14delligencer & /nvntaL
E. W. NUTTER, EDITOR
Lancaster, January 30,1849.
DJ-We are authorised to announce that NEW
TON LIWITNEII, Esq., withdraws his name from the
list of candidates for the Mayoralty.
Irr The Democrats meet in the Court House,
on Thursday evening, to nominate a candidate for
Mayor. • Thecompetitors for the nomination are.
Hon. MICHAiI. - CARPENTER, JACOB L. WEAVER,
and THOMAS H BURBOWES.
0:7-We direct attention to the sale of the value_
ble IRoN FOUNDRY and other desirable city proper
ty, late the estate of W. W. PENNELL - , the undivided
half of which is to be sold at the house of CHRIS
TIAN SHERTZ on next Saturday evening. This op
portunity is well worthy the_ notice of Capitalists,
owing to the favorable locality of the Foundry and
the extensive custom which it has long enjoyed.
The Mayoralty.
The election for Mayor and other city-officers
takes place this day a week—Tuesday, February
6: We learn that the opponents of the Democratic
party, although designated by various names and
separate opinions, but uniting on tile common plat
form of Taylorism, 'at their Delegate Convention
held on Saturday evening nominated GEORGE
FORD, Esq. for the office of Major. Mr. Ford is
well known in the political circles as belonging to
that particular branch of the opposition who re
joice in the name of "Native .dniericans.' That he
has 'not renounced his adhesion to this peculiar
party, but holds a prominent place in their affec.
Lions, is evidenced by the fact that he was but re
cently their preferred candidatd for the U. S. Senate.
and received the votes of at least a portion of their
representatives at Harrisburg for, that distinguished
office. Mr. F, is, therefore, not an "ultra - Whig
not a Whig at all, but-a Native—and we wish.peo:
ple to remember the distinction. How the Vhig
party proper, whose organization as such Mr. F.
has assiduously labored to destroy, will relish this
nomination, remains to be disclosed.
Now, however estimable Mr. roan may be in
his personal relations, and however capable,
we accord to him, yet he is the representative of a
party whose principles we deem at war with both
the letter and spirit of our tree institutions. 'We
regard the so-called Native American party as
cherishing immeasurably the most objectionable
creed that has ever been promulgated by any assn.
ciation of men in the U. States. It had its origin
in the purlieus of a crowded city, among a popu ;
lace swayed -by embittered passions, and amidst
scenes of Riot and Incendiarism, such as would
have disgraced the Goths and Vandals of old. Its
laws, like those of DRACO, are written in blood—
and its advent was signalised by the semi-barbaric
destruction of the 'temples consecrated to the ser
vice of the Mos-r Its political tenets are
pre-eminently selfish and proscriptive. It has ever
been our peculiar pride and boast that our country
affords an Asylum to the down-trodden and op
pressed of other lands. Here they have ever found
a home and a refuge. This distinguishing feature
of our institutions the Native American doctrines
are intended to uproot and destroy. The first great
champion of Nativism was KING GEORGE the
THIRD, for among the grave charges alleged against
him in the Declaration of Independence was that
he endeavored to prevent the population of these
states, for that purpose obstructing the lairs of )I(Th/-
ralization of foreigners, '125(11 . y - using to pass others
encouraging their migration hither. - The same
guilt rests,on the Native Americans of the present
day. They are vainly attempting to re-enact the
odious Alien laW of 1790, and to establish an aris
tocracy of birth, alike anti-republican and odious
Are the citizens--of Lancaster prepared to endorse
such a party i We triist not—but that they will
prefer to_remain under the pm e and prowl standard
of JEFFERSON/AN Democracy, which has ever ex
tended to the oppressed Foreigner a hearty welcome
to dur shores and a speedy participation in the bles
,ings of free government.
Census of Lancaster City
The enumeration of inhabitants of out city,
voluntarily undertaken by a number of euterpriaing
gentlemen, has just been completed. and we learn
that the following is the result
• Males. Females. Males. Fem.
North-west Ward 1,911 1,982 28 27
'North-east ', 1,268 1,446 6 18
South-east " 1,186 1,272 48 50
South-west " 889 976 12 17
• Shewing a total population of 1/1 5 140 souls.
The population in 1810 was B,olo—shewing an
increase of 1,1 U) in a period of between eight and
mine years
Benevolent Operations
We are indebted to Hon. MICHAEL CARPENTER.
the esteemed Mayor of the City, for the following
gratifying exhibit of the benevolent operations
which have happened under his auspices during the
present and a portion of the last Winter. The first
table furnishes a view of the donations received
from various sources and the latter the extent of
the distributions fur charitable purposes. We may
mention, also, in this connection, that this statement
does not include the operations of the UnUM Dorcas
Society—which is composed exclusively of females .
and whose works of benevolence have gladdened
-the hearts of so many afflicted families in this city.
he members of this society meet each Wednesday
and expend their money in making up garments
and covering for the poor, and their different reports
speak volumes in praise of their commendable and
disinterested labors. It is due, we think. to the
citizens of Lancaster. to state, that in no City in
the Union do the claims of the unfortunate engross
a larger share of the public sympathy. This is in
the highest degree (?reditable to them as a coin_
munity:
Mr THE •FOLLOWING STATEMRNT exhibits the
amount of Donations placed into the htinds of the
Mayor for distribution amongst the Poor of the
City of Lancaster. from October 7th, t 847, to Janu
ary 13th, 1840, viz:
RECEIPTS.
From Hon. JAMES BIJCIIAIPAII, in two pay
ments of $240 each - ' - $4BO 00
From collecting Committee, N. W. Ward 109 911
S. W. tt 154 53
69 371
61(
.4 4. N. E. 117 27;
" Operatives ofConesVga Steam Mills GO 00
Private Contributions -9 - - - 25 00
EXPENDITUFIES.
Cash paid Treasurer of Dorcas
Society - - - . 854 75
Cash paid Distributing Committees 426 56
Fuel and Distribution
thereof
UnexpendOd balance
Certified to be correct by
MICHAEL CARPENTER, Al ayor
Our Courts
40n Saturday last, in the House of Representa
tives, Mr. ESHLEMAN, frorri the Committee of Coil.
ference on the difficulty in regard to the bill to
abolish the District and Mayor's Court ot—Lancas
ter, and to increase the salary of the President
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, made repoit.
