From the Dctffif FreePre'ofov. l||| Michigan ant l to afford every facility and encouragement 'for the fintheraifce' of Said object, so as to have our '•mty.fotnishea with Gas Light as early, as practice ole. Unanimously.adopted; On fnotionof Dr. Ell Parry, the Secretary was ordered to Request the publication of the proceed ings of.ithls meeting in the several newspapers 0/ the city; l ; .-.U V.-:. ••.. ... j. .REIGART, Secry. • IP* We understand thatall the stock for the new railroad from Columbia* to Middletown has been - 'taken, 1 and- that the’ whole - • tdad, f will ' 'soon he put , ..iunder contractior construction.' A meeting qf the ; parties-interested is to be held this week, when it will be determined • who is to Have jt constructed • Ine'general impression is that it will fail into the • hundsoftheHarasfeurgCompany.— Union, Nov. 21 . Fbm Sou, Vote.— The Free Soil party of New Orleans polled me whole vole yesterday in the First Ward, Second Municipality. The vote was Tor “Martim Van -Buren and- Chailes Francis Adams We congratulate the. Free Soilers upon (he promi^ ing. prospects of that partyin this State, ft 0 Delta. > .J&‘ m £RseDlTofe. # %. wJ u.t Lancaster, IsbrcpdStHr 1848. tached, situate near .the Sorrel Hjorse in Earl township, late the property of Geo. Duchman) deceased, is to be sold on Thursday,'December 14. It offers rare inducements to .persons .desirous of. entering, into business/ [j. ' ; dT’REiTZET/s well-known tavern-stand, occupied By’ErnanueTVan Kan an, will be sold on the prem isesTbrfSaturdhy; December 23—also thehbuse and lot in the occupancy of the .Editor mf thispaper r See advertisements. ' lE7*Fdrthe reporteffprdceedihgs of the;late an niversary meeting of the Lancaster County Bible Society, held on the evening of Thanksgiving Day* in the Lutheran church of this city, we are indebted to the kindness of the editor of the Saturday Ex press. The meeting was numerously attended, and much interest was manifested in the proceed' Ominous. —The North American is busily enga ged at present in proving that General Zachary Taylor is — a Whig! Our opponent are in a bad way, to be sure, when .this most essential fact has to be substantiated by elaborate 'argument. [D“ FnANK Granger, of New York, who gained so much notoriety by his wholesale removal of Postmasters under Gen. Harrison's administration, lias declined, in advance, to accept of a in Gen. Taylor's cabinet. Pray, who offered him one? Taylor Jubilee. We learn from an extensive programme, publish ed in the whig journals, that the election of Taylor and Fillmore is to he celebrated-in grand style in this city, on next Thursday. The festivities are to be various and imposing. One hundred guns are to be fired during the day—and as the reports cause our windows to rattle, it will be some consolation to us, to know, that our friends did not have to spend their money in the purchase of powder, Morton McMichael, Esq., of Philadelphia, is to bring up a banner, which is to be received by John L. Thomp son, Esq., and the presentation will, of any amount ol compliment. We have not learned what are to be the inscriptions, but presume among them will be the following; ‘‘ln no case can I per mit myself to be the candidate .pf a 'party,— Z. 1 aylor. The evening is to be signalized by a dis play ol fire-works—and whatever money remains over, is to be distributed among the poor. ll the 11.3?*0 persons, old,and young, who in this county voted for Taylor, all come to the city, the attendance will doubtless be very large. We like the remark of a common-sense old; gentleman, al ways a decided whig, who voted for Taylor, and who. being solicited for a contribution, declined, saying; ‘T prefer to postpone my rejoicings until 1 shall be satisfied that Gen. Taylor belongs to OUR party! This was sound ahd sensible, and we re spectfully suggest the postponement of the entire business, until this fact shall be definitively settled. Speaker of tbe House. •We concur in -the opinion" advanced by several Democratic journals, that William F. Packer, Esq. should be adopted, by common - consent, as the Democratic candidate for the office of Speaker , of the next -House of Representatives': Gen. Packer was the presiding officer of the last House, and dis charged this delicate and responsible trust to the satisfaction of the entire body. On a review of the nafnes, we can discover no one, of either party, who would be at all comparable to him as a presiding officer. Parties in the House of Representatives, it is. known, are a tie—so to 50—and there may be difficulty in choosing the Speaker. We have rea son to believe, however, that if the Democratic members are all punctual in their attendance, Gen. Packer will be re-elected. . Before ash After.— The Native party put Gen. TayJor. in uomiuation. The Native votegave him Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. .gave, him the Presidency. That's the way .the .house of Zack was built. The Sun complains now that.the Whigs ih- Jo do without .the Natives in the rejoicings to hjjlow .the great victory. It is.aver.thus • the poor wise man.saved tlie city,-a«4-w-ks*H-Hvas saved every body forgot the poor wise man. A dozen thousand Natives are lost among a million of Whigs. They must either mingle and amalgamate or they-will be crushed. We don't see how they, ur.e to expect relief from Taylor after his anti-Native letter pub lished since the election. Tlie "Uttie school-boy cry' ol ‘* Master, the Big ones are a sermiging of me.'' i- s more likely to’be rebuked'than redressed. We' condole with the Natives—we do. Death of-Capt. R. H. Morton. . Capt. Morton, after, a long and painful illness, died in Harrisburg, on Monday/the 'Both inst. He was a well-known, highly esteemed and respectable citizen. He was twice the candidate ot the Native American party for Canal Commissioner. A Political Quandary. Bradford ami .Schuylkill counties, formerly both largely Democratic, gave General Taylor 2082 majority! Mr. Wit mot, like Mr. Dallas,Went lor the Tariff of ‘lO, and his county sustains him, and even excels Schuylkill in her majority for Taylor. Schuylkill wants the tariff of IS-J2—Bradford the tariff ol IS-10, —and both counties have contributed liberally to the election of Gen. Taylor. Now how will the new President meet the views of these two counties, on the .Tariff question? Why with perfect ease ami grace to himself, as he is uncom mitted, and will exercise his own free will. A Delicate Hint.