VARIETY.
A Female. Miser*
On Saturday morning last-three respectable gen
tlemen, of the neighborhood; called apomthe Mayor '
and said that in a house at the corner .of Howard
street and Getz's alley there residkl an.old lady
named Rachel Get2v,who wasin extreme destitu
tion and sick, and <that something should be done
for her. They did. not know, but they had an im
pression that she had some money. The. Mayor
directed Dr. Chaisty, assistant commissioner of
health, to fee tp the matter, and whether .she had
money or not to send her to the Infirmary, and take
an inventory of whatever might be found valuable.
The Doctor proceeded on his mission, and the first
business being the care of the old lady, he expres
sed his desire that she should consent to go to the
infirmary; she seemed unwilling to go, but consen
ted to remain with one of her tenants, who would
take care ot her, for, surprising as it may seem, she
owned the house she lived in.
The house is a comfortable two-story building,
with a good back-building. It has an office in front,
and the remainder is occuped by two families, with
the exception of the farthest room back on the
lower floor, which she occupied herself. This room
was a perfect curiosity shop, and a most miserable
residence for any human being, from the manner in
which it was kept. The lady is about eighty years
of a;rc. In one corner of the room was what
might have been called, a half century ago a bed
stoiid, covered with old pieces of carpets and bags
ot -shavings, on which she was accustomed tore
pose.. lire room was filled withhold trumpery of
every kind, which had been mostly picked up in
the street, such as stumps of brooms, strips of old
wall paper, iron pots, old rags, &c., too numerous
to mention In another corner was an old stove,
which appeared not to have kuown what fire was
for a long time, and every kind of cooking utensil
was absent. In . another, an old cupboard, filled
with crockery ware and some of the relics of her
husband’s business, who? many years ago was an
apothecary in this city. -; In the room was an old
table, covered with trumpery, in the midst of which
stood her husband’s mortar and pestle, and to the
leg of which was tied a chicken, her companion in
misery.
The only things found eatable were some mouldy
bread and cheese and a little tea in a tin cup,‘which
. certainly had not beenJmade within a week past.
Nothing here appearing very valuable, she was
asked .whether she had any money; she replied
aboutsloo, and that it was scattered all about. A
search was then, made, and in about thirty different
places, concealed in cups, jugs} bowls, and wrapped
in rags and paper, were found*'about $285, all in
Specie, except JflC in paper. A targe quantity of
the specie was in the of sil
ver coin. There we* also found 12 silver table
spectacles; 1 snuffbox filled with jewelry; 1 pair
of silver shoe buckles of olden time; silver sugar
tongs, and .other trinkets. There were among them
four miniatures set in gold; one of them-.particu
larly of a child, was exquisitely painted. These
things were all brought to the Mayor's office and
•deposited in the city safe, for safe keeping.
In the meantime a mattress was purchased for
her, much against her wish, and placed in the room
she was to occupy. .She said her bed was good
enough for her. . "
On yesterday molding,. Mr. Franklin Dohvn, in
company with Mr. Ford, of Howard st., came to
the City Hall, and presented a power of attorney
to Dr. Chaisty, signed by her, and authorizing him
to receive the money, which, after having been
counted in their presence, was given up to Mr.
Dohm.
The old lady did not at all like the idea of giving
up all her money, but thought she should have a
little left to her, but was finally satisfied after being
assured that it would be taken care of. She has no
living relative, as far as can be ascertained, except,
perhaps, a sister in Frederick county, about the
same age. This case presents ope of the most re
markable instances of avarice and a miserly dis
position we have ever known frf'Baltimore. She
could have lived comfortably at least; but she preter
ced the loathsome, dark, gloomy, room she occupied,
filled with all kinds of trumpery of no value, to
the comforts of existence.— Ball. Sun.
Felix Grundy McConnell and the
Poor McConnell! He was gifted by nature
both in body and mind; brave, generous, honora
ble, affectionate and faithful. There is a vice which,
as ttfe canker worm, fastens upon the richest fruit,
destroys the noblest natures. It made him a mad
man, and laid him in a grave which his own right
hand had reddened. Yet, living, with all his ex
cesses, there were bursts of his better nature break
ing through the darkness, which forced meat© love
him; and, dying, no one remembered that there
was any thing to condemn. ,
The demon of the cup was never adore a demon
than when he overcame MeCoDuelf a umji rich in
home affections and home virtues—without which
all more expanded and boastful merits are nothing,
lor, unless the centre U certain, the circumference
of human excellence is dubious and worthless.
Shortly before his death, an incident occurred,
which was related to us by a gentleman casually
present at the time, which we think worthy the
space in which it will be recorded. We recognize
and bow to the-rule I)c morhtis nil nisi Ixmu/n; and
narrate the incident because we believe it to be hon
orable to the unfortunate who was the principal
actor.
McConnell, then a member of Congress, stood
at the bar ol one of the principal hotels in Waslst
ington. Beside him, and drinking with him. was
one who, without a virtue or a generous tee-ling,
had enjoyed all the advantages of exalted family
and great wealth—advantages which his innate and
'.ungovernable vices, to a great extent forfeited. He
was shunned By the good; but McConnell; had long
since left the choice of his companions, to chance,
and then chance was generally untoward* The in
dividual referred to, spoke of the bibfo; sneered at
its authority, ridiculed its injunctions, and repeated
its most sacred passages with ribald comments.
McConnell, who had been all excitement and exhil
aration, stood silently and sadly by without a word
of remark. The blasphemer continued in language
more and offensive; and it was remarked that
the eye of McConnell flashed with an unwonted
sre, and that his cheek flushed even with a deeper
glow than that which dissipation had fixed there.
At length he stepped forward and said:
“Stop, my friend. From the moment I first
looked into your face, 1 feared that you were a
scoundrel, for God has set the mark of Cain upon
your forehead. I now know it. lam a bad man
t—a lost man—a man, every moment of whose lile
upbraids him. But 1 have one green spot still lefts
in my heart—l love my wife, and my wife lpy.es
the bible. I believe in what rny wife believes, and
her faith is in her bible. It has made angel.
upon eaTth; it must be true ; the nu»& wbp derides
it, insults her; and I will hold tha£ rpan accounta
ble, unto the death, for the wponjj.’’
, It is needless to add that; shrunk away
from this unexpected feeling; anil was not
known afterwards to haaard the experiment ol as
sailing the bible ifi.a.crowded barroom. —City Item.
Bad Luck.
There are many persons among us. whom
fortune has dealt rather harshly, accovdkg to. then
account, and who constantly bev noaHl their unam
spicious fate; attributing all t^ ie ; r misfortunes, both,
real imaginary, to “’oad luck/” To. all such,
W commend the Flawing article from Rev. H.
