Jirttlligeiuet & Journal.
E, W. HUTTER, EDITOR.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN
OF PENNSYLVANIA.-
[Suy.el (o the decteton of a National Convention ,]
roi CANAL COKHIMIONEA, A
ISRAEL PAINTER, JR.,
07 WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
. T SENATORIAL Delegates.
• WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield. '
, DAVID D. WAGE NEK, of Northampton,
Representative Electors.
Dist.
13. John C. Kino,
14. John Weidman,
15. Robert J. Fisher,
16. Frederick Smith,
17. John Creswell,
.18. Charles A. Black,
19. Geo. W. Bowman,
20. John R. Shannon,
21. Geo.P. Hamilton,
22. William S. Davis,
23. Timothy Ives,
24. Jos. G. Campbell.
1. HfcNRY L. Benner,
2. Horn R. Kneass,
3. Isaac Shuns,
4. A. Li Roumfort,
6, Jacob S.Yost,
6. Robert E. Wbioht,
7. Wm. W. Downing,
8. Henry Haldeman,
9. Peter Kline,
10, 1 B. S. Schoonover,
11J Wm. Swetland,
12.' Jonah: Brewster,
Lancaster, March 28, 1848.
A MEETING of the Democratic Committee of
Correspondence of Lancaster cpunty, will be held
at the public house of Christian Shertz, in the
city of Lancaster, on Wednesday, the sth day of
April next, at 10 o’clock, A. M.
• Punctual attendance ib desired, as business of
importance will be laid before the meeting. j
WM. MATHIOT,
Chairman Detn. County Committee. Correspondence,
Lancaster, March 28, 18-18.
Uy We tender thanks to Gen. Camehon of the
LI/ S. Senate—and Hon. R. Bkodhead of the' House
•of Representatives, for-Valuable public documents.
iL r We are also under obligations'to our friend,
George H. Goundie. Esq:. U. S. Consul at. the
port of Jlasle. in Switzerland, for interesting files of
the latest German papers, published in that city—
among which are the fiaskr '/.clivus, —the Sunn
tagshlatt—and the Volkshlatt.
Voice ol'the People.
It was peculiarly proper that the first meeting
in Pennsylvania, in response to the nomination of
James Buciianan-, lor the Presidency, should be
«* iaeid in Lancaster county— ms home —the theatre
of his early popularity and fame. Never has a
-duty been discharged with more spirit hnd alacrity.
From every quarter of the county there were those
present who have never faltered in the Good Cause,
and upon whose strong arms and stout hearts our
principles have ever depended. The Democracy of
this county, albeit in a fearful minority, are made
ofstern stuff, and are ever ready-to face the foe.
without the hope of any other reward than the
consciousness of well-spent duty. If their own
great Buchanan be selected at Baltimore, the val
leys and hills of the old Keystone will ring with
rejoicing, and the promise to carry her Electoral
vote by an old-fashioned Jackson majority will be
gloriously redeemed. Ol this we would seek no
better proof than the meeting of Wednesday.
yrrlHt and Scott CoiTcspondcnctv
The letters, diplomatic amt otherwise. *\vith
which Commissioner Tiurt and Gen Scott amused
one another, on the advent of the former in Mex
ico, have been eunnminiented to Congress.gind are
liuW in Course uf publication by the daily nr-ws
piipers. Their exit-nine length w ill. however, pre
vent their eppeuiuhee in tmtli) nflhe unpreleiiiling
Weeklies, iitehidlng; ue fear, our owm liui we
do inti li\ tiny liieantiiTegl-et lhjs. On |l|i. ennliaiVi
nu iij"-Jitilier glad: heller for iln' elwrneler ni
ouf ruiiiilry el lullin' nm! nbininf, That no siuji
IlliWVMfi luul heeb jii'imed: bi be I he »i|b.jre| o| ihe
jus! Mieeo iinil'ihe i!»w\nil ndienhv id lorejuii'
eriiiebi iiml in im m\ hwahWi itt by ihu
ibbdligniit and weil-ihiuking of ourdwri eoumry
iwm. The mooting of two gentlemen, ulboit in
-wulely dillerenl eupaoitioa. sn nearly assimiluted in
temper, and whoso epistolary style Invars sueb a
striking resemblance, was certainly a curious eon
junction, pot to call it unfortunate. It wus Greek
meet Greek,, and tlmt the 11 tug of war 1 ’ did not
supervene in reality, \va« hardly owing to the
superior amiability of the disputants, or to the fact
that they displayed a very intimate acquaintance
ship,' either with Bindley Muniur, or the Grades.
In the midst of this puerile and sickly stuff',
what a relief to turn to the truly cogent, dignifjpd.
and statesmanlike letters of JAS. BLTHAXAN!
They loom out from this motley correspondence,
like shafts of solid granite from a bed of mire.
They seem like glittering diamonds, set in a wreath
of pinchbaek—fixed stars, peering through a sky
overcast whip clouds and darkness. By the very
•contrast, the others are the immeasurable sufferers,
as a homely jade is ever known to appear homelier
still in the presence of a beautiful and dashing
-belle. Alas, that all men have not Common Sense!
!tlr. Slidell’s Instructions.
"We had marked for publication, this week, the
letter of Mr. Buchanan. Secretary of State, to Mr.
Slidell, the American Minister to Mexico, writ
ten in November, 'IS4S, before the occurrence of
actual hostilities between the two countries, and
when it was the general belief that the question of
boundary and claims would be amicably adjusted.
We .regret, however, that a press of Mother matter
.has crowded the despatch out for the present.—
Like Mr. Buchanan’s celebrated reply to Miv Pack
•enham on the Oregon question, it is a production
of extraordinary power, and places the American
ground of the controversy in a light so clear and
unquestionable, as to defy the utmost political so
phistry to gainsay or refute. The Mexican War
from first to last, has not, in our opinion, elicited a
State Paper of such luminous and commanding
ability, and we would feel derilectin duty, if we did
not furnish it entire to the reading public of Lancaster
county. •
A High Honor.
To the Democratic Meeting held in this city, on
Wednesday last, belongs the honor, that it was the
first in the State to express its approbation of, and
sympathy with, the movements of the revolution
ists in France. Well, too, was the resolution re
ceived by the meeting. Louis Philippe himself,
had he been present, could not have failed to per
ceive that Public Opinion was against him, and to
.have, “come down,” in the presence of Captain
Scott, if he had any respect left for his character!
*.\[t was, in all seriousness, such a demonstration as
well proved that the efforts in behalf of" Liberty
meet with a hearty response from Democrats, no
matter in what quarter of the world they are wit
nessed.
Mr. Clay is to be kissed into the Presidency, as
Harrison was sung’ into it. —Boston Times.
Mr. Cday is receiving a vast deal of lip service
just now'from both sexes.
A Veteran W^hig. —A correspondent writes ya
from the .town of Hollis, N. H., that Judge Farrar,
of that town, attended the polls on Tuesday, ajid
voted the whig .ticket. He was a hundred years
old last summer.— Bostoji Atlas.
