SnteUigcnrtr & Journal. E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT, LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN, FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WM. O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. Democratic Electoral Ticket. SINATOBIAJ. DeIEOATES. WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield. DAVID D. WAGENER, of Narlhamplon. Representative Electors.,^ 13. John 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. WiLLtAMH. Davis, 23. Timothy Ives, 1. Henry L. Benner, 2. Horn R. Kneass, 3. Isaac Shunk, 4. A. L. Roumfobt, 5.. Jacob S. YosTj. 6. Robert E.-Wright, 7. Wm. W. Downing, 5. Henry Haldeman, 9. Peter Kline, 10. B. S. Schoonover, 1L Wm. Swetland, 12. Jonah Brewster, 24. Jas. G. Campbell, FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, ISRAEL PAINTER, OF WESTMORELAND COUNTT. Lancaster, June 27, 1848. JO" Our thanks are due to Mr. Ja-cob A. Shindel of Lebanon, for a list ef 30 campaign subscribers, with a promise of as many more—also to Richard Striblino, Esq'., fora formidable accession in this city. Our Democratic ftiedds, here and elsewhere, are authorized to act as Agents for the Intelligencer. ID* We have received acopy of Hon. Richard Brodhead’s speech on the of Terri tories,” and will give extracts from it hereafter. “A great man is fallen in Israel#” More in sorrow, certainly, than in anger, do Kve chronicle the political self-destruction of a man, who from the heights of fame has suddenly plunged into the deepest abyss of shame and humiliation. To.lhe infinite amazement of our entire community, the‘ s Eastern mail of Saturday brought us the intelli gence, that the. factious and disorganizing Barn burner” Convention of New York had nominated for the Presidency no less a man than Martin Van Burin, and that he had actually accepted the nami nation! Certain it is, that he addressed a'letter to this noted body, taking ground adverse to the reg ular nominations of the Democratic party made at Baltimore, and it is our custom in polities to regard those who. are not for us as against us.- If our regrets over the apostaey of those in whose fidelity we had implicitly relied, be graduated by the measure of their descension, then will the De mocracy deeply deplore the step which forever separates from them their ancient leader—the Sage of Lindeuwald. Sorry spectacle! Here we be hold a man raised by a great party from obscurity to fafae and fortune—honored and caressed, because believed to be the faithful exponent of its principles —and who,-stimulated by unchastened ambition, morbid pride, selfish revenge for fancied ill, orsomq other grovelling passion—in the hour of need un gratelully turns his hack upon the verv usages, by which he has so long himself flourished and pros pered. Truly a mournful exhibition of human in firmity!' Little did the Democracy anticipate such coQduct-from such a quarter. Little did they ap prehend, when in 1830 and IS-iU they rallied by tens of thousands under the banner of this man, that he would thus soon forget the gratitude due to the'glorious Past, and cover himself with shame as with a garment. What would Andrew Jack son say, if he were yet in our midst to witness this defection? In tones of indignation that would thrill throughout the length and breadth of the land, he would rebuke and denounce it. -It i«» t»-»«TOO *»f Wottrtfx.lt kowjuo, that the principles of the great Democratic party 'depend not upon names, however honored and illus trious. Selfish and ungrateful men, the slaves of passion and of interest, may lift their parricidal hands against the party that has nourished them, but all experience attests that they accomplish only their own ruin. However potent in the season of their fidelity, they extinguish, as with a dripping sponge, their entire influence, when they prove un faithful and untrue. We have not the remotest fear that Marti.v Van Bunny will prove an exception to this rule. On the contrary, he will add hut another to its many and striking exemplifications, and history, whieh yesterday would have assigned him a place with Jf.ffersox and Jackson, to-day enrols his name in the page that records the apos tacy of William C. Rives and Nathaniel P. Talmadge. Like a bright exhalation in the* eve ning, lie hath fallen, and his name is the synomne of political infirmity and treachery. It affords us no pleasure to write thus of a man. whom, until now, we have loved and. venerated. But we should be unfaithful and undeserving ourselves, if we failed in our duty. Meanwhile, the Democracy of tiie Union, nothing daunted by this new phenomenon, will adhere un flinchingly to their Principles and their Candidates. Out of New York, there is not a speck in the poli tical horizon. r Our conviction that CASS and BUTLER will be triumphantly elected, remains unshaken, the defection of Martin Van Bun tv and his son John to the contrary notwithstanding! Speech of Mr. Soule. —Our readers will dis cover a. rare intellectual treat in to-day's paper in the speech of Hon. Pierre Soule, delivered on the occasion of the Democratic Ratification meeting held in the city of New Orleans. It was originally spoken in the French language, and translated into English for the columns oif the Delta, from whence we extract it. Mr. Soule needs no introduction to our readers, for who has not heard of him > His war-speech in the U. S. Senate, where he served a short time to fill out an unexpired term, was a master-piece of eloquence, unsurpassed by the finest efforts of Webster or Calhoun. Into that fame, which others reach only by slow and laborious de grees, Mr. Soule leaped at a single bound. Most heartily will the country welcome the return of this able champion to the TJ. S. Senate, to which he has been re-elected. Distressing Accident. —A more melancholy casualty than the following has seldom come to our notice. On Wednesday, last, an interesting little son of Mr. Charles M. Howell, residing in East Orange street, aged about two years, unobserved-by }iis nurse, clambered to the top of the railing of the balcony at the setoud story of the house, and lasing his balance, felt *io the brick pavement beneath) alighting on his face; The unfortunate litttle sufferer, survived the accident only a few hours, when he resigned his innocent spirit to his Heavenly Father. We deeply sympathise with the afflicted parents in bereavement. Our neighbor of the Union $ Tribune gives a glowing account of the Whig Ratification meet ing, held in the court-house, and says that « a dense crowd of persons, who were unable to obtain an entrance within its walls, clustered around the doors of the building!” These outsiders must have been the Natives. We believe they did fail to get into the meeting, although there was ample room for them in the building. Nayt Orders.