, W. Beecher’s lectures to, young men:
a I maybere, as. well as any where, impart the
secret of good, and tad luck. There are men, who,
supposing Providence to have an implacable spite
against them, bemoan the poverty of a wretched
old age the misfortunes of their lives. Luck for
ever ran against them and lor others. One, with a
good profession, lost his luck in the river, where
he idled away his time in fishing when he should
’ have been in his office. Another, with a good trade,
perpetually burnt up bis luck by his hot temper,
which provoked his employers to leave him.—
Another, with lucrative business, lost his luck by
amazing diligence at every thing but his business.
Another, who steadily followed his trade, as steadi
ly followed bis bottle. Another, who was honest
and constant at bis work, erred by perpetual mis
* judgments; he lacked discretion. Hundreds lose
their'luck endorsing; by sanguine speculations;
by trusting fraudulent men; and by dishonest gains..
A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.
T never knew ah early rising, hard working, prudent
man, careful of his earnings, strictly honest, who
complained of bad luck. A good character, good
habits, and iron industry are impregnable to the
assaults of all the ill luck that fools ever dream ed
of. But when I see a tatterdemalion, creeping out
of a grocery, late in the afternoon, with his handls
stuck into his poekets, the rim of his hat turrnsd
up and the crown knocked in,.l know he has hed
luck, for the worst of all luck is to be a sluggard,
a knave, or a tippler.”
07" Why, thee might as well undertake to sail up
M Niagara Falls in a corn basket as to convince the
’whigs in tßis section of the state to vote for
Taylor.
' Such Is the graphic language of an intelligent
:: Quaker, writing from Cayuga county, New York,
'to Ms frigid, the editor of the Albany Evening
- Journal. -»
Intelligencer & ioumol.
E. w. HUTTER^
FOR PRESIDENT,
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of. michiMn!t
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
<©en. fcOilliom (0). Butler,
OF KENTUCKY
Democratic Electoral Tieket,
Senatorial Delegates.
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield.
DAVID D. WAGENER, of Northampton.
Representative Electors.
Dist.
13. John C. Kino,
14. John Weidman,
15. Robert J. Fisher,
16. Frederick Smith,
17. John Creswell,
18. Charles A. Black,
Id. Geo. W. Bowman,
20. John R. Shannon,
21. Geo. P. Hamilton,
22. William H. Davis,
23. Timothy Ives,
24. Jas. G. Campbell.
Henry L. Benner,
Horn R. Kneass,
Isaac Shunil,
A. L. Roumfort,
Jacob S. Yost,
Robert E. Wriqht,
Wm. W. Downing,
Henry Haldeuan,
Peter Kline,
B. S.-Schoonover,
Wm. Swetland,
Jonah Brewster,
FORj^OVERNOR,
&01. foulimn Bigler,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
Subject to the decision of the Democratic State Con-
FOB CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Israel fainter,
OF' WESTMORELAND COUNTT.
Lancaster, August 15, 1848.
Delegate Elections.
The Democratic delegate elections held in .tikis
county, on Saturday last, have not for many years
been so numerously attended, the Governor question*
having elicited general interest throughout the
county. The struggle has been confined to the
friends of Col. Bigler and Judge Champneys, and
we are happy to state that it has been conducted
without resort to that personal detraction, which is
always so much to be deprecated. As Democrats,
we have a perfect right to differ whilst nominations
are pending, but after- the propter tribunal has deci
ded, duty demands acquiescence in the will of the
majority. The delegates meet in County Conven
tion, at the house of Christian Sherts, in this
city, on to-morrow, to decide this “vexed question."
After that, it is to be hoped, that we will “ forget
the things which are behind” and address ourselves
to the task of beating the Federal Taylorites. the
common enemy of us all.
We append the names of the delegates elect, as
far as \ve have been able to collect them :
Manhetm township. —Henry E. Leman, Henry
Shreiner, Joseph Wisner, George Hambright, John
Grube—instructed for Bigler.
Lancaster city. —East Ward.—John Zimmerman,
John Carr, Eugene Harkins, Philip Leonard, Walter
G. Evans—for Champneys.
Lancaster city. —West Ward.—Reah Frazer, Jac.
Weaver, J. B. Amwake, Charles E. Wentz, Jonas
D. Bachman—for Champnf.yh.
Lancaster township, for Champneys.
ascertained.
Colwubia borough. —George Wolf, John Barr.
Peter A. Kimbourg, J. Eberline, John Wright—in
structed! for Bigler.
L'Jth Britain ~James Pqtterson, David Cope,
David H. Keech, J. P. Andrews, Jacob L. Kirk—
for Bigler.
Dnunorc.- —Sanders McCullough, U. W. Moore,
Henry Rush, Clarkson Jeffries, John McSparren—
for Bigler.
Calerain. —William While. J. P. Wilson, Alexan
der Turner, John Whiteside, James Findley—for
Bigler.
Manor. —George G. Brush, John S. Mann, Abra
ham Peters, R. W. Randall, John E McDonald—
for Bin LKit.
Washington borough —John Charles, John A.
Brubli, Willium Xhinlap, John Schertzer, H. M.
Bliss—for Bigler.
Ccernarron. —Lot Logers, Thomas Edwards, Frs.
Gillespie, Jacob Albright, Dr. B. F. Bunn—unin
structed.
Leacock. —Joel L. Liglituer, John V. Eckert, Johu
L. Lightner. John. M Killips, David Anderson—in
structed for Biglxr.
Paradise. —Joseph S. Lufevre, Thomas M Sorley,
George D. M'Hlvaine, Andrew White, John Row—
for Biaiißß.
'East Lampeter. —John G. Anderson, Mathias
s Shirk, James Ingram, Henry Stambaugh, Isaehar
Tleese—uninstructed.
\ Elizabethtown borough. —George Boyer, Joseph
Buchanan, Emanuel SJiober, Abraham Redsecker,
Jackson Schaeffer—lor Bigler.
Corner Leacock. —Michael Roland, George Bryan,
Washington Simmons, Jacob Holl, Reuben Weidler
—uninWm-ted.
East Donegal —Jacob Gilman, Henry Houseal,
Henry Haines.
Salisbury. —Thomas S. M llvaine, William F.
Baker, A. L. Henderson, B. F. Houston. John Bitzer
—unanimously instructed for Bigu-.r.
Sadsbunj —Andrew Armstrong, John Rhea,*
Philip T. Boon, William M. Noble, Isaac Walker—
instructed, by a vote of three to one. for Bigler.
Fulton. —J-ames McSparren, George H. Hughes,.
Edward C. Stanford, James' Hanna, Joseph Peoples
—for BiGLEn.
