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