The' Committee had stricken out the sth section,
increasing the salary of the President Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas, which was insisted on by
the. House. After considerable discussion, in . which
Messrs. Evans, of,Chester, Little, McCalmont;Fish
er, Schoonover, Eshleman, Myers, and others, par
ticipated, the report of the Committe of Conference
was negatived—yeas 45, nays 47.
Ex-Governor JAMES CLARE.; of lowa, has
gone to editing the State Gazette.
lIY - Bruder MYERS of the Native American or;
pit dissents from our comments on the bill intro
dii r d by Mr. Frsaza into the House of Represeni
Wives, 'dividing our city into four election districhi,
and imputes to us only political consi4erations.
We reiterate our objections, and submit to the in
telligent voter to determine their sosiisdness. We
object to the use of the schoolhouses as places of
holding the elections, for the reason that they are
devoted to purposes which are peculiarly their own;
and from whiehlhey should on no account be di'.
verted. If used for election purposes, the necessary
result will be, that the hundreds of pupils would
ou the election days be allowed en inane to - roam
the streets, and mingle in the public excitement,.
It needs not the gift of prophecy to foretell the con;
sequences. We object to the change of time for
closing
closing the polls, also, for the reason that it would
compel our Mechanics and Laborers either to sus
pend their work before the usual hour, or else fore
go the exercise of the sacred right of suffrage. In
this, we freely admit, we are governed by "political"
considerations. We _lave reason to know that Of
the votes polled between the hours of seven and
Mile in the evening, four-fifths are Democratic, and
it is easily seen how seriously the Democratic party
would be affected by the proposed change.
It is a trite and true maxim—"let well enough
alone." The old court hoise, we repeat, is .central
and accessible, and the present time for closing the
polls has proved a great convenience to the Work
ing Classes, whose organ Ender MYERS once pro
fessed to be! We plead not guilty to the soft ins.
peachment of our Native cotemporary that we are
encouraging "rowdyism. - During our brief resi
dence in Lancaster, we have found its citizens or
derly and peace-loving to a proverb—and we haii.e
the first voter to discover who has been seriously
hindered in the exercise of his rights. We are
free from Mobites and Churchbnrners, and have no
Southwarkian scenes to complain of. So long as
our city remains, as at present, under DentocratiC
rule, we have no fears that "rowdyism 6 Will ever
gain ascendency, or that the excesses of Philadel
phia county will be enacted in our midst. We
should not like to become 'surety for the public
peace, however, if the doctrines of Native Ameri
canism obtain the sway amongst us !
Thus far we are forced to differ from our neigh.
bor, but we are happy on other subjects to agree
with him We approve the passage of a law au
thorizing all the officers to be voted for on a single
ticket. At most, there should be but two tickets
—one fur State and the other for County officerS.
This would be'a salutary change, saving much
time and labor to the election officers, and facilita.
tiro the business of voting. We hope the sugges
tions of our cotemporary
.on this subject may he
adopted. Finally, we reciprocate the kind personal
wishes of our English and German cotemporaryi
and say to him, in the language of the Fatherland
Niches fair ungui, Bruder - !
The Democracy of the whole country will be
rejoiced to learn, that this eminent Patriot and
Statesman has been re-elected by the Legislature of
Michigan to the United States' Senate—a post
which he is so well qualified not only to till, but to
dignify and adorn The election of Gen. Csas, at
this exciting juncture of public affairs, when the
very existence of our political compact is threaten
ed by a wild fanaticism, may he hailed as an au
spicious omen of a brighter Future. Nis eminent
patriotism, long and varied experience. and sterling
statesmanship, cannot be spared from the National
Councils, and his return to the Senate is a proper
theme for general felicitation.
Democratic Delegate Elections
The election for delegates in the several wards o f
Lancaster city were held 'on Saturday evening last,
and were numerously attended. We give the names
01 the gentlemen chosen,
North ;Vest Ward.--Frederick Sener, Adam
DeHet, William B. Wiley, John W. Jackson, Neal
Donnelly
North East Ward.--James Boon, Charles C
Ililing, Jacob Zerelier, Peter Garber, John Zimmer
South 11'r•st Word.—Dr. H. Carpenter, James
Carpenter„Tnnas D. Bachman,Reah Frazer, Lazarus
Fry.
South East Ward.—Nlieliael 'Prissier, Walter G
Evans, Henry Gorreclit, Frederick Miller, Dr
Patrick Cassidy.
The delegates meet on to-morrow (Wednesday)
evening, at the house of Mrs. Mrssr.Nlcor, to nom
inate a Democratic Council Ticket.
The Mecklenburg Declaration.
A letter from the Hon. GEORGE BANCROFT, our
Minister to Englnnd, which was laid before the
Legislature of North Carolina a few days since,
fully dissipates the doubts which had previously
been entertained as to the authenticity of the Decla
ration of Independence made at Mecklenburg,
North Carolina, in May 1775. This, consequently ;
was the first declaration of American liberty.—
Mr. Jefferson always insisted that this document was
spurious. It was brought to light by the Raleigh
Register in 1 Sl2. The evidence produced by Mr.
Bancroft, is a letter sent to England by Sir James
Wright, then Got error of Georgia. dated June 20th.
17;5. rt hi eh says:—
5,676 94 112
"By the enclosed paper. your Lordship will see
the extraordinary resolves of the people of Char
lotte Town in :Mecklenburg county ; and I should
not be surprised if the same should be done every
where else.-
The "enclosed paper" was a copy of the "South
Carolina Gazdth , 'and Country Journal, - of Tues
day, June -13. 1'775. containing a copy of the reso
lutions which constitute the Mecklenburg declara
tion. This letter and paper were found by Mr .
Bancroft in the British State Paper office;'where he
made a search for them. The famous declaration
written by Jefferson was adopted on July 4th, 1770,
more than a year after the Mecklenburg resolves.
We learn from the report of the Superintendent
of Common Schools, just submitted to the Legisla
ture. that the operation of the school system during
the year ending June Ist, 1848, was highly grati
fying. The whole number of districts in the State
is 81,06-1,102 of which have reported. The
whole number of schools was 7,845, and scholars
197,984 males, and 162,621 lemales, with 6,065
male, and 3,031 female teachers. The average
number of scholars in each school was 44—salary
of male teachers $17,37 per month, and females
$10,65; average number of months taught 4,243,
and the cost of teaching each scholar per month.
451 cents. The amount of tax levied for school
purposes was $508,066 51, and the amount of the
State appropriations $193,035 75. The cost of new
school houses, repairing, during the year was
$96,539. It appears from this statement that du
ring the year there has been .an increase of 57 in
the number of districts; 525 in the number of
schools, 422 in the number of teachers ; 28,638 in
the number of scholars, and ,of $71,969 in the
amount of tax levied for school purposes.
