InteUgehcer & loutnal. E. W. HUTTER,. EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT, LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. for vice president, WM. 0. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY Bemocratie Electoral Ticket. Senatorial Delegates. WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield. DAVID D. WAGENER, of Northampton. Representative Electors. Dist. 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. GeoIP. Hamilton, 22. William H. Davis, 23. Timothy Ives, 24. Jas. G. Campbell. 1. Henrv L. Benner, S. Horn R. Kneass, 3. Isaac Siiunk, 4. A..L. Roumfort, 5. Jacob S. Yost, 6. Robert E. Wright, 7. Wm-W. Downing, 8. Henrv Haldeman, 9. Peter Kline, 10. B. S. Schoonover, 11. Wm. Swetland, 12. Jonah Brewster, FOR-CANAL COMMISSIONER, ISRAEL PAINTER, OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. Lancaster, July 4, 1848. Our First Page. —We have devoted our entire Ifirst page, this week, to articles appropriate to the Great Day, on which our paper is issued, the glo rious and ever memorable Fourth of July. Be sides several truly patriotic National Songs, the reader will discover a glowing Eulogy on Wash ington— - an interesting sketch of Jefferson —a striking example of. the private virtue that charac terised the men of the Revolution —and, to crown it all, the glorious title deed of our National Inde pendence. Altogether, we flatter ourselves, that ;our outside selections maybe read with instruction : and profit. In order to afford the compositors employed in our office opportunity to enjoy the National Holi day, this week’s Intelligencer is furnished to City subscribers on Monday afternoon. U7* A Cabs and Butler Pole will be raised in front of the public house of Mr. Jacob Kautz, in Manor street, this afternoon. A Democratic meet ing will also be organised at the same place this evening. The Democrats of the City are invited to participate in these proceedings. The friends of Taylor commemorate the day, we learn, by a free dinner and no questions asked to all who wish to join them—a weak attempt to seduce some weak-minded Esau with their “mess of pottage.” Mayor's Proclamation. —We understand that the proclamation of our worthy Mayor! prohibiting the sale and discharge of fire-works in the city, is not to be construed into an interference with the “inalienable” sports of the young on the Fourth of July. This is a privileged day, when the public patriotism claims full sway, and it is not the design to suppress it. It is the Declaration the “ boys' look to, on this day, not the Proclamation. But the continual discharge of tire-crackers, by day and by night, has become a grievous evil, m.uch complained of by our citizens, and it is this only which the , authorities desire to suppress. We learn further, that Mayor Carpenter sug gested to the City Councils the propriety of desig nating a time, and place, and manner, for a General Celebration by our whole community. This would • doubtless have been the most proper mode of com - 4 memorating the day. y Lancaster City Post Office. —We announce with pleasure the re-appointment, by the President. by and With the advice and oonsent of tho Renata, of Mrs. Mary Dickson to the post-office of this city, for the term of four years, commencing July ; 1, 1848. Mrs. Dickson was first appointed to this place by President Jackson, in 1829. Her's was among the first commissions signed by the brave General after his.first inauguration, and it was one of which, we have-reason to know, he ever after wards felt proud. It is a fact worthy of] note, that the post-office in this city has been conducted by lady post-m«sl<rs .during a period of nearly forty years. In the year 1809, when the State Legislature held its sessions in this city, President Jefferson commissioned the widow of Dr. Moore, who continued to hold it for more than 20 years, until succeeded by the present incumbent. During all this period, the 1 oldest inhabitant" is forced to acknowledge, the - duties of our city post office have never been discharged with greater care and promptitude. To Mrs. Dickson's proper ad ministration of the same, our whole community, without exception, bears willing testimony. All of which, to our minds, furnishes proof conclusive, that the gentler sex are quite as competent to hold office, and certainly quite 5s deserving, as the self styled ''lords of creation." Lancaster Union Cemetery. —We uhderstaud that the lots of this depository of the dead, so beau tifully located near the basin, fronting East King street, are being taken up very rapidly. Those who are still desirous of purchasing, will be shewn the plot and view of the ground, by making appli* cation to either Hon. E. Schaeffer or Mr. John S. Gable, Lancaster city. New Wheat. —We owe thanks to our attentive friend, Andrew Dunlap, Esqr, for a delicious loaf of bread made of new wheajt. We prefer such presents to receiving public documents from Wash ington. Distinguished Arrival! —The “Razor Strop Man” is in'our midst, attracting large crowds. \ He has evidently sharpened his tongue on one of his strops, as it is keener than any razor. Admitted. —On motion of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq., John Eshleman, Esq., was admitted to prac tice law in the several courts of our county, . FOR SALE—at this office—very cheap—for cash or country produce—a lithograph likeness of ‘Martin Van Burkn —in use since 1830 —without the frame. ID* Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas, the Hero of San Jacinto, has accepted the invitation of the Democrats of Carlisle, to be present at their 4th of July celebration. The brave old soldier will meet with an enthusiastic welcome. Modesty! John Van Buren roaming around the country, making electioneering speeches in fa vor of his pa for the next Presidency! .ID* Hon. Edward A. Hannf.gan, U. s. Sena tor from Indiana, has consented to address the Dem ocrats of Berks at the coming anniversary tff the 4th of July, 177 G. ‘ ID* Charles F. Cloud, ol the Baltimore Argus, (Dem.) has been nominated for the Sheriffalty an office worth $lO,OOO per annum. He will be elected, and no one more merits the suffrages of the citizens of Baltimore. He is a kind, talented, persevering, excellent Democrat. It is a pleasure to see such men appreciated. Lectures on Botany.'