The following beautiful Lines are from the pen
of the lamented" Willis Gaylord Clark. They
breathe the very odor of Spring, and the touching
tenderness of a sensitive and feeling heart:
' The Spring’s scented buds all around me are swelling
There are songs In the streams, there is health in the
gale,
A sense of delight in each bosom is dwelling,
, As float the pure day-beams o’er mountain and vale;
The desolate reign of Old Winter is broken^
The verdure is fresh upon every tree;
Of Nature’s revival the charm—and a token
Of love, oh thou Spirit of Beauty to thee.
The sun looketh forth from the halls of the morning,
And flushes the clouds that begirt his career ;
Be welcomes the gladness anil glory, returning
To rest on the promise and hope of the year.
Be fills with rich light all the balm-breathing flowers.
He mounts to the zenith, and laughs on the wave ; '
He wakes into music the green fprest-howers,
And gilds the gay plains whic* tbe broad rivers lave.
The young bird is out on his delicate pinion—
Be timidly sails in the infinite sky ;
A greeting to May, and her f-iiry dominion,
lie pours, on the west-wind’s fragrant sign :
Around, above, there are peace and pleasure.
The woodlands are singing, the Hearen is bright;
The fields are unfotdfng their emerald treasure, 1
And man's genial spirit is soaring in light.
! Alas! formy weary and care-haunted bosom!
> The spells of the Spring-time arouse it no more ;
The so,ng in the wild-wood, the’sheen of the blossom,
The fresh-swelling" fountain, their magic is o’er!
When I list to the streams, when 1 look on the flowers,
They tell of the Past with so mournful a lone.
That I cnll up the throngs of my long-vanished hours.
And sigh that their transports are over and gone.
From the wide spreading earth, from the limitless heaven,
There have vanished ah eloquent glory and gleam ;
To my veiled mind no more is the influence given,
Which coloreth life w.ilh the hues of a dream :
The blonm-purplfd landscape its loveliness keepeth—
-1 deem that a light as of old gilds the wave ;
But the eye of my spirit in heaviness s.let'peih, .
Or sees but my youth, or the visions it gave.
Yet itis not that age on my years hath descended, -
’Tis not that its snow-wreaths encircle; my brow ;
But the newness and sweetness of Being are ended,
,1 feel not their love-kindling-rvltchery now :
The shadows of death o’er my path have been sweeping ;
There are those who have loved me debarred from the
day ;■
The green turf is bright where in peace they are sleeping,
And on wings of temetnbrance my soul is away.
It Is shut lo the glow of this present existence,
K hears, from the Past; a funereal strain f
And it eagerly turns to the high-seeming distance,
Where the last blooms of earth wiU be ga'riiered again ;
Where no mildew the soft damask-rose cheek shall
nourish,
Where grief bears no longer the poisonous sling
Where pitiless Death no dark sceptre can flourish, '
Or stain with his blight the luxuriant Spring.
It is thus that the hopes which to others are given,
Fall cold on my heart in this rich month of May;
I hear the clear anthems’that ring through the heaven,
I drink the bland airs that enliven the day ;
And if gentle Nature, her festival keeping,
Delights not my bos nn. ah ! do not condemn ;
O’er the lostand the lovely my spirit is weeping,
For my heart’s fondest raptures are®buried with ilium.
Eloquent Extracts.
The following truly eloquent and ennobling sen
>-timents were uttered by the Hon. William Allen,
of Ohio. The first is extracted from a speech de-
livered by him at Newark', in Ohio, some years
since; and the last may be found in his late speech
before the Senate of the United States, in support
of his resolutions of congratulation to France :
“ Democracy i» a sentiment not to be appalled,
tomipted, or compromised, It knows no baseness:
it cowers tn no danger;' it oppresses no weakness,
Harless, generous and humane, it rebukes the urio«
glut, cherishes liotmr, and sympathises with the
humble, husks limbing but what it concedes :
and concedes nothing but what it demands, Dm
Mruetive only of despotism, it Is the sole eem>em»
live of liberty, iabur and property, his the gem
timent of freedom, of equal rights, and of equal
obligation?, It is the law of nature pervading the
iaw of thp land- Tho stupid, tlio selfish, and the
„ base in spirit,.may denounce it as a vulgar thing;
but in the history of our race, the democratic prin
ciple has developed and illustrated the highest mor
al and intellectual attributes of our nature; and
may that spirit which animated our fathers in the
revolutionary contest for its establishment, continue
to animate us, in the impending struggle for its
preservation. 1 '
11 One great truth has been established within the
last forty days; and I pronounce it one of the most
important truths which has been politically estab
lished since the formation of society, and it is this :
that armed men no longer afford a guarantee to
despotism. Standing armies can no longer be re
lied on to sustain thrones; but, on the contrary
mix and mingle with the oppressed multitude, ap-j
are the first to reduce those thrones to ashes. That
is the great truth of the age. It has just been
established in France—established in the presence
hundred thousand bayonets in the r.ay of the
■ Tnere nre but two powers in ihe government
pf mail'now in operation—force and public opin
, ton. Force has failed in the heart of Europe, and
the governments there must forever rest upon opin
ion, and that opinion founded upon the enlightened
reason of the people." =
Murder Trial at Harrisburg.
The Court of Dauphin Countv has been engaged
for several days past in the triad of Thomas Mitchel
for the murder of Patrick McQuade, at the aque
duet across the Juniata, leading from Duncans
Island, in this county, to Perry county.
The tblipvvingsrate ol tacts appeared to be pretty
clearly established in evidence: That Thomas
Mitchel, the defendant, and Patrick Howard and
Dennis O'Brien, after drinking very freely on Dim
can's Island, on Sunday, the 19th of December last,
were crossing the aquedect, to return to Perry co
vvhen from some dispute. Mitchel and CVBrien fell
ujion Patrick Howard, and were beating him, he
lying on the tow-path of the aqueduct. Patei -k
.McQuade. the person killed, and -Michael MeQuaiie
his brother, came up at this time, and pulled off
Mitchel and O'Brien. O'Brien then cauglit Michael
McQuade by the throat, ran him back against the'
side of the aqueduct, and Mitchel sailed* Patrick
McQuade, (according to the testimony of Michael.)
threw Ijiar on the towing-path, with, his head over
an opening in the floor, and then took him by the
legs and threw hint down said opening, on the bra
ces or timbers, several feet below, where the body
of McQuade lodged; Mitchel then followed down
the opening, and (according to the testimony of a
boy by the name of Keyset, ten years of age )
Mitchel rolled McQmide off the timbers into the j
river. The body of AlcQuade floated some two or '
three hundred-yards and sunk, but was found sevetal
weeks afterwards and identified. The parties above
referred to were all Irishmen, except the boy Ktv
ser, engaged on the Central railroad, abov eI h e
aqn edtict, and they had been drinking so- ewllat
on the day of this occurrence. AStehe’ ' . ,
rested, imprisoned, and has just been t- ■
der. After a full of, h ft
the jury returnee, into, court, at be |f „ ,'*,l’
yesterday, with a yerdict of gw' , ,- P ' 1 - 0 S lo^'
first Eegreg, ° '« °< " mr,ler *« t,K
J We understand it is the ; . .. riL ,
for the accused to ask f.the counsel
ground, we presume, th , I °!' ane "' f.al, on the
nesses to, the transact' • ‘ at h< T ,"’«e «ther w,t-
Ijut who, it is exper ■’? n ' ' vl \° had n , ot teen fou ‘' d '
tfial—Hamsbu/r- can be lound l T on another
■ kn liter — Easton, May -I.—The most
•„_r . case tried in our last Court was an ac
rhe ®lender* in which Miss Leah Sehall was
P aintiffand James Kleppinger defendant. The
P3J Jes reside in the neighborhood of Klecknersville.
