Intelligencer & lonmal. E. W.IHUTTER, EDITOR, FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN . OF PENNSYLVANIA. . i [Subject to the decision of a National Convention .] FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, ISRAEL PAINTER, OP WESTMORELAND COUNTY. Democratic Eli lectoral Ticket. Delegates. Senatorial WILLIAM BIGLE DAVID D. WAGE IR, of Clearfield. INER/o/ Northampton. ive Electors. Dist. Representati 13. C. King, 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 H. Davis, 23. Timothy Ives, • : 24. Jas. G. Campbell. 1. Henry L. Benner, 2. Horn R.- Kneass, 3. Isaac Shunk, 4. A. L. Roumfort, 5. Jacob S. Yost, 6. Robert E. Wrioht, 7. Wm. W. Downing, 8. Henry Haldeman, 9. Peter Kline, 10. B. S. Schoonover, 11. Wm. Swetland, 12. Jonah Brewster, Lancaster, May 23, 1948. Lines in Wisconsin.— We direct attention to the advertisement of Commissioner Young of the Gene ral Land Office, of the saleof valuable public lands ini_ Wisconsin; which is now on the eve of admission into the Union. Persons desirous of seeking in creased elbow-room in the new States, should not permit so favorable an opportunity to pass unim proved. Nothing can be surer than that Wiscon sin, in a very lew years, under the astonishing en terprise of our people, is destined to become one of the wealthiest and most flourishing sections of the Union. Book Binding. —We invite attention to the ad vertisement oi W. O. Hickok's extensive Book- Bindery at Harrisburg—a branch of trade, in whose perfection every professional and business man is interested. Mr. Hickok’s is doubtless the most complete Bindery in this section of the State, and we have in our library some specimens of his ele gant workmanship. He is richly deserving of ex tensive patronage. Baltimore Convention. Our paper goes to press on Monday afternoon— and we are consequently without any intelligence from the Democratic National Convention, that met at Baltimore tonlay. The Editor is also ab sent at the Convention, which must excuse any real or apparent deficiences in to-day's paper. In our next, we shall raise to onr mast-head the names of the candidates, to whomjhe political destinies of this glorious Republic for the next four years are to be committed. Whoever they may be, we promise the readers of the Intelligencer that no hon orable effort shall be spared on our hunjbie part to promote the success of our candidates, believing as we do that we shall thereby discharge our duty to our country, which, under Providence, owes all its glory and greatness to Democratic policy. At the same time, we shall endeavor not to forget the respect which is due to the thousands of honorable and upright men among our political opponents, who are acting from conscientious but mistaken motives. We shall sedulously strive, by the wea pon of truthful argument, to convince them of their error, but never employ against them, or their can< didates, abuse and detraction. Our| cause is too just and too honest to require any lather agencies than those of truth and reason. \ Of the success of the candidates nominated at Baltimore we entertain not a shadow of doubt. The nomination's once made, disaffection and disor-. ganization will disappear. Doubt will give way tO COnrtdem.t <_o.clVK«n.>. „;u UuU w umird ami vigorous exertion—and this will lead to Victory. Break in the Philadelphia Rail Road. There was a delay of several hours in the re. ceipt of the. Eastern mail at the Post Office .in this city, on Saturday last, caused by a portion of the Philadelphia railroad being swept away, near Leman place; east of Lancaster. - We hear that the neigh borhood was visited by a hail storm and tornado, on Friday evening, which tore up fences, washed out fine fields of grain, and destroyed a small portion of the railroad, rendering it impassible. We hear the road will be put in good order in a few days, but we are sorry to hear that several farmers in the neighborhood have suffered very severely. The storm was of short duration, but is stated to have been unusually violent. Tlie Mexican Treaty In the opinion of officers just arrived from Mex ico, says the New Orleans Courier. the treaty will soon be ratified by the Mexican authorities, in some form or another. Ifthere be a government de facto, exercising authority over the country, its act would be binding, ft would not be permitted for the Mex icans tosay hereafter that the government 01. Pena y Pepa was an usurpation. It was acknow ledged as a legal government by the people of Mexico and that is enough. “ Col. Joseph Ottxngeh has been selected to rep resent the Congressional district composed of the counties of Bedford, Westmoreland and Cambria, in the Whig National Convention, with instructions to vote for Gen. Scott as a first, and Gen. Taylor as a second.choice.” Alas and alaek! What a change hath been • wrought in the politics of our friend, since we lived, and loved, and labored together, in Schuylkill and Lehigh. Then no fiercer Democrat than Col. Ot tingeh—no more determined foe of Whiggery, with all its train of evil—now, forsooth, a presiding elder in the Federal temple! Who would have thought it? We are not a poet—but, if we were t we should certainly indite lor our old friend, for whom we have still the attachment of other times, xlic.following Oh! ven I thinks on vot I is, And vot I used to vos, I sees, Ts thrown myself aWay, Vithout sufficient cos. ID* The Independent Democrat , published at Be*.' lestown, Bucks county, by S*™™ and Ap peals man enlarged form, and much im , )roved fn point of mechamcal execution* It i s now entitled to rank among the handsomest and'ablest of the Democratic press, and we trust will enjoy a patron age commensurate with its increased merits. The editor, M. H. Snxheh, Esq., is the friend and com panion of our youth, who is associated with those halcyon days, when the stream of life was spread like a polished tnirror before us. Right glad are }Ve,' that itl our many mutations, we Btill fmtl out friend battling in the corps of editors, ready as flf yore to lend n helping hand in the glorious cause of Freedom and Democracy, May attend himl _ A[ Small Favor, =The following, from the Lowell ehowi that RJi\ Webster ii not urn reasonable In hi§ demands in relation to the Vm- "We lynow ihnriit was said at Springfield last September, that Mr. Webster did not expect the nomination oi? a National Convention, and that he only asked for estate in order that he might appear to st and well amonghis own constituents” William K. Sebastian, Esq., nas pointed by the Governor of Arkansas to succeed Mr. Ashley in the Ui S. Senate. ICTThe total debt of the borough of Harrisburg is $159,981, The interest on it is paid punctually WIU? Movements. The Whig National Convention exhibits at the saloon of the Chinese Museum, in Philadelphia, ou Wednesday, June Bth—and is to be further solem nized by a Young Men's Ratification Convention on Thursday. June 9th. Our opponents are, there fore, behind us in their movements, a position from which it is'not very probable they will recover during the canvass. Perhaps at no previous period in the history of this party, was the future shrouded in deeper mystery. The elements of discord exist to a degree, compared with which the differences of the Democratic party were as a ripple to the flood. Ambition, the sin by which the angels felL has been assiduously at work in its ranks, under mining its harmony, and beclouding its Presidential prospects. There are more “ Richmonds” in the field than can be accommodated, and each is bent on rising by the ruin of the others. The candidates most prominently named by the Whigs for the Presidency, are undoubtedly the following: 1. Henry Clay, of Kentucky. 2. Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana. 3. Winfield Scott, of Washington city 4. John M’Lean, of Ohio. 5. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts. 6. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio. 7. John M. Clayton, of Delaware. 8. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky. Besides these, we suppose Horace Grbely of New York would have no objections, who, on the score of consistent opposition to the War and bitter defamation of all who have thought proper to -espouse the cause of their country, would be quite as well entitled to the distinction as Corwin. -M’Lean, or Webstf.r. There may be lesser lumina ries in contemplation, but, if there are, wfe cannot now call them to recollection. Pennsylvania, we believe, has not ventured upon a policy in the Pres idential lottery of the Whigs, seeing no doubt that the chances for a blank were, at best, vastly in the preponderant. But where are the Whig leaders of other days, that they have not urged their suit ? Where the Sergeants, the Binneys, the Randalls? Where's Ritneu ? Where Mahkel ? Where Ir vin? It may not yet be too late to make the trial. We are frequently asked, to which of the Whig aspirants will be most likely awarded the doubtful honor of being beaten by the Democrats. This is an enigma, to the unravelling of which we confess our utter incompetency. Our knowledge hath only this extent, that we discern a worse than Babylo nian confusion, but for the denouement of the drama we must bide our time in humility and patience. As a faithful chronicler, however, we feel at liberty occasionally to trespass in the domain of Whig gery. and to note, also, what is passing there. This we do in the following brief summary: Maine.— -The delegates, with Ex-Governor Kent at their head, are instructed tor Taylor. New Hampshire. —lst choice, Webster—‘Jd Tay lor—3d, Clay—4th, Anybody to beat the Demo crats. Massachusetts. —lnstructed for Webster, but won't be very particular in voting for him long. iork. —Under the lead of Greeley, a large majority of Clay delegates have been chosen—a few for Scott—and scarcely one lor Taylor. Col. Webb of* the regular army has evidently Install his influence, if he ever had any. Neir Jersey.— Strong for Clay. Why not bring out Freylinghuysen ? He has sustained but one deleat, and would be fairly entitled to a second martyrdom. Pennsylvania l . —Delegates chosen by districts— some for Clay, some for Scott, and a few for Tay lor, provided he avows himself a Whig! But this he unequivocally declares he will not do, which leaves his delegates at liberty to go for whom they please. The Harrisburg Telegraph claims one-half the del egation from this State for Scott. Maryland: —Of the delegates lately chosen to represent this State, Messrs. Jenifer, Groome, Coale. Schley and Tilghman, are understood to be in favor ot Clay; and Messrs. Pratt, Richardson and Hamble don in favor of Taylor. All, however, will vote for Clay as tne nrst, amt Taylor as* the second choice. They are so instructed. Delaware.— Whig State Convention held at Wil mington, last week, which elected John Wales. N. H. Smithers and John R. M'Fee, delegates to the National Convention. They are instructed for John M. Clayton, but easily transferable to Taylor. Virginia. —The delegates were instructed by the State Convention to support Taylor—but John M. Botts has been industriously at work to “head” off the instructions, which have in many instances been rescinded by the districts. A portion of the Virginia delegation will doubtless go for Clay. North Carolina. —A divided delegation. South Carolina. —Will not be represented, as there is no Whig organization in the State. Georgia. —The Whig State Convention named Taylor as'their first choice, and elected delegates to attend in Philadelphia. Great dissatisfaction prevails, however, and it iVdoubtfu! whether all the delegates will feel bound by this recommenda- I tion. j Kentucky —divided between Clat and Taylor — the forces of the latter led on by Crittenden. who has deserted his old favorite. Alabama. —The Whigs in the State Legislature nominated Taylor, and refused to send delegates to the National Convention. Meetings have been sub sequently held in the districts, at which delegates have been chosen—who will be divided between Taylor and Clay. Illinois. —Dr. Yandeventer and J. W. Singleton, two of the Illinois delegates to Philadelphia, have passed through St. Louis on their way Eastward. They are both for Clay. Mississippi. —lnstructed for Taylor. Ohio. —A majority of the delegates have been in structed for Corwin,—others for Clay, M'Lean, and Scott. Taylor has no force in Ohio worth naming, and seems of all the candidates the least available. Corwin's friends undoubtedly prefer Clay as a sec ond choice. Michigan. —The Whig State Convention met at Detroit on the llth instant, and elected five dele gates to the National Convention, unanimously in structed for Clay. Tennessee. —A grand fight is announced as having come off at Nashville, between the Clat and Tat- L<fo Whigs, in which the latter out-voted the for mer by a few The description in the Nash ville Union is very amusing. The Clay Whigs and swore they would take no part for any maif.who would not come up to the Whig rack. I From the otiit?f "States we have no account. What the result may'>be, when all these conflicting elements are brought focus, time alone must develope. It certainly discloses a very pretty quar rel as it stands. ’v. Virginia Election. M e gather from the Virginia papers the follow ing gratifying table. The Democrats hafte gained a glorious victory: „ , * Hem. Fed. TaylorV Senate, 23 v p 'o ' House, n Ul 3 »0 70 y The Tailor fore** is especially overwhelming! United NtnteN Senatoi'N. Nsw Hays*, Conn,, May 19,—The Hon It. S. Baldwin and the Hun, Trueman Smith, were this day elected Senators, to represent the State in the United-States Senate, from the 4th pf Mareh next, by six majority, on joint ballot. JET The Pittsburg Democrat is the title of a new daily penny paper, just started at Pittsburg, by W. A. Kiss ton, Esq., who possesses the ability and experience necessary to make it a valuable auxili ary to the Democratic cause in that quarter. We wish the enterprising editor success. Clay vs. Military Chieftains. “ Regardless of all imputations'^—exclaimed the **. gallant” Henry Clay in f B*2B, when the Democ racy brought out Gen. Jackson for the'Presidency and