51,016 091
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MASONIC APPOI NTMENT.-Dr. George B. Kerfoot
of Lancaster city has been appointed District Depu
ty Grand Master in and for the masonic district
composed of the county of Lancaster for the year
1849.
V" Mr. ILZELY, an intelligent and patriotic gen
tleman, born in England, but who by choice and
law has become an American citizen, will lecture
on England, her government ; laws, customs, &c. at
the Mechanic's Institute, this evening. WS hope he
may have a full house. .
[Cr The House of Assembly of New Jersey has
passed a resolution to adjourn on the 17th of Feb•
ruary. It assembled the day after the Legislature
of this State.
Gen. Lewis Cass
Common Schools
An Eloquent Letter.
- The New York Typographical Society—an ancient
and honorable association of Pm - N.l.cm, formed for
purposes of mental improvement and the cultivation
of good fellowship among' the craft—celebrated
with much eclat, asis their wont, the anniversary
of the birth-day of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, at the
Coliseum in Broadway, on the 17th instant The
ceremonies consisted of speeches, poems, odes,feas
tie,g, music, and dancing—and a general mingling
of the elements of social and intellectual recreation.
Among the guests were WASHINGTON /EYING,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT, N. P. WILLis, and other
literary magnates. A number of distinguished
gentlemen had been invited from distant places,
who favored the Association with letters and senti
ments, appropriate to the occasion. We tint',
among the number, an eloquent reply from our
townsman, Hon. ELLIS LEWIS, in which we dis-
I cover sufficient merit to transfer it entire to our
columns. The Judge himself started out in life a
follower of Fifisrcs, and although time and cir
cumstances hate - transferred him to a different
sphere, we perceive in this letter the proofs sthat the
"art preservative - still holds a cherished place in
; his affections. The fame he has acquired as a
Jurist may well be quoted in support of the maxim
that "the Printing:Office is the Poor Boy's College...
We commend the letter of Judge LEwts as dis
cussing topics of the highest interest. His remarks
on the liberty. as contradistinguished from the
licentiousness, of the press, arc striking and forci
ble—as is also his eulogy of the writ of Habeas
Corpus, which THOMAS EFFERSON, in his first In
, augural, included among the institutions which
"form the bright constellation that has guided our steps
through an age of rerolation and riliirniation. - At
the conclusion, it will be seen, the learned writer
discards the ermine and resumes the functions of
the barrister. By a train of reasoning, alike novel
and ingenious. he defends the Mother of Mankind
from an indictment which has been pending against
het ever since the fall, and of which the human
family have generally adjudged her guilty. It is
argued, t at to Adam, and not to Eve, are the sad
consequences of man's first disobedience justly
I chargeable. We submit the poini to the Theolo
gians—but in any event the ladies will not fail to
lappreciate this voluntary defence of our ienowned
I first mother as an act of essential gallantry. It is
quite certain, that, whatever agency Woman may
I have exercised in entailing misery on mankind, by
, eating of
-fruit
Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world and all our wo,,
she has ever since been doing ten-fold more that
man to repair the consequences. Point to a wort
of benevolence and mercy, and woman is fonnd
the head of it.
LANCASTER, (Pa.) ,Ta 9th, 1549
GENTLEMEN : it gives me sincere pleasure to
acknowledge the reee'pt of your invitation to par
ticipate in commemorating the Annive.-se ry of the
Birth-day of Franklin, (1..1 in social re-rnion of the
members and friends of the Typographical profes
sion. Nothing but the obligations of official daty
could prevent my attendance on au occasion so in
teresting to every member of the profession, and
so rich in its promises of gratifying reminiscences
to myself. More than thirty years have elapsed
since I have enjoyed the pleasure of assembling
with my fellow members of the New York Typo
graphical Society. It that eventful period, what
extensive changes have taken place among its mem
bers, and in the art itself A majority of that hon
ored fraternity have, perhaps, departed to a better
world ; some of them leaving but slight traces of
their deeds, whilst others, like our own distinguished
poet, Woodworth, have left behind them the cher
ished memories of an "Old oaken bucket—the moss
covered bucket, that hung in the well." ()tilers
again, have survived to become teachers in Israel,
holding daily converse with their readers by my
riads of tongues, and, like our brother Weed, im
pressing their own thoughts upon the age in which
they live. The Stereotype art has grown Rom in
fancy to a giant's stature. Lithography, from a bud
just peeping out from its calyx; has become full
blown. and perfumes the air of both hemispheres
I with its fragrance. The Rampage Press—the press
of the time of Franklin—has been buried under a
multitude of brilliant inventions, like the Roman
daughter under the bright jewels of the Sabine
army. Turnpikes have given place to railroads, and
rumbling stage-coaches to clattering locomotives
and cars ; and even Boreas himself has been driven
by the power of steam front his exclusive dominion
on the sea. Man, in his rapid strides to perfection,
I has seized the sunbeams, converted them into artists'
pencils, and in the Bash of an instant produces the
most perfect similitude of every created thing ; and,
profiting by the suggestions of our own Franklin, he
has boldly seized the lightning of Heaven, bound
it to his purpose by his telegraphic wires, and makes
it do his bidding around the globe, with a velocity
equal to that exerted under the command of ;Telt°.
vah himself!
Those who are connected with the Typographical
profession have a peculiar duty to perform, in pre
serving in its purity and vigor that great palladium
of freedom, the liberty of the Press. It is as ne
cessary to true freedom as is the breath to human
life. Every one should be at liberty to publish his
thoughts, withsiathe slighest control front censors
or others, whit gif is of vital importance in the rights
of the people and to the peace of society, that
every one should be fully responsible for publica
tion; thus made. The Tarn, should always be a
justification where the matter published is proper
for public information, or is published with good
motives and for justifiable ends; while the wanton
promulgation of private transactions, with which
the public have no legitimate concern, should ever
stand without justification in law or in morals. The
elevated condition of the Press is one of the high
est evidences of the intellectual and moral impro
vement of the age.
