illtaccilann; politica anb Netpa. SEVERE REBUKE. From the De!alums Ga:citt. Wm. Penn Chandler, Esq.: 14-Dear Sir—Hav ing observed the following article in trio Journal, a Whig paper, published in your city, viz: “CtrANuEs. —George C. Collins, who was formerly a Whig, has declared himself in favor of Coss nod Butler. He seems to have taken offence at the Whig party because the Convention did not nominate Henry Clay for the Presidency. George must have aban doned principles which he oftentimes, im this part of the country, avowed to be found in good policy, truth, and justice; we recollect that he was in favor of the protective principle, and all the Whig mea sures: how he can side with a party which promul gatesi, exactly the reverse of his former opinions, and advocate the election of met 1 who will overthrow or prevent all the good which 1.1 abored to establish, l we cannot exactly know. W are sorry to hear that Mr. Collins has left us; but he is at liberty ,to adopt his own course, and we must find solace in the fact that grelt geniuses sometimes commit great errors. . . "But, as regards losses, we place Martin Van Bu ren in the scale against Mr. Collins: we think Mar tin's opposition to Cass wilt outweigh some thou sand of discontent d Whigs." I beg leave to reply thereto. - It Is true that I vas formerly a Whig, and would have Mill continued so to) be, had that party mill maintained any honorable political existence. I have taken offence at the Whip, party-ause the Convention did not nominate Henry Clay for the Presidency; but though devotedly attached to that illustrious statesman, I would nevertheless have, (though not so affectionately) supported any other statesman, who, through the course of a long public life, had given to his country sufficient evidence of hie ability as a 'statesman, and to his ;Arty such proofs, as would have been incontrovertible, that he was a Whig. I have not abandoned any principle whiCh I oftentimes avowed in Delaware, "as founded in good policy, truth, and justice;" because, instead of issues being joined upon the principles which I then advocated, the whole platform upon which they were erected has been demolished, and upon its ruins have been substituted mere AvAmsnit,rry and EXPEDIENCY. I was an advocate for the protective principle, but where is the evidence that I am not stilll so? is it because I - refuse to sustain a military hero, who has been educated and trained intim camp from his boy hood to old age; who thought so little of the obli gations of civil duties as never to have voted even once in his long life; who is a slaveholder, and by nature and position necessarily le favorof free trade to its most obnoxious extent; who is surrounded by all those political associations and Influences which have been always hostile to this policy, and which has been most potent in procuring for him the nom ination, that I can with "truth and justice" be said to have abandoned the "protective principle?'' • I do not "side with a 4iarty which promulgates exactly the reverse of my former opinions, and advocate, the election of men who will overthrow or prevent all the good which I labored to establish." The fact is, the party to which I had the honor to belong, abandoned all the long cherished principles, which I was wont to advocate, and threw to the winds all the dignity and consistency arising from, and inber itent in, a uniform support of sound political ethics for the obvious and oft avowed reason of procuring to itself a national triumph at all hazards and at any sacrifice. As to the sorrow manifested by the courteous ed-_.l itor of the Journal for my leaving the Whig party, I have only to say that I entertain, I believe, still greater sorrow, that the WHIG PARTY not only by me, but also left principle. As to the solace which he derives from the idea that "great geniuses some times commit great errors," I only wish that instead of its being derived from any conduct of an humble citizeklike myself, who has never made any preten sions togcnius, though often subject to error,- that 'he would Particularly examine the conduct of the Wile "Slaughter House" Convention, held in Phil adelphia on the ever memorable days of the '7th, Bth, -and 9th of June A. D. 18.0, and in truthful soher - - nese, acknowledge that "great geniuses" committed not only great, but irremidiable copra there, and that if lilr, Collins erred in consequence of that body's dereliction of all grand and ennobling politi c cal action—all i entity and affiliated principle as a party—all harmony and unity es ,a Convention, and I might venture to say, all obligations . , duties, and I , regard o and for the wishes and affections of a large. anajorit of its constiuents, he has not done any more tI an the urgency and importance of the occa sion peremptorily required, as well to vindicate his former professions of political principle, from the ) charge of insincerity, or dissimulation; as freely and fearlessly to re-assert thilt military chieftain., fresh from the field of carnage and of blood, are not es safe repositories for civil, trusts as those who haw" spent their whole lives in the Cabinet and the service of the State. In my humble opinion, there is sufficient reasons for the excellent and gentle manly editor of the Journal not only to regret but to weep over the prostrate! condition of the late Whig party, which has nothing now t. recommend itself to popular favor, but the oft, by us, condemn rid negative principle of& ..YAILABILIT . and EX{'RDI . ENCY. As to placing Mr. Van Buren in the scale against Mr. Collins, my esteemed friend has Jrgotten him- self; indeed, he has truly said that his opposition to Gen. Casa will outweigh:some thousands of discon tented Whigs. But most tinfortuntely for' Gen. Taylor, Mr. Van Buren will have in he scale with him, more thousands of true-hearted Whigs, than t of e party with his long public Itfe and acts haYe been identified. I consider myself infinitely inferi- - 04:14,,Mr. Van Buren in all those requisites which constitute human greatness, and um sorry that my, old friend should have thought so little of the ex- President of the United States, as to have suffered himself to draw a comparison between liim and an humble Attorney at the Bar, iqt:,onwdo lempora ovatnntur ' :ei nos mutomuri in ills." It seems, then, that the editor rightly views the matter; after' 11, when he considers that great men when ,they con descend to do mean things, descend so low as to be placed even on a level with humble men, who do not asPire to great things, but endeavor to content them selves in their own lowly condition. _ In conclusion, I beg leave to return my thanks to the editor of the Journal, for the kind sentiments which he has always entertained toward me, and take this occasion to Lasure hint that whatever suc cess is likely to crown our efforts in the establish. 