. It is evident that the “veteran” Judge Farrar
is in his second childhood.
B-T -A- bill is pending. before opr State Legisla
ture, for the. suppression of Fortune Telling. We
trußt that'its provisions may be made to Embrace,
as belonging to the aame category, [whig predic
tions of “ ttiitii’ 1
10* Judge MabbA, Secretary of the Navy, 1b
noting Attorney General, during the atones ef
Currant) lit Mexico.
The Ball in Motion.
The Redjbrd Qatettc contain* a call fbr a Dem*
ocratic Mast Mooting, to bo Holden In that town on
the evening of the npproacklng April court, for the
purpoio of responding to the. nominations of Buch
anan and Pa inti n, The Gattttt lay*;
The Presidency.— Ponnsylvanlthavlng declared
In fkvor of Mr. Buchanan for tha Presidency, his
proipecti of a nomination befbro the National Con
vention aro dally becoming brighter, a feet which
oannot toll to strike tho attention of the most casual
observer. There ls now but one voice end one
sentiment in/our ranks, and that Isa cordial and
cheer Ail acquiescence in the action of the 4th of
March Convention, which unanimously placed Mr.
Buchanan before tho Nation as ,a candidate of the
Keystone State, and if his claims are urged, as we
believe they will be, at Baltimore, we have no rea
son to doubt but that he will be our standard bearer
in tho grand contest of next November. If nomi
nated, his election is certain. The Democratic
papers not only of this State, botof numerous other
States, are filled with articles in commendation of
Mr. Buchanan, and we regret that we have not room
to lay before our readers all these flattering eviden
ces of his great and increasing popularity.
Yirgtnla.
resolution by which the Whig State Con
vention nominated Taylor was adopted 8G to 17,
The Richmond Enquirer says—
“ Not one cheer was sent up for Old Zac, nor for
whig “principles” —and as the crowd issued forth
from the African church in “sadness and sorrow,”
they appeafanoe of a funeral proces
sion, bewailing broken hopes and fortunes. The
bitterest feeling was manifested by the Clay men—
and the great whig party in Virginia is in the midst
of “ ruin” and discomfiture. The seeds ofdissen
tion have been deeply laid by the “ premature”
actors —and the democrats are in the highest spirits,
confident of a victory fbr themselves and their
•glorious.principles, which they are not ashamed
but proud to av ow to the world. We have not only
the numbers, but the moral prestige of position,
which will give us the victory.”
Electors for President.
The following table of the number of Electoral
votes to which each State will be entitled at the
ensuing election, will be useful frequent refer
ence during the campaign:
Maine, 9 Alabama, 9
New Hampshire, 6 Mississippi, 6
Vermont, 6 Ohio, 23
Massachusetts, 12 Louisiana, 6
Rhode Island, 4 Kentucky, 12
Connecticut, G Tennessee, 13
New York, 36 Indiana,* 12
New Jersey, 7 Illinois, 9
Pennsylvania, 26 Missouri, 7
Delaware, 3 Arkansas, 3
Maryland, 8 Michigan, 5
Virginia, 17 Florida, 3
North Carolina, ' 11 Texas, 4
South Carolina, 9 lowa, - 4
Georgia, 10 Total, 286
above, in all likelihood, will be added
Wisconsin, with four votes.
Another Letter from Taylor
We find in a Southern paper, another letter lrom
General Taylor, in reply to a communication sent
to him by a committee appointed'to address him,
by the Taylor mass meeting held in Montgomery,
Alabama, on the Bth of January last. It is as
follows:
Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 23, 1848,
Gentlemen: —Your complimentary communica
tion of the 10th inst, enclosing to me a copy of the
preamble and resolutions adopted on the Bth inst.
by "a public meeting of my fellow citizens, without
distinction of party, in Montgomery, Alabama, has
been received.
For the high honor which they have been pleased
to confer upon me by thus nominating me for the
Presidency of the United States and for the very
kind language in which they have seen fit to notice
my past life and services* I beg you, as their repre
sentatives, to accept my profound acknowledge
ments, and to assure my fellow-citizens who com
posed this meeting, that 1 shall offer no active
opposition to the use of my name in connexion with
this responsible office* ns long as they continue to
usr it thus independent of party distinctions.
1 tun* gentlemen* with high respect* vmir nbedi
ent servant* t. fAYUoII.
Mpssf»; Will; M, Mui-pliv* N. Mhhfis* A ; l\ Hnpbiiis
mu! Munt‘.mindi\v» AUbumu.
Tills li’lli'l- is tlii'ruly rt nr tin? \ uHnus
tii'lllli'itl li’llt'Fs Ili'H'tulliH; Wfitlt'll ll.y (li'll ; Tiiylnf
nil llf sillllli slilijniM, lII' Is willing In itin'i'jit' llin
a ii|i|mi : l nl tiny |iuFly, mill nf tiny sc! nl : nit'll, ns n
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silnllly, 11 111 1 111 iiny |"iljlii'iil |iliii|gns mi |,j s |ijin,
n|' iinj iiii'liii'iiiicn n|' nun jiiii'ly n\nr llin nllinr..
From the Hew York Tribune
lollor from I'uOiei 1 Hiitlum.
Mr. McGrath, .Secretary of the ftunum Catholic
Total Abstinence Society of our city, has just re
ceived the following letter from Father Mathew.
It will be read with lively satisfaction throughout
our country:
Cork, 23d Fob., IS4B.
Dcur Mr. McGrath: —To youand the gentlemen
of the Committee, I feel deeply grateful for the sen
timents expressed toward me on behalf of the mem
hers of your Society.
I am much gratified by the assurances that my
humble efforts are so highly appreciated— at the
same time I do not attribute any merit to myself.—
The wonderful change that has been effected is the
work of th* Right Hand of the Most High God, and
is admirable in our eyes.
It will be a great sacrifice to me to leave Ireland,
but, whatever may be the consequence, I trust that,
with the co-opcration of the Friends of Temperance
in the States, our sacred cause will proceed and
prosper.
With regard to my movements in America, I am
free until my arrival in New York, when 1 shall
consult with my friends on the subject.
I anxiously look forward to the pleasure of meet
ing you and my other dear friends some time in
May, and, with sincerest wishes for your and their
happiness, I am, my dear Mr. McGrath, yours de
votedly, Theobald Mathew.
Fatal Affray.
W e learn that on Sunday morning last two of
the inmates of the Lancaster County poor-house,
named Trego and Smith, became involved in a
scuffle, when the former drew from his pocket a
large barlow-knife, with which he inflicted on the
latter a series of slabs, from the efiects of which
lie died before medical attendance could be pro
cured from the city. Both the belligerents wore
insane, and for this reason confined in the poor
house. It is proper to state that the knife, with
which the wound was inflicted, was clandestinely
obtained by Trego, so that no blame can attach
to the overseer.
Connecticut Election.