Next to the liberty of the press stands that atilt;
person. Se long as the writ of habeas corpus is
preserved, no man can be illegally deprived of his
liberty. Shackles, chains, bolts, bars, and all the
engines of tyranny crumble into atoms before the
law. It was only by its suspension that American
citizens were recently deprived of their liberty in
Ireland. An illustration of the power of this om
nipotent guardian of English and American free
dom has, within a few years. been exhibited in
your own city. An emigrant is arrested on charge
of forgery in France, and his surrender is demand
ed by the French government, under the
and
of
extradition. He is thrown into prison, and a man
date issues, from the President of the United States,
commanding his surrender as a prisoner to the
agents of the foreign goverment. Healleges that
his case does not all within the meaning of the
treaty, and that he is illegally deprived of his
liberty, and applies to a State Judge for the writ
of habeas corpus. The writ issues—his case is
examined, and the judge comes to the conclusion
that the prisoner is illegally confined. I speak not
now of the soundness of that opinion, but I draw
attention to the case as one which presents the
sublime spectacle of a single judge, with no army
or navy at his command—with no power but the
writ of habeas corpus, and the reverence paid to it
by a law-abiding people—striking off the shackles
of bondage, and setting the prisoner at large, in
opposition to the demands of one of the most
powerful Kings of Europe, and against the man
date of the highest executive officer in the world—
the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of
thirty united but independent nations.
As sentinels on the Watch towers of liberty the
profession should never be forgetful of the rights
of the gentler sex. By marriage, the civil existence
of woman is almost extinguished. Her personal
property becomes the absolute property of her hus
band. Her real estate becomes substantially his
for life; her rights of action are also his if he
choose to reduce Them into possession ; her right
to maintain a suit for the slander of her character,
or for an injury to her person or property depends
upon his pleasure. These are her deprivations,
under the common law, and that law is still exten
sively in force, although it is derived from a nation
that perpetrated the unhallowed murder of Scot
land's Queen; that sanctioned the burning of Joan
of Arc - as a witch; and that gloried in a second
"Blue Beard," as one of her greatest kings; the
first "Defender of her Faith," and the "Supreme
Head of her Church."
The exclusion of females from offices which they
might fill with propriety, arid from all profitable
employments, the reduction of their wages to a
pittance insufficient to sustain life, and the neglect
of their education, are evils as alarming in their
influence upon the welfare of society as they are
unjust in their operation upon the unhappy individ
uals concerned. It is to the females of the country
that we must look for the proper instruction of the
rising generation, and for the inculcation of those
principles of justice, morality and government by
which alone our free and happy institutions can
be perpetuated. It is with woman that the child
passes the early years in which impressions are
made and principles inculcated that control his
whole after life. If this great fountain of know
ledge be corrupted 'by that ignorance and destitu
tion whichlead to crime, the streams ; ill soon
become as corrupt as the fountain, and the inca- .
pacity of man for self-government shall soon be
established.
It is the fashicin with Painters, Poets and even
Theologians to give to woman a prominent place,
as a principal offender, in their representations of
the original act - of disobedience and its punishment
by expulsion from Paradise. But this.is of a char
acter with most of the treatment which she has re
ceived at the hands "of her natural protectors.—
Whatever censure may be imputed to her for wan
dering abroad among the beautiful flowers in the
garden, holding converse with a stranger, and
offering to her husband a share of the fruit she han
gathered, she is not justly chargeable with the sin.
of knowingly'violating the command of God.
.She
was not present, nor was she evEn created when.
the command was delivered' to Adam, nor is there
any evidence to show that it was either addressed.
to her, or correctly communicated to her/by the
person to whom she would naturally look for infor
mation. On the contrary, the command was ad
dressed to Adam; the summons to answer for its
violation was also issued against' him; he alone
was convicted of the crime of disobedience—and
following the justice of the judgment, against him
alone issued 'the greatfiat, commanding his expul
sion from Paradise. That' she participated in his
sufferings was in part but the necessary result of
her connexion as a wife with her husband's fortunes.
But I grow tedious. When the rights of woman
are spoken of we are apt to think of the . virtues of
our mothers in Heaven, and the charms of our
wives, and sisters, and daughters ,on earth-of the
piety of thotie who lingered longest at the Cross,
and were the earliest at.the Sepulchre; and of the
wisdom of all ages in agreeing that when the FIXE
..kars, the GRACES, the Musts, or .the VIRTUES are
to be personified, no form is so appropriate as that
of Women—" the last, best gift of Heaven to man. —
In accordance with the suggestion contained in
your letter, beg leave to offer the following senti
ment:
The Liberty of the Press—The Writ of Habeas
Corpus—and the Rights of Woman: The 'trinity in
the creed of freedom throughout the civilized world.
Very respectfully, yours, Sic.,
ELLIS LEWIS.
Messrs. CHARLES MCDEVITT, GEORGE MATIIER,
and CHARLES C. SAVAGE, Committee.
The Original Tom Thumb.
This extraordinary specimen of Lilliputian
humanity will commence his levees at the Me
chanics' Institute on Tuesday next. He is 17 years
old, 28 inches high, and weighs ICI 'pounds, and is
remarkable for his symmetry of form, and intelli
gence. He has visited several of the Courts at
Europe, and met with the most flattering reception.
We advise all who can, to take a view of this the
greatest living curiosity 01 the age.
Philadelphia City.
The Democratic city conference met on Monday
evening last, and elected the following gentlemen
delegates to the 4th of July Democratic State con
vention, which meets at Pittsburg:—Jons W. Foa
NEY, DANIEL BARD, ALONZO FANNINGTON, CHAS
BRADY, T.J. P. STOKES, A. Bore CUMMINGS, aIICI
JOHN LOGAN.
Good Sound Doctriike
A jury, the other day, in New. York, gave exem•
plary damages against a person, accompanied with
a reason, which implied that public opinion deman
ded the verdict, and that it was made large as an
example to others. This propitiation of public
opinion is a very common notion with 'jurors, but
the justice of it may well be questioned. Twenty
men may violate the law, and through an .insulfi
ciency of evidence escape with impunity. One
less fortunate is saddled with the punishment due
to the guilt of the other twenty, as an example to
the rest of the world. He not only bears the legal
responsibility of his own acts, all in justice that
can be required of him, but that of twenty other
persons, over whom he could not possibly exercise
any control. Judge Daly, in a recent charge to a
jury, sets this matter in a proper point of view,
however much other portions of the charge may
be excepted to. He.says:
"The person , arraigned is not to convicted under
the impression that that conviction would be of ser
vice to the community, or that public opinion de
mands that an example should be made. Public
opinion is not to enter a Court of Justice to deter
mine the guilt or innocence of a person accused.
A sound and healthy public opinion, like a pure
atmosphere, is beneficial in its effects. It seems to
keep in check the vicious propensities of men.
