversion to change, among the Getman Districts of the State specially, that 1 • it is nest to intpossibie to get any such inno- vation thrciugli, save; years of agitation and , ., trial. They alledge,itoo, that their Justices of the, Peate are not 'competent to - be'' intrus tediwith such Idiscretion and Power. There tuaY be great conclusiveness in the last are ment now; for lustic#, have little, to do, and are'tlierefore not selected with the care that they. would be, under such a system,and,when elekted, dq not take the pains to prepare them. : selt-esthat they otherwise Would. Such a system ItOwever will sometime prevail in Frenniylvania„and then will the people won (lei, why they kver submi ted so long without it. - . 1 r , I "'have feceilved wverill letters, and quite a , nuinber of petitions ; urging me "to pass a Bill for the erketion-of a county poor house, similar in.its_provisions to the Bill pm---ced for Wepte county,. in 185 Q", I, have exatni• - •t1 i ,. that Act and must - say ;that`. do not feel us- tified in passing such a one for our con ty,,, Without the snbjecti l being more thorou ly agitated and explressed upqn than it has en bir' our people 4 It' , . certainly is alaiid. ble 11 1 purpose, and !one that. has, my syrnpat ies, but our Peoplk., are taxed to an enormous' to now, and .I mtteli d'oubt that they wouldt b t mit to the borrowing of several thousand ol lars, on the erect' it of the county, as they wquld be', obliged tip do under . such ,a Bill. ' he county is r runtrAnglargely in debt for thee ec tiOn of c(sl,int!,; , buil;rings, and I hardly think our Commissioners would like to plight !the faith of the county !further just at this ti'me, of that our'SoPle would like to. hate - them dd -so. At a4y rate, I cannot take the i ilk sponsibility or passing such an ,Act without` some general i ,exPtikasion from our;citizens, on the,au*ct. ~ ;1 1 ~. I. :The rarer is,' noW; in the finest rafting order. NOt lantimetelumz. as usual has gone down this s.eatt,*. lit is' bringing high price/kin Otis mar et .4.und6rstand. Queei'timeit *h - Last .week ,I. wrote you , ; amidst a ternbleltorua of snow,--this eve ' ./. ng I write tvlllie . a ,test i4rifile - the,tkr stoiin is tirilne.down upon w. = I'll Bring the tie*t: lett& txi!self. i ~ . . Mmenr# OpVtiaxoit.—Will those Whig journals, say* tho York (Pa) !Grdzelle, which have 'shouted. so liimaaly aver . a .vietory in:oo4- netieut, Datton; the Whig eatallaate for: Governor, - has 'Mort; majority against liim than he received Co.! The majority,latiainst him 15ti2,245 ! He re ceivea 19,405 t v'o r tes. All other candidates, this Cleefed Cover- • nor, by . the ' ature • ! ! • , below a- oommuuication front the bo4rd Of Canal!Commrssioners to the i; lioase . of RepresentatiYeS, rged upon the, hoard ,:that they, 1)) 1 a "monstrous • ;I • abuse of poWer,llhad conspired to defeat., tbe sale of the MaittlLine; tpy reMicing the tolls sojlow, before - the Bill became a law, that no company weuliLpurch* it-the Bill pros id ing the purchaSing coinp:tity should ','ltever charge highir tells thati are now charged,. 'nos is . a most serious hecusation, and thedeli .• fen - ee of thA3Oard. is entitled to a careful lie s. rttitl, and tlielallest CANA . PcONIISSIC!NERS ' OFFICE, • lfarri'sbur , o , April 24 . , 1854: Speaker of [tense tit, Rep-, 1,. • ..; • ..;Sir :—.A.srtt liters have been put afloat in rela tion to a , reduetfott of tolls, which, if - left un centradictetkinight liO•e the effect to depre ciate the 'value' 61 the niniti line. if the bill for the sale beointe a law,. the Board de,em.it,duct!te Legislature to plai.,e be foreit a true, statement of the.ease. lon the •143t1t 4f. l .llarch last a toll sheet was , fixed on thrOugh freights carried lw the l'ettn sylVattia Railroad COMPany over the .1)Itiln-, tielphia an& COltintbia Railroad, and RS own roLtd betweenl?ltiladelPhia Johnstown. - Tie. company 'cOmplained that .the ,rates as effinpared Withlthose -?paid over 'the 'w}tole . utrlin line by Other tiatisp . orters, - ' , were ,Unjust and excesSiVe.