— The Secretary of the Navy recently received a letter, in a lady’s hand-writing, which enclpsed the amiouncement, cut from a-new-s -paper, of the. marriage of a.young officer in the Navy, and a reference to the twenty-fourth chapter of Deuteronomy, and the first verse, which -is as follows : “When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: hut he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken." - Very delicately done. It is doubtful if the Sec retary can get oyer Scripture. FinsT Fruits of the Election of Taylor. We refer our readers'to the card ol Mr. Hamilton Stewart, manufacturer of colored cotton goods in another column. Mr. Stewart informs us that, lie made his arrangements to-yu it business, in the event of Cass’ election, but with the encouraging prospect before him of the restoration of a protect” ive tariff, he shall continue on. —Pittsburg Gazette. The first act of Mr.. Hamilton Stewart, under “ the encouraging prospect,” will, of course, be to reduce the wages of his laborers to “ a par with those ot the pauper laborers of Europe!” as the Massachusetts and New Hampshire mills are doin" Callino the Roil.— The editor of the Nash ville Union, who appears to be a sufferer in more senses, than one under the recent defeat of. the de mocracy of Tennessee-aml the-Union—thus pleas.' antly “confesses the corn - “All persons who have won hats and boots of us on this election will please call at Robertson's to morfOWjdjetwceh the'hours’6T'9 'and' 12,' and get them. ■ They arc requested to form on the equare and march up-tp angle file, to prevent blocking up the street. Our friend from Robertson county who ! won both hatk-artdbtrots of us on this 'ftat&Ts re quested to act- as chief marshal"' - 1 '. r- \ ITT-Gen. Tayloh, we believe, is the first Major General, in actual commission, Who has been “di s . missed” from the service—by.the people. In, this instance, a term of .ordinary reproach, becomes a high compliment.' • - ■- -- - ■ * x i I _ fjg \iiesigiisioiiJijr Btpvm||ji. J| w. G&jiB® W. I»p.MAsSie alf| and j||rl&| iM&dJardgfaiHm resumed th?|ffici oBMWsS. Geperafc to waSappoijtfed \sf Governor Siiois. . We subjoin hisrjetter bf resig nation, which is both spicy :and sarcastic, but for which there was abundant provocation ini the ua ;nerited abuse' heaped on .him by Wiixtam F- Jon^srON-and other Federal Sehaters, because i 5 one of his official -reports he had the temerity to vindicate the justice of the Mexican war. 3n firn. Bp w»an the-fjtate loke# die ol the ablest I and most efficient officers, who has ever been in any way connected wttb-the\pnblic service. HolcP ing the post of Adjutant General during .a period, when the republic was engaged in a sanguinary foreign war,/his duties were necessarily much aug mented. We'have heard it said, indeed, and do not at all question the accuracy of the statement, that’ Gen. Bowman has-performed more actual labor in his office than was performed, perhaps\by his united predecessors, during a previous period of twenty years. .Notwithstanding the trifling com pensation allowed by law, these duties were difr charged with an alacrity and efficiency, which won' the applause of all who had occasion to observe ,them. ; However dear to partizan violence may be the sacrifice of such a public servant, the* public cannot fail most deeply to regret the loss of his services. May the State never have a worse officer in its employ than Geouge W. Bowman! She has never had a better. . Bedford, Nov. 18, 1848, Sir: It is now upwards of four months since the death of Governor Shunk placed the Executive powe* of the Commonwealth in your hands. It is about three months since you had it in your power to supersede me as Adjutant General of the" Militia, by aj pointing .'another person to take charge of the office If you had believed the one-hundreth part of what you said about me in the Senate last winter, you ( light to have removed me the first moment you (ould-do so without violating the law. I take your forbearance as a retraction of your charges, and i .ccept.it as-an apology. . I entertain thesame sentiments expressed in my repo: tof last year to Gov. Shunk. Those senti 'meins were heartily approved by that pure and il ; lustrous patriot, hut gave.you mortal offence. I -still believe that the late war with Mexico was just, necessary and honorable to the country’, and that those who pleaded : the‘cause of Mexico, for part zan purposes, furnished ;i aid and comfort'’ to the public enemy. This (judging from your spee :hes in the Senate) rendered me unfit, in your opinjon, to be Gov. SHunks Adjutant General. Thep why have you continued me as yours ? I presjime because you have seen your error, and are at last willing to make reparation. I Hind, however, that it begins to be believed that the official connection between us is kept up, not merely by your will, but at my request—that you are desirous to retain me as one of your confiden tial officers, and that I am willing to be retained. Idiope you will immediately relieve me, from this unpleasant suspicion, by accepting my resignation, and taking the office off’my hands. . I will, of course, take the same care as hereto fore of the public property under my charge until a successor is appointed. Please to consider this as my resignation. I take this occasion (the first that has presented itself since the retraction, of your charges against me) to assure you of the “distinguished considera tion’.' with which 1 am your most obedient servant, GEO. W. BOWMAN, His Excellency, Wjj. F. Johnston, . Governor ol Pennsylvania. Trouble. in the Camp. harmonious Taylor Republican Party of Phil