3ntelligencer Sr , Journal. E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR Lancaster, February 13, 1349. Tavern Licenses. Tavern Keepers in this City and County, whose Licenseuequire renewal at the April Sessions, are informed, that their advertisements will require in sertion on or before the 21st of March. Blank pe titions can be had at this office. An English Elbe Hist. There have of late years'appeared in this coun try a class of foreign scribbiers—they do not deserve the name of authors—who seize upon every op portunity either to exaggerate the failings, or de pr&iate the virtues, of the American people.— WhereWer they go, they discover an abundance of material to gratify their innate propensity for ro mancing. The glass through, which they discern objects is always inverted, which leads them either to magnify the most unimportant facts into the tru ly sublime and marvellous, or to represent others of real consequence in a light perfectly diminutive and trivial. As a general ink, their statements bear the stamp of falsehood upon their face, and are not written with a view .to obtain the public -credence, but merely to gratify their native thirst for scandal. These libellists, with but few excep tions, belong to the Cockney tribe of He ngland— that little sea-girt island, whose inhabitants can never forget, and it would seem scarcely forgive, the drubbing which our Yankee nation gave them in two memorable wars. Whether they are not really in the employ of the home government; sent as secret emissaries and traducers, we are not pre pared to assert—but their conduct would almost warrant the suspicion. Such is the unblushing im padence of these unconscionable libellists, that some of them even go so far as to print their ca lumnies in the neighborhood of the pedple they are content to vilify. To this Munchausen tribe evidently belongs the writer of a letter, purporting to have been written from West Chester, and published in the Philadel phia Times of Wednesday last—in which the good people of Lancaster are grossly caricatured and libelled. The paternity of " Leuconium" is wholly unmistakable. It carries its own broad earmarks. It is evidently the production of an English Cock ney, Who recently came to this city and advertised himself as a Lecturer on England, its government laws. customs, &c. Never having heard of the mail before. the public did rot deem it worth while to attend his performaucee, and for this reason, and this alone, he is pouring out hisvials of ,wrathupon them in the newspapers. That they were not at tracted to his lectures is•neither discreditable or re markable. Let a rnan of real merit come into their midst, and he will not fail of a numerous auditory. For example, should a Ntscer.cry, or a CARLYLE, or a Father MATTIrEw appear for such a purpose— , foreigners though they be—our entire community would flock to hear them. But, as s discriminating public, they do not feel warranted in extending the same patronage to every Jolts SMITH, or ToM Bnowm, or other lazy itinerant, who may stray this way and advertise himself to the good people in the lecturing business! A man of genuine desery ings is never disappointed—but ignorant mounte banks always. Mr. Bazely—or Basely—or BASE-L/ —whatever his real name—should have known this before he came here. Had he informed him self of this trait in the character of the Lancaster people, he would not have formed the " ideal pie' tore . ' he speaks of, and in which he seems to have .been so "sorely disappointed." He will know bet ter now that he has grown somewhat older. and that experietlce has taught him a thing or two. We do sot purpose to notice, in detail, the observa tions of this most helegant, henlightened and (name Henglishman—but some of them are in such utter violation of truth, that common justice to the assailed demands their refutation. Here, by 'Way of exam ple,is a gross imputation against. our Clergy: I do not mean to impugn the motives and wishes of the Ministers of Religion in Lancaster, or else where—but I - can, in all good will and sincerity affirm, that morality in all its ramifications is too lit tle insisted upon by them, as a body, and splitting hairs about doctrines and forms and theological ques tions sadly too much. Without morality there is no religion. If lam ever so attentive to all the rules, and ordinances, and demands of any church organ iiation, and cheat, and shave, and scheme, and ex ecute dishonest plans for self, or sectional, or party aggrandisement, my religion is vain, and I am un deserving of being denominated a Christian." Surely it did not require a missionary from the Court of Saint James—(bye the bye, we should like to know how eves an English court became sancti 7 tied)—to tell us these things. But it is a gross libel on the Lancaster Clergy to affirm, that they discard, or even neglect to inculcate, the moral duties, in their strictest and most extended sense. We doubt whether there is a city or town in the United States, in which the Ministers of the Gospel, whether re garded individually or collectively, are more exem plary in their private' lives, or more consistent in the Divine calling, than are those of this city.— What they preach, they practice—and they preach, not a part only, but the whole duty of man. Equally unfounded is the allegation, that .our Clergy are " sadly too much " occupied with con tentions on mere matters of doctrine and form. - Differences of opinion do exist, here as elsewhere, but • the economy of our Churches is so liberal that they are notwithstanding firmly united in the main tenance of fundamental and essential Titurn. To their credit be it spoken—the pulpit in this city is 'not disgraced by bitter theological contention, nor its usefulness impaired by sectarian strife and ac cusation. But whence did " Leuconizon - derive his information ? Certainly not from seeing and hear ing—for he visited but one church whilst here, whose officiating Minister he exempts from his scandal. 1-Es impeachment of the rest is sheer in vention, cut out of broad cloth,and with no sparing hand, either. "Leaconiunz, - not satisfied with venting his spleen against the Clergy, next attacks our public institu tions. He says: "The public schools are few and in adequate to the wants of the rising generation, and of inferior organization and utility. I found no public libraries, no news rams, and no proof of a lave of literature and sound knowledge. - If the chagrined Lecturer had sought for these things, he could not have failed to find them—for there are in this city not less than 25 Common Schools, affording the means of education to at least 1,500 children. Connected with these is the Franklin College, one of the oldest institutions of learning in the State, with two able professors. In these the pupil is qualified free of charge for ad mission into the Junior classes of any one of the principal colleges of the - country. We are assured that no other inland city in the United States affords similar educational advantages. Our public schools are all, well conducted, and much interest is constantly displayed in their extension and im provement. We have ,also a Circulating Library —a number of the most extensive private libraries = in the State—and another Library is being formed at Franklin College. Every house almost is a "News Room"—for there are not less than nine different newspiiper establishments in the city' which have a general circulation. If these facts do. not indicate "a love of literature and sound knowledge," we scarcely know what would. Cer tainly s taste for common-place lectures would not serve to supply the deficiency. DEATH Or A DISTINGUISHED MAN.