prond of the opportunity of free and unre strained intercourse with all my fellow citizens, if it were physically possible, and, compatible with my official duties, I would visit every State, go to every town and hamlet,-address every jwan in the Union, and entreat them by their love of country, by their love of. liberty, for the sake of themselves and their posterity—in the name of their venerated ancestors—in the name of the human family, deep ly interested in the fulfilment of the trust committed to their hands—by all the past glory we have won —by all that awaits us as a nation if we are true and faithful in gratitude to Him who has hitherto so signally blessed us. to pause—solemnly pause— and contemplate the precipice which yawns before us. If, indeed, we have incurred the divine displeas ure ; and if it be necessary to chastise this people with a rod of vengeance. I would humbly prostrate myself before him, and implore Him, in his mercy, to visit our favored land with WAR, with PESTI LENCE, with FAMINE, with any scourge other than military rule , or a blind and heedless enthusiasm for mere military renown ! J" Is it a wonder that the Sage of Ashland is hor- ■ ror-stricken with the idea of his own party running j after such mere military idols as Scott and Tay- : lob? His conduct would be very inconsistent if 3 ! he did not declaim against it from the house-tops. ■ Senator Foote of Mississippi. Perhaps no public man of the present day is sub jected to a greater amount of Federal abuse, than Senator Foote of Mississippi. No species of ridj. cule or invective is spared, and all for the reason that he is a sound, reliable, and radical Democrat, who is never afraid to avow his opinions on mat ters of public policy with boldness and candor. The effect of this tirade of abuse is only to com mend the new Senator the more strongly to the public respect and confidence. In proof of this we quote the following from the editorial of a New York neutral paper: if Mr. Foote, one of the members of the United States Senate from the Stale of Mississppi, is cer tainly in a fair way to become a great man and a great statesman. In a certain portion of the proas throughout the country, we observe the most prodi gous efforts making to abuse, vilify, and distort the efforts and speeches which he makes in Con gress. Some ot these abusive articles are most amusingly absurd and interestingly malicious; but the fact of such articles being directed against a new senator, is proof conclusive that he must have some talent. Now Mr. Foote, in the exuberance of his imagination and wit, may not be strictly to the taste of the dandy politicians,.or the John-Donkey literateurs, but he is in ;a fair way to bring out all the better traits of his intellectual character, and to improve his mind as he jjoes along. Let Mr. Foote take things coolly, pursue his own course, pay no attention to his enemies and slanderers, look ahead with a determined spirit, and there is nothing that can prevent him from standing among the first Sen ators of the land, and that too, in a short time.” Patent Derivations. Club —derived from an association of patriots during the revolutionary war, who, for the sake of protecting themselves against the tories, carried wooden weapons. They were first called club-men. which was soon abbreviated to dub. Gazette. —lt is pretended came from Dr. Gazetta, the inventor of a newspaper—but the true reading should be Gazc-ut. because all people resort to it for news. Old Nick —was first applied to cunning Nicholas Machiavel, subsequently extended to the prince of all evil. t- Horse Laugh —is certainly a corruption from a | hoarse laugh, and doubtless had its origin from one i who had a very rough voice or a violent cold. Alexander the Great —derived his name from the fact that he was very fond of eggs: roasted in hot ashes. As soon as his cooks heard that he was come to his meals, they called aloud —'-M eggs under the grate '] —which, from Its frequept repeti tion, induced strangers to think that it was his real name—a delusion, from which posterity has not to this day recovered. C'Jsnr —the great captain, should be written Seize?, because lie seized not only on most of the known world, but even on the liberties ofhis country. Mendicant —a beggar, arisen no doubt from their habitual indolence, many of whom have the candor to acknowledge that “ mend I can'l." Jupiter —was so-called, because the statues and pictures of the Heathen god resembled those of St Peter; and were often confounded by the public hence many called them statues in honor of the Jew Peter. Hamadryades —represented by mistaken antiquity as nymphs of the groves, were in reality women of who dealt in bacon, which they used to pickle at the sea-side and then set up to dry in the sup. Hence the term ham-a-dry-a-days. Bucephalus —the famous horse of Alexander, was so christened from the number of busy-fellows em ployed about him as grooms. Balsm —the Jewish sheperd, was doubtless indeb ted lor his name to his crying ha to his lambs, which in due season was converted into 'Baa-lam, and finally into Balam. Tlie Great Triumph in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee IlVsrouriu brings us the follow ing returns by counties, of the election for Gover nor of this new State. Dkwkt was the Democratic candidate— Tweedy the Federal: Dewey. Tweedy. Milwaukee, 1100 Racine, 550 Washington, 1550 Waukesha, 350 Wahverth, 180 Rock, 50 Dane, 243 Jefferson, 200 Dodge, 300 Sheboygan, 200 Fond dn Lac & Calumet, 290 Green, 160 Brown and Manitouwoc, 300 The above are leported majorities, hut will not vary much from the official retilfhs. Grant is the only county which can>gjve much majority against Dewet. We therefore consider his election sure,- by at least 0,000!! A magnificent triumph. Erie Bank. The wealth of Gen. Reed, who is endorser for the Erie Bank, is put down as equal to $1,000,000. On the subject of the.endorsement, however, there appears to be a holding back, for the Eric Observer , a reliable and well-known newspaper, says: Gen. Reeds card, published in olir last, revived confidence somewhat, but we learn that at the time proposed for the execution of the necessary writ ings, he refused to carry out the proposition—giv ing as a reason that he had made such arrange ments as would enable him to redeem it without pledging his real and personal properly. (■ate IVoiu Yucatan. •Another Town Destroyed by the Indinns. The schooner Eleanor hud arrived New Or leans, from Bulize, Honflurus, bringing dutes to the 20th ult. The Indians continue their depredations. They have destroyed the town of Valealla by Maiming It to the ground. hundred of its defenders had retired into forts, women and children were hiking ear§ of best they could, and were dying in all dlre\j* enB without money or food. Even the ol HaUitii were threatened with an attack, and to meet it, ’RF A Sensible Politic At the Clay supper in New York, Mr. speaking of Gen. Taylor’s non-committalism: “ We desire to know Hesh or fowl—(good, good.) We, whether a. man is cheese or'cha] and, if we