: 0 y ,lc l the plaintiff is a young lady of excellent char
: acter, the daughter of a very respectable Farmer.
It appeared in the evidence that James was in the
habit, upon several occasions, in public places, and
among by-standers of various kinds, of making
very disrespectful and unmanly charges against
the reputation and cjiastity of the lady named, and
said that he himself had visited the plaintiff twice,
and on each occasion they had crim. con. The
defendant, through his counsel admitted that the
i words were false, and the plaintiff having proved
; that they were spoken all over the country by the
; defendant, .the jury returned a verdict of $1512 CO
u damages, with costs of suit. The amount laid in
the declaration was $3OOO. — Jlrgus. f
Txi.it and Short Men.— Georgetown, D. C.,
Jlpril 18, 1848.—1 have what a very small number
can now. Bay, had the pleasure of seeing General
Washington, and all the Presidents of the United
States down to the present period. The other day
while thinking of them, and of their personal ap
pearance, it occurred to me a little singular, that
every alternate President was a short man. as fol
lows:
Washington, tall; John Adams, short; Jeffer
son, tall; Madison, short; Monroe, tall; J. Q.
Adams, short; Jackson, tall; Van Buren, short-
Harrison, tall; Polk, short.
With the exception of Madison, all the short
Presidents served short terms. If the above rule
is to be continued, then Dallas and Taylor must
wait, and the approaching contest will be for tall
Clay and tall Buchanan. No doubt .but the people
will go it tall. —Baltimore Sun.
. Another Democratic Tn,u.,,e„._The city
election, on Tuesday, resulted in a noble victory of
the true-hearted Democracy. The Democratic
candidate for City Treasurer, received a majority
of 118 votes, the largest majority given in the citv
since that given to glorious “Billy Tharp,” the
Farmer of Kent, which was the largest received by
any candidate in the city for many- years. Wil
mington ( Del.) Gazette, May 2. >
Intelligencer & Journal,
E. W. H.UTTER, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
[Subject to the decision of a National Convention.]
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
ISRAEL PAINTER,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTT.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
Senatorial Delegates.
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield.
.DAVID D. WAGENER, of Northampton.
Representative Electors.
Dist. :Diat.
1. Henry L. Benner, 13. John C. Kin a,
2. Horn R. Kneass, 14. John Weidman,
3. Isaac Skunk, 15. Robert J. Fisher,
4. A. L. Rousifort, 16. Frederick Smith,
5. Jacob,Sj Yost, 17. John Creswell,
o. Robert E. Wright. 18. Charles A. Black,
7. Wm. W. Downing, 19. Geo. W. Bowman
8. Henry Haldeman, 20. John R. Shannon,
9. Peter Kline, j 21. Geo. P. Hamilton,
10. B. S. Schoonover, ; 22. William H. Davis,
11. Wm. Shetland, i 23. Timothy Ives,
12. Jonah Brewster, ! j 24. Jas. G. Campbell.
Lancaster, May 9,184 S.
Appointment by the Governor.
Gen. John N. Puhviance, of Butler, to be Au
ditor General for three years from the Ist of May
—re-appointed.
DIT'Ve acknowledge ourselves under obligations
to L. li. Hamehslt, Esq;, of the city of Washing
ton, for a copy of the “Official Jinny Register for
the year 1548."
We are also indebted to Hon. John Strohm,
member of Congress from this district, for valuable
public documents.
We are also indebted for similar favors to Hon.
Richard Brodhead and Hon. Charles Brown,
members ofCongress from Pennsylvania.
ET" The Democratic National Convention,
for the nomination of candidates for President and
Vice President of' the United States, meets in the
city of Baltimore, on next Monday a week. 22d
instant—the- body, which, by .the nomination of
James Buchanan fur the first office in the gift of
tire American people, wn trust will render, what
has been so long postponed :
•iUsnCE TO PENNSYLVANIA!
Mutt* ruiui.
The lew remaining States which Lave hilh-ftm
intuit* no provision for the payment of the interest
«n their public debt, are, pne by one, making pr@.
pamttQni? for wiping nil 1 the Ntain of dishonor with
which they have bwn millied, At the late
of the Legislature of ihe Statu of Michigan, pro*
vision wac made for funding and paying die interest,
iembannually, no all the outstanding indebtedness
of the State.
In the new Constitution of Illinois, recently adop
ted by a large* majority of the people of that State,
a clause wag inserted, on which a separate vote was
taken, which requires a levy of a two mill tax to
be applied exclusively to the payment of the prin
cipal ot the public debt, and irrepealable until the
debt is extinguished. In an aggregate vote of
71,900. there was a majority in favor of the tax
clause of 10.400.
South Carolina.
Serious fears were entertained that South Caro
lina would not send any- -representatives to the
Baltimore Convention. But we are gratified to
state, that at a public meeting held at Georgetown
(S. C.) on the 17th ultimo, Gen s J. M. CoaisiixnF.n
was ennsen me delegate tor the-Wiuyaw Congres
sional district, with instructions to support IJohx
C. Calhoun for the Presidency. We trust that the
other districts in South Carolina may also send
delegates—so that every State in the Union may
be represented.
Slew Jersey
The Democratic State Convention for New Jer
sey, will assemble at Trenton, on Thursday next,
11 tli instant, lo select seven Delegates to represent
the State in the National Convention. Delegates
have been elected in every county in the State.
The Convention will be a large one.
Erie Bank Failed!
A telegraphic despatch from Pittsburg states,
that the Erie Bank in this State has closed its
Balluon- Ascension.— We see it stated tluit our
townsman, Air. Wise, edectcd an admirable balloon
ascension horn Washington city, on Wednesday
last. He arose, in the presence of an immense
concourse of spectators, at 20 minutes past fi
° l ' lock ' taking u south-east direction, ami landing
in the evening some S or lu miles distant. Mr.