— Surgeon J. M. Foltz appointed to the Navy Yard, Washington, via Clymer, re lieved. Gish & Co., the enterprising. Bo fl kfflllere in this city, have for sale the lives of. Cass -and Bun,™ in one volume.- Democrats, call and buy. Reasons wliy every Democrat should support lewis Cass. Because from a poor, frieudless, and unaided boy, by a life of industry and integrity," he has risen; to the highest places of renown known to our Constitution—thereby exemplifying that crown ing excellence of our happy form, of Government, which makes virtue and intelligence the only pass ports to public favor. Having risen from naked poverty himself, he is the fit representative of the poor Laboring-Man and Mechanic. Because from his earliest boyhood he has been the ardent and devoted friend of his country's rights and honor,'thereby proving himself worthy of his gallant revolutionary ancestor. He is in the true signification of the phrase, an American Patriot, who,has never counted the cost, when his beloved country' has been in question. Because, when the insolent aggressions of Great Britain shrouded our land in the cloud of battle, he vindicated • her flag amidst' toils, and perils, and blood, suffering not one star to be obliterated, not one stripe to be erased—thereby' richly earning the fame due to a brave and fearless Soldier. Because, w'hen Peace again waved Iher golden wings across our borders, he equally distinguished himself as an able and accomplished Statesman. Of the Senate of the United States he was at once the ornament and the pride. With a thorough knowledge of the history of the government, and* its various relations, he grasped all public questions with a force and comprehension equalled by -but few, surpassed by none. , Because he is no respecter of nations amongst his country's foes. Whether to confront proud England at the head of our brave volunteers on the Canada frontiers—whether to assert the Freedom of the Seas ■in the midst of the learned of Europe— whether To vindicate the Oregon title against Great Britain, in the Senate Chamber—or whether to up hold the justice and necessity of the Mexican War —he has never faltered in the service of his country. America. like the Greek matron. pointsdo this sou. as one of her brightest jewels. Because he is a thorough, well-tried, and consis tent Democuat, who in every critical emergency has been the eloquent champion of EauAL Rights. contributing as much as any man in the nation to the ascendency of sound republican principles. Because he has never been known, in a single instance, to shrink from the bold and open avowal of his political opinions. Perfectly frank and ingenuous in his nature, he has ever trusted his whole mind and heart to the intelligence and judg ment of the American people. Because he shared the confidence of Thomas Jefferson, the illustrious Aulhor of the Declaration of Independence, whose heart beat till its last hour for the world's emancipation—of James Madisom the champion of the War of 1812—and last, but not least, of Andrew Jackson, the man of the Iron Will, who bestowed more honors upon Lewis Cass than upon any other public man in the nation. Because his private life is as unsullied, as his public career has been useful and brilliant. Party madness itself cannot successfully assail him. Before his unspotted name, the grisly spirit of Cal umny shrinks abashed into her caverns. The arrows of detraction, by whooisoevcr sped, fall harmless at his feet. Because, finally, he is, in very word and deed, a living exemplification of genuine American Democ racy, whose eventful Past is a sure guaranty of a yet more glorious and successful Future. At the rally of such a noble leader, tens of thousands of true-hearted men will again with sinewy hands and bold and buoyant hearts lift aloft the ancient flag of Democracy, determined as of yore to preserve the country and her institutions from the hands of Federalism, howsoever specious and gilded the devices and and the names under which it seeks to steal itself into power. * The “Natives” Displeased. As we predicted, and as was natural to expect, the manner in which the Taylor ratification meet ing recently held in this city was conducted by the whigs. has excited the sore displeasure ol_their allies, the Natives. The exclusion of the latter from all manner of participation in the proceedings ot the meeting, was not less apparent than cold and neglecthil. and hence it is that Bnuler Minns of the American Press feels warranted in the public utterance of his virtuous indignation. The organ of Nativisru in this meredian savs : “ We are, however, sorry to be under the neces sity of stating, that a considerable number of per sons retired from the meeting not very "'elf pleased, because they thought the Whigs were making them selves rather too conspicuous lor the ho-partv prin ciples of Gen. Taylor , our nominee for the Presi dency. We must confess, that we ourselves were among the number of those who thought thus.” Mark the peculiar phraseology of this extract. ■‘The Whigs made themselves rather too conspicu ous for the NO-PARTY principles of Gen. Taylor, OUR nominee for the Presidency s '! Nothing can be more true To the Natives unquestionably be longs the credit of having first brought Taylor into the field. They are his original friends, and long before the whigs thought of adopting him as their candidate, he had been selected by the Levins and Sken Smiths of Philadelphia, and bv the leading Natives here, It was. therefore, to say the least, unkind treatment, on the part of the eleventh-hour luylorites. the whigs. to thrust the originals from their platform, mid occupy it themselves. No wonder they are indignant. ILT Hie Baltimore American mentions as a some what curious coincidence, that Gen. Cass and Gen. Taylor were each nominated for President, by the Democratic and Whig National Convention res pectively, on fourth ballot—and Gen. Butleii and Mr. Fillmore for the Vice" Presidency, on second ballot, andeach by nearly the same preponderating vote. forgets to state, however, that here the “curious coincidence" ends. Whilst the Democratic Convention, after it had completed its nominations, remained in session, until itiiad boldly proclaimed its principles.