sit down at table, and'; before us, if we eat of it, we donl afterwards that we have to digest ious applause.”) t True Basis of Reform. The'vital subject of interest' to the- present age is the amelioration of-man's i condition. This de. sire is at the bottom of all the revolutions which are now agitating the world. The sentiment of hu* man brotherhood is, perhaps,: the great social im pulse of the day; and it is working the most radi cal changes in society. In this feeling is especially powerful. : The philosophers there are eagerly seeking to discover how men may be ,made more practically equal—bow the condition of the operative may be bettered—how the cause of hu* inanity may be advanced. We were much struck lately with the following passage from a sermon by the Rt-Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D„ the Pro testant Episcopal Bishop of this diocess, in which be touches on this all engrossing subject. There is much truth in his view of the subject: . t: Brethren! here is a question which, it seem® to me, is big with interest to every philanthropist, no r to every philanthropist alone; but to every thought ful man. In order that wealth may increase, must poverty and wretchedness increase too and even in a more rapid ratio 1 Must men decay, in order that arts or trade may flourish? Without attempting any discussion, here and now, of; this the most momen tous problem of social science, a problem which is now challenging our consideration from every quar ter, I will only say that the tendency always ap parent, more apparent now, only because creative industry is now more active and universal—the seeming tendency of the poor to become poorer at the same time, and in part by the very same means that the rich become richer —the seeming tendency of certain industrious pursuits, such as-commerce and manufactures, to impair the moral force.and deteriorate the spiritual prospects of their operative agents, is a tendency that can be arrested by morale means alone. Materia! expedients, whether in the shape of poor laws, sumptuary laws, or agrarian laws —all expedients, in fine, which do not go to ennoble and purify the man—employed and em ployer —which do not go to make both parties, and especially the laborer, enlightened,. upright and pious, will fail, as they always have failed, and as they always ought to fail. The enlightening, puri fying and saving of man’s immortal mind, is the ul timate end of all industry-and all legislation, as well as of all science and religion. That end at- 5 tained, the relations of capital and labor, of em ployers and employed, will adjust themselves.— That end neglected, adjustment becomes impossible; because its most essential element is wanting.— Make men, feventhe poorest, thoughtful, enlighten ed aud upright, and they will find or make means to protect themselves; while they will extend, at the same time, a like protection to the rights and interests of others.” Tlie Voice of a Whig Soldier. Extract from a letter to the editor of this paper, by John W. Ross , of the Mounted Rifle Regiment, who , in 1844, was the editor and the Clinton County Whig, a paper at that time pub lished in this place: City of Mexico, April 7,184 S. * * * lam proud to the Clinton Democrat still floating above the waves. You are right, “go ahead.” The wishes of such men as Mr. Pollock, in Congress, in regard to the withdrawal of this army to a mere defensive line, and the' anti-war speeches of Mr. Clay, etc., won’t go down here. The men who have supported the Stars and Stripes of the United States even to the enemy’s capital, will at least place their foot upon such foul 'ingrat itude. Respectfully, your friend, JOHN W. ROSS. This is the voice, says the Democrat, of a brave 'soldier who has fought every inch of his way, from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. In 1844 he was the editor of a Whig paper in this place, and warmly supported Messrs. Clay and Pollock, whom he now so bitterly condemns. He was an ardent Whig; like all others of his party, he have made any sacrifice to place Henry Clay in the Presidential chair in 1844 ; his time, his labor, his money and his talents were freely devoted to se cure the.election of the prqud Statesman in whom all .the hopes of his party were centred—he adored his party, he loved its candidate, and wept bitterly at his defeat. But (to him at least) even Henry Clay has changed! When his idol turns his back upon his country, with manly voice he denounces him. The noble spirit that led him to the defence of his country, in the front rank of one of the most . during regiments in the army, could not brook the ■ craven. No man rejoiced more at the several successes of Mr. Pollock, in this Congressional district: than John W. Ross. Yet now no one more bitterly re gi:eu ir. No personal consklemriou hns produced this change—the power of patriotism alone has wrought it! The-following letter from Senator Benton, in re lation to this subject, has been obligingly furnished the t/mou from the State Department for publication. The deep interest attaching to the state of facts to which it alludes, will be appreciated by our readers. Senate Chamber, May 0, IS4S. Sin:—l have just received a mail from Oregon up to the Ist of November last, bringing many let ters from the inhabitants of that country, all ex pressing great thanks for the letter which „you wrote in the name of the President, and which was sent out last spring. These letters inform me that the news of the loss of the Oregon bill had arrived before your letter, and produced the greatest discon tent and despair, insomuch that the question of call ing a convention to provide for themselves was openly agitated. The arrival and publication of the lettere(for there was one from myself published with yours,) stopped this agitation; but still the people are under the greatest anxiety for the future, and most earnestly invoke the protection of law and government from the United States, for which purpose they sent me a petition to be laid before Congress. I comply with the request of the inhabitants in making known their thunks for the letter you wrote in the name of the President, and the good effect which it had in quieting their fears, and keep ing alive their hopes. Respectfully, sir, your obe dient servant, THOMAS H. BENTON. Hon. James Buchanan. A Distinguished Prison eh. —The Delaware County Republican furnishes its readers with an amusing sketch of a “militia training” that was to have come off at Chester, on Tuesday, the oth inst. The “citizen soldiers” were all upon the ground when upon some pretext or other, the Brigade In spector, with a portion of his staff} were induced to visit an unoccupied room in the jail—we believe to 'judge of its fitness for an armor}'. While in the room, some wicked wag turned the key upon the “offi cials,” and they were kept in “durance vile” until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. When they were re leased, the “nation's bulwark” had returned to their homes, and the “ pomp and circumstance of glo rious war” which was to have astonished the natives was postponed to a “more convenienCseason.” Longevity in Kentucky, —A gentleman oi Greene county, in that State, has sent to the Louis ville Journal for publication, the following list of old persons living in this county:— Stephen Riggs, Thomas Parsons, W. Thayer, James Warner, Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Embry, John Mann’, James Turner, Peter Despain, Their united ages are eight hundred and filty six years, and the average is a little more than ninety-five years. Three persons have recently died in the comity whose ages were aB follows: Mrs. .Speaker} . 