'meat of theirrotertive policy, will pot originate from any support which 'Zachary Taylor or his Southern friends will afurd it; but on the contrary, that rea sonable protection will more certainly follow from the election of Gen. Cass, whose associates and friends .have always been more or less identified with the Tariff policy. And that: the republic will besdor tinder the administration of a ripe states man than an adventurous warrior. Sincerely yours, GEO. C'. COLLINS. NEW . HAP4PBHIRE.—The Portsmouth Gazette, One of the ablest Democraticc journals in New England, thus speaks of the political aspect of things in New• Hampshire. They talk right in the old Granite State, and they will vote right: "There are scores of whip in every considera ble town who openly declare their hostility to Tay lor, and who will vote with the Liberty party, either :for Van Buren or Hale. Enough of these r it is eon .fidently believed, will go with the Liberty party to leave the Taylor faction in the position of the "third tparty." to the 'meantime, theilamocrats are united 'to a man. Wo 'know not a single case of defection in our ranks. We cannot hear of a single man who voted with us last March; who will now go for di. Aher Taylor or Van Buren. The democracy of the Granite State are to clear the course itkNo. umber "with a rush," and elect Cass and Butler electors by an pld-fashioned majority of from 6,000 to 10,000. Cass's plurality over the highest 'oppo sition candidate will be at least, 18,000, while Tay lor will fall in a minority of probably softie 28,000. Present appearances indicate that the democrats will cut from 30,000 to 32,000 votes, while the two divisions of the abolition.whig-independent "allied army",povit defunct—the one , with Gen. Zachary Taylor fee aleader, the other! with ,Gen . John Par ker Hale-;;Will throw not tar from 12,000 each. • (rar`Traucis wae the first monarch who:introduc , ed !sake at his court. lie said, in a style of true gallantry, "that a drawing room without ladies, was like tho year without the apring;, or rather like ' 7 spring without flowers." PROM OREGON. The Oregon Spectator of the 20th April contains the substance of a talk held by Governor-Abernethy with the Indians. -.The substance of the Governor's address was a demand for the suitendet of the men who destroyed the Illission families,hacked•hy strong aseurences of the punishment that would not fail to be administered by the United States. The replies of the chiefs, eight in number,_ were favorable enough—all diSclaiming any agepcY in the murders, and expressing regret that they had been committed; but the value of their protestations seems not to have been very great, judging from the intelligence contained in the following extracts: There is reason to apprehend that the Nez Perces are about to join tho Cayuses., The _feastings of the Cayusesby the Nez I'erces, if true, can hardly be misinterpte v ted. The NezPerces are numerous, warlike, and ealthy; as they go, most of the neigh boring tribes will go. The death of Ellis is a great loss to the whites. The recent rally of the volun teers upon the call of the Governor shows a deter, mination with the people - to wage this war to an honorable termination.. This is right. Ditracts from a letter 'bearing date at. Fort Waters, April 4, 1848, written_ by Jesse Cadwalla der' say: - At present we are not in ayery pleisant fix for fighting, as we are but 150 in number, and' nearly out of munition. Col. Gilliam, with the rest of the men, left here on the 20th ult. for the 'Dallas, for supplies. - We look for them in a few days, and hope to see more men with him. We look for the ,Indians to come on us ,every day; they say they will give us one more fight, and drive us from the country. We expect they will number 1,200. The Caposee, Nez Perces, Walla Wallas, Spokane, and Peluches, 'will all join and fight us, and wo may expect a call for more men in a short time. We are pieporing for nn attack.' We'are killing beef and drying it to-day. I think we can defend this'plist; we shall do so, or die in the attempt. • The St. Louis, Republican, of the 12th, has in formation twelve days later. The acres of growing crops in Oregon are estimated to be double those of any former year, and it is admitted the corps look better now than in any previous year. An abun dant harvest is anticipated from the present crop— sufficient to supply an imigration of 16,000. There was no news of importance, farther than that the. Oregon regiment, under Colonel Lee, has fought another battle with the Indians, in which no whites were killeditint several wounded--some mor tally, it was feared. Colonel Lee and his gallant hand were obliged to retreat, fur _Want of anumition. HEAR n Wmo.—The Alton Telegraph contains a communication from a Whig,,whu puts the fel ;owing- home question to his party: Mr. Entroß ;--oti will know by the hand writing who this is from t'alid you know, or ought to know, that a more devoted Whig, in ,principle and prac tice, cannot be found. And 1 wish /through the medium of your coining, to inquire of the members of the Whig National Convention, which met in Philitdelphia in June last, why they nominated Gen. Zachary Taylor for President of these United States? Was it' because he had fought two or three success ful battles? If yea. then what becomes of the equal, if not superior claims in that respect, of (eu. Win field Scott! Had they forgot that the - American people, but five elections since, under the intoxica ting influence of a surfeit of liberty, and its happy priviledges, elected to that high a office a military chieftain, whose popularity, on account of his bat ' ties, was his sole recommendation for that high eta tiun; and that ever to be'deplored event, gate to our infant liberties, "a shog moist ruined a.' Was not Gen. Tayior nominated because it was supposed that his popularity with "the million," on account of his battles, would render him more available candidate—And had he lost one or more of those battles, would he have stood any chance for the nom ination?