Wls “ is 'l llite celebrated in the science of u-rial
nar ‘nation, and lias made. peihfips, more ascensions
tfum any other AEronaut in this country. •
CD 3 * Ihe Journal of Commare is out in favor of
taxing editors with the usual postage on their ex
ch.anges. We presume there would be no objection,
on the part of other people, to a special act by
Congress, applicable to the Journal establishment
alone, which would meet its views and gratify its
sense of justice in this particular.
E 7* u Gen. Taylor is a moderate Whig,'’ say his
supporters. We are happy, for once, to agree with
them. He is a very moderate Whig—so moderate,
we fear, that National Convention will
not think of nominating him.
Naval. —The Washington Union states that the
four naval steamships now building under authority
of the act of Congress of March 3, IS-17, will be
named as follows: The one building at Kittery.
Maine, the •Saranac;" the one at New York, the
‘•San Jacinto the one at Philadelphia, the “Sus
quehannah and the one at Gosport, Virginia, the
* l Pouhattan
A.nticipatinb Things.— The Boston Post, in
anticipation of trouble in England, says:
“ The minister of the United States in England
will, like Mr. Rush in Paris, be prompt to acknow
ledge any legal change of government by the
people.”
This may be called preparing for the event.
State Lunatic Astlum. —The Harrisburg In
telligencer states that the Commissioners of the State
Lunatic Asylum, have held a meeting, and con
cluded, to commence the building during the pres
ent summer.
ViituiNiA.— The New York Tribune attributes
the light vote in this State, and the Democratic
gain, to the fact that General Taylor was nomina
ted by the Whigs in their State. Convention.
ID* The Mssissippian publishes the following
expressive letter from Washington city ;
“ The news from all quarters is glorious. The
Democrats have carried New Hampshire and France,
and are about to overrun all Europe.
HOMOEOPAT„T.-The Legislature, at the session
just closed, passed a bill chartering a Homeopathic
College in Philadelphia. The preparatory steps
are now being taken to organize it.
ID* A Taylor State Convention, at Baltimore
has unanimously nominated Gqperal Taylor for the
Presidency. Whom else?
ID* The Whig National Convention meets in
Philadelphia on the 7th of June.
Will there be Peace!
Commissioner Clifford had by the latest ac-
counts arrived in the city of Mexico, and Com
missioner Sevier was daily expected. They
will doubtless avail themselves of the earliest op
portunity to urge upon the Mexican Congress at
Queretaro, if a quorum be •in attendance, the
necessity of immediate action on the Tbist treaty.
The next intelligence from the South will therefore
be looked for by men parties with intense
interest, as upon it will depend the important ques
tion whether the war with Mexico is to be pro*-
longed, or whether the two republics shall resume
relations of amity and peace. Meanwhile the
impression is gaining rapidly, that the Treaty will
be confirmed by the Mexican authorities. Surely,
if any thing can contribute to this result, it must
be the presence of two such able, discreet, and yet
determined commissioners—who will spare no
effort, consistent with the honor and dignity of the
nation, to impress upon the Mexican Congress the
conciliator)- disposition that has from the beginning
characterized the government and people of the
United States.
Whilst we shall ever believe and contend, that
the war was forced upon us by the acts ol Mexico
—r.ay, was actually begun by her. in marching her
hireling soldiery upon American soil, to butcher
and destroy our citizens—we nevertheless cherish
the hope, that the next arrivals will bring the wel
come intelligence that better counsels have prevailed
in Mexico, and that the treaty, however improperly
executed, and however wrong in some of its details,
has been ratified. The triumph of our arms is
complete, even to satiety. To the “ last syllable
of recorded tirae M will the heroic deeds of our
brave soldiery be remembered, demanding as they do
to be enrolled in the same volume that records the
ancient renown of the revolution and the brilliant
achievements of the war of ISI2. Martial renown
,we can win no more, for already do our banners
stream with glory. An hundred new victories
could not more incontestibly demonstrate the invin
cibility of our countrymen, or entwine fresher
laurels around the national brow. For the accu
mulation of injury and wrong sustained by our
government and people, it is possible that our in
demnity is not as ample or as satisfactory as was
compatible with the strictest justice. But the
treaty concedes to us a vast extent of territory,
which in the progress of time, tinder the astonishing
enterprise of our people, is destined to become a
flourishing and prosperous part of our republic.
But. in sympathy with the genius and spirit of
our institutions and with the tone and temper of our
people, we shall hail with the liveliest emotions of
gratitude and joy the restoration of peace between
the two tepublics—PfeACk, the bounteous patroness
that improves and ndornssocief y, and that adds to the
eomfath nntl blessings of iuun=~Ptut% the benlg*
Rant iHsteMHotlier nl'arts anti industry, agrltnihurt*
and commeici*, su'ieiu’e and literatim\ iViemMlp
and henevyleme, morality and i'i»lialmi=»Pfi : ini,
that nurture* the virtue «l’ the heart, and ahath
the dewa .ol a vigorous jnveneseern’e on all tha
sympathies and charities nf our nature. At this
most cheering and auspicous tm i :on, when nature
is attiring herself in her loveliest robe, when the
fields, the groves, the gardens rejoice, and are
vocal with music—how immeasurably would it
enhance the rapturous spectacle to receive, glad
t/dings of the return of peace. The clang of the
armour of Mars having ceased, the lute of Pan
and the harp of Apollo would resume their notes.
If tlie songsters of the forest hail the morning on
the dissolution of night, and the “serene ot heaven”
on the disappearance of the storm, how much
rather man salute with gratulations the day-star of
peace, rising to dissipate the tempest of sanguinary
war! Speculating on'the probabilities of the rati,
fication of the treaty, Mustang, the intelligent
correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, says:
Our latest dates from Queretaro are to the 4th
instant. The advices of that date state that there
would be a meeting of Congress during the past
nreii. we snail iook tor their first proceedings
about the 12th inst., but their meeting will not re
sult in anything farther than an organization, until
after the arrival of Mr. Sevier at this place. It will
be unnecessary for them to act upon the Treaty,
after having learned that it has been altered by oiir
Senate, before they are officially informed what
those alterations are. This cannot be done until
after the arrival of Mr. Sevier. All parties seem to
agree in. the opinion that it will be the
impression continues to grow day after day. Al
though I have heard it from Mexican authority, that
there will not be any difficulty in its ratification, I
must see some of the obstacles removed before I
come to the full conclusion that such will be the
result of the action of the Mexican Government;
but, as I said previously, the chances are decidedly
in favor of ratification.
Claims of Pennsylvania.