113 John Miles, 03 Mrs. Sands, 106 TiiHkt; WokUhits.—‘ If l ever reach heaven,” afttdDi-. Watts, »*f:ex|i«*et 16 Hud three wonders there: (hat, the presence uf fenum that t hail not thought to m there, 1 Second, the absence of some whom I hml expected to nfeet there. Thirty the greatest wonder of all will he to find mysell there.” Tub Hour or FnRijWPM.-"The hand of tire clock in the centre of the great facade of the Tuil eries still points at a quarter past twelve ; it is the hour the people made themselves masters of the palace, and stopped the clock. man is a fish, to know ■ —(laughter)— rabbit is put want to find cat. (Uproar- ID* The Pekin Insi/er says:—“ Coming home a few mornings since, we met a man attempting to walk on both sides of the street. By a skilful man oeuvre we passed between him.” From the Clinton Democrat. Affairs in Oregon. editorial brevities. JET'-We are indebted to Gen. Caxebon of the ir. S. Senate lor a . copy of Mr. Sutler's Report on the subject of arresting fugitive slaves. 10* The Hon. Rufus Choate is to deliver the ad dress before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College at the next Annual Commencement. The Rev. Justin Edwards will deliver the Address be fore the Teological Society. Illinois Beating, the Field. —Last fall, says a correspondent of the 1 Junction Beacon, the wife Mr. Maxwell, of -Palestine Grove, was safely deliv ered of tiro daughters and one son! On the 20th of. January last, at the same Grove, the wife of Mr. Hoyt was safely delivered of four children —two sons and two daughters. ‘•Punch’ gives the following as the Parisian fashions for April:—Mob caps without crowns are much in fashion. Large bustles are also greatly in vogue, and threaten, if they greatly increase, to block up the widest throughfares. There is not a Joinville tie to be seen anywhere. Prettv Well Up. —A writer in the Norwich Courier, in an article recommending Mr. Webster for the presidency, says, -if we.'the people, do our duty we shall place him and our country on theapex of the temple of fame." An elevated, if not a dan gerous position—right up close about the weath ercock. we suppose. ,• Joseph H. Kuhns, Esq., of Westmoreland county, has been nominated as the Whig candidate for Con gress in the 19th District of this State. The ccons will spare no effort to elect their name sake—but it will be a fruitless undertaking. Obsequies of Lieut. Wundeii. —An imposing parade took place at Reading on the 13th, upon the occasion, ot the re-interment of the remains of the brave Lieut. Wunder. The address of our friend, Col. J. Glancy Jones, delivered to a large and at* tentive audience in the Court House, is spoken of as one of unusual eloquence and power. An im mense crowd filled the streets of the town, and everything passed off in a manner appropriate to an occasion so solemn. Death of an Editor. —Richard H. Toler, Esq.’, senior editor of the Richmond Whig, and one of the delegates to the Whig National Convention, died at Richmond, after a brief illness. Mr. T. was a dis tinguished editor of the press in Virginia, fornearly twenty-five years. SONNET TO GEN. SCOTT. “ Beneath the rule of really great men, The pen,” ’t is said, f ‘is mightier than the sword;” But that’s no reason, gen’ral, on my word, Why you should meddle with a pen ! It truly seems a verv foolish thing That one whose sword has made the British quake, Should, recklessly, <£ his own quietus make With a bare bodkin” from a goose’s wing! 0,- gen’ral, I beseech you, stop and think That all the fearful, multitudinous flood Of perils met in shedding hostile blood, Are small, compared with those of .shedding ink ! You’ve done so bravely, gen’ral, in the wars, You shouldn’t let your ink blot out your scars! Monument to Silas Wright. —A public meet ing was called last month without distinction of party, at Weybridge. (Vt.) the native place of Gov. Wright, to consult upon the propriety of erecting a monument to his memory in that town. The monument is designed to be set upon the public common, near the Cemetery, where lie the remains of Governor Wright's parents and friends, to be constructed of Vermont white marble. Every preparation is being made to run it up immediately. The Presidential Election. —The election for President takes place on the same day through out the United States, which is on the 7th of No vember, so we will have the result of the election wherever the telegraph is in operation, in two or three hours after the polls close. By the time of the election the telegraphic lines will be in opera tion over the greater part of the country. Muitjal Law. —A lieutenant of the luih regi ment. in the Matamoras Flag, thus tersely sums up the “code martial <f Please inform your correspondent that the only principles ol’law 3 which are known here are of the code martial. It consists of hut two articles—l or der—von obev.*' ID"G Reiley 3 Telegraph has been completed to Memphis. Tennessee. This city is now by that route within three days and a half of New Orleans. New York and New Orleans are to be united on the -Ith of July. Midshipmen in Disgrace.— Several midship men. that have been behaving badly, have been sentenced to be? reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy and dismissed from the Annapolis Naval School—not from the service, however. This sen tence has been carried into effect. A Bet.— Mr. F. 0. J. Smith offers to bet $lOOO that his Durham Bull, weighing 25nu lbs., will .travel from Boston to New York with a message of one thousand words in less time than the whole telegraphic system patented-by House can convey the same message in consecutive words from Bos ton to New York, and Mr. Smith says he will lur nish the wires free of expense. This is saying in so many words that House's patent is good for ID" Mr. McTavish has lost his seat forDundalk in the British Parliament, in consequence of his being «/« American citizen by birth ! •ID" At the head of one of the graves in the burial ground at “old St. Mary's," Md.. there stands a cedar slab, which, as the inscription upon it in* dicates, was plaeed there in the year Iff 17!'. Not withstanding it has been exposed to the weather for so long a period, it is still perfectly sound. ID* The merchants in Wooster, Ohio, advertise in the papers that they will receive the notes of the Wooster Bank, for goods, at ten cents on the dollar! This is about as much as “rag money’’ is generally worth. ID" The Rev, D. Emory', the much esteemed President of Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa., died at Baltimore on Thursday night, of a disease of the lungs. * To the institution over which he presided, and the church to which he was attached, his loss will be almost irreparabte. The. Great Fire at Detroit.