— We learn that Mr. H. Coultas, Lecturer and Teacher of Botany, has been granted the use of-a room for that purpose in Franklin College, in this city—where persons desi rous of prosecuting this interesting ; study will please apply. Independence Day* jin accordance with ouf invariable custom, we insert in this week’s paper the Declaration of Independence —that imperishable document, to which, under the Divine blessing, we are indebted for the inestimable boon of Freedom, which we are all ariixious to transmit unimpaired to posterity, and to perpetuate in all its freshness until the “ last syllable of recorded time.” It is at all times a refreshing .'exercise, if it be j not, indeed, a sacred duty, to recur to the deeds of the hallowed Past, that we may keep alive in our hearts the flame enkindled at the consecrated altar of r 7O. Never did this,duty more forcibly commend itself to the American people than now, when questions of vital magnitude, menacing the stability of the Union itself, are engaging the attention of our statesmen and legislators, and when we again stand on the eve of an excited conflict in respect to the Chief .Magistracy of our country. A recur rence, in such a crisis, and on this the natal day of our Independence, to the sublime truths inculcated in the title-deed of our National -Freedom, cannot Tail to bind us all, as with a chain of adamant, to the ark of our Union and our Constitution. The Declaration of Independence was reported to the first Congress and signed on the 4th of July, 1770.. On 1 the Bth of July if was promulgated with great Solemnity at Philadelphia, and saluted by the assembled multitude with peals of acclamation. | On the 1 lth it was proclaimed before the Amer- j ican Army in New York, at that time assembled in j the vicinity, with all the pomp and circumstance | of a military pageant. In Boston the popular • transport bordered on phrenzy. Throughout the j length and breadth of the land, it was greeted with ; torrents of exultation, the revolutionists filling the air with their shouts, and shaking the earth with the thunders of their artillery. Such, history in forms us, were the immediate effects produced bv the glorious Declaration.' But who shall pourtray the mighty influence which this transcendent State-paper has since then exercised on the political destiny of the nations of the earth ? Who estimate those which time has yet in store ‘ The Past is redolent of glory—but what mind can exaggerate to its vision "the bright* ness of the Future ? Volumes would not suffice to illustrate the agency of the Declaration in the deliverance of Mankind from the shackles of King craft. It is the ?uu of the political system—the <ifocus of revolutionary light and heat—whose rays are warming and arousing King-bestridden nations to the recovery of their imprescriptible rights. Before Thomas Jefff.rson penned these sublime truths, and before, by the noble daring of our sires, they were established on American soil, by a cam paign of blood, Humanity had suffered a long and dreary hibernation—benumbed by withering blasts and stiffening cold. But since '7O the “thick-rib bed ice” of Despotism has been continually deliques cent, and every visible sign bears witness that the winter of Tyranny is fast giving way to the genial warmth of the sun of Freedom. As a mere literacy composition, aside from its bold and startling truths, the Declaration of Inde pendence is a production of the highest order of merit. In diction, it is pure, bold, dignified, and comprehensive. For vigor and condensation of thought, vivid and impetuous recital of Wrong, solemn and masculine reclamations of Right, it looms out upon the page of history, “itself its only parallel.” None other than a Jf.fff.rsun could have penned such a thrilling document—none other than a Washington could have successfully estab lished it by the power of the sword. Each was the instrument specially employed by a Higher Power to work out the end of our national redemp tion, in his own appropriate sphere. Its great and distinguishing excellence, however, consists in the stupendous political truths which it proclaimed upon the earth. It is this Declaration which has overturned the impious dogma of the •‘Divine right of Kings," and which in 1770 here, and gradually everywhere, has disclosed to man the humiliating truth, that he was long the mere instrument in the hands of superior Cralt. minister ing r« it* cupidity ajul aggrandizement. This Dec laration established a great epoch in the science of government, utterly superseding and exploding the system of the ancient regime, and building up a new system, founded on the inherent rights of man. Be fore the dawn of this era, the few political privileges enjoyed by the masses were regarded as so many concessions from their superiors. Now, thanks to this Declaration, they are viewed as Rights, which arbitrary power can never rightfully take away, and the loss of which justifies and demands revolu tion. Then, power was regarded as original in the rulers, and the people as their servants. Now, thanks again to this Declaration, the action of the code is reversed, and power rests, originally, in the people, and is derived . secondarily, by their rulers, .whom it is not a paradox to call their servants. And the leaven of these principles is now effectively at work among all the dotyn-trodden and oppressed nations of the Old World, arousing them to a sense of the importance of the pure theory resting upon the fundamental axiom of the native Equality of : the human race. It is our example that has re cently shaken to its centre the gigantic empire of France, driving her crafty King into precipitate retirement, and calling republican statesmen to the helm. It is our example that has committed so much havoc among the upstart Nobility of Ger many, and that is fast rearing to discipleship in the school of Freedom the legions of true-hearted men, upon whom the heel of despotism has hereto ; fore rested. It is our example that is animating poor Ireland in her throes of deliverance, and which, even out of the torpid blood of Englishmen] occa sionally calls a couvulsive uprising, that makes the faces of her despots turn pale with fear. And the work will no on, too—overturning a throne here, and another there—until the light that has beamed in this Western Hemisphere shall illumine the darkest and most benighted cf the sufteringdescend ants of Adam and Eve. Heaven speed the day! Good—for an Englishman! Lord Brougham, the British statesman, so justly renowned for his varied and profound learning, com menting on, the Declaration of American Independ ence, pays the following eloquent, tribute to that immortal document. It is not the less grateful, nor true, coming from such a quarter: “ In the history of*mankind, there is no more im portant event, on which side soever of the Atlantic its consequences may be regarded ; and if tyrants are sometimes said to feel untfasy on the thirt.eth of January, how much more fitted to inspire alarm are the recollections associated with the Fourth of July,.,in which no remorse'can mingle on the peo ple’s part, and no consolation' is afforded to their oppressors by the tendency of cruelty and injustice to mar. the work they'stain !” A Solemn Duty. It is the solemn duty of every democrat to forget every- thing in the' effort to push forward the glo ous cause of equal rights. We would say to our friends: Bury your perspnal antipathies. Rise above all considerations of self. Regard alone the great end of our political association, and : show yourselves superior to the unworthy motives which too often govern men. He who regards the contest as involving great interests -and great and para mount principles, will find noble and lofty impulses to guide his action. Never yield to mere personal preferences or sectional jealousies. Distrust*, the man who appeals to your prejudices and not your reason. Heed him not. Double Duty.