The election in this State for Governor and
State Legislature, will.take place on the first Mon
day of April next. Two United States Senators
are to be elected by the Legislature thus chosen.
Our political friends—judging by the tone of those
able papers, the Hartford. Times and Nao Haven Reg
ister—are in good spirits; but we have our fears
that even the powerful weapons wielded by the
Democrats, will not make the State turn its back
upon blue-light Federalism. Wc can only hope for
the best.
Fire at Harrisburg.
Harrisburg, March 20, 1,848.
This morning, about half-past 3 o’clock, the
large furnace of Ex-Governor Porter was discov
ered to be on fire, and in about two hours all the
wooden buildings attached to it were burnt to the
grbund. It is stated that there was no insurance
on the property. The fire originated in the casting
house, caused by the hot iron breaking through the
casting bed. and setting fire to the frame work, be
fore the hands were able to check it. The loss is
estimated at about SBOOO.
Raising tbe Flag.
The WestcrnPress, edited by Hon. W. S. Garvin,
former representative in Congress from the Mer
cer district, and a delegate to the Baltimore Con
vention, has raised the Buchanan Flag to its mast
head.
The Northern Democrat, published at Montrose,
(Pa.-) in Mr. Wilmot’s congressional district—the
Anthracite PottsviUe—the German Inde
pendent Republican, Allentown— -have done the
same.
Sew Hampshire.
The Gfm&rtt PtUrfot says that the Democratic
majority for Governor, ia the Granite state, is
"9,ooo—and that there is a majority ef ten In the
Senate and forty fo the Heuie,
Lieut. Col. Samuel w« Black.
Probably there never marched under the itar*
tpongled banner, a truer or a bolder heart, than
the gallant Black, the Lieutenant Colonel of the
tint Pemwylvania regiment. He ii welt known ai
one of the moit romarkablo men in tbit state— a
splendid speaker, and a finished scholar. His ca
reer in Mexico hae realized tho expectations of his
friends, Ho has been In the very heat and danger
ol tho strife, and has won imperishable laurels. ?
Lieut. Col. Black, in a letter to a Senator of the
United States, thus alludes to the course of the Fed
eralists in Congress. His rebuke is dignified and
severe: j
Citv or Mexico, February 12,'1848.
The treaty of Guadalaupe,it was universally be
lievejl/wouid be ratified by the Congress pf Mexi
co, until the vote of the United States House of
Representatives condemning the war, was received,
and with it news that the ten regiment bill was not
likely to pass. If that bill had passed by adecided
vote, and the war had been approved, or not con
demned, I am persuaded the Mexicans would have
agreed to almost any treaty proposed on our part.
We bad power to enforce, and they the disposition
to accept, any terms. The reason is obvious—their
nationality was in the very “article'of death,” and
they were willing to do any thing short of national
dishonor, to stop «the rattle”, and retain the
breath of life. Their armies were defeated and dis
persed—their resources gone—and blaster and bra
vado, if not silenceJfj had ceased to find an echo.
Under such circumstances, those who wished to
preserve a name for the nation, had now the power
to actf since thfere was but one alternative—give
up a part, or be entirely blotted out. But the votes
and resolutions 'of one branch of Congress have
reanimated them, and consequences the mostalarm
ing are to be dreaded. Where the mischief is to
end, no one can predict. God only knows how
much fanaticism and foily it will generate. And
all from our own, impolitic (to give itno worse
term) measures. Yet Ido not write in despondency,
for I am one of the sanguine.
Democratic National Coiivenlion.
The Democrats of the Charlestown District, Mas
sachusetts, have chosen Frederick Robi>-sox, of
Charlestown, delegate to the National Convention.
The Democratic Electors of the Congressional
District composed of Washington', Hancock, and
Arostook counties, Maine, have selected as delegate
to the National Convention, Shepard Caret, of
Houlton.
At a Democratic State Convention for Louisiana,
the following delegates to the National Convention
Were chosen:
At large : Dr. T. W. Scott, T. J. Harmason.
First District —John Slidell, Emile La Sere, W.
H. Wilder, P. Augustin.
Second District— Dr. Crockett, Samuel Locke,
Clark Woodruff, W; S. Kendall, G. W Palfrey, W.
K. Styles, Edmund Randolph, J. N. Carrigan.
Third District —J C. Beattie, John E. Labran
che, T. M. Williams, James S. McFarland, W. C.
S. Ventre'ss, James J. Pugh, Gustave Leroy. Thos.
L. Randall.
Fourth District— Augustin Duplantier, D. J.Flu
ker, Dr. F. M. Henford, W. B. Robertson, Zenon
Ledeau, Jr., Martin G. Penn, Montgomery Sloan,
W K. Crowgill, Felix Huston, T. G. Davidson, B.
B. Semmes.
Fifth District —J. S. Bryce, P. Berrv, Robert
Cade, R L. Tanner, W. H Whittington, T 0.
Moore, W. B. Prescott, B. C. Duke, C D. Moul
ton, L. Texada, J. L. Brouss#d, D. Broussard.
Sixth District —R. Easton, A. Splane, W. F.
Griffin, Dr. Crighton, J. L. Moore, N. Darling,
Geo Spencer, R. J. Chamblin, Vj H. Jones, Wm.
Perkins, John S. Gilbert, N. T. Richardson, S. W.
Downs.
Health of Gov. ShunU.
We have the best authority for saying that the
Governor is getting better, and that his Thysician
and friends entertain no doubt of his recovery. If
the weather was pleasant enough for him to take
exercise, he would soofi recover.—This will be
pleasing intelligence lor our readers. —Bedford Ga
zette.
liJ'* There are a great many persons who are
“not surprised" at the overturn in Frunee. vho
“anticipated" just the things that hate (•nine m
piss=iin!eed who can say “Hold you so." Put
(in uur path ,! wp me IVee to aimless" that we did
lint eypect iiny such new* hy tin l t'midMiih mty
mure thitii we lunhiM lor the tripping np m |, M |n
Monte* in Munich? Witlmiii iiny piiiiienlitr .u|=
mintiinti inr l-miD lliilhppe, wm llhe the red nl
the Wlit, h,|d m ipiudi runhdiim'n in ihu suipirily
itmi Itiiuu h'.lga nl tin! French rluuMctcr, that we
which is Fiance, to Hidden desperation, and in one
rush inonieiit to peril his throne and his dynasty.
But what republican can regret that he has done
so, and added another to the follies of the Bour
bons ( Who cun help sympathising with ihat
brave people who know so well howto regain
their liberties ‘i Who but prays God to teach them
as well how to preserve them ?