— An extra of the Detroit Daily Advertiser , dated May' 10th, rep resents the great conflagration at Detroit to have been even more disastrous than the first accounts gave us reason to suppose. The burnt district in cludes about half a dozen blocks. Several acres of the city which on the 9th were thickly dotted with buildings, presented on the following day a black waste of smoking ruins. The Advertiser and Free Press estimate the number of buildings destroyed at between 200 and 300. and the loss is placed as high as $200,000. No correct estimate could, however, be formed amidst the confusion and con sternation which pervaded the city. The fire was caused by sparks from the propeller St. Joseph, which fell upon the roof of one of the large ware houses near the wharf. Nothing definite was known of the amount of insurances, at the date of the Advertisers extra. The large brick block in which the office of that paper was located, was much in jured, and all its contents, including the printing materials of the Advertiser % were tumbled confusedly into the street. Taunt iilk TitAOfitnr.—The Bath (Me.,) Aram, of the Uilh, brings us an account of an appalling tragedy, That paper says; On Thursday night hist, in the town ot Edgemunt, Maine, about live miles iVum Wiscasset village, a man named lMnk« ham, about 4ft years of age, by occupation a *hlp-. carpenter, with a sharp axe, completely dmipitnud hi* u'ift and fm children, the oldest child about Id years of, age, leaving the heads hanging to the |m»h ies only by a small portion of the neck, and then cut hie own- throat most efffeetmdly with a razor, The house standing sonye distance from other dwel lings, the awful deed was not discovered until sornc time on Friday, when the mother of the man, hav-. mg occasion to visit the house, found the inmates in the horrible situation described, not a soul being left to tell the tale of blood. A paper \yas tound in the hand writing of Mrs. P., followed by another by her husband, setting forth that they had become tired of life—that there was nothing in prospect for them worth living for, and that they had mutually agreed upon the de struction of themselves and children. parties were “Millerites.” From the 'N. O. Delta. iS Children Half Price,” One of the most difficult questions that bothered our boyhood, and, we suppose, a majority of our readers were similarly embarrassed, was as to the exact meaning and limitation of the phrase, « Chil dren Half Price." When our boyish fancy was inflamed to a fever heat, by a glance at the attrac tive Circus bill, filled with delightfully exciting pictures of intrepid equestrians, standing on the big. toe of one foot, on the apex of the hind quarter of a milk white or beautifully spotted white cour ser, or of broad-mouthed clowns hitching up their heels into double-bow -knots, or of ground aud lofty tumblers making rings of themselves, turning double summersetts and reversing the order of na ture by walking on their hands—when all these delightful and attractive pictures used to catch our young, eyes, and inflame our curiosity and imagina tion, we were destined to experience a melancholy collapse, by reading at the bottom of these showy placards those cabalistic and ambiguous but mo mentous words—“ Children Half Price.'' What Was the meaning of these words ? This was a puzzling and perplexing question. Did they refer to the size or the age, the dress or the bearing of the applicants for admission—was the word “ chil dren” used in its generic sense, so as to denote all who. were possessed of childish qualities; or in its specific sense, denoting those members of the human lamily whose years were few, not those whose ears were long? Did it include those who, though children in years, were men in spirit, and vice versa > These have proved puzzling questions to all youths. But the difficulty is still greater when the term is applied to young ladies. So it appeared in a case which was lately tried before Justice Bright, ol this city;. A lady keeping a boarding house had included in the advertisement of her terms, this common but enigmatical phrase, “ Children Half Price. A gay widower, who having his eye on a “second wentur,” was desirous of keeping up by every device in his power the pleasant delusion, of “ middle-agedness," had a daughter not far from ” sweet sixteen,’’ whom he placed at the boarding house where £: children" were entertained at “haP price." After the young lady had been at the board ing house for some time, the widower asked for his bill, when lo! and behold! imagine his surprise to find his little duck, his mere little tiddy-bidy of a daughter, put down at the full price of adult board ers. He was shocked, horrified, indignant and stu pified at the extraordinary proceeding. Going im mediately to his looking-glass, and seizing his brush and arranging his hair and whiskers, he apostro phized with himself thus : “Me, the fatherof a young lady—ot a grown-up female—of a marriageable, fuM-sized, full appetited, first-tabled, full-bustled juv enile woman! It is preposterous! an imposition ! I'll stand a suit before I'll pay it!" The ambitious widower was as good as’his word. He stood a suit,denying in toto the plaintifl's claim. Learned lawyers were employed on both sides, and the question came up before Justice Bright, a mag; istrate noted for his strong, sensible, practical views of matters. What constitutes a young lady?—and what was the meaning of the'phrase •• Children half price?" were the points at issue. To determine the first question, a gallant and accomplished young friend of ours, a relation of one oj the most exalted characters in our nation. I was called on to give his testimony, and a most searching examination did he stand with inflexible composure. The following were some of the ques tions put to him. and his answers : Do you know the defendant's daughter, Miss Angelina Ann? •dns. —l have that honor. What is she? jins. —A young lady. What do you mean by a young lady ? •An*. —A respectable youthful female. Do you consider her a child ? .flns. —No. The plaintiff here very complacently closed his case; and the defendant commenced his cross-ex amination : What do you mean;by a child? Jins. —A young f'eniale human being. What constitutes the distinction between a young lady and a young fernale human being? jins. —Why, a young female human being wears pinafores, long frocks, check aprons, eats large quan tities of bread ami butter, giggles at boys, hugs wax dolls, and plays “ puss in the corner” and •• chickemy. chickemy, craney crow"—whilst a young lady carries her hair done up behind, reads Byron and Bulwer. wears balzarines from Madame Voizin's. eschews pantalettes, casts her eyes down at the sight of young gentlemen, has a small appe tite. and generally, when there's