}: . nee that time a corre4minl 'nee, has been ! pt up : int the sult}tet bet w eel] the Beard and . flee Cempany, 'the . result of which! was,,Ata( the Beard became. convinced tltat a reductiOn:in.favqr of the Ctmtpany was -donanded by itlie prineiples of justiee.r. , Ac !•• cordingly, oni,S,ttturday last, :a reduction of two cents per Ilpoo pottnds on first. class, and of five cent on 'fourth •:clas.s freight, carried . by the Collin: 0$! over the Columbia Railroad, • W I and front, theipointsaboVe designate 4, was agreed upon, tOltake eKct upon the first of May. • . •j. he Board, in fixingi that time, werei satis fied that hill for thi:. Sale of the mainline • - would. be officially ,disposetiof by' the If,xecti tiVe; before tlie iesolutton went into Biit should itaviliitto. arise to postpone the en • actinent of the, law to it later . period, the res olution is.sti guitrde4 is , to place its . repeal within the. tower of the Boat d at anyii time. The case - then"stands thus: If the '14;11,-1,e -.. ecunes a las "before the Ist of May,..to, reso itions cannot be binding on the cot:hp:My - pin-chest tig, : if iti conflicts with the. pro) istons of the law. The,LegiSlature Ina' rest Itismir ed..tbat thel.36:i!rd have not done, nor Will not de:any act :'\11111...h may - remotely affebt the sttle of the Works, aiiti that i -shoula! the ;enter- g oiloy ariE ! e,' t4gr, rm.olution will be suspended. ' conclUsion, the Board must be allowed to indulge in the, expre.ssion of their sUrprise that any one should -believe that they N'otild r4: , rt to. such, an expedient to Prejudiee the -544. ' when it i : iknotrri! to every Member, of the Legislature; Who. thought proper to ask their opinion that a majority of the Board ha vored the theasnre. ' 14• I iquor lit'l6solutiorts. .1: Stri4nt,ifrrout the committee. of eonfer..- enite . on the subject of , :tltedifferencesbetwma the two botiseslon the j)foliibi tory liquor quei ti4n made . it report, stihmiiting , the .. &Inc.:Lion teA vote of the -people at the next „general election, which after discussion, was p!0!.4-rron:. 4 for the lire-Sent. The . report• is as follows : The comtnitiet apppinted by the Sunateon t 6 - points:, - of difference between the two neusui, in)-elation to. bill:No. 142, , On "the tiles of the lleitse, entitled "Att act for the sappreisiott ofithe manufaetirre and sale .of 11 7 tOkicatinm liqUors as # beverage,7 report that -they met a similar committee oil the part of. tlt Tiouse,Yand the committees 'hare Agreed tc;;recounnend to their respective ITiniSes the following bill As .a substitute fo,r theidlonse trill :ind tht Senate ainendments: tWitzau.i.i,ln. a. free. (jOiannonivealtli, all. la vs to . _ be ibftfcient should have the aPproba ti;n and sanc tion of the peOple,. raid no ,law -be ; passed replignant to their Wishes, and none censtitutionat : in ! its yproviSions be withheld *hick a majelitv of them may . • . . - : .And whereas; It inippisible to obtain. a certain indication of popular sentiment in ,re lation to n.iptehibitoty liquor .lawi • by. pea tims and remonstrances; therefore, Sze. 1. it 00dd - by the Senate and Abuse .e . „.