! 1 and county of Lanriisirr .n,of
John' Quinct Adams and the Bible.—The nearly n * quarter cmtury, funiitdird a series of the
following sentiments of this venerated man will ■ most indubitable proofs of personal ami political’
bear to be repeated at this time. In a letter to his ‘ attachment to the distinguished patriot and Staies
son, in ISll.he says—“ I have for many years . w,lose sphere of usefulness has Mime been
made it a practice to read through the Bible once . extended so as -to embrace tin- most elevated and
every year. My custom is, to read four or five , responsible national trust.-;: and it is. therefore,
chapters every morning, immediately after arising i their <lnt ' v:is U,s also ,!ll ' ir nilli l' li:;isurc - tu
from my bed. It employs about, an hour of my ' rc,lerat '' ofcoaiidouc.. ami admira
time, and seems the most suitable manner ". 111 IIC ll,ls .»een cheered by
u, r ; nn v„ *t i t i *. 1• i those, in wuose midst he ripened into manhood,
of beginning the day. what light soever « h[ld undnr „ v( , IIP Hr/dev,-! upnd J BP n.
regard the Bible, whether With reference to revela- ; of llis preseilt i# , e „ Aw a, ~r e at„..s s .-lio i,, ,l„. rL .-
Uon, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable 1 f or c,
and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue
Olr* The Pitlslhtrg Po>t announces the arrival
and departure ipom that city ol the heroic Major
General Quitman. His stay was short, but the
citizens of that patriotic city embraced that oppor
tunity of doing honor to the brave and gallant
commander of the Second Pennsylvania Regiment
of Volunteers. His defence of our gallant Penn
sylvanians before the gates'of Mexico, has endeared
him to the old Keystone. A warmer heart than
his never animated human clay, and we are much
mistaken if he is not ere long - the recipient of sub
stantial honors.
oZr*Our friend of the Clearfield Banner thus sets
forth the dull prospects of the lumber trade of this
Spring: The want of snow this winter will prove
very unfortunate to many of our lumbermen. But
very little square timber that was made more than
two or three miles from the rivers or creeks, ha 3 been
hauled—and unless we shall have snow, or extra
ordinary exertions are made use of, many firms
and individuals will not have their contracts more’
than half Sawed lumber, with those whose
mills are any distance from the navigable streams,
will fall far short. This is the more to be regretted,
as fair prices are generally anticipated.
I YT A Pennsylvania correspondent of the Reiv
York Tribune, says that of the delegates elected to
the Philadelphia Federal Convention, to meet in
June next, eleven!are for Clay —two for Scott
none for Tatloh! ;
Waist W it. —A poor corset maker, out of work,
and starving, thus vented her miserable complaint
t; Shame that I should be without bread—l that
have stayed the stomachs of thousands.*’
R7* A journalist has discovered that, all things
considered, railways slow, and behind the
age. He says that when travelling he blushes to
think that the message on the telegraph flies like
lightning, while he is lazily creeping at ouly thirty
or forty miles an hour.
Conjuring.— ln a very old copy of a work now
extant on Necromancy, is the following quaint
question : “ Question —How to raise -a devyle ?
Ansiver —Contradycte your wiffe.’*
lET It is announced in the Cincinnati (Ohio)
Atlas, that in twenty-five counties in which the
opposition have chosen delegates on the Presidential
question, Corwin gets one county more than Ct at;-
but that tl no one, so far, has mentioned the name
of General TiYibßt”
Diffumriui or Mit. SuviM/—Col. Sevier left
Washington early yesterday the South'
em route,, oti his way to
Unfa ft, Mti'nk 30.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY MEETING,
BUCHANAN AT HOME!
Enthusiastic Response to the Norn*
lnatlons oftlie Fourth ofHareh
Convention.
GREAT SPEECH OF G. W, BARTON!
In pursuance of previous public notice, one of
the largest and most enthusiastic .political assem
blages ever convened in the county of Lancaster,
was held at the Court House, in the city of Lancas
ter, on Wednesday afternoon last, March 22, to
respond to the nomination of JAMES BUCHANAN
as the Democratic candidate for the next Presiden
cy of the United States.
This being the county, in which the distinguished
nominee has for many years resided, from which
he was five successive times elected to the Con
gress of the United States, and in which, he first
developed those great qualities of mind and char
acter, that have subsequently rendered his name
illustrious as one of the ablest Statesmen and purest
Patriots of the age—His old frier 1 acquaintances,
and neighbors, turned out in large masses, to tes
tify their continued devotion to him, and to express
their high satisfaction that the Democracy of his
native State have bestowed upon him the deserved
compliment of a nomination lor the most exalted
civil trust in the world—which they now, with
entire unanimity, desire to see ratified by the Dem
ocratic National Convention to be held on the 4th
Monday of May next in Baltimore.
The meeting was organised, on motion of Dr.
Edwin llaldemax, by the appointment of Hon.
JACOB GRObH of Marietta as President. The
following additional officers were appointed:
Vice Presidents.
Col. Samuei. C. Stambaugh, of Manhelm
Christian Bachman, City.
Dr. Nathaniel W. Sample, Leacock.
James Patterson, LittTe Britain.
John Fornev, West Earl.
'Dr. Samuel Humes, City.
Col. Samuel Morrison, Drumore.
Thomas Mcllvaine, Salisbury.
William Mathiot, City.
Peter Felies, Warwick.
Daniel Herr, Columbia.
Henry Imhoff, East Hempficld.
David Snavely, Martic.
Abraham Peters, Manor.
Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, City.
John Hastings, Drumore.
William F. Baker, Salisbury.
James Laird, Mount Joy.
Robert Moderweli., City.
Richard McGrann, Manheiin.
Dr. John Miller, City.
•John Robinson, Martic.
Secretaries.
Dr. Edwin Haldeman, I Washington Baker,
Patrick Donnelly* | Franklin G. May. ,
E. W. Hutter moved for the appointment of a
committee of fifteen, to report resolutions, expres
sive of the sense of the meeting, which was agreed
to; whereupon the Chair appointed the following
gentlemen:
E. W. Hutter, (city,) J. H. Houston. (Salisbury,)
Jacob Neff jr., (Strasburg,) Saunders McCuljough,
(Drumore.) Dr. George B. Kerfoot, (city.) Joel L.
Lightncr, (Leacock.) G. D. Mcllvaine, (Paradise,)
William Patton, (Columbia.) Joseph Potts. (Stras
burg Borough.) Dr. Isaac C. Weidler. (Upper Lea
cock.) Jonas* Bachman, (city.) John Mathiot. (city.)
Dr. Ephraim Shober. (Brecknock.) Frederick Kel
ler. (Litiz.) Henry E. teaman. (Manheim.)
The committee hnving retired for some time,
tlironuli their nhaimmit rrpnrtpd ihe (Ulnuing
pre.unbl l ' Hind resolutions. Helote thev Were rr-trl.
on TiMiinii John Ualliint. ?). 11. Aimtu'm. Dr. ,\hm
llihir-r. II Kauffman. met A. G Ilelihiptein
we|e a e n tiMmt'"G in nail t n Gpi'lHil-
W !t\ I ! ll\, | : =i|. Im i,i,| 1„ h, iini i , -I mailing
ihe iiieiamg All? It'll inn \\a- in 1 ' t‘ a . ~! >
ilia anliuisi Hie ginlings o' . ■ •
Whf.rf.as, Itv '
the uuthuntiiwv e
voice of tin-
rU'l’l 1A aAN a* uu- n. .. i
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. Resolved , 'I hut wc respond with all our hearts to
the nomination of our distinguished fellow-citizen,
JAMES BUCHANAN, as the Democratic candidate
fur the next Presidency, and rejoice at the Matter
ing promise that our wishes in this respect, as en
tertained, without interruption, for a long series of
years, are at length to he consummated.
