Small Beginnings.
Despise not the day of small things. This sen
tence contains wisdom and philosophy, as well as
scripture. It is very easy and natural to sneer at
small beginnings and humble means, but U js not
always wise to do so. It is better to commence on
an humble scale, and come out in good style at
last, than to suffer a severe collapse after an exten
sive and ridiculous flourish. Some men will do
better with a capital of sixpence, than they would
if half the fortune of Astor had been given them
to commence with. We have heard it told of a
man worth his millions, that he commenced by sel
ling fruit at a street stall. We have seen boys at
school roll a handful of snow upon the ground, till,
by its accumulated matter, it becam&so bulky, that
a dozen could scarcely move it. Sands make the
mountains, moments make the year, drops make
the ocean 5 and so. little endeavors, earnestly, un
ceasingly, and honestly put forth, make the great
men in the world’s history.
We say, then, don't despise the day of small
thiiigs. If you have an undertaking to accomplish,
or a good thing to bring about, begin according to
your means, and never be discouraged, because you
cannot make so magnificent a commencement as
you could wish. Old King John the Frenchman,
five hundred years ago, took it into his head to found
a'library; and he began with—what- do you sup
pose7—ten volumes. But he knew what he was
about: for that library—the Royal library of Paris
—is fioio-the most magnificent public library in the
world, and contains 70U.000 volumes.
A whale one day came frolicking into the har
bor of Nantucket, a short time after the first settle
ment of that island, and as for many hours it con
tinued there, the enterprising inhabitants were in
duced to contrive and prepare a large barbed iron
-with a strong cord-attached, with which they finally
succeeded in securing this aquatic monster. A
small matter, truly; but it was the commencement
of a business which has added millions to the
wealth of the people—the incipient introduction to
an enterprise which nearly three quarters of a cem
tury ago extorted a noble tribute of admiration
from Edmund Burke, on the floor of the British
Parliament.
Two fishermen in Holland once had a dispute in
a on the question whether the fish takes the
hook, orf the hook takes the fish. From this trivial
circumstance arose two opposing parties, the ‘Hooks'
and the ‘Cobble-Joints/ who for two centuries di
vided the'nation, and maintained a contest not un
like that between the red and white roses in Eng
land.
There is a traditionary counterpart to this in our
own history. We allude, to the'story of the pig,
whose stupid obstinacy, we are gravely told, invol
ved us in a war with Great Britain, in 1812. There
is nothing incredible about it, however, and, as
most of our readers are too young to recollect the
anecdote; we will venture to repeat it. “Two
neighbors, both of the old Federal school of poli
tics, who had lived in the city of Providence, chan
ced to .quarrel. And so it happened, one was the
owner of a pig, who had an irresistible inclination
to perambulate in the garden of the next neighbor.
The owner of the garden complained of the pig-sty
being insufficient to restrain the pig, and the neigh
bor replied, it was all because he kept his fences in
such ill repair. The pig was takingyhis moating
walk when he was surpised in the act of rooting
up some very valuable bulbous roots; this was the
last ‘feather;' the owner of the garden put a pitch
fork into his tender sides, and kilted him outright.
At the coming election, the owner of the garden
was a candidate for a seat in the legislature, and
failed by one vote, the vote of his incensed neighbor,
Who voted against him. At the election of a Sena
tor, the Democratic candidate was elected by one
vote—and when the question of war with England
was before the Senate, it was declared by the ma
jority of one vote—so that but for this pig, we should
have been probably saved from this war.
It is related ot Chantrey, the celebrated sculptor,
that when a boy, he was one day observed by a
gentleman in the* neighborhood of Sheffield, very
earnestly engaged in cutting a stick with apenknile.
He asked the lad- what he was doing; and with
great simplicity the boy replied, “ I am cutting old
Fox's head/' Fox was the schoolmaster of the vil
lage. On this, the gentleman asked to sec what he
had done, and pronouncing it to be an excellent
likeness, presented theyouth with a sixpence. This
may be reckoned as the first money Chantrey ever
received for the production of his art; and from
such a beginning it was that arose this greatest of
modern artists.
Agaiu we say, despise not small beginnings, nor
look with supercilious contempt upon everything
which appears insignificant and trifling. Trifles are
not so plenty in this world as many of ns imagine.
A philosopher lias observed that wars, involving
mischief to great nations, have arisen from a min
isterial despatch being written in a fit of indiges
tion! When A'exauder Hope received his present
of Turkey figs, he little thought that a twig from
the basket was to be the means of introducing the
weeping willow iu England and America. So is
thjs world m»ih> im ol :»n<l ..‘.JS 3 -mart
will not only cultivate sharp eyes, but attentive
habits, making the most ami the best of everything,
and despising nothing small, but small souls.
.But why repaii- to the observatory of ihe. astron
omer, or to The laboratory of the chemist, for ex
amples ot a principle which is in uever-ceasm**
operation ’around us! Sleeping or waking, at home
or abroad, by night or by day, at rest or in motion,
in the country or in the town, traversing the burn
ing limits of the tropics, or exploring the rigors of
the poles, we are ever under its influence. We are
at once its slaves and its masters.
We are its slaves—without it we cannot for a
moment live. Without its well-regulated quantity
we cannot for a. moment enjoy life. It 1 rules our
pleasures and our pains; it lays lis on the sick bed.
and raises us from it. It is our disease and our
physician. In the ardor of summer we languish
'under its excess, and in the rigor of winter we
shiver under its effect. Does it accumulate around
us in undue quantity, we burn with fever; does it
depart from us with unwonted rapidity, we shake
>vith ague;, or writhe under the pains of rheuma
tism, and the Tribe of maladies which it leaves be
hiijd'when it quits us.
We are its masters : Wo subdue it to our will
and dispose it to our purposes. Amid arctic snows
we confine it around our persons, and prevent its es
cape by a rlothing'Tmpervious to it. Under a tro
pical sun we exclude it by like means: We extort
it from water to obtain the luxury of ice in hot
seasons, and we fore’e it into water to warm our
apartments in Do we traverse the seas
—it lends wings to the ship, and bids defiance to
- the natural opponents, the winds and the tides.