But public opinion is noz always distinguished in
its judgment of persons. It is too unstable and
too, easily influenced to be implicitly relied on.
What it has frequently demanded at one time as a
sacrifice, it has lamemed at another as a calamity:
The history of the past furnishes a melancholy re
cord of its errors for before and shire the death of
the Redeemer the lives of the world's best bene
fitctors have been trodden out beneath the hoofs of
this many-mined monster. When called upon to
act in the discharge of public duty. the considera.
Lion must not be whether it is in accordance with
public opinion, but whether it is right, and unless
a jury are governed by that feeling, they lack that
impartiality which is the very essence of justice.
If to do justice it becomes necessary to take ground
against public opinion, they should not hesitate to
do it. It was not to be propitiated by an act of
injustice, however slight, even by the infliction of a
private wrong,-
This wP call sound law, as well as just icp
The Ohio Troubles
The difficulties in the Ohio Legislature have at
length been brought to a happy issue, by the ad
mission of Messrs. Peon and PEAncE, the Demo•
cratic contestants, to scats in the Ilouse of Repre•
sentatives as the regularly chosen members fir
Hamilton county—by a vote Ed 32 yeas, to :11
nays. This secures a Democratic majority ou
joint ballot, and, if justice prevails, will lead to the
return of WILLIAM ALLEN to the S. Senate
Delaware
The Legislature of this State are busy in - faking
a few new banks, renewing the charters and *xing
heavily some old ones. The re-charter cif the
Bank of Delaware has passed the House, li•ith
tax one quarter per cent. on the capital am4g its
its provisions, and a bonus of $.23011. The o;ontes
ted seat for a member of the House from 4ussex
county: is still undecided.
Facts for Agriculturists. ,f
The exports of breadstuffs from the United Elates
Sept. 1 to Jan. G . 1549, as compared with tl4 same
period ending Jan. 1, 1848, are as follows:
Flour. Meal. Wheat. Co)rn.
bbls. bbls. bush. biksb.
1848, 95,767 52,715 118,004 606001
1849, 638,994 45,193 854,005 5,078;712
Increase 544,227
The Independent Treasury
The Norridgewock (Vt.) Physician, a paper
which advocated the election of TAYLOR, does not
think all the Democratic measures should be over
thrown: It thus alludes to the independent treasu
ry :
The papers of all parties agree that the finan
cial condition of our country was never in a sound
er state than at present. Some go so far as to at
tribute.this uncommon prosperity to the workings
of the independent treasury system, and we do not
know but that is the reason. At all events, we
hope every person will look into the matter for
himself. Perhaps there are those who would con
vey the idea that the independent treasury system
is radically defective, and if so, we should like to
see the proof. It is an easy matter to denounce
the policy of Mr. Van Buren, as some do by whole
sale—but we shall require proof of its defects be
fore we discard it:'
Gold News.
Private lettershave been received at Washington
from California, dated Tepic, Dec. 19, which tulle
confirm the most glowing accounts from the gold
region. A new gold region has been discovered'
richer than before known.
The Cholera--Accident to Mr. Clay.
Ni.w ORLEANS, Jan. 21.
The Board of Health report for the past week,
one hundred and thirtydeaths, of which only thirty
were from Cholera.
Yerterday, as Mr. Clay was walking along our
streets, he. fell and received an injury of the.head
from which, however, he is now fast recovering.,
VERY Nesz.—The Lynn News says that Oliver
Wendell Holmes is a very witty poet, but there is
another American poet who is Whittier.
EDITORIAL LIFE IR Ma - sr.—The editor of the
Frontier Journal, in Maine, having treated_himself
to a,bran new pair of breeches, suspended the pub
lication of his paper for two weeks, to enjoy them.
They were the first he had had for a year. The
Maine ec . Vors must be lucky fellows if they can
raise a new pair of trowsers every year, and then
t he way they enjoy suchthings t " Good gracious:.
Thomas B. Benton on the Slavery
, Question.
In February, 1830, more than ' eighteen years
ago, in a debate in the United States Senate, Col.
BiiiTos uttered the folloWing prophetic language
in rekrence to the agitation of the slave question:
CSI haA," said Col. Benton, "been full, I am
afraid tedious, on the subject of slavery. My
apology must be found in the extraordinary intro
duction of this topic by the Senator from Massa
chusetts, (Mr. Webster.) I forsee that this subject
is to act a vest part in the future politics of this
country; that it is to be made one of the instru
ments of a momentous movement—not for divi
ing the Union—something more practicable and
the more damnable than that. The prevention of
a world of woe may depend upon the democracy
of the non-slave-holding States. The. preservation
of their own republican liberties may depend upon
it. Never was.their steadfast adhesion to the prin
ciples they profess, and to their natural allies, more
necessary than at present. To them I have been
speaking: to them I continue to address myself.
I beseech and implore theft: to suffer their feelings
against slavery to have no effect upon their politi
cal conduct; to join in no combinations against
the South for that cause; leave this whole business
to ourselves. I think they can well let it alone
upon every principle of 'morals or policy. Are
they Christians? Then they can tolerate what
Christ and his Apostles could bear. Are they
patriots? Then they can endure what the consti
tution permits. Are they philosophers? Then
they can bear the abstract contemplation of the
ills which afflict others, not them. Are they friends
and sympathisers? Then they must know that
the wearer of the, shoe knows best where it pinches.
and is most concerned to get it off. Are they re•
publicans? Then they must see the downfall of
themselves and the elevation of their adversaries.
in the success of a crusade, under federal banners,
against their natural allies in the South and West.
Let the Democracy of the North remember, that
it is the tendency of all confederacies to degenerate
into a sub-confederacy among the powerful, for the
government and oppression of the weaker members.
Let them recollect that ambition is the root of
these sub-confederacies; religion, avarice, and geo
graphical antipathies the instruments M their domi
nations; oppression, civil wars, pillage and tyranny,
the end. So says the history- of all confederacies.
Look at them. The Amphytronic league—the
Germanic confederationthe.sevsn United Provin
ces—the thirteen Swiss Cantons. "Let the Democ
racy o. the North remember these things, and then
eschew, as they would fly the incantations of the
serpent, the siren songs of ancient foes who would
enlist their feelings in a concert of action which is
to end in arraying one-half of the States of this
Union against the other.