Marietta. —William Cummings, J. M. Fryberg,
B. Grosh, William Kelly, J. B. Maloney—for Bigler.
West Earl. —John Forney, Samuel Holl, Jacob
L. Garben Tristram Connell, Henry Kafroth.
Strosburg township. —Jacob Neff, jr., Capt. John
Hasshe, Jacob Bachman, John K. Raub, Harrison
Graham—-for Bigler.
Strasburg borough. —James McPhail, Joseph Potts.
Jacob "Bowers, Samuel Tagert, William Echter
nacht.
Warwjck. —Samuel Keller, Hr. Levi Holl, Lewis
Demmy, Abraham Myers, Levi Heidelbach—for
Bigler.
‘The friends of Champneys claim Ephrata, Eliza
beth, and the Cocalicos. We have no certain intel
ligence from them. To-morrow will shew.
The vot«: in the borough of Columbia stood.
Bigler delegates 133, Champneys 11. In East
Hempfield the delegates were chosen on Friday , a
day before the appointed time, which was clearly
irregular. There are 43 districts in the county,
each entitled to 4 an equal vote—so that 22 constitute
a majority.
10* The Lancaster correspondent of the Public
Ledger sometimes shoots with a remarkably long
bow. For example, in. his letter of Monday, he
claims the delegate election in the West Ward of
this city as an exclusive Anti-Buchanan triumph }
whilst here it is a notorious fact, that three of the
five successful delegates were the active supporters
of James Bucuanan for the Presidency. Among
tjie warmest supporters of Judge Champneys in this
city, are to be found the warmest supporters of Jas
Buchanan.
10* In our notice of the “Buck” meeting, we
inadvertently omitted to mention, that seven of the
committee on resolutions voted against reporting
the resolution respecting the Governor, viz: Robert
Patterson, 9isrris Reynolds, Henry Rush, Joseph
Hughes, Christopher Graham, George H. Pickel,
William Hayes, jr.
'Eshrata Monument. —The Treasurer of the
“ Ephrata Monument Association,” has published a
report of its transactions, up to the sth of June last.
The amount subscribed for the Monument was
$868,50. Subscription paid, s4Booutstanding
$388,50. Cost of materials on the ground, $8C7,72.
Paid on account of materials, $476 32: due and
unpaid $391,30.
The Directors contemplate, during the present
season, to put up the base of the monument, about
15 feet high of white free stone, which is already
prepared. The stone for a wall to enclose the
ground is also with further aid by
the friends of the project, they hope next year toj
complete the monument ,
TheVoiunteerS—for Cass.
'-One qfithe most gratifying features of the
dential canvass, is the fact* that ajarge majority bf
the gallant min, who Eave foOghtJtheir country's'
tattles since their fields
of perife-j are actively engaged ihpromtrtiiig the
ejection of Cass ' and Bctler. Tlus is a sore dis?
.appointment totfcci Fedei^t who were coify
"fident 'that thevolunteers/froib. fympathy/fbwards
Gen. Taylor, would rush eu masse to his support.
That these brave men are not led, by-a false enthu
siasm, into theembraces of Federalism, results from
ho want of attachment to Gen. Taylor as a military
commander, but is owing exclusively to the unfor
tunate position in which he is placed by lending
his name to the opposers of the -war, in which he
has won all his laurels. Muchas the volunteers
may admire Gen. Taylor's skill and courage as a
military captain, they admire and consis
tency still more, and.the great of them
revolt from any association with the party, whose
leaders were for welcoming them with bloody
hands to hospitable graves/’
IJOR.
It is this feeling, and none other, that prompts
the eloquent and chivalric Col. Black to declare
his preference for Gen. Cass from the highest house
tops. It is this that has wrought such a radical
change in the brave Col. Wyxkoop, who.started
for Mexico a zealous/* 1 Native American,” and has
returned a Democrat. These- same considerations
have converted the gallant Capt. Naylor —the rep
resentative of the Federal party in Congress, but
now a decided Democrat. It is this, too, that has
wrought the change mentioned inLhe following ar
ticle which we copy from the Hunnjigdon Globe:
NQ GO.— ( *At the Federal County fleeting at
Hollidaysburg, on Tuesday evening last, Captain
Loeser, of the Reading Artillerists, who was on his
return from Mexico, and who happened to be pres
ent, was called on to make a speech. He rose and
stated, that in 1840 he was a whig and supported
Harrison, and in 1844 he was a whig and exerted
all his influence for Henry Clay; ‘-but,” said the
gallant Captain, "1 am a whig ..no longer.''.
course the Feds let the'brave Captain, off without
any,-further desire to hear him.” s*
- vThe following extract from, the Ohio Statesman
proves that the same sentiment prevails among the
volunteer Buckeyes: ‘ -
Capt. James Ihvine. —On Saturday last we had
the pleasure of meeting Capt. James Irvine, of the
xMillersburgh company, on his return from Mexico.
He returns in good health and spirits.
At the call of his country, though a whig, he
volunteered in defence of its rights. Like hundreds
of others from our State, who left as whigs, he re
turns a Democrat, and will do battle as heartily for
Cass, Butler, Weller and Democracy in Ohio, as he
battled for his country and her rights on the tented
fields of Mexico.
That the feeling in favor of Gen. Cass amopg
the volunteers is not, as the Federal editors would
tain persuade us, confined to the officers, but extends
in the same cheering degree to the privates, is man
ifest from indications the most unmistakeable.
This is emphatically the case with the Pennsylva
nia regiments, who are almost to a man for Cass
and Butler—and the following affords a gratifying
view of the political complexion of the New York
regiment, as canvassed by one of the officers:
Officers. Privates.
Cass. Taylor. Cass. Taylor.
Company A 2 2 37 13
B 3 1 40 4
” C 2 2 38 . 11
“ ; D 1 3 , 41 ", 0 '
“ F. - 2 2 35 If,
“ F 2 2 411 10
G 1 3 38 11
" H 1 3 33 13
1 4 0 40 1
*• K 4 U 48 2
Names nol
We believe, this presents a fair sample of the
opinions of nearly all the regiments that have ser
ved in Mexico. They are five to one for Cass and
Butler, spurning all political association with the
enemies of the war and of the just rights of the
country.
Tlie Hausers Family.
