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
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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
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