— The Collector of the port of Savannah has received a letter through the Post Office, without signature, containing $1,70 with the following remark: —“ For duties omitted to be paid heretofore.” Thus arq discharged two duties at once. ID'A Liberty ticket has been nominated for the October election in Butler county. A Chapter on Toasts. Independence Day is not alone remarkable for its bonfires and illuminations, for the merry peal of bells and the boom of .cannon, for its shouts and huzzas, its dinners and orations—but it is, also, the great season of Toasts, those “short speeches*’ of. the people, which frequently fill columns of the largest newspapers for weeks afterwards. But, alas and alack! how comparatively few are there, even among the men of learning and talent, who are capable of concocting a good toast. A man may be a scholar and a gentleman, a graduate ot a College or a Professor, and be abundantly able to write a book—arid yet, when Fourth ofJuly comes, he may lack the brains to write any thing like a respectable sentiment. He may be entirely competent to write a novel, a poem, a tale, a play, an essay, an oration, a learned opinion in the law, a government despatch, or even a “leader’.' for the editorial columns of a newspaper—*and, after all, prove himself wholly unequal to the task of writ ing a good toast. I There is, depend on it, in this species of compo* I sition a most wonderful amount of tact necessary. Everybody can describe, without difficulty, what a toast ought to be, and yet not one man in fifty knows how t<? execute one. Brevity and point are the two great ends to be attained. A good toast is always embodied in a : single sentence. Two are sure to spoil it. It should be spontaneous, too, not labored. Midnight oil is as fatal to it as mildew to a delicate plant. It must strike some vital chord in the inner man, that will cause the whole animal and mental economy to vibrate, as if touched by electricity. Such toasts have been produced, and may be again. We remember reading of several. Some years since, when that prince of jesters, Gen. Erastus Root, was in Ins prime, Indepen dence Day was celebrated in one of the towns of Western New York. Wine and wit maintained a rivalry. By the side of Gen. Root eat a noted militia captain, who in due season discovered him self “toasted" and “called out" for a response. The honor was unexpected, as such ho.nors always are, but the recipient was too much a soldier to flinch. True tp the "ruling passion," he proposed: ‘‘Thf. Militia of the United States —may they never u-ant, — and — and—and —Poor fellow! His heart was true, but his tongue was treacherous. He could not have found language to complete what he had begun, had an empire depended bn it. Calling spirits from the vasty deep was a trifle in compari son with his dilemma. At this critical moment Gen. Hoot arose at his side, and, touching him gently on the shoulder, whispered in his ear : *‘may they never be wanted. 1 ' Happy relief! With the suddenness of thought, the militia captain had joined the parts, and. assuming an air of conscious triumph, which was certainly felt, he repeated his sentiment, as follows: “The Militia or the United States — May they never want, and may they never be wanted/" Capital sentiment! Reader, try in your closet a month, and we challenge you to produce a better. It furnishes a text, on which one might almost hang a volume. Not one word too much, not one word too little. Vet another. On the return of the Hon. Kdwa.ru Etorett, some years since, from his irfission to England, a congratulatory dinner was'given to him by his friends in Boston. Justice Story presided. The distinguished Ex-Minister proposed, as near as we can remember, the following capital sentiment- “The Bench of New Knoland: However high it may seek to elevate the temple uf its fame, it is vain to seek to raise it above one story'." The learned Jurist seemed for a moment non plussed by this exquisite compliment, but, soon re covering his self-possession, he perpetrated the fol lowing, which is quite as good as the other: “ The Bar of. New England : It can neverwant for admirers, where Ever-it is known.*’. A near kiu to these sparkling gems is the fol lowing. for whose paternity, as lor Homer’s, cities have contended “The States m- -rut- i:*mn — distinct like the billows , one like the sea The toast offered in IS-1U by- Henry A. Wise likewise deserves a place in this category : “ The Union of the Whigs— for the sake of the Union.'" The following, drank at v an agricultural dinner, is likewise capital: “ The -Farmers—may they have good crops, full ears, heavy grass, large cabbages,and no small potatoes.'’' Toasts, such as these, it is a pleasure to read and stow away in the mind—but one does not meet with them often. They are mere grains of wheat, entombed, in a mountain of chaff. The mass*of Fourth of July sentiments are sickly, silly stuff and we have frequently wondered how men can find it in their hearts to “ cheer" over them. Enterprising publishers, concerned for the literature of the world, frequently advertise attractive prizes for the best written poems and essays, ami even conundrums are rewarded. If u premium was occasionally offered to the author of a series of the best -Ith of July toasts, it would seem to us not a bad invest ment. 53“ We regret to .see the Intelligencer endeavor ing to detract from the well-known integrity of Gen. Taylor, by comparing him to John Tyler ! The editor certainly is aware of nothing in the whole life and character of that honest-hearted old soldier, justifying him in his insinuations that he could or would play the Traitor to either his country or his friends. The foregoing extract, which we copy from the first no. of Mr. Middleton's Grape Shot, virtually imputes to us an attack both upon Gen. Taylor's integrity and upon his patriotism —neither of which we are at all capable of making. The personal integrity of Gen. Taylor, -we speak it freely, is so far above suspicion, and his patriotism is so well attested on fields of blood and peril, that we would scorn ourselves, could we, in the heat of controversy, be tempted to call either into question. Our ob jections to Gen. Taylor rest on political grounds exclusively. We have never doubted that in all the relations of private life he is a citizen of un blemished reputation, and his qualities as a Soldier surely no one will dispute. He