—The Rich mond ,Enquirer announces the death, on Friday hight, of Benj'n Watkins Leigh, Esq., of that city He has filled a large space in the history of Vir ginia, having represented the State in the United States Senate, and occupied other responsible posi• tions. . . 117 - If ourrespected cotemporary of the Farmer had been as attentive a reader of the itteiligencer as he ought have been—arid we trust hereiler will be—he would have knowe_that, our advocacy_of the election of Judges by the People does'not refer back only to "lasS Octokr"—but is of older date. We have for years, here and elsewhere, defended this measure—and miore than- a year ago,.soon atter we assumed the proprietorship of this journal, we published a series of articles, editorial and com municated, warmly urging its adoption. Governor Suusa was then yet at the bead of the State •Gov. ernment, and likely to remain so. Our neighbor's inuendo against our present motives is hence proved wholly groundless. We shall soon see whether the Farmer's particu lar Whig favorites will preserve a similar consis tency. As a member of the State Senate, WIC F. JOHNSTON was a zealous advocate of the change— but since he has himself become the dispenser of the Executive table he seems to have forgotten all about it. Not a word do we find on the subject either in his Annual Message or in his Inaugural! We trust our friend of the Fanner, by one of his piquant paragraphs, will refresh His Excellency's recollection. It would be a pity if "circumstan ces- should "prevent" the Governor from sustaining a measure which was so dear to him as Senator. Col. William Bigler. We learn from various reliable sources, that the triumph of the Democratic party at the recent special election for Senator, in place of Governor JOH NBTON, may in a very eminent degree be credi ted to the industrious and persevering exertions of Col. WILLIAM BIGLER. The success of the Demo- cratic nominee, owing to a combination of cause essentially depended on the result in Clearfield com ty, the only sure Democratic county in the distric The day of election was appointed during the ses sion of the Clearfield court, when itn exciting trial was expected to take place, and when it was feared by our friends—and doubtless so intended by our foes—that the voters of that county would not go to the polls, but rush en-masse to the county-town. To prevent this, demanded the most untiring and persevering exertions—the more so, as the voters are sparsely scattered over a rugged and extensive territory. But to the devoted Democrat no obsta cles are to great, and hence Col. BIGLER 'assiduous ly addressed himself to the task. His labors have been rewarded by 346 majority for Mr. Daum, in Clearfield, and the consequent redemption of the district, and, probably, next year of the Senate it self. Few men of the same age in Pennsylvania have rendered more distinguished service to the Democratic cause than Col. WILLIAM BIOLER-• Cabinet-Making. It is announced from Harrisburg, that sixty of the seventy Whig and Native American inembers of the State Legislature have signed a recommen dation to Geri. Taylor, in favor of JOSIAH RANDALL, Esq., fbr Attorney General, or some other post in the Cabinet. What then comes of the prospect of ANDREW STEWART for the 8, etaryship of the Treasury? and of our townsman, 'DUDDY-US STE VENS, for the place or Post Master General'? The vote of Pennsylvania unquestionably made Gen. TAYLOR the President, and she deseives to fare well at the hands of the incoming administration, btit it is scarcely to be expected, that even she should get all the Cabinet offices—or any three of them. We should not wonder if this struggle for place should prove another Kilkenny affair, and residt is the difeat of all concerned. For the Lancaster Intelligencer Canal Commissioner Convention Mn. Hurrmt: Among the Democrats . in this neighborhood there has been considerable conver sation lately, in regard to the representation of Lancaster county in the next DemOcratic State Convention, for the nomination of a candidate for Canal Commissioner. It will he remembered, that at the County Convention held in August last, six gentlemen were chosen delegates to represent the county of Lancaster in a State Convention to be held at Harrisburg, on the Fourth of March-next. Since then, however, the State Central Committee, the legitimate organ of the party, acting in obedi ence to the expression of the 30th August Conven tion, have decided, that no Convention shall be then and there held, but that another and a totally differ ent body shall convene at Pittsburg, on the Fourth of July. Now the question arises, have - the dele gates chosen to the former convention authority to sit in the latter .? Certainly none was conferred— and this is the prevailing impression. II so, ought not the preliminary steps be taken to elect dele gates to the Democratic State Convention to be held on the Fourth of July at Pittsburg .2 I should like, hi r. Editor, to learn your views on the subject. A JACKSON DEMOCRAT. COLUMBIA, Feb. 8, 1849. The subject referred to in the foregoing commu nication, is obviously one of vital importance to the Democracy of Lancaster county. We av not, at present, prepared to spend an opinion in regard to it, or to offer counsel as to the luture. It is, however, our earnest hope, that nothing may be done calculated to disorganise and distract the 6000 Democrats who' in this county cast their suffrages for CABs and Brm.rm—but that every effort will be exerted to preserve their column firm and unbroken. Whilst we repose full confidence in the gentlemen chosen as delegates in August last, their authority to act in the Convention to be held at Pittsburgh, on the Fourth of July, is cer tainly a point about which honest men may be allowed io cherish honest differences of opinion. To the Democracy of the county, not to us, or to any one individual, be its decision submitted. The peculiar facts of the case, however, furnish incon testible proof of the impropriety of electing dele gates to a State Convention nearly ONE YEAR in advance of their time of assembling—a System, which can scarcely tail, even under the most favor. able circumstances of producing deep dissatisfaction . All things should be done decently and in season.— Ed. Intelhgencer. General Quitman. A Mississippi paper nominates General JouN A. QuiTsrAN for the office of Governor of that State. That paper justly says of that distinguished man —" his private character is without a blemish, and his public acts have thrown a lustre around the his. tory of Mississippi." At this crisis, the South wants such men in high public stations. New lCork Senator The Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD has been chosen U. S. Senator by the Legislature of New York, for the term of six years, from the 4th of March next, to succeed Gen. JOHN A. Dix—both Free Soilers. The vote stood as follow: Senate. House. Total William H. Seward, Whig IP 102. 