adelphia, seem-to have gotten themselves into a snai l already, as will be seen by the following extract from an article of a column's length, in die Native Sun, of Monday last: 44 UNITED WE STAND—DIVIDED WE FALL. We have observed with great surprise, an adver tisement signed u E. Joy Morris, President,” issued by the National Rough and Ready Club, announ cing a proposed celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Buena Vista, by a public dinner at the Chinese Museum, on the 22d of February next. Certain designated gentlemen are invited to be pre sent, and a committee is appointed to make the ne cessary arrangements. We particularly regret’tliat this measure has been adopted, inasmuch as it is calculated to do more injury to the Taylor cause, than any scheme that its -most designing enemies could have possibly, devised. Indeed, we had not supposed, that this Rough and Ready organization was a mere Whig club, representing only a partic ularof the great--Whig party; but believed that it. was made up. of the .friends of Gen. Taylor from sill parties, and composed of Independent Democrats,'Native Americans and patriotic Whi®s and representing all portions of the community! ••who united-in-electing him to the Presidential chair. But we now discover our mistake, aiul find that the meeting which passed the resolutions for the pro posed celebration was Whig in its most ultra party form. If not so—why were all the officers presi ding -on the oecasionWhigs—why is-every member 1 of the committee appointed to make arrangements Whig— and why are all the gentlemen .invited to be present, Whigs? Do these men imagine that Gen. Taylor, in defiance of his proud position as the President of the'People, now that be is elected by the good and patriotic ol all parties to a position second to none upon the face of earth, will be •graTilied with'this jftiempt to appropriate him to such miserable party purposes' We are sure that he will not, and that the real friends of the Taylor movement, will much regret that the effort lias been made. Proud !Vew HHaini»shiie: The Dover (N. H.) Gaz.ette has just reasons for indulging in the following strain, and we can truly say that “every Democratic citizen" of thispartnf the Union joins in the exultation expressed (ior gal lant Hampshire, the pride of the Democracy everywhere: “ Never had the unwavering .Democrats -of the old Granite State more reason to be proud of the result of any vote in this .State, than the late result shown in the choice of Electors of President awl Vice President. It must be truly gratifying to every'warm-hearted Democrat of the State, and will be highly gratifying to every Democratic citizen in the Union. Whatever may he the result anywhere else— whatever may be the general result in the Union, and however widely other Democratic States may have departed unfortunately for a short spaed,' from the true faith, the-hardy and honest yeomanry of New Hampshire can point with exulting pride to their own inflexible State in the late contest. Always true as. steel, she has now once more maintained her faithfulness to her principles— to the Union—and to her character. By a majority of more than six thousand she has shown that she despised and laughed to scorn all the arts ami de vices by which a heartless and unprincipled oppo sition strove to seduce her from the true path ol patriotism and duty. From the last March elec tion, the Democrats made a net. gain of over eighteen hundred, and proudly shown, that, though all others should fall away, she will remain firm and immovable as her own granite hills.” The Way It was Done. We see that Alabama goes for Cass by a small - majority-.- -Large numbers-of Democrats voied for General Taylor as a “no-party ” man, and Mr. Belser stumped the State in his favor, claiming him as the opponent" of all party” doctrines. 'At 1 a Taylor meeting, held in Montgomery, as we learn from the Flag, the following resolution was .adopted: Resolved, That we have assembled expressly for the purpose of responding-to, and co-operating with, our patriotic fellow citizens who, throughout the confederacy are presenting Gen. Taylor,' without distinction of parly or geographical localities, as the people's candidate for the next Presidency. ID* Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio; has pub lished a letter in the Cincinnati Reporter, defending his course in opposing the Whigs and going for Van Buren in tire recent campaign; and making some hits at the Hon. Truman Smith: Co.MFonT.—We extract from an exchange Whig paper, the following consolation in this our hour of trouble and defeat“ Adversity. overcome, is. the .brightest, glory, .and, willingly undergone, the great-, est virtue.. Sufferings are but the trial . of valiant spirits.” . —. Uj'General Taylor received in the State of New Vorlc 21'8,T)5l Votest Mr. Clay four years ago got. 232,482. Mr. Greeley argues that this fact contra dicts the notion of'tlfe General's "great popularity, and indicates aliythirtg'burenthuslaSm'roYThrtaan & ft: All Sorts ol' "v/Stisgs.—The Farmellt CabirietJjLya— 4sr gPPUqn should be stung w a bee Qjfother insect, rtfb. Sbntonh of turpentine jrpon the place, andllhe pain will nearly cease in dne lmontfej 5 ,0 Y Can any one tell us a remedy for the sting of defeat? 1 i?- 0U" Hon. Nathan Clifford, our Minister to Mexi co,has.Rrtived at New'Orleans in company With Mr. De La-Rosas, the new Minister from Mexico to the .United States. v : • ' ; '• ..-it' " ’• * r Secretary Walter.— tbe ; Lh<‘o»V Secretary Walker will, upon relinquishing the charge of IKe Treasury Department, resume the practice.of. the law in the U. S.r Supreme Court at Washington, and make his permanent, residence there. • . ! The Next Congress.—So far, 77 Whigs and 58 Democrats have been elected to the next Congress? being a whig gain of fourteen members. Gen. Cass.— Some of the Democratic papers of Michigan are.urging Geii. Cass’ re-election to the U. S. Senate. BJ" Capt. William H. Irwin, of Lewistown, \Mifflin county, late of the army of Mexico* is ap pointed Adjutant General. , A\Pattern for Ladies.