The imposing attitude that Mr. Buchanan has
held before the people of the country, taken in con
nexion with the recommendations derived from the
fidelity with which lie has seyv.-d in so many im
portant stations—remark the spirited editors of
the Carlisle Democrat —now strongly recommend
him to the whole Democratic parly as the appro
priate successor of President Polk. This is de
manded, no less as a just compliment to his exalted
talents and worth, than as an act of justice due his
native State. Pennsylvania has long been the shaft
horse ol the Democracy of the Union. In every
important contest she lias nobly responded to the
calls of duty and the demands of her sister States.
“She now presents/’ in the language of the State
address, “a candidate womhy of the nation and of
herself. She has claims to the Presidency long
proved and admitted; and she lays before the Na
tional Convention her preference in the lull assu
rance that it will be respected.’*
Buchanan in Maryland,
The following extract of a letter from a well
informed friend in Harford, no doubt speaks the
sentiments of a large majority of the Democracy
of the State of Maryland.
Harford Co., Md., April 19, 1848.
At a meeting of the Democratic citizens of the
6th Election District, held on the loth instant for
the purpose of appointing delegates to our County
Convention, the following resolution was offered
by Mr. Stephen I. Magran, and unanimously adop
ted by the meeting.
Resolved, That the delegates appointed be and
they are hereby instructed to vote for no man who
is not favorable to the nomination of the Hon.
James Buchanan, for the Presidency.
How truly this resolution speaks the sentiments
of the Democracy of old Harford, time will tell.
That it expresses the sentiments of the Democracy j
no man who has taken the least pains to inform him
self can for a momentdoubt. 1 predict that should
Mr. Buchanan be the nominee of the National
Convention, he will receive a larger vojte in the
State of Maryland than any man the party has had
in the field for vears. The Southern People know
his worth, respect and admire his great talents,
and acknow.edge the claimof thegreat State whose
favorite he is.
The Neutrals.
A writer in a‘ late-number of the Democratic Re
view thus forcibly describes that peculiar class ot
bipeds, ycleped political “ neutrals.’’ The picture
is true, and well drawn:
‘•Your neutral man in politics is just the person
upon whom the contempt of mankind may be heaped
without the fear of injustice; the saliva of an honest,
free thoughted citizen is too precious an ointment
to bestow upon him : he is good for nothing, and
deserving of nothing ; the Greeks of old were not
mistaken in deriving from his case the word “Idiot;”
and yet such people go about the very pictures of
complacency, and glorying in their name, boast
that-they are no party men. They may see rogues
in high places, the wicked flourishing like a green
bay tree, and honesty and public virtue chilled to
death in his shadow, but they are unmoved by the
saddening spectacle, because they are no party
men.”
Illinois.
The following are the names of the delegates to
Baltimore, and the Electoral ticket, nominated at
the late Democratic State Convention :
Districts. Delegates. Electors.
Ist. W. C. Kinney, Judge W. Martin,
2d. R. B. Slocumb, S. S. Hayes,
3d. W. D. Latspaw, H. M. Vandeveer,
4th. Dr. Brainard, W. E. Hollister,
sth- H. B. Truett, J. Manning,
6th. L. R. English, . L. W. Boss,
7th.* ' M. McConnell. W. J. Ferguson,
i For the State at large:
Delegates . —C. E. Porter and John D. Whiteside.
Electors— C. Lansing and Ferris Forman.
Bedford County.
The Bedford Gazette containsthe proceedings ol
an enthusiastic assemblage of the Democracy of
that sterling county, held in the borough ol Bedford,
on the evening of Monday, 24th ultimo, for the
purpose of responding to the nominations of the
4th of March Convention. Gen. James Burns
was called to the chair, assisted by numerous Tice
Presidents and Secretaries. The meeting was ably
and eloquently addressed by William P. Schell. J.
W. Johnson, Gen. George W. Bowman. Maj. Samuel
H. Tate and Dr. George H. Keyser. A series of
admirable resolutions were introduced by-Major
Tatf., from which we make extracts, regretting
that the crowded state of our columns does not
permit the publication of the entire proceedings.
Among the number, we are rejoiced to see one
speaking in complimentary terms of the official
conduct of Gen. Bowman, on whom, we venture
to say, owing to the Mexican war, a greater amount
of labor has devolved than on bis predecessors for
the last twenty years,united. This duty he has dis
charged faithfully and well, as all who have had
official intercourse with him do not hesitate to tes
tify. His character has been bitterly assailed by
our opponents, but a public man can easily endure
this, when, as in the present instance, his immediate
neighbors rally with alacrity and zeal to his de
fence.
Resolved , That one of the cardinal principles of
the Democratic party is that the majority shall rule;
that, since the 4th of March State Convention has
presented the name ofPennsylvania’s Favorite
Son,” James Buchanan, "as a candidate for the
Presidency, we not only consider it our duty, but
it is our pleasure, to urge his nomination upon the
National Convention : Ist. Because Pennsylvania
has never had a President. 2d. Because her mine
ral, agricultural and manufacturing resources are ;
inexhaustible and various, presenting interests of
every kind and description. 3d. Because she has
always been true to the Democratic party, and as
sisted in electing all our Democratic Presidents.
And, lastly, because she presents a candidate
whose character and ability will do honor to the
American people.
Resolved , That Col. Israel Painter, otir candi
date for Canal Commissioner, is an honest man, a
pure patriot,' and good Democrat. He is only
to be known to be loved. The Democracy of Penn
sylvania are proud of-him, and will secure his ser
vices in the management of her internal improve
ments.
Resolved , That James K. Polk, and the heads
of the different departments atWashington, are en
titled to, and have received, the congratulations of
all-lovers of their country, for their prompt, ener
getic, and decisive action upon the great national
interests of tjie country—that they have faithfully
performed the trust given them by their Democratic
fellow-citizens, and will receive their reward.
Resolved, That in our most excellent and most
worthy Governor, Francis R. Shunk, the people
see an honest and faithful exemplification ol* a true
and consistent Democrat. His cohduct as Govern
or, i.N not to be influenced by either " fear£.favor,
or affection.” He is a Ihithftii public servant, for
knowing his duty he dares to perform it. That the
doctrines advocated In his recent Bank Veto
sagos, atv ihe true principles of the Demomile
fmrty,=thfti. if they are hmit»sily curried out, tlmy
will jihwent a “ favored Ibw •» iVmn robbing titul
plundering the people.
That we are sincerely tlmnklbl to Hi*
vine Previdenee lbr restoring Gavernor SmiNg to
Ids wanted health, thereby reproving a Jbw despe=
rate wings, and securing to the people ihe services
of pit honest man. ,
Resolved, That the Hon. Jp# Mann, mir efficient
and worthy representative in Congressjias realized
oar fondest expectationa~he is a faithfid sentinel
upon the watchtower of Democracy — t( lie cries
aloud and spares not” when the liberties of our
country are in danger. a
Resolved, That the recent attempt of the tv> Q
Johnsons, of the State Senate, to injure Geo. W.