* resentatires:iof the Ommon- Wealth of .t?znsijleania, in;VeneralAiisenzbly, hereby enacted by the aittlibrity . orthe mule , lirhat the qualified votersof t - ,oinnionW4tilth - are hereby!l anthorizedi-st. the place for hol mg tlgenera elections in tl tr respective Wards, borough.s! and . ,townshiv., on the seeond:Tuesday of Octbber nett, .to vote 'ter and encrust a kW which shall entirely pyohibit, by proper and constitutionatiegula lipns and perialties, , the manufaetttre :tad sale or intoxicating liquers,•except- for medicinal,- - SacramentA mechanical, and nitistleal„ pup:- - pews. ' , 1 t ?... • ' • SEc. :2. ;That the officers authoriZed by lriw toltoldelectioni. in each ward; borough and townsliip of this' commonwealth-, are are hereby-directed and requited, :at. the. places :fixed by lair in the Several,- districts •;for: the _lieldipg i ef the general - eledtions-, in said dis-: tricti, on second. Tneslay Oetoer next, *hen they )shall be ,organized as An election 'lioa - 14, to receive from each qualified Toter of 'the sin dtr;ttict, a ticket Written or .;printed on the prohibitory liquor law.," and ;the.ticicet iii i.vor of the proposed.laW shall eontain on4he inade the words, "ford a pro- , hibitory proper ;those • oppesed• • to the prop d Wall ‘letaiti:in. Lthe inside the words," against a proliiiitP r y li q uor la w; ", 'Width vo*.shall be courtied:.:rld retilrned to the. court lionse of iihe • cOuntiescity : Which the‘aid - eleetion..shall on / th e .following*riday, by .the rititt j udges„. who shall cast ;tip and certify all the. Von* .pot.d in said c ounty or= city,. to the: oflice:. of. the! Secietary,Fof the Common Barris burg, dir*ted era trans fitted, in \ the- same manner a$ the vote. for anvcriiprare: ioquir ed-tote.directed and transmitted; tini.l the said Seertary *all, on. ,the third ..Fiiday : of January next ensuing ; ceintnuniCate 'the said returns W the Legislature, to be.•opened.. mid Countedin &cisme : manner 0 the Vptes- for' rlivernortire , opened and counted, and eon stdered 0 the trayertif the voters of this Coin inonwealth relative•Aci• a prohibitory. liquor law. • - Sze. 31 Tbat alrg.lection lairs of- the' State •prescribmg., the hour 6 r,-4- jen i n n• . i v a anlos i t i_ • the polls,the reception ot tuent fot4illegal voting, the defraymg - t te ex • . • _ 'Mos. IL Foncirni. lair The gags. kaktured im-tbeltevolution. to the l'iCapitol by. g po.-W..Vark Ther.ll I}llies viers Resonted ,to,Generaf Waalkingion Itbe highe4t, mirk of - *Opt; witigh could hita Congre'sd• peti:+ of publication.andlioldir4 th e gen 'er, al .elejtions, and return of the .Bind other - iiratiers ineidCut thereto',`ht), and;-,ite. saiiicl 'are declaro. applicable to the election nbovii,authorized. - , • ;4. Sd 4. That: it shill ; be the duty of :the sheriffs of the soteretcouti tioi Of this Conintint wealth, to itisie - Oit copy of this'l.tetlin the prbc lunation for the, general eleetion4 to; be held on .the second "rtiez.lav of,Oetober next. . , AV" . We' extract the following! very truth-• ful sketch of " Ale in :Washington," from - the . Washino - ton correspondence of the :POniyl- van • tan: b. - 1 —.- l i - . ' i_. 1• - ` i I.IIFE IN: WASH111101'0N.: ' • . . Before 1 carne to this tund=gentlrating, (last be-clouded, felier-and-agne .caOtol, in, the height of my ignorance, I -regar i ded l our M. o.'s its very, large and, healthy . speciiAtiS of Irea jury vamptres—as occupying a. sort', of _ net tkal ground; : or comproinise !line, if you cho4ee to call it, between the botch of trust and Ote 'down-iiight switallnig, kentry,; and,. therclore, beyond the reach of Hip myrmidens of the - law, althhughnot bevoml the reach of those:Brutes.es Of the shingle site 4)apeni of the interior, who so successfully stir up the "soiereigns" of the:rural diStricis on all the (treat-issues of the day.' "Eight dollars a day," . musedc. 