Do we traverse the land—it is harnessed’ to the
chariot, and we outstrip the flight of the swiftest
bird, equal to the fury of the tempest.
- If we sleep, our chamber and our couch are
furnished with.contrivances for its due regulation.
If we eat, our food owes its savor and nutrition to
heat. From this the fruit received its ripeness and
by this the viands of the table are fitted for our use.
The grateful infusion which forms our morning re
past might remain forever hidden in the leaf of
the tree-; the berry of the plants, or the kernel of
the nut, if heat did not lend its power to extract
them.— Dr. Lardners Lectures.
Martin Luther." It "°‘ V ° te!
Martin Luther.it is well kno'wn, was a compound Hkxht CuTT'vr/ n 'f* Ingt . on Mns ,hat
of strange and heterogenous materials. One stri- 1 " e ' ’arable and retired Statesman
king pecularity of his character was his singular Ashland > did nnt vote at the recent presidential
and enthusiastic love of music. Not that there is election—suffering voluntary disfranchisement
abstractly any thing remarkable ir. such a passion; rather than cast a ballot for the no-vm i» ,™ri . ’
but in him it had a singular effect—contrasting (of the whies Iti h, i ■ , u ' ly candld ate
strikingly with the bold.and indomitable qualities , ." la but ho.vvever, to Mr. Clay,
oi; his nature. He.had an admirable ear tor har- t0 State ’ that is assigned as one reason
m;ony, ipid was highly proficient on several in- ,0 account for his absence from the polls This
struments. He-had- also a beautiful voice, which . may be so—but it is undeniably true thatjifr fW
he constantly kept in order by the chantinv of „ '„„ • , . ~ 1 ’ nat Mr - Ua y>
hymns and sacred songs. The principles of church ingle occasion, directly or indirectly, de
miisic he studied profoundly—and he composed sev- c ar ™ hls acl l ules ™ce in the nomination of Gen
-era] pieces of great merit. But the most striking Ta y |or - He withdrew Iris own name from the cam
th '“£ aboi,t hl t* musical character was the power vass.it is true, but in none of his letters is there
whichmelpdyhad.over himself. He seemed mpltpd > , . . „ fliers js there
and subdued into a state of almost helplessness by u n\ awor^m avor of-his successful rival,
its tones. Amid their influence, all other faculties Henr >’ Cla y goes to his grave, a great man, but
of body and mind appeared suspended :-j-he was in a,so a mortified and disappointed one. Proud of
state of ecstatic rapture. In letter which, he heart and restless ol control the orpat cl
wrote to Dinccius, (Frankfort edition, 164 ft). we ' eventful life bn, h„«,„ T » . of h ' s
find him jesting about his extreme susceptibility , . , c residency—now hope
whichheconsisers as a weakness in his'-character. le “ y and ,orever «tinct.
He tells Linccms seriously that it was his custom
to sing a hymn every night before lie retired to bed'
and such was the soothing power of the melody on
him, that however much he might have been ex
cited or troubled throughout the day, from the mo
ment when the-key fell upon his ear, he forgot all
earthly mhtters and vexation.— Athmaum.
Snoring.
A Western statesman, in one of his tours in the
far west, stopped all night at a house where he was
put in the same room with twenty strangers. He
was very much annoyed by the shoring of two
persons. The black boy. of the hotel entered the
room, when our narrator said to him—“Ben,l will
givje you five dollars if you will kill that man next
me, who snores so dreadfully.” “ Can’t kill him
for five dollars, but if massa will advance on the
price, I'll try what I can do.” By this time the ,
stranger had ceased las nasal fury. . The other one I
was now to be quieted, so stepping up to him lie
woke him and said, “my friend, (he knew who he
was) you’re talking in your sleep, and eximsini all
the secrets of the Brandon Bank; (he was a director - )
you'had better be careful.” He was careful for
he did uot go to sleep that night. ’
Intelligencer & Journal.
E. W. MUTTER, EDITOR.
Lancaster, November 31, 1848.
Thanksgiving Bay* !
Next Thursday, November 23d, is the day
appointed by the Governor of this State, to be ob
served throughout Pennsylvania as ' a day of
Thanksgiving, Prayer and Praise to Almighty God,
for fhe many and undeserved blessings vouchsafed
to us as a people during the past year.. We are
pleased to learn that in this city the day thus set
apart will be suitably observed. There will be a
general suspension of r business, and/in the forenoon
the different churches will be throWn open for re
ligious worship.' On the evening of that day, the
Lancaster County Auxiliary Bible Society contem
plate holding their anniversary meeting, iu the
Lutheran Church, Rev. J. C. Baker, on which oc
casion the.annual report will be read, and a sermon
preached. The Society invite all denominations
to be present.
Monument to Francis It. Skunk*
Daniel I ry, L&q., the worthy Chairman of the
Executive Committee for collecting contributions
for the erection of asubstantial marble monu
ment over the lemains of Kx-Governor Skunk,
at the Trappe, in*Montgomery county—Has pub
lished a list of the collectors appointed for the
purpose throughout the State. Col. Rkah Frazer
is the collector for this county. Many and conse
crated are ties that endear the memory of Francis
R. Shunk to the people of Pennsylvania, and hun
dreds will doubtless esteem it both a pride and a
pleasure to contribute to an object, so eminently
proper and patriotic.
City Property for Sale.
We direct the attention of capitalists, here and
elsewhere, to the advertisement of the valuable
Iron Foundry and Machine Shop of Messrs. Pen
nel £t Lehner, which is to be offered at public
sale, Saturday evening next, at the public house of
Chr n Shertz, in The location of these
works, immediately on the Philadelphia and Colum
bia Railroad, renders this a desirable investment.
The advantage is a rare one, and those employed
in the Foundry business should not fail to embrace
it.
An eligible and desirable property, belonging to
the estate of John Wolf, deceased, and situate
next door to the Intelligencer Office, is to lie sold at
Michael's Hotel, on the evening of Saturday, De
cember 2d (not the 11th, as erroneously published
in our last.) Its convenience to tire Market, County
Offices and Court House renders this also 0 a most
attractive property.
The Ladies’ Wreath.
One of the most attractive, as well as cheapest,
literary periodicals published in the United States,
is issued in New York, bearing the above title. It
is published monthly at the levy; rate of One Dol
lar per annum—which brings it within the pecu
niary reach of the humblest. The editress. Mrs.