Bowman, Adjutant General of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, has not only most signally failed,
but recoiled upon the heads of its authors. The
doctrine of the Adjutant General’s Report is the.
doctrine of the Democratic party, every where as
serted by all its organs and every one of its cham
pions, and what is more, that doctrine is true.
The Federal party, in opposing their own country
and sympathizing with the Mexicans, ARE guilty
of moral treason. t .
Resolved, That we view Gen. Bowman’s “ De
fence ” as a masterly and triumphant vindication of
the principles contained.in his report, for which he
merits the thanks of tho Democracy of the State.
His official conduct challenges the strictest scrutiny.
Resolved, That we hail with unmingled joy and i
heartfelt satisfaction, the recent glorious triumph |
of the people of France, over Kings, Potentates,
*ud Princes that we recognise in this movement
tlie sprbftd and progress tlw put© prio©ipl©o „f
Democracy, and our sincer.e prayer is, that they
may spread, and spread, and spread, until all na
tions, kindreds, and tongues shall be brought under
their mild and genial influence.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the
oppressed people of Ireland—that the glimmerings
of their emancipation are now brightening, and
will, ere long, burst forth in a blaze of glorv. May
God speed the hour.
Another Letter from Taylor
“General Taylor never surrenders!" was his
memorable reply to an insolent demand of Santa
Anna, and which he so successfully illustrated in
all his future achievements on the field of battle.
It would now seem, too, that the old Hero is quite
as unwilling to “surrender ’ in a campaign of pol
itics, should the demand be made even- to propitiate
the favor and promote the fortunes of no less a man
than Henry Clay. Having once consented to the
use of his name-as a candidate for the Presidency,
he declares in the following letter to the editor of
the Richmond Republican, that he - wilt not with-
draw from the canvass, whoever may he the nom
inee ot the National Convention, either of the
Whig or Democratic party-.’* He is not the man,
the world knows, to recede from a position, please
w displease whom it may. He is. therefore, a can
hdate tor the Presidency, ami will remain so.
This determination only serves to increase the
perplexities of our opponents, inasmuch as Gen.
Taylor pertinaciously refuses to commit himself
to their party, they cannot - nominate him with
consistency or safety—because, should he be elect
ed, the victory with him would probably be as
barren as was accession of John Tyler. Not
to nominate him is attended with equal danger, for
the reason that Gen. Taylor's main strength is in
the Whig ranks, and the permission ol’ his name as
a candidate would insure a sufficient diversion from
their forces to make the election of the Democratic
nominee easy and certain.
Baton Roues, La., April 20, IS4B.
Dear Sir; —Your letter ot the 10th inst., which
alludes to certain statements that have recently been
made in some of the papers at the North, and which
submits several inquiries for my consideration, lias
been received.-
To your inquiries I have respectfully to reply:
First— That if nominated by the Whig National
Convention, 1 shall not refuse acceptance, provided
I am left free of all pledges, and permitted to
maintain the position of independence of all parties
in which the people and my own sense of duty have
placed me —otherwise 1 shall refuse the nomination
of any convention or party.
Secondly —l do not design to withdraw my name
if Mr. Clay be the nominee of the Whig National
Convention—and, in this connexion, I beg permis
sion to remark that the statements of the Northern
prints, to the effect “.that should Mr. Clay be the
nominee of the Whig National Convention l had
stated “ that I would not suffer my name to be used.'’
are not correct, and have no foundation in any oral
or written remark of mine. It has not been my
intention, at any moment, to change my position
or to withdraw my name from the canvass, who
ever may be the nominee of the National Conven
tion, either of the Whig or Democratic party.
Thirdly —l have never stated to any one that I
was in favor of the Tariff of >46—of the Sub-Treas
ury, nor that I originated the war with Mexico.
Nor, finally, that 1 should (if elected) select my
cabinet from both parties. No such admissions or
statements were made by ;me, at any time, to any
person. $
Permit me, however, to add that should such
high distinction be conferred upon me as that of
elevation to the Executive Office, the Constitution,
in a strict and honest interpretation, and in the
spirit and mode in which it was acted upon by ear
lier Presidents, would be my chief guide. In this,
I conceive to be all that is necessary in the way of
pledges.
The election of another candidate would occa
sion no mortification to me, but to such a result, as
the will of the people, I should willingly and calmly
submit. As I have had no ambition to serve, but
in the desire to serve the country, it would bring
to me no disappointment.
With sentiments of high respect and regard, I
remain your most obedient servant,
Z. Taylor.
O. P. Baldwin, Esq., or Robert H. Gallagher, Esq.,
Editors Richmond Republican , Richmond, Va. n *
ID* Jttdge Antbont, of the Northumberland
district, in this State, has decided that stage proprie
tors are not liable for money put into a trunk, and
lost or stolen with the trunk, during the journey
They are liable, however, for the value of the
clothing in the trunk.
To the Young Men of the City of
Lancaster.
In accordance with a resolution passed by “ The
Young Men s Democratic Association of the city
of Lancaster," the undersigned address you.
.. It is scarcely necessary to point out to you,the
specific objects of the-Association they represent-
Its name sufficiently indicates its character, and
at once impress upon your minds the purposes of its
organization.
In the neighboring cities of Philadelphia and
Baltimore, such societies have been organized for
many-years, and the experience of all acquainted
with their operation, must admit them of the post
beneficial tendency. In our own city, where dem
ocratic principles have ever had the ascendency,
the want of an association of this character hav
ing tor its aim and end the diffusion of correct pol
itical knowledge, has been much regretted and
severely felt. Heretofore, it had been frequently
determined upon, but always at.a time too late
for its efficient formation. The present time is con
sidered peculiarly appropriate. We have iu our
midst sufficient materiel for its successful develop
ment, and when once fairly established, will prove
permanent in its character, in its results, produce
thaf harmony and concert of action so essentially
necessary to success. An hour or two spent
as contemplated by our association, in the inter
change of views and feelings and the calm discus
sion of principles and measures, cannot fail to pro
duce the most happy effects.
We, therefore, most cordially invite'your co-ope
ration \\'ith our infant association, in this under
taking. Its success and permanency depend, in a
great measure, upon the warmth with which you
acknowledge its calls.
We will not appeal to your feelings as democrats,
but leave the matter with you to be determined,
free from passion or excitement, by your own good
•judgments, confident that our brief address will not
be made in vain.
GEO. F. MEESER,
GEO. M. KLINE,
A. F. HAMBRIGHT
FRAZER SHERTS,
JAMES M. CHANNELL.
Juniata County.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democ
racy of Juniata county was held at Mifflintown,
on Tuesday evening last, at which J>. M'Kexan.