We direct attention to the advertisement of the
celebrated Hausers family, who intend giving Con
certs in the hall of the Mechanics’ Institute, in this
city, to-morrow and next evening. This band of
Tyrolean Minstrels consists of six persons, viz:
Theresa, the soprano, Seppa, or Joseph, second ten
or, (brother and sister.) Marie and Katherina are
two beautiful contralto voices y Frans and George
the tenor and bass (and cousins to the others,)
travelled extensively in Prussia,Austria, Moldavia,
Sweden, Norway, and Asia Minor, delighting not
only the masses, but crowned heads and literati, by
Their exquisite singing. Trained among the moun
tains, the influences of the harmonies of nature, the
winds sweeping among their native pines, the
echoes of the mountain horn, the gush and melody
of waters, the song of the nightingales, that people
the forest of Tyrol, making night vocal, are per
ceptible in their thrilling notes.
We advise our readers to lose not this opportu
nity of hearing the Hausers, for we assurethenrthat
no lover of music can listen to them without feel
ings of the highest gratification. They always
appear in public in their native costume, which en
hances the efleci of their native songs, to which
they exclusively confine their efforts. -We under
stand from the gentlemanly manager, Mr. Wey
rauch,that Seppa is a great of the Zither, on
which delightful instrument he will play some solos.
The Zither is an instrument very little known in
this country, and is peculiar to their native home ;
it is an instrument which will speak t* the very
depths of the soul when played by Mr. Seppa.
Higbly Important!
The entire Taylor party of Lancaster county out for
Among the resolutions adopted by the Taylor
mass-meeting recently held in this city, as published
in the Union if Tribune, we discover the following:
Resolved , That we pledge ourselves to a hearty
support of the candidate for Governor of Pennsyl
vania who may be nominated by the State Conven
tion to be held on the 30th OF THE PRESENT
MONTH, cheerfully confiding the selection of such
a candidate to the intelligence and judgment of the
approaching State Convention.
The State Convention to be held on the “ 30th
of the present month” is none other than the Dem
ocratic State Convention, called by the friends of
Cass and Butleu, and will be composed of dele
gates of that party. The nominee will be a thor
ough-going, radical Democrat, pledged to follow in
the footsteps of the lamented Shunk. We congrat
ulate the Taylor party of this county—whom, in
deference to the Natives, we shall not again call
whigs—-on this commendable resolution, to support
our candidate for Governor. Having abandoned
their name and organization, it was a natural and
easy step to fall into our embraces. We suggest
that friend Jackson immediately convene the Dem
ocratic Association, to determine whether this un
expected accession to our ranks be accepted.
Nota Bena.—r lt is but fair to state, that the reso
lution, as it appears in the Examiner , pledges the
support of the whig—no, we beg pardon—of the
Taylor party, to the nominee of the convention to
be held on the 31st of August, which is a horse
of a different color. The TYilmne's resolution is,
however, the one passed by the meeting, and must
be taken for authentic, until revoked by the same
power that adopted it.* Oh Whiggery, thy name
is Folly!
10* The* Exatiriner takes it in high dudgeon, that
the Democratic papers of this city have not mani
fested their displeasure at the prostration of several
hickory poles erected by the Taylor party in this
vicinity. Well, if it be any comfort to the Exam
mr, we here unequivocally state, that we know of
no act of more stupendous folly than thatof cutting
-doion a Hickory pole—unless it should bis that of
isttingone ttpl ,
22 18 405 80
18 80
4 maj. for Cass. 310 maj. Cass.
a Democratic Governor!
lext Governor.
following delegates have already been cho
~sen, to meet in State 'Convention, at Harrisburg, on
Wednesday, August 30, A t0 norainatee-.a candidate
for Governor: - .. T r
•'jfomK County. — William & Picking, lames M.
Anderson, George Hammon<jC/Robert Ritchey-f
instructed to support William &gEeb. ••“/
. Mitel nr Courty. —Johmßoss andsW. Wi Wil
son—instructed for EpHßirx Banks as the first,
add for William Bibler as the second choice. . '
Berks Couktt.—William Karas, Peter Stroh
ecker, Dr. L. Beaver, Col. William Lobach ahdWil
Ham Heidenreich—instructed for Morris
• Lehigh County. —John S. Gibons (rep.J and
Jacob Erdman (sen.) instructed for Morris Long-
Clarion County —has declared as hen- first
choice in favor of Arnold Plumeh.
Dauphin Countt. —Ex-Sheriff Faunce and the
gallant Lieut. Waterbary representative delegates
—and Dr. Lewis Heck, Senatorial, with instructions
unanimously passed, to support N, B. Eldred.
Wayne Countt. —George Bush, representative
delegate—F. M. Crane, senatorial —instructed for N.
B. Eldred.
Jefferson County. —-Delegates instructed to
vote throughout for William Biolf.b.
Clearfield County. —An enthusiastic mass
meeting was held at Curwensville, on the 30th ult.,
which was eloquently addressed by Col. W. R. Bar
rett. Dr. J. P. Hoyt was appointed representative
delegate to the 30th of August - Convention, and W.
J. Hemphill recommended as Senatorial delegate—
both instructed, unanimously, “to use all fair and
honorable means to secure the nomination of Col.
William Bigler."
Indiana comity has chosen Adam Lowrey, Esq.,
representative and R. B. M'Cabe, Esq., Senatorial
delegate to the -Ith of March Convention—both fa
vorable to Col. William Bigler.
Blair County. —Thaddeus' Banks, with in
structions to support Jeremiah S. Black.
Bedford County. —Gen. James Burns and Sam
uel Cromwell,.instruUedTor Jeremiah S. Black.
What they “expect.”
The followfng is one of the resolutions adopted
by the Taylor mass-meeting recently held in this
city:
Resolved, That the glorious “Old Guard,” the
veteran o( a hundred victories, is thoroughly aroused
and will speedily be ready for action; that we expect
5,000 majority for Taylor and Fillmore.
On the cranium of the respectable mover of this
resolution, the bump of expectation, if phrenology
hath discovered such an one, must be prodigiously
developed. We “expect" 0,000 majority in the
“Old Guard” for Taylor and Fillmore! Whew!
“Expect" that the earth shall cease to revolve on
its axis-—“expect'' that the Conestoga will run up
stream, instead of down—“expect” that Slaymaker's
bull will arrest all the locomotives on the Columbia
railroad—“expect” that Tom Corwin will give ut
terance to a patriotic thought or sentiment—“ex*
pect” that Zachary Taylor will declare his politi
cal opinions—in fine, “expect” any and every absur
dity—but, unless you wish to be egregriously disap
pointed, do not “expect” 5,00 U Federal majority in
Lancaster county—for you aw,it get it.
Gen. Taylor’s Policy.
“GENERAL TAYLORS POLICY IS AS PLAIN
AS THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
Federal paper.