‘the Whig Convention took to its heels, without any declaration of opinion on any one question of public policy! Very differ ent conduct that. f More Whig Harmont. —The Concord, (N. II.) Democrat and Freeman, a paper which lias been making common cause with the whigs in New: Hampshire, says. “ Since the nomination we have seen anil conversed with hundreds of whigs from this and other towns in all parts of the state, in cluding many of the whig representatives: and so far we have scarcely met the whig, (always ex cepting a small number whose principles are seven) who does not repudiate the nomination of Taylor." “ Tyler too !” While very young coons unthinkingly shout, The “old ! uns,” more cautious than these. Suspicious that “traitors” are lurking about. Are still as a mouse in a cheese ! “ I rememberthe fellow,” says one “verv well •’ No renegade ever was viler ! And >t is easy to see that a change in the spell Would render our Taylor a Tyler!” Allentown, Pa. —The last number of the A 1 lentown Democrat says:—For the information of all who may feel any interest in the matter, we would state that the Odd Fellows’ Hall Association of this place, resign all claims upon any moneys . that may be raised by collection among the citizens for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire. No part of said fund, therefore, will be appropriated to the re-building of the Hall, or to the restoration of the stock to its original value. The Union * Tribune publishes an excellent letter from Mr. Fillmore to the meeting of the friends of Ireland in New York. The sentiments of Mr. F. are such as would do honor even to Gen W. 0. Butlek, whose grand-father was an Irish man, and whose father and five brothers fought bravely in the American Revolution. .The Delegate System* As the period is fast approaching when nomina tions are to be made in the different counties for members of Congress and of the State Legislature, we incline to the opinion that a few remarks on. the subject of the Delegate System may not be deemed out of season. This mode of presenting candidates to the suffrages of the people, and effect ing harmony and reconciliation among conflicting aspirants, has for many years been a favorite system with the Democratic party. It is both proper and republican in theory, and the experience of many years abundantly attests its virtue and efficiency in practice. The fact that it has successfully with stood, times without number, the assaults of the selfish-and disappointed, who have essayed every possible device to consummate its overthrow, is also a convincing proof that as a wheel in the machin- ; ery of party it is not only of acknowledged utility, j but indispensable to the operations of the whole, j But, like every other good system, it is liable to i abuse and susceptible of amendment. We design to enumerate a few’ of these points. Perhaps one of the most important evils con nected with the system, is, the culpable indifference frequently manifested by the masses in the election of the delegates who are to represent their wishes. If the great mass of the party would properly at tend the primary elections, and insist upon the choice only of men of acknowledged respectability and judgment, a fairer and more general expression of public sentiment would thus be elicited, and a more unexceptionable array of candidates would be presented. But if three, four, or a half dozen of individuals are allowed to choose delegates for large and populousdistricts. embracing voters to the number of perhaps as many hundred, it is scarcely within the pale of probability, that the men thus .chosen will be able to make selections acceptable to the great body of the voters belonging to the same party, This is an evil, however, the remedy for which the people hold in their hands, and we take occasion to impress upon them the necessity of a full and general attendance upon the delegate elections, whereby the choice of improper men will be prevented, and the trust of nominating candi : dates committed to men willing and competent to i discharge it properly. • Another and possibly still greater source of difli | culty is, in not binding candidates for public suf i l'rage to a strict and faithful acquiesonee in the de ! cisions of the tribunal, to whose arbitrament they j have submitted their claims. Nothing can be con- I ceived that is more reprehensible and base, nothing j that betrays a more absolute want of fidelity to the I great interests of the party he acts with, than to see an individual imploring the benefit of a nomination from a convention of properly constituted delegates —and, when he fails in his desires—see him turn modestly upon his heels, and announce himself a L'olu\iteer candidate, not with a view of securing his own'succoss, lor that he rarely, if ever, expects— but for the sole and avowed purpose of defeating the nominations regularly made. This is emphat ically upon the “ rule or ruin" principle. The pro vocation must indeed be one of extraordinary force, that would serve a justification for a rebellious course towards the candidates regularly nominated. We do not aver, that the contingency which would warrant a “bolting from the ticket" could never arise, us candidates may by designing men be foisted upon the party who are universally admitted to be unworthy anti unfaithful to their principles: but this is an event which is at best of very rare occur rence. As a general rule. too. the evil thus pre sented is almost without remedy, as the selection of new candidates in place of those that are deemed obnoxious has the invariable effect of “ splitting the party, and hence the Democracy is subjected to the alternative of choosing between the policy of electing candidates of their own, although not in all respects the men of their choice, and that of i letting in the men of the opposite party, known as | their Antipodes upon almost every question of pub i lie interest, it is safest then in every aspect, to j "stick to the ticket, as formed by the representative delegates of our own selection, although the con vention ought not, in justice to themselves, ever consent ro raice tne claims oi any man inro consid eration, who will- not first agree to present them with an unconditional pledge to abide by the nomina tions—for if that principle be not adhered to, the whole delegate machinery is converted into a mere laree. and the voters had far better never expose themselves to the ridicule and contempt of their fellows, by serving as actors in it. Washington Aews, President Polr has been for a few days quite in disposed with fever. By the lust accounts, how ever. he \va-: again convalescent. Lieutenant Gaud.vku. a bearer of despatches to the Government, arrived m Washington