— ln a country church yard following inscription ; “ Elizabeth, wife of Colonel Cheetham, who was married forty-seven years, and N never did one thing to disoblige her hus band.” Contraction and Expansion. —A man being upbraided for contracting a number of debts, coolly replied that he did nothing of the kind. “On the contrary,” said he, “I have invariably done every thing in my power to enlarge them.” Episcopal Missions. —Three new missionaries for Wisconsin, and one for Alabama, were a short time since commissioned by the Episcopal Board of Domestic Missions. A Caution to Bachelors. —Quite an interest ing case of breach of marriage contract was tried at Frederick (Va.) Superior, Court, last week, in which one of the young citizens was mulcted in the sum of five hundred dollars. Railroads in Ohio. —The Statesman says the State of Ohio has now, either completed or com* menced, 515 miles of railroad, which, when finished* will use over 33;000 tons of railroad iron. Quite Illustrative. —A fisherman of Beverly. (Mass.) was accosted by a famous Free Soiler there, with the inquiry; “These are-free soil fish, I sup pose ?” to which the fisherman promptly responded, Yes. I rather-guess they are, for they have turned Uvo or three tunes since I eaught them.'’ Great Queston Settled. —Dr. Hare, in the September number of Silliman’s Journal, says that saltpetre will explode when melted with sugar, as it probably was at the great New York fire. A Railroad Accident.— On Saturday morning a collision occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by which Mr. W. Pool, of Frederick, an engineer on the road, lost his life. ID* The Medical Times states that carnivorous quadrupeds always eat men in preference to women, Sparing the latter in most instances. Gen. Taylors Birthday.— The President elect was G-l years old last Friday. He was born in Orange county (Virginia) November 24, 1784. Astor’s Personal Property.— The personal property of the- late John Jacob Astor, according to a paragraph in the Globe, is ascertained to amount to the immense sum of four millions and ninety-five thousand dollars! This is exclusive of the houses, lands, &c., constituting his real estate. American Bonnets in England. —One of the greatest novelties of fadies’ apparel at the court of the English Queen the past season lias been the Neapolitan bonnet. This bonnet has great light ness—weighing two ounces—has such great elasti city as not to be deranged, has a semi-transparency of alabaster, throwing a light shade on the face, and giving the skin the appearance of great soft, ness. This bonnet is of Yankee invention. 07*A Panorama Salt River,, with its distin guished residents* is recommended by the New York Mirror to the artists, as likely to prove' an attractive exhibition. ID*A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says that Hon. Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents, is shortly to be appointee! Charge to Rome. Free Schools in Indiana.— At the late elec tion the people of Indiana voted 77,732 lo OllhOu -in favor of levying a tax lor the support of Free Schools throughout the State. Beginning Early.— They are already rnakiiq preparations at Louisville, (Ky.,) for the reeeptioi of Gen. Taylor on his road to Washington. ID” One of the most conspicuous guests at the whig dinner at New York, in honor of General Taylor's election, was the son of an English lord. - - ID* A daughter ol Gov. Bebb, of Ohio, died in Cincinnati, on Tuesday, and while he was absent for the purpose of voting. She was well when he left in the morning, and dead when he returned. Another Cabinet.— John Van Bureu Attorney General, Mr. Calhoun Secretary of State, R. 0. Winth'rop 'Secretary of the Navy, Truman Smith Post Master General, Col. Gadsden Secretary of War, Gov. Johnston, (of Pa,,) Secretary of the Treasury. ID* The Cincinnati Globe says Judge McLean did not go to the polls on election day ; tlie same paper asserts that iris sympathies were with the Free Soil party. Tnn New Yoek Bah.— Some gentleman of the bar lately made a calculation by which it appears that their aggregate nett receipts are so small as not to furnish over $250 a year to at least one-thiril of the members of the legal profession. There are over 900 attorneys in New York, and it is believed 200 of these do not earn $2OO a year. A Veteran Democrat.— The Boston Post says: Mr. Moses Stickney, of Jeffrey, N. H" aged ninety seven years, walked from his home,'2i miles, to deposit his vote for Cass and Butler.' Neutral papers please notice. a 1 JET The New York Legislature will have to pass a special law to supply the vacant Comptrollership, upon Mr. Fillmore’s resignation, as no provision now- exists to fill it, either by election or appoint ment from the Governor. ID" Coe. Greene, the editor of the Boston fast, is said to he so handsome that lie has to carry a very stout cane to keep off the ladies. Emancipation of the Jews.— ln Rome all civil disqualifications of the Jews were completely re moved on the Ist instant. Beginning Eahly.— The State Sentinel has nominated Gen. Joseph Lane, who distinguish ed himself in Mexico, and is at present Governor of Oregon, as a- candidate for the next Presidency ID* Among the passengers in the. steamship Washington Which left New York on Monday for Bremen, was. Baron Gerolt, the late Prussian Min ister. On the Saturday previous to his departure the German merchants of the city of New York presented him with a handsome silver pitcher and salver in testimony of their.sense of his services. Elopement Extraordinary.—- The Cincinnali Commercial says that-a young heiress- of' a fortune of about a million of dollars, in- the Queen City, lately eloped with her coachman. Henry Clay’s Health.— The Lexington Obser ver of Wednesday last says-.