S. T. Martyn. is a lady of high literary reputation,
and among the contributors we recognise the names
of some of the most eminent writers, male and
female, in the country. The contents of the
Wreath are of the purest and most elevated Chris
tian caste, and cannot fail lo exert an ennobling in
fluence on the ryind and heart of the reader. The
embellishments are in, accordance’with the high
character of the work,’and it is matter of wonden
how such a publication can be furnished so cheaply.
The work can be obtained in single numbers at
the book-store of Messrs. Juiid & Murray.
WELL DONE, FACTORY GIRLS!
We learn that fully IQO of the female opera
tives in the Cotton Factory of this city have become
subscribers to the Ladies' Wreath— a fact which is
alike complimentary to the work and to themselves.
May this commendable example be followed else
where.
Nino our neighbor Reading has grown to be a
«Hj, it is to be feared she has greatly outstripped
her ancient rival, Lancaster, in the race ol interest
and prosperity. The following is the comparative
vote of the two cities, polled at the recent presi
(initial election.
Lancaster
Reading.
1077 Casa
925 Taylor
5 Van Buren
Casa
Taylor
Van Bnren
#5-Difference in favor of Reading %'7 !
We do not very willingly make concessions mi
favorable to our own city, but candor and tiers
extort the confession, that Reading is becoming a
pretty considerable sort of a town. .She evidently
beats Lancaster in point of population, and we fear
also in public spirit and enterprise. Within a few
years past, the Readingjtes have demolished their
ancient court house, and have ejected 0 „ j ts ni ; lis
one of the most capacious and splendid edifices in
the Stale. They have likewise laid Vandal hands
on their former market house, hut have retrieved
then- reputation by substituting another, vastly
more costly and convenient. They have erected
on the most approved model, a new county prison
su,passed by none in the State, or even in the
Hinted Stales. Nay, they have even gone so far
we learn, ,n re-fitting their splendid Lutheran’
church, as purposely to build the steeple thereof
several feet higher than the steeple of Lutheran
church, of which our citizens felt so justly proud '
And last, hut not least, they are “laying p ip(r
through their streets, by whifl. they intend shortly
to light them with gas, whilst we are merely talk
ing about it. If these things he permitted to pro
ceed, it is hard to tell where they may stop-and
after a while there will be nothing left us to boast
of, except it be imr Museum. We do belivc. at this
]>omt Reading will have to “surrender."
“ TUe Pennsylvania!!.”
This able and popular Democratic journal which
under the conduct of Col. Forney has attained to
an eminence surpassed by no other newspaper in
the country, is soon to be materially improved in
appearance, and otherwise strengthened by the em
ployment of new aid in its commercial, literary and
miscellaneous departments. The Democracy of
Pennsylvania should esteem it a duty, to stand un
flinchingly by this intrepid advocate of their cause
and we trust the enterprising conductors will be’
this season of political reverses, with
many new patrons. Th e true [0 -
life into the Democratic party, is ,o increase the
circulation of its journals, at.the head of wh ch
stands confessedly the Pennsylvanian.
Hj* John Filbsbt, Esq. has been appointed
Post-Master at Bainbridge, Lancaster; county i n
place of Jacob B. Hamilton, resigned.
What kas keen decidedt
In our humble opinion nothing has been deter
mined by the result of the recent election, except
that Gen. Cass should not go into the Presidencyi
and that Gen. Taylor should;:, The whig prints
would allow none but this personal issue to go be’
fore the country—they advanced no doctrines, pro
posed no course of policy, made no declaration of
opinions, and their candidate made none. w
The Democratic party, cannot, therefore, be said
to have suffered any defeat from which it may not
easil) recover. It has been beaten in its organiza
tion and its candidates, it has not been beaten in
its doctrines or the great measures by which these
doctrines are put in practice. Against these, the
factions who compose the whig party have not
dared openly to oppose themselves. In that most
important respect our party is yet unconquered;
unharmed, and able to make head against its ene
mies with all the strength and hope of its proudest
days.
The Whigs have a difficult task before them—
they have to satisfy the speculators who are eager
to bring back the time of bank cpntractions and
expansions—they have to satisfylhe friends of a
National Bank—they must do something to content
the projectors of great lines of communication be
tween the States—they must adopt some measures
to suit the interest of the holders of state stocks—
they must appease those, who clamor for protective
duties—and generally, they must take a course
which will meet the views of that large class, the
nucleus of the party, who hold to a free and inge
nious construction of the constitution, a .strong and
splendid government, abundance of legislative in
terference, and a consequent multiplication of offi
ces. All those who look anxiously for these
changes, and will exert themselves to the utmost to
bring them about, are in the ranks of the whig
party. What will the new administration do to
satisfy their eager desires? The people are not
prepared for any of these plans which have been
studiously kept out of sight by those who cherished
them, and if the new government is bold enough to
adopt them, it will find itself in a minority before the
end of its first year.
Causes ol Defeat.
1* riend Masskr of the Sunlntry Jlmerican imputes
the defeat of Cass and Butler in Pennsylvania
“entirely to the suicidal course of the Democratic
leaders in relation to the tariff:'’ Now that Cock
Robin is defunct, it profits but little to know from
what quarter came the shot that despatched him—
but as the inquiry is raised, we are disposed to lend
a hand in determining it.
It is no doubt true, that in some counties in Penn
sylvania, (Schuylkill, for example,) the extraordi
.nary vote for- Taylor was produced by the artificial
panic temporarily created for the occasion by the
Banks, Iron-men, and Colliers. But that the defeat
•of the Democratic party in the state is altogether
owing to the tariff question, scarcely admits of
demonstration. Otherwise, how would one explain
the equally remarkable results in Virginia, in Geor
gia; in Alabama, in Mississippi, in Louisiana, and
in Florida, where all parties unite in opposition to
a high protective tanflj and where Gen. Taylor is
regarded as its sworn enemy? If the President elect
has formed any opinions on the subject whatever,
they are unquestionably inimical to Pennsylvania
interests, and yet he has received the suffrages of
thousands who are confessedly “ultra - ’ in their
views of the protective policy. Here is a bald in
consistency at the very outset.