—and yet might he not have lust them a? 1, and still possessed equal, or far superior, qualifica tions to discharge the duties appertaining, to the tif. tide of President of these United States, than ho dues now? And was not his nomination under all tho circumstances, mainly owing, to the writing - of one electioneering letter at the last? A satisfacto ry answer to these inquiries, I must ,receive from one or more of the members of that Convention be fore my vote can ever be given for General Zachary Taylor. ' ---- , JRALOUSY AND AiI'INFT AT Muttnrta.—Last eve ning, a girl of the town named Laurietta Franklin, formerly of Deerfield, N. H., was taken to the police office by officer Patten, who stated that she had at tempted to murder another girl of the town, by in flicting severe wounds upon her with a bowie knife. The wonfided girl, whose name was Mary Jane Kim ball, formerly' ilf Bangor, Maine, was also brought in, and a physician sent fur, who found, on exami nation, that she had received a severe cut on the left shoulder. —At was gathere I from the stories of the parties that a jealousy concerning some man had existed between them for some time past, Mill meeting in Court street, near Higgins' oyster saloon, a few words passed between them, when , Laurietta drew a large bowie knife and inticted the wounds above described. The surgenn pronounced the wounds not of a dangerous character, hot the girl on Whom they were inflicted tvas'so weak, from the loss of blood, that she had to be sent to tier house in a carriage. Laurietta was taken to jiil fur safe keep i fig.—host. Times. A Cuatocrrx —Our friend fr Gaston left with _ _.-..• _ ___ .. _ _ . __. • us a few days ago, some pfec s of wood, being part of a trunk of a tree, which was found more "than forty feet below theturface of the earth. Laborers were engaged in digging a well on the farm of Isaac Sandusky, a few mites east of town. After digging through the soil and sub-soil to the debth of nine feet, they- came to a bed of pure bine clay forty two feet Mick. While digaing through this clay, which was so compact as to require the constant employ ment of the pick, they found tIM wood, embedded in the ctay,at the depth above mentioned. The pieces we have, somewhat resemble charcoal.in appearance, though very difibrent in quality. The wood looks as if t had lost its life by lung seasoning down Gel bi t e, but has no appearance of ordinary decay.' It may last longer than we Shall, notwithstanding we have keen - hardened by the small pox; 'How long that tree has been imbedded, we can't even, guess. Perhaps it fell soon after,tho time when the waters covered the face of the earth. _Who shall say?— Indiana Sentinel. , A 1. A IlAbl A caution toe isemocratio public of the North froM' being decelied by the Van Buren disunion aiid Federal papers as to the condition of things - in Alabama._ The "distinguished Demo crats" of that State represented by these parties to have joined Yancey in the crusade against Cass and Butler, are, within our own knowledge, nothing but a cliqo of noisy felloWs in a single country—Mont:. gontery—who aspire to , bar-room , notoriety when "three parts drunk." They make a great noise, and we presume swear quite as hard' against the Balti more Convention as the squad of loafers usually hanging around the office of a sore-headed print in our - immediate tielnity. Save Heiser and Sam Rice,mo man in Alabama known to a thousand peo ple out of his own , county has deserted the Demo . ,eratic,flag.• • Reiser aspired too seat in the Senate, was laughed to'seorn for his presumption and vanity, and timed Tayloritie out of Spite. He is on the electorial ticket, through the Whig, State Commit te are soon to have a meeting to. substitute the name of another in hisfitend; ; because he continiles to denounce the nomination of Fillmore, devojelg quite as much of his speeches to the work of crying doirn the Federal nominee for the second office, as to ;that of Crying - up the Commander of the Army of 'Occupation. Rice was beaten twice by,McCon nell, though Once regularly. nominstedfor Congress by! the Democracy. In a"district weliave a majority of thousands, he was badly siseaten and by suet,' a - matt. - This shows the , mitent of his politi s cal-Influence ond ils'character,. His defeetion..—hts ratting to Taylor — will be worth hundreds of- votes in favor of 'Cass Butler. ' The• Montgorley , - county "rats," at the last great meeting there, in which Yancey introdueed and advoCated resolutions Against the action of the Baltimore -Convention, voted per haps twenty strong In their favor, which' cotilprises their strength. They- are "some" on a bar-roods avop, (such as all dogeriei atsthe South are fur nished with,) or on a quarter-race track: but their pOitical influence or capacity, we orepeat, is about on a par with that of the knotor profound elaquers or 'Peter Funks often blocking tirigasettu street in front of the Globe office.;---New York -True Sun, A Warm FZLON.—Ono of the charges specified in the indictment againSt the Felon newspaper, is n song writ• ten, by a son of John blitebell, ten years of age: ' ' PROM N Ni7ll - OR LE A NS, CENTRAL ' AMERICA AND i' ." The SteamahipCiesent Cttyarrived at New 'Yeti( the 161.1), nu ilavanalo the litth. ',The Maws:from on Weilnesd' y 'evening, wit( NeWOrleans dates to NeW Orlea sis uninteresting. The, iltelligOnce it Quite a disastrous occurred oli a tt il' miiinen Puerto P rinciple, on the sth lire e m h a C d u bn ie rl6 inst. by whiCh the establishment of Senores Belau din and Ilornosa, was totally destroyed, and a large, amount of property lost. 1 . In the liavana papers we find accounts from Cen tral America to the sth Of July, by which 4 appears the civil was in Guatemala was still going on, and that the government troops under the command of Gen. Carrera, had beep , defeated on - several occa sions by the Insurgents. The French 'residents were dissatisfied with some remarks which appear ed in the Gttcria, thq government .organ, concern ing the ne,v french Government. The french Conant Generailliadretired born Ida official position in Consequence bf the suppoied insult' o ff ered to his country. ' I ' - ' • from Yucatan, accounts had been received up to the 27th' tit., 'from the capital, Merida, confirming the 'rumors ' of .the, continued success of the