4 we to ex i ciann, (that is, edttorially,) " a snug stun in tllse shape of mileag4--the frank-. ingprivile,ge-Hittle stealings, ii i the shape of . stationerv—the run of the Secretaries' horses and .tables-an occasional- dinner at Ithe. White Ilouseoysters and eltampanne I for thelucre askipg--,and for What r.,, And then we ironed anSwer in a strain of pa!rietie irpny a--(tor editors ;Mil parsons never permit euf-, ' shiers to misw4 their own queStMns)—" Why, for Sit tingin their seats just three hours and a half per diem - , and, as if that law was Itoo touch, g, .for eagerly Seizing, on ev4..ry .Silly .pre , - text to obtain one nettS two "holidays :each -.- 4- . ' - I Ix is a mark of a - sound, if. riot of a great • 1- TA when in:error, to own up. The . illus-• limns Clay, alier'having spayed fruit') the great republican fold, in.his'asst da,vs ietrac 01.1iis s ; e p . s, and .we have every reason to infer that. he died_ in the true Democratic faith; Anil, co ming down several pe . , - E s i:s! lower, :/why shotild not . 1, • tend my brotitt-r - ;unitS- of this ble;sed Uniou+when conviction is forced up on a s —hon'esily acknowledge t. at our mem ber 4 of Congre•-;s ;ire a well abusiNl set of mew, .and . ; are miseral , ly paid for their'.. political ser- - viols and pecuniary sacrifices? ',As dealing in genil - alities carries about Voi In Olt weight' as dealing in inAaphors, I shall piek out a .ease at '';': - tudoni, ashn average sample,' and front thejremisylvania delegation, ias I am ; most farniliar with the public and piavate acts of thatturtly . band of eight-dollarsTer diem lolgs - --over whose movemeutS- 1. watch with thel tender solicitude of - a S.iiint i Sac - age, Christia'n; Deutoerat, a I nd Philtopher. But to Ole ease; mid as I want it irepressednpon 1 the - iithills of grumbling coriqi t uences,i Alm ' dig)tity of a new paragraph is - i, imperatively deli:a:ied. •; There's iny..0,1 friend, Col. 'S,traub, of the Schuylkill - district-,-and a Mote- ;Mtivt, 'ar deliti'ariti eflieient - democrat never animated. the! raiik and tile to opr)ose the rominoni cue tnyioti Peitify...ratic Principles.•ll.l..-t ,us I take h4.icakei—and it is no 'unJoinniOu oue 7 -- - and se . e.what Ire dt‘es for his -eight dollars a[ day. Oni?ui a.,•eraf_., , e, he receives every day thirty long Shia , ,' k i,istles from hi: - clol:%tituclits.— These letters must all be answered promptiv, - . and theroines'ts contained in the same.' par-. tialV if not fully attended to. Pile man asks thel,..Colonel (remember, all the (public %build ings in' Washilif-ton are something less I i11:111 tw miles apaK.) to call at the ile..-nsioli Offi,, l e and hunt up alrinherited elaiiti,- as his father fonght, .:bled, - . dithl, and 1:0 lon .:the'l-cohl - frrouud, Anew). the revoltitionnry:s.truiggle. z-, Another . wrge3 aLi ..1 desires t 1 . 1:11. Sitn pei race of (I . son nr . ty be appointed to t West )(lint Corm',..t sh 1 ii. *An Ottte r wants- sjim, -,.....i.4....a Whig postmagter turned out Of office,Zand the 'writer subStituted in hie plr....ce - . At they, diii res. two applications for pa'tent rights. to -beturade ' and he is a poor mani the ciiht dol ha's per diem 4;preseutative tight - pay th.;..i fees. A Volitie dame, prohablv.in the Mahon;. .re- .