121 John A. Dix, Barnburner f I 5 21 Chancellor Walworth, Hunker 2 - 7 D. D. Bernard, A GREAT GoN.—The .newspapers say'.that Mr. Milo Cass, of Utica, New York, has invented a gun that discharges twenty-six times for one loading, which it does in two minutes, or less—the charges being attached to an endless chain. This beats Coles revolver and all the other powder-and-lead weapons we have yet read of EP' JOHN BRODHEAD, Esq , of Philadelphia, has been appointed by Governor JOHNSTON, of Louisi ana, Commissioner to take depositions, acknow ledgements of deeds, &c., in the State of Pennsyl vania, for the State of Louisiana. ug- IN a j WILLIAM Far,' of Lehigh county, is recommended by a correspondent of the Lehigh Democrat for the Democratic nomination of Canal Commissioner From the Public Ledger 11Y bIPROMPTU on the election of Augustus Drum, Esq., over Johnston, in the 20th Senatorial Strange requisites for making laws, Pervade the mind , s'of some— And Johnston's left at home because He could not beat—A. Drum. THE OLD CITADEL SAFE: Democracy Again Triumphant! We point with pride and pleasure to the follow ing tahle lof the retains of the Charter Election held,in this city, on Tuisday last. It;will be seen . that the entiriDemocratic ticket has been success- ful, by an avniage , majority of about 200--ex hibiting a handsome lease. over the last Gover nor and Presidential elections. The re-election of the present efficient and excellent Mayor, Hon. MICHAEL CARPENTER, is especially gratifying, as he is a Democrat of the true stamp, and belongs to the honest and industrious Working Classes. When ever the Demodratic party, at its primary meetings presents such candidates for the public suffrages, it cannot fail to emerge victoriously from the contest. For the present, therefore, the old City, as of yore, stands firmly by her colors. , Earnest and persever; ing have ; been the efforts of the Federalists to se duce her from her ancient allegiance, but in vain. She still remains a green spot in the midst of a political desert—and her lustre shines the more brightly because of the surrounding gloom. Long may she preserve this proud pre-eminence ! Michael Carpenter George Ford Assessor. Michael Bundle Henry F. Benedict ..thsistant .llssessors. George Albright 365 411 776 James H. Barnes 365 406 771 Jacob Snyder 267 . 343 610 Conrad Anne 207 334 601 High Constabb . John Myers 372 405 777 John Kuhns. 253 345 598 City Constables, Philip Baker 338 394 732 George Hughes '328 374 702 Henry Martin . - 240 308 548 Charles Hitz 278 334 612 Select Council. Jacob B. Amwake 350 411 761 Newton Lightner 371 419 790 John Hamilton 361 416 777 Jacob Hensel 2.59 341 600 Wm. Whiteside 260 344 604 Godfried 2ahnt 267 349 616 Common anent Peter J. Corner :VII 416 787 Daniel Erisman 374 420 794 George Wilson 377 414 791 Gerhart Metzger 373 421 794 Bonom Samson 360 408 768 John Weldler F. W. Beate.' R. S. Rohrer F. A. Muhlenberg 382 429 811 Michael Trissler 378 421 799 D. B. Bartholomew 371 421 792 George Brooks 370 417 787 George-M. Steinman 384 426 310 Henry TV. Gantt 366 408 774 William Mathiot 376 417 793 A. W. Russel 275 352 627 Peter McConoiny 277 348 625 Benjamin Reinhold 272 344 616 Wendel Martzal 265 341 606 Christian Strohle 264 344 608 H. R. Reed 276 348 624 William Shrum 260 339 599 Alexander Danner 269 346 615 John Fondersmith 277 344 621 John Bear 274 3411 S 620 George B. Moury 275 34 623 Jacob Ehler '256 338 594 Jacob King 267 ' 346 613 Janies Crawfbrd 268 341 609 David Lebkicker, - 271 346 617 Judge—Fast Ward John Curr 324 324 David Cocklev 248 248 Judge—West Ward. John Bomberger 376 Wm. Kirkpatrick 321 Insperlor—East Ward. Frederick 'Lecher 328 328 Jacob Weitzel, jr. 248 248 Inspector—West Ward. George Hinkle 371 Emanuel Dorwart Democrats in italics—the oilier The Mexican Protocol The Ilifshington Union makes light of the ''start ling disclosures' . iu zensrence to the protocol which Messrs. Sevier and Clifford attached to the Mexican treaty, and publishes extracts-from the letter of the Secretary of State to the Mexican minister, bearing upon each of the points embraced in, the protocol. It says: Messrs. Sevier and Clifford were sent to Mexico for the purpose, among other duties, of explaining to the Mexican government the nature of the amendments made by the Senate to the treaty of peace. This treaty, with the amendments of thl, Senate, had been ratified by the President before their departure. Before their arrival at Queretaro, on the 25th of May, 1848, the treaty, with the amend ments of the Senate, had been approved both by the Senate and House of Deputies rf ellexico, according to the forms of their constitution. Before the Presidefil of Mexico ratified the 'treaty, it was deemed neces sary, to satisfy Mexican scruples, that an explana tion should be made by our commissioners, in the form of a Protocol, on three points. This explanation was tniule by Protocol. When the treaty reached Washington, on the 4th of July, 1848, the $3,000,000, the first instalment under the treaty, had been paid; the blockades of the 'Mexi can ports had been raised; and our troops had left the city of Mexico, and were fast evacuating the country. The ratifications had been exchanged on the 30th of May, 1848, and the treaty was the su preme law of the land. Had the Protocol contain ed any stipulation which violated the treaty, there could have been no other remedy but to open a new negotiation with Mexico on the subject. The President, after carefully examining the Protocol, found nothing in it which was not in conformity with the treaty, and therefore did not attempt to institute any new negotiation. From the Harrisburg Keystone First of the Batch A bill to re-charter the Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank of Philadelphia and to reins:ate its capital, or in other words, to increase its present capital, passed the senate on Saturday without any of the guards or restrictions recommended by Gov. Shank, by the following vote: YEAS—Messrs. Best, Boas, Brooke, Crabb, Cun ningham, Frick, Johnson, King, Konigmacher, Law rence, Levis, Matthias, Overfield, Rich, Richards, Sadler, Savery, Smyser, Stine, and Darsie, Speaker. Nays—Messrs. Brawley, Hugus, Ives, Mason, Small. ABSENT—Messrs. Forsyth, Harris, illcCasliti, Potteiger, Sankey. Sterret, Streeter. We sincerely trust the House of Representative& will not permit the bill to pass without making the stockholders individually liable, and imposing on it other valuable restrictions; and when it comes up, it is to be hoped thas every democratic member will be in his place prepared to sustain the great principles of bank reform for which the party has so long contended. POLITICAL DINNEIL—A public dinner was given at Lansing, (Mich) on the 22d nit., to Gen. ('ass, and about two hundred guests sat down—the Gov ernor of the State presiding, assisted by a number of eminent gentlemen. In - the course of the eve ning the following toasts were drunk: Our Senatqr—Gen. Cass.