has, however, chosen to identify himself with a party, whose political creed we hold at variance with the best interests of the country—the party, which bitterly opposed the very war in which he reaped all his laurels—which goes for Banks, High Tariffs, Distribution of the Public Lands, and other injurious heresies—and, having so done, we could not support him for the Presidency, if his private character were as unsul lied as that which history awards to Mrs. Julius C.usar, and if he had besides won all the battles that have been fought since the days of Nimrod. the hunter. From all this it does not necessarily result, how ever, that we must personally assail either General Taylor or his friends. We have not done so, nor do we intend. On the contrary, in the humble part we may have to bear in this canvass, we have pre determined to abstain from all manner of assault upon private reputation. In the ardor and impet uosity of youth, we may have deemed it a better achievement, by the art ol a perverted logic, to bring pain to an opponent's heart, than by dispas sionate discussion to bring conviction to his mind, but that time is not now. There is, in this respect, an improved temper in the age, and we must not be found lagging in its rear. Let political discus sion exhibit the generous rivalry of champions zealous for the establishment ol the Truth and not, as in former days, be governed by that wild asperity, which was so discreditable to journalism. ID* From 1813 to 1831, Gen. Cass held the office of governor of the Territory of Michigan and he was seven times nominated to this office by four successive Presidents, and seven times confirmed unani mously by the Senate of the United States, and during this whole period there was not a single represen tation made against him by the people of the ter ritory. William R. King. The appointment of Senator Bagbt as Minister i to Russia, creates a vacancy in the Senate of the ■ United States from the State of • Alabama, which j will have to be filled at the earliest practicable ’ period. In common with hundreds of Democrats ■ in this state, we shall heartily rejoice if it leads to j the return of the distinguished Statesman, whose ! name heads this article. Col. King first appeared I in Congress in 1811, and continued, with the ex-! ception of a brief interval, a member of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, up'to the year ‘ 18-13. when he was tendered by President Tyler the mission to France. From the peculiar condi- 1 tion of our Foreign relations at that - time, it was ; deemed indispensable that a Minister of high char acter should be sent to Paris, and Mr. King, not ! however without great reluctance, consented to ' surrender his personal inclinations to- an imperious and over-ruling sense of public duty. He resigned 1 the place he had so long and so usefully filled in ; the Senate, only to gain new laurels in the capacity of a diplomatist. At his own urgent request, he was recalled by President Polk, and is now a private citizdn jof •Alabama. No man in the country more richly deserves the public confidence and the esteem of his personal friends than Col. Kino. During his pro tracted term of service', no shallow of suspicion has ever rested either . upon his public or private character. Whilst no man has been more firm and consistent in sustaining the principles of De mocracy, he was ever proverbial for the most gen tlemanly courtesy, thereby securing the cordial good-will of men of all parties. Such a man should not at this time lie spared from the public councils. Praise from the Whigs! Many of the opposition presses have been thrown ■into a complete paroxysm of joy by the conduct of Mr. Van Boren in consenting to run for the Presidency, and are employed in heaping the most fulsome flattery upon the Ex-President and his friends. It was remarked by the immortal Jkffeu* ! sov, whose writings constitute a never-failing foun- | tain of political wisdom, that: iS in proportion as a Republican remains faithful to his professions, he is loaded with Federal abuse—in proportion ns he inclines to recreancy, he is greeted with its praises." Well doth it become the retired Statesman of Lindenwald to take this truism to heart. Seriously should he engage in the important work of self-examination, seeing that his ancient and inveterate enemies are so ardent in the celebration of his newly discovered virtues. A sorry recompense he should esteem the panegyrics of the Federal press for the forfeiture of the confidence and respect of the magnanimous and noble party, to which alone he is indebted for all the distinction that has fallen to his lot. We re quire no more convincing proof than that furnished bylthe gross adulation of the Federal press, that Mr. Van Buhen is guilty of the rankest ingratitude to the Democracy that has so long honored and sustained him, and that history will award to him an inheritance of undying scorn. Good IVews from Georgia! It affords us much gratification to find by the newspapers from Georgia, whose Electoral vote is so confidently claimed for Taylor, that the Demo crats are actively in the field, resolved that the State shall go for Cass and Butler. At the head of the Electoral ticket stands our noble friend, Hon. Walter T. ComriTT, the late distinguished U. S. Senator from that State, and who is himself worthy of the highest office in the gift of the American people. Judge Comiuitt will employ a goodly portion of the canvass on the stump and if any body can carry Georgia for the Democratic nomi nees—he can. Mathew Hall M’Allister, former Democratic candidate lor Governor, is also one of the Electors. We have said that Georgia is confidently claimed for Taylor, but why surpasses our comprehension. At the .Governor s election, last year, the whigs run Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, a fellow-soldier of- Tay- J i„' ills ; ces. and yet he was handsomely beaten by Gov. Towns, a Civilian, and the warm personal friend of Cass. In our opinion, there is no State in the Union more certain for Cass than Georgia. The Germans. The German population are crowding into the United States, and settling down by hundreds upon the rich lands found in various parts of the country. No American need regret that such is the fact.