• - 1 . , nitill states , hat she has been. safelV delivered 4 of three chil ren,at one birth, iand - that she is t informe'd that tier reprentatie IS hand-in glOve with the, I're. at pe White '''muse every day 7 --to say nothing - of ii 'sofa , beai in the east room on wet nights. I "Would Cole Straub l)4 so 'kind as 14 use . his:well known-influence with the. GeriSrabto secure a 1 pens'ion for one - who-has *shown such a patri otic' desire to have a r i big show; for the census , oft 860." i • -- ' - . fflie corm spbadefice disposed of,- hundreds . midi hundveds ,of public :doeuments . _ mist . be deSpatched to: hungry *coristi,tuents, or else 'rbinbling both loud. -and - deep.' Then 'the lala t irs of the . Oommitto room, Which are fre- miently of 4 protracted and arduous charac ter.: Then three hours - and it:half chained to •'"• • • .T4ur seat; watching like aseati, lest some awk-. ward or maliCious booby frond a neighboring State should tread on .the corns tit roar eon .stititents. Ncir . is'. this all. lMembers are w-eekly „visitcid• by some ofl their constitu entiL. These *isitors_mtist be trotted :about public" great .national daubs in the •rotunila. must bei pointed out 'to the; r. astiinighd pains • must be, taken to. fill themlnp with oYster; and liquo ti''Correspond—Land finally, they : must be/Cs eiited to the 'railroad deliot -andodepositedin the, ears in a state-of awfull4wilderment. • As a general rule the pay Of a' meniber of Orotigreiis 'do6 . not cover ems' rises:. Ifni, in a very; large majority of dseA, -to sup -7• ppt, his faniii!ir at home, while/lila expenses are rt.ining- . Up -here; and 'Washington . ex ii`pases are:cf. the most peeket.:alartning Char acter. - Rooni; . rent is, higiq house rent 'is fttiful I . and , as 'for•the: / fiShil-mable- landlord, riot some remarkable interind process.' they 461ze your .pile" andAargelaccordinmlv.: • • . ; ! The Infurreetiola in 4 11exic0...,: .-- I'd The followhig7impirtant dispateh is: from .:T l ew: orl hans,.dated- TilesdaYt.- Apn I 25 th The steamship,Texis, froM. Very. Crui, has if rriv e d at thia port,biinging _dates from the qi ty. of Mexico to- the l Bth . tast... : I . N . .! :i A'great eii,,:cragemeat:\haditaken . 'place be-. (weep/Santa Anna and -A'lv:U.ez,in which the •:i l I. tier was routed: The:victOry: of Santa An il. ;Was telebnited at the,caOtal.with great ie)oicing. Ageneml ilhimivation;tok place. Other: acedunts state. that jthe victory . is a Odic:Aqua exaggeration. . 1: . !!,-, .!! ~!- N 11- It is reportWthat fifty-One perWuS, receltt .i v. a rrestcxl. itx the schooner. Arata,',. Ifeer : San ' fllas,lfor lanOng without palaportk; had been , harried .' heavily Chained*, to the capital.,-- i Arnong the prisendis were twenty nativeArrier-. 5-ans, twelve adopted citizenly, and four., !Dig; flishsoem , : :i! : '. • -,'• :4. ~ 1 ~ ! The' nrk Grapeshot:is stajberew this city. , 1 1e__r deitilkatiini is:a! mystery;.,,i : !.! -.r -• -' : I The steams kip Empire City. ,Icailis, liere!to pierrow for lia , ia.lind Nevi . York. .!.- The Blacki,,.Waniiyr, -for ; 'the-, same . : ports„ sailed froin Mobile tiAi l y„ .1'... ~. i The 'Arabileainewsi w.laxe4eisreil here .at 4' !O!cloili thili,:afternoon. • Mr. GrOClisr . aad a 111_ . artitern it ep - tib .. I . 1. • Llic.' . . - 1 - -•' 1 .. . : Mr. - GreeleY isof late-devoting the coluMaS of Tiibitrie to speculations upon the value of the, Uhion. l , -- H - I -I - • - -.