We discover the true secret ol Gen. Taylor s
success in Pennsylvania, as elsewhere, chiefly in
Ins immense personal popularity with the masses,
who have refused to go behind his splendid victories
in Mexico, and have resolved to reward a brave
soldier for his services in battle, irrespective of his
political partialities or opinions. Talk of geogra
phical influences till you are hoarse, we have ever
found frail humanity identical all the world over.
The drum and life in this country are among the
most potent elements that can be employed in a
political canvass, and whether men stand shivering
Ciea'flf amidst 'the pestilential vapors of the Rio
Bravo, they are alike susceptible of the Hurra fever..
In the good old times of Andrew Jackson, who
could stand up against the battle of New Orleans?
What elected Harrison? Tippecanoe! We are
persuaded that Buena Vista Jixnr ted a more power
ful agency in determining the recent election, than
all the tariffs that were eve S heard or dreamt ot.
Why, such Was its magical charm, that the editor
of the Sunbury American himself, self-possessed and
intelligent man that he is, fell a victim to its sedur
tions, and during & period ol many months sported
the I aylor flag at the head of Ins columns ! And if
he, a sentinel on the watch-tower, was not proof
against military chieftainism, no marvel that, to
many of the rank and file faltered.
Lancaster—a great County
From the following comparison of the votes
polled at the recent presidential election, it will be
seen, that the county of Lancaster has given 5,*204
more votes than were given in the Statr of Dela
ware, mid 6,6*24 more than were given in the
State of Rhode Island :
Lancaster Delaware Rhode Island
_ . State. State.
Taylor, 11,3911 0,4411 0 689
Cass, 0,(180 .9,910 3 010
V. Buren 104 SO ’ 7l ,
Total, 17,034 12,430 11,010
As a matter of course, we do not at all relish
the apportionment ol these figures, which have
served to increase the whig majority in this county
to a degree thatthe “oldest inhabitant" isconstrained
to confess his astonishment. Had their distribution
been committed to mo- keeping, we need not say.
that it would have been done after a widely differ
ent fashion. But it nevertheless serves to demon
strate, that in all the elemenls of public strengtli
and prosperity the county of Lancaster stands un
rivalled. Pity that her lair lame should be so marred
by her incorrigible Federalism!
Joy iu London,
We have not made a single bet on ihe result of
the recent election, nor encouraged any one else to
the practise, hut we would not be afraid to venture
an oyster supper, that there will he more rejoicing
among the high tory presses of Great Britain ove°
the defeat of Lewis Cass than has been manifested
in that quarter over any event that lias happened
m the Doited States in the last quarter century.
We should not be surprised to learn, that the Lon
don Times had illuminated its office on the receipt
of the news. 1
No Luck Jn the Letter «.
A North Carolina paper mentions the remarka
ble fact, that no man, whose name begins wiih a
C, has ever been elected President of the United
States, although many have tried. Dewitt Clinton
tried it; and failed. Crawford was a candidate, and
defeated. Calhoun has been in full chase of the
Presidency for years, but has not yet attained it.
Clay has tried it, over and over again, but without
success. And now Cass has shared no better fate.
Well, the only consolation we call derive from all
this is, that it effectually forecloses the door on Tom
Corwin. He never was horn to be President, that's
certain.
[D* Col. J. Knox Walkkh and the esteemed
lady of the President, arrived in Philadelphia on
Friday afternoon, jmd were staying at Jones’Hotel
They were accompanied by Surgeon J. M. Foltz
of the Navy—and left on Saturday morniiw for
Washington. - °
Hon. Henbv , Clay.— lt is stated in a Louisville
paper that Mr. Clay did not vote at the recent ores
idential election. It is said he-wap indisposed.
The above means, vie presume, that he was in
disposed to vote for Geb. Taylor.
Mode of Electing' tke President*
The Electors of President and Vice President
■will meet in the capitals of their respective States
on the first Wednesday of December next, being
the fithday of the month, and will proceed to vote 1
for President and Vice President, which vote will
be ,'doly recorded, Copies of the record ■will-be
-made out. and authenticated, and sent to Washing*
ton by a special messenger, there to be delivered to
Congress. On a day fixed for the puipose, the re’
cord of the votes will be opened in the presence of
the two Houses, and the result declared. General
Taylor will, as we know, be declared to be elected
President, and Millard Fillmore Vice President.
will then be despatched to these gentle
men, informing them of their election, and asking
them to attend nx Washington to take the oaths of
office, and enter upon their duties.
The term of Mr. Polk will expire on the 4th of
March, and that is the day fixed for the inaugura
tion of the new President; but as the next 4th of
March comes on Sunday, the inauguration will not
take place till Monday, the fith. In 1821, on the
election of Mr. Monroe to his second term, the 4th
of March came on Sunday,, and the oath of office
was administered on Monday, the fith.
Washington Gossip.
The correspondent of the Nan York Herald gives
the following official interchange of compliments
between Messrs. Walker and Buchanan, on cer
tain results of the lute election. We trust the Sec
retary of the Treasury may not have laid himself
open to the promised retort of the head of the State
Department—though whatever the result in Miss
issippi, the joke is too good to be lost.
i he Secretary of the Treasury to
of State
“Mr. Walker's compliments to- Mr. Buchanan,
and begs to congratulate him upon the Presidential
vote just cast by Pennsylvania
“ Pennsylvania Avenue, r, p. M."
The Secretary of State to the Secretary of the
“Mr. Buchanan's compliments to Mr. Walker,
and regrets that as yet he is unable to reciprocate
the congratulations of his brother Secretary, but
the moment the returns corne in from Mississippi,
lie will he enabled and most happy to do so.
“F street, hall-past five o'clock. '
A Deserved Compliment.
I he New York Herald , in an able article on the
.reorganization of the public departments at Wash
ington, pays a high tribute to the administration of
the State department under James Buchanan, and
adds: “ For wisdom, manliness, and dignity, the
official papers which have issued from Mr. Buch
anan's pen have never been excelled by those of
any of his predecessors; while, for ornate diction,
and terseness, and vigor of style, we doubt if they
have been equalled.'’