whites, al : tablet r.li Intlidns;' the - tide of success seems to have coniPletely changed. They 'are rapidly re-" covering OM towns which'', Wermtaken from them,l and were, i lant accounts; entering theeastern per-1, 1 lion of the country,'that, pait which was the most 4, overrun by the'ludiati's: 'Riede, probably the most 1 important Place 'which the' Indiana held, had been, retaken. Don, IMiora Rus 'had retaken' the town of Thuile, disitent only four ieagueit front Valladolid) having completely . , routed the Indiana,4ilied 'four; teen of - then', arid wottrided'a Eerie number. Ac; counts laid alao heels received at Merida, of the cap) . tore atid, "destruction of Pti4tenich by the foreee under the 'Command of Col. ?Rana'. Notwithstand ing theseirtumphs, however, on the southern part of the penisulait is to be regretted.that the governF . ment forces dri not contrive to gain possession of the territory occupied by the Indiana; as, ' hart* have theyfsuccebded in gaining possession of some parts, before they \ are again obliged to leave h.—J. The insurrection seems to hail been most concet ,- traced' in that part! of the country. . I, Pawn MATAbIOIiAThe New Orleans Times, of the 14th instant, ha's the Itfatamoraillog of the sth. There 'was an absurd report current there, that the • rabble in the abs urd lilexice, had rub bed and murdered the American Consul, instigated by Paredes.' Tim latter is\a fugative, industrioui ly concealing' himself from the Government, so 'hit he is for the moment powerless, fur good or fin harm. \ SALE Or GOVERNSIET l i nortityrr.—A considera ble quantity of United States Goi.,ernment property was disposed of at public auction, commencing on the .31st ultimo,. by the Quartermaster, Major Chap man. The prices realized were 'decidedlY higher than was anticipated—higher than has been attain ed for any similar property on that line.\ A TAYLOR DECLINATION? Samuel C. Bonham, Esq., who was placed tilion the' Taylor electoral ticket in this State 637 ho Febuary convention, has published in the pork Ildvocate his reasons for declining from that posi tion., Speaking of General Taylor, Mr. Bonho\rn savet ' / i \ .‘ , lle avowed himself as a frie l nil of the lie great "in terests Of our country, and repeatedly declared that he would not be tied down to the political tenetti of any one party; and, if elected President,' thai, it must be without regard to party; that the welfare and prosperity of .the Miele people was the ardent de4ire of his heart, and that th e . Chief Magistrate of the Jolted ! Mates ought not to be a party Presi dent.' !This all sounded well, and looked pretty ivell on paper; but actions speak louder than wordsnfor, in a short time after having fixed his 'platfo. ni,l we find the old General pulling up his stakes, moving off, and pitching his tent in the 'Chinese Mmlenm, at the assembling of the Whig National Conven tion in l Philadelphia, where, greatly to the surprise and asiontehmenvor many ttt' •Itiertmei.f.4.f.J., .1.1E1..- Saunders, of Louisiana, an 'ultra Whig,' rises in his place and makes the felluiving statement." 'l, Then follows the pledge made by Judge Saunders, that General Taylor would abide the decision of the convention, and consent to the withdrawal of his name ;as a candidate should another be nominated, Ste. iMr. Bonham- then refers to the case of the Independent Taylor party in Nittryland, and tlis rea sons NCilly they dropped their candidate and disliand ed, and remarks: ' [ - "Instead of taking an open, candid and "tittle pendent, course on answering the enquiry proMptly -in relation to his instructions.-to Judge Saundere, and letting the I,vhole• people kpow how it was, he addressed a letter to several of the indepentlentj eke tors 'and others, in Maryland; in reply to the ir seems /0- terrogateries, hitt enjoins secrecy. It thus seems lie has ciincealments and does not want - the People to know how he stands before the country! I,Gen. Ttqlor's course, in the matter, is so utterly incon ! sistent wit i the position which he had ussumcd for hit self on every occasion on which he has present'. edihis views, in his various letters, that I shall be sati:ltied to \ let him remain] in the Army, believing thiChat ing - no experience io civil afluire, as a States m4n, he is, and) must necessarily he,on his ov•rt tes tiniOny, lucking \ in the qualifications necessary to lit hi re ,t o r the• Presidency. On the other band Gen. Cos's, the Democratic candidate, is both a soldier mid ( civilian ' and I have been much astonished Ito find I that so little has been urged against him by the op position. He has been called by the favor and pai.- tiality of his countrymen to till many high any re sponsible stations in the government, withetit giv ing) his enemies, or opponents, the least' possible cluMcl e of bringing any charges against his eltar#- ter tit ter as a politican or a man, which shilws him to be t•orthy, of the confidence and stipport,lnot on ly of his own'party, but of the' people generelly." Mr. Bonham publishes a letter he received f+n Gen. Taylor, dated in March,,in which the Getreral declares he has no concealments—deprecattio party strife, and disclaimi being a party candidateL ) WtiO ARE THE BARNRUnrams?--As the %V igs aro very certain that Van Bitten will make vast inroads upon the Democratic party ? it will perhaps do them tro'pd to see definite results as they lore developed.— Li' Tippecanoe county, Indiana, the late electionre sUlted thus: Doyle, (Dein,) - 1401 COldsbury, (Dem.) - - - 1,362 1 McCormick, .(Whig,), - - - Wade, (Whig,) - - 811 Breckenridge ? (Free soil,) - - '1 7961 Lutz, (Free soil,) 4 - 1576 Let it be borne In mind that these Free Soil can didates were professed Democrats.' ; •Now examine the previous vetea - of this' cou l nty, and,see where this vote came from which i§ given to these Free soil candidates. In 16 , 14, Tippecanoe Mood thus; Clay, 1,550; Polk .1,551. In 1817, 1 for Congress, the- vote stood: Brier, (Whig,) 1,351; Pettit, 098., 1 .1 1 Here it will he preceived that the l Free Soil 13em ocrota have taken off about half the Whig party, Whilst they have not affected the democratic vote at alt. Let the editor of the Journal reel I this, and tremble from 'head to font.' lie here *welt how the free soil' question will use up Whigery.L-Loitisville Democrat.' Oar OF Tun laisir Liisnans.