Resolved, That the services of JAMES BUCH
ANAN are recorded in our hearts,'not less than in
the pages of national history. His briliant career
in the House of Representatives and Senate of the
United States, in which he often met and vanquish
ed the intellectual giants of the opposition—his
successful mission abroad, conferred by the Patriot
Jackson —and his truly able administration of the
grave duties of Secretary of State under President
Polk— have stamped him as one of the most en
lightened Statesmen of the age, well fitted, not on
ly to occupy, but to adorn, the presidential office.
Resolved , That Pennsylvania, by her ancient and
unwavering attachment to the great cause of repub
licanism, has well earned the honor of furnishing
the next President to the country. Whenever the
Democracy of the Union has been in peril, the old
“ Keystone 55 has never failed to come to the res
cue, and since she aided to hurl from power the
odious dynasty of J 9B, she has ever stood up,
proudly and unflinchingly, in the cause of the coun
try. She now invokes her sister States not to be'
unmindful of her disinterested and self-sacrificing
course.
Resolved , That with JAMES BUCHANAN as our
standard-bearer, Lancaster county can be redeemed
from the. political thraldom, in which she has so
long been bound, and the Electoral vote of Pcnn
slyvania can be carried by an old-fashioned JACK
SON majority.
Resolved , That we approve of Mr. Buchanan's
letter to the Democracy of old* Berks, in favor of
the adjustment of the- exciting question of Slavery
in newly acquired territory on the principles of the
Missouri Compromise, as dictated alike by sound
patriotism, enlightened wisdom, and a due regard
for the safety and perpetuity of our institutions.—
We admire and commend the high moral courage,
which has prompted this eminent Statesman to cast
himself into the breach, at this most intricate and
critical period of our public affairs.
Resolved, That we regard the Union of the States,
as the Palladium of our political safety and pros
perity, and view with feelings of distrust and ab
horrence every measure calculated to endanger it.
We have hot forgotten the warning counsel of the
Father of our Country, in his Farewell legacy, to
“ frown indignantly upon the first dawning of eve
ry attempt to alienate any portion of our country
from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties that
now link together its various parts.”
Resolved , That we moat cordially approve of the
measures of the General Administration, under the
conduct of 'JA VIES K. POLK, who has fiilly justi
fied the high confidence reposed in him by his ad
miring countrymen, We areproud of the President
of our eholee, and glad that In the excited contest
of 1§44 we gave him our suffrages and support,
In the many stupendous events of his ndminlati^
tlon, he hai proved Ailly equal to the neeenttlee of
hie high nation, and haa moat saUaftetortiy demon*
itrated to inqutattWe firlendi and (boi, what mdnnar
qf men A# ft. It li our ibrvant hopo, that the De
mocracy of the Union may evor have 10 gallant a
leader, to ponduot He boats to victory, and the coun-
alwaye a Chief Magistrate, animated by the
same patriotic anxiety to preserve unimpaired the
Interests, the rights, the, liberties, and tho sacrod
honor of the republio.
lietolved, That Peaco with all Mankind is the
pervading policy of our institutions, and most in
consonanco with the temper of our peddle \ yet
wo cannot but view the Mexican war as tho off.
spring of a controlling and imperious nocessity.
So long had the United States borne in meekness
the injuries indicted on her interests and' honor—*
ending in the daring invasion of her soil, and the
murder of her unoffending citizens—that it became
necessary to assert her national character by a re
sort to the sword, or submit to the most abject and
destructive humiliation. We had reached that
point in drama when forbearance had ceased to
be a virtue. Sanguinary and seifai-savage war, by
the one party, and tame submission, by the other,
would have justly rendered ihe latter a by-word and
a reproach among the independent nations of the
earth.
Resolved, That whilst we deplore the loss of
many valuable lives, and sincerely sympathise with
sorrowing relatives and friends, the events of the
Mexican war are worthy to be enrolled in the sama
volume that has perpetuated the ancient renown of
the revolution, and the exploits of our brave coun
trymen in the war of ISI2. Mexico's infatuated
legions have been taught the difference between
the energies' of freemen, voluntarily fighting the
battles.of the republic, and mercenary hirelings, !
obeying the behests of military leaders—and the
whole world has seen, that our citizen-soldiery have
inherited, not only Liberty, but the will and the
power to maintain it.
Resolved, That national homage is due to Scott,
Taylor, Quitman, Worth, Davis, Butler, Pil
low, Cadwalader, Shields, Patterson, and
other brave spirits, who have carried the flag of
their country on to victory.—But, in our apportion
ment of praise, be it also our task to signalise the
services of the many thousands of chivalric, but
unpretending men of the rank and file, whose deeds
of noble daring deserve not less to be immortalised
in song and story.
Resolved, That, as Pennsylvanians it is to us 'a
source of peculiar felicitation, that this holy zeal
in our country’s cause has been nowhere more
strikingly displayed than in our own beloved com
monwealth, whose patriotic sons, at the tap of the
first drum, went forth, as it were, “ with a sling
and with a stone,” to smite the enemies of their
country.
Resolved, That it is a source of painful regret
that in this trying crisis there in our
own land a class citizens, so wholly
under the dominion of partisan prejudice and pas
sion, as to calumniate their own Government, and
extenuate the abominations of the enemv. They,
too, will not go unrewarded. The same historic
pen that transmits to posterity, for admiration and '
example, the gallant exploits of Scott and Taylor,
will also preserve, for execration and avoidance,
the speeches of CoßwfN, Hale, and Company, and
the kindred editorials of the New York Tribute and
National Intelligencer.
Resolved, That we approve of the appointment
of those two eminent Statesmen and Democrats.
Hon. A.-H. Sevier and Hon. Nathan Clifford,
as Commissioners to proceed to Mexico, to finally
adjust the Treaty of Peace ratified by the’ United
States Senate—in which we discover another proof
of the unexampled majznanimity’of our government,
and of the earnest desire of the administration to
bring the war to a speedy and honorable close.
Resolved , That we are now, more than ever*
proud of ; nur common enuntrv—proud nf her m!!i-*i
tary renown—prmtd nf tin infernal pea re and !
prnml "i'lmr inn diinahle civil, politi
cal. anfl i-elniifuic —proml n<‘ her e*. ,
lemlditr fuH-ilnrv, ciOMpi^-icing cum v evtiefne nf!
t'l'M'He, I nil Mi" Vaci'.l |it-i'i|i|inimis ;
"f II MU' i> "li ■ he 11 v.p- v cm I |\it'".| uml o y etc lliy tut . \
TlfT-ovv.iiy - 1 1 ’-i Uu?• imt.,; hijiiMd!Hina Ipln 111,n
'• vs d i|U | 111 aa 11 ll n lljjH \\ U fc||lM|l|| |lft| !