— They are a hardy, industrious race, from which will grow up, under our free institutions, a population worthy the “home of the free. 1 ' These emigrants, as they arrive in largo numbers, bring with them Gold and Silver in sufficient sums to purchase plenty of land, at government prices, for themselves and children. They are enthusiastic worshippers at the shrine of republican Liberty, and come to the United States to enjoy the blessings of freedom, as well as to escape the grinding' tyranny and op pression they have been made to endure under the monarchial government of Europe. An excellent picture of their domestic habits, their industry and economy, is conveyed in the following extract Jiom an article in the New York Evening Post : “ The peasantry of Germany, who compose the great body of the nation, wear linen and woolen clothing, of their own manufacture. On the plains of that country vast crops of flax are cultivated, and linen cloths are woven in every family. The spin dle is twirled in all the cottages by young girls and aged women, and looms innumerable are clashing every hour of the day in the rural districts. Fe male servants in families of farmers receive a part of their wages in linen. Every family has its large chest of household linen, some of which was made long years ago ; and the emigrants to this country often bring with them these hereditary hoards, for such they often are. 1 ' Dauphin County. The Democratic Delegates met at Harrisburg, on Monday, June 20th, and made the following norrii- . Congress. —Haiti William Dock, Harrisburg. Sheriff. —Hiram H. Hetzel, Dauphin. Representatives: —Simon Sallada, Washington township, Samuel Klopp, Derry. •/ Register. —Christian B. Henry, East Hanover. Clerk of Orphan's Court, Recorder , —Samuel Singer, Harrisburg. Commissioner. —Peter Ilocker, Middle Paxton. Director of the Poor.—Jacob Cassel, Lower Pax ton. Auditor. —George_FetterhofT, Jackson township. Congressional Conferees. —Daniel Wilt, Dr. Berrv, and 'James H. M’Allister. Senatorial Conferees. —Dr. Mercer Brown, Jere miah Hamer, and. Dr. Heck. We regard the nomination of our excellent friend, Judge Dock, for Congress, as in every respect for tunate for the Democracy of that district, and trust it may be confirmed by Schuylkill and Lebanon, the other counties composing the same. Judge Dock holds a high place in the affections of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance, and is universally esteemed as a gentlemen of high integ rity and sound republican principles, well calcula ted to represent the district in Congress with credit to himself and usefulness to the public. No better selection could have been made. A Quandary. The German Volksfreund of this city devotes half a column to the proof that Gen. Taylor is not, by any means, a political Native. The American Re publican, the Native organ, on the other hand, is equally convinced that he is not a Whig, and be rates the whigs for “making themselves rather too conspicuous for the no-party principles of OUR nominee for the Presidency”! In the absence of all authentic declarations on these interesting points from Gen. Taylor himself, it is not to be wondered that his supporters should be at variance as to the reasons by which they are severally governed. In a sorry plight would it place them, however, should it result in the end, that their candidate is neither Whig nor Native, but—horrible discovery a Loco Foco! What then? They might derive mutual consolation from the assurance of Hudibius, that “ Doubtless the pleasure is as great. In being cheated —as t 6 cheat.’’ Posting up tUe Books* Every hour, says, the Ohio Statesman, widens the breach iu the Whig ranks, if there is any depend ence to be put in signs—in truth, the facts' are be fore us, and facts; indisputable, that the breach is wide and irreparable. In our record of yesterday, under the head of “ How do we stand,” we noticed the fact that Air. Stevenson, the energetic'editor of the Cincinnati Atlas, had-retired from the field, determined not to be transferred by the Philadelphia Convention. To-day we have before us the Xenia Torchlight , and Mr. Mcßratney’s Valedictory. He I says he cannot support Gen. Taylor for the Presi -1 dency. A more supple instrument has been found .to take hi? place. We have a letter from a gentle man who has been through Green, Clinton, and J Fayette, and he says the Whigs generally are outra ' geous at the nomination of Gen. Taylor and the “no platform" doctrine of the Philadelphia Con ' vention. The editor of the Mount Vernon Times, the whig Organ of Knox county, peremptorily refuses to put up the Taylor flag, and we learn that Mr. Delano repudiates the Philadelphia nominations. The Ashtabula Sentinel , the Whig organ of Ash tabula county, writes himself down as follows: “Whig National Convention. —As will be seen by our telegraphic reports, Gen. Taylor was nominated yesterday on the fourth ballot, by two majority, for President, and Millard Fillmore for Vice President. “We have no time for comment, and will merely ' remark, that the Whigs of Ashtabula county have ! long since taken their position in regard to the I Presidential election. They will support no man I who is iiot a Whig, and who is not opposed to the extension ol slavery. Our people will not show themselves servile* or dough-faces. They will, we think, stand upon the Whig doctrines, in spite of all the dictation of slaveholders and the minions of the slave power. They will not be likely to sur render their honor nor their principles for the pur pose of sustaining a man whose hands are red with the blood of innocence, and who is in favor of ex? tending the curse of slavery upon territory now free, and of erecting new slave markets on soil that is now consecrated to the rights ol mail." We have before.us a handbill from Massillon. | Stark connty, containing fifty-five names, fifty-two jof which were always unadulterated Whigs, and j three Whig Abolitionists, calling a meeting at the, t Presbyterian Church, on the evening of June 12, “to express their disapprobation" of Taylor's nomination. From the Washington 'Union, June 30. General Dodge. Just as we were going to press, we received the following card from Gen. Dodge, Senator of the United States from the 30th State, the youngest sister of the republic. It is what fre expected from that gallant nyin and indomitable republican. It shivers to pieces the schemes which have, been formed at Utica and in Cincinnatti, founded in the use of his name - > A Card. —l have seen in the published proceed ings of the Convention at Utica, New York, that my name is put in nomination for Vice President of the United States, on the ticket with Mr. Van Buren. No information has been given to me by the Con vention, or its order, of this nomination; and I have waited some days for that information, as furnishing the suitable occasion for making my' answer. But, beginning to.doubt whether any such communication will be made, and seeing my name placed in many papers as a candidate for the Vice Presidency, by virtue of that nomination, I deem it proper to delay no longer, and to declare at once, and in this public manner, my inability to accept it. The State to which I belong was represented in the Baltimore Convention; the vote of that ; State was given to Messrs. Cass and Butler; they were nominated; and as one of the citizens of that State, that nomination immediately received my cordial concurrence and support, and will continue to do so. I have long been the