J-sq.. presided, assisted by numerous Vice Presidents
and Secretaries. The meeting was ably addressed
by C’ol. Andrew Parker, Mr. M'Kenanand William
Curran. Among the resolutions adopted on the
occasion, we find the. following:
Hennlml, That JAMES BUCHANAN, Pennsvl
vtinlti'n “lltvoritc son," Ims, by his Intrinsic worth,
as a Statesman and a member'nl‘ the great D ctm „
tiralir party, rendered lilmsell'deur to trip people nf
the Keystone Slnfei andthtil lie Is their first choice
I IF the high lijution of Raeeimve of flip Stines, and
they present him In the Uenincrailn Nntiunnl t'nuf
reiillon ns the worthy recipient of Pennsylvania's
claims with the proud enhvieiinri ilinl lie will do
lioiior In Ills finite find Nation,
llftohml, Thai we will give mu unyielding aim
nnrt In the nominee of the Pemoorntin Naliomil
I. ou.ventinn, and will enter the eiiii’ipaigii deter
mined to labor earnestly and cordially for the elec,
tion of our candidates.
Xesalval, That our confidence in Jajies K. Poi.k,
our worthy chief Executive, is still the same as
when in days gone by the people rallied round him
as the supporter and advocate of principles bene
ficial to the true interests of the country.
Sous of Temperance.
The following table shows the rise progress, and
present condition of this Order, yet an infant in
days, but a giant in strength. The left-hand figure
shows, the order of precedence in the organizations
of the Grand Divisions of the several States; and
those on the right hand give the number of divis
ions in each State at the present data:
1. New x ork lias 363 : 20. South Carolina, 16
2. New Jersey, 85 21. N. Hampshire, 18
3. North Carolina, 15 i 22. Mississippi, 26
4. Maryland, 60 : 23. Wisconsin, 24
fi. Dis. of Columbia,,l3 ! 24/Rhode Island, 9
6. Pennsylvania, 325 25. Louisiana, 22
/■ Connecticut, u 4 26. Michigan 64
s. Virginia, izu : 27. lowa, 16
9. Massachusetts, 102 28. Florida 3
10. Ohio, s , 456 . 29- Vermont, 2
11. Maine, -104 , 30. Arkansas, 2
12. Delaware, 48 | 31. Canada East, 1
13. .Missouri, 34 , 32. Prov. of N. H. 28
14. Indiana, 100 . 33. California, I
15. Kentucky, 13S ‘ 34. Mexico, ’ •>
16. Illinois, 69 ■ 35. Texas, o
17. Georgia, 24 36. London, Eng. 4
18. Tennessee, 110
19. Alabama, 70 Whole No. Divis. 2493
Russia- Account or the Fiiknch Revolution-.
—ln Russia it is not considered polite to let the
people know all that is going on in these revolu
tionary times in Kurope. The press is. o( course,
submitted to a rigid censorship, and such a version
ot the great events which more recently happened,
as will not disturb the nerves ot the F.mperor. or
set his subjects ill at ease. The following is the
account ot the french Revolution, published at
Warsaw:
At Paris there.was a riot, which was promptly
put down. His majesty, Louis Philippe, is serious
ly indisposed, and by the advice of his physicians,
he has resolved to abstain tor some time from the
aflairs ot (iovernmont, and gone to take the sea
laths at Brighton. On the Ring’s departure there
was a sliglitcommotion, which was suppressed, and
which resulted in the retreat of M. Guizot. During
his absence, the King has confided the direction of
altairs to Count Mole.”
il A soldier correspondent of the Harrisburg
Cnion. writing from Sail Angel, says:
••The ‘ h’hoys,’ almost to a man, are rejoiced to
perceive that the Old Keystone is going ahead for
her able and talented son. James Buchanan. No
statesman stands higher in point of brilliant talent
and enlarged experience ; and I can only assure yon
it would be a gala day among us could we liea’r o’
his nomination.”
The State of Wisconsin-. —Gov. Dodge has
issued his proclamation, declaring that the Consti
tution lately submitted to the people of that terri
tory for adoption, preparatory to their assuming
the position of a State 0/ the American Union, has
been approved by a majority of in.-Jtl.-J votes out
ot 1!) [ votes cast. A bill lor the admission of
Wisconsin into the Union as a State is now pead
ing in Congress, and is to be taken up next week.
A PnopitEcr.—An American itt Pat is, writing
to the New York Tribune, says:
“But one thing more : before three months have
gone we shall have war. Either Germany will be a
Republic, agd then Russia will make war against
Germany and France; or Germany will remain
monarchal, and the war will bo waged by Russia,
England and Germany, against France. One of the
two is inevitable. ”
\Vuir;oninr.—The Whig newspapers can find
nothing against Major W. A. Burns, an officer in
Mexico, except that “his brother was clerk of.,
the court at Jackson/' (Miss.,) and the Major had
the care of the court house, ‘'used to make the fires ,
What a low fellow ! let him
sweep the room, ijc
run the coon gaunlet!
ID* A writer in the New Hampshire Patriot pro
poses General Franklin Pierce—a gallant soldier
and able civilian—for the Presidency.
The Knoxville Standard , recommends to the
Baltimore Convention, the name of the Hon. Aaron
V. Brown, known in Tennessee and-throughout the
Union, as a Democrat of the highest character and
conceded ability, for the Vice Presidency.
DD*" A writer in the Baltimore Argus presents
Binjamis C. Howaud, of that city, to the De
mocracy, as a candidate for the office of Vice-
President of the United States.
li- / 'At a meeting of the Federal members of the
Massachusetts Legislature, held in Boston, an ad
dress was unanimously adopted, nominating the
Hon. Dantei Webster as a candidate foythe
Presidency.
A PaiscE.—For five years beiore his flight from
Vienna; Metternich paid his shoemakers, masons,
teachers, lackeys, artists, &c., with promises of
civil and military offices. No one, who ever served
him, touched a single florin of his. money.
For the Lancaster Intelligencer.
Common Schools and Christian
Education.
Is it right that children of parents, desiring it
may receive religious instruction in Common
Schools?
This question demands our candid and serious
attention. Some men may honestly differ from me
in their views of it, but I am confident that a ma
jority of parents, when they candidly examine the
subject, will concur with me. Every good parent
wishes to propagate the better features of his char
acter, in his children. What else does he value,
in proportion with his moral and Teligious princi
ples. *• The right, as well as the duty, of religious
instruction, undoubtedly belongs to the parents"
anil to those teachers whom the parent desires to.
assist him in the work.
Let those parents, then, who are unwilling that
their children receive religious instruction in Com
mon Schools, speak for themselves , to the teachers,
and their children will not be disturbed with it.
But let tliem not interfere with the rights of their
neighbors, and forbid their children to learn the
great principles of natural and revealed religion.
There afre important principles ofVour Common
Christianity, cherished with equal veneration by
every sincere and enlightened Christian, Catholic
or Protestant. Let these principles be carefully
taught, in the Common- Schools, and this general
instruction will bring different denominations nearer
together, and do much to destroy the jealous spirit
of sectarianism.