—The accomplished scholar—the able diplomatist and stateman—the man of the Nation. Gen. Zachary Taylor—The President elect—the Fame of his military genius, and heroic achieve. merits complete the page of his country's glory. A COMPLIMENT TO Mn. CALHOUN FROM AN UN EXPECTED QUARTER.—At the recent anti-Slavery meeting of the Garrison Abolitionists held in Fan ueil Hall, Boston, the following complimentary res olution on Mr. Calhoun was unanimously passed. It is a compliment, although not a kind one, and Mr. Calhoun might return it in kind. " Resolved, That in openly and unequivocally advocating slavery as a just, beneficient, and demo cratic institution, John C. Calhoun of South Caro lina, is to be commended for his frankness and directness; that for his earnestness, consistency, in• trepidity and self-sacrifice, in defending and seeking to extend and perpetuate what he thus professes to regard as superlatively excellent, he is equally to be commended."—N Y. Mirror. The Spedator " is the title of a highly in teresting Democratic paper, started at Franklin, Ve nango county, in place of the Democratic Arch. It is conducted with much ability, by A. P. Wut.T.i. KER. Esq. 117 - I have a great aversion to Auburn locks, as the criminal said' when he took lodgings in the Auburn prison. It r The following communication is from a highly intellifent and. respectable source. Having already approved the course of the County Corn-. missioners in their contract with gr. Haw. 4M, as they so well `deserve, w4Cannoi.sutd spiii;Mr for the views of our CorremmOdent. Sit- the Poldic- nterests can lose nothing by Free Inquiry and'Free Discussion. Hence we hum!tii•it.—.&fitor. The County aalL A new Jail is to be built, the old one being in . . sufficient. So far seems to be settled public opinion, announced in conversation, by the newspapers, and by grand juries, during a length of time amply suf ficient to satisfy all that such is the e.. 0 The questiQn remaining is, how and where it is to be built? No other authorities of the county are deemed to have the power to make contracts, and carry into effect this object, except the Com missioners. But, while this duty devolves upon them, it must be remembered, that they are a quasi corporate body, representing the people, and by them changed every year, in supplying the place of the oldest then by law going out. It behooves them, therefore, to act with great caution, care, and firmness, particularly in taking the first step, in a matter involving so large an ex penditure of public money, and the future conve nience of county affairs. • E. W. W. NV It is rumored that the Commissioners are about to contract with an architect, for the erection of a Penitentiary, to include also a county jail, on the West side of the Water Basin, nearli.a mile from the centre of the city, at the contract price of 5102,000. If executed as usual in contracts for the public, with the additional cost of grounds. walls, adjuncts and extras, the final cost will be towards $200,000. Now this cost, even at the highest number, would be nothing to the great county of Lancaster, if after it was finished the proposed plan and place were found to be best, or even tolerably appropriate. - Is the plan proposed such ? Th e evil complained of in the county is the un fitness of the old jail, and the expense to the county of keeping a few of the convicts-in the Penitentiary at Philadelphia. And the remedy proposed was to build a more commodious New Jail with adjoining cells and yards for solitary confinement, to accom modate our own higher grade of convicts, more economically at home. But the remedy now con templated by the Commissioneis is said to be, the building a castellated Penitentiary, in a conspicious place, with a County Jail therein, as the adjunct. The result will be a very fine, building,' in a most conspicuous and beautiful situation, almost tempting 374 416 790 375 422 797 375 419 794 to crime to obtain a residence therein, but at an exceedingly inconvenient distance from the Court House, the centre of business, the publiCiffices, and the residences of the Judges, Mayor, and Magis trates, the officers -who generally commit and dis charge prisoners. So much so that, besides requir ing a large additional number of superintendents . and attendants, it will be found that the County will be obliged to retain the old inconvenient jail, or build a new additional County Jail, or lock up House in its place. It is supposed that all these inconveniences, and many others that might be enumerated, may be obviated, and those of the present Jail removed by erecting what the County intend, a new County Jail, with the requisite modern improvements to keep all their own convicts, either on the old scite, or somewhere in the neighborhood-of the centre of the city. The ground on which the old jail stands is dedi cated by Deed from the proprietors to public use for that purpose, and cannot be changed or sold to give any title against the public. This of itself ought not to be sufficient to induce the Commissioners to erect their new building on the old scite, unless upon careful examination it can be made to answer well ; but if that is the case, it ought to be selected above all Others: This public ground, bounded on the south by West King, on the east and west by Prince and Water streets, would, by purchasing the two or three lots to the alley North, from an oblong piece of ground of proper shape and size for a complete Jail and adjunct cell building, having the additional advantage of being bounded throughout by streets and an alley. It would therefore seem to suit exactly to build on and enclose entire with the jail and cell yard wall ; and thus make the whole erec tion safe, convenient, neat, and as little unsightly or annoying as a factory to the surrounding neigh borhood. That it is not a conspicious place to show off architecture is rather an advantage; as such an emblem of human infirmity ought to be set aside from public exhibition as much as possi ble. Its location, too, is admirably adapted for arched kitchens and fuel cellars on Water street, and ducts for the passage of filth and drainage into the creek sewer, under that street. If erected here or not tar from the centre of the city, the Sheriff the true and safe general superintendent by common law and custom of the dangerous power to conduct while in prison the poor, unfortunate, suspected, and criminal, would still perform all the functions of his office which we have been so long accustomed M feel safely entrusted to his charge—the subordi nates all going out at the end of his term, in' the true republican way of keeping things pure, unless his successor shall find them still fit to retain. If it should be found, contrary to expectation, that this lot would not do, there are other lots with in convenient distance of the Court House, conspi cious enough, such as Smiificts's and other va cant lots on Wolf's hill, or BICENNTMAN ' S lot at the corner of Orange and Lime streets, either not an hundred yards farther off, that no doubt could be purchased. The advantages of a New Jail near the centre over a Penitentiary in the subuibs seems therefore manifest, in all the requisites of completeness, con venience and economy. And it would be well for the Commissioners, who cannot be supposed, or at least ought not to desire anything but the public good, to