room enough, sits at the first table. This answer was objected to—the witness hav ing assumed to determine a strict question of law. which belonged to the Judge to decide. It was contended, however, that, as a matter ot technical opinion, like the opinion of a man of science in matters relating to his profession, the evidence was admissible. “But." impatiently asked the defendant, ‘T wish to know of you. as a man ol honor, if you consider my daughter Angelina Ann a young lady t Ans. —As a man of gallantry I am bound to say yes. The Judge here rebuked the witness by inform ing him that it was a naked question of fact pre sented to him, and he must answer according to his judgement and knowledge, and not according to honor or gallantry. “ Well.” replied the witness, “ I think Miss An gelina Ann is a young lady.” “ Why. my daughter?" remarked the complacent and youthful widower, “she is a mere child." Ans. —That is because you look upon her through such youthful eyes. What then is your reason for saying that she is a young lady f Ans. —Well, if you will have it, I'll tell you Miss Angelina Ann and I have taken sundry moon light strolls, (at this announcement the defendant lifted his eyes and hands in astonishment and hor ror.) when if she had been a child she should have been at home in her juvenile couch; and during those walks she frequently quoted from Moore's Melodies. Byron's Childe Harold, and sung very sweetly too, -Oft in the stilly night." “ Come reign in this bosom," and "I dreamt that I dwelt in mar ble halls." ••Is that all the proof you have of her being a young lady !" exclaimed defendant. -No." replied the witness. “ I have more. She sat at the same table with me. I observed that a nice dish of boiled cabbage and onions was placed opposite to her every day. and I never could per suade her to touch them. It is a fixed opinion of mine, that any individual of the feminine gender who will not touch onions stewed in butter, and nice boiled Cabbage , is an indubitable, unquestiona ble. indisputable, downright young lady.” The defendant here gave up his case in despair, the Judge looked satisfied, and the plaintiff's attor ney, gathering up his books and papers, retired with a quiet smile of exultation on his parchment countenance. Thus have our courts established a complete test and standard by which there wil not in future be any doubt, so far as females are con cerned, of the true meaning of the phrase—“ Child ren Half Price." •Mr. Clay and tlie Goat. Almost everybody in Washington city remem bers an old he goat which formerly inhabited Nay lor's livery, on Pennsylvania Avenue. This animal was, in all probability, the most independent citi zen of the metropolis—he belonged to no party, though, he frequently gave striking proofs of adhe sion to the levelling principle; for whenever a per son stopped any where in his vicinity, Billy was sure to make at him, horns and all. The boys took delight in irritating the long bearded gentle man, and frequently so annoyed him that he would make war against lamp-posts and trees, to their great amusement. • One day the luminary of the west, Henry Clay, was passing along .the Avenue, and seeing the boys intent on worrying Billy into a fever, slopped, with his characteristic humanity, expostulated with them on their cruelty. The boys listened in silent awe to the. eloquent appeal of the great statesman j but it was all Cherokee to Billy, who—ungrateful scanip! arose majestically on his hinder legs, and made a desperate plunge at his friend and advocate. Mr. Clay although he had not “ slain a Mexican," proved himself too much for his honorable assail ant. He seized hold of both horns of the dilemma, and then “ was the tug of war"—for Greek had met Greek. The struggle was long and doubtful. “ Hah I" exclaimed the statesman, “ I have got you faßt, you rascal! Til teach you better man ners. 4 ' “But boys,“ Continued he, turning to the laughing urchins. 11 what ahull 1 do now?" “ Why trip up his feet, Mr. Clay," said they. Mr. Clay diu as he was told, ami alter many severe el* forts, brought Billy down on his side. Here he lookeffat the hoys Imploringly, seeming to say, 11 1 never was in such a Ifx before," The combatants were nearly exhausted, goaty had the advantage, (hr he was gaining breath all the while that the Statesman was losing it, ''•Boys,” exclaimed he, nuffilng and blowing, " This i« rather an awkward busines. What am I to do now i", * ! Why’don't you know V' said a little fellow making preparations to run.as he spoke—“ All you’ve got to do is to let go and run like blazes!” Now, after the manner of the wise men, do we clap our fingers to our brow, and thus are we de livered : The goat here presented to us, figuratively, is “Old Zack*’ And Clay, in his recent letter, has taken him by the horns and laid him on his side, undoubtedly, but still, alas, we near hilti demand ng: “ Boys! what am Ito do now ?'’— Reveille. FROM EUROPE, j FIVE DAYS LATER drrival of the Caledonia—THe French '{Republic. ; ' New York. Mhy 21—5 P. M. The steamship Caledonia arrived at Boston about 11 o’clock this morning. | - , . The news is of a very meagre character. The friends a permanent and peaceful repub lic in France, headed by Lamartine, carried a rna j ority of the National Assembly by a decided vote, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the ultra Republicans and communists, who left neither fair, nor foul means untried to effect a different result borne fears are entertained' by the timid that the violent of the minority resorting to ulterior mea sures in order to render the past proceedings, in the establishment of a republic, : It is stated that the Provisional Government have determined to interfere in the affairs of Italy, against Austrain dominion. We receive the pleasing announcement of the complete triumph of the moderates in France, over the ultras—the only danger now being that the lat ter may resort to force to recover their ascendency. The London money market, on May 4th, was depressed by a report that France intended to in terfere in the war between Austria and Lombardy. This caused consols to close at a decline of per cent., ruling at s3±. The interruptions to the continental trade in manufactured goods, have caused several serious failures in spinning houses, which may recover when affairs become quiet. Interesting from the rible Suffering at Sea. From the New Bedford Mercury, May 16.