, The Harrisbnrg correspondent of the Pennsyl
vanian pays the following well deserved tribute to
the representative from Clarion:
You well remember the manly course taken by
Mr. McCALmoirr in the last 4th of March Con
vention, and the ability and eloquence with which
he maintained it. He is destined to win a high rep
utation as a legislator, if we can jddge from his ef
fort today. Without impugning the motives of
the Governor, or descending to the use of mere po
litical appeals, he was dignified, argumentative,and
eloquent. He contended that the bills referred to
in the resolution were laws, and to prove it lie
traced the history of the passage of laws in this
country and in England. He was opposed to the
amendment because it didnot meet the grave queg
tion as to whether the bills were laws, but was a
mere effort to evade and get round it. It would
present a dangerous precedent, that might hereafter
result in incalculable injury. I regret that a want
of space will not allow me to give and abstract of
the talented gentleman's speech. It was an effort
that showed him to be an able constitutional law
yer as well as a finished and eloquent debater.
Papers of President Monroe.
S. L GOU'VeRNEUR, Esq., son-in-law and execu
tor of the late President Mo&nor_ has made appli
cation to Congress for aid in publishing the papers
of the late President. In Mr. G.'s petition he'says
with great truth :
' " Of about fifty years spent in the service of his
country, ten were devoted to able vindications of
our rights and interests in his•several.missions to
France, Great Britain, and Spain. In reference to
these, copious notes of daily occurrences, together
with a large collection of letters from and to the
most distinguished men of this and other countries
are preserved. An extensive collection of corres
pondent.e end documents, during the late war, ex
planatory of its origin, progress, and termination,
would afford efficient aid in the future elucidation
of its history, and a fair distribution of justice
among those who took part therein. Those which
illustrate the triple service of Mr. Monroe, at its
most gloomy period, in the simultaneous discharge
of the duties of the department of state, treasury
and war, and the self devotion to country by which
it was marked, will acquire merited importance
only when an enlightened posterity shall duly esti•
mate the patriotism which at that crisis animated
the public councils of the nation. The purity of
the principles on which he conducted the adminis
tration of the government during the period of
eight years. (so eminently recognized by the people
in an unanimous re-election to a second term,)
though strongly exhibited in the public events of
that time, will be but partially developed until his
tory, with all her attendant tributaries, shall have
adorned them with their common light. During
the comparatively short period from his retirement
front the Presidential chair to that of his death,
with a view to that object, he was occupied in
preparing a memoir of hisown limes, and the produc-.
lion of essays, founded on his own experience, cal
ciliated to inculcate a just estimate of the invalua
ble principles of self-government, bequeathed [obis
countrymen by the mighty generation of men a
mong whom his lot had been cast."
• As some of our readers may be curious enough
tu read it; we present the title in full of the Empe
ror of Austria, copied from the degree in,. which
the late Emperor announces his abdication
We, Ferdinand 1. by the grace of God, Emperor
of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia;of this
name the Fifth; King of Lombardy and Venice. of
Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia, Galicia, Lodomaria,
Illvria, King of Jerusalem, ect.; Archduke of Aus
tria, Grand Duke of Tuscany; Duke of Lorraine,
of Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, and Krain: Grand
Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia:
Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia; -Duke Duke of Mo
dena, Parma, Gustalla, Auschwite, Zator, Teschen,
Frioul, Ragusa, and Zara; Princely Count of Haps
burg, Tyrol, K t ybury, Ga-erz, Gradiska ; Prince of
Trente and Brixen Margrave of Upper and Lower
Lausitz and in Istria; Count de Hohenembs, of
Feldkirch, Bergenz, Sonnenburg, etc.; Master of
Friest, Cattaro, and Windis Mark.
And yet in a short time, six feet of damp earth
will be. sufficient territory for this same individual,
and his parliament will be himself—that is. he will
be a Diet of Worms.
735,911 4,4651,412
with the following letter we received the first
piece of gold from California, rendered into United
States money. It can be seen at our office. and is
a proof of the purity of California gold, and which
is destined to fill a large space in circulation of
our country. 'thank you, friend Sawyer.
DEAR COLONEL: Enclosed is a piece of coin man
ufactured at the request of Governor Marcy, from
the gold lately brought from the mines of Califor
nia. I send it to you to pay for my subscription to
the "Statesman." When it came into my posses.
sion, I thought this manner of disposing of it the
most appropriate. The "Ohio Statesman" has
ever been the steady advocate of the war with
Mexico and our claims to indemnity, and this being
the first tangible evidence of the value of our ac
quisitions, acquired by the gallantry of our brave
troops, (Ohio's gallant sons bearing a conspicuous
part,) aided and strengthened by the,able and pa
triotic articles in the "Ohio Statesman," I enclose
it to you for the purpose above alluded to.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
WM. SAWYER.
Col. S. Mr.nA.nr.
117 - The advantage of being an Editor and a
member of Congress is strikingly shown in the
case of Mr. GREI:LEY. The Tribune of the 12th
contains a speech of his, with the following pre
facing it: " Had Mr. G. obtained the floor at any
time, it was his intention to have spoken substan
tially as follows."
A Thorn LED CoascrEacc.—The Boston Post of
Friday says..—"A young man has just received a
valuable gold watch, with an anonymous note,
stating that it is in return for a watch which the
writer stole from him two years ago at the gym
nasium in Boylston street"
Mr. McCalmont.
Long Name.
From the Columbus (Ohio) Statesman
Gold from California.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 13, 18-19
Alexander Jordan, Esq.:
The Sunbury American notices the communica
tion which recently apprared in our columns in
favor of this gentleman for Canal Commissioner,
and says: "We concur with the writer that Mr,
JORDAN would make an excellent officer and would
run well in the North, but we doubt whether he
•
would accept the nomination:'
An Act of Justice.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 23, 18.19
The Legislature has unanirpously passed a
bill allowing the bereaved widow of Gov.: SHUNT.
$1,557, the amount of salary from the time of
his resignation to the 16th inst. Gov. S. spent his
life in serving the public, and his official salaries
afforded him but a bare support. It is no reproach
to say that he left no property. This' act of the
legislature is therefore well timed, and we are con-
Wen t will meet the universal approbation of the
citizens of the State.—Keysrone.
Illinois U. S. Senator.
The brave and gallant Gen. JAMES StIIF.LDS has
been elected United States Senator from Illinois, on
the first ballot, as lbßows :—Snivams, 70; WM. F.
Tilonsitos, Fed., :26 ; WILLIAM B. OGDEN, F. S. I.
This is a proper tribute to the merits of a good sol
dier. amiable gentleman, and sound Democrat.