—“ Mr: Clay- is stitl quiteill; his physjcian fregknls his situation as better; though he is-Hot entirely out of danger:” C T Chloroform is recommended in England as a ciire for'cholera,'ten cases at Pechtiam Asylum having beeii reported cured by it. Congressman Deaii. —The Hon. A. D. Sims, member ot Congreskfrom the Georgetown district. S. C-, died at Kingtree, on the ifith instant. WSKlgi> H f|Tayl«p r || pnjßcall jfjfbna is^. To have Some knhwledge'dn this stibject, to answer .the question. We allude to'the Hon. JSfu.iygk-. Cost Jobssox, of Maryland. Inips speech in be half of 'Gen. Taylor, delivered in New .York; jn February last, he said: T 'J 3“ '!;■ Sj~“i myself am a-Whig, and .1 believe Gen. Taylor ,is a Whig also, BUT NOT A WHIG UPON THE OLD PLATFORM OF WHIGISM, though -I have fought for those principles till I-hap every button' whipped have< becbmfe WISE ENOUGH TO DROP THEM. When J Jirst started, I went lbr every question upon the old platfornfof Whigism.'. After speaking of all the ' old issues, he gays: ,: WE MUST GEJ RID OF THESE by taking new men, fresh men, who have : not the .ODIUM of all. these question upon thpttf, or who can boldly come out from them, and .de clare that these questions are not now- the rule.’of their conduct.” j~ir So Mr. Johnson went for Gen. Taylor in order to “get rid of the odium’ofthe old-Whig issue*, and because he believed the General was ready to' say. those questions ivouid not be “the mle of his conduct." And we may say that the people elected him for the same reasons that Mr. Johnson suf* ported him. They saw in him “a new man' I— and a “fresh man,” who had not the '“oniira of Whig measures upon him,' and who doggedly re fused, throughout the canvass, to assume that ‘‘odium.” These old Whig schemes are understood to be a National Bank, High Tariff,' Land Distribu tion, Internal Improvement, Bankrupt laws, ami giving office to noisy Whig partisans for their abuse and persecution of political opponents. All these Whig measures and schemes are understood to be discarded and cast off in the support, and election of Gen. Taylor by the Whigs and their Democratic aids, and we are to hear nothing there of them, if Mr. Wm. Cost Johnson can have his: 1 way. If he spoke the sentiments of his heart in the speech above quoted from, he is bound to use all his influence to prevent my of those “ old issues” being revived under the Taylor administration. He isbound to see that not a single plank of “the old platform of Whigism." is trod by any member of the Taylor Cabinet. He is bound to do these things by all rules of obligation, and we must wait to se6 whether he will pursue the course which honor and honesty point out to him.— Balt. Jrgns. Tbe first Victim demanded*! The Louisville Jownal is out in favor of prompt removal, by General Taylor, of General Joseph Lane, Governor of Oregon. The. assigned cause is to be found in the that General Lane defended the volunteers of his State from unjust attacks. From the General in command down to the lowest subordinate, the array boasted not a braver officer, or more devoted patriot, than General Joseph Lane. Wherever fighting was to be done, there General Lane was to be found, and so much was his daring and chivalrous conduct admired, that the army, officers and men, bestowed upon him the sobriquet of the “ Marion of the Army,” the highest praise that could be bestowed. When appointed Governor of Oregon, he prompt ly left friends, homeland all to rally to the rescue of the citizens of Oregon, in danger of slaughter by their savage enemies, and at the time this cal l for his removal was made General Lane was strug gling with the suows of the Rocky Mountains, and is now if not cut off by the savages, encountering the chill blasts of the prairies in a northern latitude, still struggling on, animated with the hope of reach ing Oregon, in time to defend it, with his single troop of mounted Riflemen, against the savage hordes, whose numbers have cut off many of the best citizens of that land. Such is the man that Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, demands shall be removed from oflice such is the victim who is the frrst marked for the Guillotine by the leaders of a party that professed to proscribe proscription. Let them do the deed— let the gallant soldier be recalled and our Indiana friends will make him Governor of a State, instead of a territoiy, and that too, by a majority that will make Whiggery tremble. —Ohio Statesman. NO MORE GOVERNMENT LOANS WANTED. In reply to an intimation in one of the papers that Uncle Sam would soon be again in the market as a borrower, the Washington Union says: The idea of Mr. Walker desiring a new loan in time of peace, and when nearly one-half tire loan of 1 S-l s is yet to be received, and especially when the net ™-' emie for duties for the first quarter of the fiscal year (as published officially) exceeds nine millions of' dollars, being at the rate of upwards of thirty six millions of dollars ayear from customsalone, would seem to be most preposterous. Even Webster, in his speech recently published, admits that Mr. Walker's estimate of the revenue’this year will be realized. There is but one event in which a loan may be anticipated. A loan in one contingency might possibly be wanted—namely, by restoring the anti-reeeaue tariff of IS 12, which, as shown by the records of the Treasury, produced six millions of dollars less per annum than the tariff of JB-fty Praisewortht.— The Cincinnati papers of the 17th instant contain the following notice, signed by 111 citizens The undersigned, believing that in the success of the Whig party of the recent Presidential’election our countiy has been greatly blessed, and being de sirous of giving such an expression of our gratitude as shall neither be unpleasant to ouropponents nor wasteful in expenditure, recommend the raising by subscription a fund of at least $OOOO, as a tliank otiering, fcir the benefit of the Poor, the coming winter. The friends of such a course are requested to meet at the hall of the Cincinnati College, at 7 o'clock, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of appointing a committee of Ladies to receive and distribute the funds. v Axother Water Celebratio?.'