F. S. Senator.
William Meredith, Esq., the eminent Philadel
phia lawyer, is urged for the U. S. Senate by a cor
respondent of the Carlisle Herald. Mr. Meredith
would unquestionably make an able and dignified
Senator, and if he proves as successful in overcom
ing the.forces of Mr. Stevenses he did in his en
counter with that gentleman in the Reform Conven
tion, he will scarcely Jail of success.
A Veteran Democrat,
J lie \irginia Valley Star's ays: “Of the number
of those who voted for Cass and Butler on Tuesday
last, we are greatly gratified to find the name of
that excellent old revolutionary soldier and patriot,
John Hughes. The old gentleman is now IOT
years of age, is in the full enjoyment of all his in
tellectual faculties, and has ever been a true and
faithful republican of the Jeffersonian stamp. It
was most gratifying to see such a man at the polls,
and to have him declare his preference for our dis
tinguished nominees; thus setting an example that
young men should by all means imitate.- We trust
that the glorious old patriot may live yet many
years!
field to cast his vote, was brought to the polls by
our excellent democratic fliend. John Layman, in
his hack, drawn by four handsome dim horses, and
escorted by some thirty of the glorious democracy
of the Fairfield preciut."
Lancaster Bank.
1 he following gentlemen were yesterday elected
Directors of this Bank for the ensuing year:
David Longenecker, John Mussulman.
Benjamin Eshleman, A. Bates Grubb,
Hathorn Freeland, Henry G. Long’
Mark Connell, Ferree Briuton,
John F. Shroder, Samuel Fry, miller
Dr. John Miller, Henry A Roland,
Maris Hoopes.
Columbia Bank & Bridge Comp.
At an election held on the 7th instant, the tot
lowing gentlemen were elected Directors of the
above Institution for the ensuing year
David Rinehart, George Wike
Jacob Livergood, Dr. .1 J. Given
Thomas White, . Abraham Brunner
William Mathiof, Joseph Detwiler,
John F. Houston, Dr. J. S. Clarkson',
John Lowry, William A. Spangler.
David Rinehart, Esq. was unanimously re
elected President of the Institution.
[D*The following is an answer that would not do
in the present times, when Generals are so popular
and Statesmen stand in the second rank. The ora
cle would have been forced to give some oilier re
siionse to a question as to the reason of the supre
macy of heroes.
The oracle of Apollo, at Dt-Iphos, being asked
why Jupiter should he the chief of the Gods, since
Mars was the best soldier, made this reply—“ Mars
is valiant , but Jupiter is wise." 1
In Advance of ah CoTEMeoRAniE.s.—II there
is doubt in respect to the man that first nominated
Gen. Taylor for his first term, a Norfolk editor is
determined that there shall he none in regard to
his second, and lie has accordingly nominated him
for re-election in 1852. The man doubtless,expects
an office, and does not wish to be disturbed in it
for eight years at least.
Leoiseative Sneezing.— The Savannah Repub
lican of the Bth Inst., perpetrates the following joke.
“It will he seen by reference to oiir telegraphic
head that Mr. Calhoun took snuff yesterday, about
two o clock P. M., whereupon 121) members of the
Soutli Carolina Legislature sneezed." r ■
The Power op the Boxes.—’ ■‘What boxes gov
ern the world !” asked a New York paper. It an
swers thus—“the cartridge box, the ballot box, the
jury box, and the band box.”
Royal Goats.— ln Windsor Park there are now
between 200 and 300 heautifu| milk white goats,
all descended from a pair presented to the Queen
in 1543, by the Shah of Persia.
Florida Senator.— The Pensacola Democrat ,
says: “ It is understood that George T. Ward, Esq.’
is to be elected by the wltigs to the United States’
Senate, from that State.”
Vert Good.— The Boston Post says: “The last
Democratic vote in Boston is a very good one to
gain upon .”
Another Execution in this State. James
Cadden is to be hung on the 2d of March next, at
Wilkesbarre, for murder.
Grand Discovery.— A French chemist has dis
covered a method for converting horse chsnuts into
food for the suffering poor; Will his ingenuity
next devise a plan by which they may obtain the
horsftscheinuts ?
Campaign CuriositlW.
As the Examiner is employed in hunting up elec
tion reminiscences, suppose lit add the following:
A Democratic meeting was advertised to be held
at the house of Jacob lUrtbasit, in Penn towiP
ship, on the evening ot Monday,' November 6. M&
Hartranit, although a Whig, had consented that
the Democrats should meet at his tavern. ;- ; Buf, }o
their infinite surprise, the day before the-appointed
■time, one of the committee received the following
beautiful epistle. '
; Nov. 3nd, 1848.
.j ■ 11: . 1 have Yisterday promised you (but uncon
stdered) for You to have a Casa meeting here on
Monday Evening—but have considered it since for
me best not to have it here concearning circums
tances. So I thought it my duty to Let you Know
in time. Yours, &c.,
JACOB HARTRANFT.
The Democrats' were accordingly compelled, at
the appointed time, to meet on the jmbln highway.
in front of the amiable Mr. Hartrauft's “tavern.'’
which they did in the evening to the number ol
several hundred. Here we have a fair specimen
ol the spirit of Lancaster county Federalism I
A Scene In Court.
It was announced in a despatch from Pittsburg,
which came through the telegraph, that Judge
Braekenridge and his son had been fined for con
tempt of Court, 'file Pittsburg Despot,li relates
the following scene as the cause of it:
lwo women were sometime since prosecuted
lor a conspiracy to sedute a young girl named Par
sons; it seems that the Grand Jury, upon the evi
dence of the girl, inserted the name of Morgan
Braekenridge in the bill of indictment, which was
lounu “a true bill.’ 1
Mr. Braekenridge y&terday appeared in Court,
and Ins father (Hon. H. M. Braekenridge,) asked
the Court to enter a nolle prosequi in the case, alleg
ingthat the object had been to extort money from
Ins son, fo_ compromise the case. The Court de
dined taking .action upon the motion, unless made
by the attorney, and that officer refused to a«'ree to
the course suggested by Judge B.