friend, personally as well as politically, of Mr. Van Buren, and under other circumstances, would be proud to have my name as sociated with his in any way; but the acceptance of tliis nomination is impossible; and I have to request the members of the Convention, and the public, to receive this declination as my answer, and to excuse tliis mode of making it—being the only mode which the want of a, communication from the Convention leaves open to me. ' HENRY DODGJ- Washington City, June 2 0, IS-IS. From the Carlisle (Pa.) Volunteer. Another Convert to Democracy By the following letter from Mr. Bejjjamix Kutz, a prominent Whig, who keeps Sterretts Gap Hotel, on the top of the mountain, on the line dividing Cumberland and Perry counties, it will be seen that he denounces the nomination of General Taylor with indignation, and declares himself for Cass and Butler. Mr. fv. has always been a most zealous and active Whig, and a man of much in fluence in North Middleton township. But he. like scores of other Whigs in this county, cannot and will not recognize the nomination of Gen. Tavfor. Stkruett s Gap, June *J3, lb-IS. Mr. Bratton —l have hitherto been an ardent and* enthusiastic Whig, supporting with zeal its men and measures, believing the success of both essen tial to the welfare and sound prosperity of the country. But I have had the mist cleared from my eyes by the base and truckling course pursued by the late Whig Convention, in a servile abandon ment of all good'principle, in the selection of Gen. Taylor as their candidate for the Presidency the one idea man. whose ignorance of all political sub jects is only equalled by the unmitigated effrontery of those who have put him in nomination, under the idea that the tree and intelligent citizens of this glorious country are so ignorant and debased as to vote cheerfully for "Old Zack” and “Old Whitey." irrespective of intelligence' and principle. But, I for one. will show these tricksters that they are mistaken in tlfeir estimate of the people, and that they do possess knowledge and intelligence enough to repudiate them and their candidates, and support CASS and BUTLER, who are of the people and imbued with the determination to maintain and secure the glorious rights and liberties of every man. You will therefore set me down as a sub scriber for your excellent paper, and as a thorough going Cass and Butler man. Yours &c. From the Vermont Journal. To <lie Whigs of Vermont. As one of your delegates at large to the Whig National Convention, I did not give in my (or vour) adhesion to the nomination of Gen. Taylor for the Presidency \ and I should have voted against its confirmation, had not the customary resolution (of confirmation) been withdrawn. On my return, or sooner if practicable, I shall ad dress to you the reasons for my course as your del egate, and for my uncompromising hostility to the election of Gen. Taylor. I request the Whig papers or Vermont to publish this card. HORACE EVERETT. This renunciation of Taylor and Taylorism by one of the. foremost leaders of the old Whig party of .New England, is an event calculated to strike terror to the hearts of the wire-pullers of Philadel phia. Mr. Everett was long known in Congress as one of its most influential Whig members,*and when such statesmen, who have grown grey in adhering to a party, are constrained to abandon it, it is time for their younger brethren to look out. Butler County. The Democratic delegates have made the follow ing excellent nominations : Congress .—Al fred Gilmore. Assembly. —-" Robert Hampson. Prothonotary. —James McGlauchlin. Sheriff. —Arthur M’Gill. Register and Recorder. —Robt. Dunn. Mr. GiLMonE, the candidate for Congress, is one of the most thorough going and eloquent Democrats in the West, and would adorn the station for which he is named. We cordially wish him the success he §o richly merits. It Spreads, Large and enthusiastic ratification meetings are being held in all parts of the country j »ve can't give particulars. From the North, the South, the East, the West, from the centre of the Union—from all quarters arise the enthusiastic shouts of the. democracy in favor of CASS and BUTLER. The democrats rejoice—the whigs tremble. !t Now that the Democratic Convention has settled the matter , LET US ALL GO TO WORK TO ELECT CASS AND BUTLER.” [Jam£ B fiuca- AJTA3T. Young Men’s Democratic Associa- Quite a spirited meeting of the Young Men's Democratic Association of Lancaster city was held at their room on the evening of Saturday- July Ist. Jobs W. Jackson, the President of the Associa tion, in the chair, and James Wiley, Secretary. At a previous meeting of the Association, the fol lowing gentlemen had been appointed a committee to dralt resolutions for its consideration,'expressive of its views as to the course of Martin Van Bu- UEN'in accepting the nomination of the “Barnburn er” Convention for the Presidency, in opposition to ! tile regular nominations made at Baltimore, viz: * George M. Kline, George'A. Miller, Thomas Dean, James Wiley, and Jonas D. Bachman. The above ; committee, through their chairman, made the fol j lowing report: Resolved , That whilst we congratulate the couu try upon the return of Peace, we tender also to our brave volunteers, returning from the fields of their glory and their triumph,' our heartfelt thanks lor their devotion to the honor and the flag of our country. We thank them for the patriotism which prompted them to leave their: homes and their fire sides, severing the closest ties and the dearest con nexions, to sustain in foreign lands, the just cause of their own. We thank them for the heroic cou rage displayed in the hour of .battle. We thank them for the humanity and forbearance exhibited in the flush of victory. We thank them for the new and fadeless laurels - they have interwoven into our National wreath, and the bright pages they have added to our National History. . Resolved , That in our gratitude for the gallant j living, we are not unmmindful of the noble dead— [ of those brave and hardy spirits, who, at their country’s call, freely and voluntarily went forth, to defend her rights and maintain her honor. No monuments of brass and stone are reared to mark their resting place ; but, upon the hearts of their grateful countrymen, the finger of affection has traced a memento of their worth, more lasting than marble column or monumental pride. Resolved , That the recent defection of Mart in- Van Burex is in derogation of every principle he has ever professed, and carries with it a degree of humiliation and turpitude scarcely paralelled in our political annals. At one time, the'cherished, exponent of democratic principles, and the recipient of Democracy's brightest honors, he presented an example worthy of all admiration; but, in his treason to every pretension of his past life, he has become an object, at which present and future gen. erations will point