—We clip the follow ing paragraph from the last number of 4 1.loyd.'s Weekly'4Ondon Newspaper;" Mahoney,' the guer illa chief of the Baryneril; neattlto /Oita quarries, drills thousand men every aming at six o'clock; he a man of powerful stature; his arms are a ii,hin derbusii slung over his: . shrfulddie, a We to ' feet and 'a half lone,,containing three' pound WeiLtht of pair be pistols alung m a belt of unarmed 'leather. It appears there is a warrant" for his tit rest,' which will be rat hern difficult teak; aehemin anniinonsircim the wilds of EilietrenairiOn'a forlmida ble force tcillis rescue; ' ' • t Ammees.—Tho Wabash Courier of 184(l, co. tamed the felloWing; it is rather apropo'l just now;' inasmuch, as Gen. Taylor, who teazod tho government into provi ding bloodhounds, is now the Courier's candidate far the presidency:— , - "It is latighathe to hear the federal editors talk of 41:larrisOlt , ticocvardieo: What do they rattily' think of General-Vile Burro's bravery ANIS Or j IIIs SOL*. DIEftS, Pcontrin Dons, and :almighty valiant fellows, aid Five YrAns trying to whip a thouitand; Indiana. and now hare to ENLIST DOGS to do , what men could accomplish! Oh. hush: BOW! tvpw; WOW:" - j HE WEEKLY OBSEIiVER. taril PA: - 13ATURDAY ) MORNING, SEPTEMIAIR 2, Is 4 pemocratioi Nominations. FOR. PRESIDENT. GEN. LEWIS CASS. EZZEIME FOR VICE'PRESIDENT. Gen, Wm. 0, Butler, HY K.tiTVCKY FOR GOVERNOR, Morris Longstreth, El • 1' • OF MONTUOMKRY. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, Israel Painter, of Westmoreland FOR CONGRESS, s Thompson, of Erie, Jam Domocrtic County Nominations. JOIIN S. BARNES; of Girard.i SMITII JACKSON, of Erie. PROTHOXOTOEY, BENJAMIN GRANT, of Erie. CORMISSIONER. JAMES WILSON. of Growl& AUDITOR, • D. We . HOWARD, of Wayne.' leter.min we TON roue, HENRY' COLT. of Waterford. OUR BANNER TO THE BREEZE Above, it Will be seen that our Gubernatorial banner is thrown to the breeze,• with the name of MORRIS ; LONGSTRETIL of Montgomery county, inscribed up on its ample folds. In unfurling his name as the nom !ince of the Democratic State Convention, We are confi dent it will be hailed with enthusiasm by the Democracy of Erio county—that "Spartan bajtd" t true hearted freemen, who'unawed and undismayed 'by by An , over whelming whig majority in the county, are found yea; after year firmly and consistently contending for Demo cratic men! and measures, against federalism 'in all its se ductive forms. That Judge Losoyrnwrit's nomination should meet the approbation of such a dentocmey.is nal nriff._ Firm, tried and true themselves, they can appre ciate suki qualification in a candidate; and these, in an eminent degree, we conceive are possessed by this nom ; ince! From the ranks of the people himself—a farmer of enlarged experience and acquirements—he can tip ! oreciate and sympathize with the wants of that great r body of Pennsylvania's population. But it is not nem sary to amplify--his i qualifications are acknowledged by 'all. Elected one year ago by an overwhelming majori ty of eighteen thousand, to the responsible office of Canal Gommissioner, we have ; no doubt he will receive the \ sUmugetierouii support for the now and higher position to which he has been nominated! CAN THEM: DE A PARTY WITHOUT A CANDIDATE?:- WI t wilt poor whigs do? asks the Boston Post. Gen. Taylor still utterly refuses to be the exponent of what they ft:reically call their principles. Tito independents aro running away from him because ho has accepted the notninatio\if the whigs. Tho old gentleman Is trying to cull them back by telling them that ho is not, and never will 4, the ,candidate of any particular party, but that he *stuck his nail up to catch the wind froM whatever gtiarte it blows; and that ho would. have ac. cptefl the Dinnucr*e, or anyrolker nouquation, just at 'Sonic as'the whig. This leaves the whigs utterly withou a candidate, as a paty. There is no r embodiment' of tildgery now extant. \Mr. Clay used td he considered a decent sort of a whig; bid he is of no account now. He isidiscarded and put on his good behavior. Webster ap pears dubious, as though hhad not ire'ccitred a satisfac tory answer to the question, .Where 'shall I go?" Poo Corwin has tumbled into the , 'aylor cauldron, but sayk he is sinking, and although ho feels bound to vote for Taylor, on punctilio,' he will not \ advise any body elso, to imitate his bad example. Judge Alcbcnn has opettly bellel—Gen. Scott is silent, and in short, we know o r but f.w reliable,. Taylor whip in tl country, whose 1 mutt 1 .5 were ever heard of, beyond tit circuit of their own nei,guhorhoods. We suppose; howe -or, thorn aro a ..few more left of the same sort,", but it - vould take a pack of bloodhounds to (hid out where the are. The question is, in regard to these out and 'out ty tigs—theso 1 wings and nothing else—these whole whigs and a gnar -1 ter over 7 -what will they do? They have no ct4lidato, no leafier, no pattern, no sample,' no 'emboduned. nog party, no principles, no anything!i Poor fellows! ho)1 must feel bad; hut they have this consolation—byiNztvetn -1 her they will be past all feeling. THE TIDE OF Kann VTION.—The New. York Herald, of Saturday, Rays over 18110 emigrants arrived at the port of New York, from Europe, between sunrise and noon on Friday, and during the afternoon 850 morOcame making the whole nomber-'2,1".A. Since the first day of 18 id the number arrived from abroad at New York is tl(1,104. The number arrived in July wa5•24,629. IU The Clay 'Whigs of Hanover county, Virginia, Mr. Clay's birth pla4, have olienly revolted from Gen. Taylor. At n whig meeting held there lately to listen to the regular, whig elector, he Was . met, and thu whole Phil adelphia imposture denounced tts a cheat, by Mr. Perrin, ahmding whig mid Clay man of the county. There is a big screw loose in Virginia. • Tho whig, press 'aro getting remarkably cool. Our oral friends never were - known to be as spiridossc—Tay lor's recent letters have operated upon•thern like a dose of opium. They-aro fast asleep, and the only noise wo hear from them is an occasional snout! Poor fellows!— Such a nominee! A Wnia•Frzztt.—The "Rough and Ready" Club have been in the habit of holding meetings every Mon day evening—though their numbers have been growing small by degrees and beautifully less, all the time. Last Monday tho whole concern fizzled out fiat—Gen. TaY lor's Charleston hltter done the job so effectually that even tho "Esq." did n't 14. • Erx Tho Whigs ; nre exceedingly rejoiced that Tom Corwin. 