•* i "'i.tl B'i'i \, -Iml 11'i[ 1 1*c*11 ss, illu| jimwtr, uu \s
'll h-iMlii 1 111 il.i' .i.hi.iid ~1* ilui u
Hi'Si-hu'tl, rii.li li;m j 11• (>jlll' ni' l‘i iiup)iwiniii limn
1,1,1 ’ '•< ii I'ium‘il li\ lint ni nil' ni' Ih-fti, mill do uni
’ ' ! In \mn iln wv >wU in mir mnihi tin*
' ' <•'* i'i v. i‘ t ;isl (Mir r\ r», i
Mir-
I'irnrti.s and cnnluiitrd
ii-.ii'il mi every hide by the oli im uts uf c ml
ami domestic-happiness,blessed in their baske. mid
their store, and laughing ,to scorn the theories of
croaking monopolists and selfish politicians—theo
ries, which truth and time have indelibly stamped
as unreliable and fallacious, if not in the highest
degree dangerous and pernicious.
Resolved, That we regard extravagant duties, for
tile sake of foMoring particular interests, at the ex
pense ol the rest, as a grievous public offence,
against which the reprobation of the country can
noi be too IreipH ully nm loudly uttered. Lcg
isiat on for the benefit ol classes, with the concom
itant expedients for transferring the current of
industry from its natural and appropriate channels,
we view u,s a palpable perversion of the obvious
functions of Government, which is never worse
employed than in ministering to the cupidity of the
artful, the avaricious, and the designing. Better
far leave enterprise to the quick-sighted guidance
of private interest, whereby it infallibly finds its
own way to the most profitable employment, and
most effectually promotes individual and aggregate
prosperity.
Resolved, That wo consider Agriculture as the
most beneficial of all human pursuits, and are re
joiced to bear witness, that the tiller of the soil has
not been overwhelmed by any of the dire disasters,
with which false prophets and designing politicians
sought to disturb his imagination, as the result of
the repeal of the tariff of 1542. Whilst a kind
Providence suffers His sun to shine, and Plis rains
to fall, the Farmer is safe from “ruin.” should
Congress, in its wisdom, see fit to repeal every law
in the statute book. His prosperity depends on
laws, less mutable, and of higher origin.
Resolved , That as wc have no political sympathy,
so we can have no political connexion, with that
anomalous and new fangled organization, which, on
the hypothesis of <f no-partyism ,” essays to erect a
third party, powerful enough to overshadow both
the great parties, that have so long divided the pol- I
itics of the country. In our opinion, no evil can j
befal a people greater than that of a Government !
without any fixed principles or purposes. No des- 1
cription of rulers can be more pernicious than those, !
whose measures are forever the offspring of caprice ‘
or accident, and who live from day to dav, and |
from hour-to hour, agitated by every new invention, j
and tossed.about by every wind of doctrine. i
Resolved , That we hold in undiminished respect
the talents, integrity, and sound republican princi
ples of FRANCIS R. SHUNK, the patriotic Gov
ernor of the State, whose administration has so
fully realised the hopes of its friends, and so bitter
ly disappointed the predictions of its foes. The
uncompromising enemy of monopolies, he has pro
ved a faithful and worthy follower of Simon Snyder
whose wise policy he has so closely and perseve
ringly imitated.
■Resolved, That we rejoice in the nomination of
ISRAEL PAINTER, Esq., of Westmoreland coun
ty, for the office of Canal Commissioner, a tribute
well deserved, not less by an able and intrepid
Democrat, than by the gallant “ Star of the West,*’
which has so often rejoiced us with its .overwhelm
ing Democratic majorities.
Resolved, whilst it is the duty of our Gov
ernment to avoid all committals which may entan
gle it in the conflicts of Foreign Powers, as indi
vidual citizens we have received with emotions of
the liveliest sensibility the glad tidings of the suc
cessful uprising of the masses in France, against
the arbitrary encroachments of Kingly prerogative.
Now that the virtue of the countrymen of La Fay*-
ette is to be tested, we that the struggle for
Liberty will progress, tfntil from the rising to the
aotting of the sun the impious dogma of the “ di*
vine right of Kings” shall be reduced to a level
with the “ divine right” of Constables.
ttmlved) That we approve of the votes of Messrs.
#TAMBAuett, tioiifNim, anti CitiutAN, in the 4th of
March Convention, In ftvor of Jamki Buchanan/
whereby they have truly and fldthflilly reflected the
wiihea and opinibna of the Democracy of Lanoaiter
county. •
Resolved, That wo tecommond Union and Har
mony in tho Democratic ranki, to tho end; that in
tho coming oanvan we may all unito on oommon
ground in ftvor of the regular nomlnooi of tho
Baltimore Convention.
Mr. BARTON wai now called upon, and nddrcsicd
tho meoting (or a period of noarly two hour*, deg*
pito tho diiodvnntago of extremo hoarseness. Hitt
speech was replete with tho eloquence and power
that havq gained for him such enviable and wide
spread fame. It would be vain, however, to attempt
to convey an adequate idea of this truly brilliant ef
fort in any sketch that we could furnish, as there
was no stenographer present to report it. The
eminent Orator discussed all the prominent political
topics of the day, at length, and in a golden flood
of extemporaneous eloquence, such as no other
speaker in the United States is master of, he literally
riveted the attention of his gratified auditors. He
referred to the associations of Bis earlier life, still
clustering around the hallowed scenes of this his
native city, and to the many and melancholy mu
tations that Time had wrought since he had ex
changed them for other duties in another city. He
spoke of his determination to relinquish active par
ticipation in the struggles and turmoils ol political
life, but that when the magic name of JAMES
BUCHANAN had greeted his ear, all his resolution
vanished, and he could then no more dream of re
maining passive than he' could fold his arms and
occupy complacently a position in the centre of a
rail-road track, whilst a bounding locomotive with
fire and steam at zenith, was approaching at the
rate of forty miles an hour!
His reference to his early preceptor and friend,
JAMES BUCHANAN, was thrivingly beautiful
and sublime. He would not offend a Lancaster
county audience with an elaborate Eulogy of that
great aqd good man. If he were in Lapland or
Kamschatka, where they did not .know the past
history of the United Stales, he might attempt it,
but to speak here of the character and services, the
public and private excellence, of JAMES BUCH
ANAN, would be, as if he should present himself
in the midst of a faculty of learned astronomers
and tell them that there was Jupiter, here Saturn,
=there Mars, here Mercury, and under foot the
earth! Or, to employ a different similie, like en
lightening a veteran and weather-beaten tar on the
difference between a jibboom and a tafferell. True,
even he had not been without detractors, whose
envy withered at another's joy and hated the excel
lence they could not reach, but every effort to drag
him from his lofty summit had only served to ex
hibit the political debility of his maligners, and to
convince them that they were directing their feeble
artillery against a bosom rendered impregnable by
a coat of adamant.