. —The city au thorities of Boston jiaid a visit on Thursday last to the new reservoir at Brookline. The Mayor, on arriving there, ascended to the head of the gate house, and after maxing a brief -address, in which he stated it would requires fortnight to fill the reservoir, the capacity of which is estimated at 100,000,000 gallons, he opened the flood-gates and the water of Lake Cochituate poured in, amid the cheers and acclamations of all assembled. K7*Probably the u tallesC' specimen of telegraph poles is to be seen where House’s Philadelphia line crosses the Hudson river. On the New York side a single pole Kasbeen erected, the peak of .which is considerably higher than the cross on Trinity Church steeple. It is over four hundred feet above the surface of the river. On the jersey, shore the pole is erected on the pallisades, close by Fort Lee, and its peak is about seven hundred and fifty leet above the river. The distance between the two poles is about one mile, and two sleel wires are suspended across—probably the most successful Achievement of the kind in the work!. Fraud on a Bank. —We learn from the Wayne county (Ohio) Democrat, -that Julius A. Moore, a merchant, of that place, was lodged in jail on the charge of having abstracted from the Wayne county Branch Dank the sum of $ 11,000. He acknowledged' the theft, and stated that a part of it was deposited in an out-house on his mother's premises, where $lO,OOO of it was found ' The teller of the bank had previously been unjustly suspected of having been guilty of the robbery. . lET'The Odd Fellows of Philadelphia, have 102 lodges,-containing. . .between 10,000 and 15,000 members. The number of subordinate lodges in the State of Pennsylvania at the last annual report was 29,903; and the revenue .for .the last year, $173,311 58, There-vt'as paid’during .that period, for the relief of members arid their families,'hiirying -the dead and educating the orphans, $67,042 00 a strong proof of the beneficenceyfOdd Fellows. ET Revolving boot heels are made in Baltimore. First rate articles for the Whigs, ‘when they wish to turn on their heels, and cut. old acquaintances who have labored for “the good of the party and now expect their guerdon. 5, k S'. twn-prwagßHj^ j-ibuM l2tli S|vei|i|er. * " its ’commenifal arj||ici terijf B< New quoted from the DryGhbtis. i Jleporter: arrivals fn>jn Eoropa bring us oTa still further decline i&Ttbe price of have a,corresponding effect upon itfiis ~ 8 @*» amteuable our manufacturers to purchase their raw.material at leas.pricey it « also agreed qmong 'ima»y df our to reduce fa'ruU of wages TWENTY-FIVE per cent.'' s Is this the entertainment to which the laboring masses of this country are to be invited on the veiy heels of a great Whig victory ' These people -were invoked, nay, in many cases-coerced to vute the'Whig ticket i were threatened with’ 1*53" of, employment!if-lhey did not do so, and promised the most sbpbonnded prosperity in the, , event of Whig success. The land was to teem I •jgUh - sea send; ;in its tribute ; the b itngty fo paked dotted, squalid great joy, b&awe tix£±£rot«Mrs of Labor. igjt diowtforth even before Ut «fc*& to| !p* lhllmg frdm their ■SgSj?;* s to retire the iptrof per nut. Ohiho'rribj|,! J^p^uhcpnient!- Why couU they-not havo-beeß-catjied through the chil lingfwS-tafi.taJUthleastsiater.eretheUhigh hopes turned into cessary'to Wages or labor twenty live cents inahfe'dollar I g As the principle of protertinn isxjeclftfedimberth^-cseUted:.prfnei(de of the late amyass by; the leading Whig jouriials, and as the lathers of .that ehtirch have deeiared that the gov ernment should take care of the rich and the take pare of; the poor, why .cannot these mnnufurtuTcrs run their mills lor a season, : or-atleast,for the coining winter, without dividends, and leave the wages of labor at its present price until the protection they say they are to get is granted. We submit this view of the case to the leadini manufacturers. —Democratic Union. Away With Censures. We are glad to see that our political brethren of the press have generally resolved to abstain from all censure upon any portion of, the Democratic party of the Union—that great party which fought in the late fight, under the banner of Cass and Bct lrh. This is the true spirit, and it must lead us to crowning victory henceforward. We know of no State where the Democrats failed to do their duty—and although some have been luckier than others, they did not toil harder to win success than their less fortunate brethren. In the South, our Democratic Iriends labored witli noble zeal. We have now in oujynind’s eye hundreds of champions, and numbers of presses, all ardently engaged in the thickest of the recent battle, and all ready for other contests. Why cut ourselves loose from such gal lant associates t Let us all unite in the great worl; of Union, Concession, and Conciliation ; and let the men of the North and West, and the East ami South, remember, that our principles are as broad as the Union, and as deeply founded as our tree institutions. All our energies will be required in a little lime to preserve onr beloved country from the hands of a reckless party. — Pennsylvanian. From the New Orleans Delta. The Spoils. The distribution of the spoils is beginning to he agitated quite warmly hi Whig circles. ’For every office, we have heard no less than eight or ten per sons indicated, and it has gone so far, that gentle men who have been spoken of for certain oiliccs, have received several applications for deputy-ships. Lists are, already in circulation for signatures, to vouch for the patriotism and sound Whiggery of certain particular gentlemen. In that description of patriotism which is evinced in a perfect willing ness to serve one's country, for an adequate' consid eration, we find our Whig friends but a whit inte rior to the Democrats. We say this in justice to them, and we trust it is no violation of our neutral ity to do the Whigs that justice. We learn that planks duly greased, have been employed for the use of the Custom-Jiouse, Post-office, and other Federal establishments in this city. Candidates