The truth, for once! General Zachary Taylor,
stand up belore the people, if you please, aud hold
up that right hand of yours, that they may take a
look at the palm of it! There it is, showing an
abundance of roads, but none of them leading to
any definite point. There it is, full of zig-zags and
cross-cuts, intersecting each other at a hundred
points carrying you* over high mountains and into
deep gullies, and bringing you out—no man can
exactly tell where. It is indeed an apt similie, and
if any man wishes to see a chart of Gen. Taylor’s
political opinions, let him explore the spider-tracks
on “ the palm of his right hand."
Buffalo “Free Soil” Convention.
Nominathn of Martin. Van Buren and Charles F
Adams for President and Pice President.
The Convention of the so-called “ Free Soil” party
met in the city of Buffalo, on Wednesday, 9th inst.,
to nominate candidates for President and Vice Presi
dent of the U. States. Vast multitudes had crowd
ed into the city, some attracted by sympathy with
the movement and others from mere curiosity.—
Maryland and Delaware were the only slave states
from which regularly appointed delegates were in
attendance.
The Convention was organised by the appoint
ment of ‘Charles F. Adams of Massachusetts, son
of John Quincy, as President, assisted by fourteen
Vice Presidents, among whom we find the name of
Dr. E. D. Gazzam of Pittsburg.
A platform of principles was adopted and addres
ses delivered by Messrs. Glddings of Ohio and But
ler ol New. York.
The committee on nominations having unani
mously reported in favor of the nomination of
Martin Van Buren —the convention proceeded
to ballot for a candidate, which resulted on the first
trial, as follows: -
Martin Van Buren of New York l'ivt
John P. Hale ol New Hampshire
The former was declared duly nominated-
Charles Francis Adams was then nominated
by acclamation for the Vice Presidency,
Old Berks, Take Notice.
The Federal Whigs of this county—since their
great Harvest Home jubilee—affect to be so enr
boldened, that they actually threaten to roll up a
Taylor majority of 4000! We bgkinfeihat they
will fall ' considerably short well
enough that the Democracy oyHHßgfrls
should know what her Federal
at. II Lancaster gives Taylor
send us a report for Cass and Butler to the tune of
• r >,ooo ! We draw upon her for that majority, and
feel convinced that she will not dishonor the draft.
Perry County
An immense gathering of the Democracy of
gallant little Perry took place at Bloomfield, on the
7th instant, which was addressed with eloquence
and power by Hon. Jesse Miller. Hon. James
Black reported a series of excellent resolutions in
favor of Cass and Butler,. among which is the fol
lowing, as to what they “expect" to do in Perry at
the coming election:
Resolved , That the Democracy of Perry county,
cordiallyand without reserve, ratify the said nomi
nations and will endorse the sincerity of the appro
val on the 7th of November next, by giving these
their chosen standard-bearers, even more than the
old-fashioned majority of 1000.
Pole Raising at Springvllie.
A splendid Hickory was raised at Springville, on
Saturday last, August 12th, cut from the woods of
John Gross, Esq. After the raising, a meeting was
organised, Jacob Heinly of East Donegal in the
chair —Vice Presidents, James Laird, Abraham
Redsecker, Benjamin Shaffer, Henry Jacobs, Henry
Shafner, Eli Bachman, John Ream, Michael Gorm
ley, William Sailor, and Jonathan ' Diffenderfer.
Secretaries, Samuel S. Rolp, John Heistand, Daniel
Green, Thomas Albright, and Eli Hoffman. A
series of excellent resolutions were reported by J.
R. Long in favor of Cass and Butler, and of Hon.
Benjamin Champneys for Governor. Eloquent ad*
dresses-were delivered by Jonas D. Bachman, Ed
mund Long, Mr. Hagg, and John Kolp. We regret
that the proceedings were received at too late a
period for this week’s paper.
John Ttlee.— We leam from the Ridunond En
jrnrer, good authority, that Mr. Tyler gives his Sup
port to Cass and Butler.
Origin of King’s Fools.
The custom of Fools being kept io the service
of greit. men is of extreme'antiquity. Tt would
sextans if one*of.those times, con
sidered as. necessary ahouSehold circumstancein'-
the castles of' grandees, and in the kings,
as the cookthat dressed their victuals, or the; porter
thit opened their gates?‘i In history
th the customs ahßrnarrofcrs of the.jre- '•>
spective countries and ages of the world, an uniform
unbroken trace is perceptible of thia unaccountable
practice; and in that which may be called die an*
ecdotical part of history, innumerable stories are
related of those fools, which surprise us with their
extravagancies or divert us.with the unexpected
vivacity of their wit, and the irresistible force' oi
satirical-humor. We often thought that,a well
collated history of thisdegradechand degrading part
of our species would'be a very interesting-book, at
least, to the bookseller, for assuredly it would be
very profitable.
Srakspzare, who left nothing belonging toman
or to nature unillumined by his genius, has given
us, in the tragedy of King Lear, an “abstract or
brief chronicle*' of this class of beings. He no
doubt had his mind stored with a number of pro
totypes ; and his fool bears ; so intimate a resem
blance to all the characters of that kind of which
we have read, that it may be-said to be a tolerable
transcript of the whole body..*
We have undeniable evidence that this strange
custom existed as early as the reign of Charle
magne. The game of chess was then very common
in France; ami every body knows that the two
pieces which in that game are placed near the
king,and queen, are, by the French, called fools.
In the records of the town of Troyes,,a letter is
preserved of Charles the Fifth, signifying to the
magistrates of that province, the death of his fool,
and ordering them to furnish him with another,
according to ancient custom. The custom was there
fore established long before that time. A remark
able circumstance is, that this monarch, who was
suruamed “ the wise," and who certainly deserved
that -epithet, caused monuments "to be erected to
the memory of two of his fools.
From the innumerable jests related to have been
uttered by these foils, it appears pretty evidently
that they were selected more lor an unlucky ma
lignaut'wit than for their folly. Some partial in
firmity procured for them the-name of fool, and
with the name the privilege ever attached to it, of
speaking truths, however severe, with impunity.—
That impunity rendered them bold, and it being
their business to speak incessantly, and their im
aginations being entirely absolved from all restraint
of fear, they gave a vent to the extravagant com
binations of the distorted minds, to the great amuse
ment of their protecting monarch, who, though
himself often stung by their satire, was ashamed
to punish them.
A good jest is related of Triboulet, a fool to Louis
the twelfth, and Francis the first. A nobleman of
distinction having threatened to cause Triboulet to
be-whipped to death for mocking him with-too
much freedom, the fool complained to Francis.
The prince told him not to be afraid, “for,” said he
should any one presume to kill you, I will have
the murderer! hanged up in a quarter of an hour
after." “Ah!’ 1 cried Triboulet, ‘-in order to secure
me effectually, your majesty should have him
hanged up a quarter of an hour before."'
Declination of Wllgon Ill’Candless.
