vaiukty.
John Van Buren and tlie *‘Old
Gentleman. 9 . 9
Major Noah, of the New York Sunday Times ,
has been exciting our risible faculties with the
following, anecdotes of the younger and elder Van
t Inquiries were made at the meeting in the Park
for John Van Buren. One half of the company
came to hear him speak, not caring a straw for the
issue. John was there, but he refused to speak.
• He saw all the old faces, and would not.repeat that
* one speech again, and he had dished up nothing
new. When John established the Albany Atlas to
put down the Argus —the thing of all others which
has created the present muss in the party—the old
gentleman went up to Albany from Kinderhook
to remonstrate with John, and to preach caution,
mildness and forbearance. He saw what would •
grow out of it. and admonished the son to be care
ful and not get into a fight with the Argus. . Young
Hotspur heard him out v.i*h his usual amiability,!'
and-said in rcplv “My d-ar sir, I have the greatest
s respect lor your opinion: your experience and your
judgment; but vvir.it the d Ido you know of
politics?' 4 Thei-if Uno <h*ubt that the old gentle
man has greyt < '"*nce in John's talent, but not
in. his diic.’.!i-*ii. a;id they have no secrets from
each other. ' • j
The Van Buren family are all dreadful sleepers; 1
they sit up half the night, and lay ip bedjantil
noon. A droll scene occurred onoe at Washington
when Mr. Van Buren .was Vice President. He
laid in bed so late that he could not reach the Sen
ate at-12 o'clock to call that honorable body to I
order. Lamenting his sleeping propensity to John,
he declared that there must be a reform—they all
slept too late.
“Let's make a bargain/' said John. ..The first
who rises shall call the other up, with leave to pull
the delinquent out of bed If not up in time."
said the old gentleman.
One sat up playing brag with a par
cel of roysteters until the morning's sun darted its
rays through the green blinds. “Bless me,*’ said
He, “why, it's eight o'clock. I must go and call
the old gentleman up.’’ John went to his own
chamber, made his toilet and then went into his
lather's bed-room.
“Hallo! do you know how late it is, father 7
Past eight. Come, tumble up! ' •«>
“Oh, John! let me sleep a little longer.!
“Not a minute! You remember the bargain! "
So he rolled the old gentleman into his blanket and
sheet, deposited him very gently on the floor, and
left him.
One thing is certain, between the old and young
magicians they distrust each other's quickness,
aptness, and discrimination. Some time ago there
was a caucus at Flagg's, at Albany, to talk over
•political matters. Col. Young, John Van Buren, the
ex-Presideut, with other leading men, were present.
Mr. Van. Buren, as usual, was preaching caution,
conciliation, and moderation to all John's proposi
tions. “There.*' said John to one of the party, “I
told you he was an old hunker. He ain't sound."
Disastrous Fil ein Albany-A Large
Portion ofi'tlie City*in Ruins.
A very disastrous fire occurred in Albany on
Thursday, by which property amounting to two
millions of dollars is supposed to be lost.
• The district of the city burned is bounded South
by Herkimer street to Church, thence Welt along
Lydias, crossing Lydius street. The fire proceeded
North along Union street to Hudson street, although
no houses were burned in Hudson street. . The line
of that street was the bounding ol that fire. The
eastern boundary was one block along which, with
the exception of three or four stores, was burned.
Those acquainted with Albany will perceive that
about one eighth of the city is in ashes. The
streets-burned are Herkimer on north side from the
dock to Church ; Lydius on both sides from dock I
to Union: Denniston st. entirely; Hamilton from
dock to Union; Division Irom dock to Union;
South Broadway from Herkimer st. to near Hudson
vt.; Church, from Herkimer ,to South Broadway;
a portion of Dallins st.; Liberty st., from Lydius I
to Hudson, and Union mostly on both sides from 1
Lydius to Hudson. In South Broadway, the Eagle
Tavern, U. States Hotel and Townsend House are
among the principal buildings burnt. At the Town
send House the tire was checked on the east side
of the street by the rain; on the west side by the
rain and the brick store, corner of Hudson.
°The entire of the pier from Hamilton street
.bridge to the cut used by the Boston ferry boat is
completely swept awajy. Here the lire Nvas com
municated to the freight barges, &c., destroying
several. The floats used in the basin for the storage
of property are burnt, eight to ten freight berges
belonging to the Hudson River and Swiftsure liqes.
and the schooner .Colent, of Boston. The schooner
r.iua r*iautuu, wrjiuMun, uasmucn damaged. The
Columbus street Market and three or four buildings
north of it were also destroyed. r °
It is impossible to estimate-the loss. $2,000,0(10
may cover it, but this is all guess work. ; The num
ber of bOildings of all kinds destroyed cannot be
less than tivediundred.
The insurance is also, large, but it is itoubted
whether all can be made available. To a providen
tial change of the wind from the south to the ndrth
followed soon alter by a drenching rain, can the
preservation of pur city alone he ascribed. Had
not the wind changed, the power of man could
not have stopped tlie - conflagration. uncLit must
only have stopped by reaching the northern bounds
ol the city. The firemen of Troy, West Troy and
Scenectady were here in full force.
The. conflagration in Liberty street was stopped
by blowing np houses, ft is feared that several
lives were lost—rumor says as many as 10 but
there is no positive information. The Museum and
other places of amusement are closed.
A Tragedy. —On last Saturday night, at Mnll
deville. on the other side of the Lake Pontchartrain
an Indian murdered ah Indian by him
with a large knife. A son of the murdered man
immediately gave information to two of the tribe,
and they took the offender into custody. On Sun
day morning, a court composed of ten Indians was
formed to hear the case and pass sentence. The
proofs were most conclusive, and the prisoner was
at once condemned to death. Whereupon he was
measured, his grave marked out, and he himself
set to work digging it. When the grave was fin
ished, a rifle was placed in the hands ofj the mur
dered sou for the purpose of doing the
execution. At the first shot death did not ensue;
the second shot also took effect,-but did not kill!
and the stoical violator of innocent life fell into his
“%I'ave, and was there finally killed, and covered
with earth as he lay. The court that had con
demned him then tool: their own instrument of
justice into custody, and started off for the purpose
of delivering him to the civil authorities of Covnng
ton, to obtain his final discharge as an innocer t
. man. '
The trial and execution were had in the
rigid conformity with the customs of the ij l ,
which all the parties belonged. Ther ‘ trl ■!°
ing-hurried—no violence of any des- . ? vas n ?!.
A would; the culprit escape, which - n Ph™- or
done,Tor he was not confined hc ml S bt have
Among these Indians when • “““ff
life, it has been customs- - tme 11 had for,ei ed h ' s
' nian to any person wlr .y to sell the condemned
him. as it were, to - J w ? uU .' W’ and E ° restorc
- three hundred doP ,lfe i ' ne ,P rese , m lnatan I . cc
the criminals P A Bl *.'™® offercd to , tha , tnb , e , for
ery of the ex' ’ lv >’ich was refused. The deliv-
State is p~ • “ .“ u »ner up to the authorities of the
. 5 ' ,l ‘ raj nation of their more civilized breth
-? iGn they kill in self defence, surrender
themselve _ or j e g a j discharge from censure. While
• we la>~ con dition of these wild men of the
"* must admire the promptness with which
' .heir ’justice was administered. — N. O. Crescent of
the Stk inst. ’
The Word “Selah.”— The translators of the
Bible have left the Hebrew word Selah, which oc
curs so often in the. Psalms, as they found it, and
of course the English reader often asks his minis*
ter, some learned friend, what it means. And
the minister or learned friend, has must often been
obliged to confess ignorance because it is a matter
in regard to whicli the most learned have by no
means been of one mind. The Targums and most
of the Jewish commentators, give to the word the
meaning eternally, forever. Rabbi Kimchi regards
it as a “sfon to elevate the voice. The authors of
the Septuagint translation appear to have regarded
it as a musical note, equivalent, perhaps, to the
woi-d repent. According .to Luther and others, it
means silence. Gesenius explains it to mean, “Let
the instruments play, and the singers stop
AVocher regards it as equivalent to sursum corda—
op my soul! Sommer, after examining all the
■ seventy-four passages in which the word occurs,
recognises in every case “an actual appeal or
summons to Jehovah. They are calls for aid and,
prayers to be heard, expressed either with entire
directness, or jf not in the imperative. “Hear
Jehovah! or avt’ake Jehovah!” and the like, still
earnest addresses to God that he would remember
and hear ” &c. The word itself lie regards as in
dicating a blast of trumpets by the priest. Selah,
'itself, he thinks an abridged expression used for
‘ Higgaion Selah: Higgaion indicating the'sound ot
the stringed -instruments,- and Selah a vigorous
.. blast of trumpets.—BiA lotheca Sacra.
-i i allard! Travelling.— Gen. 'Worth, the Washing,
f ’ .ton'papers-announce, has reached that city,diaymg
. Ravelled alt. the way from the brilliant fields of
\ Mexico, with his staff.
JStttclltigcucer & Journal.
E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR,
FOR PRESIDENT,
#eit. Ccuris Cass,
OF MICHIGAN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT, '
<®en. tOilliam <D. Butler,
OF KENTUCKY
Democratic Electoral Tieket.
Senatorial Delegates.
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield.
DAVID D. WAGENER, of Northampton.
Representative Electors.
13. John C. King,
14. John Weidman,
15. Robert J. Fisher,
16. Frederick Smith,
17. John Creswei.l,
IS. Charles. A. 81-ack,
19. Geo. W. Bowman,
20. John R. Shannon,
21: Geo. P. Hamilton,
22. WilliamH. Davis,
23. Timothy Ives,
'24. Jas. G. Campbell.
Henry L. Benner,
Horn R. Kneass,
Isaac Shunk,
A. L. Roumfort,
Jacob S. Yost,
Robert E. Wright,
Wm. W. Downing,
Henry Haldeman,
Peter Kune,
B. S.Schoonover,
;1. Wm. Swetland,
.2. Jonah Brewster,
FOR GOVERNOR,
€ol. to)illiam Bigler,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
Subject to the decision of the Democratic State Con-
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Israel painter,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
Lancaster, August 22, 1848.
Democratic Central Committee.
. The gentlemen composing the Democratic State
Central Committee of Pennsylvania, are requested
to meet at the house of Henry Buehler, in Har
risburg, on Wednesday, August 30th, at 5 o’clock
P. M., on business of importance.
: E. W. HUTTER, Chairman.
Lancaster, Aug. 22.
Whig Delegate Flections.
The Whig Delegate Elections were held in this
county on last Saturday, and excited much interest.
The name of the place-hunters is “ Legion," and as
a nomination in this Federal stronghold is equiva
lent to an election, the strife for delegates has been
loud and fierce. The principal issue seems to be
between the friends and enemies of Thaddeus
Stevens, who is warmly urged by one portion of
the party for a seat in Congress. Mr. Stevens is
opposed by the ultra whigs, who prefer either Dr.
DnmF.Ln or A. H. Smith, Esq., of th&city. In
both the wards of this city, the Stevens party were
successful. How it will be in the county, remains
to be tested. The convention meets to-morrow
The Hausers Family.
These capital vocalists give .another and a lust
Concert at the hall of the Mechanics’ Institute, in
this city, this evening. Our citizens have never
been more gratified with any musical entertain
ments. We trust that those who have not yet
heard them, will not tail to improve this last op
portunity.
Speech Irom Col. Forney.
A large number of Democrats in this city have
invited their old friend and fellow-citizen Col. John
W.. Founkt, of the Pennsylvanian , to address them,
on the political topics now before the country,
and we are gratified to state, that he has consented*
to comply with their wishes, designating Monday
next, August 2S, as the* time best suited to his con
venience. We doubt not the Democracy of our
city will turn out, cn masse , to hear-one, who in
times past has labored in their midst with such
aigiuii icai amt success, ana in whom they still re
cognize an able and eloquent .Champion of the
Good Old Cause.
Eulogy oii Governor Sliunk.
We have read with high satisfaction, as we
could not fail warmly to admire, the Eulogy upon
Francis R. Shiwk, delivered at Wilkesbarre, on
the Bth instant, by George W. Woodward. It is
a production replete with the’highest order of elo
quence, the more captivating because of its native
and unaffected simplicity. The character of Gov.
Shunk has enlisted many able pens and tongues,
but we doubt whether his virtues have from any
source received a more appropriate and truthful
tribute, than in the glowing Eulogy of Judge
Woodward.
Centre County.
One of the largest and most enthusiastic assem
blages of the Democracy ever witnessed hi Centro
county, was held at Belbefonte, on the lf»th instant,
at which Hon George goal presided. Our valued
friend, Col. E. V. K* verhart,.as chairman of the
committee appointed, for that purpose, reported a
preamble and reso) utions, which are glowing and
eloquent in the • assertion of Democratic truths-
The meeting dec’ , a red itself, with entire unanimity,
in favor of Col . William Bigler for the office of
Governor, ai;*o instructed their delegates to support
his nomin Mif ,n in the State Convention. Eloquent
speeches we re delivered by Messrs. Everhart, Burn
side, : A nd Maemanus. Old Centre-is now fully
arro»jsed and will give a Democratic majority of
! ' ro, .n 800 to 10U0. '
iET 111'» Democratic paper printed at Baton
Rouge, Lt misihna, where Gen. Taylor resides, states
that then • is not a‘single Democrat in that parish
who will not vote for Cass and Butler. It also adds
that a gr eat number of the whigs of the parish are
out agafcnst Taylor. They say that he is no whig,
and that they consider him disqualified for any
office out of the army. Many of them will vote
for Cass and Butler, and others will not vote at all.
IP* The people will bear iu mind that if they
elect Gen. Taylor to “the presidential office, it will
be at variance with" his 11 most cherished wishes.' He
snys so himself. The voters will not be guilty of
the rudeness of crossing the Gen.'s most cherished
wishes.
Free Soil Convention. —The delegates to the
Van Buren Convention from Pennsylvania, held a
meeting at Buffalo on the 10th, and resolved to call
a Free Soil. State Convention, to assemble at Read
ing, in good “old Berks,” and nominate an electoral
ticket in favor of Van Buren and Adams. Joseph
Neide, of Montgomery, was chairman, and Dr. E.
D. Gazzam, of Pittsburg, secretary of the meeting.
The Convention will be a miserable affair, or we
are mistaken. Some people will show their hands
there, who in after years will deeply regret it.
“A Little more Grape, Capts_Bragg ” —Major
Braxton Bragg, who contributed so essentially to
the overthrow of the Mexicans at Buena Vista, has
also contributed to the discomfiture.of Taylor whig
gery, in North C arolina. In Northampton county,
where the democrats gain two members of the leg
islature and largely on the governor vote, Major
Bragg and his brother, Thomas Bragg, jr., were en
gaged in the canvass.
.fp*Wm. F. Johnson has been nominated by the
Nalivists of Dauphin county, as iheir candidate for
Governor. Of course the Whig wing the Na
tive party will acquiesce , as they did jin.'the nomina
tion of Taylor. , . .'
fETThe. Genius of .Liberty, published at Union
town, the place of Dr. Sturgeon’s residence, states
that that estimable, popular,‘and consistent 'repub
lican, peremptorily declines being considered a can
didate for.Governor.’*'• • • ' • ;
'-; ■; ! LOCAL POLITICS, -- J
With some General Reflections.
In another column will be found the proceedings
of theJDemocratic County Convention, which as
sembled on Wednesday last, in this city. We are
informed by those, who are older in the county than
we, that it was one of the-most excited conventions
of the sort ever.held here, and that none has ever
exceeded it, either as to the numbers that were/in
attendance, or the interest which it elicited. At
the very outsefrit was apparent, that the friends of
Bigler and Champneys, however the former may
have preponderated immediately after the delegate
elections, now stood so nearly balanced, that the re
suit might depend upon the voice of a single town
ship. This interesting closeness was first disclosed
in the choice of the Chairman, the convention
having resorted to the novel mode of selecting this
officer by ballot, which resulted in the choice of Mr.
Martin, (the Champneys candidate,) by a majority
of one township only. The extraordinary closeness
of the rival parties may be still better comprehended
from the fact, that on this ballot the vote of Sads
bury township, where instructions had been passed
for Col. Bigler, was by some misunderstanding not
given at all, and the vote ol East Donegal was given
to Mr. Martin, by the casting vote of a delegate,
who arrived in the very “nick of time to save it
from the other side! Mr. Martin was, therefore,
elected by the vote of a single delegate! \
■*’ Having thus gained the organization, the rest was
■comparatively an easy task. Delegates friendly .to
the Hon. Benjamin Champneys were thereupon
elected, as a matter of course, and surely we have
not one word of censure or complaint. We appeal
to our columns for the proof, that during this sea
son of excitement, towards Judge Champneys we
have not been betrayed into a single uncivil or un
kind word. As a Citizen and Neighbor we share
in the general esteem that waits upon his irreproach-
ble and blameless life, and as a Democrat we have;
vindicated his fame perhaps as often and as effi-
ciently as some who ;l are more vociferous in the
manner of their attachment. At the Drumore
meeting, we pledged ourselves, in The event of his
nomination for Governor, to work for his election
as cordially and zealously as if we succeeded in our
first choice, and we shall not now violate this pledge,
by going to Harrisburg on the 'Mith of .dngnst, anil
bespattering our candidate icitll filthy abuse. If he
receives the nomination, we shall not hate one
word to retract, which is to us a pleasing retro-
spect.
We have said that we indulge in not one word
of censure or complaint. Perhaps we should make
some exceptions. We think the majority did
wrong, in not permitting Mr. Hatuhuiuht to rep
resent the township of Penn, because the Democrats
had failed to hold an election. In the abstract this
decision Would seem right—but it is atiirnied that
the managers of our County Conventions have re
sorted, year alter year, to this method ol filling up
the unrepresented townships, anil that they have
frequently in this way admitted delegates from six
and eight townships together. If it was a good
rule when it stlitdd //mV peculiar purposes, it could
not have been a bad rule when it did not, and the
precedent should have been adhered to.
We are further of opinion, that our trusty anil
well-beloved friend, Col. FnAzr.n, departed from the
moderation, dignity, and. nice sense of delicate pro,
priety, for' which he is-usnally so remarkable, by
starting out, post-haste, on Sunday, to Conestoga,
and other places, to operate upon the delegates, it
any delegates had been chosen, who needed advice
and instruction, it is submitted whether they ought
not to have hearkened 1n the will of their mnslitn
cnls, in preference to counsel from anyothcr quarter,
however distinguished. This custom of intcrlering
with the free action of the delegates, after their
i ih,lion, is at best ‘-more honor'd in the breach than
it, the observance." it has lost Col. Pur.i.kii the
vote ot the county, it being ait admitted tact that
he had a majority ot the townships before the
meeting, but we have yet to he persuaded that sue
cess sanctifies error.
Wc think (urthci, that the viva core system of
voting is far preferably in every respect, to the hal
lol system, anti that the majority did wrong in in
sisting upon the latter. The former mode of voting
prevails in Congress, and in all our State Legisla
tures, and is vastly the most Democratic. Where
men are acting as the mere agents for executing the
will of others, unless they vote viva voir, it is impos
sible for their constituents to ascertain the manner
in which they discharge their trust. The very
term Delegates proves that they are not acting for
themselves, hut for others, and surely the principal
has a right to be informed of the acts of his agents.
VVe were both mortified and surprised at the speech
of Mr. Amwakk on this vitally important princi
ple. We are curious to discover whether he will
also oppose the vira core system when he goes to
Harrisburg. If lie does, we opine it will require a
stronger argument to overturn it than he deltveied
here on Wednesday.
The rim rare or the fair system, the open and
above-board system, which compels every man to
show his hand, and which enables the people to
see how their representatives discharge their trust,
was advocated by Messrs. Patterson, of Little
Britain. Baker, of Salisbury. M'Sfarren-. of Dru.
more, Modkrwf.i-l and Barr, of Columbia. 1 hrij
were right —and they . gave proof that they bettei
understand the nature of representative government
and the true teachings of practical Democracy than
the others, who went for the ballot system, or the
blind system, which,®as in a game of thimble-rig,
is done under cover of a hat. We arc proud
of the position of the Biglermen on this point. It
is better to fall, asserting the Right, than to stand,
defending the Wrong.
We think further, that the Delegate System in
Lancaster county is radically defective, and that a
fair expression of public sentiment never is obtain
ed, and never can be, until'it be reformed. The
plan of admitting all the townships, big and little,
great and small, to an riptal voice in the convention,
is fraught with Injustice and Wrong. The true
method is to apportion the delegates among the
several towns and townships, according to their
numerical strength, adopting the Democratic vote
at the preceding Governor's election as a basis for
adjusting the ratio.. If a township polled one hun
dred Democratic votes, it should be entitled to one
delegate, if two hundred, to two, and in like propor
tion. This is the rule in Philadelphia city and
county, in Lehigh, in Northampton, in Chester,
.and is finding general acceptance. We have now
before us the West Chester Jeffersonian of the 15th
instant, containing the call of thd Delegate Con
vention for that county. The delegates are appor
tioned among the several townships according to
the Democratic strength of each. Under this
apportionment, Birmingham sends one- delegate,
Charlestown /ten, East Nottingham three, Sadsbury
Jive, and so on. But look at the practical effect of
the Lancaster county system. Let the votes of ten
townships at the last Governor's election serve as
an illustration-.
Bioler dist. Shunk. Champkeys dist. Siiiihk.
Columbia bor. 263 Elizabeth twp. 31
Marietta “ 134 Lancaster “ - 15
Elizabethtown bor. 133 .W. Lampeter twp. 24
Paradise twp. -109 E. Lampeter “ 4(1
Salisbury “ 127 ' Conestoga ‘= 04
Catrnarvon“ 140 West Earl “ 54
Colerain “ 158 Brecknock 89
Drumore “ " ' 182 Ephrata , “ S 4
Total 130 G
Now, why the 1306 Democrats in the one- side
of the table, should have no more weight in a
County Convention than" the -107 on the other, is
an anomaly, difficult of defence or explanation. It
requires but a glance at these figures, to prove, that
the Delegate System imLancaster county is singu.
larly.defective, and that, until the Chester county
system be substituted, it- is idle to contend that a
fair and reliable expression of. opinion ever ran be
obtained. .We intend no disrespect to any one, but
it is our honest conviction, that the Delegate Sys
tem in'itancaster county, as at present organised, is
ittle more-than abroad farce. -'lt calls loudly for
But what the Democratic party in Lancaster
county needs, most of all, is POLITICAL TOLE-
RATION. In the material world' we behold an
interminable diversity,the excellent hand of Nature
having fashioned no two objects exactly similar.
From the flowers that bloom on the same stem,
and the leaves that rustle on the same bough, to
the twin-offsprings ol the same womb, all bear dis
tinctive ‘ marks of inexhaustible variation. How
-much more strikingly is this principle exemplified
in the diverse and manifold operations of the intel
ligent and immortal mind. 1 Boundless as is the
field of knowledge and speculation, there is perhaps
scarcely a subject that employs the thoughts of
men. on which the opinions of any two coincide
wholly.
4 What should tKis universal difference in the
constitution of taste and intellect teach us, other
than the duty of an enlightened and prudential
tolerance of opinion? We are not the advocates
of a relaxed party discipline. We| have voted for
fourteen,years, and we are proud to have it in our
power to state, that we have never scratched a name
from any regularly nominated Democratic ticket,
and have never voted for an opponent for any office,
great or small, in our life. We -never intend to
either, believing the members of that party, how
ever estimable in private life, constitutionally inca
pacitated for a wise and enlightened administration
of government.
But because we are ourselves thus rigid in the
observance of our duty to our party, shall-we pur
sue with bitter persecutions, and subject to fire and
faggot, those whose tastes and tempers may have
led to an occasional “slip" from the beaten track
of duty? • Is* there to be no mercy in politics for a
repentant sinner ‘ Must a man because fifteen years
ago, he was unconsciously led away by the “ raw
head and bloody bones” of William Morgan, be
doomed to perpetual banishment from the Demo
cratic fold ? There are,hundreds of conscientious
and well-meaning men in this county, who be
came Anti-Masons, when that faction first started
into life, who would gladly return to their ancient
faith, if our proceedings were conducted with less
violence and vindictiveness. If the same pains
were taken to bring men in, that are employed to
read them oh/, it would not be many years before
the Federal majority in this county would vanish
as mist before the rising sun.
It is not our purpose, to play the part* either o
moralist or censor, but we appeal to'the calm aiu
dispassionate judgment of. every reflecting mind,
whether our political differences are not conducted
with a* degree of acrimony, from which the better
portion of community revolts. If civilization, in its
progress, has trampled down those instruments of
physical torture, by means of which in the dark
ages the artful demagogue established his terrible
despotism over his fellow-man, there are unhappily
still left other weapons of coercion, equally to be
deprecated. Ribald abuse and bitter denunciation
are here the substitutes. Our field of political dis
cussion has become a .bear-garden, in which the
controversialists, forgetiul of the fact that politics
are a branch df morals, assail each other, as if they
were devils, instead of Christian men. The aim
of eitr ‘leaders seems to be to exterminate , not to
rauvinee —as if obloquy were better than reason , and
to defame a neighbor a prouder achievement than
to rerhiim him from error.
A happy milleuium will have dawned upon the
politics of Lancaster county, when our party dis
putations shall be conducted without a resort to
intemperate denunciation and ribald invective—
when the sole ground of controversy shall be the
antagonist principles ol government—when th'e
struggle shall be one of reason and opinion, and the
establishment of political Truth —and when con
trovcrsialism shall have ceased to be sunken into a
wretched brawl, in which bad ends and worse
means act the chief parts in the desecrated scene.
That such a time is on the approach, we verily
believe. For a season the agitation of the elements
may preserve on the surface those who misunder
stand and pervert the noble aims of politics, but
they are infallibly doomed .to sink to the bottom,
when the fierce ebullition of passion, prejudice, and
.ellishpess, shall have subsided.
A Contrast —A Patriot anil a Dls
organizer—Jas. Buchanan anil
Martin Van Burcn.
There is a striking contrast between the course
pursued by Jaaiks Buchanan' and Martin Van
Burkn, in relation to the Presidency. The acts of
one prove him to be a pure patriot, an incorruptible
Democrat, and an honest man; while the acts ot
the other exhibit him in the light of a selfish poli
tician, a reckless disorganize!-, and a traitor to the
Democratic party.
11l 184-1, Mr. Buchanan, says the excellent paper
from which we quote, the Pittsburgh JW, was a
prominent candidate for the Presidency; and indeed
it is the general opinion that his chances for the
nomination were better tK«hi those of any other
man. But, in the goodness of his heart, and with
out advice from any of his friends, he withdrew Iris
name from the list of candidates, for the sake of*
harmony, in order that no obstacle might be placed
in the way of Mr. Van Buiien’s nomination. The
National Convention, however, thought it advisable
to take up a new man, who would not be obnox
ious to the Democracy in any section of the country
—a man against whom no prejudices had been en
tertained by any considerable portion of the people.
James K. Polk ieceived the nomination, and the
Democracy rallied to his support in every part of
the country. Where did James Buchanan stand '
He went to work like an honest Democrat, and did
every thing in his power to secure the triumphant
election ot .Mr. Polk.' And what was the course
of Martin Van Burf.n during the campaign?
He retired to Kinderhook with one hundredUftipusand
dollars-in his pocket, received out of the'national
treasury and lefused to say one word,:^?: favor of
the election of Mr. Polk; and meanwhile his'par
ticular friends, no dyubt through his were
flooding lh<‘ cnunlry with “Secret Circulars," inten
ded to pH ! • if not defeat, Mr. Polk s election.
The ,D« .ti— iMtic National Convention assembled
in May, lh-l o, again to nominate a candidate for the
Presidency Mr. Van Boren’s name was not belore
the Convention, for the simple reason that Ijie true
Democracy had no confidence in him whatever;
but, nevertheless, his heart was set upon the nomi
nation as ardently as it ever was. After a spirited
contest, fairly conducted, the u brave old volunteer,' 1
Lewis Cass, was selected as the standard-bearer of
the Democracy. And where was the patriotic
Buchanan again found? Did he show any bitter
ness of heart, and endeavor to get up an opposition
feeling in Pennsylvania and oilier States, against
the election of Gen. Cass? No, far from it. Like
a true Democrat, who is governed by the usages ol
the party, and wishes to see Democratic principles
triumph, he unhesitatingly went to work; and has
used, ami is still using, all his powerful influence.
,to secure the triumphant election of his successful
rival in the National Convention.
I But mark the course of Martin Van Buren!
tn the face of all the opinions entertained and ex
pressed by him in days gone by. he acts the part of.
a rank disorganizer, and turns traitor to the Demo
cratic party. He runs as a candidate in opposition
to the regular nominee of the party, and in this
way hopes to secure the election of a Federal Pres
ident! “Rule or ruin," is now his motto. But
thanks to the intelligence and patriotism of the
American Democracy, no considerable portion of
them will be found following such a leader. They
will remain pure and incorruptible—faithful and
true, to their long cherished principles. They will
spurn all alliance with traitors and disorganizes,
and will nobly rally in the support of those pure
Democrats jind popular leaders, Cass and Butler.
Total 407
A Gejt. Tatlor Cmcrer. —A chicken with
two face? is exhibiting at New Orleans.
Next Governor;
The following : delegates have been chosen, to
meet in State Convention, at Harrisburg, on Wed
nesday, August 30, to nominate a Democratic can
didate for Governor.
It is obvious,' from these expressions of Public
Opinion, that the! three prominent candidates for
Governor are Cob WILLIAM BIGLER of Clear
fiefd, Hon. MORRIS LONGSTRETH of Mont
gomery, and Hon. JEREMIAH* S. BLACK of
Somerset We shall experience no difficulty‘•in
battling under the flag of either. *
York Couirrv.—William S. Picking, James M.
Anderson, George Hammond, Robert Ritchey—
instructed to support William Bigler.
Mifflin Counts. —John Ross and W. W. Wil
son-instructed for Ephraim Banks as the
and for William Bigler as the second choice.
Berks Counts. —-William Karns, Peter Stroh
ecker, Dr. L. BeaVer, Col. William Lobach and Wil
liam*'Heidenreich—instructed for Morris Long-
Lekigh Counts. —John S. Gibons (rep.) and
Jacob Erdman (sen.) instructed forMonnift Long-
Clarion Counts—has declared as her first
choike in favor pf Arnold Plumer.
Dauphin Counts.— Samuel Faunce, Lieut. J.
Waterbury representative delegates—and Dr. Lewis
Heck, Senatorial, with instructions, unanimously
passed, to support N. B. Eldred.
Wasne Counts;.— I George Bush, representative
delegate—F. M. Crane, senatorial—instructed for N.
B. Eldrf.d.
Jefferson Counts. —Delegates instructed to
vote throughout for William Bigler.
Juniata Counts. —John Wyke (rep.) and W.
W. Wilson (sen.) instructed for William Bigler.
Clearfield County.— Dr. J. P. Hoyt represen
tative and W. J. Hemphill recommended as Sena
torial delegate—instructed for William Bigler.
Indiana county.—Adam Lowrey, Esq., represen
tative and R. B. M'Cabe v Esq., Senatorial, both favo
rable to Col. William Bigler.
; Blair Counts. —Thaddeus Banks, with in
structions to support Jeremiah S. Black.
Bedford Counts. —Gen. James Burns and Sam
uel Cromwell,.instructed for Jeremiah S. Black.
Allegheny County.—Henry S. Magraw, L;
Kdne, C. Barnett, J. A. Gibson and F. Baker—in
structed for Jeremiah S.. Black.
Cumberland County. —George Sanderson and
Samuel Wherry—uninstructed—for William Bigler.
Adams County.—Dr. William Stewart recom
mended for senatorial—Edward B. Biiehler, repre
sentative—uninstructed.
Union* County.—lsaac Slenker, senatorial—Geo.
Gundrum, representative —instructed for William
Bigler first choice—and Morris Longstreth. second
Schuylkill County.—Charles Frailey, senato
rial—F. W. Hughes, Joseph W. Cake, representa
tive-instructed for William Bigler.
Columbia County. —John Mcßeynolds, senato
rial—Stephen Baldy, representative delegate —
structed for Morris Longstreth.
Erie County.— James C. Marshall, John Braw
ley, Harley Sherman, uninstructed.
Monroe Counts. —Moses W. Coolbaugh, (rep.)
James H. Walton, (sen.) uninstructed. A corres
pondent of the Pennsylvanian writes that ‘*a large
majority of the meeting were in favor of Morris
Longstreth.”
Montgomery County.— Daniel Jacoby, Daniel
Fry, Mehelan McGlalhery, Owen Jones—instruct
ed unanimously for Morris Longstreth.
Wyoming Countt.— F. N. Crane (sen.) S.
Winchester (rep.) instructed for N. B. Eldred.
Centre Counts. —William Smyth (sen.) Janies
Gilleland (rep.) instructed for William Bigler.
Huntinodon* County.— J. P. Anderson, repre
sentative delegate. On the vote of instruction, the
vote stood: Bigler 21, Black 21.
Somf.hskt County. —Joshua t. Cox, senatonah
Isaac Hugus, representative delegate, instructed for
Jeremiah S. Black.
President Polk at Bedford
President Polk arrived on Saturday last, at the
Bedford Springs, in this State, where he intends to
spend a few days, to gain a short respite from the
“cares ot State.” He isaccompanied by his nephew
Samuel Walker, Esq., and by Dr. A. M. Foltz, lor
meriy of this city, Naval Surgeon.
Berks Co.—Capt. Coeser’s Speech.
The Democrats of this sterling county met at
Reading on the Sth. Every portion of the county
was well represented, and the proceedings were
characterized by great harmony. Excellent speeches
were also made by J. Glaney Jones, Charles Davis,
H. A. Muhlenberg, Esqs., and by Col. J. B. Myers.
Among the pleasing incidents of the meeting, says
the Gazette, was the speech of the gallant volun-
teer, Captain Lokser, who left Old Berks “a Whig,’
but has returned from Mexico a —but we let him
tell his own story :
Capt. Looser —Fellow citizens! I never regret
ted more than at this moment, that I am no speech
maker; fori assure you that! felt less nervous
when under the walls of Chapultepec, than I do
now'. If there is any glory for rae to*win, it must
be upon thh Held of battle, and not within the walls
of a Court House. 1 was brought here to define
my position, and shall attempt to do it. Some say
1 ani a Whig—others a Democrat. I say I'm a
Democrat. : In* 1845, the people of Berks county
elected me their Brigade Inspector by a handsome
majority. I then said that I had polled my last
Whig vote, and say so now ; but for other and more
weighty reasons. The whigs in Congress, by re
fusing us supplies, forced us to forage upon the
enemy, or eat mouldy bread, and such food as you
would not give to dogs. And more than this, by
their violent opposition to the war, they did more
than any thing else to prolong it, and kept us in
Mexico six or eight months longer than we other
wise w'ould have remained there. I have seen—l
care ‘not what others may say—l have seen the
speeches of Webster, Corwin and Clay, posted up
at the corners in the city of Mexico, in Spanish
and English, and know' the effect they had upon
the Mexicans. How could I, a soldier, longer-sup
port the anti-war party ? I repeat, I'm a Democrat,
a full-blooded one; and thank Mexico for my
conversion.
Capt. Loeser sat down amid rounds of applause’
and three loud cheers were given spontaneously for
him.
Most of our readers know something of the
personal appearance of that prince of political
weathercocks, Martin Van Buren, but w r e presume
few know any thing of his companion in the Free
Soil crusade, Charles F. Adams. Here is a personal
description from the Buffalo Courier, showing that
two short horses are to pull a very heavy load :
“ Mr. Adams is a middle-aged man, rather under
the medium size, has a very gentlemanly and pre
possessing presence, and is not nnpleasing as a
speaker. His language is well chosen and scholarly,
and his delivery measured though easy. He bears
a striking resemblance to his father, John Quincy
Adams.” •*'
iL7* Col. Black eloquently addressed the Demo
crats of Schellsburg, Bedford county, on Tuesday
last—a body of men renowned for their
support of Democratic principles. There were fif
teen hundred Democrats present, and the whole
passed off with great eclat. General Bowman, of
the Bedford Gazette , made one of his happiest ef
forts on the same-occasion.
!£7'The editor of 1 the Washington Union denies
the truth of the story that he or any one else has
received a; letter from General Cass declaring that,
if elected, he will veto the Wilmot proviso, if pre
sented lor his signature. He also remarks that
Gen. Cass; in answer to all questions on the subject,
has referred the inquirer to his Nicholson letter, as
embracing his opinions thereon. ;
jjy The last ridiculous humbug and foolish at
tempt to prove anything against the spotless Cass,-
isthe charge that he has been a land; speculator.
What contemptible childishness! If Geix Cass did
ever speculate in land, he never human
flesh Huntington Democrat.
(iUllilOl'S news.
. DEMOCRACY GLORIOUSLY TRII'MPHAMT!
The returns of the elections recently held in the
States of North .Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,
and lowa, are calculated.to fill the hearts of all trite
Democrats with gratitude and rejoicing. Instead
of proving a.resistless- whirlwind, Taylorism has
scarcely amounted to a summer breeze, and the
success of Cass anil Btrn.se is placed almost be
yond the pale of doubt or contingency. The Tay
lorites are now pretty much in the,condition ot the
boy. who at meal-time asked the question; “ l’a.
how many chickens are there on the table 1 l -2 m«,
my son,' 1 yvas the reply. “ No, father, there are
three— ain't this one , and ain't that tin), and don't one
and two make threet’ “Sure enough," said the
old gentleman, suiting the action to the word, “you
have proved the factebeyond dispute —so here's one
for myself, and there's one for mother, now you
take the third as a reward for your wit P
The Taylorites have been even wittier than this
They have counted the chickens before
aey were hatched, and. .are likely to get the boy s
share for their trouble. 'After Cass and Butler are
helped, Taylor and Fillmore may come in for their
‘ -third'' of the spoils, and a precious lean desert they
will have of it. We give the returns briefly, in
preference to any lengthy array of figures.- They
speak for themselves.
North Carolina—Close Work.
This state went for Harrison in IS4O by 12,1
majority—anil for Clay.in 18-11 by .1,945 majority.
We have never calculated that its Electoial tote
would be given to Cass and Butler, but the recent
election proves that Old Rip is waking up, and
that the State is at least debateable ground.
That,able paper, the Raleigh Standard, of I'uli
instant, furnishes the following intelligence:
Mr. Manly's majority,-as'the vote now stands,
foots up BSS: but we very much doubt the correct
ness of the returns from Macon, Iredell, and Hyde.
Currituck and Cherokee —the counties to be hcanl
from—gave Col. Hoke 72C, and Gov. Graham 520;
and if the return should be correct, and Col. Reid
and Mr. Manly should run out in Currituck and
Cherokee as Hoke and Graham did, Manly s ma
jority will be some GOU.
In the Senate, conceding Camden and Currituck
to the Whigs, the Democrats have gained in Ashe
and Surry, in Franklin, Macon, Haywood and
Cherokee, Northampton, Orange, and Stokes—total
G- and lost in Chowan and Gates, in Craven, Da
vidson, and Rutherford—total 4. Including Orange,
the Senate will be tied —05. to 25.
The Democrats have gained one member of the
Commons in Buncombe, one ill Craven, one in
Davie, one in Johnston, one in Northampton, two
ill Orange, one in Person, and one up Surry total
11- and lost one in Granville, two in Halifax, and
one in Stokes—total 4. Admitting that the Whigs
have re-elected Mr. Hicks from Macon, this would
also lie the House of Commons—GO to GO!
This is certainly the closest' election ever held
in this Stale. The legislature lied in both Houses,
and tied oil joint ballot; and the majority lor Gov
ernor in hundreds! A little more energy on the
part of the Democracy would have saved the State;
-and a little more life in our ranks, say the Whigs,
would have given us a signal victory. We await
‘•the ides'’ of November. The country will then
see where North Carolina is—whether indeed she
is a Federal State, or whether she has cast off
Federalism forever, and taken her just and proper
position, side by side with Virginia and South
Carolina.
AH Hail! Missouri!
The Democrats have completely swept the State.
James B. Bowlin has been elected to Congress in.
the iirst district—W. V. N- Bary in -the second—
James S. Green in the third—William Hall in the
f om -th—and John S. Phelps in the fifth —nil Dnnn
mits. The Legislature is Democratic by more than
three to one—and the majority for Austin A. King?
the Democratic candidate for Governor, exceeds
12,000! Whiggery is utterly annihilated, and
will not make a decent shew ol opposition against
Cass and Butler.
Illinois Erect!
The Democratic candidate for Governor has been
elected without opposition, and both branches of
the State Legislature are thoroughly Democratic-
Messrs. Wentworth, Richarson, Harris, Young,
McClernand, and Bissell, (Democrats.) and'Mr.
Baker, (whig.) are elected to the next Congress.
Illinois is good for Cass and Butler by 20,000
majority*! Federalism is almost defunct in this
gallant little state. The whigs at first pretended
to claim the defeat of Mr. Wentworth, but the fol-
lowing results were communicated in a telegraphic
despatch to New York, which prove that the boot
is on the other leg. Mr. Wentworth is re-elected,
notwithstanding the vote was divided between him
and another Democratic candidate:
Majorities for T VenOvorth :
250 Kendall county 150
230 Will “ 100
120 Grundy * £ 140
260 La Salle “ 450
150 Bercean 80
400
Cooke {founty
Lake “
McHenry ei -
Du Paige (i
Kane “
De Kalb, “
There remain six counties to be heard from;
these were, at the last election, four democratic and
two whig, and will rather increase than diminish
the majority for Mr. Wentworth.
Make Room for Iowa!
Messrs. Thompson and Leffleur, the Democratic
candidates for Congress, have been elected. The
State Senate will contain a Whig majority, while
there will be a Democratic majority in the lower
branch of the Lagislature. The election for mem
bers of the Legislature has been very close, and
decided by few- votes.
All Hall! Indiana!
The election in the Hoosier state was only lor
members of the State Legislature, but was impor
tant from the fact that there is a U. S. Senator to
be chosen at the next session. The Democratic
majQrity on joint ballot will be 21. which secures
the re-election of that eloquent and radical Demo
crat, Senator Ha.vnf.oan. The popular vote is
also decidedly Democratic, proving that Indiana is
safe for Cass and Butler.
The Indianapolis Sentinel of the 11th, says that
“the returns still come in gloriously for the Democ
racy. Never were we more proud of Indiana than
at this moment. In the Senate, 19 Democrats and
Ir, Whigs held over. The districts in which elec
tions have just been held, resulted as follows;. 8
Democrats, li Whigs j giving the Democrats 27 in
the Senate, and the Whigs 21.
In the House of Representatives, the Democrats
have carried 48 and the Whigs 27. A sufficient
triumph! The Sentinel (Chapman) proceeds to
“crow” wi,th its ancient spirit, and assures the editor
of the Whig Journal, “that he and all the Taylor
ites will be worse beaten in November than they
have been in August. Let him count up the popu
lar vole, if he pleases, given on last Monday.—
Whatever that may be be will find it to be increas
ed by thousands in November. We made the mod
est claim of 0,000, in the beginning; we should not
be.surprised if it turned out to be as high as 15,C01>.
“Well, stranger, where are you from'? saida
landlady ol Arkansas to her guest. “Why, madam,
lam now from Baltimore, Maryland, but l was
bom and brought up in Massachusetts, near Boston,”
said the gentleman. “Aint that where the y&nkees
live? law me! you are the very man f have been
looking after this long time, my clock is out of fix !’’
ejaculated the old lafly, in ecstacies of joy.
Oy The'. Memphis Enquirer, a Taylor‘paper,
upon the first receipt of the-General's letter of ac
ceptance, announced that it was “o hoax!''
Minister to Germany.—Andrew J. Donelaonj
of Tennessee, now minister .plenipotentiary of the
United States at Berlin, it is stated, has been nomi
nated to .the Senate as minister to the German
Confederation: He is a man to fill such' an impor
tant station as that; with credit to his country.
jhancaster County: Democratic
Delegate Convention*
Pursuailt, to the Committee of Cor.
respondefice jorthe County of Lancaster, the dele
gates elected in the several wards of the city and
the;Boroughs and townships of the county, met at
*the house of Christian Shertz, in the city of Lan
caster, on Wednesday, the IGth day of August, at
11 o'cUfck; A. AI. ; ; -9-
When Peter MirtHt and Georoe G. Brush.
Esqs., were-called temporarily to the chair, for the
purpose of organization. ;
On motion, the Convention then adjourned to the
Court House..
When on motion, Jacob If itmr and Dr. Jarkson
Sheaffer were appointed Secretaries.
Oh motion, the roll.of the wards,! boroughs, and
townships were called, when the following dele
gates presented their credentials, viz :
Bart.— John Rockey, Samuel $. Baughman,
Robert Evans, Dr. Martin, Christopher Graham.
Brecknock. —Ephraim Shober, John Bixler, An
drew Shirap, Esq., Isaac Messner, Jacob Kern.
East Cocalico. —John Echternacht, Abram Kegt»-
ries, Nicholas Diehl, Chas. B. Reber, Samuel Bucher
West Cocalico.— Jeremiah Weist, Jesse Reinhold,
Peter Keagerise, Jacob M. Shirk, R. Bucher.
Carnarvon. —Lot Logers, Samuel Einklian, Frs.
Gillespie, Jacob Albright, Dr. B.; F. Bunn.
Columbia borough. —George Wolf, John Barr,
Peter A. KimbUrg, A. P. Moderwell, John Wright.
. Colci-ain. —William White, J. P Wilson, Alexan
der Turner, John Whiteside, James Findley.
Conoy. —J. B. Hamilton, John H. Smith, John S.
Breneman, Jacob Ridebach, Lewis Houseal.
Conestoga.— Daniel Fulton, Esq., Daniel Conrad,
Thos; Reyburn, Benjamin Benedict, Adam Kendig.
Drumore. —Sanders McCullough, R. W. Moore,
Heury Rush, Clarkson Jeffries, John McSparren.
East Donegal. —Jacob Gilman, Henry Houseal,
Henry Haines, John Kulp, William Sailor.
Hcsf Donegal —John Gross, Philip Fisher, Jona
than Diffender, Jacob Keller, sr., Jacob Keller, jr.
East Earl. —Dr. Lemon Winters, George l)uch :
man, Samuel Holl, John Sando, Hamilton Ayres.
5 I \ r est Earl —John Forney, Samuel Holl, Jacob
L. Garber, Tristram Connell, Henry_Kafroth.
Ephrata. —Jeremiah Mohler, J. JVKelter, Daniel
; Biller, Andrew Uhrich, Alexander Martin.
\ Elizabeth. —Harrison Elser, Peter Martin, Esq.,
jjohn B. Eberley, Martin Irvine, John Enck.
Elizabethtown borough. —George Boyer, Joseph
Buchanan, Emanuel Shober, Abraham Redsecker,
Jackson Schaeffer.
Fulton. —James McSparren, George H. Hughes,
Edward C. Stanford, James Hanna, Joseph Peoples.
Eust HempfeUl —John Davis, Dr. J. Ream, Ben
jamin Lutz. Dr. S. Parker, Benjamin Workman.
WeslHempfiehl. —John R. Albright, John M. Culp,
Peter Mumma, John M. Grider, John M. Weller.
East Lampeter. —John G. Anderson, Mathias
Shirk, James Ingram, Henry Stambaugh/Isachar
Reese*
jj-fof Lampeter. —Abraham Sides, Samuel Erb,
James Irvin, George Raub, ji\, Martin Reese;
Lancaster township. —Andrew Dunlap, Esq., I. B.
Burrowes, Augustus Myers, David Weidler, Benja.
Stouffer.
Lancaster city.— West Ward.—Reah
Weaver, J. B. Amwuke, Charles E. Wentz* Jonas
D. Bachman.
Lancaster city.-i-East Ward.—John Zimmerman,
John Carr, Eugene Harkins, Philip Leonard, Walter
G. Evans.
Little Britain.- —James Patterson, David Cope;
David H. Keech, J. P. Andrews, Jacob L. Kirk.
Leacock. —Joel L. Lightner, John V. Eckert, John
L. Lightner. John M'Killips, David Anderson.
Upper Leacock. —William .Weidman,Esq., George
Bryan, Washington Simmons, Jacob Holl, Reuben
Weidler.
Manor. —George G. Brush, John S. Mann, Abra
ham Peters, R. W. Randall, John E. McDonald.
Munheim township. —Henry E. Leman, Henry
Shreiner, Joseph Wisner, George Hambright, John
K. Grube. ’
Marik. —John Robinson, David Laird, David
Snavely, Valentine Cramer, Samuel Broom.
Munheim borough.— Dr. John M. Dunlap, Henry
Sh'afTner, Henry D. Miller, E. G. Lehnhert, Simon
S. Young.
Marietta. —William Cummings, J. M. Fryberg,
B. Grosh, William Kelly, J. B. Maloney.
Mount Joy.— Jacob R. Long, Gen. H. G. Clark.
James Laird, John S. Shenk, John Shaefier.
Paradise. —Joseph S. Lelevre, Thomas M’Sorley,
George D. M'lllvaine, Andrew White, John Row.
Rapho. —Samuel J. Masterson, Frederick Gantz,
Henry Ebersole. Joseph Masterson, Lewis R. Deige.
Sadsbury. —Andrew Armstrong, John Rhea,
Philip T. Boon, William M. Noble, Isaac Walker.
Strasburg township. —Jacob Nefl, jr., Capt. John
Harshe, Jacob Bachman, John IC. Raub, Harrison
Graham.
Strasburg borough. —James McPhail, J oseph Potts,
Jacob Bowers, Samuel Tagert, William Echter
nacht. .
Salisbury. —Thomas S. MTlvaine, William F.
Baker, A. L. Henderson, B. F Houston, John Bitzer.
Warwick.- —Samuel Keller, Dr. Levi Holl, Lewis
Demmy. Abraham Myers, Levi Heidelbach.
Washington borough. —John Charles, John A.
Brush, William Dunlap, John Schertzer, H. M.
Bliss.
On-motion, a ballot was then lmd for President,
when PETER MARTIN, Esq., of Elizabeth town
ship was duly dlected.
George Onrush, Manor,
Joseph STLefever, Paradise,
John Whiteside, Colerain,
Dr. John Ream, East Hempfield,
John Barr, Columbia,
Samuel J. Masterson, Rapho,
David Cope, Lttle Britain, a
John'Robinson, Martic,
Ephraim Shober, Brecknock,
H. M. Bliss, Washington,
were chosen Vice Presidents..
Jacob Weaver, City,
Dr. Jacob Sheajfer, Elizabethtown,
J. J. Keller; Ephrata,
Dr. L. Winters, Earl,
were appointed Secretaries.
On motion, the Convention then adjourned until
two o'clock, P. M.
Convention met.' It was then moved that Henry
Hambright, of Penn township, be admitted as vol
unteer delegate to represent said township im this
Convention : when on a vote being taken by town
ships it was not agreed to. It was then, on motion,
Resolved, That the Convention proceed to the
election ot six delegates to represent the county of
Lancaster in the State Convention to be held at
Harrisburg on the 30th of August next, to nomiJ
nate a candidate for Governor.
A vote being taken, it appeared that REAH
FRAZER, J. B. AMWAKE, JOHN ECHTER
NACHT, JOHN KOLP, DANIEL FULTON, Esq.?
and JOHN FORNEY, were duly chosen.
On motion, it was then unanimously *
Resolved, That this Convention, on behalf of the
whole' democracy of the county of Lancaster, do
hereby, ratify, and heartily confirm the nomination
of Lewis Cass, of Michigan, for President of the
United States, and of William O. Butler for Vice
President, and Israel Painter, for Canal Com
missioner.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to support
the nominee of the .30th of August Convention,
whoever he may be.
Unanimously agreed to. On motion,
Resolved, That we now proceed to ballot for six
delegates for the 4th of. March Convention.
Agreed to: when WM.'MATHTOT, city; AN
DREW DUNLAP, SAMUEL J. MASTERSON,
TSSACHAR REESE, SAMUEL SLOKOM, J. J.
KELLER, were elected. On motion,
Resolved, That this Convention now adjourns To
re-assemble on Wednesday, the 6th day of Septem
ber, at 11 o'clock, A. M., at the Court House, in
the city of Lancaster.
Adjourned. r
The Allentown Sufferers*
The following contributions have been received
from the Committees appointed to collect funds for
the relief of the- Allentown sufferers, on account
of the late fire, viz:
-North West Ward, City,
South West Ward, il
North East Ward, “
South East Ward, “
Borough of Strasburg,
East Cocalico township,
Upper Leacock do
Fulton, <|°
Martic, . "°<-
Private Contribution,
$419,16*
Forwarded by check, & reep't ack’d, 376,72*
Balance in hands,
E. W. Huttf.ii, Esq.. Dear Sir:—Please in
sert the above in your paper. I shall, furnish you
a full statement —and, by whom paid, alley this
.laudable object is fully Very re
spectfully, M. CARPENTER, Treas.
Lancaster, August' 19,1848.'.,
2 O'clock, P. M.
$106,00
134,60
87,37*
18,75
25,56*
14,37*
15,25
11,00
4,25
„ 2,00