on Thurs day last, bringing the official announcement that the Treaty with Mexico had been formally ratified on the duth ultimo. Mi. SnviEH. one of our Commissioners to Mex vo, is expected to bring the ratified Treaty. Mr. Clifford, the oilier Commissioner, will probably remain behind as permanent .Minister. Gen. Robert Wallace, of Virginia, has been appointed and confirmed as Marshal of the District of Columbia, in place of Gen. Hunter, resigned. Mr Bering i:n. from the Democratic portion of the Committee on Public Expenditures—consisting of Messrs. Bedinger of Virginia. Clark of Maine. Hall of Missouri, and La Sere ut Louisiana-—pre sented on Wednesday to the House a most trium phant reply to the assault of Mr. Stroh.m on Mr. Walker's financial statements. It was shown most clearly that Air. \\ alter had committed not one of the errors imputed to him by the committee; whilst the committee themselves had committed not less than sixty-four errors—exceeding thirtv three million^'of dollars ! All which is shown and proved. The vindication oi the Secretary is com plete and conclusive. This report of .Messrs. Bed inger, Clark. Hall, and La Sere is very elaborate covering os pages—and entitles these gentlemen to the thanks of the whole democratic party. Justice from an Opponent, Since the nomination of Gen. Cass the Presi dency, there lias occasionally been to assail his.churacter and depreciate his talents. But the effect of snch assaults is more than counter balanced by the high testimony which has been borne in favor ofhis private character as a citizen, and his talents as a statesman, by the more respec table papers of the party opposed to his election. Of such a character is the following notice of Gen. Cass, by the ■* Blue Hen and Chickens a whig paper published at Wilmington. Delaware : “ The National Democratic Convemtiok The Convention at Baltimore made last week its selection of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. No third or sixth rate men are chosen by them, as nominees on the compromising princi pies, on the contrary, the strongest and best men .were selected, and we are gladff it-men already great ot themselves, ,1 called upon hv a majority to administer tile government of a great people will seldom feel disposed to rob other men of’their glory, oil purpose to make up fortheirotvn deficion cy in that respect General Cassis an honest, up right, and talented man; his experience in diplo macy, and his practical knowledge with regard to State and general administration of public affairs are we think, cq ual to those or any other man of his P a r‘y- , We dlff( r r °* course almost in toto from the political principles in the name of which he received his nomination ; we shall earnestly but honestly op posehiselectton; but we feel better pleased, and shall have more ambition to exert ourselves on ac count ofhis being a worthy and honorable ad’versarv to whatever candidate we may have to bring against S3* The new United States Senator, Col. Fitz gerald, appointed by the Governor of Michigan, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Gen. Cass, was an officer ; in the last war with Great Britain, and was wounded in one of the ac tions on the frontier. He resides at St. Joseph's, is about Sixty, years of age, of strong mind, general, information, sound good sense, and is a sterling Democrat, possessing the firmness necessary for every exigency. The Presidential Election. Hie next Presidential election will take place; on tbe sarae day throughout the Union; according: to the requirement of an act of Congress passed; since the last election. That day is Tuesday, Novj 7th.' The number of electois at the last election was 275, of which 138 was a majority. Mr. Polk received l7Dof them, and Mr. Clay 105; asjfbllows; For Polk. For Clayj. j > Maine, 9 Massachusetts, d 12 New Hampshire, 6 Rhode Island,' j 4 New York, 36 Connecticut, 6 Pennsylvania, 26 Vermont, J 6 Virginia, 17 New Jersey, 7 South Carolina, 9 Delaware, j 3 Georgia,- 10 North Carolina, ■ It’ Alabama, 9 Ohio, W 23 Mississippi, 6 Kentucky, ; 'l2 Louisiana, g Tennessee, 13 1 Indiana, 12 : l Illinois, 9 Michigan, 5 Missouri,' Arkansas, Mr, Polk’s majority was G 5, and hp had 3'i more than was necessary to a choice. ; In the next election the number of electors will be 290. the following States having been admitted intd the Union since Mr. Polk's election, viz:—Florida* 3; Texas, 4; lowa, 4; Wisconsin, 4. These are all democratic States, and their votes aty certain for Cass and Butler. There is not a State which went for Polk, except New York, that cafinot now be considered safe for Cass: for every one; of them is now democratic; while a number of the States that went for Clay, are by no means certain to go for General Z. Taylor. Tennessee was carried for Clay by a plurality ot barely 113 votes; Delaware by 287; and New Jersey and Maryland, at their last election, chose Democratic Governors. These certainly are doubtful States, i jand probably neither of them can be carried for Taylor. AU the doubtful and close States are on j the Federal side—are among those which went for Clay ; always excepting New York. That is the i only State, of those which went for Mr. Polk, that j there is any reason to fear will go against us now'. : But on the other hand, our friends art* confident I that we can carry Ohio and Tennessee, which-will just balance New York; and fhen we shall have the same majority that we had in 184 1, in addition j to the 13 votes from the four new States above | named. But supposing we lose New York and carry only the other States that we had in 1844, still the new States will give us the election. Thus —add New York to Clay's 100 votes, and it gives them 141. We have left then 134, to which add the 10 votes for the new’States, and we have 149, being three more than will be necessary to a choice. And we stand a better chance to carry other federal States, than they do to carry any of ours; we have as good a prospect for carrying Ohio as they have to carry New York even; and we shall elect Cass and Butler triumphantly. Democratic City Meeting. A large and enthusiastic Rally of the City De -1 mocracy took place in the court-house, on-Saturday evening. John Zimmerman presided, assisted by Jacob Winnower, M. D. Holbrook, Philip Baker, Michael M'Grann, Richard Stribling. Vice Presi dents—J. L. Kefler and John Rote, Secretaries. This meeting was addressed by Col. Reah Frazer, Dr. C. M. Johnson and Richard Strihlixg, and ad journed with a hearty and zealous determination to give an old-fashioned Democratic majority in the city for Cass and Butler. Fayette, and Greene. The Democrats of these counties pursue the “Crawford county plan'’ in making their: nomina tions. The counties with Somerset form District XVIII, and have designated John'L. Daw son, of Brownsville, as their choice by the folio w- Fayette. Greene. Total. W. S. Cu.mnings, 1159 56 ' 1255 J. L. Dawson, 1036 1477 . 