The claims of Pennsylvania constituted an inter
esting portion of the speech. Her consistency,
fidelity, and steadfast devotion to the men and mea
sures of Democracy had passed into a proverb, and
never would she forfeit the higlu character which
her long career of patriotic Sell-Denial had so rich
ly earned. But. although ever a loyal friend and
ally, she might not always be disposed to prove
a submissive subject. If her illustrious Favorite
were not nominated'-nt Baltimore, she might lor a
season, under the conviction that her just claims
had again been-slighted, exhibit in her dejected
countenance the proofs of a mortified spirit, but the
sound of the first bugle would again arouse her
mighlv energies, and prompt her to lly .into the
mnet imminent deadly hrench. where thershot
fell thickest and fastest. But. if her long and deep
ly cherished wish were now gratified, ns he hoped
the opehihg hurls and hlossoltls of the entiling
Mn.V Would reveal to us. she Would peHbrm ail this
work with it more rheerilil alnerily mul n greater
hmiyiiiiey of epifill lni ; Peniisjlviiniii Inul so tong
sheeted tilwt lulled in the piilnieal Uneyiiii! mul
hiuUrneil stu'h it long mul fuiihliil iippieidieeship
l“ I’uimu'r.ieV: ihiil riie how heymi lu e\pmii'lM : e
the I'isjug O'oiit Union, lint I the \\\\6 entitled In n re
turn ol her iiiilimiui'i! : and a Irruilnm-buil in the linr-
U'Uiil Mat iliil nut rhiim U» bu (WnniU'il vvilb
- [iiicplf iitid lim; liutn"—plain lnifeiiy-wuQi&iiy would
(l<» lit*r—lmt ibat inuat bo of the most enduring
Mijr-boiiiituil .-unjor dM Lancaster, whoso lair pro-
would make him an incumbent of the While
llmi.se, fashioned in natures choicest mould. *
Mr. B.k iiton gave an interesting account of the
many mutations and vicissitudes, which the oppo
nents of the Democratic party had voluntarily
undergone, since he had first entered the arena of
politics. At one time, they had rejoiced in the
euphonious soubriquet of Anti-Masonry—a sort of
moms mulhraulis enterprise—of which Ritner was
the lion and the sword, lie would like to see the
political undertaker that would point him to the
resting-place of this defunct fungus, that, in the
spirit of Old Mortality, he might explore its tomb,
and learn from the inscription on the marble, if it
be thus honored, when the young innocent breathed
its last, and where, and of what—whether of
galloping consumption, or of political constipation!
One of the more recent phases, in which Federal
ism had burst on the astonished vision, was,in that
of so-called hativism, a political mushroom, that
had sprouted up in a night—a young Hercules, that
had grown into a giant in a day, but turned grey
and infirm in a week, whose office was not to cleanse
Augean stables, but to build bonfires of the temples
dedicated to the service of the Most High, and to
play such fantastic tricks before High Heaven as
must have made the angels weep. Rut the city of
brotherly love was now no longer rocked by the
fiery tempest and the furious whirlwind, and he
would almost have ceased to remember that such a
monster had ever been spawned into vitality, *had he
not, the other day, on the reception of the thrilling
and startlingintelligence of the spontaneous uprising
of the impassioned and liberty-seeking legions of
France—intelligence that had caused every he irt
in Philadelphia to beat more quickly—read in the
native organ the miserable and sickening annunci
ation, so uncomplimentary to the grand event and
so inconsistent with the causes that led to it, that
France had happily delivered herselfof the prc?cnce
of a Catholic King!
The Speaker here expatiated on the glorious
theme of the French Revolution, and in a strain of
fervid oratory, of which we shall not attempt to
convey any idea, pourtrayed the sublime spectacle
oi myriads of men, with songs and shouts of lib
erty on their lips, catching the inspiration ,of the
American Stars and Stripes, and. causing the most
ancient of Europe's gilded thrones to disappear like
an exhalation in the gloom of midnight. The in
fluence of this stupendous achievement on the
other Crowned Heads of Europe was examined
with magic power, and it was predicted that now,
as the coronation oil was being subjected to the
crucible of the political alchimists, it would be
pronounced by all enlightened earth a nostrum,
only calculated to injure zrnd deceive the unhappy
countries that were still so deluded as to regard it
in the light of a healthy and life-preserving specific.
Of this portion of Mr. Barton’s address we do not
pretend to furnish even a faint.outline. Itwasthril
lingly and surpassingly beautiful.
Various other interesting topics were seized upon
in rapid succession by the gifted Speaker. Not the
least of the series was a review of Gen. Tatlobs
pretensions to the Presidential office, apart from
the military splendor that encircles his character.
To the latter. Mr. Barton paid a glowing tribute—
but reprobated the effort to elevate to the highest
civil trust in the country a man who had spent his
whole life in the camp, who publicly confesses that
he has formed no political opinions whatever* and
who* during a lifetime far advanced, has never even
earned the invaluable Right of Stffroget Clay
had invoked War, Pestilence, ami Famine, m pref
erable -to the elevation of a mere 11 military ehieii
tain" to the Pre.ldency-.we h»vo h»d war, and
havo .urvlved—have Veen Kourged by the
and the republic live.—no Famine, but from our
overflowing cornucopia have .pared .ufllelent to
feed tho Hr! cken non. of Erin. Ho did believe, that
tho three curte. combined would not aflhet tho
political Do.tlnlci of die Union half k> Ihtally u
dio cloction of Clay. But he agreed with him,
that lomcthibg more than military ronown wai ne
cessary to constitute a «alfc Proiident. We stand
in perilous times, and need a Civilian to etecr tho
National vessel in saftty across, the threatening
billows, Such a helmsman we havo in JAMES
BUCHANAN.
Mr, Bin-ros resumed his seat amidst deafening
applause. We repeat, however, that diis is but a
meagre and imperfect sketch of a Speech, that will
long be remembered, by all who beard it, as one
of unsurpassed power and eloquence.
On motion of Dr. G. B. Kerfoot, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting, warns
and heartfelt, be tendered to our friend,' George:
W. Bartow, Esq., for the thrilling and truly elo
quent address, with which he has favored this
meeting.
On motion of J. B. Am wake, Esq., it was
Resolved , That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by thefofficers and published in all the
Democratic papers in this State, and in the Union,
at Washington city.
Vice-Presidents* —Samuel C. Stambaugh, Chris
tian Bachman, Nathaniel W. Sample, James Patter
son, John Forney, Samuel Humes, Samuel Morri
son, Thomas Mclivaine, William Mathiot, Peter
Fehes, Daniel Herr, Henry Inhoff, David Suavely,
Abraham Peters, F. A. Muhlenberg, Jbhn Hastings*
Wm. F. Baker, James Laird, Robert ModerwelL
Richard McGrann, Dr. Jolm Miller, and John Rob
inson.