It has been said that the majority have no right
to have religious instruction in the schools, while
a single individual conscientiously objects to it.
Let us illustrate this principle. Suppose that suo
families of religious Kuropeans driven by'persecu
tion trom theif native land, purchase anti settle a
portion of the unimproved land in ouivf>tato. They
bring an educated teacher with them, and, in ac
cordance with the law, open a/school in which
their children rapidly improvepii science and reli
gious knowledge. But five rrien. who are Infidels,
Jews, or Mormons, move rii among them. They
say, ‘-we are conscientiously opposed to the religious
education of them'grow up without
religious knowledge, and they will be more suitable
candidates for infidelity, &cf The emigrants ans
wer
" e teach only the general truths of Christian
ity which allyChnstiaiis believe,'’ The Infidels re
ply “ Hie majority have no right to control our
consciences—away with it! Wc will not be taxed
for the support of this odious system.” They com
plain to the Superintendent and the 'school is dis
banded, Are not the rights ol the emigrants in
fringed upon ' “We had hoped,” say they, “to be
free, in the laud ol liberty—but persecution is not
Confined to the dominions of lyings, It was
painful to IbNitke the homes of our childhood, und
hid farewell in the graves ol our liuhers, Until
is still more paiufid to see the enemies ol the (ins,
the light ol day, enter llte hnuse we have
erected, gng nut religious leaeher, imd furlml uu r
children to learn the faith of our lathers."
Tliia is a strange away of granting ‘•e.jimi rights
and juiviloges to all tlnssos.'’
Um rulers are not so scrupulous respecting the
rights of iniliviiluuls in many other things. We
have citizens opposed to all government, except
moral suasion. Yet they are taxed to support gov
ment. Is it tyranny ’ There are citizens, who
deny the lawfulness of war. Are they therefore
excused from bearing a portion of its burdens s
It our government is to be arrested in its measures
to consult the opinions and prejudices of individuals,
and of every li.tle sect, we shall find sects multi
plying, and many individuals cultivating a peculiar
kind of conscience.
That human authority, which, intrudes into our
schools and forbids the instruction which a large
majority deem necessary, appears “to interfere with
the rights of conscience,' in violation of our con
stitution. Let this principle be carried out rightly,
and the Bible will be excluded from our schools,
and religious men shut out from the office of teach
ers. to make room for men of no religious princi
ple. Are the people ot this State prepared for such
a revolution ' If they are, the days of the Com
mou School system are numbered.
Mr. Bancroft's Circular
1 lie following is a copy of the circular issued
by the American. Minister upon the reception of
the news of the death of .1. Q. Adams. If is beau
tifully and feelingly expressed :
American Legation,
lumdun March til, 1 MS.
I have this day received official intelligence that'
•Tolm Quincy Adams, whilst fulfilling his duty
amidst the representatives of the people of America
was suddenly struck down by the hand of death’
ami expired in the Capitol on the twenty-fhird oi
February last.
So lull ol years that he numbered more of them
than our republic—the companion of the lathers
ol our constitution—having exercised the highest
legislative functions in his native State and hi the
councils of the Union—selected for employment
abroad by Washington—assisting one administra
tion of his country in renewing what we may hope
will prove an ever-enduring peace, and.in contrib
uting towards the emancipation of international
commerce—engaged under another in extending
the blessings of American freedom to new territec
lies—himself four years President of the United
States—he was a patriot firm in his faith in man s
capacity for self-government, and always lovim' his
country above all lands of the earth. =
The President, the Departments, Congress, and
the people have paid him funeral honors. I invite
the American consuls, and vice-consuls, and all
others of my countrymen now in the United King
dom, to join in the usual manifestation of sympathy
with his country, which has lost a great and venera
ble citizen, and with his family which finds in his
deep religious trust their consolation.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
Fouf.kt County.— The bill to erect parts of
Clarion, Jefferson and Warren, into a new county
to be called -‘Forest," passed both houses of the
Legislature, and we presume is a law. We have
not seen the bill and therefore cannot give the bound
ary line, but believe that a very small portion is
taken from this county.
We learn that Hon. James L. Gillis, Gen Levi
G. Clover, and James W. Guthrie, Esq., are the
commissioners elected.
Forest will make a t good county. Besides iron
ore, and coal there is an abundance of timber such
as walnut, cherry, maple, pine, &c., which will find
an easy outlet to market by the Clarion river that
passes through the county. The land generally is
tillable and produces well. ° 3
Mr. Blood, who is known by the title of the
“Forest King," is a gentleman deserving of much
praise for the active part he has taken to have tile
county organized. Many years ago, at the sacri
fice ol friends, health, and money, he sought out
and settled in this lonely abode, prompted Snly to
endure the hardships and privations incident to
the first settlers, by his own wise conception of
what the future would bring forth, even a new
county. His location is said to be a beautiful one
and he is now surrounded with neighbors, whose
labor has turned the wilderness into a fruitful field
—Clarion Democrat.
Hohryble Catastrophe. —We are againcalled
upon to record another of those dreadful accidents
which are of such frequent occurrence on the Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad. Yesterday morn
ing, about ten o'clock, a small English engine,
used on the road since its commencement, exploded
its boiler on the road, about a mile above the city
killing the -engineer, Mr. William Nagle, of this
city, and the fireman, Mr. Christopher Gaffney, of
Pottstown, and wounding, most shockingly, Geo
Leader, who is not expected to survive. Isaac
Leader, his brother, was badly scalded, and Daniel
Kelly, Bernard Hollenbach, slightly injured. One
of the men on the engine, was {nitched on the em
bankment, and rose uninjured, and another was
picked up, dead, in an adjoining grain field.
The engine has been used in drawing" a train of
stone, and was brought from Pottstown yesterday
morning, by a fireman, who had exhausted the
water, and when the engineer took charge of it, he
took in a netv supply which caused the explosion.
It exploded downwards, leaving the engine on its
wheels, but scattering the frame-work in all direc
tions. Had the explosion taken an upward course,
not a man would have escaped. —Berks Co.. Free
Press May 2.
\.j~ Son. Richard Rush, our Minister in France
writes home encouragingly in regard to the pro
gress of the new Republic.
The undersigned would take this occasion to say
that his name was placed upon the Tailor Elec
toral Ticket in this State, without his knowledge
or consent. and he does not believe in the no-party
movement that brought Gen. Taylor's name before
the public, he declines to suffer his name to be used
for any such unauthorized purpose. lam in favor
of and will give my support to the nominee of the
Democratic National £onvention, be he JAMES
BUCHANAN - or any other man.