'of Oltio, - Itaa taken the slump for Taylor. Have they, forgot that just cloven days previous "to the battle of Buena Vista, this Milello Torii Corwin wished the Mexi cans would welcome the old General "with bloody. hands and a hospitable grave." No should n't think there would ho mucliconsolittion in the fact that such a man had taken the stump for Taylor. A SMALL NlMlLt.—Glory to Jatnes Cooper, Esq., Attorney General of Penrylvania! Ho has appoiqted our "groat and good" friefid, the "Esti," of the Com racrciol, Repay Attornoy for this eotinty. This is a small nibble—a very small nibble—but then small people ought to bo thankful for small favors, and we have no idoubt our eoteroporary Is., The Democracy, however, will relieve him even from thin, about the first of Jan. D" Acting CrovernorJohnson and flori. Sae. Cooper. are the rival candidates for that Gubernatorial nomination of the Taylor party. There is but little feeling among I the Taylorites on the subject. who regard defeat as in ovitoblo. The ratan of theiAugust • elections have de stroyed all their hope's of success—even with old availa bility! . tra' Titan Srtortss.—A famous old federalist; is to be the whig candidate for Congress from the Lancaster dis trict.• It is aripposed ho will decline going for Taylor. TT The, Han. Andrew Ewing; of Tennessee, has written a letter to the:Nashville Union, announcing his determination not to support Taylor. The Jonesboro Wormer contains a list of expected ;gains in the east district;frotti w Welt' its editor &cis ittletvn assafo for Cass and - Butler by a majority of at letu.3otHl. A_ FEW WORDS MORE TO FREE SOIL OCRATS. . . • Although wo may ho charged with giving too rrinCli iMportance to the baker's-dozen of bolters and sere-herets iu this county. who Icompose the DemocratiU wing of tho free-soil party, V referring I to them again, wo ean4t - forbear from ilevothig'a small space to their benefit. That anything we may say will have any effect with thOse whow like the great head of the party, Marlin. Van Bu ren, have embarked in this (Inixotic effort. to rear a third party for the purpose of defeating Gon. Cass, and the're by work out their own private revenge, wo do not sip pose! In fact we do not desire' y have chosen their course, and hereafter the party will ho freed from the totightof their irtllticnccl 11crcalicr they lutist occupy a , position in. opposition Co Democratic moil and measures, Ind the country will know tcbcrc tci find - iticnif We say this, beihtuse the groundtmust be - boldly taken • and en forced, that tho man whii reiniie r s to vote for C.,.s and Butler, shall nolonger be looked upon or considered as a Democrat.' Brit we did not set out for the purpose: of ieading people out of the party, but to endeavor to read - some in. Wo aro aware that there are many hiltcat and warm hearted democrats whoiare conscientiously opposed to the farther extension of the institution of-slavery over the territories of the Union. We know there are many such who will give Cass and Butler an enthusiastic sup port; and there may be a fete, who, without stopping to inquire into the objects and elms of Martin Van Buren —without enquiring into the practicability of this cru sade of revenge—might be disposed to join themselves to its ranks. To such wo address ourselves. Wq have heretofore shown that Martin Van Buren gave the casting vote in the Senate, while Vico President, to a bill to al low Post Masters to open the mails and abstract abolition newspapers, but his attempts to woo the slave power did not stop there. Ho volunteered i n l inaugural address a promise to t eto an anti-slavery /ay if it should he passed hy congress! But before this, while Secretary of State, in 1829, ho wrote to our minister at the Spanish Court, bidding him: urge Spain to make peace with the south ern republics of America:, lest they should aid in freeing CuLti from slavery! He represented that the emanci pation of a numerous slave population ni that Island would sensibly Wed the interests of the Southe'rn sec tion of this Union. And again, in writing to the agent _of our government, in Mexico, he cautioned Ititp to op pose "the baneful spirit of- emancipation desigd to be introduced awl propagated. at the Island of Cu b' ." His attempt to restore the Amistad Degrees to slaver-, is also well remembered; if he has forgotten it himself, the gen tleman on the ticket with him can give him ho facts fria the papers - of .1. Adams, used in &fence of these men. Sticlt is the man the self-styled friends of "free soil" have selected as their candidate for the first office of the republic: Now do you suppose this C. adi date is honest in his present course? Can ho be? Is it probaible—nay, is it possible? Then, who has this "free s soiP' convention placed on the ticket with him for Dem ocrats to vote for? Charles P. Adams—a grandson of .John Adams—son of John Quincy Adams, and one of the most bitter opponents of. Jackson, in the country. Is 1 it possible that such strong antipathies—such differout 1 political theories and so wide a difference in practice, could at ouco be overcome by a concurronce upon a sin gle principle, when, through a long and active lifo that principle remained dormant in The breast of •tho main party? •No—ho—Rerenge, Ambition, form the amalga mating power which has commingled such opposite etc incubi. - "The stare power defeated ran Boren in 1811, he will defeat the slime power in '48." This is the cry of REVENGE: This is Mc cry of Van Buren and his sore-headed worshipers! and to gratify this feeling— the most debased of motives—what aro you not asked to sacrifice. • The welfare of the nation—its harmony, its. prosperity, its union, -are set at naught-41e glorious prin ciples upon which it is founded, and which have raised it from thirteen states to thirty, froth three millions of people t • twonty—are counted as nothing. Tho admo nitions of WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON - , MAISON, JACKSON, .and %Vulcan, aro scouted out of hearing, and all is to be Overturned, destroyed if need be, to — gratify the selfish and unworthy purposes of a few individual% through the actcou of n deceived sectional pat:ty. In the language of. StrLts Wituart, we say in conclusion, "If there be those among us who, misled by a mistaken sympathy, or by sudden excitement upon any 6ubject,:tind forgetting their obligations to the whole