for inspectorship in the Custom-house are requested to enter oil Gravier street, and retire through -Arcade, to avoid any great crowd or pressure. It -is-thought that the demand for clerks,'Snd other employers, ill this city, during the coming spring, will scarcely equal the supply: Persons-from other States are advised to stay at home. . On the subject of the offices, and cn the merits ot the numerous claimants to old back’s favor, we shall have something to say next Week, that will create some confusion among certain folks, who think that they are going to ha’-e things all their own way. We shall take care .that modest merit has its reward, and is not shovelled into a corner by noisy pretension. From the York (Pa.) Republican. Irtitherau Female .Seminary. A Committee ot Clergymen representing the East and West Pennsylvania and Maryland Synods uf the Lutheran Church met in this Borough, on Tuursday last, to initiate measures for the estab lishment of a Female Seminary under, the care of that Christian denomination. The object is one which excites a warm interest in that Church, anti the. preliminary measures are confided to an ener getic and resolute committee. On Thursday even ing, a meeting was held in the First Lutheran Church, for the purpose of presenting the subject to the consideration of our citizens, when addresses were made by the Rev. Drs. Kurtz anti Morris, of Baltimore, and Professor Reyxolrs, of Gettys burg. We understood from those gentlemen that they do not intend to begin the actual work of founding-the Seminary, until they shall have re. reived the sum of sl3.ooo,’which they design to expend in the erection of a spacious and handsome edifice, on a commanding and pleasant site, —in the ornamenting of the grounds around if, and in fur nishing it with a Library and Philosophical Ap paratus. The money is to be raised in shares of stock of Buo dach: and each stockholder, or his transferee, is to have the privilege of having his daughter educated ’at' the’ Institution for half the regular price of tuition. The Seminary, although it is to be under Lutheran government, is not to be conducted with a view of proselyting the pupils to that denomination, or impressing upon them its peculiar sectarian views. . The committee were led by the eminent advantages' of the position of York. —its healthfulness—its accessibility, and the beauty of the surrounding country, to prefer to establish tiro proposed Seminary here. Mr- Buciiasax a True Prophet,— Many of our readers will recollect that, in 1840, Hon. James Buchanan forwarded the following toast to the Democratic party of Cumberland county: ic Cumberland County —-As she goes, so goes the State; and as goes Pennsylvania,, so goes the Union.” It is worthy of remark, that this has been amply verified. In 1840, Harrison carried this county, the State and the Union; in 1841, l’olk and Dallas carried all three, apd now in 1848, Taylor carries Cumberland, Pennsylvania and the Dnion. Car lisle Democrut. . . ..... Before, and After! —The papers from the ex treme west, printed before the election, are just coming in, and all of them of either party, strong in hopfes "and■ predictions.; The widestofthe mark is the Chicago Tribune of the 7th- inst,, a Van Buren “free soil” print. It has this abaut the “pros pects” : Tux Prospect Ahead. —The prospect ahead is glorious! Mr, Van Buren , will carry Hew Y o fk, Vermont ami Wisconsin!, These States giye an aggregate of furty-six.vgtes!—sufficient to defeat the election of both “ Evils.” Does any One doubt, this. ''ehj v g|| Bej»oi't®rTA«pc’r Blblesoclety fThqr /elffin. ojSmilhcr Anniversary re* present to the mem bers oC the-'SBtie.ty their thirty-third Annual Report- The obj'pct of the Society', as ex pjressei in its Conklitulidn r is “Ho co-operate with the National Institution, in encourag- Juga.wider .circulation of .the Holy Scrip tures.” . 1 v In conformity' with this object, the Direr- * tors have employed Rev. Wm. McFaddeil, as an Agent during the present year, who has visited, the families of, the city, and mostof the North Western paftof fheconnt^. He has visited nearly 4000 families, and found 209 of lliem'deslifftferof the Bible. More than 100 were found destitute in this city. About two-thirds of these were Protestants, who value the common version anore highly than any other. There is.ayilliagie'of about of 300 inhab itants, not' jhr’ f fronf this place, where there are two houses for public worship, and two large common schools, (but no Sabbath school) and not a Bible or Testament could be found at cither of the stores; and what ■ is more remarkable, neither of the mer chants would receive the word of God for sale, saying that there was no call Tor Bibles or Testaments,—no call even for Testaments, when hundreds of children are growing it p around them ignorant of Jesus Christ and t. his Gospel! In the vicinity of these stores severe I families were found entirely destitute of the Bible, and others anxious to purchase cop ies. A family„of foreigners from Germany was visited, whose dwelling and furniture indicated extreme poverty. They had. long been anxious to obtain a Bible; but their circumstances did notenable them to buy one. When they were permitted to receive one as a present, their hearts seemed to overflow with gratitude. With tears in theireyes they seized the hands of our agent, as he was about lo depart, and invoked the blessings of heaven upon him, for the unexpected fa-, vor. He was deeply affected by this lone.li- : ing incident, and observed that to witness such scenes, and do furnish the bread of life to persons who longed for it so ardently, was sufficient to compensate him for much of the toil, the opposition and the hardships he had experienced in his ardous work. - Our Agent has also received in donations to the Society $194,77, mostly cojilribn ed by the laboring people, in the common walks of life. Though sometimes coldly dismissed from the doors ot the wealthy, he was often cheer fully admitted to the cottages of the poor, who'seemed-gratified to