2514 Fayette arid Greene also form a Senatorial dis trict, and Gen. Maxwell McCaslin, of Greene hap been nominated by a vote nearly unanimous. 11l Oreeutr, Majui John D. OorUUll, is rc-iumiiua.- ted for the House of Representatives. These are all good nominations, and will be triumphant iii October. - 4 ' Washington County. The Democratic County Convention met on the 19th instant and nominated the following capital ticket: Congress. —William Hopkins, (subject to the concurrence of Beaver.) Senator. —William Mont gomery. Assembly. —Jacob Cort, Thos. Watson. ■ Front the St. Louis Union , Wednesday, June 14. Singular Disappearance. i Some time in February or March last, a person by the name of George. G. Gamber, came to this city from Lancaster county. Pennsylvania, and put up at the Walton House. Subsequently he visited j Springfield, Illinois, with the view of establishing i a distillery there. In April he returned to this city, j and again put up at the Walton House, where he remained until the 21st ot May. ■ On that day, he suddenly and unaccountably disappeared, leaving his baggage, consisting of several trunks, in his room. At first Mr. Walton supposed that he had gone to Springfield, and made no particular enquiry about him. A day or two since, however, a per-i son from that place visited St. Louis to make en quiries respecting the missing man, who had not been heard of there since April. Mr. Walton has made diligent enquiry within; a day or two. but can learn nothing further respect-" ing him. On examination of his trunks, it appears l that he had an abundance of clothing. There are several very fine cloth suits—indeed a complete] wardrobe. Bussiness papers of value to the owner! are also among his eflects. When he left his hotel/ he was dressed in a suit of blue cloth, black fur hat, &c., and was known to have some money iir his possession. A few days previous to his disap-; pearance. he had quite a considerable sum. In view of the foregoing circumstances, it is; much feared the missing man has met with foul; play, or has committed suicide. The day before; he disappeared, it was noticed that he labored under ; a depression of spirits. Mr. GAMnF.n was about thirty-live years of age.! about five feet, eight inches in stature, rather sparely 1 built, with dark complexion and blacky hair, and I had lost his upper teeth. It is thought" he has a i brother residing in Lancaster county. Pennsylvania! [Note. —Mr. Gamber, mentioned in the above j article, was well known in this city. His eonnex- j ions are amongthe most respectable citizens of this | county. They will doubtless take immediate steps for the recovery of their missing relative. Editor Intelligencer. ] !J Old Westmoreland. The Democratic County. Delegation met in j Grecnsburg on the 2Uth, and placed in nomination i the following popular ticket, to which they will i give 2500 majority. Congress: (subject to the decision of Bedfprd and Cambria,) J. -M. Burrell. Senator: (subject to the decision of Somerset,) Joun Snodgrass. Assembly: John Fausold, John McCulloch, Harrison P. Laird, the excellent repre sentatives of last year. Health of Gov. Sliuuk, HARnisnußG, June 2d—o P. M. Governor Shtink has been considerably runwell. but he is now decidedly better. He has nbt been recently, or at any time dangerously ill, nbr have his friends, who see. him every day, thought him so.— Pennsylvanian.. Compliment to the Democrats. —The editor of the Petersburg Intelligencer pays the following compliment to the democratic party: “Politically speaking, we do not believe there is a Locofoco in the land who would give up his principles , even if by so doing he could sow rusty nails, and reap doubloons,” 3 Sorry we can’t say as much foi the whig?. The Barnburners 9 Convention. Utica, N. Yl> June 22. The Baraborncis’ Convention was temporarily organized at noon to day, by the appointment of Thomas.Farrington, of Tioga county, as Chair man, and Gilbert Dean, o£ Dutchess county, and W. W. Schragan, of West Chester, as Secretaries. The roll •of delegates was called, and great ap plause ensued when the.sames of John Van Buren, Preston King, and Samuel Voung, were announced. The delegates from. Ohio, Wisconsin, Connects cut, and Massachusetts, were permitted to partici pate in the business of the Convention. The Chair appointed two delegates -from each judicial district, as a committee to report officers for the temporary organization of the Convention. He also appointed a committee of one from each judicial district, to prepare an address and resolu tions. Adjourned to meet'again at 4 P. M. i i The Convention re-assemfied at 4 o’clock. The Committee on the permanent organization reported for President, the Hon. Samuel Young, of Saratoga, (tremendous applause.) Eight Vice Presidents were chosen. The President delivered an address upon taking his seat, which was received with great en thusiasm. In the course of his speech he said he was proud of being a barnburner, for thunder and lightning, the purifier of the atmosphere, were sometimes barnburners. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. Smith, Gouv ernor, King, Van Buren, and Butler, which were received with great enthusiasm. During Mr. But ler’s speech, he read a letter addressed to Martin Van Buren, and his reply. The substance of Mr. Van Buren’s letter is to the following effect. He announces his determina tion, previously expressed in 1844, to retire from political life, to be unchanged. He declines a nom ination. He reviews the proceedings of the Balti •more Convention. He declares that all the Barn burners did was perfectly right. He exhorts them to persevere, and to make a separate nomination. His language is emphatic and filled with emotion — yet strong and dignified- - He recommends firmness. His letter throughout is decided and emphatic, and in favor of free territory principles. He quotes eleven acts oi Congress in support of hia argument, embracing the administrations of Washington, Jef ferson, Monroe, the elder Adams, Jackson, and his own. He declares that he could not vote for Gen. Cass or Gen. Taylor—that the extension of slavery is_ a moral curse. The Convention then adjourned till' to-morrow morning, at 8 o'clock. THE .NOMINATIONS. In caucus, last night, after