After some pretty harsh remarks between Judge
B. and his honor Judge Patton, the former bevom
ing every moment more excited, exclaimed:—
•Would to God. Sir. you knew your duty as I know
my light! Judge Patton stated that if such lar
guage was persisted in, he would be compelled to
commit him, for contempt of court, wljereupon the
son sprang to Ins feet, and dared Judge Patton to
Jo so, using very insulting language to the court.
Judge Patton informed the offenders that he would
take no action upon their conduct until next morn
ing—and adjourned the court.
STRAYS.—For the satisfaction of our country
friends we give below the substance of the different
ads of-Assembly relative to the course to be pur
sued with strays ol various kinds :
It is necessary, after taking up a stray, to give,
notice to the Town Clerk within four days, under a
penalty of five dollars. If the owny appear, and’
the parties cannot agree about the charge for keep
ing the stray, the matter must be referred to a Jus
tice, of the Peace. But if the owner do not appear
within tho ten days from the time of taking up, and
six days from the time of giving notice to the Town
Clerk, the same must be advertised in at least one
paper in the county. Written advertisements will
not answer, when there is a paper printed in the
county. After the stray isadvertised, if the owner
do not appeartvitkin 60 days, applicition must be
made to a Justice ot the Peace who will issue a
warrant to the Constable to sell said stray.
A neglect to give the notice we have mentioned,
will prevent the person who takes up the stray from
recovering anything for the same. The law ex
pressly says, that if notice is not given, the stray
or strays “ shall be delivered up to the owner there
of without any recompense.- fee or reward whatso
ever.”
We consider the law an important one, and pub
lish the above in order that our country friends may
know what to do, and thereby keep themselves out
of difficulty.
Wilmots District.— The official returns of the
Presidential election in Wilmots district, as com
pared with those of the Governor's election, may
prove intensting:
Presidential Election. Vov's. Election
n i, , Ca “ V. B. . Joh’n. Long.
Mlsqueh’a, 1853 2563 301 IM7 24,6
6475 5796 3083 6057 824
Ages ok the Presides
been the ages of the Presic
at the time of their eleetia
Ages.
‘>'-l V ? Sh i ngton ’ 57 7 - Jackson,
->. John Adams, 61 8. Van Burn,,,
3. Jefteraon, 57 9. Harnson,
4. Madison, 57 10 T „ |er
“? nr ° e ' A , 57 11. Polk,’
b. John Q. Adams, 67 12. Taylor,
Tlie average of the above iges is about 57} yrs ,
and it is a furious circumstance that live of our
twelve Presidents have been of the age of 57 at the
time ol their election. Harrison was the oldest
ol the Presidents and Polk the youngest, when
elected.
Successful Stumping.
I he Boston Post is amusing itself in suramin* up
the results of Mr. Webster's efforts in favor of Hen
1 aylor in Massachusetts. We copy the Post s par
agraph, which Air. Webster himself can scarcely
read without a smile :
Daniel W ebster s po ittcal pilgrimage is attended
Ith queer results. He started at Marshfield and
the Free boilers have a clean majority. He next
spoke at Abmgton with the same success' He
went to Lynn and the Free boilers have the highest
vote there, to Fitchburg, where some 4 UOO accord
ing to the whigs, assemble,! to hear him, and the
Free boilers have 405 votes to 400 for all others"
And lie wound up at Worcester, and here his party
is a perfect wreck !!! The Free boilers have 257
muionty over all others 111! This is doing a great
l,s,ness - wouldn't
kl J h r n S d ° "’ eM to <*sag« the goddike to
keep his fire blazing?
A Painful Case. Mr. J. W. L. Childers, the
Mayor of Mobile, has recently resigned his office
In his letter to the Council, he says:
;! Thc mela 'icholy fact, that lam the victim of
a disease utterly incurable is impressed upon my
mind with each succeeding hour of my life No
pen can describe my.physical sufferings, nor any
generous friend estimate mv mental anguish Feel
ing myself to be incapacitated to discharge the one
rous duties of the office of .Mayor, by reason bl my
affliction, I respectfully tender you my
Hie Boston Traveller published a brief history of
Mr. Childers' career; from which it appears that he
was an eloquent advocate of the temperance cause
among the reformed members, but from the tenor
of his letter, it is feared a relapse has happened.
Alabama U. S. Sexatoii— The death of Horn
Dixon H. Lewis makes it necessary for the Gov.
of Alabama to appoint a successor to him in ihe
U. ,S. Senate, until thc next meeting of the Legisla
ture, which will not be until December, 1850.
Mns. Partixotox s Last.—“ls the steamer sig
nified, sir?” asked Mrs. Partington at the telegraph
station. “ Yes’m," replied the clerk, who was bus
ily engaged turning over the leaves of his day-book.
" Can you tell me,” continued she, “if the Queen's
encroachment has taken place?” “ Some says she's
encroaching all the time,” said the clerk, looking
pleasantly at the old lady, and evidently pleased
with his own smartness.
“That isn't possible,” responded the venerable
dame; “but,” said she to herself, “how could he
be expected to know about such tilings ?”
Death or ax Lccehtric Character— Died
this morning, th.s city, Wtn. G. Baylies, aged
"d years, leaving a fortune estimated at *2OO,UIJO
b or six months past the deceased has confined him
self entirely to his room, refusing to see any one
even his own brother—but the lady at whose house
he boarded. He has not during the whole time
washed or shaved ; has changed his linen only
when he c ouW „„ l onger keep jton him and
patched his clothes until little or nothing of the
original cloth could be seen. He has, so far as is
known, taken nothing of late but strong coflee
without milk. He refused to the last to take anv
medicine or to eee a physician— Bottom Traveller 3
'From the Pennsylvanian.
A Cabinet for Taylor already!
The New York Mirror, of Holiday—an original
Tateob newspaper—announces the following,cabi
ns ite own choice;
E V EN ’ Kentock y ! Secretary of Slats;
ZWotMvne,Secretary of Treasury; KING,
of Georgia,'Secretary of Navy ; BELL, ofTennes
'n'Vrft r 7 tF , ar; °RANGER, „f New York,
A? Mait n Gen 7 al ’• CH °ATE, of Massachusetts
Attorney General ..
According to the plans entertained hereabouts,
this will not do, Mr. Mirror.