country, to the constitution and the Union, lot us use every efihrt of persuasion Mid ex ample to 'awaken them to_n sense of their dangerous er ror. If those who for the sake of private interest, per_ sonal ambition or momentary political success, aro willing to experiment upon tho public passions, to treat lightly t heir constitutional obligations, to foment sectional jeal ousies, and raise up geographical distinctions within the Union, let the absence of our countenance and support convince such that the personal gratification, or public serrices of any tieing man, are not objects of ;utficient magnitude to be gained at the expense of the harmony, of the country; the pears of the Union, or a single letter in the list of our constitutional duticrramong us there bo any, which Heaven forbid, who are prepared, for any earthly object, to dismember our confederacy, anti do stroy that constitution wh'ch holds us together, LET THE % al: OE ANAIiNOL M DDE T RS, :111(1 let 111 c detestation i it da d gC.Orti of every Amer can be their constant compan ,ionS, until like him they shall abandon a country whose rich ii essings they arc no longer worthy to enjoy." . SOUTH CAROLINA. 'WiIIi:I:LING INTO LINE.LSORth 6:l*- olina haslieretof4e been set down by Democrats as a _doubtful•Stale. She must•no longer be so conaidered.— Her democracy everywhere through the state have been rallying to the standard of Cass and Butler over since the nomination. So strong has been the demonstration in their favor, that John C. Calhoun, convinced that ho could-pot control the whirlwind, has concluded to ride it. Accordingly, intinediately on his return from Washing ton, a largo meeting of his friends assembled at the Theatre in Charleston, and were addressed by him at great length. Ho advised them to maintain ix neutral position for the present, hut by no means to throw away the vote of the state in the contest. The moaning of 'this advice is fully explained by the following resolution, which was passed by acclamation : Resolved, That the democracy of Charleston district cannot hesitate between the candidates of the democrat ic and whig parties of, the United States for President and Vice President, and for the reasons assigned in the fore going preamble and resolutions, will support Lewis Cass and William 9.- Butler as the candidates of our party, for the offices to which they have been respectively noml hutted. This is significant, but the cturse of the Charleston - Ithicury, the well known and accredited-organ of Mr. Calhoun, is more so. That paper, on the Monday 'fol . lowing_Mr. Calhoun'opturn, comes out with a long ar ticle defining its position, and concludes with the em-, phatic declaration that it "cannot doubt, that, for the same reasons, the legislature of South Carolina will cast the vote of the State for Cass and Butler." Those signs, wo take it, settle the gnestion, not only in that state, but in Georgia and Florida. With those state. 4, no possible combination of circumstances Can defeat Gon. Cass. "A Norostors DEMAGOGI7E."*EWOry member of the Democratic party, whatever be his station or prominence, is a "notorious demagogue," according to whig newspa pers, For , instance, this is the choice enuession used by the Fredonia Censor in noticing tho re-nomination of the lion. James Thompson. Now it is very , easY, to make suc h charges, especially by the Editors of this party. It is thdir first lesson in the morning,--their grace at dinnoi, and their prayer an retiring to rest. From Jefferson down to the present Executive, all have been, except J. Q. Ad arnso "notorious de notgogues," in their estimation. Ev ory, man who hail Tipported finial have been "notorious demagogues." Every man who doent go for "Rough and Ready"- is - a "notorious, demagogue." Iu short, they and theirs. Tom Corwin, Andy Stewart & Co. aro thelineal saints+all else are *.outsido barbarians"— "not dons demagogues." , New with all duo deference to thesuperior sagacity of our friend of the Censor, which Is thet of being a colaborer in the same political vinyard with tho well known itrainamed,, gives him, we beg leave to, sure bin s that if he has the least idea that the lion. J Thompson is destined toy ho dofeatdd by the whig tti c can 'tido in this district, "Ites sucked lit aliout a fat." 'C RESPONDENCE Snt.,CTHEY COME. hir,9Vr4 l4 Egi The Totegr that Gen. Tay iaatioa,tender S. C., Who w Doing a Nerth. of the ,Dentoc l Wm, 0. Ihjtl him of such n! ph riiqtounced some days sit 'lot hawn ritte a letter acceP d him by certain citizens 1 re opposed to Gen. Cars on rn-Mon, but were friendly I (die nominee for Vice I r.' The following is the I ttcr inft, , urination, and the Genera is letter mtnent is unnecessary, as he acee l II 'rives the whign of their candidate: Cu.titt.t.srus, S. C., 26th July, 618 . Stn:—ln c , Willi/thy with the desire of Imy fella . e i i i. wens, I have, he honor herewith to transmit, t o , you a newspaper c. ntuining an account of a very large meet ing ef the mocratic citizens of Charleston, 6. c Intlefoithe urpose of selecting - you ns 'their e, cu rd , for the Tres dency of the United Sttitgs. Uer tlii i meeting, the agreeable duty of presiding Wan ass gna t , tile. '1 ho p (nimble and resolutions adopted at it so fu/- ly explain th views of. my fellow citizens as to sad no comment fr m me. Permit me, however, on in, panto add, that wi i a confidence in that honesty and in lepelad. once of purl ose which you have exhibiterl in every p ol i. tion in wide i it has been your lot to servo your c until-, I entertain th fullest conviction that should it be o r good fortune to s o you elected to that high station, von will so administe, the laws of our country, that each section of it will be protected in the rights which it wa 4 intend. cd by the fr mots of the constitution should be 'paten. toed to all b that noble instrument; which can only prors inadequate hen it is pervaded by designing or tinse l . tied politicia s. 1 tun,'sir, with high' consideration and 'esite, - 1 , Your obedient servant, WM. BULL PRIP --- Gen Z. ' ATLUB• ciptunce. C effectually de Ihrort Roney., (14.) Aug. 9 aye the honor to ackuowledgo the nication of the 26th ultimo, offi me my nomination for the Preside hg of the Democratic citizen tof d in that city on the 20th 'ul Ino, Nero the presiding officer. Jerate rixpr6ssion of the friendly feel me among a largo and respectable of your distinguished State, has otions of profound gratitude; and eturn for such high and unMerite accept my heartfelt thanks. ng that this nomination, like all ot} the honor of receiving from , asset itizens in various parts of the Ijnio offered me withant plalgcs orlcand ceepted. And I beg you to assure ehalf you are acting, that shoUld i re for which I have been thus no • unceasing effort in_ the discharge duties to give satisfaction to my er o assurance of my high esteem, o Your ob't ser'vt. 8:11:-1 your C011111)1 'bouncing to large meeti . S. C.," he which you ; This deli ing towardi tile' citizensl ved with etii but a poor' I beg them ti Conclud 1 have had my taw generously I thankfully in whose to fill the shall ho With th honor ti Win. B t. TIN Pringle, Esq., President, &el, Chl I A Locorm o FonuEny."