much discussion, it was decided to make a full national nomination. An informal ballot was then gone into, with the following result : Martin Van Buren, Addison Gardiner, John Van Buren, J. A. Dix, J. M. Niles, C. C. Cambrcleng, Marcus Mortdn, for ticf. president, Henry* Dodge, Benjamin Tappau, Marcus Morton, John M, Niles, Scattering, The Convention met this morning at nine o’clock. The attendance was even larger than it was yester day—the utmostharmony and enthusiasm prevailing. Telegraphic despatches to the President of the Convention and others, were received and read. Among them was a letter from Illinois, numerously signed, which closed as follows :—We want Martin Van Buren as the candidate for the Presi dency. The slave power broke him down in 1844 ; we want to break down that power in 1848.” After reading the journal of yesterday, the Con vention proceeded to nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. The Hon. Martin Van Buren was unanimously nominated for the Presidency. The announce ment called forth the most deafening cheers. lion. Henry Dodge, United States Senator from the State of Wisconsin, was unanimously nomina ted fu.r the Vice Presidency.’ After the nominations were made, an immense mass meeting was held in the street. The meeting " a 3 iiauicasca Ha-Oo »ci ««v-i Morton, »(' MaoKit chusetts James C. Smith, Gen. Nye, Mr. Washburn, Mr. Tayjor, of Ohio, and by Delegates from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Declination of Gov. Dodge. We are pleased to announce that as soon as the veteran Governor Dodge, (now in Washington as one oi the new Senators from Wisconsin.) heard of his nomination by the .Barnburners at Utica, he promptly declined the honor, as we predicted he would. It is left for Martin Van Buren alone to bear up the standard of opposition to those princi ples which he has himself frequently declared to be essential to the perpetuity, as well the prosper ity of the Union! Shame, that the man who grew to distinction under the dag of Democracy, should now raise his hand to strike- it downT— Pennsylva nian of Monday. Political Dialogue. From the Boston Post. Democrat. —Well, neighbor, I understand that the whig convention have nominated Gen. Taylor for Presidents how does the nomination please you? Whig .—Excellently well. With him we shall, by his popularity, drive your party into exile. His military reputation will carry all before it. Democrat. —lndeed ; be not too sure of it, for like predictions have been made before by the whigs, without realization. But, let me a9k, how can the whigs support a man who has been so prom inent in a war which they denounce as unnecessary and wicked ? ’’ Whig. —He did not nor does he approve of the war, but as he wa6 an officer of the army, it was his duty to obey orders from the government and prosecute it. Democrat. —What rendered it his duty to obey | orders, as you sav, in an unjust cause? Was it because he could not resign ? Not so, for the ex ecutive would not have prevented it, if he had de sired it. Was it because his profession was neces sary to his support ? This could have afforded no ** good reason, as the General is independently rich. Was it his duty to fight because others could not be found in hlie army competent to conduct the war ? Here could be no valid excus'e, as the whole army, regulars and volunteers, was alive with brave ! and skilful officers, who wore eager for the contest. | Whig. —True, but then he ought not to have for saken the government in time of war, as a good citizen he ought not to have done so. In the sea son of war every true man should stand by his country. Democrat. —Agreed my friend; I respond, every : good citizen should stand by his country in time of war. But an admission like this on your part, as a whig, I hardly expected. Now, let inc ask what j j you think of thoso whigs who have, in time of war, abused their government for this same war, and t who have done every thing in their power to bring | disgrace on the executive, and encourage the ene my in his hostility to the United States ? i- Whig. —But I don't sec what this has to do with j it; has not every citizen a right to give or withhold f support to the government accordingly as he shall I judge its a'&ts ? I Democrat. —This inquiry I will not now undertake ! to decide ; and therefore,, for argument’s sake I i \yill answer affirmatively, so that we may go back ’ to Gen. Taylor. Now, if as you allege, every cit- j izen has the right to support or not to support the i government when engaged in war, how can the ! General be excused for his participation in the war i unless he approved of it? Either the General or : the whig party has done wrong—lie for having cn- ! gaged in the war, or the party for opposing it. Whig.— Good bye, neighbor; I can’t stop talk ing politics all day. {Exeunt.) Important Decision. —Upon a review of the j whole case, Judge Charles Allen, of the Massa-1 chusetts bench, delivered the opinion *of the. court setting in the Chinese Museum at Philadelphia, in i substance as follows: — il It ha* been decreed by the Whig National Convention that the Whig party i$ th s day dissolved.'- 1 Utica, N. Y., June 23, 1848. for president. A Short Biography of a Patriot: LEWIS CASS. FOB THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER. Bom October 9, 1782, at Exeter, New- Hampshire, Son of Major Jonathan Cass, a brave SOLDIER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Emigrated to the West at the age of 17, with barely one dollar in his pocket, and settled at Marietta, county of Washington, in the Northwestern Territory. Elected tS the Legislature of Ohio in 1806, drafted the law which crushed the memorable BURR CONSPIRACY, And also an address to Thomas Jefferson, ex pressing the attachment of the people of Ohio to the Constitution of the United States, and their confidence in that ILLUSTRIOUS MAN. In March, 1807 appointed by Mr. Jefferson MARSHAL. OF OHIO, At the breaking out of the War of 1812, elected a Colonel of the Ohio Regiment, in-which he greatly distinguishes himself, being THE FIRST MAN TO LAND IN ARMS ON THE CANADA SHORE! July 15, 1812, has a severe conflict with the British at Aux Canada,ls miles from Detroit, the Enemy’s head-quarters, caus ing them to seek safety. in flight. Drafts an eloquent and high-spirited proc lamation to the inhabitants of Can ada, and on hearing of Hull’s disgraceful surrender at De troit, indignantly BREAKS HIS SWORD UPON HIS KNEE, AND DASHES IT TO THE EARTH ! In 1813, appointed a Brigadier General, and joins the army under Gen. Harrison, to whom he renders gallant