First, where is. Mr. Clayton Mo be: putt Did he
not alter the name of his plare, apdicall it Buena
Vista) as soon as he saw that honest Zachary was
likely to be a strong man f Did he not desert his
old friend Clay, to worship at the shrine of the ,-i
-sing sun? Are all these services to go thus coldly
unrequited?
Second, if Delavvare gets nothing, which would
he a sad fate to theexpectant “Gladiators ' and “Cala
vars f of the North American, is Pennsylvania to be
contemptuously .treated by not having a single re
presentative in the Cabinet ? Is Mr. Ingersoll to be
passed over—one of the first of all the Taylor
men? Is our John Sergeant, foremost, if not tallest,
in the ranks of original Taylorism—is he to be
slighted? We trust, sincerely, Mr. Mirny, that
this is not the latest despatch from New Orleans :
for if so, there will, in all probability, he a difficulty.
But, thirdly—is there to be no Democrat in Gen.
1 aylor s Cabinet ? Ihe North American and other
Taylor papers, have announced that they “owe
much to those patriotic men among our former
opponents who buried their past differences,'' and
voted for Taylor. Are Ihese -‘patriotic men" to In
put off thus ungraciously ? Are you very sure.
Mr. Mirror, that Zachary will notask into his coun
cils, Jefferson Davis, James L. Belser, 1. E. Holmes,
or same other Southern Democrat? Do you sup
(lose that the General cannot see that he got in by
Democratic votes, thrown for him South as well as
North, and that these votes were attracted to his
foitimes, as well because he fought in a just war.
as because he repeatedly and unequivocally promi
sed that he would neither be an “ultra Whig,", - a
party President," or “the exponent of party dor
trines?"
The truth is, this Cabinet won t do, Mr. Mirror
It don’t give a fair chance to all the-divisions of the
Taylor party. Besides, it is a compound of the
veriest old Whig leaders in the land—hardly one of
which, Crittenden and Bell excepted, has been prom
inent in the support of Taylor. It is badly joined—
badly proportioned—ricketty with age, and odorous
of antiquated Whiggery. Call in your journeymen
and build a better one forthwith, or give up the
business.
The “ Western Reserve” in Ohio,
We find the following political curiosity pub
lished as the vote of the Western Reserve counties
in Ohio, seven in number:
Geauga,
Cuyahoga,
Trumbull,
Ashtabula,
Lake,
Medina,
Mahoning,
over Casa, 9,523,
These are among the strongest whig counties in
the State hnd in 1844 gave to Mr. Clay over 7(iuu
majority. By reason of the Free Soil diversion in
favor ol Mr. Van Buren, they now give to General
Cass, as compared with Taylor's vote, 2duu ma
jority.
From the Baltimore Daily Republican .
Pennsylvania Decides the Oues
tion.
Sufficient returns are now in, if telegraphic des
patches are to be relied on, to show that General
Taylor has been chosen by the casting vote ol
Pennsylvania. So humiliating a result to the
Democracy of the Keystone State, we least expect
cu to see realized, and the mortification to' her true
sous must be bitter, indeed. But we will not con
demn her, remembering the good she has done, and
foreseeing the good she will yet do. There she
stands—an err ing sister, to be sure, but one whose
“very error leans to virtue's side;” for it was in
a generous feeling of gratitude to a brave soldier.,
who had victoriously fought the battles of the
country, that she has wavered from her propriety
From Maryland we only Imped— on Pennsylvania
we calculated, relied. We are disappointed, and
she ,s humiliated. Still we have an abiding conli
deuce ,11 heyrtitl,; we are sure she is Democratic
h, the core, anti our faith is founded upon a rock,
that she will at the very next trial come out “re
deemed, regenerated, and disenthralled.'
'ce. —The following have
dents ol the United Stares
in to the executive chair
Ages.
61
54
67
50
49
64
By the new constitution, under which the first
Legislature was elected last year, the Senate con
srsts of :ij members, all chosen the same year
The members of Assembly are chosen iy sj„g, e
districts, for one year
Whig majority on joint ballot, 74
The Senators all holding over this' year, that
body of course remains the same; and the r,egls
lature elect, of which a list is given below, in °l,e
new division of parties, will stand as follows:
Whig. Hunker. Free Soil!
Senate, • 24 -a i
Assembly, lOh r, j ,
Whig majority on joint ballot, 1U I
They hode him »y a Rail.— About 61 of the
sovereign people ol Green Bay, recently arrested a
chap who was “sleeping very somK iy an ,| after . aJ _
ministering a coat of tar rode him on a rail out of
the town for marrying a second wi r e when his wife
had only been d ead five .lays. Thus, says the Jle
publican. is it given to be understood tliat the niora/s
of the place must not he vUatal with impunity !
[D~ The less a man sleeps the more he lives.
Napoleon consumed four hours in sleep. General
Cass rises at dawn, and it is said that Jons Van
Buhen rises at four o'clock. Ghat-tan one day
came to his son and pushing until he wakened
“Come said he, get up, recollect it is the early bird
that catches the worm." “ Serves the worm right,"
said the witty slumberer, “for being abroad =jo
early.' - ’
Choosing a Judge in Kentucky— Said the
oldest inhabitant and most influential citizen of
the Green Brier legion to the first Governor of
Kentucky, “Won’t you appoint Joe Streaks? the
neighbors alLwant him to git it—they know what
he can do— there is’nt such another that in the whole
Judge Streaks’ commission was forth-
country,
with made out.
ED* The Asiatic Cholera proves by dissection
the Medical Examiner says, to be the inflammation
and ulceration of the various membrane of the
bowels. The contents of the stomaclvand intestines
ferment and petrify, and swelling of the
abdomen quickly follow, and the patient sinks. Dr
Maxwell, of Calcutta, says he cured himself by
copious draughts of effervescent soda powders in
cold water; that he afterwards saved many a lift,
by the same treatment. He says that no remedy
will avail except relieving the bowels of the fer
menting contents, and if this be not done gently, it
will be fatal.
ID* Baron Gerault, who has resided as Minister
of Prussia for several years in this country, is about
to return home, being succeeded by Baron Boenne
Taylor. Cass. Van Buren
SJ2 922 1374
1777 2471 2.797
1360 1948 2075
1095 804 2096
• 784 714 9308 .