—Solho of Whigs will persist in asserting that Genera 1 Charlestaaletter is a "locofoco forgery ITI hOwev6r doesn't appear to think 80. In reply pendent, asking information ott the subjct it "In repy to our correspondent's question, • say that 1,-e found the letter in the Chor/esto Nees, wl'ere it appeared without date) or a Editor st; ting that it was an extract of ft lette Taylor to a friend in that city, (Charleston.) reason at the time to doubt its genuinehess, { 1 paragrap in the Krpress changed ,otir op Rrpress states that theletter was .eopied fior t not; NV hi paper,' but does not inform its reu aforesaid 'not Whig paper' is a derided ath el e cti o n i f General Taylor to the President ..0 n • , "Thelidititinut Ifrkla publishes thaliette nied witl editorial comments commending h for his cleFendenee, Scr." REPT: • 1 VTISG rr says a the late W lig Convention Whic Gia t lings, and a Welt the party was fu ed, a resolution was oared by Mr. Prtlnti.4_: go, that they would support no man for It to Congress Hwho is not a Whig, and ato d ly andunquhlifiedly recognize the exis tenc party. , " The resolution was voted doWn„ same thing, it was laid on . the table. Alt gory{! and to this complexion has it come the political god-fathers of the party refuse acknowledge thee. Tho DtMlocratic Union peitineMly the late Gov. Slunk beat General Irvin by One of the 'principle charges against th ho voted for. the infamous Bankrupt. against its repeal. Millard Fillmore, the date for the Vice Presideiley, did more. 'mental in framing the law, advocated i voted against its repeal. What do you tl man, honest Pennsylvanians, ye that suffe much to Pay the r State debt and sustain the Commonu ettlili? Say that you will give Cass and Butler 20,000 majority. WHIG PROSPECTS IN Onto.--Ouce in di a whig who is insane enough to count on fur Taylor, this too, in the face of the fac the prominent whip in the State have L Such, for instance, as lion. J. R. Giddim la, lion. Horace S.lllorton, from Meig: lion. Franklin Cortrin, whig senator In district, and nephOw of Thos. Corwin. I en—for years one of the most Forninem —was recently invited by the Taylor county t to address one of their meetings, he was too good whig to thing of assist Taylor to the Presidency. This looks dos'ut it? - re The Hon. JAMES Tnerttrimr has ted for Congre.ss.by the democracy of di Twice have the democracy of that distric himior their standard-bearer, and that to do so again is not a matter of doubt. made an excellent member of Congress dustrious, and familiar with legislative obtained a high position in Congress, whether his constituents could find one useful to them.—lltercer Press. i "On, no, Sem A NosttNEE."—Whig, dart'—like Daniel Webster, it don't hi' Gen. Taylor's letter of acceptance wl his Lippard letter was worse—but his caps the climax—it I .l _lo the last hair ti back! The people can now see to whig party will stoop to strceecidl ..011 ince" as Gen, Taylor!. 'GRAHAM'S /% I AGA4INE.—Tho Septem cheap and magnificient magaiine has nnee. The principal engravings 12411 highly distinguished artists' Addison consist of Anglia Alcrvale„ a superb rl young lady a feu• month, previous to Lost Pet, a natural and fine Paris fashion plate, an 'exquisite p abundance of good reading. THE T.trzort' Pt.siTonm!—The N i cer publishes the Allison letter of Gen it is "the Taylor platform," not the r that matter is settled—Con. Taylor is didato hut the whigs have dropped ti organized a parlyitnown as the "Tay TILE ALIiANY FIRE.—The Argus entire toss at abinit one milion of (loth! $600,000 or ii,700.000 are insured, ai l Raid. Advantages will ho taken, It is tho city by enlargigg and straightenit biu•ned district; and especially by con: and convenient itentilbont pier, with A SIGN FROM INDI viA.--Captains Bracken and Lewis; Lieuts. Sawtell, Neely, Baker, nod Major Myers—all , say that they wilt net, under any or Gen. Taylor. They were office unteers. ,• The Detroit Press contain:: a Cart of the Al(egan Record, dea)ing the port that ho had deserted the nomi Bum) n, and will not do any thing, c Qvu. Taylor.t 1M co, ll ing the Char' I nom. i leston, I °E 6.3 OCCOUH I , 0 ulO E esident ectio !eAiejlj rnung 4 ac +laare ME EMI 13&16, ceipt of 'ally ag• I cv by .1 liarleston land Ott lin,,exist .rtion of Tees. oUgh jai honor, H,4, r Wages of has beat (ions it t friends be Inv bt c ninated ii i of its t. nut') men. hale the 11.01 t. destou the Trq'xr 1%).lor I o Tribi ne to n cum EITIO cc can onh i Ere:dr/L. liiresa, tha from Gen. Ye had no nor ha , di. !lion. The I a southrnv , era thatti. ' ocate of tili• l al chair. , acconipa. 'e n. Tat lo: Plain Ittl. noinin, ly repreo* of Coaho• presc otatns es not open• of the wfii ck what is the s poor whiz- Inst. Y.: ii any longer.) remarls 18,Q00 voles. atter was thi w. and rvk Whiz Candy Ic ingru• ina,.%e all nk of ,nch a ed and labotd the credit of and zoo cu whilt)lV - 6 ee earrylv, 0k) o, that many o pudidt, , d s, of Aslnal,J -1 and Attica:- 1 , 1 I the C1111:02 011. 11..5.C04- whigs of Oko )en of Belmont lie mplia gc atooled en re-nonvit• 211 Ms:trim— triumphed inn hey will k tibi• The Juke his Talented, O. usiness, he hes anti ire question vlso would bets 1!IIMI i 1 oir n here to Z'' bad enough . harlestoll epis..... [ on the caner humitinfion th ho, boob noa- mr nuniber of lEJ made its appzu' unto from tio nd :,Parerts: l 2, ll . 6 ;:ao together witio ccc of maye.'y IME dotal . and"' hig platform not the Tr'a; eir old name:: or party . ow sets doir,' rs, of whiello:' d will iv t s gri a i t i 'proper arpllW;°s cE:cnrir. Er. oat tilt` of tilt) lothar.3l4 or atone: latioils of C 'ell i irect/y.