Secretaries.—‘Edwin Haldeman, Washington Ba
ker, Patrick Donnelly, and Franklin G. May.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
The .drmisiicc signed—Capture of Tehualtaphan
One Hundred Mexicans Killed—Generals Worth
and Pillow restored—Mexican Congress, no quorum.
Augusta, March 2G, 1848.
The Overland Express brings New Orleans pa
pers of the 2Uth and an Extra
taining later news from Mexico, brought by the
arrival ol the steamship Massachusetts, and the
ship Danvers, from Vera Cruz. The dates are to
the 12th inst.
The armistice which has been signed, provides
that the American troops are not to occupy any
part of the country that is now in their possession.
The collection of taxes is also to be suspended, ex
cept upon gambling houses, liquor shops, and pla
ces of amusement. It also stipulates that when an
election is to be held in any place occupied bv the
Americans that the troops are to withdraw out of
the limits of the town until the election is over.
There are a number of other articles gi\ ing the
Mexicans the right of government.
General Lane left the Capital on the 17th ult.,
and about the 4th day he arrived at Tehualtaplan.
Before that place was reached, he received infor
mation that a thousand Mexican lancers were sta
tioned there. They were received with a volley
from escopettes, omarrivihg opposite the first house
at the edge of the town. This was repeated from
every house-throughout the town, but the enemy
were soon driven from their positions wiih con
siderable loss. They then collected in a body
side the town, when they were pursued by General
Lane and Colonel Hays, and terribly cut up.
The number of killed is estimated at one hun
dred Mexicans, while the loss <?f the Americans
was only one killed and four wounded. About fifty
prisoners were taken, among them was Captain
Montanee and tiro Lieutenants.- Lieut. Colonel
Montanee, the father of the Captain, and bosom
friend of Father Jarauta, escaped.
It is rumored that'Generals Billow and Worth
had been restored to their commands.
The anniversary of the debyreotion or the Amer
ican trnnps was celebrated at Vera Crutfnu the mb
instant.
Home difficulty had occurred with the Aytihto of
the Capital in relation to suspending the assessment
of takes lin- fuiir days, till the armistice was signed.
The members had-nil rent in their resignation to
the Governor:
lb" Afi'libieiinp nhlie (‘iipihtl bull submitted a
wiilleii |hhlN itgftiiiM the heavy*itttUHiHMiit that
Inul linen IwM upon tin* Cluirvlf properly.
frmlii Akiiii Mil’s iigiiiu nt 'l’eliaum irntbe I'ilh:
Tin l ymfiniiiiiiiit Inn) graniml him a ptiahpnri, Iml
it \v»ia buppuauil iiiiH fid asking \\ witw w mere mw
tu ilwuiiye, ami nimble, him Input himself at the
Imiiil of a large body of truops.
'l’lm Court Martini iloiimndnit by General Worth
hud out benu convened.
The last advices from Queretarn stale that the
Congress was coming together very slowly. At
the last meeting twenty-one members were pres
ent.
Cfcc reasonable ex-
nomination of the
The Armed Force of’ PariN*
For several years past Louis Phillinpe has paid
great attention to the fortifications and garrison of
his capital; and so apparently efficient has been
his military organization, that his throne was con
sidered impregnable. Even the London Times,
that oracle among newspapers, expressed an opin
ion. after hostilities had been commenced, that the
outbreak would “tend to increase the strength of
the Government, and expose the impudence of the
opposition.' 1 This reasoning was evidently based
upon the known fact that nearly two hundred
thousand troops were subject to the King's order,
and would, it was thought, carry his will into ef
fect. That he might be mire certain of their aid
in an hour of need, they were divided into three
separate, independent divisions, between which a
certain degree of rivalry was encouraged, though
all were taught to cry “Vive le Roi!”
The Regular Army of France is raised by’con
scription—a lottery in which every’ young man of
France is forced to take his ticket, and a certain
proportion, who draw fatal numbers, to serve for
seven years, or purchase the services of a’substi
tute, which few have the means to do. The new*
levies are first sent to Algeria, where they are well
drilled, often in action, and as martial law reigns
there, acquire habits of implicit obedience. Then
they are for one year on garrison duty in Paris,
changing their quarters every two months, in order
to prevent fraternization with the populace. One
hundred thousand of these troops were in Paris and
quartered in the vicinity, under the command of
Marshall Bugeaud, whose hatred of civilians is
well'known, %nd who has little regard for human
life. He had at his . command fourteen detached
forts, whose heavy artillery could reduce Paris to
ruins in a day. as every house is within the range.,
ol their pieces—while the arsenals, commissariat
department arid guard houses were all well sup
plied with provisions and munitions of war.
The Municipal Guard'is a Police force consist
ing of nearly seven thousand picked men, who arc
divided into cavalry and infantry’, probably the
most serviceable corps in the world. Though most
of them have served in the army, they consider
themselves above the line,and are insufferably vain.
In former troubles they have been found’very effi
cient in ententes, and are generally married into
families of the working classes. The Prefect of'
Police was their • nominal commander, acting un
der M. Duchutel, Minister of the Interior. He also,
commands a battalion of Sapeurs-Pompiers, or sol
dier firemen, consisting of 8*29 men and officers.
, The National Guard enrols every man establish
ed in business or %vho is a householder aud is thus
a militia, composed of the citizens, who have an
interest at stake: They are well uniformed and
equipped, as infantry and cavalry, and have gener
ally been called out about five days in the as
one legion is, in its turn, on guard at the Palace.
They ballot once in, five years for five candidates
for each office, from which the Ministers commis
sion one, and have thus managed to get in their
supporters. They number about sixty thousand in
the city limits, and. twenty-five thousand in the
banlieue or suburbs, commanded by General Jac
queminot. The annual expenses for music, staff
officers, guard houses, &c., is about $125,000, and
thq individual expenses for uniforms-are large.—
Not very soldier-like in their deportment, this train
band has been a standing butt of ridicule with the
regular force; but in the recent troubles, the King's
policy of keeping them apart seems not to have
succeeded, as the troops line, have sympa
thized with them and the people. The municipal
guards have resisted with valor worthy of a better
cause.
No Body Guard has existed in Franck since the
dissolytion of the Swiss Corps, in 1830. Guard
has been mounted at the Palace, by detachments
from all three of the above divisions.— Bos. Atlas .
Ax Ennon of the Pbess. —lt was stated in a-
Sunday paper that Mr. Clay, after undergoing the
fatigues of Saturday, “retired to rest at 11 o'clock
in the evening.*’ This is a mistake. At one o'clock
on Sunday morning a select corporation party was
in his rooms at the New York Hotel, feasting and
Binging those ,l Batoe old tunes,-'—Y Aiinw.
K7* Thd petneerate of Burlington, New Jefiev,
have elected their Mayer, the entire Cetmell, and
every ether eiHeer nominated,
JACOB GROSH, President.