and efficient services at the BATTLE OF THE THAMES, Pursuing the British General Proctor lor many miles, in his retreat from the field of battle. October 9, 1813, appointed, by President Madison, GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, at that time one of the most important civil offices in the gift of the Executive. As Superintendent, ex-officio, of Indian Affairs, he formed 21 treaties with the Indians, extinguish ing their title to nearly one hun dredmillions ofacres ofland! on terms perfectly just and satisfactory to themselves. In 1831, appointed by Andrew Jackson , SECRETARY OF WAR, and became the associate in the cabinet of such men as Edward Livingston, Louis McLane, Levi Woodflury, and Roger B. Taney. The affairs of the War Department were never more’ably conducted. Held this appointment until 1836, when he was com missioned by C( Old Hickory ” as MINISTER TO FRANCE, ‘ where he immortalised his name by his celebrated pamphlet on the “ Right of Search.” September 17, 1842, resigns his French mission on account of the Ashburton Treaty, and returns to the United States, greeted by the plaudits of millions of his grate ful countrymen. A prominent candidate for the nomination of the Democratic party for the Presidency in 1844. In the winter of 1844, elected by the Legislature of Michigan, UNITED STATES SENATOR, In which body he defends our title to Oregon, as sists in the passage of the Independent Trea sury and Tariff* of 1846, supports with zeal and eloquence the Mexican War, and is a very “ pillar of strength” to the administration of . James K. Polk. May 23, 1848, is nominated by the National Con vention held in the City of Baltimore, as the Democratic Candidate for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, to which, the highest and most honorable civi office in the world, he is sure to be elevated by the free suffrages of the American peo ple, the Inauguration taking place, March 4, 1849. In every station, and under every responsibility, I cu'ic Ouf.a3 li4i.es manifested honesty, capacity, and fidelity to the Constitution, a firm at tachment to Republican principles, a patriotic devotion to country, and has shown himself through? out his whole life, to be 4 Patriot, Statesman, and trne Dcmoerat! Democracy’s Flag*. Fling out our flag from the gallant mast,— Let the shout of the crew be heard, While the bark that rides is flying fast, O’er the sea like a mountain bird J Let it rest on the breast of the glorious sun, When the sky grows calm at noon — And on let it float when the day is done, In the sheen of the silvery moon. For it breathes a calm in that tender light Through the skyward sailor’s eye, While he looks on Peace she nestles bright ’Mid the stars and stripes on high : It speaks to the heart of his mountain home, Where in quiet it long shall wave, And knows that his sons are free if they roam- It dead in a freeman’s grave. Let it stray through the night, on that lofty spire, And talk with the midnight star— For the heavens will glow with a warnjer fire, To gaze on its'face afar ; They will hail its light as kindreds all, Longsent from the parent sky, To laugh in. scorn o’er the Tyrant’s fall, And beam when the tyrants die. Let it float till the last great day. pf time. And proud, o'er a falling world, Far up in its own congenial clime, Triumphant hang unfurled; And when this fair earth shall no more be given, For the home of its stars so bright, May they turn in love to their native heaven, And dwell in eternal light. lE7* Ihe “ Model Artistes” having sued a West ern editor for libel, that gentleman expresses a hope that they will gain their suit, as they cer tainly need one among them. ITT- “IN NO CASE CAN I PERMIT MYSELF TO BE THE CANDIDATE OF ANY PARTY, OR YIELD MYSELF TO PARTY SCHEMES.—! Zarhajy Taylor lE?* Harrison Gray Otis, the. only surviving member of the Hartford convention,signed the whig call lor a public meeting in Boston, to ratify the nominations of Taylor and Fillmore. The DqpEXTERs.—Th? New York Tribune pub lishes a list of thirty Whig newspapers that have hesitated or flatly refused to commit themselves to the support of (Jen. Taylor. Nine of these are in Massachusetts and eleven in Ohio. Nomination- in Maine.— The Portland Argus says that Gov. Dana has been nominated for re election, by the Democratic Legislative caucus of that State. He was nominated unanimously. Out of ninety-nine votes from every section of the State, representing the most diversified interests, there was not one to say No! lE7* The renowned negotiator, N. P. Trust, Esq., ha* removed with his family to the delightful town of West Chester, in this State, wjhere he may repose upon his laurels under his own vine and fig tree with none to molest or make him afraid. “ Whenever I wanted a thing well done, I always got a Butler to do it.”— La. Fayette. ♦ J The people ol the United States want a man to discharge the duties of the Vice Presidency well, and they will call on Gen. William O. Butler— “to do it. ,! 11/* A Newspaper Folding Machine has been in vented in Springfield, (Mass.,) by which papers may be folded as they come from the press. It is now being applied to a press in that city. Speech of the Hon. Pierre Soule, ■At the Democratic Ratification Meeting held ii the • City of Nexo Orleans, June 8. ■ ! Gentlemen —l do not come here, to discuss titles, to pronounce or listen to the eulogy of the nomi nees of the Baltimore Convention, but to unite with you, heart and soul, in a frank', loyal and unfeigned adhesion to those who* have beert selected for jour suffrage. / [ Our delegates, in lending to this great work [the authority of their concurrence and the aid of their votes, have deserved too well of the country fori us to hesitate to render a cordial sanction to the they have mad? of the mandate we conferred upon them. . : 1 For myself, gentlemen, my heart bounded w|th joy in observing the part which Louisiana'assurrled and maintained in the solemn votes which resulted in the selection of two names so eminently popu lar and so justly as the choice and pref erence of our party; and I experience, I must con fess, some pride in thinking that it was under tie Presidency of one of her most worthy sons that tHe preliminary labors of the grand consultation weije accomplished which decided our present interests,, our approaching destiny, and. perchance, our fate. for all timp to come. j Our opponents hoped that the storm which for l moment threatened the good order and harmony of the Convention would arouse irreconcilable atnmosj ities. or produce proceedings marked by humiliating! and