Slavery question in N. Carolina:
Among, the resolutions on the slavery subject
lately passed the North Carolina Senate, is one de
nying to Congress the constitutional power to leg
islate on the question of slavery in the Territories.
The vote was 41 in the affirmative and 2 in the
negative, while the other resolutions passed unani
mously. The Standard adds:
"There is a report in town—for the correctness
of which, however, we do not vouch—that Mr.
Senator Badger has given his friends to understand
that if these resolutions are passed, he will resign
his seat! Whether this rumor be true or false, the
resolutions will_ pass, and then we shall see—what
we shall see."
Secretary Walker's Report.
An intelligent citizen of one of our iron counties
writes us a letter, from which we extract the fol
lowing: [Keystone.
The report of Mr. Secretary Walker is well re
ceived among the democrats, and would no doubt
be so by the better part of the whigs, if they would
read it, but unfortunately they Will not. Their
papers all over the country denounce the report
and the President's message as being all humbug,
falsehood, .4T. The people, however, are getting
to understand the difference between high protec
tion, to make rich the few at the expense of the
many, and a revenue tariff. So far as I know, the
democrats in this county, as well as some whigs,
when they get to understand it, will go their death
against high protection. This issue is now formed,
and must be met boldly, and I, for one; have no
tears but that the result will be an overwhelming
defeat to the monopolists.-
1.L 7- Judge ELDRED, of this State, has decided
that listening at a key-hole, though highly improper,
and even a violation of law in a man, is perfectly
excusable in a woman, owing to the natural curi
osity of the sex.
The American Law ,Journal.
We are pleased to learn that the American Law
Journal, published by HAMERSLT & COMPANY, of
Lancaster, is meeting with such general favor. It
is edited by an association of, gentlemen learned in
the law, and the , matter brought to the notice of
the profession is of the greatest intetest. An ab
stract of all the decisions of the supreme court is
to be found in this work, immediately atter their
delivery, and long before the decisions themselves
are reported in the regular reports, and a great
variety of other matter not to be found in other law
publications.—Democratic Union.
California Items.
Since the military gOvernment of the territory
has ceased, owing to the conclusion of the treaty
of peace, we are literally, without government, arid
without law or order of any kind.
The distance of the" Washings - from San Fran
cisco varies from 150 to 300 miles. The country
around them is for the most part a desotate and
dreary waste, not fit for agriculture of any kind.
The gold is found in te beds of the streams,
(which, in the slimmer are nearly dry,) and in the
ravines running down the sides of the hills and
mountains towards the Streams. The gold .which
is found in the beds of streams is generally in small
particles, not quite so large round as a grain of
flax-seed, and much thinner. That, however, which
is found in the ravines and their banks, is in gene
ral in masses weighing from -10 grains to an ounce
and a half. Little digging is requisite, the gold
being found near the surface, and is either picked
out by hand, or separated from the sand or soil by
washing.
The people form themselves into companies, con
sisting of from ten to twelve persons, who share
the profits of their joint stock association.
There has been a vast amount of sickness and
misery among the gold hunters ; owing in a great
measure to exposure, imprudence in dressing and
improper food. The country is so bare of all the
comforts and necessaries of life, that the most un
heard of prices are asked and freely given for cloth.
ing and food. Consequently, in the end, notwith
standing the rich products of the labors of the dig
gers, they are not much better off than if they
labored at less profit and received their supplies at
moderate rates.
The vicious and the outcasts of all lands are
pouring into the country. The absence of all•gov
ernment and law gives them full license, and vice
and immortality seem likely to hold sway in El
Dorado'lor a long time to come.—Evening Bulletin.
1,E7" The School Directors of this city have, very
properly, sent remonstrances to the State Legisla
ture, against the use of the school-houses for hold
ing elections.
Mn. TEN EYCK, our late Commissioner of the
Sandwich Islands, whose place Mr. Eames, of the
Union, has recently been appointed to supply,
writes home that he has visited the California
mines, and that $lOOOllOO were taken in a few
days out of a place 300 yards square.
WISCONSIN SENATOR.—We are gratified to an
nounce the re-election to the U. S. Senate:by the
Legislature of Wisconsin, of the Hon. J. P. WALK
ER, for six years, from the 4th. of March next,
when his present term will expire. Mr. Walker
has ably and faithfully represented Wisconsin in
the Senate, and his re-election reflects credit on the
State as well as the Senator.
jr The Democrats of Huntingdon county met
at Huntingdon ou the 9th, and chose Maj. GEO. W.
Sretii Representative Delegate to the Democratic
State tonvention, and recommended for Senatorial
Delegate John Scott,
.jr., Esq., appointing ('apt.
James Bell and Dr. M. Stewart. Conferees.
HOMESTEAD EX):NPTION IN Onto.—Dr.
mock has introduced a bill in the Senate of that
State. to exempt homesteads from forced sales on
execution, a lot of land not exceeding in extent 100
acres, nor in value, together with the buildings, the
sum of Stooo.
GOTHAM ASTONISHED.- - All the vast empire of
New York city was set . in uproar on Monday, by a
telegraphic dispatch from Washington, to the effect
that General Taylor had embarked in the steamer
Falcon, at New Orleans, for New York, and might
be hourly expected there. Spy-glasses were idde
rnand that day. Of course it was a hoax.
F REDE nieg Wjrrs , Esit.—The Carlisle Herald
says that public opinion, in that Judicial district,
has with great unanimity fixed upon Frederick
Watts, Esq., of the Carlisle bar, as the successor of
Judge Hepburn. whose term expires. Mr. Watts
is a man of large legal attainments, and would
honor the bench.
DE/TR OF Ma. HALE.—Mr. David Hale, one of
the editors of the New York Journal of Commerce,
died in Fredericksburg, Va., on Saturday last.
CALIFORNIA COIN.—The mint has coined . some
of the California gold into quarter eagles, with the
letters "Cal" over the eagle.
Grand Juror's Report.
Th.. Grand Inquest inquiring fur the body of the
County of Lancaster, beg leave to submit to the
Honorable Court the following remarks"—
In the performance of our duties relating to:,
such bills as Were sent to us by the Deputy At
torney General, we have the pleasure to state,
that but one single case wag brought before ns
originating with intemperance. Which seems to
indicate, that, doubtless through the agency of
the existing societies for that purpose, the cause
of Temperence is still on the increase.