the slow unerring finger of scorn. Resolved , That in the refusal of Gen. Henry Dodge to accept the nomination for the Vice Pres j idency, tendered him by the so-called “ Barnburner" : party, we recognize the act of a true Democrat and Patriot, and that his course merits, as it will re ceive, the warmest applause of the Democratic party. Resolved. That a strict adherence to Regular Nominations is essential to the safety and prosperity of democratic principles. The will of the majority, when expressed through’ a properly constituted authority, is predominant and must prevail—and whoever arrays himself against this will, stikes at the root of our party organization and becomes our- worst foe. - Revived. That a copy of the foregoing resolu tions be forwarded to Governor Dodge. The resolutions were unanimously adopted— whereupon the society was addressed by E. W. Hutter. G. M/Kline, William Mathiot, Jonas D. Bachman and Zuriel Swope, Esqs. On motion, it was unanimously resolved that the proceedings be signed by the officers and published in the Democratic newspapers of this county. JOHN W. JACKSON, President. James Wiley, Secretary. The Ray of Rest, At a recent religious convention at Buffalo, very numerously attended by clergymen and distinguish ed laymen, the due observance of the Sabbath was u topic of prominent interest. Stirring addresses were made by Dr. Edwards and others, and among a series of resolutions passed were the following. Resolved , That wc recognize with great pleasure the iucreasingconviction manifested in various parts of our country utility, as well as duty, of keeping the Sabbath holy. Resolved, That the influence which many editors, of secular as well -as religious papers, are exerting in favor of the keepiug of the Sabbath, while it in creases the influence of their publications, is adap ted to promote the welfare of the people. The fact was communicated that, in. accordance with the general wish of the people on that route, the postmaster general had consented to discontinue the Sabbath mails between Albany and Buffalo, and. as a consequence, it is understood that all Sabbath day cars on that line will henceforth cease to run. No Sunday- mail, it is believed, is now carried in any part of New England, and a very large num ber ol such have withiu a lew years been discon tinued in other states, as well as here, embracing lines amounting in all to upwards of eighty thousand miles. A very great saving of expense to the de partment has thus been effected, among numerous other items, sixty thousand dollars a year by the dis continuance of Sabbath made mails at one time.— Boston Post. Important from Mexico. Conspiracy against the Government—Departure of The steamship Palmetto arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz. Our advices from that city are to the 1 Sth, her day of sailing. A formidable conspiracy bad broken out in the city of Mexico, having for its.object the overthrow of the Government, and the extermination of the Peace party—or the party in favor of the late treaty. The work of assassination had already commenced, five of the prominent advocates of peace, friends of the United States, having been murdered. The conspiracy is headed by Gen. Paredes, Ex- President, and Padre Jarauta, the guerrilla leader. All the United States troops were expected to leave the capital on the 21st June. The Palmetto brought four companies of Michi- B. KUTZ. gan Volunteers. Mr. Sevier lelt the capital on the 12th, and was expected to arrive at Vera Cruz on the 19th. On his arrival at Vera Cruz, the custom-house at that place would be given up to the Mexicau authorities. Return ok the Volunteers. —The New Or leans Crescent says the New York, First and Se cond Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Massachusetts and 2d and 3d Ohio Regiments, Georgia, New Jer sey and District of Columbia and Maryland Bat talions, were to sail from Very Cruz about the 21st or 23—ail for New Orleans except the South Car olina and Georgia troops, which were to sail for Mobile. Liberal Beq.uest. —Mr. Edward B. Phillips, the young man who committed suicide last week at Brattleboro', leaves the liberal sum of one hundred thousand dollars to Harvard University, for the pur poses of the Observatory. Mr. Phillips left property to the value of $700,000. Qj* A very funny letter writer, speaking of a very funny vocalist, says, “on the stage she is quite small potatoes—but she would be tremendous in an omnibus!” Wealth and Insanitt. —lt is a curious fact, that, during, the South Sea scheme, more persons lost their senses by the sudden acquisition of great wealth than by the loss of it. —Curtis on Health. Vaniti.— The Vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on.— Pope. Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel before every action. - tton. New Orleans, Friday, June 23. From the Detroit Daily Advertiser, A Wonder fta Phenomenon. A singular phenomenon was brought to light a week ago yesterday, in the township of Greenfield about eight miles from' this city. The facts are very nearly as follows: The Messrs. Grangers, in boring to find water to supply their steam saw mill, sunk a four inch hole to the depth of 7p feet, when they struck a vein or cavity. As they withdrew the auger from the hole, to their great surprise, it was followed by a violent current of air that threw up stones as large as hen.eggs, ten or fifteen'feet high. For a few moments, when the hole was first opened, the air was accompanied by a stream of water which was thrown ten or twelve feet high. The water, however, soon ceased coming, and the air gushed out with such force that the roar cou'd be distinctly heard fifty or .sixty rods distant. On touching fire to the air, it caught, and the flames flashed twenty feet high, and came near h* t the building, covering the machinery,in v .> located. They finally succeeded with considerable difficulty in stopping it, by forcing down blankets, and driving a spile into the hole, which was their only means of stopping the air or gal, and extin guishing the flames. For several .moments after the hole was stopped, the earth trembled and shook for some distance around, as though an eruption was about to take place. The people, who had gathered to the number ot about, a hundred, were greatly alarmed at these symptoms, and scattered with all possible rapidity, supposing that Millerism was about coming to a focus, or that they were about to be blown up sky high by an earthquake. From the time it was opened till it was thus closed, was about six hours, and the air gushed out all of the time with unabated force. It has been opened several times since with the same effect. The power and force of the air does not seem to diminish in the least. The Messrs. Grangers are proposing to secure it with apparatus* so as to shut it off and let out at leisure, and test its real qualities, lhe people