We find the following letter from our friend Mc-
Candless in the Pittsburg Post of the Bth. Colonel
-VtcC. is one of the most brilliant orators, firmest
Democrats, and amiable gentlemen in the Stale,
and his letter breathes a spirit of pure and lofty
patriotism which will doubly endear him to the
Democracy of Pennsylvania, and his many and
devoted personal friends: •
Pittsburgh, August 8,.1848.
My Dear Sir : —[n reply to your note of Satur
day, allow me to say that I am not a candidate toi
Governor.
Addressed as I have been by numerous and valued
friends in this and the adjoining counties, it was
not for me to decline on the first mention of my
name. Hence, I have interposed no obstacle to
what has been uttered by the Democracy of this
•unpretending portion of Pennsylvania, which grants
every thing and asks nothing.
The position is too high for any one to seek, and
the honors and responsibilities too great for any
one to deserve, unless he has served a long and
faithiul apprenticeship to the principles and usages
of the Democratic party.
This, in the judgment of those who surround me,
I have done; but, in mine, there are older and bet
ter champions in the'field, entitled to theirsuftrages
and support.
To these I yield—simply asking of the successful
competitor, that he will imitate the example of
Gov. Shunk ; that he will continue to perpetuate
the radical system of Republican government ad
vocated and sustained by that lamented and incor
ruptible public servant, whose praises the people
had only begun to celebrate, when it, pleased God
to call him to his great reward. Most respectfully
your obediant servant,
WILSON M'CANDLESS.
George P. Hamilton, Esq.
<( Red Republicanism.”
During the commotions in Paris, the red flag
was frequently hoisted, and has given to a faction
in that city the title of “red republicans.” Those
who fight under this flag may be assimilated to the
pirates of the ocean, who, under the bloody flag,
cany, death and desolation wherever they are vic
torious. Paris would be in an awful condition were
the monsters who raflly under the flag to obtain
control of the city. The 2VL Y. Herald quotes the
description of “red republicanism" by Victor Huso,
which is as follows:
“Two sorts of republics are possible. One of
them will put down the tricolored flag, and will
hoist the red flag. It will coin the great column
on the Place Vendome into pennies. It will knock
down the statue of Napoleon, and set up that of
Robespierre or Mirabeau iq its stead. It will put
an:end to the Institute, to the Polytechnic School,
and to the Legion of Honor. To the noble motto
of “ Liberty. Etpiolity and Fraternity, ” it will add the
terrible alternative, “or Death." It will make France
bankrupt. It will min the rich, without enriching
the poor. It will annihilate credit, which is the
fortune of all, and put an end to labor, which is the
bread of all. It will abolish families. It will pa
rade about the streets of the city with men's heads
upon pikes. It will fill the prisons on mere sus
picion, and then make a general gaol delivery by
-indiscriminate massacre. It will set Europe in
flames, and reduce civilization to ashes. It will
make France'thfi land of blood .and darkness. It
will butcher liberty; stifile the arts, suppress free
thought, abjure God, and set in motion those two
fatal instruments which go hand in hand together
—the guillotine and bank note plates.”
Public meeting.
At a meeting held at the Buck tavern, in Dru
rnore township, Lancaster county, on Thursday,
10th instant, for the purpose of making preliminary
arrangements for building a bridge at McCall's
Ferry, on the Susquehanna river. On motion,
JOSEPH WENTZ was called to the chair—and
Dr. George IK Smithson appointed Secretary.
On motion the chair appointed James M. Hop
kins, P. W. Housekeeper, Robert H. Long, Thos.
Moderwell, John Rawlins, Esq., Richard Baily, of
Chester county, Marius Hoopes, David Parry, John
Peoples. Sanders McCullough, William W. Steele,
Jr., Daniel'Gordon, Martin Miller, Peter Smith, of
York couniy, Robert B. Cabem, of York county,
George T. Clark, E. S. Bailey, Hugh Penny, Wm.
Idle, William Davis, John Robinson, George Mor
rison, Mahlon Pusey, William Whiteside, of Cole
rain, Charles Brooke, jr., Joseph Harner, William
C. Boyd, A. S. Ewing, Daniel Good, Geo. Warfle,
Joseph Wents, David Laird, Joseph Bradly, and
James Simpson
A committee of arrangements, who are requested
to meet at the Buck, on Saturday August 19, at
2 o’clock P. M y to take such steps as they may
deem necessary to promote the object of the call.
On motion, S. W. Housekeeper and E. S. Baily
were appointed to notify the absent members of the
committee ofjheir appointment.
On motion, resolved that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in at least twojQf the county
papers. JOSEPH WENTZ, Chairman.
-Dr. George Smithson, Secretary. . . -
From the Washington Union, Aug. 9. ■
Cieib^e^^cceptance.
We have been faired-with a copy of the follow
ing c»rr^ponden<^ ; President ofthe
Britimore conventwß aiS.Geberal W. O. Bctteer,
itsnomlnee tor of the-United-
States. f General Bq,t£kii received the letter, tp4
,vyhich heiias on Monday last—*tb£
'first copy addressed to the General's
neighborhood in Kentucky, which he passed through
with great rapidity oh" his route from New Orleans
to Washington.
Genera! Butler's reply is every thing thatit should
be. It recognises the right of the people to under
stand the opinions of those who ask their confidence.
It takes a comprehensive view of. his own political
principles, expressed with all the frankness-of the
soldier. We are satisfied it will prove perfectly ac
ceptable to his countrymen:
Baltimore, May 30, 1848.
Dear Sir: It becomes our duty to communicate
to you the fact, that the National Convention of re
publican delegates which assembled in this city on
the 22d instant, for the purpose of selecting candi
dates for the two executive offices of the country,
united, in presenting your name for that of Fuv
President of the United States. That convention also
adopted resolutions containing the principles upon
wblclv they believed the government ought to be
administered, and which I have now the honor of.
transmitting to you. These resolutions constitute
the true democratic platform. That they will
meet your cordial assent, \ye l'eel well assured; nor
are we the less satisfied that, slioujd this high office
be conferred upon you by your country, the princi
ples which these resolutions embrace will be suc
cessfully illustrated iu your administration.
We offer you our cordial congratulations upon
this distinguished proof of the confidence pi* your
country, and are, very respectfully and truly, your
friends and obedient servants,
A. STEVENSON,
President of Democratic. Convention
[Signed by 30 Vice Presidents.]
To Major Gen. Wm. O. Butler.
Washington, August 8, 1848.
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your communication as the organ of the Balti
more 'Convention—which reached me only yes
terday—announcing my nomination by that body
as the democratic candidate for the office of Vice
President.