haye the word of God, and to lend their assistance in furnish ing it to those more destitute-than them selves. The fact that so many individuals of this class are interested in the work-, and willing to assist us, according to their ability, is cer tainly encouraging to us. We may reason ably presume that such persons purchase their Bibles to read, not to lock them up till they are worm-eaten, nor merely lo'iplace them as ornaments in their book cases. Ma ny of the poor country people know some thing of the value of the “ poor man’s hook,” while they who worship in Mammon’s tem ple, and bow to his image, are insensible to the value of the truths of inspiration. Which of us would be willing to part with htVown Bible, and would promise to live for a. Jew months only, without any attention to its instructions 1 Doubtless many of those whom we have supplied with the Bible may soon prize the treasure as ’highly as our selves, ■ If we lore our country, we shall rejoice to promote the welfare of oor citizens. Candid attention to the subject will convince any intelligent person, that the Bible freely cir culated, will promote the welfare of our /Hi. zens and the prosperity of our comitry. What though somh may ahuse the liberty of thinking for themselves,—though some may be dazzled by the light lo which thev have not been accustomed ! Shall it there fore “be placed under a bushel, Vi and con cealed from them 1 Shall die unleairned man be allowed only occasional gleams! of fiible trulhs, as it is reflected from the sacred desk by the clergyman ! We should rather invite him -to appnoaeh, with reverence, lo the fountain of light, that he may feel die need of ils healing beams. j Every intelligent friend of jthd people’s rights, must perceive the necessity that the people acquire a habit ol reading anil thinking , otherwise they cannot rule with wisdom or suc cess,They who fear noy God, will rarely feel milch regard for.the laws of.mari.i But they who adopt the principles of the gospel, will -not overlook ihe-rnyunction that requires us .'to submit to “ every ordinance ofiman,” for the Lord’s sake, and to honor them who are placed in authority over us—(l Pet; 2:13, 17. ) There is: no book so admirably filled-to waken theuiormaht energies of mind, and rouse thepbwersof slumberingilhtellect, to independence of thought, as Ihe TTiatE. „ Every true patriot in the country, onght therefore to lend his assistance.to circulate it; for we can never expect, a pure and stable g ovmiment till we have enlightened its honest citizens . “ Charity,” it is said, “ begins at home.” But true charily doer, not end there. Like the blessed Saviour, she goes about doing good. That is a spurions philanthropy which is con fined tn our personal acquaintances and feels no sympathy for sufferers at a distance. We believe that God “hath made of oil e blood all nations of men, on all the face of the earth,” and that we ought, as we have opportunity, lo “do good unto all men.” Let ns go for ward in the good work we have commenced with ipore energy, and never turn hack nor desert die standard'under which jve have enlisted. I.el not a love of gain leid any of us to betray the cause of the Saviour, who has charged us to send the gospel into all the' world. - The past eventful year had opened new fields, which invite ns forwardjin pros ecuting Ibis glorious eplefprize. = New Mexi co arid California have been added to our territory, andthousands of purfellous beings, degraded by vice, are there perishing. Pol lack of knowledge. If such masses are lo amalgamate with our -population, andkeom pose a part of our government, ourtiber ties are in danger. Let us hasten tulandd pate the evil, arid send them those leaves which are for the healing of the nations, that they may he, in a measure, enlightened before they aye received into our family. If we turn, to (he eastern continent, the nations of Europe are waking from slumber and breaking the fetters which have so long confined them. Having overlurned tfie sys lems of political despotism, they mil,not long submit lo the shackles of ecclesiastical domination. They need light for the! mind, food for the soril, Let’ns send them the bread of life, that they may ’bellied for the contest. The struggle for civil liberty will not fully succeed till man attain. liberty of thought. Libertyioft/imig/if will avail bJt little, unless exercised in the light of revealed truth, and-under the influence of religious principle. If, then, we sympathise with theJpr|ogress of reform, we may, .by furnishing. Kiel Scrip turcs, contribute to direct iVa course io[a hap py termination. Time would fail,us tofspggk of Africa,- Western Asia, of Hindostan, and of China with her hundreds of millioifs, and of other .places where the heathen are whit ing for the word of God, Shall ; we J labor to dmipuli the gross darkness' which covers these people-! Or’ shall we’slfllLwbl-sHffer it to settle down in thicker gloomlSljall.we join the Christians of other- countries! other states, other nations, in sending the limp or life to these benighted millions, or shall: we leave them to perish, 'when they have jiist been tantalized by Liie prospect, of light' —by the dawning hopes of relief! We miy with hold our help and may turn back, but the work -.will go forward. It is the cahse of God, and it must succeed. -For the tinie-ap proaches when “ the earth Shall be filial with the knowledge of the glory of. the Loyd; as the waters cover the sea.” ' j - REPORT nf - ’SURER IEPOBT OF THE TREA. & LIBRARIAN, Of the X ancaster County Bible Society November 23; 1848. I During the past year, he has ! German Rin-tisii Gennaii Knglisi Bibles.- Bibles. Testaments Test! Sold, 122 733 104 '18854*1489 Girin 31 • 00— 91 1? 4B Tolai Bibles dis'ii ' 948 Teslamenti lsi|7;, There are. now leinaiflinginihe -ifeposb:- lory, 185 Bibles,-and 376 Testament Received for sales, - ‘ 5847 14 ; By'subscriplions and donalions," 578'5T 3 RpOCl .Total,. AnTt paid, for Bibles, Testaments,. ..., ‘.and cf. Agent, &e*-v £l,pBa I"S_ Balance in the Treasury, . $333 33