1146 1847 1177
716 1444 1046
Total, 7,750 1 10,150 19,673
Van Buren’s majority over Taylor, 11,923; do.
legislature of IVcw York.
The Legislature elerted lasi yea. stood as fol
Senate,
Assembly
I*E\i\SYI.VANIA.--
COUNTIES
Allegheny 10112
Adams 2576
Armstrong 2030
Berks 50S o
Beaver , 0 6 5 ; -,
Bucks 5140
Bedford 2836
Blair 2496
Butler 2505
Bradford 3272
Cambria 1*233!
Carbon 889
Chester ;7949
Centre 1806
Cumberland 3347!
Columbia 2263*
Crawford 220 b!
Clarion 1372 1
Clinton 911
Clearfield 7<Jl
Dauphin . 3704
Manure ' 2194
!^ r ‘° 3418
layette 3045
1 rankliu 4 006 :
lireene
Huntingdon
Jefferson
Lebanon
Lancaster
Lycoming
Montgomery
Northampton
Northumberland
Philadelphia eitv
Pike
letter
Schuylkill
Somerset
Sullivan
.Smji|uehanmi
Venango
Westmoreland
Washington
Warren
Wayne
Wyoming
York
168,130 .183,008
(ireen, Elk, Forest, M'Kea'n. Sullivan
eluded.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
Tlie Result and tlie Telegraph
On Tuesday, 7ih instant, three million of Klee
tors, residing in thirty independent States] cast their
ballots for President and Vice President Of the Re
public. On Saturday, by means of tliti recently
discovered and marvellous magnetic power of in
tercommunication, the result is known to citizens
residing alike in the centre and in the extremes ol
the Union!
Yes, in four ihijs after the election, Gen. Taylor
and Mr. Fillmore knew that they, by the free will
of their countrymen, were the President and Vice
President elect of this great confederacy. And in
like manner Gen. Gass and Gen. Butler, knew that
they were defeated. Brief indeed was the agony
ol suspense to the victors and the vanquished!
- How rapidly lufve the modes of travel and the
means of transmitting intelligence improved and
multiplied! More has been achieved, in this re
pect, m twenty years, than was accomplished be
fore from the beginning of the Creation! Indeed,
so far as progress was concerned, the World stood
still fur mure than live, thousand years! For until
the present Century had advanced toils seventh
year, no new propelling agent had been discovered
W.' were somewhat connected with the rhoire
of Presidential Electors ill ISg-I, when it required
no ordinary degree of diligence and enterprise, from
the day the electors were chosen, to communicate
the hint to them in time to cable them to reach
Albany on the ltd ol December, the day designated
lor the Klectora! College to meet.
And we remember that on that occasion throe
were reasons why it was deemed important to
know, before our Electors met, to, which the State
of Louisiana had voted. And although more than
a month transpired between the day of the Election
m Lousiana and the meeting of our College, the in
lormation only reached us a lew hours before the
Electoral vote of this Slate war, cast. Now, a wire
touched at New Orleans Hashes the intelligence to
Albany!
V’nmtM-tA (ioLli. The Hirhmoiid Enquirer says
that recent and extensive discoveries of deposits
of gold have been made i„ Louisa county. , Ir aays '
f A bile discovery on the hind of Mr. Box-ley
conducted by-Messrs. Rawlins & F,shef. is said m
S °'e h , AmPri '' a - Place
L , A, M 00 P er s- about two miles .South
V es, otthe North branch ol the Pan, unkey rive,
Ml. Rawlins the lucky tinder, washed in a small
pan a lew hours (not exceeding seven,; between
hree and lour hundred pennyweights, (IM cents to
• ‘VI’* 1 ’* has discovered a very rich
mnn-a, I inders, with the prospect of an extensive
opposite or vein.
W Ki‘ hi f Alr ' 1 ' B ' Harns ’ "'fought by <;
~ r tsher, continues to yield tichly, and a few
bands are collecting Irom *lOO to *175 per day
A few days si nee we saw a large bar of golif weigh
uig about .Itjijdwt, from the White Walnut Mine,
saiu to bp exceedingly rich/'
The Patent CWe Kobhehx.— We understand
that no persons have yet been arrested on suspicion
OthVe rPet |, aI ‘" S th " g Z at , robber >' a > the Patent
utfne It appears that the diamond snuffbox in
the attempt to dethch it from the wire fastenings
|lthe case was wrenched and broken asundfr
tFoorteen of the diamonds were found in the case
! h,eves bl the b "rry of their departure
left behind them.—JVut. Ludligmeer '
Gnonious Vrc-ronx I—We have beaten the Va„
Burenites by a majority consisting of all the electu
ral votes cast for Gen. Cass—more or |e ss . V Ve
thought wg could squeeze- a hurra out of the elec
tion somewhere. —Boston Post.
Washington Goss,e.-A Washington lettersays
that Mrs. Polk has gone North, to buy furniture , 0 ,
her new mansion in Tennessee.
1 hat s the Way- Sixty-six or thh Whig repre
sentatives in the present Legislature of Massachu
setts represent towns which have given majorities
against Zachary Taylor.
ID* The ‘-FatEsns " of the Congregational order
in Ohio and Indiana, have published an address
to the citizens of those States, urging tl iem to
peal all laws making distinctions between persons
on account of color, .as injurious to both white and
black.
ID* Vice President Fißtriore arrived in N York
cty on Tuesday evening. His political and other
fr.ends waited upon him in a body and were ror
dially received.
Sutc.iiEOE a SxAKE.-Thegreat Boa Constrictor
at Barnum s Museum, New York, died of voluntary
starvation on Saturday last. He had taken no food
lot several weeks. He. is said to, have cost the
proprietor SiGUIJ.
Van Be hen in Rhone Island.— The Provide,,,,
Journal justly remarks, ‘ the Van Bureii party ol
this Stale have held more meetings, have circulated
more documents, have spent more money and told
more falsehoods, Ilian both the other«parties put
together. The result comports much more with
their deserts than with their exertions.^
GKN. ScoTT._The Washington correspondent ot
the Baltimore Patriot says, mutual explanation,
have been made between the conqueror of Mexico
and the Administration, and Gen. Scott will assume
m« old quarters and position.
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