For this distinguished mark of confidence and
trust, I am most deeply grateful to my friends ; and
cannot but the more appreciate the honor, done me,
when I reflect that this nomination was made with
out my knowledge,while absent in a distant country,
and by the unanimous voice of the convention.
My acceptance is a matter of course.
It is at all times proper in a free country, and at
a crisis like this, deemed indispensable in our own,
that aspirants to office should be distinctly under
stood on all important questions of national policy;
and tmy nomination for the office of Vice President
has ho doubt beefi made with a full knowledge of
mine. My position while a member of Congress
compelled me to take a decisive, though not a con
spicuous part on all the leading questions of the
day. I might therefore appeal to the past as the
best and safest guarantee for my future political
course. Some of these questions are, however,
daily growing in importance; and as l cannot con
sent to w r in the good opinion of others by disguis
ing my own, and as I design this communication
to be final, it may be proper that I should be more
explicit. I feel the more impelled to this course
from the consideration that my action as a member
of Congress may not be accessible to the people at
large. With this object in view, I have examined
carefully the proceedings of the convention by
which I was nominated. I’recognise in the resolu
tions passed by that body but the re-marking, and
with an able hand, of the great lines of separation
between the democratic and whig parties—lines
that should be ever kept freshly before the people,
and are so plainly laid down in the resolutions re
ferred to, that “the-wayfaring man, though a fool,
cannot err therein.” Those'resolutions have been
widely circulated, and are within the reach of all.
I deem it sufficient to say that they meet my en
tire and unqualified approbation.
Permit me, in conclusion, sir, to tender to you.-
and through you to the entire democracy represen
ted by the body over which you so ably presided,
my grateful thanks for the distinguished honor
they have done me.
With high regard, I remain truly your friend,
W. O. BUTLER.
Hon. Andrew Stevenson,
President of the Democratic Convention
A meeting of 5000 Democrats!!
Hear Col. Wynkoop!
The great Democratic Meeting in Bucks cou »ty
came off on last Saturday, and, among the distin
guished speakers present wasFRS. M. WYNIvOOP,
the brave Colonel of the First Pennsylvania Regi
ment. We copy his remarks below, and invite for
them an attentive perusal. The way he makes
the fur fly from that same old Tory Coon is a cau
tion to all aiders and comforters of the enemy in
time of War. Let all honest Whigs take counsel
from this brave soldier. Col. Wynkoop said :
Old friends and playmates of Bucks! —foi I was
born among you—l ""have wandered long from you,
but never have forgotten you, and my heart has
yearned towards you a£ I have sojourned in distant
lands. The same impulses which influenced you
to send your soldiers to fight your battles, for your
country’s honor and glory, influenced me. (Cheers.)
I went out* from among you aWhig, and I can
count hundreds of my Whig kindred among you—
but I come back to you a full-blooded Democrat—
as the Whigs say, a red-mouthed, venomous Dem
ocrat ! And I thank the Mexican war for my
conversion. (Loud and’prolonged cheers.) From
the moment of my entry into Mexico until this
time, the conviction has been pressing upon me, of
the falsity, the rottenness, of that party. I clung
to that party with all the ardor of an educated
Whig. But I saw, when there, a party opposing a
just and necessary war, because blood—good, red,
American blood—had been shed upon American
soil. When I saw ‘their disgraceful opposition, I
became disgusted; and I now trace back to them
the great burden of the war. They Caused its pro
longation, and I charge upon-them the authorship
of the whole guerrilla system—that vile system
which has laid so many of my brave men in for
eign graves. Salas pointed to the great Mexican
party in the United States, led by Mr. Clay, and
urged his fellow-citizens to adopt the guerrilla sys
tem, and to hold ot£ against the United States for
ces until this Mexican party obtain the ascendency,
and then they should have an honorable peace,
without loss of territory. Let the bodies of the
brave officers and men who fell along the National
Road sustain me in what I say of the terrible des
truction which this horrible system caused. Our
brave merr looked to their friends at home for ap
proval and encouragement for the sacrifices they
made. What did they find? Instead of approval,
bitter 'hostility and fierce denunciations—almost
preparing the gun-powder which was to destroy us.
But the crowning act of all which drove the last
drop of Whig blood from me was Henry Clay's"
Lexington speech. (Loud cheers.) And where
did I read it? In good Spanish, in a Spanish news
paper at Puebla. And from the moment I read,
my Whig principles were trampled in the dust, so
help me God, forever, —(Great cheering.) A few
•days after, I saw in g Mexican paper the proceed
ings of the Philanthropic Society of Mexico, con
stituting Clay, Giddings, and other Whigs, honorary
members of that society,'for their exertions in be
half of Mexico, and may they remain, fellow-citi
zens, honorary members of that society until the
end of time. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) I
know both your candidates. I know them both to'
be gallant soldiers and honest men. I know Gen.
Taylor well, and feel with you all, that he is en
titled to the gratitude of the American people.for
his conduct as a soldier. The very men who, six
months ago, talked of bloody hands and hospita
ble graves, have thrown away Mr. Clay, the re.,
presentative of their feelings, for expediency, and
have taken up General Taylor, the head and front
of this unrighteous war. Gen. Taylor has receiv
ed, and is now receiving his reward, and you might
as well expect a blacksmith to make a good watch
as General Taylor, to make a-good President. I
give way to my friends, Gen. Patterson and Col.
Black, who are better able than I am to address you.
The Taylor Platform.
Q. Are you in favor of a United States Bank ?
A. General Taylor never surrenders.
Q. Do you go for the tariff of 1842?
A. Palo Alto. ! -
.. Q- support the distribution scheme ?
A. Resaca de la Palma.
Q. Do you go for the support of the government
in the war with Mexico?
A. Monterey.
Q. Do you go for any more new territory ?
A. Buena \lsta.
Q. Well, what are your principles?
A. A little more grape, Capt. Braggl ;
Q. Do you expect to hood-wink the people thus ?
A; Give ’em Jesse.
IXL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
lE?* ImiB3§;lhef.fag'fol&foTfe of Missouri resolved
that Col. Z; Taylor; inhis report of the battles it
Okeechobe, in. manifest injustice to the'
MisstourUyolun tears, and thai said report c was not
founded onffacts as they occurred; that so much of
sajd repoit as charges that the Missouri volunteers
that. Tayldr’a staff could not rally
tMm, was not t 6 say in
tcimbnally false"; and that so much of said report
as stated that the Missouri volunteers behaved.
themselves “better thap troops of that description
usually do,” was “not so much acomplimentto
them as a slander upon citizen soldiers generally.”
The resolutions were drawn by a whig, reported by
a .committee composed in part of whigs, and pas&t
ed in part by whig votes. CoV Taylor is now -
Gen. Taylor, and the whigs who voted for the re
solves are mostly Taylor. men. The old general is
not likely to get much of a vote from the volun
teers.