* By the whaling ship James Maury, Capt. Whel den, from Honolulu, Dec. 25, we have received a copy of the Polynesian uf the latest date, from which we gather the following items: The whale ship Francis Henrietta, Capt. Poole, of this port, fell in with at sea, in May. lat. 42 N. lon 150 E.a Japanese junk. of 200 tons, dismasted, rudder gone, and otherwise injured in a typhoon seven months previous. The original number of the crew was seventeen, but when Capt. Poole dis covered them, they were reduced to. four, and in a famishing condition. The.crew had drawn lota for some time past as to who\ should be. killed and eaten; the one upon whom 'the lot fell, if able* fighting for his life, and in some instances succeed ed in killing one of the others, in which case the murdered man was eaten. T.he survivors were shockingly scarred with dirk and knife wounds, as if their lives had often been attempted by their companions. Capt. Poole kept them on board his ship for thirty days, and then put them on board some fishing boats, close in shore, about lat. 40 N. They were exceedingly grateful, and; manifested much emotion on leaving the whaler, i The junk "had. not much of a cargo on boaid, or was in such a disgusting condition that the crew of the Frances Henrietta did not like to examine her minutely. 1 hey obtained, however, a number of interesting curiosities, such as books, idols, swords, pictures, lans, boxes, china ware, boxes of tools, &c. &e. The Siamese Twins. The Siamese twins.are living in North Carolina, as farmers, and are both married. A correspondent of the Richmond papers, who has recently visited their home, writes some interesting details in rela tion to their domestic life. The twins chop wood remarkably fast, four hands being on the axe at the same time. They also shoot at a mark or game with their four hands rest ing on the gun. They drive their horses forty miles, to Wilkes, themselves, and do any kind of work about the farm. Mrs. Eng says her husband is very kind to the negroes, and that Cfiang is very severe with them. Mrs. Eng is also better disposed than Mrs. Cha*ng, and is the prettiest. Mrs. Eng is very close and saving; and Mrs. Chung is disposed to indulge in dress and various other expenses The twins rarely differ about dress, but often differ in their ideas of purchasing negroes or land. The opinion of Eng is always the law, and Chang readily acquiesces. Eng does all the writing, including the signing of notes 'and other important'papers. Eng is one inch taller than Chang, and Chang's wife is taller than Eng's. Some old lady in the neighborhood, a lew day 3 ago, asked Eng which was the oldest? and he re plied that he was just six months older than his brother. Well, says, the old lady, I thought there was about as much difference, for you are purty consid erable bigger than your brother. They are good on a joke, and the old lady was in earnest. They have a blacksmith shop on their farm, and a shoema ker s shop also. I saw a good sized ii/ame house that they made, without any assistance,-from foun dation to roof. At the table they both use a bench, and each has his own knife and fork. I asked them if they both expected to die at the same time, an'd they replied that it could not be otherwise: for if the same disease did not take them both off at one time, as the living one would have to be separated from the dead body, the act of sep aration would be his death ; but their general im pression is that they will both die of the same disease and at the same time. Their affection for each other is very strong. Any of the neighbors offering an insult to the one, the other immediately resents; and it would take a champion to cope with them in a rough and tumble fight. To use an expression of thfeir neighbors, “they fight like cats.” Women and Pistols.— The women in Missis sippi have taken to pistols to revenge their wrongs. The Netv Orleans Delta gives an account of a very tragical affair which occurred quite recently:- “ Mr. Charles Jones, who was originally from Red River, and has practiced law in Louisiana, was shot at his residence on Black River, Hear Natchez, by a highly respectable lady, said to be a relative of his. If is stated that the lady drove in a carriage to Jones’ dwelling, and called him out. As he ap proached the carriage, she fired a-revolver at him, the ball taking effect in his abdomen. -As lie bent down under the effect of the wound, she fired iw<J more barrels, the balls from which took effect upon his head. At the last accounts, Jones was lying in a helpless condition, but not quite dead.” Tragical Event.— One of the most deplorable events that has happened in this part of the coun try. for many years occurred at Fall River last evening. The wife of Mr. Ladererich Borden, an estimable inhabitant of that towiAdrowned her two youngest children, one 3*s year Hind the other 1 year old, in a cistern, and then took her own life. Mrs. Borden has within a few days shown unde niable evidences of an unsound- mind, expressing fears that they should come to want, though her husband is in good circumstances. &c. Yesterday afternoon a girl who lived with Mrs. Borden went out to get a pail of water. On her return, Mrs. Borden and the two younger children were missing. She asked an . elder child where her mother was gone and was told that she had gone to the cellar. She went to the cellar door, but was afraid to enter on hearing the groans of Mrs. B. The neighbors were called in and found Mrs. B. extended on tho floor with her throat cut and just'alive. The chil dren were both dead in the cistern. ‘ Thi3 dreadful tragedy has caused a great excitement in Fall River, and a deep sympathy is felt for Mr. Borden in this sudden and dreadful bereavement.— Boston Traveller City Ittmizers are sometimes perfectly prismatic in their poetic imagination, as witness the follow ing description of a rain from the Cincinnati Her ald : “ Wasn't that a glorious rain of Friday night ? The cracked and dr}' earth drank it up as the des ert camels drink of the springs of an oasis, while the withering green, of the trees looked brighter for its coming, like the eyes of a maiden who waits for her lover, and sees him witfr.his hand upon the bell-knob. Down it came on like the/?ia/e of a great orchestra, and the low thunder mingled with the crash of the descending rain like an infi nitude of drums. How the cisterns laughed and the little brooks danced to its music, while the trees, like devout Dryadic nuns, murmured a Te Deuiii of rejoicing. The glistening streets of the morning, the leaves glittering in the glory of the new sun. the irtany-hued waterMrops of the eaves, lingering pendant, till the sun should kißs them, the glory of the transparent air, in which were the remembrances of the last night's thunder, hanging over the “ gates of the east*' where the votive offer ings of nature, rejoicing’to her Maker In this hies sing." 117* We have positively tint heard Utm. Huott's name mentioned by a Whig, old or young, In this city, fjlnee we pHllshed the .admirable letter of Mr, Maroy, It In generally thought that the Heeretary ot War’s epidle has had a worse’ effect upoirthe General's nervous system than the celebrated “hasty plate of soup Gasettv, ID* There are 177 banks in full business opera tion in the State of New York.. There are.not 50 good and bad in Pennsylvania, ID” The Post-office Appropriation Bill, now pen ding in Congress, appropriates $2,540,700:—for transportation in steamships between New York and Bremen, $400,000; for compensation to Post masters,sl,o7s,ooo; and for clerks for offices (in the offices of Postmasters) $230,000 and besides here are many minor items.
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