As dirested by the honorable Court we visited the
Poor and house of employment of the county; the
appearance and cleanliness of the Poor house and
hospital is highly creditable to the officers who
hay e these departments in their charge, but we re
gret that we feel in duty bound to say, that in
our judgment, in the' managEneut of thehospital
department something is wrong-, and in support of
this it may be proper, to mention at least one hict
• which happened to the perional knowledge of
seine of us. Seine time ago, a young man from
the county was placed into the Hospital, owing
to the unthrtunatii condition of his mind, who
escaped, and after rambling about the country Mr
several days, he,at last reache k l his native home,
where a few days afterwards he became sick and
shortly after died. Now, an escape like this, it
is true, Hilly happen, but in our opinion, the
friends and relatives of the young man ought to
have been immediately notified by the officer of
the Hospital, which was totally neglected, al
though said officer knew that some of his nearest
relations resided in the city, and could have heel]
so notified without tiny material - inconvenience
to himself!
Another case,.of a WOlllllll escaping about tho
sametime, and being found after a week's search
and in a starving condition, might perhaps ale
be mentioned, but none of us having any person
al knowledge thereof, except what we know by
common report, we omit to enlarge upon the par
ticularities thereof.
In speaking of these facts to the proper officer
of the Department he complained of not being
able to prevent such occurrences for want of prop
er assistance, as he had to depend almost entire
ly upon the inmates of the Poor department, Who
receiving no salary, are nut very willing to per
farm arduous duties without at least some com
pensation. That officer also called our attention
to the insufficiency of the departinents, destined
for such insane persons as require a more close
confinement; showing us among other things•
door to one of the cells which actually was bro
ken by the person therein confined. We believe
that the use of chains in that establishment, mere
ly for the prevenition, of escape, ought never
to be pennitted," except in cases of the greatest
necessity. Indeed we can hardly see that a case
can occur when they will become necessary, pro
vided the building is sufficient. TIM wall enclo
sing the yard of the i tisane apartmmil, we also
think to be defective, being not of a sufficient
height. These facts, we thought it our duty to
state, leaving it to your honorable Court, to take
such order thereon as you may think proper.
We have also visited that unsuitable, miserable
old building, the Lancaster Jail, used and occu
pied by convicts and culprits, and also sometimes
innocent persons charged with crime and kept
In confinement fur trial. It is truly astonishing
to this inquest, that in the Nineteenth century—
in this age of progress and improvement, when
the cause of education, the promulgation of ads
.tianify, virtue and morality is the Eeneral order
of the day, und while our common desire is to
ameliorate and improve the general condition of
our race,—that here, so long has been tolerated,
as a legal plue - e, of confinement, for accused and
convicts, so disgraceful a nest as the Lancaster
County Jail, a building which has by many pre
! \ions Grand Juries been condemned as totally
unfit for its intended purpose.
Is it reasonable to believe that any person can
be restored to the community a reformed man,
(and reformation, and not merely punishment is
certainly our object) after having been confined
in some one of the few apartments of that build
ing, with numbers of the scum of thcqcommuni..
ty mixed up and composed of the innecently ac
cused, together with murderers,robbers, burglars,
forgers, counterfeiters, thieves, drunkards and va
grants—white as well as black, of all nations of
the. earth ? Is it probable, that an innocent vic
tim, imprisoned on suspicion, unless he be a eaui
of great firtintjess, can mingle,with this school of
vice and immorality without lasting injury ?
How call it be otherwise 7 Closely confined in
this detestable den of vice, with criminals of ev
ery grade, and without employment (fur the
building is unfit for it) daily entertained with
the boasts of ethers of their perpetrations of
crime and the concoctions of evil deeds hereafter
to lie executed, associating and becoming inti
mate with each characters, they have every in
ducement imaginable to become callous to the
cause of morality und the welfare of society :
We ur'e fully aware that the erection of a new
J Jail, upon the most improved however
without extravagance, at the present time, when
taxation has risen to au alarming height, will oc
casion considerable additional tux, and for that
reason still u great number of our well-meaning
oitizens are opposed thereto; but we are at the
I same time also convinced that a great part of such
opposition would at once be removed if such per
! sons had the opportunity of a close exiimination
of the present building.
It is therefore a matter of great satisfaction to
' this Inquest, to learn that our County has at last
been blessed with aboard of Commissioners, who
have the moral courage to disregard the objec
tions of those who yet are opposed thereto, not
au the least doubting, but the time is not far die
tent, when the utility of the undertaking will be
universally admitted, and all will be convinced,
that a few dollars additional. tax falling upon an
individual taxpayer, is well spent, if only now .
and then some few members of society are there
by reclaimed to the path of virtue. This inquest
therefore congratulate" the community on the
prospect of soon being relieved of this nuisance,
alai in place thereof of having a building more
suited for its intended purpose.
In consequence of finding about forty inmates
huddled, together in that building, of which we
have heretofore endeavored to give a description,
we thought it not a surprising fact, that we did
not find that cleanliness which might have been
desirable.
We' do not believe that it is our duty to express
our opinion on the District Court for this city an d
county, yet we believe, there will be no impro
priety in saying, that from ivhat we learn, since
the resignation of the highly esteemed and wor
thy late President of said Court, that it is the gen
eral opinion, that the manner of despatching the
business in the Court of Common Pleas will no
doubt justify the abolition of the District Court,
and that therefore a law to that effect will be
universally approved:
All of which is respectfully submitted to the
Honorable COUrt.
HENRY SHREINER, Foreman..
Samna Baughman, Ebenezer Jackson,
Adam Bear, Christian Landis,
John. Dillow, Bernhard Mann, (far
-k. S. Ewing, Andrew Metzgar,
Daniel Forry,.. Henry Rohrer, 3r.
John Gardner, Christian H. Rauch,
Jacob Geyer, Henry Shelly,
John Hake, Samuel Stauffer.
AMERICAN COLON/ ZATION SOCIETY. -At the last
meeting of the Society, held in Washington on the
17th instant, the Hon. Henry Clay was unanimous
ly chosen President, and sixty-five other gentlemen,
of all sections of the United States, as well as Eng.
land, Vice Presidents; among whom we notice the
following Philadelphians:—Rev. C. C. Cuyler, Rev .
G. W. Bethune, Elliott Cresson and Williarn•Short.
The list includes many of the most distinguished
men of the nation, including Gen. Scott, Theo.
Frelinghuysen, Hon. R. J. Walker, Hon Thos. Cor
win, Bishop Waugh, Daniel Webster, Bishop Soule.