- ID* The VUashington Union publishes a long
letter from Henry A. Wise of Virginia, ih which he
defends Gen. Cass against the charges of corruption,
of various kinds, that have been made against
him, and pledges his support to Cass and Butler at
comiug eleption. ' . .
\Lr Hon. J. M. Root, a prominent whig member
of Congress from Ohio, has addressed a letter tO'his
constituents, in which he says he cannot and shall
not vote for Gen. Taylor. He also says if the whigs
of Ohio nil “knew as well as I do what kind of
motives and instrumentalities produced.the nomi
nation of Gen. Taylor, not a score of them -would
vote for him.*’ %
Whig Rea?onixg.— Why was General
Taylor nominated by the whig party {
Tom —Because he is a whig.
Jake —Why is he a whig?
Tom —Because he was nominated by the whig
party.
Jake —l come down.
E 7“ The Jilbnny Evening Journul says, “ General
Taylor s letter of acceptance reached us on Monday.
We publish it to day. r lt ismot all we wished— but
it.is all we have got. : \
Francis P. Blair.- —At a meeting, of district
delegates of Anne Arundel county, (Md.,) they
unanimously absolved Francis P. Blair from any
obligation incurred by attending, as a delegate, the
National Democratic Convention, This was done
inconsequence of the recent avowal of Mr. Blair
that his sympathies are with Mr. Van Buren, and
that he will vote for General Cass as a matter of
“punctilio.”
The Vermont Coalitiox. —The abolitionists
in Vermont are to be strengthened by “the annex
ation” of Horace Everett and Mr. Slade. A State
Free Soil Convention was held at Mulberry, on the
Ist. The Committee reported the nomination for
State Officers, as follows: For Governor; Oscar L.
Schalter, of Wilmington; for Lieut. Governor, Luke
P. Poland, of Norristown. The Convention was
addressed by Hon. Horace Everett, vindicating his
course in leaving the Whigs. Ex-Governor Slade
made a long speech in favor of the free soil move
ment, and repudjated Gen. Taylor.
ID'Governor Johnson has appointed the follow
ing gentlemen as his Aids, with the rank of Lieut.
Colonel:—Capt. E. C. Williams and Lieut. D. J.
Unger, both ot the Cameron Guards, just returned
from Mexico, and Mr. Wells Coveriy, hotel-keeper,
of Harrisburg.
Ihaudeits Stevens, Esq,.—A correspondent of
the Lancaster Examiner urges the nomination of
this gentleman as the Whig candidate for Congress,
and says that he has consented to suffer his name
to go before the County Convention for such' nomi
nation.
ID" I deem but candid to add, that if the whig
party, at their next presidential election, deaire'to
cast their votes for me, they must do it on their
own responsibility, and without any pledge from me.
Z. Taylor. *
What France Wants. —“ The great difficulty
is, ’ says the Christian Enquirer, “ that France lacks
religion, and the kind of home education that comes
from religion. She needs the ten commandments
more than a new charter—Feaalons more than
Louis Blancs!” He is right.
CUT"The Clarksville (Tenn.) Jeffersonian remarks:
“ There is more humbug in the cry of Gen. Tay
lor's popularity than in any thing that has been
started in the nineteenth century, not even except
ing patent medicines, and,the result will prove the
truth of our words. Mark it!
Bucks Co.—The Doylestown Independent Dem
ocrat, says : We confidently predict that Bucks co.
will give a larger majority for Cass and Butler than
she ever gave for any President and Vice President,
by several hundred votes.
Tavlo'r's Politics. —The Belfast Journal gives
the following conclusive evidence that the Phila
delphia convertion nominated a whig. The ques
tion may now be considered at rest .
“ Mother Hopkins told me that she heard Green's
wife say that JohnGlarie's wife told her that Capt.
Wood's wife thought Col. Hopkins's wife believed
that old Miss Lamp reckoned that Sam Dunham’s
wife had told Spaulding’s wife that she heard Gran
ny Cook say frhat Gen. Taylor was a whig.”
10* The following are the general officers who
have been engaged in the late war with Mexico,
and their politics:
Fob Cass. —Generals Butler, Worth, Kearney.
Wool, Patterson, Smith, Shields, Quitman, Pillow,
Cadwallader and Morgan.
For Tatlob. —Gen. Scott, perhaps.
Accident. —We learn from the Berks County
Press, that the Whigs undertook to raise a pole of
great height. in Reading, on Saturday last. The
pole fell, and unfortunately Mr. Amos Leimbach
was so seriously injured, that for some time he was
scarcely expected to live. He is now recovering
slowly. The Press mentions incidentally that a
solid hickory was raised at the same time by the"
Democracy, a short distance above this unfortunate,
Whig pole, but with hundreds of strong arms, good
hearts, and a free will; such as freemen ever enjoy,
it went up in a twinkling, without even the.possi
bility of an accident to mar the enthusiasm of the
10* Messrs. Vliet and Armstrong have purchased
the Pottsvilie Anthracite Gazette, and continue the
publication under the title of “ The True Democrat .”
The new firm gives a spirited support to Cass, But
ler, and Bigler.
Major Noah's Ahe. —The Major thus answers
a correspondent:—“Clarissa H. begs to know bur
age. How is it that theladies take greater interest
in the fate of an old fellow than they do of a young?
We have no particular objection to telling our age.
We. are ten years younger than Mr. Ritchie, of the
, Washington Union, and he is the most sprightly,
active and extraordinary man of his-years in the
'country. We are younger than Mr. Van\ Buren,
who has not yet arrived at the aggof discretion.”
sA Delicate Dish. —One hundred and twenty
chickens and tw*o pigs were served up in a single
pie; at a public dinner i.n Goldsborough, North Car
olina, the other day.
u a 3l(pßE Grape.” —The Syracuse Star says it’has
before it a.cal! signed by fifty-six whigs of Canan
daigua for a public meeting in opposition to the
nomination of Taylor.
10* A letter-fromvtiie Hph. Dixon H. Lewis, de
claring his to give a hearty, support to
Cass and Butler, hasappeared in the Florence (Ala.)
Gazette. This completely dishes all the calculations
of Mr. Yancey.
10* Leslie Coombs testifies that he has “travelled
through ten States of the Unions and if the Whig
party do net arouse themselves , Lewis Cass will be the
next President • •
10* James Cooper, of Adams, has been ap
pointed Attorney General by Acting Governor
J OHNBTQN. Mr. C. has deputed William B.
whose fame is embalmed in a “Lehigh Letter,” to
act as his deputy for’the city of Phila
delphia.’ 1 . , • i: