intelligencer & journal. E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR Lancaster, November 14, 1848. A Word to our Readers. The excitement incident to the election having we shall hereafter he enabled to de vote more attention to the Literary, Miscellaneous, and News departments of the Intelligencer. The long winter evenings, which can in no way be more profitably employed than useful and instructive reading, are now rapidly approaching, and it will be our untiring aim to make our paper unexcep tionable, nay welcome, as a family and fire-side journal. The installation of a new National Ad ministration—the continuance of a whig State Administration, and the policy which each may disclose to the country—will render the coming winter quite an epoch in the history of the State Nation. At such a period, who would not read the newspapers? Who would not read one of each party? None but a bigot, to employ no harsher phrase. Every good Citizen esteems it a duty to acquaint himself thoroughly with the conduct of those in authority, and to watch minutely the ten dency of public measures. This can only be done through the medium of the press, and it can only be well done by taking a newspaper of each party. Whilst, in regard to our political course, we shall as we have ever done, sustain the principles of De mocracy without fear or flinching, we shall never ; convert our columns into a vehicle of personal attack or. defamation. This course is most in ac. cordance with our own-feelingSj ahd best suited to 1 the improved temper of the age. which happily no longer countenances an evil-speaking journal as r; either desirable or respectable. We trust our el •' forts in this respect will meet with the public ap preciation, and that we may be encouraged to pro per perseverance by a goodly accession of new reading and advertising patrons —for all of which we shall endeavorto make a suitable return. Post-Office Advertising. The section of the jiost-office law, requiring the monthly publication of unclaimed letters, has been differently construed by post-masters. In this city, the advertisements have been given since the Ist of May last to this paper, it - having appeared, on the oath of the respective editors, that we have the largest circulation within the limits of the city —the point of letter-delivery. To this view the editor o! the Examiner took exception, and the question was submitfed to Judge HATsof the District court, who has recently decided, that under the act of Congress of 3d Match, 1845, the list of unclaimed letters must be inserted in the paper having the largest general circulation, and 'that their insertion in the paper halving the largest local circulation is not a compliance with the law. The list of letters for this city will accordingly hereafter appear, by dlithori ty, in.the Examiner. As a matter of information to our city subscribers, however, we shall continue to publish them (gratuitously) in the Intelligencer. Tiic Presidential Election. Well, the long agony is over! The battle has been fought and lost. *Gen. Taylor is President dirt of these United States —and the administration of the Executive authority of the nation, for the next four years, is to he wielded under new and untried auspices. This is the main fact—would that we had it in our power to chronicle the con trary. We have nq_jlispositiou to conceal either our surprise 01 our disappointment at this result. As good Citizens and as consistent Democrats, re posing the most unlimited trust in the rightful de cisions of the Majority, it is, however, our first duty to yield a willing acquiescence to the popular verdictj declared according to all the forms and solemnities of the Constitution. And now, alter such a season of turmoil and strife, may we not all welcome the return of repose, grateful in pro portion to the violence of past excitement and V r e hate excuses. They are at best uninteresting and unprofitable. Friends find in them little to con sole, 4‘rcm foes they elicit no sympathy. Yet. in the political world, as in the physical and moral, every Effect must have a producing Cause, and for every event there must be a pre-existent reason. The lirst reflection here suggested is—what are the causes of the result we have here deplored? To what must we ascribe the revulsion of the popular sentiment in regard to parties, which seems indica ted by the result of the recent contest? It would' we are sure, puzzle the most embittered among our opponents, to lay his finger upon any one act or deed, doctrine or opinion, done or avowed by the Democratic party, calculated to explain this sudden tide of jie-action. .Still more difficult would it be to point to a single new-born virtue of the so-called whig party, that would justify their sudden conver sion, as by the magic metamorposes of the juggler from a prostrate minority, to a numercial ascen dency at once powerful and imposing. Does the late election prove that the Democratic party has grown into dislavor, and the whig party popular? No such thing. On the contrary, we discover in •it many facts and circumstances to demonstrate the The nomination of Gen. Taylor. connected with the peculiar circumstances that attended it. was itself an unqualified concession to the power and popularity of the doctrines of the Democratic party. The sacrifice of Hesht Clay, the literal “embodi ment” of whig principles, stands on record in startling demonstration of the important fact, that the whigs did not dare to run a candidate on strict party issues. The contest was prosecuted in close consistency with this remarkable beginning. Gen. Tayloii has to-this day perseveringlv insisted, that he was not the candidate of a party , and would not consider himself committed to any particular doc trines or opinions! True, he accepted the nomina tion of the Philadelphia convention, but he subse quently declared, that on the same terms he would have also accepted the nomination of the Baltimore convention ! It is not to be doubted, that this con sistent refusal to adopt the party creed of. the whigs, served to enlist-thousands of Democrats under the laylor standard, who have gladly embraced the first opportunity to reward his splendid military services. Whilst we have ever questioned the wis dom of this course, it furnishes a perfect key to the mystery of the immense Taylor majorities polled in Pennsylvania.. , In addition to the entire Whig and Native American vote, with nil the whig Free Suilers, a large body of Democrats have unquestion ably cast their suffrages for Gen. Taylor. With what propriety, then, can this election bo claimed as an exclusive victory? 1 ’ Only by a palpable perversion of liiets can it bo so regarded. Another must important concession to the lfem ocratlc policy we find in the peculiar position of the two pities on the great question of the Mexi can \var.j ; - After indulging in every species of acri monious denunciation of the war, the whig leuders suddenly shift the scenes, and nominate a successful General in this identical war, ns their standard-bear er, and under the auspices of a universal Hurra, lie ia elected! Wo speak what we know and have seen, that for his success in Pennsylvania General Taylor is indebted, not to .the popularity of whig doctrines, or of the whig party, but to the splendor ol his military achievements.’ Thousands of Dem ocrats have refused to go behind the gloiies of Palo Mo > R aac **k la Palma, Monterey, and Buena Fista i hut have preferred, far n season, to forgot their ancient party attachments, rather than forget the hero of these battles. If, early in the canvass, some truly distinguished Democrats were so captivated by these achievements, as to declare for Gen. Taylor, it i B not to be wondered that many of the rank and file yielded to the same seduction—and forgot \ 0 return . Whether, however, the election of Gen. Taylor' will prove an ultimate benefit or injury to the Whig party, remains to be discovered. The time will come, when he will have to disclose his political opinions to the country, and when it Will no longer be possible to hide them under vague, and undefined generalities. Soon the world will see whether he be “fish, flesh, or Scotch herring!” ;If, in the selec tion of his cabinet, the Wxbsters, the Cobwiss } the Sergeaxts, the Sewards, and folks of that ilk are permitted to hold the sway, his administration will stabd self-confessed before the country an “ultra" partizan administration, andj the heteroge' neous materiel of Taylorism reverts spontaneously to its original elements. This the “ultra” whigs will demand. The repeal of thej Sub-Treasury system, and the consequent necessity fto the creation of another National Bank—the re-enactment of a monopolising protective Tariff—the distribution of the proceeds ol the Land Sales—the adoption o* Anti-Slavery provisos— the removal of every Democrat from office— these and kindred measures will be de manded by the whigs. If refused, either by a whig congress, or through the negative or positive action of the Executive, we predict, not r six months wifi elapse before curses loud and deep will be heaped on Gen. Taylor by the identical men who have recently been most clamorous in the celebration of his praises. The policy of thif Democratic party, in this season of reverse and trial, is plain as sunlight. It is, to stand by its principles and its organization the closer, because subjected to a severer ordeal. 'lf Gen. Tayloh shall pay respect to our great party, by.selecting from it an equal number of his cabinet-councillors, or by the choice of altogether moderate men, well and good. If not—and he shall, in violation of his oft-reiterated pledges, make it an ultra proscriptive whig administration, .the'evil will in due season be corrected. Under any circumstances, Democrats, stand by your guns! Desert not the good old party, in this its season of peril. The Democratic doc trines are founded in TRUTH—they are sustained by the purest and soundest reason—they have con ducted our giant republic from weak infancy to vig orous and mature manlwod—and they cannot be overthrown: As we recovered from the disasters of IS4O, so will we recover from the results of 1848. We repose unlimited faith in the instinctive intel ligence of the People and do not despair of the re-ascendency of Democratic principles, any more than we despair of the sun rising with unclouded splendor in the East, after a night of gloom and darkness. Now for the “Better Times!” •‘Every body” exclaimed our friend of the Lan caster Union Tribune , in his paper preceding the week of the election. “ who desires to see plenty of money, good prices, and the prosperity ol the indus trious poor, as well as the rich, will cast his vote for Gen. Taylor/’ Well, by dint of these and sim ilar promises, all appealing either to the pockets or the stomachs of the public, Gen. Taylor has been electecHo the Presidency. We now take our op ponents at their word, and although our expecta tion are sadly disappointed, we will come in fora full share of their promised “better times.” We expect great results from the incoming administra tion. and are resolved to claim our full share of the anticipated good things. The old methods of get ting through the world by persevering hardwork and economy, will surely be voted dull ami com mon-place, now that a new ivgmieis about to .start into lite both at Harrisburg and Washington. What it the “ two dollars a day and roast beef" were not realised in 18-10— the faith of Whigdom stands pledged to "plenty ot money and good prices" now and we must hold thepromissors tothe full and ample fulfilment ol all their flattering predictions. The Fanners of Lancaster county, who' have wheat to sell, will now certainly expect two dollars a bushel, whilst no the consumer, flour will be a drug at four dollars per barrel ’ The iron-masters and factory-men may.now expect to reap millions, where before they reaped only hundreds, and we shall soon discover their alacrity in increasing the wages of their operatives! Surely, they will now cheerfully pay them, two and a half dollars per diem, and not work over ten hours either. The man who now quietly sits at home, smokes his segar, and dreams of Taylor and “better times," will lealisp five dollars a day by the operation! whilst speculators in stocks, water privileges, and city-lots, will grow rich as if by magic. Even the printers will claim their full share of the general prosperity. We expect to have an influx of at least 10,000 new subscribers—and hope the Union 4- Tribunes list may be increased to 40,000 —tfnd we doubt not the patrons of the latter,, grateful for its agency in producing this joyful result, will agree to pay each five dollars as their yearly subscription, instead of only two, and this in advance! These will be some of the fruits of the “better times" vouchsafed to us in the event ot the eleciion °f Taylor and Fillmore. But this is scarcely a drop in the over-flowing cup of our national and individual prosperity. We take for granted, that our State Debt of forty millions, contracted in the construction of the Gettysburg Railroad and works ot kindred usefulness, will all be paid off in a single year, and the tax-payers relieved of any further burthensome exactions! We take for granted, also, that the magic wand of whiggery will extinguish the National debt, without a resort to loans, or any of the other ordinary methods of raising revenue, which are acknowledged be manifestly oppres sive. not to say common-place and vulgar. A per fect El Dorado must be our f > tor the next four years to come! The Lnion .§• Tribune has promised '‘Parity of money and good prices," and we all know with what singular fidelity whig promises are re deemed ! ‘ Nicknames, Would it not be well in future for the party which lays claim to ‘-all the decency,’‘when speak ing of the President of the United States to call him by his right name? The soubriquets of “Old Zack, Old Whitey, ’ 1 Hough & Ready, v and the like, may have served well enough as catch phrases in the canvas;, but they will scarcely conduce to our national elevation, if permanently incorporated in the political nomenclature. Every thing has its day, and its end, and we trust this practice of nick naming a man, who is now elected to the Chief Magistracy of the republic, will not constitute an exception. We submit whether President Taylor is not a much more befitting cognomen than “Old Zack." State Treasurer. Tlie whig journals scam to have concentrated on Nkii Miiuileswaiitu of Union county for the olflcc ol State Treasurer, to succeed Aunold Put .Msn. This is doubtless intended us a salve for Nor s wounded leolings in not; being permitted to make those changes on our lines of public imjiro. voment. Elegant Cliurch Lamps. Amung our numerous advertising patrons in Philadelphia, is Mr. Mujifiiy, the celebrated lamp manufacturer, No. 101 North 2d street. Besides office and parlor lamps of elegant finish and various patterns, he manufactures , chandeliers and church-lamps of superior style and workmanship. Ths latter ure to bo seen in the Presbyterian church, Kov. Mr. M'N*in, in this city, unti ure spoken of in terms of the highest praise by that congregation. Mr. Mimiuir well deserves to bo liberally patron ised, as his work is of a superior kind, nud his terms ure remarkably liberal. A Premium Awarded. We learn that a medal has been awarded by the Jmerlcan Intitule of New York, to the Conestoga Steam Mills Company, of Lancaster Icity, for produ cing the best specimens of heavy brown sheetings. This is certainly quite flattering to the skill and enterprise of this company, whose goodß, it is said possess an evenness and beauty of fabric altogether unapproached. r ! THE GRAND RESULT. We might literally fill our paper with returns from the several stales, but in some cases they em brace only half a state, and in others they are mere ly reported. As we have'made it a rule, if possible, not to deceive our readers by false returns, which frequently lead to bets and consequent losses, we prefer to wait another week, before pretending to give the precise majorities. ■ Meanwhile, we give it as our belief, tfiat at the final summing up. the vote of the Electoral colleges will correspond with tue annexed table. The most painful feature of these figures is, that Cass and Butler will owe their defeat to the unexpected defection of Pennsylvania. Had the old Keystone stood up to her ancient faith, Gen. Taylor could not have been elected. This is truly mortifying. Electors fjr Taylor. •Massachusetts, . 12 Maine, Rhode Island, .... 4 New Hampshire, . 6 Connecticut, .... 6 Michigan, 5 Vermont, ...... 6 Ohio, 23 New YonK, .... 36 Virginia, ”17 Pennstlvania, . . 26 Illinois, 9 Delaware. ...... 3 Indiana, 12 Maryland, . - . . S South Carolina, . 9 North Carolina/11 Missouri, 7 12 Texas 4 7 Mississippi, .... 6 13 Alabama, 9 6 Arkansas, 3 lO lowa, 4 Kentucky, . New Jersey, Tennessee, . Louisiana, . Georgia. . . Taylor, 160 Cass, 127 Van Buren O! Doubtful —Florida 3. Necessary to a choice, 146. 'Not chosen by the People, but will be by the Legislature. 6,080! This is the vote polled on Tuesday last in Lan caster county for Cass and Eutleh, and it is one, of which her Democracy has every reason to feel heartily proud. It is the largest vote ever polled for a Democratic presidential candidate in this county, and under ordinary circumstances would have sufficed to diminish the Federal majority ma terially. Although nverivhelmnedbyan avalanche of whig majorities, our friends have borne the brunt of this battle with the most commendable firmness and fidelity. With almost the entire funded interest of the county arrayed against them—with, the iron and manufacturing forces contending fiercely for the restoration of monopolising duties—with a most perfect union ol the Whig and Native American parties—and without the aid of a German press, to convey the truth in their native tongue—in this great county, constituting almost a commonwealth of itself, the Democratic party increased its vote over OOU as compared with October Among the whole Democracy of this great State there is not a county-, which boasts Of a body of men more nobly devoted to their principles Ilian the Demo crats of Lancaster. They struggle against the most fearfuf and depressing odds—the merest glim mer id' reward never cheers them on—and yet, shielded by their imperishable creed, they display a proud and undaunted front, increasing their num bers with each advancing year. Such a spirit is worthy ol all commendation. Wllinot’s District. Great was the anxiety, before the late election, to learn the state ol things in Wilmut's district— on the presumption that the vote of the state de pended on ft. Well, here it is: Bradford county, where Wilmot resides, gave ell, for Longstreth—it now gives over 1000 for Tu) lor! Husiptehanna gave Sill for Longs-reth—and for Cass only GO 7. 7iogn gave SSS for Longstreth—and for Cass only 3uU. The district gave 21S-1 Democratic majority in October—and “next to nothing" in November.— The Free Soil Il'/iigs voted for Taylor—whilst the Free Soil Democrats voted for Van Buren! So much for Free Soilism in Wilmot s district. llou. Morris Longstrcdi. A painful rumor has been in circulation in this city, for the past few days, in regard to the health of Monuis Longstueth. At one time he was re presented as in a dying condition, and then that lie was actually deceased. It affords us great pleasure to be able to state, tbereiore, that neither of these rumors are true, but that Judge Longstueth is rapidly recovering from an attack of illness, con tracted before the October election. Cieia. Cass at Home! The Ward in the city of Detroit, in which Gen. Cass resides, heretofore always decidedly whig, has given him 60 majority—the entire city has given him 160 —and the county of Wayne, of which Detroit forms part, has given him 600 majority being a large gain over former elections. We have not yet heard from Baton Rouge to know what honor Gen. Taylor has in his own country. Lancaster County Bank. At an election held in this city on Saturday a week, the following gentlemen were elected Direc tors of the Lancaster County Bank for the ensuing year, viz: John Landes, (farmer,) Benj. B. Herr, Henry Imhoffj Benjamin Owen, G. G. Brush, Geo. Lauber, David Bair, John Forney, C. B. Herr, Jno. H. Bossier, Gabriel Bear, Abm. W. Russel, Thomas Baumgardner, Abraham Stoner. Joh.x Landes has been re-elected President and R. -D. Carson Cashier of the above Institution. Queer Figures. Of all the queer figures at the late extraordinary election, the following comparison made by the Bulletin, of the votes of New York and Philadelphia cities and counties, is the queerest: Full vote of New Yoric. . 03,108 Uo Philadelphia, 03,107 When we consider the difference in favor of New York, in population, as compared with Phila delphia, we may then find out where the great Taylor majorities in the city and county came from on Tuesday! Now Tor tlie “Spoils!” Scarcely have the votes been drawn from the ballot-boxes, when the whigs are alreudy quarrelling over the loaves ami fishes. The A’iw lark Mirror, alter tills amiable fashion, disposes of two distin guished "whigs," who Imve been named for offices: “We have already hoard Clay and Wkuktir named as the candidates for the new cabinet, But thank God, Gen, Taylor knows ins friends, and what is still better, lie never lorgets his wounded, He knows the difference between the veterans who hu'-o suffered in his cause,and the political hypocrites who have made his cause and his friends sutler by their Brutus stabs." ID* Wo are told that there are only twelve or fifteen applicants nut already for the Post Office. Don't he in a hurry, gentlemen. " There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip"—and didn't oltl Zncli say that lie would'nt remove anybody for mere opinion's sake Easton (Pa.) -Jlrgm. Two lUchmondN In the Field. Richmond, Propolis for Van Boron 11 Richmond, Vaiy “ “1! * Voted unanimtftwly, that each of these gentlemen be entitled to 100 acres ot Free Soil, upon actual settlement, ID* Col. Wm. S. Bliss, Gen. Taylor’s private secretary during the Mexican campaign, arrived at Marlborough hotel,. Boston, on Tuesday. Pennsylvania 11. S. Senator. The election of a Senator of the-United States from Pennsylvania, to succeed Gen. Caxeron, is exciting considerable interest in the*ranks of the Whig party, and from present appearances there, will be no lack of candidates. The favorite of the new State-administration seems to be James Cooper. of Adams, the present Attorney General, whose re linquishment of his claims to the gubernatorial nomination was doubtless only made on condition that he be pushed by Gov. Johnston for the U. S* Senate. This ‘condition was, we presume, contained in the bond, and Mr. Cooper will rigidly exact its fulfilment. Th.addeus Stevens, Esq,, the congress man elect of this county, is also warmly urged in certain quarters, and we discover by the Carlisle Herald that Charles B. Penrose, now a resident ol Philadelphia, would have no objections to the sacrifice of Serving his country in that distinguished capacity. The Democracy meanwhile are looking on—resolved to wrest power from the hands of their opponents at the earliest opportunity. Electors for Cass. The whigs will doubtless have a large majority in. the lower branch of the next Congress—but the great cause of Democracy happily finds a safe re pository in the United States Senate. Whatever mischief may be meditated in the one branch, will be fortunately frustrated in the other—and whilst there represented by Benton, Calhoun, Soule Houston, Jefferson Davis, Foote, Bright, Douglass, Dodge, and kindred spirits, the interests of the Democratic party will have nothing to ap prehend. We have not examined the chances critically, but we doubt whether the whigs have a reasonable prospect ol obtaining a majority in the U. S. Senate during. the next four years. What folly, then, to talk of repealing the Sub Treasury and the Tariff! The following will most likely be the state of parties in the next Senate, with the Jlce President besides, to give the casting vote 1 Dem Whig; Aboi. Doubtful. Maine 2 New Hampshire, 1 1 j Vermont, 2 Massachusetts, 2 Rhode Island, 2 - Connecticut, 2 New York, 1 i New Jersey, 2 Pennsylvania, 1 l Delaware, 2 Maryland, 2 Virginia, 2 North Carolina, J j South Carolina, 2 Georgia, 2 Alabama, 2 Mississippi, 2 Louisiana, 2 Arkansas, 2 Tennessee, 1 l Kentucky, 2 Ohio, l i Michigan, 2 Indiana, 2 Illinois, 2 Missouri, 2 Florida, * 1 j Wisconsin, Texas, lowa, Wisconsin, IVe were visited in this region with the first fall of snow for the present season, on Saturday after noon. Snow continued to fall during the evening, but on Sunday it turned to rain. Last Saturday was the 11th day of the month—and according to an ancient theory there will be eleven snow-storms this winter. Arms venous —which, being interpre ted, means .■ We shull see. The Legislature met on the 7th and voted as If some of the Southern whig States should thus give Fillmore the go-by, it would be bad business for their anti-slavery brethren at the North. The county of St. Lawrence, in New York, has given Van Buren 2142 majority over Taylor and Cass united. A new post office has been established in Fulton township, Lancaster county, called “Rock”— and S. W. P. Boyd, Esq., appointed Post Master. A new post office has also been established in Drumore twp., Lancaster county, called “Pusur ville,” and Joax D. Harrak, Esq., appointed Post Master. Of the thirty-four members of Congress elected in New York, on the 7th inst., the Federalists have carried 31—the Free Soilers 2, and the regular Democrats 1 The Democrats have elected 1 member of Con gress in New Jersey, and the Federalists 4. The hew York Tribune has an article upon the election and its results, of which the following is the closing paragraph: “ The first peril which awaits him is that of being worried to death by the importunities of the legions of office-seekers, whom he will find a more formidable annoyance than all the Mexicans he ever saw. We have faith, however, that he will not let them kill him ; we hope he will not suffer his rest to be seriously interrupted by them. It is a comfort to be certain that the great majority of the greedy, forward, scrambling, pushing crowd must be disappointed. Very likely some unassu ming, worthy, capable men, who do not think, the party will be ruined if their claims be overlooked and who do not look to office as a means of getting rich with little labor, will be appointed to comfort able places, which will be another consolation." Who first nominated Gen. Taylor I Now that Zachary Taylor, is certainly the President elect oi the United States, it may be an interesting inquiry Who first proposed his name for that high office I According toour recollection, this distinction is indisputably due to JamkS Gor don Ben nett, of the New YSrk Herald, who brought out Gen. Taylor's name simultaneously s with the receipt of the news of the first battle on the Rio Grande. Under these circumstances, the editor of the N. York Herald deserves to Btand high at court. A Foreign Mission would be u small reward for his services. ID* A young man at a social party was urged to sing a song. Ho replied that ho would first toll n story, and then it they persisted ill their domands, ho would try und execute a song. When a boy, he said he took lessens ih singing, and one Sunday morning lie went into his father's garret to practice by himself. When in full play lie was sent for by the old gentleman. 11 This is pretty conduct,” 'said the father, “ a pretty employment for a son of pious parents to be latcing boards on the Sabbath morn ing, loud enough to be heard by the neighbors. Sit down and take your book." Tho young man was excused from Binging tlio proposed song, ID" The Legislature of North Carolina is now tied, Berry, tho Democratic candidate lor Senator, in tho vacancy, lias been elected. Quean R«sult, —ln all the places where Daniel Webster spoke in Massachusetts, tho Free Soilers have majorities—the last place the largest ol all. Acts, Not Resolutions. — ln conversation with a worthy and sensible .gentleman at the Synod of Virginia, on the insufficiency of mere resolution, said he, 11 1 have read a book called the Acts of the Apostles! I have not seen their book of resolutions yet."— Watchman and Observer. Look to tbe Senate! 35 22 1 :2 The First Snow. South Carolina. For Cass and Butler HT” Taylor and Butler Tavlor and Fillmore Silas Wrights 9 Comity. New Post Offices. Congressmen. Alter tlie Battle. PRESIDENT ZACHARY TiltOß. As all that relates to the character, habits, opin ions, and associations of President General Zachary Tailor, is now matter of Common interest, we shall from time to time republish all that the news papers near him may contain bn these subjects. We commence to-day with a! series of extracts, which will be read with interest. In the incidents here related, we discover nothing objectionable, except perhaps the remark of Gen. Tatlob, that he considered the presidential issue as between himself and Mr. Van Buren ! Possibly Gen. Tatlob is s somewhat of a jester, and may have intended this remark as a bit of fun. But if uttered seriously, it betrays such a total ignorance of the true state of political parties in the United States as would put the veriest tyro to the blush. The fact that Mr. Van Bvrex has not carried a single Electoral vote in the Union is the best com mentary we can offer-on the political sagacity of the President elect. We are willing to let Gen. Tatlob be judged by the future. He was once a Jacksonian, and possibly the leaven of Democracy may yet be in him, and develope itself in his administration. If already he be “particularly conciliatory to his op ponents, and i cith great good sense never fails to curb those of his friends, who in his presence indulge in strong manifestations of party zeal," what may he not do, when he takes possession ol the White House, and when he will be literally besieged by hordes of clamorous spoil hunters ? If these things be done in the green tree, what may we not expect in the dry? The selection of his Cabinet Ministers will furnish the first tangible proof whether this be really a Whig victory, or not. What if President Tatlob should call one or more distinguished Democrats into his counsels! What if he should re fuse to remove others? His letter, published for the first tihie since the election in the New York Herald , turns rather a cold shoulder to the Natives, and will not be very palatable to this important department of the opposition forces. We commend it to the especial attention of Messrs. Reigart, Ford, Wise, &c., and trust “Brother' 5 Myers will not fail to publish it both in English and German, for the edi fication of all good and true Natives. Well may they ask themselves: What have we been battling for? What has- all this pother been about? And now, if by a similar effort Gen. Taylor should • cast away the “ultra” Whigs, the Whigs par excel lence, what a curious spectacle it would be ! All the premonitory indications lead to the belief, that this splendid “Whig victory" will turn out to be no whig victory at all, and that, like the fruit of the Dead Sea, it will turn to ashes on their very lips. If the signs of times be not altogether deceptive Gen. Tatlor will yet lead the redoubtable whig party to a dance that was not announced in the bill- From the New Orleans Delta. GEN L. TAYLOR'S HAT.—The distinguished candidate of the Whigs takes matters quite easily, at his pleasant residence, in the Barracks at Baton Rouge. We saw him walking about town, chat ting very familiarly with the citizens, without dis tinction of party, and wearing that same old im mense boat-shaped hat sent him-by some friends in Tennessee. By the by, we are puzzled to divine what motives could have prompted the Tennes seeans to bestow such a gift upon the old General, who certainly, however people may differ upon his political qualifications, has deserved better treat ment than to be condemned to wear this misshapen, heavy, _ uncomfortable, and ungracefut chapeau. Had Ais hat been sent to Gen. Taylor after the battle of the Bth and 9th May, he would never have had any reason to complain of the absence of his pontoon train for he might have converted this wonderful production of Tennessee skill into a boat of sufficient dimensions to transport a whole regi ment at once across the Rio Grande. We were amused at the dry response of a citizen of Baton Rouge, of whom we made inquiry where the Gen eral was be found. “You see that big white thing looming out. down there on the levee? “Yes!” “Well, that’s old Zachariah's hat, and you’ll find the old chap somewhere in the neighborhood.” GEN. TAYLOR’S OPINIONS.—The’ General takes a deep interest in all political movements, and is quite free and unreserved in the expression ol his opinions. He is particularly conciliatory to his opponents, and with great good sense never fails to curb those of his friends, who in his pres ence indulge in strong manifestations of party zeal. There never arrives a steamboat at Baton Rouge, that the General is not among the first on the wharf to get a newspaper; and he may be seen at almost every hour of the day 11 waddling,” (by leave of the Washington Union.) with a package of docu ments under his arm up the steep banks, towards the Barracks. . The General seems quite sanguine of the result of the Presidential election. We speak by author ity of others, for we consider it a violation of pro priety,. to make use of any information gained in private conversation. He thinks that the contest will be between himself and Van Buren. The General shares the misfortune of all men of elevated positions, in being surrounded by a class of small politicians and office expectants, who cither have not the sagacity to discover, or the courage to state, the, truth. We know of no candidate who has ever appeared before the people for high office, who has been so seriously damaged by the folly, the weak ness—indeed, we may say the madness—of some ot his zealous supporters. And if General Taylor should triumph on the 7th of November next, it will be an evidence of the strong hold his personal character has upon the minds of the people. ' GEN. TAYLOR'S MILITARY FAMILY em ; braces three of the most studious and promisjng officers in our army. Colonel Blies, his insepara ble associate in all his bSttles, is the same retiring, studious, thoughtful, investigative gentleman as when, a few years ago, he filled with no less effi ciency, and perhaps no less glory, the post of in structor of the youthful mind. Major Exxon, the chief of Gen. Taylor's topo graphical staff, is a keen, sagacious, active, ener getic man, of well-trained mind, and great devotion to the comprehensive science of engineering. Major Garnett is an accomplished, elegant man of the world, and an excellent officer. His literary attainments are equal, it not superior, to those of the other officers of Gen. Taylor's Staff whilst in the ways of the world, and 'in personal address, he is certainly the most impressive of the three. Major Garnett is suspected of being a strong Locofoco; Colonel Bliss is a Whig; and Major Eaton is a soldier. By the by, Bpoaking of politics and soldiers, reminds us of the result of our inqui ries into the political tendencies ol the garrison. We found that they wore nearly all Democrats, but as under u very objoctionablo restriction of our new Constitution, privates m our army are not permitted to vote, their opinions are ol but little importance in the present state of the contest. MRS. GEN. TAYLOR AND DAUGHTER. At n late ball, at East Pascagoula, La., Gen. Tay. lor, bis lady and daughter, and Major Bliss, were present. Of them a correspondent ot the Mobile Herald writes as follows: Mrs. Gen. T.—Dress plain, and in good taste ; manners dignified and easy, countenance rather stern, but it may be the consequence of military association. Person tall and commanding, demean or retiring, with no palpable predilection for high station) and, judging from anpoarancos, one would Buppose the White House offers no peculiar attrac tions to Mrs. Gen. T., and if hor ‘liege lord' would listen to hor sage and well-considerotT counsel, it is not unlikoly he would be content to remain as Gen. Taylor. “ Miss Betty T.—Dress, rich white muslin—very handsome and becoming, and in characters Miss T. is of the right stature—not too full and not too short; figure round and symmetrical. Her com plexion is almost so pure as to! seem transparent • face in repose, slightly tinged with a pensive cast - countenance open and intelligent, and, under the magic of one of her sweet smiles, is most bewitch ing. Manner easy and graceful, motion light and elastic, conversation sprightly and unembarrassed. With much beauty, her strength is that of the heart, and her heroism that of the affections. Such a lady deserves a Elis s-ful life. General Z. Taylor was present at the ball, in undress military, and remained until a seasonable hour. It was not his fault if he did not makehira seif agreeable to the ladies and gentlemen. As well as I could determine, he bore himself gallantly through the action, and retired under colors flying. Col. Bliss. I take it, is not much of a ladies' man. He is but seldom seen in the parlor, and, I believe, ditl not honor the ball with his appearance. He is an intellectual-looking man; about crossing the me ridian of life*. attentive to his duties, as adjutant, and his correspondence, as private secretary. He is, apt and diplomatic in epistolary correspondence as any man in the country, and, for his eminent suc cess, has acquired a welnleservad reputation. > e Of General Twiggs, \vho was also present, the same writer says: There stood the gallant Twiggs—the Klcber of the American army—his white locks streaming in the breeze, but white not from age, but, perhaps, from the effects of early piety. From the New York Herald. President Elect en IVatlvelsm. Baton Rouge, July 13, 1848. Dear Sir: I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 24th ult., stating that some of the papers in your part of the country arc denouncing me as a Native American and in favor of their principles, because they have made use of my name as their candidate forthe - Presiden cy ; and also that I am opposed to the exercise of the elective franchise by them (foreigners.) I have ever considered that adopted citizens are entitled to all the rights and privileges of native citizens, and while the constitution makes no distinction, it would be an act of injustice to withhold from them any of their rights and privileges. I may say to you for the last ten years I have associated with a large number of foreigners well as Americans, and have always treated them with equal respect, and they deserve the honor of the country for the cour age, Zealand fidelity with which they have defended her interests and honor. With my best wishes for your health and pros perity, I am sincerely yours, &c, H. B. Miller, Esq., Buffalo, N. Y. Humanity Liberally Rewarded. In the latter part of last summer, a young daugh ter of Mr. Corcoran, (of the firm of Corcoran & Riggs,) of Washington city, was playing with some friends on a wharf, in the rear of the grounds of Capt. Charles Williams, at Stonington, (Com?.,) and stepped into a boat, which, by some accident, was loosed and drifted from the shore. The child, frightened at the danger, jumped overboard. Mr. Gurdon Smith, a boat builder, who was near by, swam in and rescued her at the last moment of struggling. Mr. Cocoran was in Europe at that time, engaged in business as is widely known. He has since returned, and we saw last week a letter from him to Mr. Smith, expressing his gratitude and enclosing one thousand dollars as a testimony of.it. This is a reward at once unexpected to the receiver and noble in the giver, doing honor to the heart of the father. Mr. Smith is, we are glad to be informed, a worthy recipient, highly esteemed by all who knaw him.— Washington Union . Washington and Lamartine. The following is a copy of a letter received by Mr. W. Mackay, of N. Y., in reply to one addressed to Mr. Lamartine, accompanied with a full length portrait of Gen. George Washington: Paris, 14th Sept., 1848. Sir—l return you thanks for your letter and your gift. You could not have made me a handsomer present than that of the greatest man of modern republican times. This portrait should be adopted by the republic, and become the popular ensign of patriotism and virtue. May the sage and religious genii of Washington be‘imprinted on Democratic France, and thus enlighten the fraternal name of the two worlds and make the name of an illustrious man glorious and dear to both countries. Please sir, receive expressions of my true respect, and the assurance of my distinguished consideration. To Mr. W. Mackay. L. S. Senator in Vermont,. The Legislature of Vermont, on Tuesday last, re-elected the Hon. William Upham as Senator to Congress for six years from the 4th of March next. In the Senate the balloting was as follows: Whole number of votes 26 Necessary for a choice 14 William Upham had 18 Levi B. Vilas 5 Scattering 3 Mr. Upham being declared elected on the part of the Senate, a message was sent to the House to that effect, and that the Senate were ready to meet that branch to complete the election. * The House pursuant to the joint resolution, pro ceeded to ballot, and the result was as follows: Ist ballot. 2d. 3d. Whole number 207 207 211 Necessary for a choice 104 104 106 William Upham had ' 98 101 106 Levi B. Vilas 42 00 00 Jacob Collamer : 5 5 0 Scattering 62 101 - 105 The Senate came in, and the record of each House was read, from which it appeared that Hon. William Upham had been duly elected, and procla mation was made accordingly. A Model Reformer. —Struve, who makes such a figure in German affairs, as described in English papers, which, of course, will say their worst of him, is by birth a Russian. He "is opposed to the use of animal food, and married a woman of the town for the purpose of reclaiming her. For matutf years he was the editor of a paper at ManheiiM Sturve was lately made a prisoner at a small villagP of Baden, but was liberated by a party headed by a priest named Sceibel. His wife accompanied him in his excursion. Lamartine in the Ascexdant. —M. Lamartine is again rising to consideration and popularity in Paris. He is mentioned among the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic. This favorable re-action is attributed in a great degree to the splen did orations which he has of late delivered in the National Assembly, in favor of the election of the President by universal suffrage, which has called forth the most enthusiastic admiration from various quarters. Sanatory Measures. —The sanatory committee of the Philadelphia Board of Health, is activelyen gaged in maturing measures of a sanatory charac ter, in view of the apprehended advent of the chol eru into that city. . New Remedy.—A Mr, Bell, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., who had suffered eight years from cancer in the nose, was lately cured by’ the use of a cranberry poultice. The remedy is simple onough. ID* Elareo Hernandez, n Mexican youth ol sixteen, who accompanied Lt. Col. Brindle on his return from Mexico to the United States, dieil last week at Muncy. New Article of Commebcx.— A late London paper says that an importation of teeth info that city from Paris is advertised; tho teeth having been extracted from the jaws of the insurgents and their opponents, slain In tho insurrection. ID’Tlio Coffin of Horn Dixon 11. Lowis, tho New York papers state, was of uncommon size, of mahogany, and with the body ant! lead casing, was said to weigh upwards of nine hundred pounds, On a plain silver plate was the followfng inscription: Dixon H, L*wis,\ United States Senator, From Alabama.' Died in New York,-October 25, 'lB4B, Aged 46 years, 2 mod, IS days. Rj- The Fourth of March next, when General. Taylor will take his seat in the Presidential chair, will come on Sunday. PENNSYLVANIA—UnofficiaI. We give below official and reported majorities from most of the counties in Pennsylvania. In our next, we shall probably be able to give the return of the whole State: Adams 1806 Allegheny 6164 Armstrong 2133 Berks 8411 Beaver 2383 Bedford 2739 Blair, 1427 Bucks 5245 Butler 2308 Bradford 3748 Cambria 1421 Carbon . 996 Clarion 2238 Clearfield 1111 Centre 2544 Chester 5140 Cumberland 3069 Columbia 3157 Crawford 2861 Clinton 1004 Dauphin 2269 Delaware 1500 Elk 283 Erie 2087 Fayette 3290 Franklin 2988 Greene 2362 Huntingdon 1871 Indiana 156 S Jefferson 992 Juniata 1201 Lebanon 1800 Lancaster 5514 Lehigh 2996 Lycoming 2298 Luzerne 3785 i Monroe 1769 Mercer 3104 Ylifflin 1591 Montgomery 5218 Vl’Kean' - 429 Northampton 3476 Northumberland 2124 Perry 2064 Philadelphia city 4972 Z. TAYLOR. CO. 16028 16998 Pike 612 126 Potter 627 278 Schuylkill 3538 4264 Somerset ' 1103 2755 Sullivan 360 182 Susquehanna 2416 1597 Tioga 2076 . 1219 Union 1686 2887 Venango 1532 988 Westmoreland 4955 2856 Washington 3948 4065 Warren 1145 947 Wayne 1455 855 Wyoming 948 780 York 4345 4162 Vote of Lancaster County. — ( Official.) Districts 1. Lancaster city, 2. Drumore, 3. Elizabethtown, 4. New Holland, 5. Elizabeth, • 6. Strasburg borough, ; 7. Manheim bor., 8. Salisbury, 9. East Cocalico, 10. Maytow’n,' 11. Churchtown, 12. Martic, 13. Bart, 14. Colerain 15. Little Britain 16. Litiz, 17. Marietta, 18. Columbia bor., 19. Sadsbury, 20. Leacock, 21. Brecknock, 22. Mount Joy, 23. Petersburg, 24. West Lampeter, 25. Conestoga, 26. Washington bor., 27. GVoss’ (Ephrata,) 28. Bainbridgc, 29. NefTsvillc, 30. Millerstown, 31. West Earl, 32. W. Ilernpfield, 33. Strasburg twp., 34. Indiantown, j 35. Schoeneck, ?- 36. Blue Ball, Lamabtixk. 37. Paradise, 38. Hempfield Vil„ 39. Lancaster twp., 40. East Lampeter, 41. Fulton, -12. Upper Leacock, "13. Penn, Taylor’s majority Number ot Eli States. . Electors. Maine, 9 NeW Hampshire, 6 Massachusetts, 10 Rhode Island, 4 Connecticut, 6 Bermogt, .. 6 Maryland, 8 Wiiginia, 17 North Carolina, 11 'New York, 36 New Jersey, 7 Pennsylvania, 26 Delaware, 3 South Carolina, 9 Georgia, 10 Kentucky, 12 Necessary to a choice, Of the above, four States— lowa, 4 votes. I Wisconsin, 4 votes. Florida, 3 “ I Texas, '4 —did not vote in - 1844; they have “entered the Union since that period. . A Most Unnatural Son —ln an English paper we find the following, which is surely without a parallel in history, as for the sake of our common nature may;it ever be: In the Taunton County Court, Mr. Combe ap‘ plied for the discharge of an insolvent, named Geo. l)uy, an old man upwards of 70 years of age, who had been imprisoned eight years at the suit of his son Frederick Day. The old man stated that some years ago lie had signed off the whole of his prop erty, of the valuo of about £l,OOO, to his children, and having given a note of hand to Frederick, whiclt he failed to meet ut the proper time, he was pro ceded against, notwithstanding that he had lent various sums to the son, amounting in the whole to nearly £5O, but ol which no account bad been kept. The result was that the. unfortunate old man was thrown into prison, whore he remained eight years. The Judge Immediately ordered the insolvent's discharge, observing that he ought to have had it eight years ago. Painfu l Accident.— Mr. O. Conolly, one ol the officers of the Capitol, was seriously injured Satur day morning. It appears that while he was un locking tho ponderous iron gats (weighing proba bly 8 cwt.) north of the Capitol, tho gato having got oil tho hinge, fell upon him, and so fixed him under it that he was unable to extricate himself and lay. in that painful situation Tor upwards of half an hour, before,he woe discovered by Mr. McCarthy the earlier of the fldtitMl J>Uelligei>ar, who, with the help of another in releasing the sufferer, and having him conveyed to his dwelling. Mr. Conolly suffers great paiii, al though much relieved .by the skill and care of Erof. May and Dr. Coombe, the attending physicians. His qollar-bone is broken, and he'i* much: -injured in the back and side.—National Initialiser, j President. Governor. , ——- v £ 1 2 292 933 402 805 218 400 804 1350 168231 168519 168231 925 260 315 404 374 1077 207 ■ 196 144 364 487 222 150 268 196 239 277 ictors ill 1848. States. Tennessee, Ohio^ Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, lowa, Wisconsin, Electors. 13 23 6 6 12 9 9 7 3 5 3 4 4 4 Total Electors 290 146
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