- - '''' lied - s not openly advocate the 0636; lution o the I - UniOn, but commences , 'witho... lengarg, men& to !satisfy the people thatrthe .North ain - dd *Mout the Southll that 1 -the North has twice the , poPulation, wealthy,-skill, enterpri+ ) iuiusfrv,; and Military 1 ,ra. .of the South; and that a seperation , of tie two seething iwould -iaene.ilainage to 'the North. The next, step vre;:suppoSe will be, 'to satisfy I - i .! • 1 , us that 1 neasiion is deairable, I and Weald greatly beneflt Northern; ;interests.' l• Thuathe treacherous. Poison is to be gradually and eun llingly- a et dniiiiistered, -until . the Northern Mind is thorone ilttim b uedb.with its baleful itiflu- ~ fully Pr , enee,- and fulepared for Ihe v:ol,tintAry!, de,- striiptiOii of .The •nOblo.fabric of repbblicanism 'and selligovernitient, Which - our fathers reared, and ceutented with their'hlix.abi I- -. ', ' But do ncitlfropose to treat with nicl SerOUS t WSS thins retiOwecrlittempt 'to foster and. encourage enmity (between the• North and, the South; !and '.cultivate - throughout the land a slight' regard .for the Union. - - There is - ,,t00 nuidli good - sense and patriotism iii the hind to permit suet dangerous cotinsela, to.pretrail. Abolitionists, and their ambitious leaders would doubtless be .Willing to see the. cenfed eracy dts...solved, and a No - rtiiern republic !for med over Which' they Would hope : te; : rule. in triumph. And, from the course - pursued! by the 2'riftuneltithcirto, iv ; Can hardly' be tionlit ed: that Ii ts principal editor . and. piJoprietor is among the number • 1 provided himself, 'and his particular friends, could win all the glory. .., and profit. • ! , . - - • 1 - - , SeWard, Greeley, Theodorn.Parker, Garri son, Giddings Gerrit SMith, and it fetv other Men of boundless ,ambition, : and 1. easy :Con ' sciences, appear -to . have become convinced that unless the .present cenfederael is destroy ed, and; new' mitional boundaries, r.is well --as . new - political parties formed, they Can never gain,the political ase• elideney,.and the . Itigh stations! to Which they aspire. -. i . If the Union was- dis Solved, «"M. 11. Sew ard might Possibly become, President of I,the . northern Republic, ' and Mr, .9•iddligs . ' ' Vice President. Afister such an admimstration Mr. GreeleV , ,inust of course - - be. Se c retary, of State. Taking the files of . the T'i i -ibune', 'for the • laSt.five ye:xis ) and!..the- principles it. ihas -1 advocated a - ' - - ilelice,f . - We may conjectures I what, Wouldbe. - the, racte'r of the cabinetj and C0u . , , r, , e4,:5, and.the :nature of the - policy, under she'll a GreelY-free-soil northen republic. -• Fredrick - Aionglass. should be -Secretary of the Interior; I.lv is one ,f Mi. Greeley's pets. , The Rev.. Theodore Parker should be Secretary of War; Mr! Sumner, .Secretary of the Treasu ry,.andMra• l.m army .'Mutt, Ponimauder-in Chief of the: armYl . ; , Congress should tecOm s posed of political Clergymen and strtlig minded - womem The present Constitution would! of. course he itholished and. the ." higher law" I substituted ; and; lest different interpretations of that 'law should Create disturbance, a cairn ell- of state-ilionlif be' organized to . expound it, and settle all questions 'in •• regard to .1 its Meaning. , - :•Win.l-Lloyd, Garrison, 'Rev. An, tionette BrOWn and Mrs. S. would inakeprop- - a menibers of this council, in theestimation'' of Mr.. ;Greeley: !' • -•.