dishonorable restrictions : but our firmness and decision during the tempest, discon-! certed their calculations and frustrated their hopes,] and you behold them altogether amazed at the re-} suits produeedby thedemocratic ballot-box, writhing! in the convulsions .of premature despair, and scarce-*! ly ‘taring to : look forward to a campaign which opens to their view gloomy and mournful, and whose darkness and desolation presage for them so much of misfortune. As for ourselves, gentlemen, let us.be proud at having for our standard-bearers men such as those whose names float over our heads. Where can be found a lustre more pure and well earned than that which radiates around their names > Energy, strength, courage, talent, patriotism, the statesman and the hero, the indefatigable guardian of our rights and our honor at home, the intrepid"" champion of our glory abroad—all these qualities are expressed in three Iktle words—Cuss and'Butler. But, even were it otherwise, I should apprehend no danger for the triumph of our principles. In reality, they do not borrow their -energetic vitality either from the splendor or the magic of a great name, but from their own native vigor, from the rich and powerful nutriment** of the doctrines upon which they are founded, from the active and nervous truth ol the faith which they inculcate. And hence it is that around them press those countless legions, whose order and discipline intim idate our adversaries, and who combat with their eyes fixed upon the standard which bears the sign, as upon the immutable emblem of the goal towards which should tend all their efforts and all their as pirations. If, instead oi' this fervid devotion to the Common wealth, lor all that concerns its glory, its prosper-" ity, its grandeur, we were but the servile-followers of the multitude who follow with eagerness and i humility in the train of the successful warrior or the eloquent orator, think you we should possess so much ardor in the contest, so much faith iu the issue of the struggle { And what connexion have questions of a personal nature with matters so momentous as those that are discussed in our day before the tribunal of hu- Behold how the Old World is agitated and tossed amid the still fresh ruins of the frightful chaos which an incorrigible selfishness produced, in a few hours, out of institutions founded by the labor of fifteen centuries! It is because governments fall when, instead of expressing a thought, they represent only a name , so likewise parties are on the eve of extinction when they be-little themselves to the proportions of a card-table, where small groups, crowded behind the players, bet for these or for those, according as caprice is guided by the fortune of the moment. « Tenets of faith can only preserve their existence anil their fecundity so long as they are kept isolated from every sordid interest, frotp every transitory combination. Individuality enervates them, and soon engenders anarchy, which distracts and de stroys parties. f Tell me what organization, what .system could survive, if personal ambition had the“ right tolaunch forth its veto against everything done without its approbation ' Our strength lie's altogether in the end which we pursue, and in the admirable harmony wherewith, imposing selfdenial upon ourselves and our breth ■ ren, we all know how to devote ourselves to the work, so as to secure the victory. The country, gentlemen, understands its need ot ns to perfect the work so magnificently .begun by the Administration about to retire, and it is nqt ; ' vi *out serious apprehensions that, in the present - juncture ot public affairs, it would behold the reigns of power pass from our hands. What use ofWqr j P ower would our adversaries make that would not be an apostacy or a disgrace' Compromitted 1 bound down by their obsolete doctrines and profes sions, they could not take a step inithe path so en larged and so glorious, which we have traced out tor them, without belying.their political faith, nor impose upon the nation a retrogade or deceptive system, without exposing it to blush for shame. 1 he war and its results, the divorce of the treasury from corporations which so often endangered it, the adjustment of the tariff; the organization of-labor on the basis which it takes under the shield pf Southern institutions, all would be called in qges, tion, all would undergo agithtion in the whir|win<| of reactionary commotion, which would be pro duced by the return of the Whigs to power, and we should be compelled to pass through one ol those terrible crises which, by shaking the policy of the country, oftentimes imperil its existence, and, at all events, compromit its future for a long period of time. j And at what moment would we be vanquished ? When we have just'added another Ocean to the : seas which bathe our coast: when our domain, 1 augmented by immense acquisitions of territory,' | stretches over half a Continent; when we arr,aze j the world by the success of our arms, after having | enlightened it by the wisdom of our institutions: | when public credit, prostrated by tl|e influence of : corrupt and corrupted agents, revives and becomes j re-established beneath the protection of a wise and invigorating system ; when the holy ark which preserves as a deposit the treasure of our liberties. | no longer need fear the contact of profane hands, guarded as it is henceforth by the. love and venera tion of the people ; when the law which regulates the impost, by imparting more elasticity to opr commerce and our industry, developes from day to day our resources, and imprints so much activity upon our products; when all is prosperous at home, and the Universe abroad is becoming accustomed to acquiesce, without murmuring, in the gigantic proportions of our power and our grandeur 1 Oh 1 no, no, we cannot thus allow ourselves to be disin herited of our rights upon those conquests achieved by our perseverance and our indomitable energy. What do you behold on the horizon calculated to diminish our ardor, to extinguish our asm ? Are we no longer the men of 1844 ? has occurred to alarm our faith and > confidence ? At no period of our history were we strong enough to dare, as we have jqst done to de tach from the venerated tree thatshades us all the doubtful shoots which threatened jq corrupt the sap, and to injure its fruitfulness 1 . What! when the Whigs abandon their tattered tents under which they have so long: sheltered their cohorts; when they have no longer avowed win Ciples; when they are reducedto thenecessity oftrea
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