in the vicinity are all confideig now, that-it can be conveyed here in . pipes, and successfully used in lighting the city with gas, from this great natural underground Gasometer. \ v e learn that several scientific gentlemen of this city intend visiting it soon. O-j’ - A good story is told of Senator Allen, during his visit to Philadelphia. * When on board the boat, anefabout to leave the city, Gen. Cass being fatigued, requested Senator Allen to return his acknowledgments to the crowd which hail accompanied hiimto the wharf. Mr. Allen assended the deck and commenced. The captain of a steamboat which had come in loaded with Whig Delegates, undertook to. drown his voice by letting off the steam. Allens voice raised and so did the noise of the steam pipe, and thus they had it, whistle sieamboat, scream Alien -. but the stentorian lungs of the latter prevailed, and far above the noise of the engine was heard the trumpet-toned voice of the tall Senator. The captain gave it up —swearing that it was the first time his boat was ever beat. Talk'no more about the bull that was butted off the bridge by a locomotive, when a western Democrat can talk down 1 a steamboat. American Independence* E. W. Hutter, of the city of Lancaster, having ; accepted an invitation to deliver a Lecture to the “ Farmers and Mechanic's Institute, 1 ' at Parkesburg', Chester county, on the evening of July 4th, 1848, the members of the society and the public generally are invited to be present on the occasion. Subject of Lecture: “American Independence .” By order, CHARLES'LA VERT Y, g-** Corresponding Secretary. 23-lt Pole Raising, A CASS and BUTLER HICKORY will he raised in front of the house of Jacob C. Kautz, in Manor street, city of Lancaster, on the afternoon of the 4th of July. Persons desirous of joining the procession, are requested to assemble at the house of Mr. Kautz, at S o’clock A. M., (as many as find it convenient with wagons,) to proceed from thence to the woods, to cut the pole. A general T&rn-out of the Lancaster city Democracy is requested. J. D. BACHMAN, Marshal Juno 27,1848. MARRIAGES. On Thursday last, by the Rev. J. J. Strine, John Shuinackcr, to .Elizabeth Engel, both of West Lam peter township. DEATHS. At the residence of his mother, in the village ot Ephrata, on Thursday, the 15th instant, Martin Bollinger, aged 23 years. On the 28th ult., Mary Ellen, daughter of John H. and Ann S Duchman, aged 19 months. Commercial llecorh. PHILADELPHIA MARKET. REVIEW FOB THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 30. 1' LOUR & MEAL.—Flour—Has'declined about 12} cents per bbl. Sales embrace some 4500 bbJs. including Western and Penna. brands at $5,25a 5,31}. Choice brands and fresh ground parcels sell at $5,37}, extra at $'5,50a5,75, and Family Flour at $6 per bbl. Rye Flour —readily brings $3,62}a 3,75. Corli Meal —3500'bbls Penna changed hands at $2,37.}a2,31 }, and closing at $2,30 ; about 1000 bbis. old stock at $2,25 per bbl. GRAIN —Wheat.—About 22,000 bushels have been taken at 102a105 cents for fair, lO&alOS for, good Western, llOallo for Penna. reds, and 118 a 120 cents for white, the market closing dull. Rye —not much doing ; several lots of Penna. are re ported at 69a71 cents, weight. Cornr-25,000 bus. Southern and Pennsylvania yellow sold at 51 }as2 cents, and white at 47, including New Orleans yellow at 50 cents, mixed 48, and damaged at 43 cents, all taken by weight- Oats—Several sales ol' Southern .were made at 35a36 cents, and Penna. at 36a58 cents per bushel. IRON.—We notice a sale of 100 tons Scoth Pig at $25, and 100 tons Charcoal Forge at $27 on time; prices ranged at $26a27 for Anthracite, No. 1. $22a24 for Nos. 2 and 3, §26a30 for Charcoal, and $70a75 for blooms. SPIRITS.-—No change in the market for Brandy or Gin, and business very dull. N. E. Rum sella slowly at 26 cents. Whiskey—Sales of bbJs. to a moderate extent at 22 cents. Hhds. were scarce with scales at 21}a22 cents. BALTIMORE MARKET. REVIEW FOR TIIE WEEK ENDING JUNE 30. FLOUR —Howard Street Flour.—Sales have been made at $5,62}, and we quote this rate to-day, with Bmall Bales. There were settlements for re ceipts from cars both yesterday and this morning, at $5,50. City Mills Flour.—Sales of several par cels, made of old wheat, have been made at $5,75 per bbl. Several contracts for flour to be made, of new wheat, have been made within a day or so, at $5,75 per bbl. Susquehanna flour.—Sales by the dray load are making at $5,75. Rye Flour is scarce and wanted. The last sales were at $3,75 and $3,50 for Ist and 2d. Corn Meal.—Penna. bbls. are dull at $2,25. Baltimore bbls are held at about $2,50. GRAlN—Wheat.—Old Wccat. sold at 110&1.15 cents for fair good to prime reds. A cargo of prime old Penna. reds sold at 115 cents. Parcels of the new crop made their appearance in market on Tuesday, and were sold at 112all8 cents for reds, according to quality and condition. Corn.—The sales of white Corn have been generally been made at 40a41 cents, and to-day we quote at 38a41 cts. Sales of yellow on Monday at 46 cents ; on Wed nesday at 44 cents, and to-day we quote at 43a45c. Oats.—We quote good to prime lots at 30a31 cts. IRON.—We note a sale of a Jot of Baltimore Forge Iron at S2S pur ton. WHISKEY. —The generally prevailing selling rates throughout the week have been 21} cents for hhds. and 221 cents for bbls. LISST OF LETTERS remaining in tne Fost office at Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Pa. Persons calling for letters will please say they are advertised Anderson James, Bland John, Brewster Sarah J. Beerman Joseph, Baker Frederick, Brenneman Ben* jamin, Barrett Wm., Buthoff John, Cline Samnel, Coughlin Mr., Donaldson Richard, Donaghu Jas., Dresbach Benj., Eberly Simon, Eckeurode Benj., Engle Jacob, Easton Mr., Ehrman Samuel, Fabey Philip, Fritz Wm., Ford Uriah, Green John,Gam pher Jacob, Hershey Henery, Hollewell F., Heek Mary, Harshberger Anna 8., Hamer John, Hershey Jacob, Kolp John, Kushns Barbara, Koral John, Kauffman Hencry, Long John H., Lytle Lou isa, Lehman John, Mooney Samuel, Moyer Benj. D., MurrdarfF Adam, Martin Margaret Jl, Myers David R., Mittreacht H. G., Morrison George, 2, Martin Anne, Myers Wm. Marshall .ley Samuel, Nogle Israel E., Newcomer coraer Christian, Patterson T. J., Roer John, Shelley Daniel, Sage Le T. W., Snyder John A., Stoner Augustus J., Stump John, Stoner D. W. Schlegeluilich John, Stewart C., Stauffer Francis, Schock Joseph, Turner Richard, \Voods David* Wattson Charlotte. * JAMES LAIRD, P. M. * 23 July 4, 1848. For? Sale. ALAND WARRANT for 160 acres, the pur chaser having the privilege of location upon any of the land belonging to the United States Address the amount that will be paid for said war rant, (post-paid,) to the subscriber, Lancaster citv Pennsylvania, which will save further trouble. ” Lancaster, July 4, 1848. JAMES ROLANDS'
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