pause and examine. For this government is peculiarly the one of well regulated public opinion, and any gross mis take of public elective offiers, particularly in large contracts requiring time to execute, in the public view, cannot be carried into effect contrary to such opinion; but if attempted to be persevered in will be decided as null by juries, or the expense thrown upon the Commissioners by Auditors, or, almost worse than all, occasion litigation and ill-feeling in the County for years. LoicAsTxn COUNTY. "I have just been conversing with a gentleman fresh from the Virginia Gold Mines, near Fredricks. burgh, in that State. He assures me that the present yield of the Whitehall Mine (Stockton, Heiss & Co.'s) is decidedly ahead of Californiat-certainly over $5OO per day to, a working force of sixty hands. That mine has recently been supplied with first-class machinery, and is going ahead under full sail." Itl Pusten, looking at the flight of Louis Phil : . lippe, Ferdinand, Mettemich, the Pope, &c , &c. during the last twelve months; decides that 1848 is decidedly entitled to be called the flightiest year on record. For the Intelligencti.r TRUE Pnooazss.—The people of Massachusetts voluntarily taxed themselvei last year one million of dollars for the support of the Common Schools. There is not a native born' child .in the State old enough to learn, who cannot 'read and write. In Boston 000,000 was expended in building school houses, during the three months preceding April last. Within the year past, individuals have given $200,000 to Harvard College. The State is build ing a reform school for vagrant and exposed chil dren, at a cost of $100,000: The State educates all . the deaf, dumb and blind, and has established a school for idiots. GoLD Mmis.—The following is an extract of a letter, dated Washington, Jan. 31, to the New York Tribune: ;From the Lancaster County Farmer. Lancaster County Medical Society. At a meeting of the Lancaster County Medi-- cif - Society, held' Ang. 23d; the following pre amble and resolutions were adopted: • `WAases►s, The Lancaster 'County:; Hospital, which is supported by the- taxpayers, mainly for the indigent, sick, and insane cif the court s .ty, may lie'so =vowed as to essentially pro ' -;mote the cauie.oflHedicil Scienee, wah - out any increase of expense to the county, or di minution of comfort or benefit to the unlortu nate inmates, And— WirEarls The Hospital may be made a source of profit ! to the county, and of advantage to a portion of its tax-payers, by holding out in -ducements to persons having means, to pay for their suppbrt. and treatment therein, to become its inmates upon liberal terms.— Therefore, Be it resolved, by the Medical So . ciety of Lancaster Co.: 1. That the President and Secretary of the Society be, and are hereby instructed, to make written application to the Board of Directors of the Poor and House of Employment in the name of Society, that the Medical and Surgical care of the Hospital, be committed from and after the end of the current year to the society. 2. That if the care of the Hospital be com mitted to the Society, twelve physicians of the city and covnty of Lancastet shall be appointed by the Society, three of whourpnamely one from the city and two from the county, shall take chargeof the Hospital gratuitiously three months in such order as they shall arrange among them selves; first severally binding themselves on their professional honor, to visit the Hopital at least - times in each week, and as much oftener as they shall be required or shall be ne ceasary. 3. That the Hospital shtill be open and free to all regular medical students whose preceptors shall be membersof the Society, so that they shall have the privilege of visiting it at all times, in company with the attending physicians, for time being, and of being present at all surgical operations. 4. That as a matter of common right, each citizen, who may be an inmate of the Hopsital as a boarder, shall have the privilege by himself or his 'friends, of designating any physician whom he play select, to attend hint, such physician be ing a member of the Society. Which were enclosed, and the required appli cation made in the following note, which was delivered to the Board whileln session : " LANCASTER, Nov.. 1, 1E48.. To the Directors of the, Poor and House of Employment of Lancaster County. Gentlemen AL the last meeting of the Lancaster County Medical Society,' the following pre amble and resolutions were adopted, with in structions to transmit a copy of the same to your Board for its action thereon : (Preamble and Resolutions.) We would, therefore, in obedience to the in structions contained in the foregoing resolutions, respactfully apply, in the name and on behalf of Society, for the medical and surgical care of the Hospital under your charge. SAMUEL HUMES, President, H. CARPENTER, Secretary. At a Meeting of the Society, held Nov. 22d, 1848, upon the report of the officers, that no re• pl.y , had been received from the Board, they were accordingly instructed, by resolution, to again call their attention to the subject, which was done in the following note : "LANCASTER, Dec. 1, 1848. "To the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment of Lancaster Co. Gentlemen _ At the last meeting of the Lancaster Co. Medical Society, held on the 22d of Nov., as no communication had been received by the Socie ty from your Hoard, in reply to their application for the medical and surgical care of the Hospital, the undersigned were directed to call your atten tion to the subject, and respectfully request an answer to the sante at your earliest convenience. Having understood that the Board continued the last application into a desire to take the charge of 'the Hospital entirely out of their hands, we would beg leave to say, that the Society had no such idea, but wished merely to obtain upon the same privileges enjoyed by the present medical officers—being amenable to the Board•in every respect, the same as they and alike subject to its control. Very' respectfully, } Sexur.r, fiumEs. President, Seal H. CARPENTER, Secretary. On January 15, the following communication was received Lancaster Co. Poor and H. of E. January, 10, 1848. 5 Dr. SAMUEL HOMES, Pres. Lan. Co. Medical Society, Dear Sir : As directed, I herewith transmit to you a copy of resolutions, adopted at a recent meeting of the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster Co. Respectfully yours, WM. TAYLOR, Clerk. "WIIEREAS, SeveraL communications have been laid before this Board, from the 'Medical So ciety of Lancaster County,' a corporation of physicians of the city and county of Lancaster, praying that said corporation may be appointed to take charge of the Lancaster county Hospi tal, in lieu of the individual physicians appoint ed by the Board. And, "WnErtEAs, Such application if approved of by this Board would be fraught with consequences the most injurious to the interests of the coun ty and the condition of the afflicted inmates of the Hospital, by reason of the fact that this Board would have no means of enforcing the attendance of any one physician, nor could they 'at any time punish remissness of duty, by discharging any physician, by reason of the whole control of the medical department being placed in the hands of a corporation ; it would also be a direct violation of the rules, ordi • nances, and bye-laws enactedior the govern , ment of the House. Therefore, be it - - RESOLVED, That it is inexpedient to change the existing course. which has been practised ever since the establishment of the Lancaster County Hospital : of this Board choosing its own physicians, and of having -them subject to its control. RESOLVED, That the Clerk forward an attested copp of these resolutions to the President of the said Society as the answer of this Board. [Extract from the minutes.] (Attest) Wm. TAYLOR, Clerk. Which upon being read at the meeting of the Society, on the 17th inst., it was RESOLVED, That all the communications on this subject be published in the newspapers of this county. [Extract from the minutes.] HENRY CARPENTER, See. From the Pennsy/vaman significant Farewell Gen, TATLon, takes leave of his friends at Baton Rouge without an allusion to "Whig" principles. His parting address is a singular production. He would have preferred to retain his military office— he has been elevated to another "without any solic itation"—he fears he is not qualified to discharge the great and important duties of the latter, but he will endeavor to do so "without 'ear, favor, or affec tion, for any one." In all these - expressions, how ever, which are somewhat foreign to a mere neigh borhood farewell, there is not a sentence :that can be twisted into an allusion in fayor of Whiggery. Says Gen. Taylor to the people of Baton Rouge, "Had I consulted my own wishes, I shadd have MUCH PREFERRED to retain the ,ire I am now about to vacate." This is as clear as words could make it, that Gen. Taylor has a passion for the authority of Military position—tor scenes of war and blood— for the rude life of the dangerous frontier. 'But," adds Gen. Taylor, "'rue PEOPLE have, withoui any solicitation, seen fit In elevate hie to another!' So it is not the "Whigs, - but "the people - that have elevated Gen. Taylor to the Presidency! And "without any soticitation!" This is saying very frankly to his party-friends that they must ask him for no office as Whigs, and that they can have no claim upon him, because the office was conferred upon him "without solicitation." "Although," he continues, "I fear I am not quali fied to discharge the great and important duties dr volved uzu me:' This is useful as a confirmation of his early pro fessions of incapacity, but the General uses it merely as introductory to this strong and striking avowal: ‘, I'd be assarad, fellow-citizens, 1 shall endeavor to fulfil them wiAhout regard to fear, favor, or affection, for any one!" This is a new and a powerful way to express his determination to be art independent no-party President—neither to be paralized by "fear - of Clay, to be misdirected by expected "favor - to the enemies of that statesman, or to be hampered by a foolish "affection" for the Whigs. Time and-reflec tion are not calculated to make any body fall in love with the Whig principles, against which this is also a declaration of war. Nsw MODE OP CALLING ON DEBTORS.—We Clip the following advertisement of J. Visser, merchant : from the National Intelligenter : Those whom I have credited, aryl sent for over and over again to settle their bills of long standing, without giving me any satisfaction whatever, and from whom I can get nothing even by collector, are informed that I shall publish their debts and sell them at auction to, the highest bidder. From the Boner (Pa.) Democratic Herald. ElettlintAir 4tidges , We. observe that 'there has been some talk in our State Legislatnre on. the subject of the election of Judges by thd people. ' - Before our State Conatitution was amended,-the Governor of, Pennaylvania had more official power and patronage than were consistent with the spirit of ouldemOcratie institutions. The people had not 1 the pincer of electing a majority of the Most irn, portant offers in the several counties of the com monwealthi—indeed, the Executive, had he seen I - it, could have appointed nearly every citizen in the State to an office—Justice of the Peace ;--there was no fixed limit to- the appointing prerogative. Id fact, the masses had but little, if anything, to do, in the appointment of a large proportion of those officers who administered the laws. But the people ; took it into their heads that it would be better and safer to re-assume a great many of those preroga tiVes that had been delegated—the ancient and de fective system was wisely blotted out, and a better substituted in its stead. Does any one regret the change, or think that the power is not better id I the hands of the people than in those of the Ex ecutive? fn our happy country, the people are truly look ed upon and recognized as the source of all power; , the grand "fountain from which our great and pros perous government takes its rise. They are either able and competent to govern -themselves and choose their own officers, or they are inadequate to this task. They elect-the Governor who appoints the Judges. Why not let them elect the Judges i directly, at once and do away with this circuitous mode of performing that through an agent which can be so much better done by the principal? It is a strange and somewhat equivocal compliment —and one that ought to have but endorsrs—to tell the people that they have-not intellfgenv and discrimination sufficient to enable them to elect a good Judge. j The new constitution changed the viatuai life I tenure to a term of years, as far as regards all ju ' dlcial functionaries. This was just about half way —and foreshadowed the advance to the desired , goal. Give to the people the election of all their officers, and the genuine principles of Democracy I have nothing to fear—it is the only sure way to perpetuate them. It is a significant fact, that in all the States in which the old constitutions have been reformed, that the new charters give to the people more powers and prerogatives than were I allowed by the old—those rights and privileges that had been formerly delegated, but the exercise of . which has now reverted back to their legitimate source. The people of the States alluded to, keep pace with the progressiveness of the times. In , New York, the people elect all of their Judges, and all of their State officers.. Has not the pew system there worked as Well, nay, better, than the old ? Is there any sign, in that State, of a retrograde move ment towards the former order of things? No -1 they would almost as soon think of establishing' a I monarchy at once. In all political reforms, Penn sylvania is slow, but sure. From the Harrisburg Keystone New Banks. We feel, from expressions of public sentiment throughout the state, that we cannot too earnestly urge upon the legislature firmness in resisting the importunities for the establishment of new banks. It is a question in which the permanent prosperity of the state is more intimately connected than any other. If the currency becomes deranged, or' sud. denly inflated or lessened, the business of the coun try must always be aflecte I injuriously. The one produces over action in business, extrava_gance and speculation ; the other depression, forced . sales and hopeless insolvency. The experience which all have had on this sub ject ought to teach wisdom. The democratic mem bers, especially, have in this respect the highest res ponsibility devolved upon them. Heretofore, as the journals will show, the most of the obnoxious acts in relation to banks, have been carried by the body of the federal or Whig party, voting for them in conjunction with a minority of the democrats. In this way the federalists have been enabled to di- vide the responsibility of the evils resulting from the banking system. What democrat has not been frequently mortified by having the conduct of a few i misguided political brethren who have acted thus, ! charged upon the democratic party? Men who will thus depart from their duty, would do the pony much less harm if they would go operlly into the I ranks of federalism. We sincerely trust that this session of the legislature will furnish no such ex amples of disregard of the principles of the party. The democratic party is pledged to bank reform and against the unnecessary increase, of banking institutions, and if they prove false to their profes sion, they have no right to expect the people to • place confidence in . their sincerity. The idea of a democratic member, representing an intelligent democratic constituency of honest mechanics and farmers, being seduced into the support of a bank, to please a few whigs and pretended dembcrats, is humiliating, and revolting to the feelings of every • honest man in the, community. How few of the new banks, establshed some • years back, proved of any advantage to the com munities in which they were located, and how many of them proved a curse, and broke up, and are now among the things that were? Certainly the people cannot want a repetition of such experiments in flicted upon them. Besides, as a general rule, they always create a little aristocracy around them, that has no sympathy whatever with the mass of the people, whether whigs or democrats, and in the end their influence is directed against the democracy, because it is opposed to such establishments. To see a member, who owes his seat to honest demo ! cratic voters, laboring to establish an institution 1 which will sooner or later, lend its influence to 1 defeat the party to whom he is indebted for his place, is not only humilating but disgusting. A Gold Digger's Experience. A correspondent of the Honolulu (Sandwich Is lands) Friend, whO was out surveying in the gold region, and went, like the rest of them, to gather ing the "root of all evil, - gives his experience as follows: I found digging gold by no means the enchanting ' employment many might dream it to be, but a mat ter-of fact, back.aching, wearisome work, mostnearly resembling. for all the world, the heavy toil of a multitude of Paddies excavating a canal Or mill race. The climate of the gold region, from April to October, is dry, with a cloudless atmospr.ere and cool nights--the middle of the day being warm, especially at the diggins nearest the plain. While at the mines, I was, of course, obliged to turn mountaineer—sleep under the blue canopy, or part of the time in a tent, and take care of my domestic concerns as best as I could. Life in the mountains, with plenty: to eat and a good appetite, produced by hard work for sauce, is not so repulsive a thing as, one only accustomed to in door existence might suppose. For variety's sake, it will do for a time; but for my part, gold digging is a business I do not fancy, although it pays pretty well, and you are sure of getting your pay in hand the moment the work is done. Still, I would rather be at my old business with one third of the profits of this. Some Vao recently went up the Sacramento river, came back a week afterwards, well stored with fever and ague, it not with gold. Many who came will make money doubtless; but some will make them ' selves sick, and perhaps make themselves poorer than ever—if they do not make a shipwreck of good morals and die, like some already, as the fool dieth, in revelling and drunkenness. If any man is doing a tolerable business at the Islands, let him stick to it. He will, ten chances to one, be better off in the end. 11 . !th" Eases PEAct.—The English philanthropists still entertain the idea of abolishing war as ballsrous. The London Daily News is strongly - in favor of the movement of the Congress of Brussels, for universal peace, and urgesespecially the importance of introducing arbritration clauses into all future treaties—as a most excellent philanthropic and practical idea. None of the nations of Europe, it thinks, would now object to it, because none of them are bent on territorial aggrandizement. Such treaties with the United States, it thinks most im portant to England, particularly in reference to Canada, in -regard to Which, it says that if the British governnient does not keep pace with the United States in all the qualities that attach a pop ulation to the government, a million of men and guns could not supply the inferiority in any strug gle for that country. Ica.—The intrinsic. value of Ice, like that of metals, depends on the investigation of an assayer. That is to say, a.cubic foot of Lower Canada ice, is-infinitely more cold than a cubic foot of Upper Canada ice, which contains more cold than a cubic foot of Nenham ice,which. contains infinitely more cold than a cubic font of English ice; and thus, although_ each of those Per cubic feet of ice has precisely the same shape, they each, as summer approaches, dimmish in value, that is to say, they each gradually lose a proportion of their cold, until, long before the Lower Canada ice has melted, the English ice has been converted into luewarm water.—Chantber's Edinburg Journal. 4• Letter from California. Wefindiwthe N. Y. Sun, a letter just received by_a gentlenian from his brother-in-law in Califor nia. The letter is bona-fide and may be relied on. The writer was for a time a miner of gold in Cali fomia I take this opportunity' to inform you that lam in California and in possession of plenty of gold. You -knotel have always been anxious to-become wealthy, and now;I have got plenty of gold and cannot procure food to keep me from hunger If you will come out here and bring two or three hundred dollars worth of .provisions, you can get gold enough for it to make you independent for life and you will have some to spare to your friends. I intend to send you some the first opportunity.— Solon and Woodbury are here with me ; we haVe been here about four months and have got plenty of gold, but suffer for food. Sell out and come along, but be sure to bring provisions with you. There are a great many Gold Diggers arriving daily, but there is plenty of room for all. Yours. LOYAL KIMBALL AMERICAN Tiucr SOCIETY.—We understand that more than seven hundred thousand pages of tracts and other usefid readillg have-been furnished by the American Tract Society to - vessels bound for California. - . Some liberal minded peesons have given special donations to the Society for this pur pose—hut the Society, we believe, has done by tar the major part of this great and good work, and is still prosecuting it vigorously. MARRIAGES. On the 25th uIL, by the Rev. Mr. Keyes, George Autnent to Sarah Schwinehard, both of Drumore. In Philadelphia, on the evening of the let inst., by the Rev. 0. Douglass*, John H. Smith, of Bain bridge, to Susanna, eldest daughter ofJohn of East Donegal, Lancaster county. On January 25th, by the Rev. E. W. Reinecke, John Hanes, of Donegal township, to Leah Hoff master,-;of East Hempfield. DEATHS. In this city, on the 3d inst.; Dennis Kelly, aged 49 years, 7 days. In this city, on the sth inst., Catharine Burckher, aged 83 years, 9 months, 10 days. On the .7th, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Beates, of this city, and daughter of the late C. Brenner, Esq. On the sth inst., Mary Elizabeth, only child of Henry and Mary Kendig, aged 2 years, 4 months, 7 days. On the Ist inst., of Black Jaundice, Nathan C. Scholfield, of this city. In Intercourse, Leacock township, on the 13th ult., Ann, wife of David Robison, aged 70 years, 10 months and 9 days. in the same place, on the 25th ult., John Sel domridgei sr., aged 66 years, 10 months and 17 days. In the same place, on the 29th ult., David Robi son, aged 73 years, 10 months and 12 days. In the same place, on the 31st ult., Ann, wife of Washington Brenner, aged 29 years and 4 months. In the same place, on the 6th inst., Jacob Eckert, sr., aged 77 years, months and 19 days. On Monday morning, MARY MAGDALENA, wife of the late Jacob Rupp. On the 23rd ult., Mrs. ESTIIiFt RAVE, wife of J. Miller Raub, of Leesbnrg, in the 23rd year of her age. Like the fair and cherished summer flower that blooms in all its beauty at morn, but lies pale shrunken and blighted at noon, did the subject of the above notice pass from the midst of those who deeply and fondly loved her. But few days ago, she was in onr midst, shedding congenial and soul cheering influence among all, by her kind words and happy smiles; but she is gone—gone front the hearth where she was cherished and loved, and a void is left in the hearts of those, who. were more intimately connected with her. She possessed an amiable disposition, and was es teemetb by every person who came within the limit of her acquaintance. It,may, in truth, be said, she had not a single enemy.; She died with perfect confidence in her God, was aware of her approaching fate, and anxiously awaited her end with Christian fortitude' and resignation. She retained her senses unimpaired to the last mo ment of life. A few moments before her transit -she expressed a desire to see and bid us farewell forever! We hastened to her bedside—" Good bye," said she extending her hand, " Good-bye , —I am going to my long, long home--I wish to 'die—Good-bye forever ! ' Oh ! never, while ; life remains, shall we forget that parting, the' bitter agony of that one hour ! The damp dews of death were already upon her—and ere many 1 moments, even as her wish, her pure and gentle spirit took its flight to another and better world, to rest eve' with its God ! Thus the loved and cherished are daily, hourly, one ;by one, called from our midst. The world is passing away! : There is desolation on the hearth—the hearts beat sorrowful and sad, for the form is missed, and the voice is heard in solemn stillness ! But there is hope—hope for the fend and mourning young husband—hope for the affectionate mother and all who mourn her departure. That hope to meet again, iu another world, beyond the cold and silent grave, where death can part no more ! Obituary. Died, on the 9th inst., in this city, PETER SHINDEL, in'the 89th year of his age: Another revolutionary hero gone! Another link which binds the present with the past has been severed ! The deceased was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Lancaster; and in the calm and unclouded twilight of his declining years, he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends. In the great struggle for Inde pendence, he was among those stern , and unyieid ing patriotd who poured out their life's-blood to achieve the inestimable boon which we now-enjoy. At the battle of Brandywine he bore a conspicuous and prominent part, and in many skirmishes he won the approbation of his commander, by his prowess and bravery. Apart from all this, and in private life, he was ever regarded with respect by all who came in con tact with him. Beneath a cold and stern exterior lie concealed the warmest sympathies and the most generous feelings. He lived-to a ripe old age, and, in-his last moments, retained the full possession of his faculties. W. F. Blank Account Books, Stationery and School Books. J. GISH & BROTHER invite purchasers to call . and examine their stock of Blank Books, all of the beet materials, and are sold at the very low est prices. Cap Day Books, Demi Day Books, 4 4 Journals, " Journals, " Ledgers, " Ledgers, 44 Cash Books, 44 Letters Books, &c. 44 Letter Books, Medium Day Books, " Dockets, " Journals, " Minute Books, 44 • Ledgers, &c., Bound with Russia ends and bandit, and in plain , binding. ' Also, a large assortment of half bound Day Books, Ledgers and Quartos, together with a great variety of Blank Books, Pass Books, Letter Books, Re cords, String, Tuck, and Pencil Memorandums, &c., in plain and fancy bindings, Pocket Dairies, Receipt Books, Copy Books, Cyphering Books, &c., &c., comprising the largest assortent in the city. I A large lot of Letter-and Foolscl Paper; - just rn... 3 received direct from the Mills, and fo sale at the lowest prices. Blank Books of all kinds made to order and ruled to any pattern, without extra charge. J. GISH & BROTHER, • Booksellers and Stationers, Corner North Queen and Orange Ste., Lancaster. February 13 6t-3 Estate or Esther Stauffer. In the Court of Common Pleas for the CO. of Lanc'r. WHEREAS, Jacob Martin, Trustee of monies V, bequeathed by her, the said Esther Stauffer, to her nephew Henry Zimmerman, did on the fifth day of February, 1849, file in the Office of the Pro thonotary of the said Court, his account of the said Estate : Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the said Estate, that the said Court have ap pointed the 19th day of March, 1849, for the Cellfif motion thereof, unless exceptions be filed. ATTEST: HENRY STOEK, Proth'y. Prothonotary , a Office, Lancaster, Fela>ary 16,495 4t-3 New Lancaster County Prison: SEALED PROPOSALS for executing the several kinds of work and furnishing the materials re quired in the erection of the above building, will be received until the 7th of March. The Proposals must be POST PIID and directed to JOHN HAVI - Spruce Street, Philadelphia; where', all the necessary explanations will be given, until the Ist of March, and from the Ist to the 7th, the Architect may be seen for that purpose in the City of Lancaster. Proposals will be received for fur nishing the Building Stone, delivered by the Perch. Bricks, delivered by the Thousand. Laying Bricks, by the thousand, and furnishing lime and sand. Masonry, by the perch, and furnishiAg lime and sand. Sand separately by the perch of stone, and thou sand of brick work. Plastering and Painting, by the square yard. Excavation, by the cubic yard. Castings, per ton, delivered. Wrought Iron Work, per pound, and furnish the iron. - To furnish and dress Sandstone, 61 which sam ples must be shown. Carpentry, and find all materials. February 13, ?49 tcl4
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