Reduction or Postage. —The Committee on
the Post Office and Post Roads of the United States
House of Representatives propose rf bill providing
tor a reduction of newspaper jiostage alter the fol
lowing manner: Postage to be free tor any distance
not exceeding three hundred miles from the office
ot publication: and fixing the uniform rate, with
out regard to’distance, at.half a cent, in case the
paper does not exceed, in superficies, 50U square
indies: ami on all' papers over that size, one cent
ami a hall, without regard to distance ; all transient
newspapers, n/t going from the offied of publication,
to be pre-paid and charged one tent and a half in
stead of tliree cents as at present. Letter postage,
it is proposed to reduce to the uniform rate of five
cents tor the halt ounce, Tiie Postmaster General
to be in iavor of the projected reduction.
// HiiißOPHoniA.—A physician in Louisiana lately
published an account in the New Orleans Tropic
of his success in preventing hydrophobia. His
manner of treatment, was precisely the same as
the following from a foreign paper, "ft deserves the
attention of medical, gentlemen as well as others •
••Arm Remedy for Hydrophobia. —Dr. Heller, mem
ber ot the Royal Academy ofjMedicine, Paris,
lately communicated to his society that in Greece
it is a practice to observe the tongues of those per
sons who have been bitten by dogs, -because at the
end ot eight or nine days there appear on each
side ot the tongue,, and near the upper part, pus
tules, called lysses by the Greeks. These pustules
contain the whole rabid matter.audit immediately
cut out and cauterized, hydrophobia will be pre
vented."
lE7* Education does not commence with the al
phabet. It begins with a mother's looks—with a
father's nod of approbation, or a sigh of reproof—
with a sister's gentle pressure of the hand, or a
brother's noble act of lorbearance—with handfuls
of flowers in green and daisy meadows—with
bird's nests admired. bti{ not touched—with creep-*
iug ants, and almost imperceptible emmets—with
humming bees and glass beehives—with pleasant
walks iti slmdv lanes—and with thoughts directed,
in sweet and kindly tones and words, to nature, to
heanly. to acts of benevolehce, to deikls of virtue,
and to tlie sntiree ot all good; in Uml himself
Ga* hu'urp==//i* ,//fipuidi(nifi,=The Albany
Evening Jmirimh it.lending whig paper, in im arii
ele in relation m Gem and which spetika in
high terms o! his services, thus-concludes:.
•• Jim the mischief is, thm there is weakness in all
(w (Hen. Scott) says or does about the presidency.
immediately after the close of the campaign of 1840
he wrtjte a gratuitous letter, making himself a can
didate, in which all sorts of unwise things were
said, to ‘return and plague l his friends if he should
bo a candidate. And since- that time, with that
fatuity which seizes upon men who'get bewildered
in gazing at the ‘ White House, 1 he has suffered his.
pen to : dim the glories achieved by his sword.”
There is more truth in the last part of the article
we have quoted than ns usually to be found in
whig papers.
Jefferson s Birth Day.— The Charlottesville
.ddvocatc states that-the anniversary celebration of
Air. Jefferson's birth day, on the 13th ultimo, by
the Jefferson Society of the Lfuiversity of Virginia
was a very appropriate and interesting one. The
Declaration of Independence was read by Mr. Ed
ward Warren, of North Carolina, and a very hand
some oration delivered, byMr. Marmaduke Johnson,
of Richmond.
Verdancy ok Pittsbl-sg.—A Mr. Baker, who
had a very fine benefit in Pittsburg, was called out
at the end ot the performances, aiid complimented
the audience and the city by gratefully acknow
ledging that he should always look back upon Pitts -
burg as one of the very green spots that he had passed
through.
A CITIZEN'
1] r Mrs. Julia Webster Appleton, wife of Samuel
Appleton, Esq., and only daughter of Daui’el Web
ster, died in Boston, on Friday evening, and while
the funeral services were being performed at Trim
ity C hurch, the bark Chief, from Vera Cruz, arrived
with the remains of his sou Edward from Mexico.
It stout Courteous.—While the rain poured in
toi units, the umbrella of a gentleman struck tin
hat ol another standing on tile sidewalk and knock
ed it into the gutter, where it filled will, water.
Ihe person picked up his lint ami asked coolly—
\\ hat do you ask for tliatf “I ask your par
don," replied the gentleman, which so well suited
the owner of the wet heaver, that no fhrttmi- parley
was necessary
IIJ 1 lie editor ol the Indiana ileqisier gives hi>
readers good advice. He says, if you want to
buy goods cheap, go where they advertise them.
■Merchants who are too stingy to advertise, are too
tight to give you a fair bargain."
Ai-r Quotation.— A New Orleans editor pre
faces a notice of Mr. Forest by the following quo
tutiou from Shakspeare:
“ This boy is Forest born,
And hath been tutored in the rudiments
Of desperate studies.
Oen. C.UIW.UAUEU.—The Washington Union
learns upoß inquiry, that no information has reach
ed the War Department of the intention of tiiis
distinguished officer to resign his position in the
army, and that the rumor in a New Orleans paper
of his resignation's believed to he without any
foundation whatever.
Mc.vrFrcENT.-W. W. Corcoran, Esq., of Wash
ington, the eminent banker, has donated $lO,OOO,
to be held in trust by the Corporation of George
town, 1). C., for the benefit of the poor of his native
town.
Uwtkus Ff.es.— The Supreme Court at New
York, oil Saturday, gave Mr. J. E., Brady slf>,6oll
judgment against the city corporation for costs ol
suits instituted by him during the last two years
he was their counsel. Pretty well paid.
ID* A young man advertises for a place as sales
man, and says he has had a great deal of experi
ence, having been discharged from seven different
stores within a year.
ED Lieut. Crittenden, who acquainted Santa
Anna with the disagreeable fact that '-General
Taylor never surrenders is now in Cincinnati.
Another Fatal Railroad Accident —Two
Men Killed. —The following telegraphic com
munication announces another fatal railroad acci
dent: “ Rochester, May I, 10 A. M.—We are pained
to announce another horrible railroad accident,
which occurred on the road between this city and
Buffalo this morning about 4 o’clock. The eastern
train of cars which left this city about 3 o’clock
for the west, ran off the track near Bergen, killing
Jerry Guile, the engineer, and Harvey Backus
fireman, of the train. Guile was married only
about two months ago. Several of the passengers
were seriously if not fatally injured.”— jQdi\
Unostentatious Benevolence.— Some time
ago an .^rT vn lndivi dual in this Commonwealth
-gave *lO 000 towards founding a State Refoml
iuwL J he Same g J e . n ‘ leman afterwards offered.
510,000 .more, on condition that the State would
make a similar appropriation, which has been' done •
and-now, within a few days, the same princely
benevolence has furnished the additional sum If
52,500 to this State Institution, for the purpose of
enlargmg the farm accommodations of the School -
Boston Traveller, ' •
From the Bedford Gazette.
A Declination.
JAMES KELLY