-- •t - -I - -1 .... ..The iNt:NSi It.'or,irHernicl would be suppres sed at once; audits subscription list transfer ,red to the 2'rittiii,te. Instead of expensive and noisy - political campaigns, and sttinip qfeeeir es, justl on the eve of a ,general election, •Mr. Greeley *Old pass through the country, arid , at all linportant points.; deliver, in his remar kably !graceful 'aid eloquent manner, Ithe printed lecture that settles so clearly aueon cliisii-ely all ipieStions of month- • and poliCY that could possibly arise in 'the new republic. .. The le4ture read in a I sufficient mimber of' places,lthe'peOple - Would have nothing to I do but subscribe to ; the Tribune, and 'vote .Itkc tridtet. `r . Both sexes would' votes - of 'course ;: and one negio's, vote ivould..ebunt the . sonic ' 'as the 'otei,of tWo naturalized citizens ! IWO the .. . a 1 , .. 1 follow Sentiments of the Trz que r t . . The poliev . of the:new republic, under stick an lidnii 111 si iatio'n ° ,. can !be predicted: friim 1 the past teachings' of the- erratic genius of 'the Tribtao. ~, • .- _ / All or to' reign ministers. would Leiiiiiiiez diatef? -' recalled, and . 1 . diplomatic 1 relatio'ns aholisfied ; 'it being the'declared - ,. opinion of I .llr.'Gkeley that; they: are useless.. I A/tariff would l beenacted.as high as the Chinele wall; . and the." Ciiltivation of. flax" stimdlated 'by , Ji! ci, "every ossible means. 'Mr. Gre,eley WIS evo- - - tel 'columns to. that Snhjectalready: - ,The Navy Would be : sold" out to( - . llusisia,' ' , Atli.. Greeter is oppesed to - .a Na. - vy And all wars with -any . nationl . (excePt the , sou thern . .4pnb- ' lie) for ani ; cause ,whate r Ver, would be .declar -ed -.11 neon \titutional and unlawful. The gpv -ernment n Ould !build' 'the' Pacifle, I Railroad entirely at lts-oWnexpense ; 'mid. them divi - ding i t ;jute ' sharr., - distribUte - ;the isharc4, to the- Galphins, and. other faithful..liblic . - Ser . - vants, upon. .tye kingle Condi tier' . that it. should carry the Driblqsc free' of - postage.' !The Pub lie lands wentd . bOdetiated in alternate ha - sectionsjorrinftWay Slaves. :The- White far mers i'oultl..buy The intermediate half section;2 and,"tlie anialgairtation of the . two iaceswould ,• : • .be,eneOura,ged:by .initablelpountie l k . • : i . / 7 A new bureau' would be,COnstitiited - in 'the /state departinerit Of the' ~e.oternitiCtif;` - entitled, The - - ltiireau Of Spiritual' Munifesintions ; ' Over. --whichi Mr 4 Greeley would- probably app,lint,, JudgOEdriiondsto.prelide. .Under hia Charge, our diplomatic relations' ith the sPirit'werld would; dohbfless be intimate, and greatlyCon d eel re fo:' the - public picSperity. - The Kan Sis and Nebraska territories would bereServetllste htinti4g- grounds. for.the Indian . s..... , ,New Mei- . ico . and California: wonld_be restored to. Mei-i .ico; oti, the, .grCintid.§; . I§t . .. .That thetWere'rfn- justfraCcpured ; :and,.261 'That . ..all' anneiat. - - . ' floes, iwhet.her.hY. purchase or.. , :citheriise,. :are . uncoitstittitiontil,atalliad policy. ll'hOlsland of : Ctilia wcaild'he.conetided to England,l on. the pladttion that slaiery should be abOlish ' ea, and the island covered - With . an - AfriCari population, so las •tof .become' - itldancreiotis neighborte the southern republic 4, An ialli ance..Offelilive and tlefensiVe ,would.be.ferUied with Me4co, haying: two, Objects in view t 'the first,..to assist tl)e uort;?ierp republiCitity' aging eternal war on The. iOtitittionS - of -Me south; the 'second, to assist - Mexico irt.reseonqttering Texas '!-L ~. .. ,;' , .. . .., I, -..i - . I -- - ... . . ' - -Frem the declared Opinions : of Mr. Greeley' lietetefore, tve imaging° that the I:ab,oVel. a pretty correct Outline of the'policy.that WOW. prevail iii the rePubliO oftliq'tiortkwlt°ti the Union is dissolVed, and the:north .uhrected:iii the control of abolitionism, ,auti re l nt is I ' ituansm ' AllG s att theot4er nimunerab . e . J . ams - ' 'that the . rribane has heret.efere 'adVeCated.- PittAti